 Aerial view of Maine Road on 11 May 2003, the day of the final match | |
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| Location | Moss Side, Manchester, England |
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| Coordinates | 53°27′4″N 2°14′7″W / 53.45111°N 2.23528°W |
| Owner | Manchester City |
| Operator | Manchester City (1923–2003) |
| Capacity | 35,150 (at closure) 84,569 (record)[3] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1923 |
| Opened | 1923 |
| Renovated | 1931,[1] 1957, 1970, 1994 |
| Expanded | 1935 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| Demolished | 2004 |
| Construction cost | £100,000[2] |
| Architect | Charles Swain |
| Structural engineer | Sir Robert McAlpine |
| Tenants | |
| Manchester City (1923–2003) Manchester United (1945–1949, 1956–1957) | |
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.
- ^ Manchester City: The Complete Record, p91
- ^ Penney, Ian (1995). The Maine Road Encyclopedia. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 1-85158-710-1. p127
- ^ "Maine Road". mcivta.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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