Football Club United of Manchester (FC United of Manchester, FC United or FCUM for short) is an English football club, created by Manchester United supporters opposed to the commercialisation of the game, all-seater stadiums, exhorbitant ticket prices and lack of democracy at the top levels of football. The move was triggered by the purchase of their club by Malcolm Glazer. The club was formed in 2005 and plays in division two of the North West Counties Football League. On June 22, 2005 the 34 year old Karl Marginson was appointed the club's inaugural manager. The club's record attendance is 3,808 for a match against Daisy Hill on 8 October 2005.

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 Malcolm Glazer.

At a Manchester United supporters' meeting on 19 May 2005 to discuss the opposition to the club's new owners, the meeting's chairman Andy Walsh announced a second meeting to discuss the formation of FC United. This meeting took place at the Apollo Theatre, Manchester on 30 May 2005. He also announced that Kris Stewart, the chairman of AFC Wimbledon, had given advice on setting up the club. Stewart later addressed a third meeting of United supporters, encouraging interest in FC United and offering AFC Wimbledon's support. AFC Wimbledon is another supporter-owned club that was established three years earlier.

They 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.[2] On 14 June 2005 it was announced that FC United of Manchester had been chosen with 44% of the vote.

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 made things much easier for them. 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 have remained on good terms, though, and FC United's first public match was a friendly against Leigh RMI on 16 July 2005, which ended in a scoreless draw.

By 8 July 2005, over 4000 people had pledged money to FC United and the club had over £100,000 in the bank.[3]


Organisation
F.C. United is an industrial 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.

There are two full-time employees at the club: Andy Walsh as acting general manager and Luc Zentar as acting secretary. Both were heavily involved in the club's formation. Both positions will be advertised in late 2005.[4]

Current league
The club has been admitted to the North West Counties Football League (also known as the Moore and Co Construction Solicitors League) and is playing in the second division of that league in the 2005–06 season. This puts the club at Level 10 of the English football league system, nine levels below the FA Premier League.

The club was formed after the deadline for entering the FA Vase had passed so they will not be playing in it in the 2005–06 season. They have been entered into the North West Counties League Challenge Cup and will play Cheadle Town in the first round on 15 October 2005. They will be eligible for the FA Vase for 2006/2007 and the FA Cup the year after.

They play their home league matches at Bury F.C.'s stadium, Gigg Lane. As of 27 October 2005, FC United's average attendance for the season (2,741) is higher than that of Bury (2,547).[5]

2005-06 season
FC United's first public match was an away friendly fixture against Leigh RMI on 16 July 2005. [6] 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[7]. The following Saturday (30th 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. United lost the match 2-0, but a crowd of 1800 ensured plenty of money for the cause.

An important milestone was FC United's next friendly, as guests of Flixton F.C. on Tuesday 2nd August 2005. This was due to United'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 FC United's first ever match against a club from the same league (the three previous games had been against higher division clubs).

FC United's first league match in the North West Counties Football League was away to Leek CSOB on Saturday 13 August 2005. 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. It was the first all-ticket match in the history of the North West Counties League and was the first English non-league match in which the visiting supporters were given a police escort away from the ground. F.C. United won the game 5–2.

On 20 August 2005, F.C. United played their first home match, beating Padiham 3–2 in front of 2498.[8] F.C. United started their first season well, with six wins and a draw from their first seven games before suffering their first competitive defeat on 24 September in a home match against 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 3808 for a match against Daisy Hill on 8 October.



William Ahern Midfielder
Simon Carden Midfielder
David Chadwick Defender
Mark Cooney Physio
Tony Coyne Midfield
Tony Cullen Midfielder
Kevin Elvin Right Back
Craig Fleury Midfield
Barrie George Goalkeeper
Ryan Gilligan Centre Midfield
Matt Haley Right Wing
George Hayden Kit Man
Ryan Hevicon Left Midfield/Striker
Scott Holt Midfielder
Darren Lyons Player Coach
Karl Marginson Manager
Billy McCartney Centre Back
Paul Mitten Midfield
Jonathan Mitten Striker
Robert Nugent Centre Back
Gareth Ormes Defender
Adie Orr Striker
Rory Patterson Midfielder
Phil Power Assistant Manager/Striker
Phil Priestly Goalkeeper
Mark Rawlinson Midfield
Steven Spencer Defender
Steve Torpey Striker
Robert Trees Defender



