EXPLORING MAN UNITED'S OLD, LONG GONE STADIUMS...

Before Manchester United moved to Old Trafford they were known as Newton Heath LYR FC and played in two different home stadiums.
I explored Manchester and the old homes of Man United (and Newton Heath); North Road & Bank Street.
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[@FootyAdventures]

What is your favourite Manchester United memory?

[@Yley288]

Wayne Rooney’s Bicycle Kick

[@williammcmahon9898]

Two goals in last two mins v bayern

[@MarJonBeauchampHPR]

Seeing Nemanja Vidic in person. What a player 💪

[@depekthegreat359]

Hard to choose but I think their first FA Cup title back in the year 1909 I think where they won by 1-0 over Bristol City in the final,good friend Sam!!!:-D

[@danwatt5789]

watching them have a disaster of a season after signing the "GOAT" CR7 and then seeing them struggle to sign anyone this window (so far), including publicly chasing De Jong who DOESN'T WANT TO JOIN because Utd can't offer Champs league football for who knows how many seasons. Yep, this last season and this season coming should be pretty funny.

[@CalicoAidan]

Manchester Futsal Club sometimes play games at the National Cycling Centre on the floor that's in the middle of the track, so the game has sort of managed to live on there!

[@PhilipKerry]

I'm a Utd fan and have been since 1963 , one of the dubious advantages of being 66 years old is that I already knew all of this .....

[@rabbelfast646]

Great story, Man Utd to secure a future needs big time to rid itself of the Glazer ghouls before they bankrupt the club. On another note that I feel is only fair to mention, I do hope everyone associated with FC United of Manchester is at the beginning of a folklore success that will also make for a great story in time, what has been achieved so far by FC United is remarkable.

[@TOFB]

United’s consistency under Ferguson is incredible when you look at the league performance throughout their history. One of the greatest of all time.

[@Butterpants1987]

one of the greatest? more like the greatest! people talk about pep barca messi era blah blah blah. ya they were amazing for 2-3 years. but fergies united beat them in the ucl semis in 08 and fergies united dominated for almost 3 decades. fact is united had the most successful period any club has ever seen and will ever see.

[@FunnyDudehehe]

​@@Butterpants1987 Ferguson > Pep Ancelotti > Pep Mourinho > Pep Tuchel > Pep

[@jasonsmith5165]

You missed out Maine Road, Utd had to play home games at Maine Road after the damage to OT during The Blitz.

[@mowvu5380]

not a utd fan but did the tour in 97 just after the new north stand was built. even with only 1 huge side, old trafford blew me away. the walkout up the stairs to your seat beats even st james' in newcastle (which is also well worth it). also utd's trophy room is unfathomable. best tour I've done and it's still fresh in my mind 25yrs later. top video

[@danielj3440]

Fun fact, there is a manchester united shirt under the tarmac just outside the etihad

[@kdog9440]

I heard about that as well 🤣

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

@@kdog9440 It was a demolition company made up of United fans that demolished Maine Road. I still have a newspaper photo of a group of their crew standing in the stadium holding pickaxes above their heads... tiptoe through the Kippax, with a pickaxe, as the song went... sad but true.

[@yerma6847]

Does here lies the former team for glory hunter

[@Lottiesbedtime]

What about the flower bed next to the hairdresser…… oh boy them flowers were a beautiful RED……. Someone got sacked for that….

[@mike-qq2ms]

@@yerma6847 you can't fill a champions league match

[@dumbmutts.7758]

One that sticks in my mind was 1974-75 last game of the season beating Blackpool 4-0 to win the Second Division and return to the First Division, 59000 and probably the best atmosphere at a game at OT.

[@user-jr3eb5oo3g]

I played at North road many times as a schoolboy in the 50s. There was no grass. The surface was mostly black cinders. It was next to Monsall hospital grounds ,which no longer exists which I guess is now where the business park . I havnt been back for many years.

