Maine Road

FORMED
1955

MANAGER
Jeff Newman / Hugh Devlin

GROUND
Brantingham Road

TWITTER
@MaineRoadFC

Current Position: 16th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
6	1	0	5	5	14	3

Current Form: 17th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	1	0	5	6	14

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
31/10/20	Vauxhall Motors (A)	L 1-3
24/10/20	New Mills (H)	L 0-1
21/10/20	Stone Old Alleynians (A)	L 2-5
17/10/20	Alsager Town (H)	W 1-0
09/10/20	AFC Liverpool (A)	L 2-3
05/10/20	Vauxhall Motors (H)	L 0-2

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
19/12/20	Sandbach United (H)	15:00
26/12/20	West Didsbury & Chorlton (H)	15:00
02/01/21	Cheadle Town (A)	15:00
09/01/21	Stone Old Alleynians (H)	15:00
16/01/21	Abbey Hulton United (A)	15:00
30/01/21	Eccleshall (H)	15:00

Latest News:

	Barnet reveals Maines philosophy
	Maine Road joint manager Ray Barnett opens up on all aspects at

	Macron Club of the Month Award Presentation - Maine Road
	Maine Road won the Macron Club of the Month award for the First Division South in January.

	Managerial change at Maine Road
	Maine Road have announced that they have parted company with manager Calum Sykes.

	A good night for Maine Road
	Maine Road manager Calum Sykes is hoping that Monday's incredible 6-5 win over Abbey Hulton United will kick start his team's season.

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Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O	Score	Goalscorers
Tue 01/09/20	Squires Gate	N	19:45	L 0-5
	(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Sat 03/10/20	Barnton	H	15:00	L 1-3	Yousif Yousif (85)
Mon 05/10/20	Vauxhall Motors	H	19:45	L 0-2
Fri 09/10/20	AFC Liverpool	A	19:45	L 2-3	Louis Edwards (56p) Ben Mooney (60)
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q)
Wed 14/10/20	Eccleshall	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 17/10/20	Alsager Town	H	15:00	W 1-0	Lama Meite (49)
Wed 21/10/20	Stone Old Alleynians	A	19:45	L 2-5	Youssef Belattar (32) Sheikh Islam (71)
Sat 24/10/20	New Mills	H	15:00	L 0-1
Sat 31/10/20	Vauxhall Motors	A	15:00	L 1-3	Yousif Yousif (42)
Tue 03/11/20	Abbey Hey	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 19/12/20	Sandbach United	H	15:00
Sat 26/12/20	West Didsbury & Chorlton	H	15:00
Sat 02/01/21	Cheadle Town	A	15:00
Sat 09/01/21	Stone Old Alleynians	H	15:00
Sat 16/01/21	Abbey Hulton United	A	15:00
Sat 30/01/21	Eccleshall	H	15:00
Sat 06/02/21	Wythenshawe Town	A	15:00
Sat 13/02/21	Stockport Town	H	15:00
Sat 20/02/21	Sandbach United	A	15:00
Sat 27/02/21	Cheadle Heath Nomads	A	15:00
Sat 06/03/21	Cammell Laird 1907	H	15:00
Sat 13/03/21	New Mills	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/21	Abbey Hulton United	H	15:00
Sat 27/03/21	St Martins	H	15:00
Sat 03/04/21	Wythenshawe Amateurs	A	15:00
Mon 05/04/21	West Didsbury & Chorlton	A	15:00
Sat 10/04/21	Ellesmere Rangers	H	15:00
Tue 13/04/21	Eccleshall	A	19:45
Sat 17/04/21	Alsager Town	A	15:00
Sat 24/04/21	Cheadle Heath Nomads	H	15:00
Sat 01/05/21	FC Isle of Man	A	15:00
Mon 03/05/21	Barnton	A	15:00
Sat 08/05/21	Abbey Hey	H	15:00
Tue 11/05/21	Cammell Laird 1907	A	19:45
Sat 15/05/21	St Martins	A	15:00
Mon 17/05/21	Wythenshawe Amateurs	H	19:45
Sat 22/05/21	Stockport Town	A	15:00
Sat 29/05/21	Cheadle Town	H	15:00
Mon 31/05/21	Abbey Hey	A	15:00
Sat 12/06/21	Wythenshawe Town	H	15:00
TBC	Ellesmere Rangers	A
TBC	FC Isle of Man	H		Postp
TBC	FC Isle of Man	H

