FC United of Manchester

The Football Club United of Manchester, FC United briefly, FCUM or colloquially called Red Rebels, is an English football club based in Manchester. He's been playing the 2008/ 09 season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh- highest division. The club colors are red, white and black.

The club was founded by fans of Manchester United, which thus turned against the takeover of the club by Malcolm Glazer and against the commercialization of football.

The club has, due to its history a cult status among football fans worldwide. The large media interest in the club shows, for example, in a monthly program about the club that exudes the local TV station Channel M since January 2006.

3.1 Membership and Board
3.2 Club Manifesto
3.3 fans
3.4 placements since the club
3.5 performance in the FA Cup since 2007 / 08 *

History

Association was founded

The FC United was founded in summer 2005 by disappointed fans of Manchester United. Although there were different reasons for starting their own association, the takeover of Manchester United by the American businessman Malcolm Glazer was the real reason. As early as 1998 there were plans for setting up their own club, as Rupert Murdoch wanted to take over Manchester United. Since this purchase did not materialize, the plans were shelved down. After the takeover by Glazer, the idea was again brought out and discussed in various fanzines.

On 12 May 2005, Glazer took control of Manchester United. The fans, who had opposed the Glazer takeover, organized a meeting on 19 May 2005 in Manchester Methodist Hall. During this meeting, the chairman of the meeting, Andy Walsh announced that at a meeting held on 30 May 2005, the establishment of a new association should be discussed. Walsh was advised by the then President of AFC Wimbledon Kris Stewart, a well established in the year 2002 by fans club. It was decided then to found a new club, when at least 1,000 people by the end of July 2005 did a financial donation.

This goal was achieved and founded the club. Originally the club FC United could mean. This name was rejected by the Football Association, however, because he was too general. The association then launched a survey among the people who had made a financial donation. The choice was between FC United of Manchester, FC Manchester Central, AFC Manchester 1878, and Newton Heath United FC - Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath FC, FC Manchester Central was in 1902 one of the three options in the choice of new club name. On 14 June 2005 it was announced that the club FC United of Manchester would be called after 44 per cent, had decided on this name. FC United is used as an abbreviation.

Leigh RMI, a club from the neighborhood, who was at that time in financial difficulty to the newly formed association offered to take over. However, the founder of FC United rejected the offer because their club was created in response to a takeover and therefore not found them to be appropriate, in turn to take over a team. The two clubs, however, remained in close contact, and the first official game of FC United was a friendly against Leigh RMI on July 16, 2005 ( 0-0).

On 22 June 2005 Karl Marginson was appointed coach. On June 26, a casting for the selection of players was held. From over 900 applicants, 200 football players were invited to the tryouts. Finally, 17 players were selected for the team, most of whom have since left the club again. Beginning of July 2005 the club had donated money already over 4,000 people, and in the association's account there were more than 100,000 pounds.

FC United was added to the second division of the North West Counties Football League ( NWCFL ), the tenth- highest division in English football. The League had at that time four free ones, so that the FC United took away any climber a place in the league. The association was founded to late to participate in the FA Vase. It was not until the 2006/07 season the FCUM for this competition was eligible. In the 2007 /08 season FC United first participated in the FA Cup.

Season 2005/ 06

The first league game was played at Leek CSOB on 13 August 2005. The league moved the first season game to the club with the largest capacity stadium to see whether the other clubs in the league can unsubscribe their home games against FC United in their own stadiums, or whether the clubs have to move into larger stages. For this game came 2,590 spectators, which meant a new league record. Furthermore, Leek had more viewers than all the home games last season in this game. The FC United won the game 5-2 and remained for the next five games in a row victorious. After the first half of the season FC United were already superior at the top of the NWCFL Division 2, and secured on 12 April 2006 with a 4-0 home win against FC Chadderton early promotion to the 1st Division was on April 22, 2006 the champion trophy before the game against Great Harwood Town FC presented. With 6,023 spectators the league record was again improved.

On May 12, 2006 in Leipzig, the first international comparison of the cult association against the former European Cup finalists FC 1 Locomotive Leipzig. The game ended in front of 7,426 spectators, including 300 fans from Manchester, 4-4 draw.

Season 2006/ 07

The first game in the NWCFL Division 1 was a 2-0 win against St Helens Town AFC on 12 August 2006. With a strengthened team, the team took the league and cup double. After a 7-1 home win over the Atherton Laburnum Rovers FC United made the championship perfect. In the final of the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup the team Curzon Ashton beat 2-1. This FC United was only the third team, the achieved the double of the league and cup in the NWCFL. In the FA Vase the team eliminated in the third round against FC Quorn.

Season 2007/ 08

The season opening of FC United in the UniBond The League - 1st Division North ended with a 1-2 defeat against Lancaster City. Despite a famous comeback at the end of the season Bradford Park Avenue won the championship by a single point. The second place in the table entitled to participate in the play-offs. In the final of the play-offs they beat Skelmersdale United 4-1. Thus, the club recorded its third rise in a row.

In the FA Cup they failed in the second qualifying round at Fleetwood Town, while already lost and was eliminated against Bradford Park Avenue in the FA Trophy qualifying round one. At the end of the season of FC United winning the Unibond League Presidents Cup celebrated after a 2-0 final win against Radcliffe Borough. In the third round they lost significantly with 1:5 against Nantwich, but these were later disqualified and the FC reached the next round.

