YouTube football team Hashtag United will compete at step six of pyramid

The team were founded by YouTube sensation Spencer Owen

They're the first of their kind to be given a spot in the English league system

YouTube football team Hashtag United have been given a place in the English football pyramid.

The team, founded by social media influencer Spencer Owen, will compete at step six.

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Hashtag United have traditionally played one-off fixtures that are uploaded to their YouTube channel, where they have a core audience of over 300,000 subscribers.

YouTube football team Hashtag United have been given a place in the English football pyramid

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Last year, they played a game at Wembley against a team of freestylers, drawing 34,172 fans. Hashtag United won the match, which was refereed by Jonathan Moss, 6-1.

Their presence on the fixture list could also cause issues for teams in the division.

In an interview in January 2017, Owen admitted he did not publicise the timings of games as 'otherwise there's a chance a lot of supporters might turn up to watch and the truth is we're not prepared security wise for that yet'.