Trafford 0 FC United 1

September 11, 2006

FC UNITED continued their 100 per cent start to the season with a 1-0 win over Trafford, but it wasn't easy.

The Reds were pushed for the first time this term as the home side caused them problems with their slick passing at Moss Lane.

Steve Smith, making his first start of the season, scored a speculative effort with only seven minutes on the clock.

The 1,643 crowd were expecting an avalanche of goals but dogged defending from Trafford, led by ex-FC centre half Billy McCartney, kept them at bay.

FC play Abbey Hey at Gigg Lane on Wednesday.

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Gary, Warrington (11/09/2006 at 13:20)

I was there on Saturday and I want to say that the Fc United fans were a credit to there club. I am more than a bit jealous as we only get 600 home fans who do a lot of moaning. I am an Alty fan and the type of atmosphere Fc fans create puts us all to shame. Fc United have been a breath of fresh air in non-league football. Good luck for the rest of the season and I hope we play you in the Conference in four years (unless of course we are relegated and it might be sooner than that).

Tommy, Tampa (11/09/2006 at 15:20)

As the real Reds continue their tear, the FC crowds appear to be getting smaller?? Wow, just as I predicted! When is the first "Everyone in free" night to boost the bean numbers?

Will, Scarlet (11/09/2006 at 16:08)

Tommy, don't you realise how pathetic you come across, scouring the FC attendance figures like this? A sad, sad excuse for an existence.

Richard, Manchester (11/09/2006 at 16:30)

Wow! You beat Congleton and Trafford!

No wonder you dn't support the proper United any more!

Stad, manchester (11/09/2006 at 17:06)

Tommy Tampa your continual critiscism of FC United gives us credibility in the same way that bad players never get abuse from opposition fans.
For a suposed non entity of a football club in your eyes you seem to have a bit of an obsession. You obvioulsy see FC as a credible threat to whatever you are.

Andy, Clayton (11/09/2006 at 17:21)

I thought we did ok to get another 3 points in a game that shoud have ended a draw. I think the Trafford defence was strong thanks to our Billy McCartney. He knows our game plan well and shut out Patterson every time he came close to goal. He did a good job for Trafford and deserved man of the match.

dave, harpurhey manchester (11/09/2006 at 17:57)

tommy your on another fc thred but for me about 1500-1600 plus for an away match early kick off aint to bad more than fulham took to newcastle and alot of clubs up and down the country wouldn,t mind that following away for them on wednesday v abbey hey u prob be on here spouting the same stuff because with the mufc v celtic match same time prob be under 2000 at home on and just let you no sat 16th is the free under 18,s why not come along you sound about 15 at times

Shaun, NE Derbys (11/09/2006 at 18:14)

Tommy Tampa. What's it got to do with you?

DonnyRed, Doncaster (12/09/2006 at 12:34)

Surely Tommy you should be complaining about the small crowd Trafford got? This was an away game for FC United. You know how this home and away thing works right?

the voice of reason, MANCHESTER (12/09/2006 at 13:26)

Richard when are you and all the other lot going to realise WE do support Man United we just hate glazier and what he has done to our club. So instead of saying oh well whats 600 mill of debt to worry about we will just keep paying it off for him through ever increasing prices, we took a stand and said enough is enough we wont pay his debt for him.

And slagging off Congleton and Trafford is just silly first when we beat Congleton they hadn't lost a game in five until then and Trafford are one of the favs for the tiitle, Who have Man Utd beat so far lets see Fulham won 1 game away from home last season impressive, next Charlton new boss wont be challeging for title, Watford Fav for drop, oh and Tottenham lost last two games.

So next time lets have some facts of you first.

