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F.C. United of Manchester is an English semi-professional association football club based in Moston, Manchester, that competes in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The club was formed in June 2005 by supporters of Manchester United opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's takeover of that club. [1] F.C. United are owned and democratically run by their supporters and operate as a community benefit society on a one-member, one vote basis. [2]
F.C. United were accepted into Division Two of the North West Counties Football League, at level ten of the English football pyramid, for the 2005–06 season. [1] They achieved three consecutive promotions in the first three years of their existence and were promoted for a fourth time to compete in the National League North for the 2015–16 season.
F.C. United reached the second round of the FA Cup during the 2010–11 season, and the first round during the 2015–16 season. The club also reached the fourth round of the FA Trophy during the 2014–15 season and the third round of the FA Vase during the 2006–07 season. In minor competitions, F.C. United won the Manchester Premier Cup during the 2016–17 season, the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup during the 2006–07 season and the Northern Premier League President's Cup during the 2007–08 season.
Due to the lack of their own ground, F.C. United played their home matches at multiple stadia around Greater Manchester between 2005 and 2015, including Bury's Gigg Lane, Curzon Ashton's Tameside Stadium and Stalybridge Celtic's Bower Fold, among others. [3] The club moved into its own 4,400-capacity Broadhurst Park in north-east Manchester for the 2015–16 season.
The division is shown in italics when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.
Champions ↑ | Promotion via play-offs ‡ | Competition winners |
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Season | League | FA Cup | Other competitions | Top league goal scorer | Average home attendance | References | ||||||||||||
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Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Name | |||||||
2005–06 | North West Counties League Division Two | 10 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 111 | 35 | +76 | 87 | 1st ↑ Champions | DNE | NWCFL Challenge Cup | R2 | Rory Patterson | 18 | 3,059 | [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Second Division Trophy | QF | |||||||||||||||||
2006–07 | North West Counties League Division One | 9 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 157 | 36 | +121 | 112 | 1st ↑ Champions | FA Vase | R3 | Stuart Rudd | 38 | 2,581 | [7] [8] [10] [11] [12] [13] | |
NWCFL Challenge Cup | W | |||||||||||||||||
2007–08 | Northern Premier League Division One North | 8 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 91 | 49 | +42 | 81 | 2nd [lower-alpha 1] Promoted via Play-offs‡ | QR1 | FA Trophy | PR | Rory Patterson | 35 | 2,086 | [15] [16] [17] [18] [7] [8] [19] [20] [21] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
NPL President's Cup | W | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Premier Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||||
2008–09 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 82 | 58 | +24 | 72 | 6th | QR1 | FA Trophy | QR3 | Kyle Wilson | 21 | 2,152 | [22] [23] [24] [7] [8] [25] [26] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||||
2009–10 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 65 | –3 | 47 | 13th | QR4 | FA Trophy | QR3 | Phil Marsh | 10 | 1,954 | [27] [28] [29] [7] [8] [30] [31] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||||
2010–11 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 76 | 4th [lower-alpha 2] | R2 | FA Trophy | QR3 | Michael Norton | 24 | 1,966 | [33] [34] [35] [7] [8] [36] [37] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||||
2011–12 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 72 | 6th [lower-alpha 3] | QR2 | FA Trophy | R1 | Matthew Wolfenden | 20 | 1,947 | [39] [40] [41] [7] [8] [42] [43] [44] |
NPL Challenge Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Premier Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
2012–13 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 48 | +38 | 83 | 3rd [lower-alpha 4] | QR4 | FA Trophy | QR2 | Matthew Wolfenden | 19 | 1,849 | [46] [47] [48] [49] [7] [8] [50] [51] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Premier Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
2013–14 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 108 | 52 | +56 | 96 | 2nd [lower-alpha 5] | QR1 | FA Trophy | QR1 | Tom Greaves | 34 | 1,944 | [53] [54] [55] [56] [7] [8] [57] [58] |
NPL Challenge Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Premier Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
2014–15 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 92 | 1st ↑ Champions | QR2 | FA Trophy | R4 | Tom Greaves | 20 | 2,155 | [59] [60] [61] [62] [7] [8] [63] [64] |
NPL Challenge Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
Manchester Premier Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||||
2015–16 | National League North | 6 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 75 | –15 | 53 | 13th | R1 | FA Trophy | QR3 | George Thomson | 11 | 3,394 | [65] [66] [67] [7] [8] [68] [69] |
Manchester Premier Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||||
2016–17 | National League North | 6 | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 54 | 13th | QR3 | FA Trophy | QR3 | George Thomson | 15 | 2,667 | [70] [71] [72] [7] [8] [73] [74] |
Manchester Premier Cup | W | |||||||||||||||||
2017–18 | National League North | 6 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 72 | –14 | 50 | 16th | QR4 | FA Trophy | QR3 | Jason Gilchrist | 11 | 2,109 | [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] |
Manchester Premier Cup | W | |||||||||||||||||
2018–19 | National League North | 6 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 34 | 21st ↓ Relegated | QR3 | FA Trophy Manchester Premier Cup | QR3 QF | Kurt Willoughby | 18 | 1,943 | [81] [82] [83] [84] [8] [85] |
2019–20 [lower-alpha 6] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 57 | 2nd | QR2 | FA Trophy Manchester Premier Cup | R2 F [lower-alpha 7] | Tunde Owolabi | 28 | 1,668 | [86] [87] [88] [89] [8] [90] |
2020–21 [lower-alpha 6] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 13th | R1 | FA Trophy | 3QR | Michael Fowler, Dan Cockerline, Finlay Sinclair-Smith | 2 | 505 [lower-alpha 8] | [91] [92] [93] [8] [94] |
2021–22 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 61 | 9th | QR2 | FA Trophy | R1 | Regan Linney | 14 | 1,795 | [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] |
FENIX Trophy | W | |||||||||||||||||
2022–23 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 63 | 8th | QR2 | FA Trophy | QR3 | Regan Linney | 20 | 1,731 | [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] |
FENIX Trophy | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||
2023–24 | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 7 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 55 | 77 | –22 | 48 | 14th | QR2 | FA Trophy | R1 | Dontai Gabidon | 7 | 1,681 | [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] |
FENIX Trophy | W |
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