FC United of Manchester

Tomagotchye

Just read an article on The Guardian about them

(http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/26/fc-united-manchester-benfica-united-fans)

They've built a new stadium worth 6.3m and have a friendly match against Benfica coming up. Honestly, when I first heard about them I thought they'd be a nothing forever and that would be that, but building their own stadium, getting high profile friendlies and promotion after promotion is getting impressive. They're pretty stable and pushing forwards which is probably more than can be said for a lot of teams down in conference north or wherever...

Has anybody had any interaction with them or know anything about their fan numbers?

MightyMandarin

PI ALFA has loads of videos on yt from their games. They have really good support, and just from watching on youtube you can see there's a good atmosphere at their games.

They might be a 'protest club' but they've had good success the last while.

As a Liverpool fan, obviously it's tough for me to support them, but I have nothing but the height of respect for their fans. Hopefully they'll be in the football league soon.

~Rebel~

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Just read an article on The Guardian about them

(http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/26/fc-united-manchester-benfica-united-fans)

They've built a new stadium worth 6.3m and have a friendly match against Benfica coming up. Honestly, when I first heard about them I thought they'd be a nothing forever and that would be that, but building their own stadium, getting high profile friendlies and promotion after promotion is getting impressive. They're pretty stable and pushing forwards which is probably more than can be said for a lot of teams down in conference north or wherever...

Has anybody had any interaction with them or know anything about their fan numbers?

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Yeah fair play to them alright. I do wish the name was slightly better though - it always just makes me feel uncomfortable grammatically to think of "Football Club United of Manchester".

MightyMandarin

~Rebel~ wrote: »

I do wish the name was slightly better though - it always just makes me feel uncomfortable grammatically to think of "Football Club United of Manchester".

I imagine that's the closest they could get to 'Manchester United' without infringing on the patent.

Guy:Incognito

It'd be interesting to see what would happen if they made it big and reached the upper levels, Championship or PL. Would it be all wrong again and another new club get started at the bottom again.:D

"Fans who have fled the expense, compulsory seating and increasingly passive nature of the Premier League experience, as much as investor-owners’ exploitation, made it clear that if they ever had a home, they wanted to stand and sing. So partly in wistful homage to their raucous formative years, the new ground has a terrace behind one goal and a standing area in front of the main stand seats, like the former Old Trafford paddocks. Wood cladding on the designed front of the stadium references railway sleepers and United’s Newton Heath train company origins."

The terraces would have to go anyway.

doncarlos

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Has anybody had any interaction with them or know anything about their fan numbers?

Went to a game a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Football was below LOI 1st division level but atmosphere was unreal. Was at a Man United Vs Everton game the following day and match day experience wasn't close to matching FC United's

padd b1975

A "yellow pack" AFC Wimbledon.

Personally, I think the Conference North (or whatever it's called these days) is realistically the limit of their capabilities.

Liam O

padd b1975 wrote: »

A "yellow pack" AFC Wimbledon.

Personally, I think the Conference North (or whatever it's called these days) is realistically the limit of their capabilities.

Oh yeah? For what reason do you think this or are you talking put of your hole?

Richard Hillman

They will only be able to get so far due to their rules. They won't have Shirt sponsors and I think they have a view of that they won't move games for Tv purposes.(I could be wrong on that one)

I respect what they did. They walked away from the glamour of Supporting Man Utd to form a club by their own ethos. I'm sick to back teeth of fans of football league clubs whinging about how people that own the clubs they support. If somebody owns a club they have a right to do whatever they want with it, whether it be change the colour of the jersey, add Tigers to the name or move the club a hundred miles up the road. If people who are most protesting had any conviction they would leave the glamour of the football league and start their own club.

This against modern football mob have zero conviction. If they were so passionate and were not in a tiny minority, they would do what FCUM did.

Jimmy Iovine

I've been to see them play against Nantwich Town in the Conference. They brought along a good few fans and set off flares for the whole game. Seemed very out of place having that manic support at that game.

MightyMandarin

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They will only be able to get so far due to their rules. They won't have Shirt sponsors and I think they have a view of that they won't move games for Tv purposes.(I could be wrong on that one)

I respect what they did. They walked away from the glamour of Supporting Man Utd to form a club by their own ethos. I'm sick to back teeth of fans of football league clubs whinging about how people that own the clubs they support. If somebody owns a club they have a right to do whatever they want with it, whether it be change the colour of the jersey, add Tigers to the name or move the club a hundred miles up the road. If people who are most protesting had any conviction they would leave the glamour of the football league and start their own club.

This against modern football mob have zero conviction. If they were so passionate and were not in a tiny minority, they would do what FCUM did.

I agree.

Doesn't matter that they're United fans, everyone should have massive respect for them.

Football has gone to sh*t in recent times, and it's clubs like FCUM which bring us back to the proper ideals of football.

Obviously their capabilities are limited, but I hope they go far.

death1234567

'Worst club name ever.'

Hulk Hands

United now have 2 stadiums that are better than Anfield