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		<title>The Story So Far &#8211; Part 2</title>
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<p>this is the second part &#8211; its been good making these &#8211; been interesting to look at what has been created&#8230;</p>
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		<title>De La Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i have to admit &#8211; i retired to the bar quite early on in this game &#8211; it was that kind of game &#8211; looked like it raised a lot of cash for a very worthy cause click here for gallery<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=332&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>i have to admit &#8211; i retired to the bar quite early on in this game &#8211; it was that kind of game &#8211; looked like it raised a lot of cash for a very worthy cause</p>
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		<title>MEN: Hallam joins FC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Manchester Evening News FC United have raided Skelmersdale for the second time by landing goal-scoring defender Tony Hallam. The Rebels snapped up striker Stuart Rudd from Skem last week, and have now picked up 23-year-old former Preston, Morecambe and Southport stopper Hallam. Meanwhile, FC United&#39;s pre-season friendly with Bury has been switched from Wednesday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=331&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>FC United have raided Skelmersdale for the second time by landing goal-scoring defender Tony Hallam.</p>
<p>The Rebels snapped up striker Stuart Rudd from Skem last week, and have now picked up 23-year-old former Preston, Morecambe and Southport stopper Hallam.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, FC United&#39;s pre-season friendly with Bury has been switched from Wednesday July 19 to July 26 (7.45pm) to fit in with the Shakers&#39; other commitments.</p>
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		<title>FC UNITED MAKE DOUBLE SWOOP ON SKEM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: nonleaguedaily.com Moore &#38; Co Construction Solicitors North West Counties League club FC United of Manchester have announced that prolific striker Stuart Rudd has agreed to sign a one-year contract to move from new league rivals Skelmersdale United. Rudd (pictured right), 29, holds the record as Skem&#8217;s highest ever goalscorer and netted forty-seven last season. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=330&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Source: <a href="http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&amp;newsmode=FULL&amp;nid=35245">nonleaguedaily.com</a></p>
<p>Moore &amp; Co Construction Solicitors North West Counties League club FC United of Manchester have announced that prolific striker Stuart Rudd has agreed to sign a one-year contract to move from new league rivals Skelmersdale United.</p>
<p><a href="http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stuartrudd4mt.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2556/stuartrudd4mt.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a>Rudd (pictured right), 29, holds the record as Skem&rsquo;s highest ever goalscorer and netted forty-seven last season.</p>
<p><span id="more-330"></span>Rudd caught the eye of legendary Liverpool and Wales striker Ian Rush when he was a trainee with his hometown club Wigan.</p>
<p>Rush told him: &quot;You will never be a great goalscorer, but you will be a scorer of great goals.&quot;</p>
<p>FC United manager Karl Marginson believes Rudd will give his side extra momentum as they look for a second successive promotion.</p>
<p>&quot;We scored 111 goals last season and not one of our players got twenty, which is a good thing in many ways,&quot; he said.</p>
<p>&quot;But in the last five seasons Stuart has not scored less than thirty-five. He scores different types of goals, like a poor man&#39;s Alan Shearer, because he is good in the air, leads the line well, and gets them from two yards and 35 yards.&quot;</p>
<p>Defender Tony Hallam (pictured) has also left Skem to join FC United.</p>
<p>Known as a big lad with a big heart, and a brick wall on the pitch, Hallam started his career at Preston North End before moving on to Nationwide Conference National sides Morecambe and then Southport.</p>
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		<title>jungeWelt: Revolution im Mutterland des Fußballs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: jungeWelt Beim FC United of Manchester stehen wieder die Fans im Mittelpunkt Altavista translation Christian Bunke / Damiano Valgolio, Manchester Andy Walsh sieht nicht aus wie ein Fu&#223;ballfan. Und wie ein Revolution&#228;r schon gar nicht. Der ehemalige Bankangestellte tr&#228;gt Polohemd, Brille und Seitenscheitel. Er spricht leise und bedacht. Er benutzt Worte wie &#187;Gesch&#228;ftsplan&#171; und [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=329&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Beim FC United of Manchester stehen wieder die Fans im Mittelpunkt</p>
