Gone where?
I reckon F.C. United and Salford should merge to form a super-club. They could call themselves something like Manchester Royals..
FC United have more than 5,000 owners,obviously they don't bother to actually go and watch them anymore.
I reckon F.C. United and Salford should merge to form a super-club. They could call themselves something like Manchester Royals..
FC United have more than 5,000 owners,obviously they don't bother to actually go and watch them anymore.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44894821
Lovely Twitter spat between Gary Neville and Accrington owner Andy Holt.
Despite winning the league they had smaller crowds than the two other Greater Manchester clubs in that league, once the ex Man U players get bored they will go the way of Rushden and Diamonds, but it’s a free country and they are not breaking any rules so I suppose it’s up to them. Can’t see why they didn’t invest in one of the smaller but already established clubs around there though?
Yes, plenty of existing clubs nearby they could have invested in, Accrington, Altrincham, Bury etc. I've no idea why they thought Salford needed a new club. Village teams play in villages for a reason, but some owners convince themselves that they should be playing in the football league, but with a village fanbase. I'd say exceptions are where a town has grown vastly in recent years and so can attract decent levels of support. So Reading have gone from a small railway town to a large commuter town, with a reasonable fanbase. Similary Milton Keynes has the population to support a league side, if only they'd done it the right way.Despite winning the league they had smaller crowds than the two other Greater Manchester clubs in that league, once the ex Man U players get bored they will go the way of Rushden and Diamonds, but it’s a free country and they are not breaking any rules so I suppose it’s up to them. Can’t see why they didn’t invest in one of the smaller but already established clubs around there though?
Yes, plenty of existing clubs nearby they could have invested in, Accrington, Altrincham, Bury etc. I've no idea why they thought Salford needed a new club. Village teams play in villages for a reason, but some owners convince themselves that they should be playing in the football league, but with a village fanbase. I'd say exceptions are where a town has grown vastly in recent years and so can attract decent levels of support. So Reading have gone from a small railway town to a large commuter town, with a reasonable fanbase. Similary Milton Keynes has the population to support a league side, if only they'd done it the right way.