F.C. United of Manchester

Not to be confused with Manchester United F.C..
"FC United" redirects here. For the women's football club from Jakobstad, Finland, see FC United (Jakobstad).

F.C. United of Manchester
A circular badge with "Football Club United of Manchester" written in white capitals just inside the black circumference with a red trim. Inside is a yellow crest on a red background. The crest has a yellow ship with three sails on a white background, and three yellow stripes on a red background.
Full nameFootball Club United of Manchester
Nickname(s)F.C. United
The Reds
Red Rebels
Founded2005
GroundBroadhurst Park
Capacity4,400[1]
ChairmanNick Boom
ManagerMark Beesley[2]
LeagueNorthern Premier League Premier Division
2023–24Northern Premier League Premier Division, 14th of 21
Websitehttp://www.fc-utd.co.uk/
Current season

Football Club United of Manchester is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home matches at Broadhurst Park.

Founded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's takeover, F.C. 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. In cup competitions, 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. In 2019 they were relegated back to the Northern Premier League.

After ground-sharing between 2005 and 2014 with Bury at Gigg Lane, F.C. United opened their own ground, Broadhurst Park in north-east Manchester, in May 2015. The team was managed by Karl Marginson from its formation in 2005 until October 2017.[3] 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.[4][5] The club's regular kit colours are red shirts, white shorts and black socks. 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.

After Heart of Midlothian and Exeter City, United is the third-largest fan-owned football club in the United Kingdom by number of members,[6] and has one of the highest home attendances in English non-league football. The club is democratically run by its members who have equal voting rights and own one share each in the club.

  1. ^ "F.C. United of Manchester – Broadhurst Park". fc-utd.co.uk. FC United of Manchester. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ https://fc-utd.co.uk/news-story/club-statement-neil-reynolds-departs-as-first-team-manager
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference fcunited-pressrelease-marginson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Tom Greaves resigns as manager of FC United of Manchester". FC United. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "News Story – Neil Reynolds appointed as FC United Manager". Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference nonleaguepaper was invoked but never defined (see the help page).