[@johnkermode4030]

Brilliant work mate. My favourite United Memory is winning Champions League in Moscow. Sadly don’t remember The Treble Season that much. Favourite Old Trafford memory is hard but probably Scholes’ winner against Barcelona 08!

[@FootyAdventures]

Fair enough mate. That Scholes goal was a banger!!!

[@jonnymcroberts720]

Brilliant video Sam, You should 100% do the tour some day it’s brilliant even for the neutrals

[@FootyAdventures]

Wait til the end of the video and my tour appears as an end screen. Agreed even as a rival fan it’s a decent tour. Thanks for watching!!

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@FootyAdventuresi didn't know man United played at 2 different grounds before old Trafford

[@Glenn1892]

I worked on the BMX Arena when it was being built and watched the Olympic Cycling Team going around the Velodrome around 2010/11. Unbeknown what was under my feet.

[@joeashton7168]

Great vid sam. The old ground was indeed right opposite that row of houses. If you were watching a game from the bedroom window of the house with the plaque you would of been behind the goal.

[@maggimar3118]

Well done, enjoyed the journey, the story, with you - best thanks!

[@muhammedfettahkaya6033]

What a huge work this is ! Thank you for all you did for us...

[@yanikg-force]

Brillant. As a Manchester United fan, I've learned a few gold nuggets in this video. Hope to watch more footy adventures and enriched my football history on this channel. You've got yourself a new sub. Keep it up! 👍

[@hootie203]

My Great Grandad was goalkeeper for Man United 1901/05, James Saunders, Very proud! 🔴⚪️⚫️❤️

[@JamesBond-si7xs]

Fantastic mate! Loads of stuff I certainly didn’t know, really good one Sam, cheers.

[@depekthegreat359]

Wow!!!I thought one of my favourite respective footballing clubs ever Manchester United played at only a stadium prior to the Old Trafford Stadium but extremely so fantastic narration about their stadium and history overall,good friend Sam!!!LONG LIVE,GOOD FRIEND SAM!!!🙏

[@mascols9012]

Your videos are keeping me going till the football starts sam, cheers mate.

[@SooDamGood]

Really appreciate this video. Your enthusiasm and so much historical knowledge made this video so interesting for a Man Utd fan. Thank you

[@MarJonBeauchampHPR]

Top video Sam. Thank you for showing us all these places we might not all get to 🤝

[@eddmarriott3298]

That was a fantastic video really enjoyed it and loved the history............ And I'm a Leeds fan

[@Jc-tg5pv]

Thank you! I really learnt a lot from this video! Appreciate it!!

[@geoffpoole483]

Really enjoyed that, Sam. It's a nice change from videos looking solely at the club's modern era. I know you're based in Scotland but Arsenal's history and development would make for an interesting video. When I first started to become interested in football Manchester United were in decline and were actually relegated to the old second division, but they bounced straight back and eventually regained their mojo.

[@bryngefferies7530]

At present The Old Trafford Stadium is still incomplete & needs is an upgrade of the SBC stand & East & West quadrant to be completed first before you can sort out the roof. This Stadium has a lot of potential & can be one of the best stadium in Europe if not the world with the original design cos it has character & authentic with the potential capacity of at least 90K, all it needs is an refurbished & some TLC. Take Note: The Stadium Must Not Exceed the rail way track! Man Utd 's Old Trafford 'The Super Bowl of Stadiums known as 'The Theatre of Dreams' is unique & a Colossal of a stadium. Worth a view, please share!

[@secla_SC]

Stadiums and the Heritage and history that comes with them fascinate me. Thank you for this history lesson, more please!

