CHADDERTON v. FC UNITED. 4/3/06. This fixture has been cursed by inclement whether all season and Saturdays game is in doubt. You would be well advised to check the FC web-site at http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/ before you set off. The match has been relocated to The Tameside Stadium home of Curzon-Ashton. For those who haven't been before DIRECTIONS: BY CAR - Make your way to junction 23 of the M60 Manchester ring road and turn for Ashton-u-Lyne. Take your SECOND lane from the left at the lights. DON'T filter into the left lane or two right lanes or you'll have to negotiate your way back through Ashton's one way systems. Go straight through the lights onto Lord Sheldon Way and turn right at the second set of lights onto the new bypass. Drive along the bypass through a third set of lights and on to a roundabout. Take your first left off the roundabout up the incline to a fourth set of lights. Turn left onto Richmond St. the Tameside Stadium is about 200 yards on your left. Plenty of parking there. BY TRAIN OR BUS - You can get a train to Guide Bridge from Piccadilly (if it stops) but it's a fair walk or bus ride to Ashton centre. A better route is to take a train from Victotia to Ashton train station. Alternatively, get a return to Stalybridge from Piccadilly and come back on yourself to Ashton on the Victoria line, stopping off for a football batch on the way. Return train tickets cost the same to both Ashton and Stalybridge. If you are coming in from the other way, make sure you're on the Victoria line when you arrive at Stalybridge or change at or before. As you leave Ashton train station turn right, cross the road and the Irish National Institute will be on your right (Tel: 0161 330 2513). This is Wellington Road. If you come into Ashton by bus, get off at Ashton Bus Station and join Wellington Road by walking to the station lights and turn left. Walk to the end of Wellington Road where you come to a set of traffic lights at a crossroads. The crossroad is Oldham Road or A627. Cross the road and walk straight on for another 150 yards until you come to a roundabout. Walk anti-clockwise around the roundabout, cross the Sainsbury's slip road and continue up the by-pass (with pavement) for about 250 yards. This is Lord Sheldon Way. At the top of the incline you will come to another set of lights at a cross-junction. The crossroad is Richmond St. If you turn right and walk for 200 yards the Tameside Stadium is on the left. If you turn left at the Richmond street crossroad with Lord Sheldon Way and walk along Richmond Street over the Rail Bridge for about 200 yards, you will come to a mini-roundabout. Turn right here onto Burlington Street. The Greyhound pub, home of the Tameside supporters branch, is 50 yards on your right. Fun starts here - opportunity for a tad of networking. Viva la FCUM Revolution.

Great advice that you should first check to see if the train stops at Guide Bridge before boarding it. Nanny knows best. I love the Management speak "networking" too thats the sort of think you'd expect a Chief Executive to excel at. Inclement sent me into hysterics. I hadn't realised that Noel Coward posted on this site. Next you will be referencing the Italian Job donctha know. I'm going to be having a sup at the Corporation Arms if the weather is too inclement outside.

Come on Malc aka the other free red. Thats a poor ten bobs worth. Including Tommy non fan, Im only up to 8. Give us a taste of the famous speech you will be making at the AGM.

Hey Free Red! Great to see the GPS is working! Does anyone actually ever use these directions you send out? I've never seen anyone ask for them or thank you for them. I think most people that are posting on an "internet" website, probably can mapquest the stadium from their current location, so I'm not sure why you bother typing these 20 minute-to-read posts. In fact stop posting them all together because they waste space on Malcolm and I's personal message board.

Whey hey. Now Im in double figures! WOODLEY SPORTS FC v FC UNITED: A friendly this Thursday 9th March at 7.45pm. Pay on the gate ??3.00 adults, 18s free. DIRECTIONS: Woodley Sports Football Club is located in Woodley, a suburb of Stockport. The ground lies a short distance from the M60. To reach it from the motorway, you should leave at Jct 25, which is signposted for Bredbury. Follow signs for the A560 towards Bredbury and Sheffield. Just after passing the McDonalds Drive-Thru, take a left at the traffic lights and proceed down Stockport Road towards Woodley, passing under the railway bridge at Bredbury Railway Station. Having passed St Mark's Church on the right, you reach a set of traffic lights. Immediately after the lights, at The Lowes Arms and before the Waggon & Horses Pub, turn left onto Mill Street. Proceed over the bridge on Mill Lane and then follow the signs to the ground.

