MOSSLEY, MOSSLEY, MOSSLEY, come on you LILYWHITES. To the lady? In the stands who could do nothing but swear. That is not the way to support your team, haha.

When we played 11 x 11 we held our own even though we did look second best. The killer blow was the red card. The opposition manager was not above employing no small amount of gamesmanship as he was screaming at the Ref for the whole of the first half claiming almost every tackle made by an FC player was a red card offence. It looks to have worked. In a interview after the match Margy was convinced that any other Ref would have given a yellow. Maybe, maybe not. But I think for a scratch team that only had two players left available from last years first team, with little or no experience of playing as a unit, in a game that the opposition treat like a cup final, is the best we could get on the night. I'll look forward to seeing Mossley at Gigg lane when our first teams back.

I remember Leo Skeet !! where is he now ??

Wonderful article Tony Glennon! Does Tony write about all of FC defeats?? And the victories are all written by Stuart Brennan??

In spite of the result I had a good night out in Mossley. The club made us welcome at their social club and we had a bit of banter with the Mossley fans. If chances had gone the other way early on we would have got something out of this game. This is not the first time I have supported a team through a lean spell and it won't be the last. Let's get behind the lads at Radcliffe on Saturday and cheer them on to a win.

Great result for the pub team against the giants of world football - Mossley! Will anyone bother to turn up at the weekend (apart from free red)?

hey Dash our Kid, maybe Tony is bitter like you so might maybe right.

What an expansive vocabulary you possess. I'm sure the supporters will be right behind the lads again on Saturday, whether they win, lose or draw.

Next up, FC UNITED v. ROSSENDALE match going information. Tomorrow, Saturday, 1st December 2007. K.O. 3.00pm. We play a home league tie at Stainton Park. This weekend Bury are playing a FA cup match so the match has been switched to Radcliffe Borough's Inn2gether Stadium, Stainton Park, Pilkington Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3PE. When we played Rossendale away last August we managed a 1-2 win and as I remember Rossendale were a tough team to break down. That was with an almost fully fit FC team. Three months on with an injury crisis Margy is left with a makeshift team to work with. We will be the underdogs and Margy has called for a siege mentality and he's right to do so. We will need to give our team all the support we can if we are to get something out of this tie.

Ticket news, Radcliffe Borough v FC United of Manchester, Wednesday 26th December 2007 K.O. 3.00pm. This game will be all ticket on the instruction of the police authorities and entrance to the game will only be allowed on production of a valid ticket. The police have also put a limit to the capacity which will be 2500 which is 600 short of full capacity and there will be no segregation on the day. Tickets are at Adults £7
Concessions £4. Under 16s £2. A representative from Radcliffe Borough will also be selling tickets in the sponsors lounge this Saturday 1st December 2007 from 1.00pm.Tickets will also be available to purchase from Gigg Lane prior to our home match against Chorley on the 8th December and Woodley Sports on the 22nd December, from 1.00pm.

Directions: M62 junction 17 – follow signs for 'Whitefield' and 'Bury'. Take A665 to Radcliffe via by-pass to Bolton Road. Signposted to turn right into Unsworth Street opposite Turf Hotel. The Inn2Gether Stadium is on the left approximately half a mile turning Colshaw Close East. Parking: There will be limited parking available at £2 per car. Viva la revolution, come on FC.

Free red, no-one's listening! Revolution? Yeah, whatever?

Funny that, Kiwi Blue. YOU are ALWAYS listening. You seem totally obsessed by a team that according to you, nobody is interested in. You do realise, I assume, that this totally fanless club had far more support (2,283)at our last home game than any Blue Square Premier club, (3 divisions up) with the exception of Torquay. Not bad for a team that nobody cares about. This "unloved" club has also achieved promotions in both years of its short existence. Tell me, was New Zealand the furthest you could go to avoid li'l old siddy ?
p.s. Bet you are on here again next week - obsessions are hard to shake off. And incidentally, I have never been on a siddy forum in my life. I'm not remotely interested. Why should I be ? To reds, whether MUFC or FCUM, you bluenoses are totally irrelevant.

Free Red & John Stenson. Take your boots along on saturday & you'll get a game!

"Rocking Rebels vow to stop rot"

An FC United match is a great day out where standing, singing and even drinking is being allowed in selected areas at a lot of the grounds we visit. There's non of that pay up, shut up, sit down, you get at OT. You’re not boxed in like sardines for some 2 x 45 minutes each match and you can get food and hot drinks whenever you want without having to push passed a row of 20 people. The stewards are genuinely helpful and basically fans can have what they want, when they want it, as much as they like. In fact in some ways the behaviour of the crowed is more akin to a Rugby match than a football match and a million miles away from the Premiership. As a result I think it's fair to say that some of our support has become too relaxed about the results. I know Karl's message has permeated the ranks though so he will not be disappointed with the level of support on Saturday. Message received and understood.

PS There is match going info further down if anyone wants it.

I have just started leaving messages on here I do read on here though so keep up the service Free Red. I cannot leave a message on the new thread for some reason. We need to get behind the team today and stop the rot. Up the Reds.

FC United 2-1 Rossendale. One from Patterson and a OG from the player who blacked his eye was enough to bag all three points. It wasn't pretty but it was a win. Viva la revolution, come on FC