F.C. United of Manchester
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Full name | Football Club United of Manchester | ||
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Nickname(s) | FCUM, Red Rebels | ||
Founded | 2005 | ||
Ground | Gigg Lane Bury | ||
Capacity | 11,840 | ||
Chairman | none | ||
Manager | Karl Marginson | ||
League | NW Counties Div 1 | ||
2005-06 | NW Counties Div 2, 1st | ||
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Football Club United of Manchester (FC United of Manchester, FC United or FCUM for short) is a semi-professional English football club based in nearby Bury. The club was formed in 2005 by Manchester United supporters, who turned their backs on the Premiership outfit during the Malcolm Glazer's takeover. FCUM enjoy a healthy rivalry with Salford City and Maine Road.
Although the majority of the club's support comes from Manchester and the surrounding area, its supporters club has branches in over ten countries including France, Poland, New Zealand and the United States of America. The local television station Channel M began a monthly series of programmes about the club, the first of which was in January 2006. Television crews from France and the Netherlands have been seen at the team's matches.
FC United's first season was successful. FC United entered at the tenth level of the English football league system (the second division of the North West Counties Football League) and they were confirmed as champions on 15 April 2006.
In the 2005-6 season, they had the second-highest average attendance anywhere in English non-league football, only bettered by Exeter City. The team is managed by the former Macclesfield Town player Karl Marginson and their record attendance is 6,023 for a match against Great Harwood Town on 22 April 2006.
History
Formation
The club was founded in the summer of 2005 by disgruntled supporters of Manchester United. Although those supporters had various reasons for their dissatisfaction with the club,[1] the catalyst for FC United's formation was the hostile takeover of Manchester United by the United States businessman Malcolm Glazer. United supporters had previously considered forming a new club in response to a proposed takeover by Rupert Murdoch in 1998, but the takeover bid was unsuccessful so the idea was not implemented. When it was announced that Glazer was considering taking over the club, the idea was brought up again as a possible "last resort" and discussed in Manchester United fanzines including Red Issue.
The Glazer family obtained overall control of Manchester United on 12 May 2005, and supporters who had opposed the takeover organised a meeting at the Manchester Methodist Hall on 19 May. Although the focus of the meeting was on continuing to oppose Manchester United's new owners rather than forming a new club, the meeting's chairman, Andy Walsh, announced that the formation of a new club would be discussed at a second meeting on 30 May and that Kris Stewart, the chairman of AFC Wimbledon, had given advice on setting up the club.[2] It was decided that the club would be formed if 1000 people pledged financial support by the end of July. This target was exceeded and the steering committee pushed ahead with plans for the club, helped by Luc Zentar.
A nearby club, Leigh RMI, were in financial difficulties at the time and asked FC United to take them over, as the extra support from FC United would have ensured their club's survival. The founders of FC United refused this proposition because they were creating the club in response to an unpopular takeover and didn't feel that taking over another existing club was appropriate. The clubs remained on good terms, though, and FC United's first public match was a friendly against Leigh RMI. The club's founders originally chose the name FC United, but the Football Association rejected this as too generic. Those who had pledged money to the club were then asked to vote on a name from FC United of Manchester, FC Manchester Central, AFC Manchester 1878 and Newton Heath United FC.[3] On 14 June, 2005 it was announced that FC United of Manchester had been chosen with 44% of the vote. FC United continues to be used as an abbreviated form of the club's name.
Karl Marginson was appointed as manager on 22 June, and the club held trials for players on 26 June. 900 players applied to take part in the trials, of whom 200 were selected to do so and 17 were chosen to play for F.C. United, although most of those have since left the club. By 8 July 2005, over 4000 people had pledged money to FC United and the club had over £100,000 in the bank.[4]
FC United were admitted to the second division of the North West Counties Football League, putting the club at level ten of the English football league system, nine levels below the FA Premier League. The league had four spare places at the time, so no other club was denied promotion as a result of FC United's admission. The club was formed after the deadline for entering the FA Vase had passed so they were not eligible to play in it in the 2005–06 season, although they were able to play in the North West Counties League Challenge Cup. They are eligible to enter the FA Vase in the 2006-2007 season and the FA Cup the year after. The club then arranged to play their 2005-06 home matches at Bury F.C.'s stadium, Gigg Lane where all home games (with the exception of one league fixture in February 2006 v Holker Old Boys which was played at Moss Lane, Altrincham), have been played since.