Fickle Red is there a train station at Woodley (apparently a suburb of Stockport)? Latest indications are that the weather will be brass monkeys or inclement depending on whether you smoke a ciggy or use a cigarette holder dontcha know old boy. I will be wearing my best smoking jacket to the AGM and will be networking in the Britons Protection before the soiree. Will you be providing canapes or do I need to bring my own corned beef barm cakes? No doubt Eric the Unhinged will be wearing his tuxedo purchased for the occassion at great expense from War on Want. It will be simply fascinating to hear all those cut glass accents saying top banana our kid. Are you sure you cant make it Tommy because its going to be such a hoot?

Schizo Malc aka the other free red. I do believe you are developing a touch of humour old boy. That was almost funny. Keep dat up n yowl av em lafin at AGM. You asked is there a train station at Woodley? youve got mi on dat one. Doo no daz a rail bridge youn jump off r kid ifit elps yoh covurt opp. tis nice talkin wi sumun oo talks proper like wot I do. It mite be o tad brassic soad get yohself a big hat n coat. Wen r youse gonna lern us sumut new. Dats sixteen init.

GPS Nan, make sure that Maggie gives you a nice welcome at Guide Bridge Airport!!

Fickle all overturncoat I blame the person that laughed at one of your jokes (by the way he was laughing at you not with you) for giving you the impression that you were funny. Next you'll be telling us you keep whippets and have a pigeon loft (for communications with HQ no doubt). I bet you smoke Senior Service. Do you stop counting at 20?

Malcolm, I would so much like to attend the AGM and nominate myself for General Manager, but I doubt that "post" will be up for a vote. I think it is more of a lifetime appointment position. Yes, I have to agree that I don't see a lot of U18 persons in the crowd at any FC games. Looks mostly like a bunch of disgruntled old dudes who couldn't understand the high falooting financin' that dem der Glazer boyz used to buy old Man Yoo for all dus sharingholders. Question you this FC fan who remembers the 1960s (I was born in 1974 so I don't) if there are no U18s at the FC games (the proof is in the pictures) how does the club expect to take from . . . .errrr. make that cater to the next generation of pub football fans? What is the age to drink in a pub in England? That would explain the lack of U18s. No hot chicks in any pics either. If I were U18 that would be a reason I don't go to the FC matches. Plenty of hotties at MUFC though. As Malcolm Glazer always says, "Chicks dig rich dudes."

Thanks for the on-going directions Free Red !

thursdays encounter should be a rather testing game against unibond opposition.the inclement weather will not be problamatic due to the pitch construction. I will be networking in the waggon and horses snug so if you care to join me for a G & T you will be most welcome should be marvellous.

Dont upset yourself Schizo Malc aka the other free red. And Dont worry, I wont be stopping at twenty. Im already past twenty one. Good of you to help keep count. Pity your enumerate. You will have received you invite to the GM so I would work on that famous speech if I were you. Item 7 eh, Any other Business. I get the feeling you will be making an even bigger fool of yourself. I will drink a G n T to that Fred.

Col, Gorton. No problem mucker. WOODLEY SPORTS FC v FC UNITED tomorrow at 7.45pm. should be a good night out. MUST say, pay on the gate at 3.00 pounds adults and free for under 18s is proper. Dont forget the DIRECTIONS: Woodley Sports Football Club is located in Woodley, a suburb of Stockport. The ground lies a short distance from the M60. To reach it from the motorway, you should leave at Jct 25, which is signposted for Bredbury. Follow signs for the A560 towards Bredbury and Sheffield. Just after passing the McDonalds Drive-Thru, take a left at the traffic lights and proceed down Stockport Road towards Woodley, passing under the railway bridge at Bredbury Railway Station. Having passed St Mark's Church on the right, you reach a set of traffic lights. Immediately after the lights, at The Lowes Arms and before the Waggon & Horses Pub, turn left onto Mill Street. Proceed over the bridge on Mill Lane and then follow the signs to the ground.

