"b of the bang" was next to the city of manchester stadium at sportcity, in beswick, at the corner of alan turing way and ashton new road; coordinates . it took its name from a quotation of british sprinter linford christie in which he said that he started his races not merely at the 'bang' of the starting pistol, but at 'the b of the bang'. the artwork had been nicknamed "kerplunk" by the locals after the popular children's game from the 1970s.