2005-06 season
FC United's first public match was an away friendly fixture against Leigh RMI on 16 July 2005. The match ended 0–0, and many FC United supporters invaded the pitch at the end of the game. Although the pitch invasion was good-natured, it was claimed that a supporter had assaulted a steward and St Helens Town subsequently cancelled a proposed friendly match on the advice of their safety officer. The club's next match was another away friendly at AFC Wimbledon, on 23 July 2005, which AFC won 1–0.[5] The following Saturday (30 July 2005) they visited the Conference North team Stalybridge Celtic, in a benefit match for Myra Mandryk, a member of Stalybridge's staff who was suffering from cancer. Stalybridge won 2–0 in front of a crowd of 1800.
An important milestone was FC United's next friendly, as guests of Flixton F.C. on 2 August. This was due to F.C.'s highly-anticipated first-ever goal, scored by Steve Torpey very early on in the game. A further four goals were scored, resulting in an emphatic 5–2 victory in what was F.C. United's first match against a club from the same league (the three previous games had been against higher division clubs).
The North West Counties League arranged for F.C. United's first league match to be away to the club with the biggest ground, Leek CSOB, in order to gauge whether it would be possible for other clubs to host F.C. United at their own grounds. It took place on Saturday 13 August 2005 and was the first all-ticket match in the history of the league. The attendance of 2590 set a new record for the NWCFL, and was higher than Leek CSOB's combined attendances for the whole of the previous season. F.C. United won the game 5–2.
F.C. United played their first home match on 20 August, beating Padiham 3–2 in front of 2498, a crowd that was higher than some League Two clubs attracted on the same day. The club started the season well, with six wins and a draw from their first seven games before suffering their first competitive defeat on 24 September at home to Norton United. They won their next four games, however, including a 5–1 victory over Cheadle Town in their first-ever cup match, and set another North West Counties League record attendance of 3110 for a match against Oldham Town on 5 October, only to be beaten three days later with 3808 for a match against Daisy Hill on 8 October. They played their first competitive match against a higher division side in a North West Counties League cup match on 13 November, losing 2–1 to Colne. The following month, their midfielder Simon Carden scored five goals in a single game, in a 10–2 win over Castleton Gabriels.
A 2–1 win at home to second-placed Winsford on 2 January 2006 put FC United 14 points ahead at the top of division two, although Winsford had played three fewer matches. That match's attendance of 4,328 set yet another record attendance for the league and gave FC United the second-highest average attendance in English non-league football up to that point of the season, and a higher average attendance than six League Two clubs.[6] They were knocked out of the North West Counties League Division Two Cup by Nelson on 4 February.
FC United confirmed promotion from the North West Counties League Division Two on the evening of Wednesday 12 April after a 4–0 home victory over Chadderton. On 15 April they were confirmed as Division Two champions without playing as other results made it impossible for any other club in the division to catch them.
The NWCFL Division Two trophy was awarded at the home game v Great Harwood Town FC on Saturday 22 April 2006, in front of a crowd of 6023, another NWCFL record attendance.
FC United rounded off the season with its first international match, a friendly in Germany on 12 May 2006 against 1. FC Lokomotiv Leipzig – another team resurrected by fans, which had just won the championship of their seventh-tier league in Germany. This match ended in a 4–4 draw.
2006-07 season
FC United's first match in the North West Counties League Division One (Level 5 of the Non-League Pyramid) was against St. Helens Town FC on Saturday 12 August 2006, FC United winning 2-0 courtesy of goals from Simon Carden and Stuart Rudd.
The season so far has been an impressive one for FC United. Their biggest away win was at Victory Park in Chorley against Atherton Laburnum Rovers on 26 August 2006. The final score was 7-0, with goals coming from Stuart Rudd (3), Rob Nugent, Alex Mortimer, Josh Howard and Simon Carden. FC's biggest home wins have been the 8-0 victories against Squires Gate on 14 October 2006, and Glossop North End on 28 October 2006.
The winning streak at the start of the season came to an end after 12 league games on 3 October when FC United lost 2-1 to Salford City, who scored twice in injury time. The streak included an impressive 2-0 defeat of reigning FA Vase holders Nantwich Town - scoring 47 goals and conceding just 7 in the process. After 17 games of the current season they currently sit at the top of the North West Counties Football League.
In their first appearance in the FA Vase, FC United defeated Brodsworth Welfare (Doncaster) by 3-1 in an away fixture (taking most of the 1251 crowd), then went to Padiham F.C. in Round One where goals by Simon Carden (2) and Stuart Rudd gave FC United a 3-0 victory in front of 1371 supporters. Round Two will see an eagerly anticipated rematch against Salford City.
Organisation
F.C. United is an industrial and provident society. Membership is obtained by donating one pound or more to the club, but each member receives only one share in the club and is entitled to a single vote at meetings, regardless of the amount donated.
