Source: nettavisen.no [Norway]
English translation after original article
Da Malcom Glazer tok over Manchester United i fjor, brøt flere fans ut og dannet sin egen klubb. Nå er det første opprykket et faktum.
FC United slo Chadderton 4-0 på Gigg Lane onsdag, og sikret dermed utbryterklubben opprykk til North West Counties førstedivisjon. Steve Torpey, Robert Nugent, William Ahern og Rory Patterson besørget målene.
2788 så kampen på Burys hjemmebane, nesten alle av disse er tidligere Manchester United-tilhengere som brøt med klubben da Malcom Glazer kjøpte opp Old Trafford-laget.
"- Det er utrolig hvor langt vi har kommet på kort tid. Vi må nyte det vi har oppnådd, men også se frem til nye utfordringer, sier FC United manager Karl Marginson."
Marginson kunne ikke unne seg kjempefest med guttene sine. Manageren måtte nemlig stå opp klokken fire om morgenen torsdag for å kjøre ut matvarer.
English translation: FC United promoted
When Malcom Glazer bought Manchester United last year several fans broke away and started their own club. That club has now secured its first promotion.FC United defeated Chadderton 4-0 at Gigg Lane on Wednesday and this resulted in the club being promoted to the North West Counties’ first division. Steve Torpey, Robert Nugent, William Ahern og Rory Patterson provided the goals.
2,788 witnessed the game at Bury’s home ground, almost all of these are Manchester United fans who broke away from MUFC when Malcom Glazer took over as owner at Old Trafford.
"- It’s incredible how far we’ve come in such a short space of time. We must relish this achievement, but also look ahead to new challenges –says FC United manager Karl Marginson."
Marginson couldn’t celebrate with his lads all night. He had to get up at 4am on Thursday morning to do his grocery delivery round.
Source: Unitedsupporteren issue 6 2005/2006 (the Magazine for Manchester United Supporters Club, Scandinavian Branch) no online content.
PDF versionThere’s Only Two United! (sic)
Last summer some United supporters left Old Trafford behind and went to follow amateur football at Gigg Lane instead. The atmosphere they create there is being talked about at levels above their station, high up in the league system.
Gigg Lane, November 2005: Cold, miserable and quiet. Manager Chris Casper is on the touchline trying to egg his players on. Trying to get them to give that little bit extra needed to get a goal. Bury FC, one of the worst teams in the professional league, is about to go out of the FA cup before the competition has even properly started. Bury, one of many professional clubs on the verge of bankruptcy, could really have done with more that the 2,940 spectators who turned up for this game, not to mention a cup run that lasted just a little bit longer. I make my way back, in a slightly frozen state, to the tram. Thinking there must be at least 1000 more fun things do do with my life than this; bad football watched in a ground with no atmoshphere played in a field out in the sticks.
Source: Dagbladet (Norway, no online content)
Tekst: Sindre Halkjelsvik Foto: Scanpix – Dagbladet papirutgave, 08.07.2005
Adolf Hitler bombet Old Trafford sønder og sammen i 1941. United-fansen frykter reprise med Malcolm Glazer som klubbeier.
KARL MARGINSON (34) og kompisene hadde den samme dagdrømmen da de for tjue år siden lekte fotball på gatehjørnene i Ancoats i Manchester. Drømmen var Manchester United Football Club.
Lokalhistorien ga ham ikke noe valg. Det var her, i hans distrikt, at helseopptatte viktorianske arbeidsgivere i 1878 lot jernbanearbeiderne stifte fotballklubben Newton Heath, som i 1902 ble til Manchester United Football Club. Åtte år seinere flyttet de røde djevlene inn på Old Trafford.