Date Time Opposition Venue Competition Result
16/07/2005 15:00 Leigh RMI A Friendly 0-0 D
23/07/2005 15:00 AFC Wimbledon A Friendly 0-1 L
30/07/2005 14:00 Stalybridge Celtic A Friendly 0-2 L
02/08/2005 19:45 Flixton FC A Friendly 5-2 W
13/08/2005 15:00 Leek CSOB A NWCFL 2 5-2 W
20/08/2005 15:00 Padiham H NWCFL 2 3-2 W
24/08/2005 19:45 Eccleshall H NWCFL 2 7-1 W
31/08/2005 19:45 Winsford United A NWCFL 2 2-2 D
03/09/2005 13:00 Ashton Town A NWCFL 2 4-0 W
10/09/2005 15:00 Blackpool Mechanics H NWCFL 2 4-2 W
17/09/2005 15:00 Castleton Gabriels A NWCFL 2 3-0 W
24/09/2005 15:00 Norton United H NWCFL 2 1-2 L
05/10/2005 19:45 Oldham Town H NWCFL 2 1-0 W
08/10/2005 15:00 Daisy Hill H NWCFL 2 6-0 W
17/10/2005 19:45 Cheadle Town A League Challenge Cup 5-1 W
22/10/2005 15:00 Nelson H NWCFL 2 5-0 W
02/11/2005 19:45 Chadderton H NWCFL 2 
05/11/2005 15:00 Eccleshall A NWCFL 2 
13/11/2005 14:00 Colne A League Challenge Cup 
19/11/2005 15:00 Darwen A NWCFL 2 
23/11/2005 19:45 New Mills H NWCFL 2 
26/11/2005 15:00 Cheadle Town A NWCFL 2 
03/12/2005 15:00 New Mills or Chadderton A Division Two Trophy 
10/12/2005 15:00 Castleton Gabriels H NWCFL 2 
17/12/2005 15:00 Holker Old Boys A NWCFL 2 
26/12/2005 13:00 Flixton A NWCFL 2 
02/01/2006 15:00 Winsford United H NWCFL 2 
14/01/2006 15:00 Nelson A NWCFL 2 
21/01/2006 15:00 Ashton Town H NWCFL 2 
28/01/2006 15:00 Great Harwood Town A NWCFL 2 
04/02/2006 15:00 Flixton H NWCFL 2 
11/02/2006 15:00 Daisy Hill A NWCFL 2 
18/02/2006 15:00 Blackpool Mechanics A NWCFL 2 
25/02/2006 15:00 Holker Old Boys H NWCFL 2 
04/03/2006 15:00 Chadderton A NWCFL 2 
11/03/2006 15:00 Darwen H NWCFL 2 
18/03/2006 15:00 Leek CSOB H NWCFL 2 
25/03/2006 15:00 New Mills A NWCFL 2 
01/04/2006 15:00 Cheadle Town H NWCFL 2 
08/04/2006 15:00 Norton United A NWCFL 2 
15/04/2006 15:00 Oldham Town A NWCFL 2 
22/04/2006 15:00 Great Harwood Town H NWCFL 2 
29/04/2006 15:00 Padiham A NWCFL 2


trenutna rabela:
Division Two
    P W D L F A GD Pts
1 FC United 11 9 1 1 41 11 30 28 2 Winsford United 10 8 1 1 18 5 13 25
3 Padiham 10 7 1 2 25 12 13 22
4 Blackpool Mechanics 12 6 2 4 21 19 2 20
5 Flixton 10 5 3 2 24 15 9 18

posecenost
Division Two  Min Crowd Max Crowd Ave Crowd Total Crowd
FC United 1,978 3,808 2,741 19,188
Leek CSOB 53 2,590 693 2,775


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trenutna tabela
Division Two
    P W D L F A GD Pts
1 FC United 15 11 3 1 52 16 36 36
2 Padiham 13 8 3 2 35 20 15 27
3 Winsford United 12 8 3 1 22 9 13 27
4 Flixton 13 7 3 3 33 18 15 24
5 Blackpool Mechanics 14 6 2 6 21 23 -2 20
6 Eccleshall 15 6 2 7 22 27 -5 20
7 Nelson 11 6 1 4 25 22 3 19
8 Darwen 11 6 1 4 20 18 2 19
9 Ashton Town 12 6 1 5 23 23 0 19
10 New Mills 12 5 2 5 19 25 -6 17
11 Oldham Town 11 5 1 5 15 16 -1 16
12 Cheadle Town (-6) 14 6 3 5 24 22 2 15
13 Holker Old Boys 13 4 3 6 25 29 -4 15
14 Great Harwood Town 10 4 0 6 17 15 2 12
15 Norton United 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11
16 Chadderton 11 2 3 6 10 20 -10 9
17 Daisy Hill 11 2 2 7 13 25 -12 8
18 Leek CSOB 11 1 2 8 15 27 -12 5
19 Castleton Gabriels (-4) 14 0 1 13 10 46 -36 -3