FC United of Manchester 0-1 Kidderminster Harriers
National League North
Saturday 13th April 2019
FC United of Manchester was founded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters
opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's takeover at Old Trafford. The
club is owned by their members, who are able to vote on the running of the
club. The supporter-owned football club is the largest in the U.K, peaking at
over 5,000 members in 2015-16.
North West Counties Division Two champions 2005-06
North West Counties Division One champions 2006-07
Northern Premier League 2007-2015
Division One North runners-up 2007-08
Premier Division champions 2014-15
National League North 2015-present
310
Lightbowne Rd,
Moston,
Manchester,
M40
0FJ
From 2005 FC United ground shared with Bury at
Gigg Lane, but fixture clashes meant they also played home fixtures at
Altrincham, Radcliffe, Hyde United, Stalybridge Celtic and Curzon Ashton. The
new ground in Moston opened in 2015, named after the once landowner Sir Edward
Tootal Broadhurst, a local industrialist, who in 1920 donated 80 acres of the
land for use as a park as a recognition of victory in the First World War.
Cost
£6.5M
Capacity:
4,500 (Seats 696)
Record
Attendance 4,232 v Benfica B - 29th May 2015
Current
National League North grounds visited 20/22
The
Main Stand is pitch length split with seats at the top and standing paddocks at
the front. The St Mary's Road End is a covered terrace, decorated with flags
which holds around 2,500 fans. This stand belonged to Northwich Victoria's old
Drill Field ground, but following its closure it was dismantled and transferred
to Broadhurst Park.
The North Terrace
at the side and the Lightbowne Road End are both similar looking covered areas,
with hard standing and no raised steps.
National League North matchday 39
3pm ko
Att.1760
FC United stepped closer to the relegation trap door
after a narrow home defeat to Kidderminster. The winning goal arrived on 33
minutes when Chambers was founded in the box and Ironside stepped up to score
from the spot.
Matchday Facts
FCUM 0
KHFC 1(Ironside 33pen)
Admission £12
Pin Badge £2 (small version)
Programmes available for £2
Following on from the morning game at Oldham Athletic Academy and our few hours in Middleton we arrived at
Broadhurst Park at 2.30pm, where we were charged a fiver to park behind the St
Mary's Road end. After the game we quickly navigated onto the M62, so back at
Houghton in good time before catching my return bus hyem and back at 100FgCHQ
in Gateshead before dark.
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