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| Full name | Maine Road Football Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Road, The Sky Blues | ||
| Founded | 1955 | ||
| Ground | Brantingham Road,Chorlton-cum-Hardy | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 (200 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Vacant | ||
| Manager | Reece Lyndon & Ryan Eiselt | ||
| League | North West Counties League Division One North | ||
| 2024–25 | North West Counties League Division One North, 8th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://www.maineroadfc.com/ | ||
Maine Road Football Club is afootball club, based inChorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. Founded in 1955 byManchester City supporters, they are currently members of theNorth West Counties League Division One North and play at Brantingham Road.
The club was formed in 1955 by supporters ofManchester City under the name City Supporters Rusholme.[2] They played friendly matches before joining theRusholmeSunday League, remaining members until transferring to the Manchester Amateur Sunday League in 1966.[2][1] The club also moved its headquarters to the Maine Road Social Club and were renamed Maine Road Football Club.[2] After winning the Manchester County Sunday Cup and the league title in 1971–72, the club switched to Saturday football and joined Division Two of theManchester League.[2][3]
Maine Road won the Division Two title at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One,[3] as well as winning the Manchester County Amateur Cup.[4] They went on to win Division One the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division.[3] In 1975–76 the club won theManchester Premier Cup, beatingAbbey Hey WMC in the final; they retained the trophy the following season with a win over Little Lever. In 1982–83 the club were Premier Division champions.[5] They retained the title for the next three seasons, before finishing as runners-up in 1986–87, after which the club moved up to Division Two of theNorth West Counties League.[6]
Maine Road's first season in the North West Counties League saw them win the Manchester Premier Cup for a third time, beatingIrlam Town 1–0 in the final. Despite finishing as Division Two runners-up in1988–89, the club were not promoted after failing to meet ground grading regulations.[2] However, thefollowing season saw them win the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One. They were Manchester Premier Cup finalists in 1998–99. Although the club were relegated at the end of the2001–02 season, they were Division Two runners-up in2003–04, and were promoted back to Division One,[6] as well as reaching the final of the Manchester Premier Cup again. The club won the league's Challenge Cup in 2007–08,[2] after which Division One was renamed the Premier Division. The club were Premier Division runners-up in2013–14.[6] However, they finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division in2017–18 season and were relegated to Division One South. At the end of the2023–24 season the club were transferred to Division One North.
After playing at several different ground, Maine Road moved to Brantingham Road in 1980.[2] After the ground was upgraded by theManchester Football Association in the mid-1980s, it enabled the club to be promoted to the North West Counties League.[2] The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 200 is seated and 700 covered.[1]
The club's record home attendance of 3,181 was set on 4 November 2006 for a Division One match againstFC United of Manchester (a team formed by supporters of Manchester City's arch rivals, Manchester United) although the game was played atBower Fold inStalybridge.[1]
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