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks Sean I did an arsenal style one of these about a week ago you might like. Lots more coming this season from all over the UK! 🙌🏼

[@BocaBhoy]

You’ve got me wanna change my content mate purely so I can go on one of these trips with ya 😂 I do love all these videos man, from Scotland to Ireland to England to Portugal and beyond, thanks for the tours/info and more Sam 🤙🏼

[@BALHAM69]

Attend the afc Wimbledon match friendly tomorrow to see the stadium 😊

[@ajacko3117]

I grew up in Clayton and during the mid 90s to early 2000s me, my brother and our mates would walk to the velodrome (cycling centre) to play football during the summer holidays. Every year they'd have a football camp and all the local kids would go and play right next to to the spot where United's ground used to be. The football would either be set up in the car park, inside the velodrome or in Phillips park. Amazing memories, I hope that summer footie camp is still going strong 👍🏻

[@martynclough602]

A great video Sam. Really enjoyed that.

[@Torkild2007]

It is cool that you are making these videos🤩 Can you visit Fredrikstad Stadion and The Old Fredrikstad Stadion, it is an historical football club with 9 League Championships, 11 Norwegian Cups and they beat Ajax in 1960. It is two stadiums, the new and the old, the old was used from 1914 until it was demolished in 2013.

[@FootyAdventures]

I will add the Fredrikstad Stadions to my to-do list. Thank you for watching mate!!

[@tigertownmusicjamie]

@@FootyAdventures Could you also do the Founders Trail tour of Rangers history including stadium and trophy room?

[@slydawgg]

Great content mate,really enjoy your vids👍

[@rowensamuel2979]

Nice One Sam... really appreciate it.

[@daveyp2tm]

Fantastic video, cheers!

[@stewartmcfarlane2008]

Excellent video. Glad you mentioned you are not a Man Utd fan, but interested in Football history and old stadia. I am a Liverpool fan, and old enough (68) to have visited the old grounds now long gone. I loved old those old grounds, such as Burnden Park (Bolton) , Roker Park (Sunderland), White Hart Lane (Spurs), Goodison Park soon to be added to the list. One old ground I never liked was Wembley. One of my students lived right next to Roker Park. His Mam would get tickets for the Sunderland v Liverpool games and the family always made me welcome, proper Wearsiders. Roker Park was a grand old ground. I have always liked Sunderland. Calvin Palmer , Sunderland left back in 1972, once put me and my dog up for the night, as we were hitchhiking down from Scotland. Sadly Calvin had left Sunderland by the following season when they beat Leeds Utd in the FA Cup Final. He was a good bloke, but tended to fall out with his managers. Probably cos he was smarter than them. He died in 2014, very sad.

[@Butterpants1987]

well said, sir. as a united supporter i hate liverpool but i respect them. i have no respect for city. im not opposed to clubs making a name of course. not going to lie a little bit of me was rooting for leicester when they made their run. i want to see clubs earn it, not just buy it. clubs like united, liverpool, arsenal, ya they spend money. but they spent over a century building their club and seeing success most of the time. clubs like city really didnt do much but were just bought by super wealthy people.

[@wolveschangerivers4339]

I'm from Newton Heath. Always proud of it. Where I grew up the streets were named after the flowers of 58.

[@thekebabking.1065]

I’m from Harmer Close on the Troydale originally. Small world!

[@wolveschangerivers4339]

@@thekebabking.1065 It is mate, I moved from Newton Heath about 21 years ago. But I spent my youth around Scotland Hall Rd.

[@andiisunited]

Wow I have lot of information about Man United history from this video, thanks for upload! Regards from Indonesia :)

[@andysimpson8974]

Ashton United and Curzon Ashton, please. Loving your content. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@27steve88]

Really enjoyed this , thanks

[@daviddavies3637]

I corrected a KZbinr recently who put United's formation date at 1902, unaware that they'd changed their name. If the club was given a winding up order then unless the company went into liquidation, like Rangers did, and the saviours stepped in at the last minute to save the club then it's the same club. It upsets a lot of Rangers fans when I tell them that the new Rangers is a phoenix club and doesn't actually have any legal ties to the old one. So, in all honesty, the trophies that it claims to have won were won by the old club, which is now defunct. Anyway, my one and only trip to Old Trafford was in 1978 when they were celebrating their Centenary. It was a friendly against Real Madrid. I bought a United centenary scarf. Had it for years but don't know what happened to it since. That was until earlier this year when I took my granddaughter to watch the women's game against Everton. She likes to think of herself as a female Ronaldo.

