Maine Road F.C.

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Maine Road
Maine Road FC Logo.png
Full nameMaine Road Football Club
Nickname(s)Road, The Sky Blues
Founded1955
GroundBrantingham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Capacity2,000 (200 seated) [1]
ChairmanRonnie Meredith
ManagerReece Lyndon & Ryan Eiselt
League North West Counties League Division One North
2023–24 North West Counties League Division One South, 10th of 18 (transferred)
Website Club website
A crest marking the 50th anniversary of the club in 2005. Maine rd badge.png
A crest marking the 50th anniversary of the club in 2005.

Maine Road Football Club is a football club, based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. Founded in 1955 by Manchester City supporters, they are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One North and play at Brantingham Road.

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History

The club was formed in 1955 by supporters of Manchester City under the name City Supporters Rusholme. [2] They played friendly matches before joining the Rusholme Sunday League, remaining members until transferring to the Manchester Amateur Sunday League in 1966. [2] [1] The club also moved its headquarters to the Maine Road Social Club and were renamed Maine Road Football Club. [2] After winning the Manchester County Sunday Cup and the league title in 1971–72, the club switched to Saturday football and joined Division Two of the Manchester League. [2] [3]

Maine Road won the Division Two title at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One, [3] as well as winning the Manchester County Amateur Cup. [4] They went on to win Division One the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division. [3] In 1975–76 the club won the Manchester Premier Cup, beating Abbey Hey WMC in the final; they retained the trophy the following season with a win over Little Lever. In 1982–83 the club were Premier Division champions. [5] They retained the title for the next three seasons, before finishing as runners-up in 1986–87, after which the club moved up to Division Two of the North West Counties League. [6]

Maine Road's first season in the North West Counties League saw them win the Manchester Premier Cup for a third time, beating Irlam Town 1–0 in the final. Despite finishing as Division Two runners-up in 1988–89, the club were not promoted after failing to meet ground grading regulations. [2] However, the following season saw them win the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One. They were Manchester Premier Cup finalists in 1998–99. Although the club were relegated at the end of the 2001–02 season, they were Division Two runners-up in 2003–04, and were promoted back to Division One, [6] as well as reaching the final of the Manchester Premier Cup again. The club won the league's Challenge Cup in 2007–08, [2] after which Division One was renamed the Premier Division. The club were Premier Division runners-up in 2013–14. [6] However, they finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division in 2017–18 season and were relegated to Division One South. At the end of the 2023–24 season the club were transferred to Division One North.

Ground

Brantingham Road Brantingham Road, Manchester, January 2014.jpg
Brantingham Road
Brantingham Road during a North West Counties Football League match between Maine Road and 1874 Northwich. Maine Road vs 1874 Northwich football match.jpg
Brantingham Road during a North West Counties Football League match between Maine Road and 1874 Northwich.

After playing at several different ground, Maine Road moved to Brantingham Road in 1980. [2] After the ground was upgraded by the Manchester Football Association in the mid-1980s, it enabled the club to be promoted to the North West Counties League. [2] The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 200 is seated and 700 covered. [1]

The club's record home attendance of 3,181 was set on 4 November 2006 for a Division One match against FC United of Manchester (a team formed by supporters of Manchester City's arch rivals, Manchester United) although the game was played at Bower Fold in Stalybridge. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p456 ISBN   978-1869833695
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Maine Road: History North West Counties League
  3. 1 2 3 The Manchester League 1960–1976 Non-League Matters
  4. 1 2 3 4 Maine Road: Info North West Counties League
  5. ↑ The Manchester League 1976–1994 Non-League Matters
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Maine Road at the Football Club History Database

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