Product Description

The only officially approved history of Maine Road is the perfect book for any supporter of City; Maine Road attendee; or general football enthusiast.
The book details the history of the stadium focussing on its development, and on the key games and events which have made Maine Road such a famous and important venue. Using first hand accounts, as told by supporters, players, administrators, and the media this book has been written and designed to the same high quality used in the highly acclaimed Manchester: The Greatest City. With special features on all the big City matches, international games, FA Cup semi-finals, League Cup finals, Rugby finals, concerts, religious meetings, and even on United's use of the stadium during the forties and for European Cup games in the fifties. In addition both City's former ground Hyde Road and future venue the City of Manchester Stadium have been covered to provide the complete history of City's three homes.

As with earlier works by Gary James & Polar Publishing this book is destined to be regarded as the definitive history of Maine Road & Manchester City's other grounds.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #772539 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-28
• Binding: Hardcover

Hugh Ryden, King of the Kippax fanzine
The architecture, the moving memories, the reproduction of rare photos and memorabilia and its extensive quotations, make FTMR a must.

From the Publisher
Gary James is the appropriate man to write this work after a lifetime's research on the club and its stadium. As a boy Gary was a regular in the Platt Lane Stand; then at the age of 16 he bought his own season ticket for the Kippax Stand and has been a season ticket holder ever since. He is also a respected journalist with articles for a wide range of publications including The Times and has recently managed the development of Manchester City's new museum.

From the Author
On 320 beautifully illustrated A4 size pages this book tells the story of Maine Road from conception, right through to its final days as a sporting venue. With excellent photographs - including rare illustrations of the stadium during construction never previously published and images from every era - this has been a very interesting book to research, write and compile. I've also tried to ensure the views of ordinary fans are included, and some of the most powerful Maine Road moments are captured by the fans who saw them happen.