Tommy, Tampa (12/09/2006 at 14:57)

Voice of Reason??? As I have said quite quite a few times, if you can't spell G-L-A-Z-E-R you probably don't really know much about the day-to-day operations of Red Football Incorporated. You can just go on believing the "spin" you get from the individual(s) that are keeping employment on keeping you ignorant. This just in AW, the debt interest payments are not desirable, but managable. The Glazer are not going anyway in 3 years like SU predicted. Manchester United is a damn good club on AND off the pitch. And the OT is packed with real fans that didn't believe your nonsense. Apparently people have woken up to the SU/Must Self publicists. (SAF was talking about SU/Must ringleaders as Self-publicists not any real Man United Fans). Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Man United isn't something you toss away like an old necktie when the polkadots on it go out of style.

red john, urmston (12/09/2006 at 16:31)

I think the crowds are the envy of every club through to the conference and up into the macc clubs league. Rome wasn't built in a day, fc represent the future for fans who want control of there own club, rather the glazers; randy's or whoevers up to chelski. More power to the real fans out there who stick by there priinciples, more importantly my kids are hooked they love real atmosphere and buzz; just like it used to be....

Torpey's Ghost, Main Stand Gigg Lane (12/09/2006 at 16:48)

Tommy you show your ignorance at every turn. If you were as well connected as you like to think you are you'd know full well that MUST does not have anything to do with FC United. What MUST does and how it sees the future is completley different to the objectives and aims of FC United, it's board and supporters. We want to see a fan owned community club that is affordable, easily accessible and both socially responsible and socially inclusive. MUST want to see Manchester United owned by the fans and not the Glazer family and they have 'the phoenix fund' with which they aim to purchase a stake in the club should one ever become available in the future. Those are two completely different things. FC United is a small regional non-league club, albeit one started by disgruntled United fans, it is in essence it's own entity and very much has it's own identity, quite why United fans are so against it when it is no threat to them and of no consequence to them still baffles and amazes me in equal amounts. I wonder how city fans feel about Maine Road FC? Still Keep up the good work, you'll get there one day.

Stad, manchester (12/09/2006 at 16:55)

Tommy Tampa You`re at it again.
The Glazers have no interest in football, they are just using Manchester United fans to make money and that is why some people are staying away from Old Trafford, not to metion those who have been priced out.
FC United have only a very small number of paid employees (who are football fans) and who could probably get better paid jobs elsewhere if they wanted to.

Col, Gorton, Manc (12/09/2006 at 17:13)

Tommy, Tampa. You said "Manchester United are a damn good club on and off the the pitch". MUFC were the richest club in the world but now have 660 million pounds worth of debt, we had a very strong squad which has been dwindled down to the minimum and why because of the GLAZERS !! SAF's recent comments were intended to cause division amongst United fans, he didn't succeed, did he ? Some United fans still attend OT and some attend FC United but were all still UNITED !

The voice of reason, MANCHESTER (12/09/2006 at 20:30)

Hey Tommy the Yank Engine what's up got under your skin you have replied at last oh I am so sorry I spelt GLAZER wrong are you happy now.

Can you tell me how being in debt by 600million and interest payments of 35 40 mill a season make the debt manageable when Man Utd have never made any more than 26 million in profit, now I am no einstein but where is the extra money needed coming from to service the interest payments. I dont expect a reply

Shaun, NE Derbys (13/09/2006 at 07:44)

Tommy. So, what's FC got to do with you? By the way it's spelt Glazers - with an S at the end. Stones and glass houses.

Free Red, Manchester (13/09/2006 at 10:10)

Having previously played seven, won seven, scoring 28 and conceding 1 pen v. Glossop I was wondering if any complacency might set in before the Trafford match. If there were any, then Trafford proved just the right tonic for our team. I think their keeper Damien Rooney will be still kicking himself for spilling the ball into his own net. There were shades of Roy Carroll v. Tottenham as he fumbled the ball over the line - only this goal counted. Other than that, he didnt have a bad game and any neutral watching would say a draw would have been a fairer result. But for our lads to grind out a win against very determined opposition without playing particularly well is still a great result. Margie has said he will be making wholesale changes for tonights home match v. Abbey Hey (13/9/06). An FC United XI beat Abbey Hey in a pre-season friendly at Bower Fold so I am looking forward to having another look at what we have coming through. Dont forget tickets for our first FA Vase match v. Brodsworth will be on sale tonight before the 7.45pm k.o. from 6.00pm. FC have been given an allocation of 1,800 tickets, which has been divided into 1,400 adults, 325 under-18s and 75 OAPs. purchases will be restricted to 2 adult tickets per person as it has been recognised that some adults with young children will not be able to attend tonights match. Bring on Abbey. viva la revolution, come on FC.

the voice of reason, MANCHESTER (13/09/2006 at 13:17)

Tommy the yank engine just one question.
Are you going to fc utds agm in a few weeks time and will you let yourself be known. Dont worry I know I won't get a reply.