<p><a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jungewelt.de%2F2006%2F05-27%2F035.php">Altavista translation</a></p>
<p>Christian Bunke / Damiano Valgolio, Manchester</p>
<p>Andy Walsh sieht nicht aus wie ein Fu&szlig;ballfan. Und wie ein Revolution&auml;r schon gar nicht. Der ehemalige Bankangestellte tr&auml;gt Polohemd, Brille und Seitenscheitel. Er spricht leise und bedacht. Er benutzt Worte wie &raquo;Gesch&auml;ftsplan&laquo; und &raquo;Konsolidierung&laquo;, doch schon im n&auml;chsten Satz redet er von &raquo;Stolz&laquo; und &raquo;Widerstand&laquo;. F&uuml;r Andy Walsh geh&ouml;rt beides zusammen, sp&auml;testens seit er vor rund einem Jahr sein Organisationstalent in den Dienst der Fu&szlig;ballrevolution gestellt hat. Jetzt ist er das Gehirn und der Schatzmeister der Fanrevolte im Mutterland des Fu&szlig;balls. Seit zw&ouml;lf Monaten managt der 44j&auml;hrige den neugegr&uuml;ndeten FC United of Manchester. Mit rund 5000 Mitstreitern hat er einem &uuml;berm&auml;chtigen Gegner den Kampf angesagt: Ihr Rebellenclub will sich der Kommerzialisierung und dem Ausverkauf ihres Sports entgegenstellen.<span id="more-329"></span></p>
<p>Gegr&uuml;ndet w&uuml;rde der FC United im vergangenen Juni von entt&auml;uschten Anh&auml;ngern des englischen Traditionsvereins Manchester United. Monatelang hatten sie versucht zu verhindern, da&szlig; der amerikanische Milliard&auml;r Malcom Glazer ihren Club aufkauft. Allen voran Andy Walsh, damals noch Sprecher des Fanclubs &raquo;Independent Supporters&#39; Association&laquo; Als die feindliche &Uuml;bernahme dennoch zustande kam, reichte es ihm. &raquo;Durch Glazer regiert bei ManU nur noch das gro&szlig;e Geld&laquo;, sagt Walsh. &raquo;Jahrelang ist es schlimmer geworden. Immer h&ouml;here Eintrittspreise und immer schlechtere Stimmung.&laquo; Viele Fans f&uuml;hlten sich abgesto&szlig;en von einem Sport, in dem nur noch das Gesch&auml;ft z&auml;hlt und kein Platz mehr f&uuml;r Emotionen ist. Die meisten konnten schlicht die horrenden Preise f&uuml;r die Stadiontickets nicht mehr bezahlen. Der harte Kern beschlo&szlig;, da&szlig; der &raquo;Spirit von United&laquo; nur durch einen eigenen Verein gerettet werden kann. Vorerst jedenfalls. &raquo;Wir bleiben ein Teil von United, und wir haben den Kampf noch nicht aufgegeben&laquo; , sagt Luc Zentar, Vorstandssekret&auml;r und neben Walsh der zweite Hauptamtliche im neuen Club.</p>
<p>Fans als Spieler</p>
<p>In aller Eile wurde im Sommer 2005 eine eigene Mannschaft zusammengekratzt. 900 Spieler aus aller Welt bewarben sich, die meisten aus der Fanszene. Nach einem Casting unter der Leitung von Trainer Karl Marginson bleiben von 228 eingeladenen Spielern 18 &uuml;brig. Drei sind Halbprofis mit einem Gehalt von 70 Pfund pro Match.Damals wurde die bunte Truppe zur Eintagsfliege erkl&auml;rt. Inzwischen hat der FC United einen Zuscherrekord von &uuml;ber 6000 Fans. Gerade ist der Club mit elf Punkten Vorsprung Meister der zweiten nordenglischen Counties League geworden, das bedeutet Aufstieg in die achte Liga.</p>
<p>ManU hat sich entfernt</p>
<p>Als dem Team nach dem letzten Spiel Anfang Mai der Pokal &uuml;berreicht wurde, sangen die stolzen Anh&auml;nger minutenlang: &raquo;Kannst du uns h&ouml;ren, Malcom Glazer? Siehst du, wie viele wir sind?&laquo; Die Ehrung wurde solange unterbrochen. Bei dem neuen Verein stehen die Fans im Mittelpunkt, sie haben sich das Spiel zur&uuml;ckerobert. Auf einem T-Shirt, das auf den R&auml;ngen verkauft wird, steht: &raquo;Unser Club &ndash; unsere Regeln&laquo;. Darunter ist eine geballte rote Faust gedruckt.</p>
<p>In der kommenden Saison sollen auch eine Frauen- und zwei Jugendmannschaften antreten. F&uuml;r Andy Walsh steht der FC United f&uuml;r &raquo;den richtigen Fu&szlig;ball. Hier kannst du die Spieler abklatschen und deine Fahne noch mit ins Stadion nehmen.&laquo; Der United-Manager kennt sich aus mit Rebellion. Anfang der 90er Jahre k&auml;mpfte er als der Aktivist der linken Angestelltengewerkschaft BIFU gegen die Regierung von Margret Thatcher. Mehrere Wochen sa&szlig; er damals ins Gef&auml;ngnis. Jetzt k&auml;mpft Walsh f&uuml;r United.</p>
<p>An Malcom Glazer st&ouml;rt die Fans nicht nur, da&szlig; er angeblich keine Ahnung von Fu&szlig;ball hat, sondern vor allem sein Gesch&auml;ftsplan. Der Gro&szlig;investor hat ManU auf Pump gekauft, die Kredite in H&ouml;he von rund 800 Millionen Euro sind jetzt Schulden des Clubs. Jetzt z&auml;hlen Umsatz und Gewinn, erst danach kommen Titel und Tore. &Uuml;ber Lautsprecher werden jubelnde Fans aufgefordert, sich wieder hinzusetzen. Allein f&uuml;r 2006 soll die f&auml;llige Zinstilgung bei 90 Millionen Euro liegen. Bis 2011 sollen die Eintrittspreise j&auml;hrlich um rund neun Prozent steigen.</p>
