Whatever happens the next few weeks, we can be rightly proud of FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛. A brilliant team on the pitch, a Board who have invested so much personal time to stand up to injustice & a passionate fan base ready to be the 12th man. Can't wait 'til tomorrow. Bring on United!

Hightower FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ Agreed

NW Pitch Maintenance FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ Also appreciate everything you & your team have done. You've played a terrible hand brilliantly. After all that crap weather, the pitch looked ace v Hednesford & the other night. Only right it gets to see the final home game 👏

Come on Rebels. Don't even bother keeping eyes on other results, it's up to us now. We're more than capable of 3 on the bounce.

We get knocked down, but we’ll get up again #fcum

Is the Northern Premier League fit for purpose? nowtmuchtosay.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/is-… Kat Lucas Simon Stone Daniel Taylor

“It’s difficult not to get the impression of a football club being punished for having the temerity to ask serious questions about the running of the league”. Quite

“There are major concerns about the governance of the Northern Premier League – in particular its apparent inability to preserve the sporting integrity of the competition it oversees – and whether it is fit for purpose” nowtmuchtosay.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/is-…

Jonathan Allsopp Kat Lucas Simon Stone Daniel Taylor Superb Jonathan, has your 'go fc yourself' email arrived yet?

Jonathan Allsopp Kat Lucas Simon Stone Daniel Taylor Superb bit of writing and clearly shows that major reform is needed at the The Pitching In Northern Premier League. Time for change is now. Ollie Bayliss The Non-League Paper The FSA Fair Game Adam Oxley BBC Manchester BBC Sport

No VAR, no social media wankers, no millionaire owners. Surrounded by true Reds, phenomenal atmosphere game in game out. Our club, our rules. Two United's but the soul is ONE. Oh and Cantona is a fully fledged member. FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ ❤️🖤🤍HOME

Is the Northern Premier League fit for purpose? nowtmuchtosay.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/is-… The FSA The Non-League Paper Andrew Simpson

"Thank you for your lovely email. Now go f*** yourself." The reply I got from the chair of the The Pitching In Northern Premier League nearly two weeks ago. A damning look at the NPL’s governance crisis, board conflicts of interest to a total lack of financial oversight. Is the NPL fit for purpose?

➡️ NEXT MATCH Tomorrow evening’s fixture against Stockton Town will take place at Broadhurst Park. Kick-off is at 7.45pm There’s no place like home - get yourself to that football ground! #WeAreStrongerUnited

Time for financial fair play in the Northern Premier League? Kieran Maguire Fair Game Full story here: nowtmuchtosay.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/is-…

Fascinating piece - asks some interesting questions about governance practices below the more visible levels of the game. Some of the alleged practices regarding player payments are as old as time, but doesn't make them fair or right. Is also a likely by product of the trickle

This is one of my biggest bugbears. For all the talk of the IFR and what it will do in the top 5 divisions, the real shenanigans and legally questionable approaches to the game happen below those levels. The game is rife with people gaming the system for a host of motivations.

Mark O'Neill Yes, the issue regarding player payments may be a longstanding problem but, like you say, with wage inflation in recent years the sums involved now are significant.

Some of the stunts being used to pay players off the books are genuinely staggering. The club with a 3G pitch which hires a local school pitch to train on in order to pay expenses is one of my favourites.