End of the season the team traveled for the third time in club history to Germany. In Marburg an international friendly against racism took place. A crowd of about 750 of the FCUM defeated a combined team of VfB Marburg and the ball games Richtsberg 3-1.

Season 2008/ 09

The team pointed to the 2008/ 09 season on a balance of 21 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses with 72 points and was the sixth- best team in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. In the FA Cup the hurdle FC Sheffield was eliminated successfully with a 3-1 away win in the first qualifying round, the second round against AFC North Ferriby United ended in a success for the team of Manchester. In the third qualifying round, the team was narrowly against Stalybridge Celtic and was eliminated after a 0-3 defeat in round four against Northwich Victoria from the competition.

In addition, the team also took part in the competition of the FA Trophy, defeating in the first two qualifying rounds Ashton United and Lancaster City. In the third qualifying round tie against Harrogate Town the team lost their home game with 2:3 and different also from that competition from an early stage.

Season 2009/10

The team pointed to the 2009/10 season on a balance of 13 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats and finished with 47 points to 13th place. In the FA Cup the team failed to Northwich Victoria 0-3.

Season 2010/11

In the first round of the FA Cup, FC United continued, surprisingly, by 3-2 at third division AFC Rochdale (League One) and went for the first time in the second round of the oldest club cup of the world. The winning goal, after interim 2-0 lead, succeeded in the fourth minute of injury time. In the second round, however, was eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg of FC United was defeated at home with 0:4.

Achievements

Master of the North West Counties Football League Division Two: 2006
Master of the North West Counties Football League Division One: 2007
Play-Off Winners of The UniBond League - 1st Division North: 2008
Winner of the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup: 2007
Winner of the Unibond League Presidents Cup: 2008

Association

Membership and Board

Membership in the association is acquired when a person makes the annual fee of £ 12 (children £ 3 ). Each member only acquires a share of the club and has at the Annual Meeting only one vote. The association has an elected twelve member board. Currently the club has no president. Until a new President is elected, Tony Pritchard leads the provisional official duties.

FC United has two full-time employees. Andy Walsh is the CEO of the association. Club Internally, the name General Manager preferred. For legal reasons, but Walsh must be designated as Managing Director. Lindsey Robertson is the secretary of the association.

Club Manifesto

The Manifesto of the Association include the following principles:

The Executive Board is democratically elected by the members.
Decisions that are taken by the members will, " One member - one vote " policy, decided
The association aims to develop close links with the local community. The club is open to everyone. No one is discriminated against.
The Board will avoid the commercialization of the association.

The FC United accepted sponsors, but does not his jerseys for advertising available. The main sponsor is currently the BMW Williams Group.

Fans

Its nature, the followers of the FCUM recruited mainly from former supporters of Manchester United, which turned away after the takeover by Malcolm Glazer. Your displeasure against Glazer press the fans of FC United up today in a popular song from which can be heard at every game: " Malcolm Glazer, whereever you 'may be: you've bought Man United, but you'll never buy me! " ( German: " Malcolm Glazer, wherever you are: you have bought Man United, but me you'll never buy "! ) However, due to the unusual genesis of the club flew not only in England but throughout the world since its inception, the heart of Football fans, a similar shaped by the increasing commercial development as ManUtd fear from its club. In particular, supporters of the ultras movement sympathies for FCUM, since they are very critical of the commercialization traditionally opposite. Currently, there are trailer or fan clubs in the UK, the U.S., New Zealand, Czech Republic, Poland, Holland, Thailand, Ukraine, Equatorial Guinea and Germany; so the FC St. Pauli commemorate its 100th anniversary in May 2010, the FCUM a friendly match (final score 3:3 ) has invited against the Self to the Millerntor own tradition.

Placements since the club

Performance in the FA Cup since 2007 / 08 *

Stadium

Since his first club season 2005/06 FC United play at Gigg Lane, Bury FC 's stadium. Although the Bury FC in the fourth- highest division, and thus three classes on the FC United, is active, the number of visitors at home games for United are often higher. With 6,023 visitors on 23 April 2006, the FC United holds the attendance record of his league.

End of October 2013, the negotiations with Manchester City Council over a stadium could be completed. It was a lease with the City signed and funding secured. The building with 5,000 seats began as planned in November 2013 in Moston in the north east of Manchester and should be ready in August 2014. The cost of the new home of FC United are said to amount to a total of 6.5 million euros. Carry the members of the association, at the same time owners, around 2.3 million euros.

Future Plans

In November 2006, ambitious targets for the forthcoming six years were announced at the annual general meeting of the association:

Three climbs in a row to play from 2009 in the Conference North ( sixth- highest division ).
An average attendance of 5,000 spectators at home games until 2009.
The construction of their own, if possible in the center of Manchester located football stadium with a capacity 7000-10000 spectators to 2012.
The set up their own training facilities by 2009.
The establishment of a women's team for the season 2007/08.

Movies

In the film Looking for Eric, the problem between Manchester United and FC United of Manchester is the subject in several scenes.

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