<p>Mag sein, da&szlig; es in Spanien und Italien die leidenschaftlichsten Fans gibt, doch nirgendwo wird der eigene Verein so bedingungslos, so verzweifelt geliebt wie in England. Wahrend der Hooliganwelle in den 80er Jahren gab es in Englands Stadien mehr als 100 Tote. In Machester gibt es Kirchenfenster, die keine Apostel, sondern ManU-Spieler zeigen. Malcom Glazer hat in ein Wespennest gestochen. Zwar erkl&auml;rte sein Sohn Joel, der seit einem Jahr den Vorstand f&uuml;hrt: &raquo;Die Fans sind unser Lebensblut, wir nehmen sie sehr ernst. Auch ich will, da&szlig; wir auf dem Platz Erfolg haben.&laquo; Doch er st&ouml;&szlig;t auf wenig Gegenliebe. Als Joel Glazer mit seinen beiden Br&uuml;dern erstmals das Stadion besuchte, protestierten rund 200 Fans mit Sitzblockaden und Sprechch&ouml;ren (&raquo;Stirb Glazer, stirb!&laquo;). Die Clubbesitzer mu&szlig;ten durch einen Hinterausgang fliehen und wurden mit Blaulicht an einen geheimen Ort gebracht.</p>
<p>Im Internetforum des FC United erz&auml;hlt ein Phillip Mack seine Fangeschichte. Sie steht f&uuml;r Tausende Biographien in Machester: &raquo;Ich war zum ersten Mal mit acht Jahren im Stadion, am 9. April 1966 gegen Leicester. In den 60ern, 70ern und 80ern begleitete mich United durch meine Jugend und durch zwei Ehen.&laquo; Zuletzt konnte sich Mack die Tickets kaum noch leisten, aber er ging trotzdem weiter hin. &raquo;Bis ich bei einem Heimspiel merkte, da&szlig; ich der einzige im Block war, der sang. Da wurde mir klar, da&szlig; sich ManU von mir entfernt hat, in eine andere Dimension&laquo;. Jetzt hat Mack eine Dauerkarte f&uuml;r den FC United. &raquo;Dort habe ich gefunden, was mir zuletzt fehlte. Echten Fu&szlig;ball und echte Fans, mit Leidenschaft und Tr&auml;umen.&laquo;</p>
<p>&raquo;Bei ManU gibt es doch keinen Fu&szlig;ball mehr zu sehen&laquo;, sagt auch Karl Marginson. &raquo;Das ist Show f&uuml;r Angeber, die mit ihren fuckin&#39; Gesch&auml;ftspartnern ins Stadion gehen.&laquo; Marginson ist 35 Jahre alt, Ex-Profi und hat ein kaputtes Knie. Jeden Morgen steht er um vier Uhr auf und f&auml;hrt acht Stunden lang Gem&uuml;se aus. Nachmittags trainiert er den FC United. Jetzt sitzt er in einem Pub in der N&auml;he von Old Trafford, vor sich das zweite Pint Bier. &raquo;Seit zw&ouml;lf Monaten bin ich der gl&uuml;cklichste Mann der Welt&laquo;, sagt er.</p>
<p>Spur der Revolte</p>
<p>Die Revolte scheint sich auszubreiten. Es ist Donnerstag nacht, Mitte Mai, Berlin-Alexanderplatz. Aus einer Bahnhofskneipe dr&ouml;hnen ganz ungewohnte Ges&auml;nge. &raquo;United Road, take me home, to the place, where I belong&#8230;&laquo; So singen in ganz Europa nur die Fans von Manchester United. Aber im Mai? In Berlin? &raquo;&#8230;to Old Trafford, Man United, take me home, United Road&laquo;.</p>
<p>Die kleine Eckkneipe ist mit 30 United Fans &uuml;bervoll. &raquo;Don&#39;t pay Glazer, don&#39;t pay Sky, still sing city&#39;s gonna die. There&#39;s two Uniteds but the soul is one, as the Busby babes carry on!&laquo; Ein FC-United-Lied, das wohlige Schauer &uuml;ber den R&uuml;cken jagt. Eine der Hymnen der vergangenen Saison. Und doch, keines der Gesichter in der Kneipe kommt den aus Manchester angereisten Fans bekannt vor. Wer sind diese Leute? Nur der Wirt schaut noch irritierter drein, er kann es nicht fassen, was ihm da in die Kneipe gelaufen ist.</p>
<p>Nach einigen Bierchen wird die Lage klarer. &raquo;Wir sind vor Jahren aus Manchester ausgewandert. Jetzt haben wir einen deutschen FC-United-Fanclub gegr&uuml;ndet. Wir haben uns hier versammelt um morgen nach Leipzig zu fahren.&laquo; Im Laufe der Nacht machen es sich weitere FC-United-Fans im Umkreis der Kneipe gem&uuml;tlich. Transparente h&auml;ngen in B&auml;umen und an Stra&szlig;enschildern. &raquo;FC United: The Red Revolution&laquo;.</p>
<p>Kein Zweifel, die Kinder der Revolu&shy;tion, die rote Obst- und Gem&uuml;searmee des FC-United-Trainers Karl Marginson, ist in Deutschland eingetroffen. Am Freitag vormittag sind es schon um die 70 FC-United-Fans, die sich auf dem Weg nach Leipzig machen. Am Abend soll dort ein Freundschaftsspiel mit Lokomotive stattfinden. &raquo;Es macht uns stolz, gegen LOK anzutreten&laquo;, sagt United-Trainer Marginson. &raquo;Der Verein hat eine &auml;hnliche Geschichte wie wir.&laquo; Auch die Leipziger Lokomotive wurde 2003 von Fans neu gegr&uuml;ndet. Die Anh&auml;nger wollten sich nicht mit dem Konkurs des Vorg&auml;ngervereins abfinden, bauten ihren Club unter dem Traditionsnamen LOK neu auf und fingen in der untersten Klasse vor Tausenden Zuschauern neu an.</p>
