On this day

comment by Benched (U7195)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Paddy's Pub - Home of the original Kitten Mittons (U17162)
posted 6 seconds ago
I suppose the Luftwaffe didn't consider Maine Road a point of interest
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Assumed there was little point destroying a seemingly abandoned buidling....
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Haha to both comments

comment by Benched (U7195)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Paddy's Pub - Home of the original Kitten Mittons (U17162)
posted 6 seconds ago
I suppose the Luftwaffe didn't consider Maine Road a point of interest
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Assumed there was little point destroying a seemingly abandoned buidling....
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Far from graciously allowing their neighbours to use Maine Road in the spirit of pulling together in adversity, city of course charged United rent and most of the gate receipts, making finding the money to rebuild all the more difficult.

This has come up before and my favourite comment was that the Luftwaffe passed over Maine Road because they thought they'd already bombed it.

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Please don't take my Solskjaer away. (U1270)
posted 52 minutes ago
Far from graciously allowing their neighbours to use Maine Road in the spirit of pulling together in adversity, city of course charged United rent and most of the gate receipts, making finding the money to rebuild all the more difficult.

This has come up before and my favourite comment was that the Luftwaffe passed over Maine Road because they thought they'd already bombed it.
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🤣🤣🤣

comment by Benched (U7195)
posted 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by Paddy's Pub - Home of the original Kitten Mittons (U17162)
posted 6 seconds ago
I suppose the Luftwaffe didn't consider Maine Road a point of interest
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Assumed there was little point destroying a seemingly abandoned buidling....
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Pretty sure we set records for attendance back then 🧐 anyway I think most people supported both Manchester clubs. I know my grandad would go to both sides home games in the 30s 40s and 50s before settling on City

Shall we fill, shall we fill, shall we fill your ground for you?

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 12 hours, 12 minutes ago
It's true. Granted it was probably Bert Trautman who did the deed.
Joking of course, it was a nice gesture, there wasn't the hostility then. Real Madrid were exceptionally kind after Munich.
Well done City and thanks.
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Don't be silky Bert was a paratrooper. Everyone knows it was Uwe Rosler's grandad.

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Please don't take my Solskjaer away. (U1270)
posted 11 hours, 32 minutes ago
Far from graciously allowing their neighbours to use Maine Road in the spirit of pulling together in adversity, city of course charged United rent and most of the gate receipts, making finding the money to rebuild all the more difficult.

This has come up before and my favourite comment was that the Luftwaffe passed over Maine Road because they thought they'd already bombed it.
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That’s not right. You struggled to rebuild it as you were mortgaged up to the hilt before the war and it took a while for the war commission to give United money to rebuild. City made no money at all from renting the ground, only the costs of running it were covered.

This has come up before and my favourite comment was that the Luftwaffe passed over Maine Road because they thought they'd already bombed it.
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they didn't know it existed more like.

comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 hours, 26 minutes ago
Shall we fill, shall we fill, shall we fill your ground for you?
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“We filled your ground in the 40s”

#Minorstrettybrag