Own a piece of FC history and raise money for our ground development fund

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First Posted ~ 09:36 Fri 12 Jan 2018 News ID ~ 7748 Last Updated ~ 12:53 Fri 16 Feb 2018

On Tuesday 21st of April 2015 an emotional crowd of 3,588 packed into the Tameside Stadium to see a Greg Daniels goal seal FC United’s promotion from the Evostik Northern Premier League as champions at the 7th attempt. The historic 2014/15 championship winning season would end 1 month later with the reds finally opening our new Broadhurst Park home with a match against Portuguese giants Benfica. From the first friendly away to Shelley CFC in mid-July to the Benfica match in May, taking in trips to Blyth, Barwell, Belper and Buxton, the Rammy rattler, fish and chips in Whitby and a best ever run to the ¼ Finals of the FA Trophy which ended down on the Torquay coast, it was a season which will live long in the memory.To raise funds for our DF fund, which is making a crucial contribution to the redevelopment of our ground, the club will be giving you the chance to own the ultimate memento of that season as we raffle the shirts our players wore. They’ve been washed so we can’t offer you Tommy’s blood, Jerome’s sweat and Wolfie’s tears but you can take home the shirts that won the league and took us to Broadhurst Park as Champions.To ensure no supporter shall be priced out, the following player shirts will go to a raffle which will be drawn after the home match against Gainsborough Trinity on the weekend of the 3rd March:Green home keeper shirt number 13Yellow away keeper shirt numbers 1, 13Red home shirt numbers: 12,14,15,16,17,18White away shirt numbers: 5,6, 12,14,15,16,17,18,19Blue 3rd kit shirt numbers: 5,6,7,8,10,11,12,15,16,17,18,19We have a few extra raffle prizes including:2008/09 Green Goalkeepers signed by Sam Ashton shirt (no number)Signed Rob Nugent shirtLancashire County Cricket Club signed and framed full squad photo2 places for ‘Match Day Dining’ at a future home match2 tickets to the MPF2018 April 19th-21st (donated by Manchester Punk Festival) click here Rory Patterson signed shirt donated by PFTG winner on 26/12/17- A Murtough.Raffle tickets will be £2 each and can be bought at the FC office Broadhurst Park on match days and non-match days Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, at the membership stall on home match days and online from the club shop. click here An announcement will be made shortly after the draw of the winning raffle ticket numbers. Shirts will be available for collection at the ground or can be posted out.All proceeds will be going to the FC United Development Fund.The club will be auctioning red number 9 shirt at this year’s gala dinner and white number 10 shirt at the end of season supporter night. Blue number 9 will be kept for a free end of season raffle open to anyone who has volunteered for the club this season (further details nearer the time). Red number 11 shirt will be kept for future display in the ground. Other shirts not mentioned have unfortunately disappeared. All players mentioned are to the best of our knowledge.Players to have worn the reserve shirts are:12) Mike Norton, Greg Daniels, Matt Wolfenden, Callum Byrne, Tom Greaves, Matt Walwyn, Shelton Payne, Dean Stott, Nia Bayunu13) Nick Culkin14) James Knowles, Callum Byrne, Joe Fox, Matt Walwyn, Tom Brown, Greg Daniels, Chris Lynch, Dean Stott, Frank Van Gills15) Dave Birch, Greg Daniels, Tom Brown, Lewis Lacy, Jerome Wright, Matt Walwyn, Tom Greaves, Chris Lynch, Frank Van Gills, Scott Cheetham16) Tom Brown, Matt Walwyn, Jerome Wright, Chris Lynch, Joe Fox, Dave Birch, Dean Stott, Connor Bower17) Matty Wolfenden, Greg Daniels, Callum Byrne, Joe Fox, Rory Fallon, Matt Kay, Scott Cheetham18) Matt Walwyn, Chris Lynch, Frank Van Gills, Stephen Johnson