<p>Im Laufe des Tages versammeln sich in Leipzig Fangruppen aus den Niederlanden, Bulgarien und Warschau. In den Stra&szlig;enbahnen der Stadt ist der L&auml;rm ohrenbet&auml;ubend. Lok-Leipzig-Fans sind kaum zu sehen, daf&uuml;r jede Menge singende FC-Fans. Doch, eine kleine Gruppe von LOK-Fans versucht sich Geh&ouml;r zu verschaffen. &raquo;Eh Loko! Eh Loko!&laquo; Zum Gl&uuml;ck sind FC-United-Fans flexibel. Sie sind immer gerne bereit, Minderheiten zu mehr Prominenz zu verhelfen. Also gr&ouml;lt bald der ganze Zug den Lokomotive-Schlachtruf.</p>
<p>In Leipzig-Probstheida angekommen, zieht der Lindwurm an Tausenden Lok-Fans vorbei ins Bruno-Plache-Stadion. Irgendwo steht auch Andy Walsh. &raquo;Aha, Salford hat es geschafft einzutrudeln&laquo;, meint der mit den Augen zwinkernd, und wendet sich wieder einem mehr oder weniger geduldig wartenden Kamerateam zu.</p>
<p>Tats&auml;chlich sind unter den Hunderten FC-Fans diverse in modische, pinkfarbene Polohemden gekleidete Gestalten zu sehen. Es handelt sich um die Fangruppe aus Salford, &raquo;eine der lautesten, aktivsten und stimmungsvollsten Gruppen unter den FC-United-Fans,&laquo; wie Pozz, einer der Salford-Pink-Brigadisten wenig bescheiden meint. Aber warum Pink? &raquo;Die Stadtverwaltung hat unsere Stra&szlig;enschilder und M&uuml;lltonnen pink anmalen lassen. Also sind wir auch pink, wir bringen damit unsere Liebe zum Frieden zum Ausdruck&laquo;, meint Pozz augenzwinkernd.</p>
<p>Nun wei&szlig; jeder, der Manchester ein wenig kennt, da&szlig; Salford alles andere als friedlich ist. Es handelt sich um einen jener Stadtteile, wo nicht die Polizei, sondern maskierte Motorradgangs die Stra&szlig;en kontrollieren. Dies ist der Grund, warum FC-Fans aus S&uuml;dmanchester bei einigen Heimspielen anfingen zu singen: &raquo;Salford! Show us your guns!&laquo; Die Fans aus Salford kamen dem sofort nach und z&uuml;ckten ihre Wasserpistolen. &raquo;Moss Side! Where&#39;s your drug gangs gone?&laquo; kam dann der Gegengesang. Eine Anspielung darauf, da&szlig; die Drogengangs aus allen anderen Stadtteilen Manchesters, insbesondere die aus Moss Side in S&uuml;dmanchester, sich nicht nach Salford trauen.</p>
<p>&raquo;Salford war fr&uuml;her eine Hafenarbeiterstadt&laquo;, erkl&auml;rt Steve. &raquo;Es gibt dort &uuml;berdurchschnittlich viele Manchester-United-Fans. Als es dort noch die Docks und dazugeh&ouml;rige Industriegebiete gab, sind die Leute immer direkt nach Schicht&shy;ende zum Fu&szlig;ballspiel nach Old Trafford gegangen. Seit den 70er Jahren wurde Salford eines der ersten Opfer der Deindustrialisierung. Seitdem ist es eine der verarmtesten Gegenden in Manchester.&laquo;</p>
<p>&raquo;Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland&laquo;, stimmen einige Lok-Fans im Bruno-Plache-Stadion an. &raquo;Margentina, Margentina, Margentina&laquo;, kommt es vom FC United zur&uuml;ck. Die Fans aus Manchester haben es nicht so mit dem englischen Nationalismus. &raquo;Margentina&laquo; ist einerseits Ausdruck der Zuneigung f&uuml;r Karl Marginson, andererseits antinationales Statement. England hat bekannterma&szlig;en schon lange eine Fu&szlig;ballfeindschaft mit Argentinien.</p>
<p>Trikots tauschen</p>
<p>Viele United-Fans sind irischer Herkunft. Schon dadurch sind die Sympathien f&uuml;r englische Fu&szlig;ball-Patrioten eher d&uuml;nn ges&auml;t. In den 70er und 80er Jahren hing im Stretford End in Old Trafford ein gigantisches Banner: &raquo;One Love, Stretford End. Republic of Mancunia&laquo;. Seitdem Malcolm Glazer Manchester United &uuml;bernahm und die Fans den &raquo;B&uuml;rgerkrieg gegen die Besatzer&laquo; ausgerufen hatten, sind die Banner aus Old Trafford verschwunden. Dort h&auml;ngen nun trostlose Werbetransparente, die darauf hinweisen, da&szlig; hier Werbefl&auml;chen zu haben sind. FC United setzt die Tradition der &raquo;Republik&laquo; als Zeichen mancunischen Selbstbewu&szlig;tseins fort. In Gigg Lane in Bury h&auml;ngt eine gigantische Kubafahne mit dem Schriftzug &raquo;Hasta la Victoria Siempre&laquo;.</p>
<p>Im Bruno-Plache-Stadion hat das Spiel versp&auml;tet angefangen. Die Stra&szlig;enbahnen kamen mit dem Menschenandrang nicht zurecht. Die Presse spricht von 7000 Anwesenden, um die 600 d&uuml;rften FC-United-Fans sein. Zu Beginn des Spieles pr&auml;sentieren Lok-Leipzig-Spieler ein antirassistisches Banner und ernten vom Gro&szlig;teil des Stadions daf&uuml;r Applaus, eine kleine Anzahl von Lok-Fans buht.</p>