The club has an elected board of twelve members, but has not yet chosen a chairman. Tony Pritchard is acting as chairman until a decision is made.
The club has two full-time employee positions: Andy Walsh as chief executive and Lindsey Robertson who has replaced Luc Zentar as club secretary. Both Andy Walsh and Luc Zentar were heavily involved in the club's formation.[7]
The club's manifesto includes the following core principles:[8]
- The Board will be democratically elected by its members.
- Decisions taken by the membership will be decided on a one member, one vote basis.
- The club will develop strong links with the local community and strive to be accessible to all, discriminating against none.
- The club will endeavour to make admission prices as affordable as possible, to as wide a constituency as possible.
- The club will encourage young, local participation - playing and supporting - whenever possible.
- The Board will strive wherever possible to avoid outright commercialism.
- The club will remain a non-profit organisation.
The club accepts sponsorship but does not allow sponsors' logos to be displayed on the team's shirts. The club's main sponsor in its inaugural 2005-6 season was the Bhopal Medical Appeal. Currently FC United's main sponsor is the Williams BMW Group.
Current players
The club's squad includes the following players:[9][10]
Players on the coaching staff
- Phil Power
Born in Salford on 25 July 1966. A prolific striker whose previous clubs include Northwich Victoria, Crewe Alexandra, Macclesfield Town and Altrincham. FC United's assistant manager. Signed for FC United from Bacup Borough, having worked as a residential care worker for Salford Council for three years.[11]
- Darren Lyons
Born in Manchester on 9 November 1967. Player-coach, who sometimes plays as a right-winger for F.C. Has played for Bury, Macclesfield Town and Altrincham. Former player-manager of Salford City and East Manchester. Signed from Flixton.
- Tony Cullen
Born in Salford on 25 September 1973. A former young professional with Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa before dropping into non-league with Altrincham and Salford City amongst others. Plays in midfield or at right-back. Cullen has been appointed the new reserve team manager for FC United for season 2006-2007 and is currently taking his coaching badges, his assistant will be Lawrence Greenhalgh.
- Chris Simms
Signed for FC United from Maine Road in December 2005. He had played in over 500 matches for Maine Road, and was player-manager at the time of his transfer. Described by Karl Marginson as a "massive Manchester United fan...eager to be part of what we want to achieve here."[12]
Goalkeepers
- Sam Ashton
Born 9 October 1985. Formerly with Bolton Wanderers. On 7 January 2006, Ashton was named as the substitute goalkeeper for Bolton's FA Cup 3rd round tie against Watford, but came on for the last few minutes of the match as a striker. Towards the end of the 2005-06 season he was told that he was free to leave Bolton and spent considerable time on trial with non-league sides such as Cambridge United and Radcliffe Borough. On 26 July 2006 he made his debut for FC United in a friendly against Bury FC. He has since made his competitive debut against St Helens Town FC, in the 2006-07 season, keeping a clean sheet in the 2-0 victory.
- Phil Leaff
Born 11 December 1988. Promising young goalkeeper, signed in July 2006. Made his debut for FC United on Saturday 8 July 2006 aged just 17 in a pre season friendly between Flint Town United and FC United XI, keeping a clean sheet and showing the potential for an exciting future. Currently playing an integral part of the fledgling youth team.
- Philip Melville
A former Manchester City, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Radcliffe Borough and Salford City player, signed from Mossley. Made several appearances for the club at the end of the 2005-6 season.
Defenders
- David Brown
Born 15 September 1972 in Heywood. Centre back whose previous clubs include Manchester United, Salford City, Radcliffe Borough, Lethbridge Bulldogs and Castleton Gabriels.
Was the last junior player signed by Ron Atkinson at Manchester United, but when Alex Ferguson took over he decided not to keep any of the existing junior players and Brown was released. He was offered an apprenticeship at Rochdale but decided to go to college instead and largely ignored football until he graduated from university. He spent short periods of time at several clubs, including a stint at Leftbridge Bulldogs in Canada, before signing for Salford City. He captained the team, played in midfield and stayed there for five years. He signed for Radcliffe in 2003 and helped them win promotion to the Unibond Premier Division, but he was finding it difficult to play football while working full time so he dropped down a level to play for Mossley and then stopped playing altogether.
However, a few months later his former team-mate Karl Marginson invited him to join F.C. United. He signed for the club in October 2005 and Scored in his first full appearance against Darwen. Brown sometimes captained the team when Dave Chadwick was not playing, before leaving the club for Salford at the beginning of the 2006-07 season. Rejoined FC United just a couple of days later.
