FC United get first fixture

Dub13

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/07/08/story210732.html


FC United’s historic first home fixture – at Droylsden’s Butcher’s Arms home - will be against Padiham on August 20,


What do you Man You fans make of this...?

Mitch Connor

good luck to everyone involved, i wish them success. I still support Man United but i will def have an interest in FC United, hope to see them play Man United in the FA Cup next season (2006/07), that would be great! might even get myself a top if they can be got!

jank

It will die a death once Utd fans realise that its going to take at least 10 years for them to be in the premiership, not that there going that way

Big Ears

jank wrote:

It will die a death once Utd fans realise that its going to take at least 10 years for them to be in the premiership, no that there going that way

yup , it won't get the same support as FC Wimbledon either as they actually had a proper reason for starting a new club where as FC United don't , they just wanted their own team and thought that by associating it with anti Glazier-ness they would get former Man United fans .

I too would actually like United to meet them in the FA Cup............and win by a cricket score .

SteM

LOL, I dont think anyone involved is even thinking of the premiership to be honest. There was a club meeting on the 5th, the jist of it was posted on www.redcafe.net. Snipped:

Money raised so far just over 100,000

The manager is confident of promotion and is building a squad capable of Ryman league, he has players that have dropped upto 4 divisions to play for us. Also the manager is making sure that all the players know what the team is about and if they are not committed to that, then there is no place for them here.

Fair play to them, at least they're doing something about their disaffection rather than just bitching about things at United.

BKtje

I wish them all the best!

yop

Good luck to them, it could be intersting to see how far they get but the fact that it is based on anti-glazierism what will happen in a couple of years when the hate for glazier dies and the adrenelin runs out.

HashSlinging

yop wrote:

Good luck to them, it could be intersting to see how far they get but the fact that it is based on anti-glazierism what will happen in a couple of years when the hate for glazier dies and the adrenelin runs out.

Hmm interesting point, presuming then that glazer doesn’t run the club into the ground yadayadayadayada....?

SteM

Well only time will tell.

Mitch Connor

yop wrote:

Good luck to them, it could be intersting to see how far they get but the fact that it is based on anti-glazierism what will happen in a couple of years when the hate for glazier dies and the adrenelin runs out.

that is not quite accurate, a vast proportion of the fans involved with FC United are not in it purely for the anti-glazer effect. many are simply fed up with the extortionate prices, commercialisation and media prostitution that has swallowed the 'beautiful' game. I can't see those reasons disappearing.

milltown

Any word on when staunch anti-Glazerist Solskjaar is signing for them?

Or has he learned to keep his mouth shut when the hand that feeds it is nearby?

scuba steve

Good luck to them

yop

that is not quite accurate, a vast proportion of the fans involved with FC United are not in it purely for the anti-glazer effect. many are simply fed up with the extortionate prices, commercialisation and media prostitution that has swallowed the 'beautiful' game. I can't see those reasons disappearing.

If you read the real united fans forums then you will see that commercialisation has nothing to do with it. There is a serious sense of hate towards Glazier after his take over and that is also beginning to be aimed towards Sir Alex and the players.

As a life long United supporter I do not agree with what has / is happening to United but at the same time I have a lot more going on in my life than to spend the time that some of the Ex-United fans have with the anti-glazier campaigns

LegacyUser

milltown wrote:

Any word on when staunch anti-Glazerist Solskjaar is signing for them?

Or has he learned to keep his mouth shut when the hand that feeds it is nearby?

What did the baby-faced asassin do!?

Mitch Connor

yop wrote:

If you read the real united fans forums then you will see that commercialisation has nothing to do with it. There is a serious sense of hate towards Glazier after his take over and that is also beginning to be aimed towards Sir Alex and the players.

As a life long United supporter I do not agree with what has / is happening to United but at the same time I have a lot more going on in my life than to spend the time that some of the Ex-United fans have with the anti-glazier campaigns

i disagree with you about the commercial aspect but ho-hum, who gives a tiddlies.

Big Ears

bruachain wrote:

What did the baby-faced asassin do!?

Became a member of Shareholders United .

Mitch Connor

Came out like and spoke against the takeover a few months ago.

Keano_sli

FC United is a distraction, most United fans will remain United fans. The Club is still the club the issue of the ownership is now resolved.
This cna and probably will chage again some time in the future when the values rises sufficiently the Glazers will sell, that could be 5, 10, 15 or 20 years but it will happen at some point.
If the club is doing well at the time will we have a "please don't sell campaign", Proabaly but fans will still be fans.