<p>Sp&auml;ter macht sich eine Gruppe von Nazis mit &raquo;White-Power&laquo;-Rufen am Nachbarzaun zum G&auml;steblock bemerkbar. Die Besucher aus Manchester sind wenig beeindruckt. &raquo;Wie kommt es, da&szlig; das von den Fans toleriert wird?&laquo; Eine Frage, die von nicht wenigen FC-Fans an diesem Abend gestellt wird. Zu Beginn der gerade zu Ende gegangen Saison versuchte die faschistische British National Party, auch den Club aus Manchester zu infiltrieren. Innerhalb der Fanszene wurde damals hei&szlig; diskutiert. Am Ende wurde der offizielle Beschlu&szlig; gefa&szlig;t, Neofaschisten im Stadion nicht zu dulden. Seitdem hat sich noch niemand getraut, sich im bei United-Spielen als Rechter zu outen. &raquo;Es ist aber bekannt, da&szlig; Leute aus dem rechten Lager weiterhin versuchen, die Fanszene zu infiltrieren. Wir m&uuml;ssen eben gewappnet sein. Leipzig ist ein Vorgeschmack darauf, was uns in kommenden Jahren erwarten kann&laquo;, so ein FC-United-Fan nach dem Spiel.</p>
<p>Die unsch&ouml;nen Ereignisse werden auf der R&uuml;ckfahrt in der Stra&szlig;enbahn in den Hintergrund gedr&auml;ngt. Es kommt zu tumultartigen Szenen, als Lok-Fans und FC-Fans versuchen gegeneinander anzusingen. &Uuml;berall werden Schals und Trikots getauscht. &raquo;Change Shirts!&laquo; schreit ein Leipziger und deutet auf das pinkfarbene Polohemd eines Fans aus Salford. &raquo;Heh, das kannst du doch nicht machen! Das ist ein Salford-Shirt&laquo;, wird von mitreisenden FC-Fans Protest angemeldet. Doch der wackere Lok-Fan gibt nicht auf. &raquo;Change Shirt! Change Shirt!&laquo; dr&auml;ngt er weiter. Schlie&szlig;lich l&auml;&szlig;t sich der Engl&auml;nder erweichen: &raquo;Ich hoffe, du gehst zum n&auml;chsten LOK-Spiel auch wirklich in pink!&laquo;</p>
<p>Auch im Internetforum des FC United geht es um Trikots. Ein John Freeman schreibt: &raquo;Am Samstag morgen hat der Postbote mein neues United-Shirt gebracht. Es hat nur 20 Pfund gekostet. Vorne kein Sponsor, nur unser Vereinswappen, der Stoff ist billig und kratzig. Ich ziehe es &uuml;ber &ndash; es pa&szlig;t mir perfekt.&laquo;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: unitedrant.co.uk Article by The Editor The ridiculously named FC United of Manchester is officially one year old on July 5th. This time last year, discussions were well underway to form the club in the wake of the Glazer take-over. It has been more successful than anybody could have imagined, winning promotion at the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=328&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Article by The Editor</p>
<p>The ridiculously named FC United of Manchester is officially one year old on July 5th. This time last year, discussions were well underway to form the club in the wake of the Glazer take-over. It has been more successful than anybody could have imagined, winning promotion at the first attempt and attracting crowds of over 4,000. While the reaction to FCUM has been mixed amongst fellow United fans, the North West Counties club&#39;s aims and ethos are to be lauded.</p>
<p><span id="more-328"></span>The club was formed by a steering committee of just a few fans. But the following built quickly, spreading to those not only those sickened by what had happened to Manchester United, but fans disaffected by the commercialisation of top flight football in general. Indeed, in terms of following they are already the 88th biggest club in the land and growing rapidly.</p>
<p>The attraction is simple &#8211; everything that the Premiership no longer represents; standing, camaraderie, sport for the sake of sport and certainly not big business. This ethos was reflected in the club&#39;s constitution from the start &#8211; FCUM is a fan owned democracy that takes no shirt sponsorship and offers reasonable tickets prices.</p>
<p>Yet some United fans are antagonistic towards their newly crated cousin. Anti-FCUM banners have been seen at MUFC matches, with many Reds seeing the side&#39;s fans as &#39;splitters&#39; or &#39;traitors.&#39; But that attitude misses the point. Even though FCUM is a new club, which this reporter is yet to attend, their supporters still consider themselves to be Manchester United fans who refuse to go to Old Trafford while it is in the hands of the Glazers. It&#39;s a sentiment that many Old Trafford regulars fully understand.</p>
<p>Yet, the trend for fan owned democracies is growing rapidly, as a counter-balance to the multi-billion pound contracts in the Premiership. FCUM followed AFC Wimbledon down the path of mass ownership, the South London side&#39;s fans having seen their club stolen by greedy businessmen then transplanted to Milton Keynes. Bournemouth, Lincoln, Chesterfield, Exeter, York, Brentford, Telford and Stockport all now apply the same model. Abroad Real Madrid and new European champions Barcelona are democracies too, proving that it&#39;s a model that can work at all levels.</p>
<p>Why does it work? Because the fans, who fund the club, have a real say in the running of the club. Yes, there are different levels of commercialisation, with Real Madrid all about the mighty dollar at the other end of the scale from FCUM, but the same principle is at the heart of each club.</p>
