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Nov 20, 2013

FC United: A Better Way, Co-operatively

FC United of Manchester cut the first sod at their new ground on Sunday. Being a bunch of antediluvian, backward looking revolutionary Marxist dinosaurs, they’ve got the footage on YouTube already:

Fool Me Once, Shame On You. Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me

Written for the match day programme for the Supporters Direct Cup, played between AFC Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester in 2006. The Cup is an annual match played between two fan-owned clubs, for a trophy purchased by donations by…

Oh, FC United!

Written for Supporters Direct’s quarterly magazine in 2006, reviewing life at fan-owned football co-operative FC United of Manchester, one year after their formation in May 2005 soon after the Glazer family’s takeover at Manchester United.