- David Chadwick
Born 17 September 1977. Central defender who signed from Prescot Cables having previously played with Karl Marginson at Salford City. Signed after the start of the 2005-06 season, and was immediately made team captain.
- Liam Coyne
Born 8 May 1987. Centre-half, previously with Leigh RMI. Made his first competitive appearance for FC United as a substitute in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town F.C. on 12 August 2006.
- Kevin Elvin
Born in Coventry on 22 May 1979. Right back who has previously played for Nuneaton Borough, Atherstone United F.C. and the Australian club AC United. Signed for FC United from Racing Club Warwick.
- Mike Lomax
Born 6 December 1979. Has previously played for Hyde United and Trafford.
- Alexander Mortimer
Born 28 November 1982. Left-back who was captain of Flixton in the 2005-06 season. Made his first competitive appearance for FC United in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town F.C. on 12 August 2006.
- Robert Nugent
Born in Manchester on 27 December 1982. Central defender who was once a trainee at Sheffield United, he signed for FC United from the Yorkshire club Ossett Town.
- Gareth Ormes
Born in Pretoria, South Africa on 3 February 1983. Left back who previously played for Salford City and Ramsbottom.
- Mathew Taylor
Born 5 December 1980. Right-back - former Jamaican under-21 international who made his first competitive appearance for FC United in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town F.C. on 12 August 2006. Previously played for Hyde United, Trafford, Mossley (two spells) and Plymouth Argyle.
Midfield
- William Ahern
Born on 9 February 1987, Central midfielder who used to play for Urmston Town JFC and Macclesfield Town. Made his FC United debut against Darwen in November 2005. Participated in a trial in March 2006 at Grimsby Town along with FC forward Rory Patterson.
- Simon Carden
Born in Manchester on 26 October 1978. A midfielder or forward who began his career with Stockport County and has since played for Accrington Stanley, Radcliffe Borough and Ashton United. A regular first-choice player at FC United who scored five goals in one game while playing in midfield, in a 10–2 win over Castleton Gabriels on 10 December 2005.
- Rhodri Giggs
Born on 2 April 1977. Right-sided midfielder. Younger brother of Manchester United and Wales international Ryan Giggs. Previously with Mossley where he was player of the year in season 2004-2005 and has also been with Kidsgrove Athletic, Salford City, Bacup Borough and before that with Bangor City, Aberystwyth Town and Torquay United where he was a trainee.
Made his first competitive appearance for FC United in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town on 12 August 2006.
- Josh Howard
Born 15 November 1980 in Ashton-under-Lyne. Captained Manchester United's under-19 team and made 22 appearances for the club's reserves. It was thought likely that he would have a good chance of getting a contract at another league club, but United's manager Alex Ferguson was furious when Howard refused to use Ferguson's son as an agent, and, according to Michael Crick, Ferguson refused to help him find a club and told him to "fuck off out of [United]".[13] Howard joined Stalybridge Celtic in December 2000, then Hyde United in October 2001 and Mossley in 2002. He spent most of the 2002/3 season injured, then helped the club to promotion in 2003/4 and was described as a "highly talented player" by their website.[14] Joined FC United in November 2005, immediately becoming the club's first choice right-winger. Scored the club's 100th League goal vs Norton on the 9 April 2006.
- Nicholas Platt
Born on 5 December 1987. Right-sided midfielder. Nick was at Liverpool from age 9 until he turned 16, when he joined Burnley as an apprentice, playing for 2 years and making regular reserve appearances. After his release from Burnley he had trials with Carlisle and Accrington Stanley, before joining Stalybridge Celtic. With appearances mainly in the reserves and on the bench, Nick opted for more first team football by joining FC United.
- Gary Sampson
A former Manchester United youth player, Gary signed for FC United In November 2006 having most recently played for Radcliffe Borough. [15]
- Steve Smith
Born 9 June 1984. Signed during the 2006 close season. Formerly with Leigh RMI. Made his first competitive appearance for FC United as a substitute in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town on 12 August 2006. Scored his first goal for the club in the 6-0 home win v Nelson on 16 August 2006.
- Steve Spencer
Born in Manchester on 6 October 1981. Former Sheffield United trainee who has also played for Leigh RMI and Radcliffe Borough. Scored FC United's first competitive goal in their first league game at Leek CSOB on 13 August 2005.
- Liam Taylor
born in manchester former hyde united player.he was born april 20th 1992 and at 14 is the youngest player in the team.
Forwards
- Leon Depasosis-Mike
Born 4 September 1981. Former Manchester City and Aberdeen striker, signed in December 2005 from Mossley. Didn't play in the senior team at Maine Road, but whilst he was there he did make a number of first team appearances whilst on-loan at Halifax Town and at Oxford United.