Fickle Red aka the Dash walny anagram aka the Gob Almighty aka the Balls of St Inclements. Did you mean enumerate or did you perhaps have innumerate in mind or could it perhaps be illiterate. Educational standards seem to have fallen at the Golf Club these days. Its all this new money coming into the area from the nouveau rich FC bigwigs. Still no doubt you will be able to make the annual trip down to Cheltenham for the Gold Cup old chum. Who said anything about a speech? I shall bide my time old boy.Toodle pip must dash.

I do believe your getting cowd feet old boy. Dont tell me youve been spouting off for seven months just to lose your bottle. You should be more mindful of what you post. Some might think youre a spineless coward if you back down now.

Tough luck renegade red boys!HaHaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fickle Red aka as Andy big Gob. I am not backing down for one minute. Despite Eric (Inspector Closseau) the Unhinged attempts to intimidate me (as if he could) I will be there. He has already told me at length (yawn) that he knows who I am, where I live etc and that he will know straight away I am there. So lets put that to the test shall we? If I feel its appropriate to ME not YOU I will speak. Thats a democratic right too or I guess your twisted values haven't arrived at that point yet. As for the yellow striped replica kit has it arrived in store? On the question of cowardice it appears to me old chum that you and your camp followers just love to "hunt" in numbers. No cowards you? What what. Toodle pip. Rather inclement outside today dontcha know guv.

There is a certain irony in the Children of Gob meeting in a Methodist Hall. No mention in the pre General Meeting reading of any donation to the Bhopal Charity. So much for an ethical approach to running a football club. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to wait until after the season has been concluded before an AGM? The Chief Executive is going to have to raise his game to achieve even something resembling incompetence let alone reasonable business practice..I better get checking the flight schedules and rearrange one or two business appointments. Still I can take in the Oldham Town game as part of the "fun".

Stuart Brennan (Manchester Evening News)
??oeIf I hear one more so-called Red on the telly or the radio telling me I should "wait and see" what Malcolm Glazer has to offer, the blood vessels will start to burst. How long do we have to "wait and see" what this man is planning to do with our football club? So far, he and his family have said NOTHING about their intentions. It is a display of arrogant contempt for United supporters that bodes ill for the future. And yet the "wait and see" brigade continue to urge appeasement. And too often these people, when asked about Glazer, begin by saying: "I don't really understand all this financial stuff, but ..." If you don't understand it, don't comment on it. We can see what Glazer brings to the club. First and foremost, he brings ??540million of debt, to a club that had built its own fortune on the backs of a loyal and committed support. If we "wait and see", there may be nothing left to see. Luckily, there are still United supporters out there who care enough about the club to keep the fight going. That might damage the club in the short term, but it is for the long-term future. Think of it as lancing a boil with a blunt instrument. The real supporters know that Glazer will only stay as long as there is money to be made, or until United collapse around his ears. And when he does go, it is to be hoped that there will be enough real United fans left to pick up the pieces.??? (May 2005)

What a shame hey.I bet you anti-glazer saddo's are fumin' that some REAL fans have started showing up on this page taking the mick.Ha.Your fellow rags always put a snide little coment in our section,now here's ours.'FEED THE GREEK AND HE WILL SCORE,FEED THE GREEK AND HE WILL SCORE!!!'See ya later Renegade Red Boys!UP THE BLUES

Sean,
Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't Bredbury in stockport?! I Live closer to Manchester than you so its not your city! hang on don't tell me you were born in Manchester but moved, yeah right! lets get it straight, Manchester today is what it is due to all the surrounding areas and towns that surround the city centre including Stockport, Salford, Thameside, Bury and Trafford, otherwise Manchester is smaller than Bradford and Bristol!!

George I know its not like me to be pedantic but surely Thameside should be located a lot closer to London. PS I think Manchesters greatness had something to do with the ship canal and cotton. The satellite towns followed a lot later.

Schizo Malc aka the other free red. The satellite Towns did not follow, they were integral to the Ship Canal from first built. The whole point of the Canal was to bring Ships into Manchester that could unload cotton onto narrow boats for distribution to the satellite Towns. The whole network worked as an item.

PS the only reason that the Canal was brought into Manchester was to take advantage of the topography and potential for distribution to the damper foothills of the Pennines.