<p>Barcelona on the other hand has always refused to take shirt sponsorship, despite doubling their revenues in the four years that Joan Laporta has been president. They may well change that policy but not the club&#39;s democratic ethos. Ticket prices at many of these clubs are also extremely reasonable, with television rights effectively subsidising entry to the stadium. Run by the fans, for the fans.</p>
<p>Not that fans can expect to have a say in running Manchester United soon, even if the Glazers&#39; business model fails. It may be a pipe dream, despite the excellent efforts of MUST to generate enough cash to bid for the club one day. If the Glazers fail to pay back the debt by the earmarked dates, the club will be asset striped by the banks, leaving just the Manchester United name and little else. In that scenario, of catastrophic failure, the fans could come to own the club name but none of the bricks, mortar or players.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, FCUM will begin next season in the North West Counties Division One, nine rungs on the football ladder below MUFC. They now have the right to enter the FA Trophy, and with restructuring of the football pyramid ongoing, the club could find themselves in the professional leagues earlier than predicted. Interestingly, entry into the FA Cup will be possible in 2007/8 so a meeting between the two sides might come sooner than anybody expects.</p>
<p>It seems likely that FCUM will continue to grow, while the club&#39;s big brother across town is haemorrhaging fans who can no longer afford the sharply rising ticket prices. Indeed, the FCUM phenomenon ought to worry the suits at Old Trafford; they failed to sell all 4,000 new season tickets on offer for next season, ironically around the same number of people who are regularly attending FCUM matches.</p>
<p>It is to be hoped that one day both clubs and fans can be re-United, when Glazer and his cronies have left. Until that day most FC United fans still consider themselves to be a branch of MUFC. Here&#39;s to the faithful, temporarily departed.</p>
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		<title>The Wright Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Trafford Advertiser IT has been a remarkable season for Flixton FC manager Paul Wright. The man they call &#34;Fester&#34; &#8211; due to his likeness to a certain Addams Family character &#8211; has worked wonders at the club, leading them to promotion to the North West Counties Division One. Not only that, but Flixton also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=327&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Source:  <a href="http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/trafford/sport/TRAFFORD_SPORT0.html">Trafford Advertiser</a></p>
<p>IT has been a remarkable season for Flixton FC manager Paul Wright.</p>
<p>The man they call &quot;Fester&quot; &#8211; due to his likeness to a certain Addams Family character &#8211; has worked wonders at the club, leading them to promotion to the North West Counties Division One.</p>
<p>Not only that, but Flixton also won the Division Two Cup, reached the semi-finals of the North West Counties League Cup and the final of the Manchester Premier Cup, beating local rivals Trafford for the first time in 10 years along the way.<span id="more-327"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/trafford/images/paulwright2.jpg"><img src="http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/trafford/images/paulwright2.jpg" border="0" /></a>To cap it all off Wright deservedly snatched the Division Two manager of the year award from under the nose of his former assistant &#8211; FC United of Manchester manager Karl Marginson.</p>
<p>All this despite the fact he was not even supposed to be managing the club this season.</p>
<p>He told SUM Sport: &quot;At the start of the season I didn&#39;t even expect this to be fair.</p>
<p>&quot;I only came here three years ago for 10 games to help the club out and at the start of the season they got in Darren Sheridan because I didn&#39;t want to do the job anymore.</p>
<p>&quot;But he got back into pro football so I took the manager&#39;s job again.</p>
<p>&quot;At the start of the season we only had two weeks to get a side together and we had a slow start.</p>
<p>&quot;But round about November we had a meeting and decided to go for it, to make a push to see if we could get promoted.&quot;</p>
<p>In the second half of the season, Flixton embarked on an incredible run of results, going 16 games undefeated throughout the final three months of the season.</p>
<p>Eventually, the Valley Road side finished just eight points behind champions FC United, who had been expected to run away with the division.</p>