[@nomo3013]

Great video mate. I grew up just off Bank Street 🤓

[@neilh6178]

Great video Sam, time for a video at Anfield again. Explain the Kopp and its history.

[@gokulnair3711]

Thanks it was very informative...i am man utd fan..

[@bryngefferies7530]

The Owners were the ones who stop the Original project by using the excuse of the rail track complications. As stated previously, the design has already been laid out for completion of the stadium by original designers, to finish before the train track but the owners compromised by installed the 3rd tier cos the fans were complaining about the capacity at that time. Alls well we like to think that once the owners depart or bring in SJR and his team we can address the layout for the necessary expansion of the South stand, East & West quadrant issue ASAP because Wembley or Man City's Etihad is to far to deal with the fan base, we're sure that can be achieved with minimal fuss, going by our walk around the stadium experience by observation. Take Note: The expansion should not exceed the rail track. We feel in 18 month to 2 years copying Real Madrid project with the right people it can be achieved in line with progress on the pitch! Worth a view, please share!

[@joejumping9195]

I love these vids ( exploring old stadiums)

[@skguy7]

I drive down Northampton Road quite often and I never realised it was the old North Road, I thought it was about a mile away. Again similar with Bank St, i thought it was situated a littlr further down the road. The cycling centre located there now is the National cycle centre built for the Manchester Commonwealth games and where Chris Hoy etc all won their Gold Medals when it held the cycling events during the 2012 Olympics. Great video, really enjoyed it.

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

United's old ground was the car park for that. I think it's been built on now.

[@davek834]

The original plague at Northampton Road was on the corner of 60s comprehensive school building,same shape has the bank st plaque I remember you could see it from the road, it was demolished in the 90s so probably was kept as a souvenir by someone, the original names of teams usually came from works teams like Newton heath, arsenal and west ham originate from factories, then you had church teams that came from teams like Everton , man city and Bolton, and teams created from cricket clubs, most teams had name changes so I wouldn't say these were a second formation date , there is a blue plaque for Man city's ground on Bennett st , when they were Ardwick FC but yet to spot it , Manchester Central FC was actually a third MCR team that successfully applied to join the league for the newly formed third division north but was blocked by city and United , central had Billy Meridith as a coach who had both city and United history connections , some say it was to protect United who were financially struggling at the time, but central was based in Bellevue much closer to the new Maine road stadium than old Trafford

[@mksnkr5659]

My love since 2008! Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club♥

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

There used to be a school on Northampton Rd, with a proper circular plaque on it. I don't know if the plaque was re-sited when the school was knocked down as part of the land clearance work to build the shiny offices there now. I live about 3 miles away from there. Northampton Rd is not far from FC United's new ground, Broadhurst Park, which incorporates a storey of large railway sleepers as a nod to the roots of Manchester football.

[@aidenleigh5833]

I'm a manchester united fan since I was 4 and I love your videos and it's very good

[@ste6473]

Very enjoyable content

[@benwelsh993]

Great video loved this as a Man U fan

[@RossParker1877]

See you were back in Scotland for a long time 🤣🤣. Really enjoy all heritage videos. Great as always

[@FootyAdventures]

Haha, yeah just one video at home before getting back on the road. I'll be back in Scotland late next week ready for the new season. I must admit... I've missed covering the weird & wonderful grounds in Scotland!

