- "I just thought, I should be here. This is where I'm meant to be now."
- "I just thought, this is everything I believe in. What the f*ck am I doing not involved in this."
- "We're Post Modern Football."
- "It's about community not just about the football."
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Mes que un club (More than a club)
“Football fans are not customers, despite what the press and some club’s owners seem to think. The majority do not watch football because their teams win. It’s not about the winning – it’s about your upbringing. Your football club says something about you.
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FC United is about saying to those who run the game it is not about winning it is about being united as fans. It’s also about improving the community in which you are located which is something we will continue to do.” - Andy Walsh, CEO FCUM
Read more about FCUM's community work here:- Football club proves it's a winner on and off the pitch
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FC United is about saying to those who run the game it is not about winning it is about being united as fans. It’s also about improving the community in which you are located which is something we will continue to do.” - Andy Walsh, CEO FCUM
Read more about FCUM's community work here:- Football club proves it's a winner on and off the pitch
Thursday, June 27, 2013
From our Scottish correspondent (again)
"They provided an important insight into a world when footballers were still at one with those who watched them play, a time when England captain Billy Wright travelled to Molineux on the bus and Tom Finney might be fixing your broken tap in the morning before you paid to watch him tormenting full-backs in the afternoon.
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The mutual respect between player and fan was evident in these small gestures and is something that must be retained within the game, rather than slavish and detached adoration."
Read more here:- In praise of older supporters, who carry with them stories of football's past
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The mutual respect between player and fan was evident in these small gestures and is something that must be retained within the game, rather than slavish and detached adoration."
Read more here:- In praise of older supporters, who carry with them stories of football's past
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
"If you want to rob a bank these days...
...don't get a balaclava and a shot gun, get a £1000 suit and go work in the City."
Trailer for upcoming FCUM documentary released 22 June 2013.
Trailer for upcoming FCUM documentary released 22 June 2013.
United! United! Antifascista!
FCUM do a close season tour of Germany. Here they are mingling with Nulldrei supporters in the stands and on the pitch after the SV Babelsberg 03 game.
Note:- not a police officer in sight and no harassment from security.
Note:- not a police officer in sight and no harassment from security.
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