SteM

yop wrote:

If you read the real united fans forums then you will see that commercialisation has nothing to do with it.

That's not quite true. Some of the quotes I've read on redcafe.net, people mention that it'll be great to be able to stand on a terrace again, be able to be beside their mates again, be able to chant what they want again and pay less for the privalge.

So it's unfair to say that commercialisation has nothing to do with it and it's all to do with Glazer's takeover because that's tarring everyone with the same brush.

The Muppet

Tauren wrote:

Came out like and spoke against the takeover a few months ago.

The cheek of him daring to express an opinion.

andyman

Good Luck to the lads on FC United and I would love to see a clash in the FA Cup.

Wow, I sound like a serious journalist trying to think of an article.
COOL!!

yop

Won't call the redcafe the official fans site, there is another site where the streford end hardcore hang out

county

yop wrote:

Won't call the redcafe the official fans site, there is another site where the streford end hardcore hang out

stretford i think you mean

yop

county wrote:

stretford i think you mean

typo :rolleyes:

SteM

So yop do you still stand by your comment that over commercialisation of United has nothing to do with the new club being set up and it's all about Glazer's takeover?

wheres me jumpa

best of luck to them. i will be keeping an eye on them. i would love a shirt but i guess they wont be selling them as thats too "commercial"!

also it will be interesting to see how great the support would be if united came out and won major competitions this season.

Chucky the tree

SteM wrote:

That's not quite true. Some of the quotes I've read on redcafe.net, people mention that it'll be great to be able to stand on a terrace again, be able to be beside their mates again, be able to chant what they want again and pay less for the privalge.

So it's unfair to say that commercialisation has nothing to do with it and it's all to do with Glazer's takeover because that's tarring everyone with the same brush.

Are you not allowed sit beside your mate in old trafford? Stupid reasons(i know there not yours).

COmmercialisation has VERY little to do with it. Its nearly all down to anti-galzier feeling.

wheres me jumpa

well the fact that the team would not have been set up had glazer not arrived says it all.

SteM

Chucky the tree wrote:

Are you not allowed sit beside your mate in old trafford? Stupid reasons(i know there not yours).

COmmercialisation has VERY little to do with it. Its nearly all down to anti-galzier feeling.

If you and your mates get tickets seperately for whatever reason then no, you can't sit beside them because everyone is assigned a seat number so they could be in the North Stand, you could be in the South etc. That doesn't happen at the lower league grounds that FCUM will be playing at obviously.

IMO the Glazer thing was the straw that broke the camels back but there was plenty of other stuff over the past few years that has been pissing off the hardcore fans. The takeover was the push they wanted/needed to form their own club but not the only reason.

Big Ears

Am I the only one that wants this club to fail because of the stupid 'reasons' they had to create a new club ?

SteM

Speaking as a United fan it doesn't bother me enough to want them to fail to be honest.

yop

So yop do you still stand by your comment that over commercialisation of United has nothing to do with the new club being set up and it's all about Glazer's takeover?

Of course I stand by it, commercialisation has long been part of United, toothbrushes, tomatoe sauce etc etc etc, the if commercialisation was a big reason for FC United to be born then it would have happened a long time before this.

Have a look at the FC United website and you will find that
"the concept of FC United, formed by Red Devils supporters disillusioned with Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the Old Trafford club."



Can you go to Croke Park or Landsdown and if you end up on the stands sit where you want, no you cannot, Old Trafford is no different to any large stadium in the world.

SteM

yop wrote:

Of course I stand by it, commercialisation has long been part of United, toothbrushes, tomatoe sauce etc etc etc, the if commercialisation was a big reason for FC United to be born then it would have happened a long time before this.

Have a look at the FC United website and you will find that
"the concept of FC United, formed by Red Devils supporters disillusioned with Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the Old Trafford club."



Can you go to Croke Park or Landsdown and if you end up on the stands sit where you want, no you cannot, Old Trafford is no different to any large stadium in the world.

IMO the Galzer takeover was part of the issue - the straw that broke the camels back but most certainly thre ONLY reason.

yop

What the Glazier takeover was their only reason for setting up FC United

Mitch Connor

Not everyone agrees with you (and i am sure most of the FC United supporters don't)

Accept it and move on.

yop

Not everyone agrees with you (and i am sure most of the FC United supporters don't)
Accept it and move on.

Ditto

Mitch Connor

i have