<p>And although Wright is happy about the direction Flixton are moving, he is also annoyed about the</p>
<p>He said: &quot;It annoys me that FC United get so much publicity when they haven&#39;t actually done that well with the money they have.</p>
<p>&quot;They only won the league by eight points and if there had been another 10 games to go, I don&#39;t know if they would have because they were slipping towards the end of the season.</p>
<p>&quot;The problem is that they claim to be about grassroots football but they&#39;re paying a chief executive and a secretary big wages and they&#39;re getting into merchandising.</p>
<p>&quot;They&#39;re bringing in players from higher divisions who are just falling on money, but hopefully we&#39;ll be able to challenge them from the start next season.&quot;</p>
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		<title>Salford will be United</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Salford Advertiser, no Online Content By Tony Howard SALFORD will be United for injured De La Salle rugby player Chris McGuirk at a bank holiday benefit football match. Fans club FC United of Manchester are set to take on an &#39;all star&#39; team featuring ex-England international Peter Reid, ex-Manchester United winger Ben Thornley and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=326&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Source: <a href="http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/">Salford Advertiser</a>, no Online Content</p>
<p>By Tony Howard</p>
<p>SALFORD will be United for injured De La Salle rugby player Chris McGuirk at a bank holiday benefit football match.</p>
<p>Fans club FC United of Manchester are set to take on an &#39;all star&#39; team featuring ex-England international Peter Reid, ex-Manchester United winger Ben Thornley and a host of other Salford celebs at the event at De La Salle&#39;s Lancaster Road base on Monday, May 29.<span id="more-326"></span></p>
<p>It&#39;s all in aid of the appeal set up by De La Salle members to build Chris a specially adapted house so he can return home to Salford from Southport Hospital&#39;s spinal injury unit, where he is being treated for the broken neck he suffered playing for De La last December.</p>
<p>So far they have raised around &pound;104,000 and they hope to double the tally to buy a piece of land in Salford and build the house from scratch. FC United&#39;s assistant manager and proud Salfordian Phil Power said: &quot;As sports players we can all relate to the situation with Chris and hearing things like this definitely has an effect on you.</p>
<p>&quot;When you go out on the pitch the last thing you think will happen is that you break your neck and it makes it even sadder that he is such a young lad. &quot;It&#39;s good to be in a position to help &#8211; especially for me being a fellow Salford lad, and it should be a cracking day out too.</p>
<p>&quot;The reaction of the people in Salford has been brilliant and it sums our town up. When something bad happens we all rally round and do our bit. People slag Salford all the time but things like this go to show what a top place it is. I&#39;m very proud FC United are involved and hopefully Chris will benefit from everyone&#39;s help.&quot;</p>
<p>Radio DJ Mike Sweeney, ex-Bolton player Tony Cawdwell, ex-Manchester city star Gary Buckley, singer Will Mellor and Salford band Hanky Park will also feature at the event which kicks off at 2pm.</p>
<p>Fund raiser John Camilleri said: &quot;FC United have been brilliant in supporting us and it should be a great occasion with many other people doing their bit. It&#39;s been amazing how everyone&#39;s rallied round and we are now looking at raising &pound;200,000 eventually and if all goes to plan Chris could come home to Salford by the end of the year.&quot;</p>
<p>Tickets are &pound;5 for adults and &pound;2 for kids under 18. There is also a black and white ball taking place at the Palace Theatre on Saturday night, where John and Chris&#39; dad Dave will be among De La Salle members who will show off their newly acquired dancing skills after they paid top dollar for lessons which went towards Chris&#39; appeal.</p>
<p>Meanwhile Salford Reds players Andrew Brocklehurst and Ryan Clayton, together with Forever Reds fans group, have donated a signed England shirt to be auctioned and Irlam Hornets have revealed they raised over &pound;2,000 at the game they recently played against local youngsters.</p>
<p>For further details on the campaign call John Camilleri on: 07908 667806.</p>
