FCUM MEMBERS

On Wednesday 1st December ko 3pm, FC United welcome Radcliffe Borough FC to Broadhurst Park in the Northern Premier League - Admission is pay on the gate £12 Adults, £7 Concessions, £3 u/18s.

The Bet Victor Northern Premier League Premier Division
FC United v Grantham Town FC
Broadhurst Park
Lightbowne Road, Moston
Manchester, M40 0FJ.

ADMISSION PRICES: PAY ON THE GATE
Adults £12
Concessions £7
Under 18’s £3

FCUM have only hosted Radcliffe once in the League, drawing 2-2 at Gigg Lane in March 2008.
Leading scorer Tyrese Sinclair is the son of former Chelsea and Jamaican defender Frank Sinclair.
Tom Brown scored 4 goals in 74 appearances for FCUM between 2014-17
Harry Winter scored 7 goals in 82 appearances for FCUM between 2015-18
Matty Wolfenden scored 94 goals in 305 appearances for FCUM between 2010-17
Rick Smith made 1 appearance for FCUM in the 2013-14 season.
James Hooper scored 2 goals in 13 games for FCUM between 2016-17.
Tunde Owolabi scored 26 goals and had 13 assists in 49 games for Radcliffe in the 2018-19 season.
Radcliffe have the worst disciplinary record in the division with 7 Red and 56 Yellow cards. FCUM are 14th worst.
A win for FCUM today would complete a set of wins against the Boro in Manchester Premier Cup, FA Trophy and League. It would be the first time the Reds have won 3 times in a season against a side in 3 different competitions.

NEXT LEAGUE GAME: FC United v Radcliffe FC

On Wednesday 1st January 2020 ko 3pm, FC United welcome Radcliffe FC to Broadhurst Park in the Northern Premier League - Admission is pay on the gate £12 Adults, £7 Concessions, £3 5-17, Free- under 5’s.

Wednesday 1st January kick-off 3pm
The Bet Victor Northern Premier League Premier Division
FC United v Radcliffe FC
Broadhurst Park
Lightbowne Road, Moston
Manchester, M40 0FJ.

ADMISSION PRICES: PAY ON THE GATE
Adults £12
Concessions £7
Age 5-17 £3
Under 5’s Free

Please note that St Matthew’s car park is not open for this match so parking will be more limited than usual.

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
Programme cost is £2 and teamsheets cost 50p (or minimum donation). Both are available from inside the ground at the SMRE turnstiles.

ENTRY TO THE GROUND
Turnstiles open at 1pm.
Between 12 noon and 1pm, fans wishing to access the Main Stand function room bar can gain admission via Main Reception on production of your season/match ticket or by cash payment of the match admission price.

The function room will remain open for all until 7:00pm, last orders 6:30pm.
The SMRE bar will remain open for all until 4:15pm

RESERVED SEATING IN THE MAIN STAND
Supporters will be able to reserve seats in one block of the Main Stand on a first come first served basis, by calling the FC United office 24 hours before kick-off on 0161 769 2005. A maximum of 4 seats can be reserved per person. Those who have reserved seating need to collect a wristband from the FC United office accessible through the main reception on the day of the match. These wristbands will only be available until the kick off time of the match.

BARS AND FOOD
There will be three bars open throughout the ground.
Alcoholic drinks are permitted to be consumed in view of the pitch and therefore served in plastic glasses.

The Main Function room will be open from 12pm serving hot food, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.

The SMRE bar will be open from 1pm-4.15pm serving hot food, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.
Cask Ale is available.
The Kazbar serves hot food and non alcoholic beverages and will open from 1.30pm to 5pm.
The Chippy, located in the corner of the North Stand and SMRE terrace serves hot food and non alcoholic beverages.

CLUB SHOP
The Club Shop located at front of the ground to the right of the Main Reception will be open from 1pm-3pm and for 15-20 minutes after the final whistle.
There is no entry to the shop at half-time.

FREE SHUTTLE BUS - TO AND FROM THE GROUND
The FREE shuttle bus to the ground, sponsored by Holts which will make 3 journeys from Manchester and 4 journeys from the Railway Pub (adjacent to Newton Heath & Moston Metrolink stop), to Broadhurst Park. The bus will also pick supporters up at the Fairway Inn on Broadway.