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
01/09/20	Squires Gate (H)	L 0-5
(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
03/10/20	Barnton (H)	L 1-3
05/10/20	Vauxhall Mtrs (H)	L 0-2
09/10/20	AFC Liverpool (A)	L 2-3
(The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q)
14/10/20	Eccleshall (A)	Postp
17/10/20	Alsager Town (H)	W 1-0
21/10/20	Stone O.A. (A)	L 2-5
24/10/20	New Mills (H)	L 0-1
31/10/20	Vauxhall Mtrs (A)	L 1-3
03/11/20	Abbey Hey (A)	Postp
19/12/20	Sandbach (H)	15:00
26/12/20	West Didsbury (H)	15:00
02/01/21	Cheadle Town (A)	15:00
09/01/21	Stone O.A. (H)	15:00
16/01/21	Abbey Hulton (A)	15:00
30/01/21	Eccleshall (H)	15:00
06/02/21	Wythenshawe Town (A)	15:00
13/02/21	Stockport Town (H)	15:00
20/02/21	Sandbach (A)	15:00
27/02/21	Cheadle Heath (A)	15:00
06/03/21	Cammell Laird (H)	15:00
13/03/21	New Mills (A)	15:00
20/03/21	Abbey Hulton (H)	15:00
27/03/21	St Martins (H)	15:00
03/04/21	Wythenshawe Am (A)	15:00
05/04/21	West Didsbury (A)	15:00
10/04/21	Ellesmere Rngrs (H)	15:00
13/04/21	Eccleshall (A)	19:45
17/04/21	Alsager Town (A)	15:00
24/04/21	Cheadle Heath (H)	15:00
01/05/21	FC Isle of Man (A)	15:00
03/05/21	Barnton (A)	15:00
08/05/21	Abbey Hey (H)	15:00
11/05/21	Cammell Laird (A)	19:45
15/05/21	St Martins (A)	15:00
17/05/21	Wythenshawe Am (H)	19:45
22/05/21	Stockport Town (A)	15:00
29/05/21	Cheadle Town (H)	15:00
31/05/21	Abbey Hey (A)	15:00
12/06/21	Wythenshawe Town (H)	15:00
TBC	Ellesmere Rngrs (A)
TBC	FC Isle of Man (H)
TBC	FC Isle of Man (H)	Postp

Squad Details

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Ernest Amachi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Youssef Belattar	6	2	1	0	0	0	1
Conrad Betton (GK)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Burgess	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Zachary Curtis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shakeel Depeiaza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Earlam	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Edwards	8	0	1	0	0	2	1
Ryan Eiselt	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
Max Fenton	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ethan Handley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Henry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheikh Islam	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joseph Keyworth	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Marcus Lane	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Markham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lama Meite	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
Euan Melia	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kieron Molloy *	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Peter Monteith (GK)	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Mooney	8	0	1	0	0	0	1
Fionn OReilly	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
James Perry	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Pond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Roe *	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Layton Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Smith	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ismail Suleiman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rees Welsh	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matthew Wilson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yousif Yousif	5	1	1	1	0	2	1

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
Derek Barber
Raymond Barnett
Callum Davies
Hugh Devlin
Leo Kirk
Jeffrey Newman

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Ernest Amachi	0	0		0
Youssef Belattar	0	0		0
Conrad Betton	1	0	0	0	0
David Brown	0	0		0
Daniel Burgess	4	0	0	0	0
Zachary Curtis	0	0		0
Shakeel Depeiaza	0	0		0
Paul Earlam	4	0	0	0	0
Louis Edwards	8	1	0	2	1
Ryan Eiselt	6	0	0	1	0
Max Fenton	0	0		-1
Ethan Handley	0	0		0
Jordan Henry	0	0		0
Sheikh Islam	0	0		0
Joseph Keyworth	3	0	0	0	1
Marcus Lane	6	0	0	0	0
Thomas Markham	0	0		0
Lama Meite	0	0		0
Euan Melia	6	0	0	1	0
Peter Monteith	0	0		0
Ben Mooney	8	1	0	0	1
Fionn OReilly	0	0		0
James Perry	0	0		0
Benjamin Pond	0	0		0
Layton Smith	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Smith	5	0	1	1	0
Ismail Suleiman	0	0		0
Rees Welsh	0	0		0
Matthew Wilson	3	0	0	0	0
Tom Wilson	0	0		0
Yousif Yousif	0	0		0

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Ernest Amachi	0	0
Youssef Belattar	0	0
Conrad Betton	1	0
David Brown	0	0
Daniel Burgess	4	0
Zachary Curtis	0	0
Shakeel Depeiaza	0	0
Paul Earlam	4	0
Louis Edwards	8	1
Ryan Eiselt	6	0
Max Fenton	0	0
Ethan Handley	0	0
Jordan Henry	0	0
Sheikh Islam	0	0
Joseph Keyworth	3	0
Marcus Lane	6	0
Thomas Markham	0	0
Lama Meite	0	0
Euan Melia	6	0
Kieron Molloy *	0	0
Peter Monteith	0	0
Ben Mooney	8	1
Fionn OReilly	0	0
James Perry	0	0
Benjamin Pond	0	0
Jamie Roe *	1	0
Layton Smith	1	0
Ryan Smith	5	0
Ismail Suleiman	0	0
Rees Welsh	0	0
Matthew Wilson	3	0
Tom Wilson	0	0
Yousif Yousif	0	0