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		<title>The Lyons share!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Prestwich Advertiser, Thursday, May 25. By Tony Howard THE pre-season friendly between Gigg Lane ground sharers Bury and FC United will be a strange occasion for Darren Lyons. The FC player-coach will find himself sat in the away dug out at Gigg Lane for the first time having played for both clubs, including two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=325&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Source: <a href="http://www.prestwichadvertiser.co.uk/sport/s/213/213451_the_lyons_share.html">Prestwich Advertiser</a>, Thursday, May 25. By Tony Howard</p>
<p>THE pre-season friendly between Gigg Lane ground sharers Bury and FC United will be a strange occasion for Darren Lyons.</p>
<p>The FC player-coach will find himself sat in the away dug out at Gigg Lane for the first time having played for both clubs, including two seasons with the Shakers when he got to run out at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.</p>
<p><span id="more-325"></span>This time Daz will be playing for the reds instead of against them, and he will be hoping &#39;United&#39; can repeat the result of that game back in January 1993.</p>
<p>The 38-year-old winger said: &quot;I had a good couple of years at Gigg Lane and I was made up to find out FC would be playing home games there as I still know a lot of the backroom staff and people at the club.</p>
<p>&quot;It was nice to see them again.</p>
<p>&quot;The obvious highlight for me was when we played Manchester United in the cup. I thought I was being wound up when I was told we had drawn them but it was a great experience.</p>
<p>&quot;From the moment Fergie and Bryan Robson came in the dressing room right through until 15 minutes into the game my knees were knocking. &quot;But after we settled down I managed to get in behind Denis Irwin a couple of times and my claim to fame is I got him substituted for Clayton Blackmore.&quot;</p>
<p>Lyons has enjoyed FC United&#39;s success and has become a cult hero among the red army. So much so that they sing a version of Tight Fit&#39;s 1981 number one hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight in his honour.</p>
<p>&quot;No one expected it to be this successful and I certainly didn&#39;t think I&#39;d be playing in front of crowds of 6,000 at this stage of my career,&quot; he said. &quot;Hopefully, we can continue next season and the game against Bury will be a real test of our progress out on the pitch.&quot;</p>
<p>The match will take place on Wednesday, July 19, kick-off 7.45pm. Admission will be &pound;7 for adults and &pound;2 for under-18s.</p>
<p>FC United will play De La Salle All Stars in a benefit game at Lancaster Road Salford for injured rugby union player Chris McGuirk on Monday, May 29, kick-off 2pm. Admission is ?5 for adults and ?2 for under-18s. Ex-Manchester United winger Ben Thornley and former England midfielder Peter Reid will line up for the all stars and there will be musical entertainment too.</p>
<p>The reds then play Radcliffe Borough away on Saturday, July 15, AFC Wimbledon at home on Saturday, July 22, Altrincham away on Wednesday, July 26, Sheffield FC on Saturday, July 29, Halifax Town away on Tuesday, August 1, and Abbey Hey away on Wednesday, August 9.</p>
<p>FC are holding trials for next season&#39;s reserve and youth teams in south Manchester on Saturday, June 24 (youth) and Sunday, June 25 (reserves). Youth players must be aged 16 to 18 and the reserves&#39; age range is 19 to 23. All players must live in Greater Manchester. The deadline for applications is Friday, June 2. For more details call: 0870 6260295.</p>
<p>United are celebrating the signing of Stuart Rudd from Unibond side Skelmersdale. Rudd, aged 28, banged in 47 goals last season and manager Karl Marginson has high hopes for him. He said: &quot;Stuart scores different types of goals like a poor man&#39;s Alan Shearer.&quot;</p>
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		<title>The Story So Far&#8230; part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 07:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A conversation the other night about FC had me wondering about working with video and how possible it is&#8230; this was put together last night as an experiment &#8211; originally this was meant to include more footage of FC, but i soon realised that would be cramming too much in &#8211; so here is&#8230; The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=punkfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=245659&amp;post=324&amp;subd=punkfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A conversation the other night about FC had me wondering about working with video and how possible it is&#8230; this was put together last night as an experiment &#8211; originally this was meant to include more footage of FC, but i soon realised that would be cramming too much in &#8211; so here is&#8230;</p>
<p>The Story So Far &#8211; Part 1</p>
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