[@bryngefferies7530]

Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium that a bit of TLC won't cure. All it needs is the Upgrade of the Sir Bobby Charlton's Stand with a 2nd tier to complete the original design & the removal of the 3rd tier of the Sir Alex Ferguson's Stand & replaced by TV Screens for all 4 corners. We also want a levelled retractable new Roof + modern refurbishment of the rest of the stadium to warrant a 90K capacity in comfort. SBCS 25K + SAFS 25K + SES 20K + ES 20K = 90K. Take Note: The expansion should not exceed the rail track. Old Trafford known as 'The Theatre of Dreams' unique in style is the Super Bowl of stadiums & is potentially The best Stadium in the country, possibly the world. Please Share!

[@NagApie_]

GLORY GLORY MANUNITED

[@gamingloader4946]

Quality video

[@mattjohnson9913]

Brilliant video, great to see where our old grounds are. In terms of when our foundation was, the club celebrated the centenary in 2002, so they consider the formation to be when they became Manchester United in 1902

[@Sergio-ig1xd]

@Matt Johnson, they also celebrated it in 1978.

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

@@Sergio-ig1xd True, I attended the Centenary match against Real Madrid at Old Trafford that year. Jimmy Greenhoff played a blinder and we won 4-1 as I recall.

[@Sergio-ig1xd]

@@tohellorbarbados7119 I wouldn't know about that pal. I only know that it was celebrated in '78 as a mate's little brother was a ball boy at the swamp at that time.

[@davek834]

It wasn't the centenary it's was just 100 years of the name change, just like it was the ground centenary in 2010, most of the English Clubs have had name change or dropped a part of the name like Southampton st marys, it would only be a new club with a new formation year ,if the team went out of business completely and Start up again or if 2 teams amalgamated like Inverness Carley thistle, some would question is Glasgow rangers the same team after going into administration and dropping down the divisions but they still have the same badge ground and 1872 formation and honours record

[@United_Wings]

Oh wow

[@williammcmahon9898]

Love the vids my friend

[@joshuariley-hoare4316]

I'm very late to this, but there is actually a plaque for the first stadium. I work in those offices, and it's around the side of the Fujitsu offices, behind the car park - unfortunately it's very hard to find and not really publicly accessible

[@guewenmu]

Thank you

[@koboxingtv531]

Do one on Stockport county mate George best played for us and we on a big journey back up the league's again

[@gamingdragon1907]

I never knew that there had two home I am going to Manchester in September so I am definitely going to be meet the place of where the old stadiums was

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

Family are all from around Clayton and my dad actually grew up on Bank Street. Needless to say, the area's changed beyond all recognition.

[@BradX2Y]

Interesting video

[@thomasmcvey5636]

Newton Heath were never photographed in a yellow and green halved kit and there is no evidence to suggest one ever existed. The suggestion of a green and gold halved shirt was a marketing ploy by Umbro in 1994

[@Yley288]

Thanks For covering man utd. I love your content. Keep up the great work!!

[@Jacob-tb6rf]

Wow first match for the second stadium was against Burnley *insert mark goldbridge clip here*

[@welshtricky1917]

When are you gonna do a video on The World Famous City Ground? I reckon first day of the new Premier League season, first time in 23 years we been there. You’ll love it! 🌳🔴⚪️

[@paulburtenshaw6809]

The plaque is/was on the wall of the left hand Fujitsu building closest to the car park entrance. I work in the middle of the 3 Fujitsu buildings & it was there when I last looked!

[@FootyAdventures]

Ahhhh no way, I missed it!! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in Manchester!

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

Thanks mate, I'll be round with a ladder tonight...

[@BoodMu]

Manchester Central were a separate team. Their story is short but interesting. At one point they had a higher attendance than United and City and played at a stadium in Bel Vue. A much smaller version of Central still exists today. Check their history out as it could be a great video to make one day.

[@connor6691]

Manchester City’s first stadium was only just over a mile from Bank Street on Hyde Road aswell, quite strange how it’s worked out

[@michaelllorente9435]

There was a school built at North rd that had a plaque on it. That was demolished for the current building

[@seanhorgan5380]

Gutted you couldn't make the Cork City V Galway United yesterday. Top of the table clash in the 1st Division. 6,500 sellout and pyro everywhere. Hopefully you can visit Turner's Cross when we pick up the title.