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	1-0	17/10/20 v Alsager Town (First Division South)
Biggest Away Win		No away victories at present
Biggest Home Defeat	0-5	01/09/20 v Squires Gate (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Biggest Away Defeat	2-5	21/10/20 v Stone Old Alleynians (First Division South)
Highest Drawn Game		No draws at present
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	7	21/10/20 2-5 v Stone Old Alleynians (A) (First Division South)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	5		3		8
Won	1	20.00%	0	0.00%	1	12.50%
Drawn	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Lost	4	80.00%	3	100.00%	7	87.50%
Scored	2	0.40	5	1.67	7	0.88
Conceded	11	2.20	11	3.67	22	2.75

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Extra Preliminary Round	0-5	Squires Gate	(H)
The Buildbase FA Vase	2nd Qualifying Round	2-3	AFC Liverpool	(A)
First Division South		v	Ellesmere Rangers	(A)
	To be played on Sun 20/06/21

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	154	01/09/20 v Squires Gate (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Lowest Attendance	70	03/10/20 v Barnton (First Division South)
Average Attendance	5 games	98

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	0 games
Score Draw	13 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	3 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	3	37.50%	1	12.50%
One	3	37.50%	1	12.50%
Two	2	25.00%	1	12.50%
Three	0	0.00%	3	37.50%
Four	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Five or more	0	0.00%	2	25.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	0	0.00%	1	12.50%	1	10.00%
16-30	0	0.00%	1	12.50%	1	10.00%
31-45	0	0.00%	2	25.00%	2	20.00%
46-60	2	100.00%	1	12.50%	3	30.00%
61-75	0	0.00%	2	25.00%	2	20.00%
76-90	0	0.00%	1	12.50%	1	10.00%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

The club was formed in 1955 as ‘City Supporters Rusholme’ when our past Chairman Frank Thompson and a few friends formed a team and after playing a few friendlies, joined the local Rusholme Sunday League. In the late sixties the club changed to the Manchester Amateur Sunday League and also moved its headquarters to the newly built Maine Road Social Club and hence the new name Maine Road FC was born. Ronnie Meredith was now running the club and in 1971-72 we won the Manchester County Sunday Cup and both the club’s sides won their respective leagues. This prompted Ron to look for a new challenge and he changed the whole future of the club by moving to Saturday football in the form of the Manchester League. Success followed success on the field and after several years of moving grounds we settled on our present home at Brantingham Road in 1980.

After a lean spell, one of Ron’s ambitions was realised in Season 1983-84 when we won the Manchester League Premier Division. In fact, we won the league four years running. Derek Barber took over the managerial reins in 1986 and the clubs progress continued so much that, when the Manchester County FA’s new complex at Brantingham Road was built, Ron’s other ambition was achieved; entry to the Bass North West Counties League. In only our second season (1989), we finished runners up to Vauxhall Motors. Regrettably we were denied promotion due to ground grading, so in 1990 we went one better to win the 2nd Division Championship and take our rightful place in Division One. In Season 1987-88 we beat Irlam Town 1-0 at Maine Road (home of Manchester City) in the Manchester Premier Cup to complete a unique record in the Manchester County Competitions by winning all five County Cups. The five Manchester County Cups are Premier Cup (1), Amateur Cup (5), Sunday Amateur Cup (1), Intermediate Cup (2), Challenge Cup (4).

At the end of Season 2001-02, after twelve seasons in the top division, Maine Road were relegated to the 2nd division. After two seasons in the 2nd division under the guidance of Chris Simms when our very young side finished 3rd and runners up, we returned to the top division, (2004) and the club finished 8th and 10th in the following two seasons. The arrival of Ian Walker as manager (2006) saw Maine Roads improvement continue with 3 top 6 finishes in 4 seasons and the winning of the prestigious League Challenge Cup (2008). In 2012-13 John Morrey/Chris Thomas took over the managerial reins and in 2 seasons continued the improvement with a magnificent runners up spot (2013), followed by a 4th position (2014). Chris Hirst took over in November 2014 & ran the club until Oct 2017 when he resigned due to a change in personal circumstances. Hirsty ran a very young inexperienced side and finished mid table. Matt Barnes took over until the end of the season when the club was relegated to the 1st Division South.

