Improvements: Hyde Road Stadium West Gorton

Hyde Road Stadium was home to Manchester City F.C. and their predecessors from its construction in 1887 until 1923, when the club moved to a new stadium at Maine Road, Moss Side. In its early days the ground had only rudimentary facilities. The first stand was built in 1888, but the ground had no changing facilities until 1896; players had to change in a nearby public house, the Hyde Road Hotel. By 1904 the ground had developed into a 40,000-capacity stadium but the stands and terraces were arranged in a piecemeal manner due to space constraints. Between 1912 and 1914, Archibald Leitch worked with the club in an attempt to remodel and rationalise the Hyde Road site.

By 1920 it was clear that the club had outgrown the cramped venue and the decision to seek an alternative venue was hastened in November 1920, when the main stand was destroyed by fire. In 1923 Manchester City moved to the 80,000-capacity Maine Road, and Hyde Road was demolished shortly afterward.

Reference           Athletic News 9 June 1913

See Charles Swain for the Maine Road stadium