FC United thread

Stephen230 said:
Although unlike Salford, their fans knew exactly what they were getting from day one. Salford were a typical small non league club with a proud and long tradition. I highly doubt the majority of their pre takeover fans wanted any of this.
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Agree that not all Salford fans necessarily wanted the rag-takeover. Changing the nickname and colours of the club must have angered most fans ?
Think the basic FC United fans (not the leaders) just fell for the hype that they were "reinventing football" ?
Their instant rise up the Non-League ranks must have been a great adventure ? I had a close mate (he stopped going to Old Trafford) who was ecstatic that they were inevitably going to get into the Football League.
When they stopped winning and getting promoted, he stopped going.
A large number of original supporters were just "glory fans", who soon got fed up of getting beat by Radcliffe Borough etc...
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
Agree that not all Salford fans necessarily wanted the rag-takeover. Changing the nickname and colours of the club must have angered most fans ?
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Neville claimed while the takeover was being discussed that nothing would change in terms of traditional. Yet the first thing they did was change the kits from the traditional tangerine to United kits. I really don’t know why they would do that? Although hugely outnumbered, there are still plenty of blues in Salford who would look out for Salford and maybe even attend some games. They were pretty much all alienated at a stroke I’d imagine.

I’m still waiting for the day when it all comes out exactly what Peter Lim is up to there aswell. Something decidedly dodgy about his involvement.
 
Stephen230 said:
Neville claimed while the takeover was being discussed that nothing would change in terms of traditional. Yet the first thing they did was change the kits from the traditional tangerine to United kits. I really don’t know why they would do that? Although hugely outnumbered, there are still plenty of blues in Salford who would look out for Salford and maybe even attend some games. They were pretty much all alienated at a stroke I’d imagine.

I’m still waiting for the day when it all comes out exactly what Peter Lim is up to there aswell. Something decidedly dodgy about his involvement.
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Peter Lim, dodgy? Surely not. Gary and Christiano can vouch for him. No way can it be "Investor Washing", no way!
 
Stephen230 said:
Neville claimed while the takeover was being discussed that nothing would change in terms of traditional. Yet the first thing they did was change the kits from the traditional tangerine to United kits. I really don’t know why they would do that? Although hugely outnumbered, there are still plenty of blues in Salford who would look out for Salford and maybe even attend some games. They were pretty much all alienated at a stroke I’d imagine.

I’m still waiting for the day when it all comes out exactly what Peter Lim is up to there aswell. Something decidedly dodgy about his involvement.
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The land the ground is on must be worth a lot.....
 
I know a few Blues who used to go to Salford pre-takeover and who still do go occasionally. They’re mightily pissed off with the kit change as you could imagine. If the Raggy owners had any decency and sense they’d revert back to the traditional kit colours. But they’re Rags…
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
It's in a very nice residential area, and on the edge of Broughton Park, the main Orthodox Jewish area. They'd get a very decent whack for it.
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I wasn’t suggesting it’s a shithole. There’s some nice gaffs round there. But the house prices are nothing to get giddy about.

I think the other guy was only joking anyway. Just saying it’s not like some international businessman has swooped in to buy a plot of land in Kensington or something.
 
Stephen230 said:
I wasn’t suggesting it’s a shithole. There’s some nice gaffs round there. But the house prices are nothing to get giddy about.

I think the other guy was only joking anyway. Just saying it’s not like some international businessman has swooped in to buy a plot of land in Kensington or something.
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I wasn't joking. The land would go for a nice price.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I wasn't joking. The land would go for a nice price.
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Presumably it cost a nice price to buy it in the first place. And it would cost a nice price to buy a replacement ground. Unless the plan was to fold the club for the price of the site all along.
 
Stephen230 said:
Presumably it cost a nice price to buy it in the first place. And it would cost a nice price to buy a replacement ground. Unless the plan was to fold the club for the price of the site all along.
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Salford City have played there for several decades and I think it was the home to Broughton Rangers (rugby - not sure which code) before that. The costs incurred have been for redeveloping it from a typical non-league stadium to a basic league ground.

Edit - Just looked at Wiki - Manchester Rugby Club played there from 1908 to 1969, and Salford City moved there in 1978.
Looks like Broughton Rangers were a rugby league team who played a mile or two away and later moved to Gorton and played at Belle Vue.
 
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LongsightM13 said:
‘Breakaway’ club that didn’t actually break away.
A low rent tribute act and nothing more
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I remember back in 2005 worked with a lad who was one of the founding members of FC United and asked him why they were doing this and not going to watch ushited again. He obviously told me that it was about the Glazers and what they were doing to United. I said we had put up with Swales for years but we never gave up on our club. That's the difference .
 
eastmanc said:
I remember back in 2005 worked with a lad who was one of the founding members of FC United and asked him why they were doing this and not going to watch ushited again. He obviously told me that it was about the Glazers and what they were doing to United. I said we had put up with Swales for years but we never gave up on our club. That's the difference .
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And when it came down to it, we mobilised and got him out, instead of talking our ball and running away
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
Cannot understand how or why FC United fans have changed ?
When they started they had some witty songs about other Non-League teams, even having a pop at Plug/Rio about staying "loyal" to 3pm fixtures and not changing kick-off times.
They had some great, national publicity about being a "people/members" team, but that seems to have stopped ?
Haven't seen them for c. 10 years as stopped going to see Non-League footy, but they were defiant that they were all about their team and not about the rivalries of MUFC ?
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that same fans/people board members running the club fuck them over taking cash for themselves, hahahahahaha
it's now part owned by the Manchester city council in loans own and stadium
 
East Level 2 said:
Salford City have played there for several decades and I think it was the home to Broughton Rangers (rugby - not sure which code) before that. The costs incurred have been for redeveloping it from a typical non-league stadium to a basic league ground.

Edit - Just looked at Wiki - Manchester Rugby Club played there from 1908 to 1969, and Salford City moved there in 1978.
Looks like Broughton Rangers were a rugby league team who played a mile or two away and later moved to Gorton and played at Belle Vue.
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Broughton Rangers played at The Cliff in Broughton until 1933, when they moved to Belle Vue.
The rags moved into The Cliff in 1938
 
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