[@michaelcorrigan4625]

Great vid Sam! Interesting story regarding the first period of success. United signed 4 top players from City after the Blues landed in trouble for illegal payments to the players.

[@Sergio-ig1xd]

@michael corrigan, and those 4 players enabled them to win their first trophy.

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

@@Sergio-ig1xd True. City were bent even back then... don't blame me, you started it...

[@Sergio-ig1xd]

@@tohellorbarbados7119 True, for illegal payments to players but your lot quickly caught on to being bent and you've been doing it ever since. Have a nice Sunday pal.

[@a_7lexmusic]

Grimsby Town history!!! please

[@stebates7757]

The training ground was on the field behind Himley road on Clayton vale

[@darrenwilson8042]

You should do a flog on Manchester Central FC Sam ....... interesting history

[@Butterpants1987]

green and gold until were sold!

[@The_Original_KL]

Both the clubs were really close back in the day. Two clubs from industrial areas.

[@pseudoabsent8440]

#GLAZEROUT

[@kdog9440]

Old Trafford really needs modernisation.The main stand has always been the problem because of the railway line next to it .Being a United fan I love ❤️ the place 🔴⚪️⚫️

[@davek834]

Be careful what you wish for, a new ground to replace and improve the capacity would be best part of a billion add that to what the glazers have shackled us with, most of our stadium is less than 35 year old, probably the oldest section is k stand which was built in 72 , a lot clubs ran their stadium in to the ground, I remember speaking to a Bolton fan in the late 80s and said the ground needs new stands, he said they need to get it right on the green stuff before they invest in new concrete and plastic seats , that's the advice we need to be following at the moment

[@steffanhuw8556]

this guy is so underrated

[@philipfell4292]

I was hoping you’d have done Norwich City & the history of their stadiums

[@titothetroddler]

Knew all the history, but not the location of the old grounds, great Video 🔴⚪️⚫️

[@titothetroddler]

The oldest part of the old Trafford stadium, is the old tunnel on the half way line, which as far as I am aware part of the original Archibald Leitch design, to walk down that tunnels where Meredith, the babes and law and best walked down sends a shiver down my spine even now

[@harrisonsimpson2162]

Like you have with N.Ireland and R.Ireland have a look at the west 1st division

[@irenerobinson9287]

If you would have walked up the street where you asked the guy on bank street you would have come to North road and the plaque is still there. You were right that they started in Newton heath but North road is closer to bank street.

[@lrjtherailwayguy]

I didnt knew about bank street ground as a utd fan

[@terryostype9099]

That's such an odd video. I went to Moston Brook High School for about a year in the late 80s and that was on Northampton Road. I remember PE teachers going bananas telling us that we were so lucky to be doing PE lessons on Uniteds old pitch! Not sure how true that is but they used to belt on about it at the school all the time (the school tie was the same as the official United tie...red with a white diagonal stripe bordered with black.) Seeing the video is really mad as not only is there no sign of Newton Heaths old ground but every bit of what was there in the 80s has gone as well!

[@cormac3542]

Qpr have had 13 permanent home stadiums. Think most in english football. That would be some video

[@stephenord3403]

Long gone team

[@stuartwelsh9961]

That's Northampton Road there was a school there Moston Brook high school

[@KingNiallM]

I can’t believe you didn’t mention that Archibald Leitch designed Old Trafford, under the Stretford End there’s information about the stadium

[@philipburgin3109]

The prat picked the land to build the current old Trafford too close to the bloody railway track lol 😆

[@eriks.lundestad9365]

Messi? Haha. Great video

[@kevins9417]

I Live very close to where Newton Heath played, im not a Utd fan though

[@andrewstothard4609]

Man U played their first ever game as Man U at The Northome, home of Gainsborough Trinity.

[@aston-s]

I worked for Fujitsu, I had the chance to relocate to Manchester so that would have been my office. Drat