TRIP #1
Departs: 12.00pm – Crowne Plaza Hotel at Shudehill
Pick up: 12.20pm – Railway Pub adjacent to Newton Heath/Moston Metrolink
Arrives: 12.25pm at Broadhurst Park
Pick up: 12.30pm - Fairway Inn, Broadway
Arrives: 12.35pm at Broadhurst Park

TRIP #2
Departs: 1.00pm – Crowne Plaza Hotel at Shudehill
Pick up: 1.20pm – Railway Pub adjacent to Newton Heath/Moston Metrolink
Arrives: 1.25pm at Broadhurst Park
Pick up: 1.30pm - Fairway Inn, Broadway
Arrives: 1.35pm at Broadhurst Park

TRIP #3
Departs: 2.00pm – Crowne Plaza Hotel at Shudehill
Pick up: 2.20pm – Railway Pub adjacent to Newton Heath/Moston Metrolink
Arrives: 2.25pm at Broadhurst Park
Pick up: 2.30pm - Fairway Inn, Broadway
Arrives: 2.35pm at Broadhurst Park

TRIP #4
Departs: 2.45pm – Railway Pub adjacent to Newton Heath/Moston Metrolink
Arrives: 2.50pm at Broadhurst Park

After the match the shuttle bus will make two trips back to The Crowne Plaza in Manchester via Newton Heath / Moston Metrolink stop. The first trip will leave immediately after the match from Lightbowne Road at approximately 4.50pm. The second will leave at approximately 6pm from the club car park.

NEXT COMMENTARY:

FC Live returns this afternoon with the first game of 2020, as FC United host Radcliffe.

Here is Statto Paul's Preview

https://audioboom.com/posts/7466362-fc- ... adcliffe-h

And if you cannot make this game in person, then join us from 2.30pm on http://www.fc-radio.co.uk

PftG winning numbers:

00818
00589
01052

FCUM TV HIGHLIGHTS:
https://vimeo.com/382321770

FC LIVE GOALS:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7466907-fc- ... adcliffe-h

POST MATCH INTERVIEW:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7466908-pos ... adcliffe-h

EXTRA LISTENING

This Club is My Club - Team of the Decade Special

With a new decade upon us, the FC Live Team look back at the past ten years on the pitch, and try to pick our FC United team of the decade.

https://fcumradio.podbean.com/e/this-cl ... e-special/

FC United fought back to beat Radcliffe Borough 3-2 at Broadhurst Park on New Year’s Day in front of 2,124 supporters with goals from Michael Potts and Tunde Owolabi.

The visitors led 1-0 at halftime in a feisty encounter but the Reds showed composure and character to overcome their opponents to record their seventh consecutive victory. The result means that FC United remain in third place in the Bet Victor Northern Premier Division.

Before the game, manager Neil Reynolds had said the match up against local rivals, who were level on points with us, was the biggest test of the season to date. During the match the character of his team was indeed tested.

For most of the first half it looked like FC United were the team in control of what was looking to be an even game, but having said that there wasn’t a dominance to the game and Boro set their stall out early with a physical - and it could be argued often cynical - approach to defending.

The visitors took the lead after 36 minutes, as they capitalised on a poor clearance by goalkeeper Cameron Belford, who looked to have made up for the error with a point blank save, but that left Tyrese Sinclair with a simple tap in from less than a yard out.

A goal which Sinclair seemed to enjoy celebrating in front of the St Mary’s Road End (SMRE), a move which could always prove to be costly when there’s only one goal in the game and plenty of time left to turn it around.

FC United almost responded immediately, going close from on attack from kick off and then seeing a great shout for a penalty turned away; not for the last time on the day, by the referee.

Attacking a riled up SMRE and obviously fired up by Reno at the break, the Reds came to the field in the second half and showed the character of the team by dominating the majority of the second 45 minutes.

Two penalty shouts that even VAR would have struggled to find a way out of early in the half got the crowd and players even more fired up and at this point FC turned the screw, knowing the best way to do their talking was by playing football.

Just after the hour mark, the Reds levelled things up, with captain Potts charging forward from midfield to knock home a low hard cross in at the near post. At this point the game was there for FC United.

Relentless wave after wave of attacks meant that the visiting defence didn’t have time to breath. The atmosphere in the 2,100 plus crowd building with each attack.

Just four minutes after Potts had equalised the Reds took the lead when Owolabi’s effort towards goal was scuffed into his own net by defender Javid Swaby-Neavin.

Although the intensity sloped off a little after the second goal, FC still kept looking for a third that would surely kill the game off. December player of the month Regan Linney will still be wondering how he put his header over from two yards out, but the Reds kept coming looking for a third.

In the 90th minute, Owolabi got the better clear of his man and found himself one-on-one with Boro ‘keeper Martin Oliver.The striker made no mistake, driving the ball low into the net for his 25th goal of the season, making it 3-1 and surely sealing the three points for the Reds.

This being FC United though, things weren’t quite that simple. Boro raced up the opposite end and grabbed a second goal, with one of only a handful of opportunities they’d put together in the second half and the last four minutes of added time suddenly became a bit nervy.

But the Reds defence stood firm and picked up the three points, closing the gap on second placed Lancaster to just one point, with FC United having played two games less.

The win is the seventh in row in all competitions and carries on an unbeaten run that now stretches 14 games and all the way back to the middle of October. Next up for FC United is another short away trip to Hyde United, as the Reds look for revenge for an early season 2-1 defeat.

Website man of the match – Finlay Sinclair-Smith: made his first start for the club after a few impressive cameos from the bench and looked to confuse the visiting defence every time he had the ball, with impressive runs and confidence on the ball.