The Kippax was one of the best known and vocally active terraced stands at Manchester City's Maine Road

Maine Road

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...

 Ground. Originally "The Popular Side" its name was changed in 1956 when the club gained planning permission to build a roof on the stand to shield fans from the rain.

The Kippax was unusual in that unlike in most other grounds, this area of passionate support occupied a full side rather than an end of the ground. In the summer of 1994, due to the Taylor Report

Taylor Report

The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report, better known as the Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. An interim report was published in August 1989, and the final...

, the Kippax was demolished. A new all seater stand was built in its place and opened by City legend Bert Trautmann

Bert Trautmann

Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann, OBE is a German former professional footballer who played for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964. Brought up during times of inter-war strife in Germany, Trautmann joined the Luftwaffe early in the Second World War, serving as a paratrooper...

 in October 1995. It housed 10,178 seated fans, had three tiers and was at the time the highest stand in the country.

The club left Maine Road in May 2003 and relocated to the City of Manchester Stadium

City of Manchester Stadium

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, with their old stadium being demolished in early 2004.This of course bought the end for one of City's most loved stands, The Kippax. Unofficially the East stand in the new stadium is also named Kippax.