Maine Road
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Vinony's link graph records 1,110 inbound references to Maine Road, and connects out to Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Hyde Road and 1984 Football League Cup Final.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics 1923 establishments in England, 2004 disestablishments in England and Defunct football venues in England.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Moss Side , Manchester , England
- Owner
- Manchester City
- Operator
- Manchester City, (1923–2003)
- Capacity
- 35,150 (at closure), 84,569 (record)
- Renovated
- 1931, 1957, 1970, 1994
- Construction cost
- £100,000
- Architect
- Charles Swain
- Structural engineer
- Sir Robert McAlpine
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Manchester
- Owned by
- Manchester City F.C.
- Operator
- Manchester City F.C.
- Location
- Moss Side
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Maine road prior to last game.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maine Road
- maximum capacity
- 35150
- occupant
- Manchester City F.C.
- date of official opening
- 1923-00-00
- date of official closure
- 2003-00-00
- inception
- 1923-00-00
- associated electoral district
- Manchester Rusholme
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2004-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest attendance of 84,569 was set in 1934 at an FA Cup sixth round match between Manchester City and Stoke City, a record for an English club ground.
At the time of its closure in 2003, Maine Road was an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 35,150 and of haphazard design with stands of varying heights due to the ground being renovated several times over its 80-year history. The following season Manchester City moved to the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, a mile from the city centre and near Ardwick, where the club originally formed in 1880.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maine Road” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.