The club played its home matches at Bury's Gigg Lane. United played in the Second Division of the North West Counties Football League (NWCFL), which is level ten of the English football league system and nine levels below the Premier League. North West Counties years (2005–07) įor the 2005–06 season, F.C. United later arranged to play their first ever game against Leigh RMI on 16 July 2005 the match ended 0–0. United's formation, the owners of Leigh RMI offered to merge the two clubs, but the parties decided against the idea. United and the club had over £100,000 in the bank. By 6 July, over 4,000 people had pledged money to F.C. Members voted on the club's constitution, badge, and core principles and elected the 11-member board. United's inaugural members' meeting was held on 5 July 2005 at the Methodist Central Hall. Jonathan Mitten, great-nephew of Manchester United forward Charlie Mitten, was the club's first signing. Around 900 players applied to take part in the trials, of whom 200 were chosen to take part and 17 selected to play for F.C. Karl Marginson was appointed as the club's manager on 22 June, and the club held trials for players four days later. United were officially registered with the Manchester County Football Association on the same day. Manchester 1878", "Manchester Central", and "Newton Heath United", and F.C. United of Manchester" had been chosen, beating "A.F.C. On 14 June 2005, it was announced that "F.C.
United" was rejected by The Football Association for being too generic, those who had pledged money to the club were asked to vote on a name. Subsequently, a steering group was created to set up the new club. Public meetings for fans were held on at the Central Methodist Hall in Manchester's Northern Quarter and on 30 May at the Apollo Theatre. United in the event of a Glazer buyout was first proposed in February 2005 by Manchester United fanzine Red Issue. Supporters first considered forming a breakaway club in 1998 during an attempted takeover of Manchester United by BSkyB. United's formation was the takeover of Manchester United by American businessman Malcolm Glazer. Although there were varying reasons for their dissatisfaction, the catalyst for F.C. The club was founded in 2005 by disaffected supporters of Manchester United. United's first game was a friendly against Leigh RMI in 2005. The club is democratically run by its members who have equal voting rights and own one share each in the club.į.C. Their badge is based on the Manchester coat of arms and features a ship at sea and three stripes for the three rivers that flow through Manchester.Īfter Exeter City F.C., United is the second-largest fan-owned football club in the United Kingdom by number of members, and has one of the highest home attendances in English non-league football. The club's regular kit colours are red shirts, white shorts and black socks. The current manager is Neil Reynolds, who took over as manager in October 2018 from David Chadwick who acted as temporary manager following Tom Greaves's resignation in August 2018. The team was managed by Karl Marginson from its formation in 2005 until October 2017. United opened their own ground, Broadhurst Park in north-east Manchester, in May 2015. In 2019 they were relegated back to the Northern Premier League.Īfter ground-sharing between 20 with Bury at Gigg Lane, F.C. United reached the second round of the FA Cup in 2010–11 and the fourth round of the FA Trophy in 2014–15. United entered Division Two of the North West Counties Football League, earned three consecutive promotions and were promoted for a fourth time to National League North for the 2015–16 season. Football Club United of Manchester is a semi-professional football club in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home matches at Broadhurst Park.įounded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's takeover, F.C.
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