Tommy, Tampa (13/09/2006 at 14:31)

Torpey's Glow-in-the-dark Thong Wearing Ghost - You don't get it do you? Who used to run the "fan club" Shareholders United? Who runs the FC United club? The fans? Tell me another knock-knock joke. Are you going to vote this year to which direction the toliets at Gigg Lane are going to flush? Clockwise or counterclockwise boys? And Voice of Reason, my next trip to Manchester will be the summer of 2008 most likely. I doubt FC will have gone bankrupt by then paying high salaries of the overpaid employees.

Tommy, Tampa (13/09/2006 at 14:38)

Voice o' Reason - And where did you get your accounting degree from? University of St. Helena? Stop believing the hype around the debt. Throw a big number figure out there and scare the people. Seems to be the underlying tactic to get people to get to FC matches. The debt on my house may look really huge also, but I knock it off one month at a time. And I still have extra cash to pay for Setanta Sport to catch MUFC.
The debt argument is so blah. If a bank builds a new 50 story building, do they pay for it in cash or finance it? I know 600 million seems like a lot to average blokes like you and I, but in the long term to a Corporation (And Red Football is a corporation) the monthly payments ARE managable and are being paid. So if after all of it, you want to go to FC, fine, do it. Have a good sing song. But don't look back and try to glory hound the PL title this year.

Torpey's Ghost, Main Stand Gigg Lane (13/09/2006 at 15:17)

Tommy, stop trying to convince people that SU (now MUST) is behind FC United. It isn't. The majority of the board and the steering group before them are former IMUSA committee members, they resigned from IMUSA and have formed FC United, something that they did without the backing of SU. You're continual insistance that FC and MUST are the same animal is a poor attempt to dirty the waters. FC has 3 full time Employee's; the general manager, the club secretary and the community liason officer. All 3 positions were advertised in local and national media with the salaries displayed. No matter how much you try to smear the club and the board the facts remain, FC United is a community focused, fan owned regional non-league football club. We can't be bought or sold and the accounts are open for every member to see. We like it like that, it's football the way we think it should be. Quite why that bothers you I don't know and you seem a little loathe to explain your fascination. You don't go to FC games, you aren't a member therefore you haven't been to an AGM yet you insist on spouting off on here about a club that you know nothing about and is nothing to do with you. What are your views on Blythe Spartans?

Gareth, Bacup (13/09/2006 at 16:01)

Firstly i am not either a MUFC or a FCUM fan, but i am a supporter of what they are trying to achieve.

The modern football club is just a business run by accountants. The likes of Tommy Tampa et al might be happy to pay overinflated ticket prices buy a season ticket but never know when matches are to be played run by owners who in reality are only interested in lining their own pockets but i am not.

If the pioneers at FC and i use that term likely prevent other clubs from exploiting their fans it will go down as an important milestone.

¿¿21 for an adult and ¿¿11 for a 5 year old to watch a championship game is ludicrous and now the chairman are seeing the gates reducing are they finally catching on that football belongs to the community where they belong.

The trouble at the moment is that there are to many people ready to smear genuine people. FC have to be seen to whiter than white and if they are i am sure they will be around in the years to come

George, Swinton (13/09/2006 at 16:24)

Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. It is bounded by Manatee County on the south, Pinellas County on the west, and Hillsborough County, Florida on the east. Three prominent cities are located along the shores of the bay, Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge crosses the mouth of Tampa Bay..... mmh..UNLESS WIKIPEDIA IS INCORRECT THEN ONE OF THEIR ARROGANT RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP HIS NOSE OUT BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THATS SAYS TAMPA BAY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MANCHESTER AND WHAT THE NATIVES DO IN THEIR SPARE TIME! get a life tommy tampa!

Tony P, Houston, Tx (14/09/2006 at 03:01)

Just want to say FC has an international following. I'll be dropping by to see my mates in the stands at an FC match the first chance i'll get. I was going to go on holiday to Tampa, but really don't like the locals very much. Thanks, Tommy, for helping me make my decision...

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