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FC in the Daily Mirror

In a wider piece about the Premier League’s plans to introduce a 39th game, Oliver Holt praises FC United

"I look at where Scudamore is trying to take us and I realise even more the brave and principled people who gave up their Manchester United season tickets and formed FC United were absolutely right.

"They weren’t eccentrics or Luddites or attention-seekers. They were just people who could see that our national game was being stolen from us by degrees and who didn’t want any part of it any more."

"They were voices crying in the wilderness, a footnote in football’s acquisitions and mergers department. But it turns out they just ran out of patience before we did."

Full article here.



First Posted ~ 10:45 Thu 14 Feb 2008
News ID ~ 1483
Last Updated ~ 01:52 Tue 16 Feb 2021