Maine Road

(This article is about the stadium. For the football club, see Maine Road F.C.) Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, Charity Shield matches, a League Cup final and England matches and, because of its high capacity, gained the nickname Wembley of the North. Maine Road holds the record for the second highest home attendance in English football, set in 1934 at an FA Cup Sixth Round match between Manchester City and Stoke City after Tottenham Hotspur exceeded it with an 85,011 attendance vs Monaco in the Champions League Group Stage in 2016.

Maine Road

(This article is about the stadium. For the football club, see Maine Road F.C.) Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, Charity Shield matches, a League Cup final and England matches and, because of its high capacity, gained the nickname Wembley of the North. Maine Road holds the record for the second highest home attendance in English football, set in 1934 at an FA Cup Sixth Round match between Manchester City and Stoke City after Tottenham Hotspur exceeded it with an 85,011 attendance vs Monaco in the Champions League Group Stage in 2016.