Manchester City Home Shirt 2011/12 -Kids 100% Spun Polyester Knit Embroidered MCFC Crest Embroidered Hem sign-offs Embroidered Umbro branding Printed front Tonal soundwave body print Contrast side panel stretch mesh inserts V ...
Manchester City Home Shirt 2011/12 -Kids 100% Spun Polyester Knit Embroidered MCFC Crest Embroidered Hem sign-offs Embroidered Umbro branding Printed front Tonal soundwave body print Contrast side panel stretch mesh inserts V ...
Manchester City Home Shirt 2011/12 -Kids 100% Spun Polyester Knit Embroidered MCFC Crest Embroidered Hem sign-offs Embroidered Umbro branding Printed front Tonal soundwave body print Contrast side panel stretch mesh inserts V ...
Manchester City Football Club occupied the Maine Road Football Ground in Moss Side for 80 years, from 1923 until 2003. As you can see on the image above, the stadium occupied an almost triangular site surrounded by streets of terraced houses. It is named after the road that formed its western boundary. When it was built it was the biggest club ground in the country and only Wembly Stadium was bigger. In 1934 84,569 people attended an FA Cup game between Manchester City and Stoke City. Most of the people attending would have been standing on terraces. At the time of its closure Maine Road was an all-seater stadium with the much smaller capacity of 35,150.
City didn't always play at Maine Road. The Team's origins were across the city in Gorton and Ardwick. Infact it began as a church football team formed in 1880 by St. Mark's Church, in West Gorton. By 1887 St. Marks Football Club had become the Ardwick Association Football Club and they played their home games in the Ardwick Football Ground. It was located beside Bennet Street, off Hyde Road, in Ardwick.
In 1894 Ardwick AFC changed its name to the Manchester City Football Club. The team took pride in the fact that in 1920 their Hyde Road ground became the first provincial football stadium to be visited by a reigning monarch. However, three years later a fire destroyed the main stand and City moved to their new stadium on Maine Road in Moss Side.
During the Second World War, City's rivals, Manchester United, were unable to use their stadium in Old Trafford due to bomb damage. For a number of years, until Old Trafford could be restored, United played their home games at Maine Road.
In 2003 Maine Road's 80 years of football history came to an end.
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