At the start of the 2018-19 season Calum Sykes took over the reins but at Christmas he left the club. We then went back to our normal policy of promoting from within & promoted Ray Barnett from the Reserves along with Jeff Newman and from being down in the relegation zone ended up finishing in 14th position and winning the club of the month in January. 2019-20 was quite an extraordinary season ended early by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw Maine Road finish a respectable 9th position and win the Fair Play award along with the best program award for the 1st Division South and a bit more consistency particularly early on in the season would have see us knocking on the door of the top 4.

Maine Road has a long and proud reputation for attracting young players to the club. This began in the late 1980’s, which brought a succession of fine young players to the club. This success in spotting and nurturing the best young talent has continued over the past decades with Maine Road’s domination of the Umbro International Tournament at Under 19 level. Over 11 seasons our Under 19’s have taken on and regularly outplayed talented youngsters from around the world. They have won the competition an amazing 6 times and been runners up 3 times. The record set by the team of 2003 may never be surpassed when 8 of the squad regularly played 1st team football in the same season. Another factor in the continued success of the club is the outstanding loyalty shown by many players. The best examples are the appearances made by the following players Ian Walker 637, Chris Simms 556, Gordon Woods 465, John Morrey 421, Neil Chappell 391, Robin Gibson 386 and Alex Jay 382 (The top 5 players have also gone on to run the first or reserve teams). Another amazing record is that in our 65 year history we have had only 12 managers of which 8 have been ex players

Matchday Information

Ground: Brantingham Road

Address: Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester

Postcode: M21 0TT

Telephone: 0161 861 0344

Midweek Night: Monday

2020/21 Admission Prices: £5 Adults, £3 Concessions. Under 16`s FREE when accompanied by an adult

Programme Price: £1.50

Directions: M60 junction 7, A56 towards Manchester, A5145 (Stockport), A6010 Wilbraham Road to Chorlton. Left at traffic lights into Withington Road, first left into Brantingham Road. Ground on left.

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Nearest Railway: Chorlton (Metrolink)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: The bus also stops on Wilbraham Road at the junction with St Wernberghs Road and is serviced by bus No.s 85 & 168 from Manchester City Centre. We advise you check nearer your time of travel as bus companies do tend to change service routes and times. Information is available from the Transport for Greater Manchester website.

Parking Facilities: There is plenty of free parking in the car park alternatively there is plenty of parking along Brantingam Road and the surrounding roads with 'No Restrictions'

Ground Facilities: Brantingam Road has covered stands on two sides of the ground with bench seating in one of these stands. There is a large indoor building with plenty of seating, tea bar, inside toilets and hospitality area.

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Brantingham Road

Address: Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester

Postcode: M21 0TT

Telephone: 0161 861 0344

Website: http://www.maineroadfc.com/

Twitter: @MaineRoadFC

Registered Colours: Sky Blue Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, Navy Blue Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Orange Shirt, Orange Shorts, Orange Socks

Alternative Colours: Red & Black Hoops Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Purple Shirt, White Shorts, Purple Socks

Secretary: Derek Barber

Chairman: Ron Meredith

Manager: Jeff Newman / Hugh Devlin

Programme Editor: Jeff Newman

Committee / Directors: Ron Meredith, Colin Broadbent, Derek Barber, Paddy Flynn, Dave Palmer, Ray Barnett, Trevor Mason, Niall McCloskey, Pete Johnson, Tim Bridge, Ged Breslin, Ian King, Jeff Newman

County Affiliation: Manchester FA

Year Formed: 1955

Record Attendance: 3,125 v. F.C. United of Mancheter, 2006/07

Previous Leagues:

Manchester League

Honours:

Manchester Premier League Champions 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86
Cup Winners 1982-83, 1983-84
Manchester Premier Cup Winners 1987-88
Runners Up 1998-99, 2004-05
Manchester Challenge Cup Winners 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 2004-05, 2006-07
NWCFL Div 2 Champions 1989-90
NWCFL Div 2 Runners Up 1988-89, 2003-04
NWCFL Reserve Division Champions 1997-98
NWCFL Reserve Division Cup Finalists 1997-98, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2003-04
Mid Cheshire Div 2 Cup Winners 2004-05
Umbro International U-19 Cup Winners 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
Runners-up 1997, 2000, 2005
Manchester County Amateur Cup Winners 1972-73, 1997-98, 2006-07
Finalists 1998-99
NWCFL League Challenge Cup Winners 2007-08
Runners Up 2011-12, 2013-14
NWCFL Premier Division Runners up 2012-13
Cheshire League Div 2 Runners up 2018-19
Northern Rail Cup Winners 2018-19
Cheshire Leadue Div 2 Fair Play Award 2018-19

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