The maine place for footy in manchester (Maine Road (Manchester City FC))

Member Name: gmoczulski

Product:	Maine Road (Manchester City FC)
Date:	29/01/09 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nostalgic, had character

Disadvantages: No longer exists! Rough area i guess

Well from reading other people's reviews on here it is clear to me that Maine Road is not popular, well not amongst the people you don't know how or why to appreciate. In my opinion Maine Road has quite a few positives over the new, prettier stadium "Eastlands." First of which is that. "Eastlands" is a poor name in my opinion and just does not fit the character of the club unlike Maine Road which I believe does. Simply because MCFC is not all about glamerous football and money, if you support them for that then you are delusional! It is about character, perhaps the one thing that has kept the club roped together, the fans of Manchester city have shown great support and strength over the years of ups and downs and I think the character of Maine Road signified this greatly. Further more Maine road had history, something I am sure of which Eastlands will probably gain, but it will take something special to beat Maine Road's history, for instance it is little known fact that Manchester UTD had to play their home matches there during the second world war as their stadium was built.

Maine road was also soulful and had such great character because it worn, and the area itself that it was in was admittedly a bad area, but the narrow streets and terraced housing leading to and surrounding it epitomised Manchester and all the hardhsips it has endured, along with the club and people of Manchester.

The stadium served the club well and although not the prettiest, I think there was something certainly enduring about that, like I have stressed...it had charcter.

I am sure there will be Manchester Utd fans which read this and perhaps few city fans, but you have to appreciate that this place is special to a city fan like, I am sure, your home stadium is to you.

Summary: Its a shame it was torn down but city did need the move