- Rory Patterson
Born i Derry on 16 July 1984. A forward who was released at the end of the 2004 season by Rochdale after three years at the club. As a teenager, Patterson had trials with several major clubs including Charlton, Everton, Newcastle and Celtic. A trial with Rochdale resulted in a three-year contract, during which time he played in the fifth round of the FA Cup, but he was injured during the 2003-4 season and Rochdale did not renew his contract at the end of the season. He then joined the semi-professional team Radcliffe Borough, but found it difficult to combine playing football with working at night and was unhappy there.
After a year at Radcliffe, he was considering moving to the south of England when his former team-mate Karl Marginson was appointed as manager of FC United and offered him a trial. He made his first appearance for the club as a substitute in their pre-season friendly against Stalybridge Celtic and was immediately nicknamed "the man with no name" and "Mr Mystery" as he had no number on his back. Patterson was the first player to score for F.C. United in a home match, and scored seven goals in the club's first ten league matches.[16]. Participated in a trial at Grimsby Town along with FC midfielder William Ahern.
- Jamie Phoenix
Born 15 January 1984. Left winger who signed for FC United from Stafford Rangers in August 2006. Has previously appeared for Nantwich Town, Altrincham, and before that at youth level with Bolton Wanderers.
- Stuart Rudd
Born 10 October 1976. Goal-scoring forward signed from Skelmersdale United during the 2006 close season. Made his first competitive appearance for FC United, scoring the second goal in the 2-0 away win v St. Helens Town F.C. on 12 August 2006. Was once a trainee with Wigan Athletic. Scored a total of 47 goals for Skelmersdale in Season 2005-2006, an all-time North West Counties Football League record. Also scored 46 goals for them in season 2002-03 and is Skelmersdale's all-time leading goal-scorer.
- David Swarbrick
Born 14 April 1984. Forward signed from Holker Old Boys in March 2006 after scoring against FC United in a game played at Altrincham. Has also appeared for Barrow in the Conference North. Scored his first goal for FC United in the 8-1 home win v Leek CSOB on 18 March 2006.
- Liam soutar
Is an retired iran international ----
- Daniel Marrow
Is an retired south korean international who scored a GOAL in the world cup final and then hung his boots up. Younger brother of Liam Taylor and older brother of Liam Soutar
Honours
- North West Counties Football League
- Division Two Champions 2005-06
- Supporters Direct Cup
- Winners 2006-07
Records
- Record League Victory: 10-2 v Castleton Gabriels, 10 December 2005
- Record Win Margin:
- 8 v Castleton Gabriels, 10 December 2005
- 8 v Squires Gate, 14 October 2006
- 8 v Glossop North End, 28 October 2006
- Record League Defeat:
- 1-2 v Norton United, 24 September 2005
- 1-2 v Flixton, 15 March 2006
- 1-2 v Salford City, 3 October 2006
- Most Goals scored in a match by one player: 5 Simon Carden v Castleton Gabriels, 10 December 2005
- Record Attendance: Gigg Lane 6,023 v Great Harwood Town, 22 April 2006
- Worst Attendance: Interlink Express Stadium 1,028 v Great Harwood Town, 27 February 2006
- Longest unbeaten run : (League) 18, 5 October 2005 to - 27 February 2006
- Most league games won in a row : (League) 13, 29 April 2006 to 30 September 2006 (last game of 2005-2006 season and first 12 games of 2006-2007 season).
See also
References
Printed
- Crick, Michael (2003). The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson. Pocket Books. 0-7434-2991-5.
- FC United of Manchester Official Match Programme, volume 1, issues 1,7
- Under The Boardwalk (FC United fanzine), issue 3 (October 2005)
- FC United of Manchester Yearbook 2005-06
Media
- Rory Patterson Scores From The Halfway Line[1]
Online
- "FC United of Manchester Supporters Network". Retrieved February 5.
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Notes
- ^ "United We Stand". Article on soccernet.com. Retrieved July 12.
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- ^ Manchester United was founded as Newton Heath in 1878 and the latter two names represented claims to this heritage (Manchester Central was one of the three choices in 1902 for the new name for Newton Heath, along with Manchester Celtic and Manchester United).
- ^ "Article on Manchester Online". Retrieved July 8.
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- ^ Shaw, Phil (December 30, 2005). "Solskjaer promises cult revival for Ferguson". The Independent. p. 62.
- ^ The Boss. pp. 494–6.
- ^ This profile based on "Profile on Mossley F.C. Official Website". Retrieved November 4.
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Further reading
Websites
Newspaper articles
- Tony Howard. "We all know that Torpey wears a thong". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved October 26.
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