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We’ll always stand United

VERY few clubs can trace their formation back to a specific event that shaped the future of another. But then again, FC United of Manchester have never been just another club.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 February 2023

By Richard Edwards

BREAKAWAY GROUP: Fans of FC United of Manchester
PICTURE: Alamy

VERY few clubs can trace their formation back to a specific event that shaped the future of another. But then again, FC United of Manchester have never been just another club.
Formed in 2005 after the Glazers completed one of the most controversial takeovers in English football history, the NPL Premier Division side has gone from being a protest club – and a vehicle for disaffected Manchester United supporters to get their football fix away from Old Trafford – to one of the most instantly recognisable enti...

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