🎟️ PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL
We will host Warrington Rylands next Tuesday in the NPL Premier Division Play-Off Semi-Final
Tickets are available now via Fanbase ⬇️
🗓️ Tues 28th Apr
🕛 7.45pm
📍 Broadhurst Park
🎟️ app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/...
#WeAreStrongerUnited
Blueberry and Lemon. Terrible, terrible pedanting going on here.
A girder, painted white, with the text 'RED ARMEH' graffitied onto it in red ink by some wit.
Stop press news on beer and muffins. Muffins are Lemon and Blueberry (the irrational pedant in me wants to change that to Blueberry and Muffin, but I'm giving it as I was given it). Beers are Summertime Brews. Runaway Running Pale, and Chorlton Pale. #MostonMuffinScene #NonLeagueCaskAction
So, running order: doors at 13.00, Baz introducing the day at 13.55, Shugufta Choudhry raising the laughs at 14.00, Baker Island raising the temperature at 14.15 and FC United raising the roof at 15.00.
Muffins, as always, will be improvved/busked nearer to the actual time. Guest beers will be Chorlton Pale, ‘something’ from Runaway and ‘something’ from Whitworth. The Runaway ‘something’ is a friendly 3.4%. Stick that in your Untappd profile.
As those of you who were scarred by not getting one on Easter Monday know, they sold out in 25 minutes at that match, so get there early to secure your final treat of the season. And bear in mind there are five members of Baker Island…
Meanwhile, back to the food merch… Unsurprisingly, we’ll have Colwyn Bay’s finest mushy peas and Rose’s cheese and onion pies, alongside Rose’s tater ash pies.
If you like what you see on Saturday, they have upcoming gigs at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle on 15 May and Leith Depot, Edinburgh on 16 May.
Their two latest EPs, Love Eggtually and Stone Age Riot were recorded alongside Sam Grant (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs) and Bobby Mambo (British Birds) and featured cameos from members of Haiku Salut and The Wave Pictures. A third studio LP is due for release later this year.
Baker Island is an art/indiepop band who've drawn comparisons to Pavement, The Fall and Belle & Sebastian. They’ve played alongside the likes of Art Brut, The Wave Pictures and The Lovely Eggs. (We’re resisting the coals to Newcastle joke, but they've played a sold-out gig in an old mining tunnel).
With sharp punchlines, nerdy obsessions, and a sideways take on culture and family, she finds the funny where you least expect it.
Continuing the stretching the talent tentacle beyond Greater Manchester theme, our band today have come all the way from Newcastle on Tyne. By train.
And this Saturday, 18 April, we are topping it all off with another fantastic double bill.
Our comic this week is Shugufta Choudhry from Bradford. An unabashedly Northern comedian, Shugufta’s deadpan wit turns everyday life into the brilliantly absurd.
So, here we are, ready for the final Malcolmses of the season. From Bradford City on 5 July last year to 6 April against Hednesford we’ve been blessed with 15 spoken word acts (and we’ve really stretched that definition) and 21 top level musical turns.
Our open mic night launches at Champion Hill tomorrow evening.
Want to join us? Find out more in the poster below ⬇️
Last orders for @theoddies.bsky.social at @fcunitedmcr.bsky.social are at 13.00 this Saturday, 18 April join us, with Shugufta Choudhury and Baker Island, for pies, peas and peace.
Pre-match tunes from the hotly tipped Getner and spoken word from James Young today @theoddies.bsky.social
Have a pint or three. By the time kickoff rolls around, you’ll either feel better about it all … or maybe care slightly less. Either way, that’s the job done. Doors at 1.
The usual pies and peas will be available accompanied by Fools Gold, Holts Bitter and Belay by Fell brewery which according to untappd.com, “it won’t let you down” and let’s hope we can say the same for FC.
The usual pies and peas will be available accompanied by Fools Gold, Holts Bitter and Belay by Fell brewery which according to untappd.com, “it won’t let you down” and let’s hope we can say the same for FC.
Quentin, Charlie, Ruairi and Will deliver a sound fuelled by what they’ve described as a “positive rage,” pulling on generational memory, Irish history and working class storytelling, delivered with an energy, perfect for the reds that’ll flood the SMRE (and it's lead guitarist Charlie’s b'day).
Far Out Magazine are tipping them in the Top 5 bands of the city right now alongside Westside Cowboy and Akoustik Anarkhy label mates Holly Head. Think Beastie Boys meets Pixies via Derry.
Also gracing the stage are groove charged 'Getner'. Who are set to release their debut single 'Motorman' on 20th May 2026 on Akoustik Anarkhy. Politically charged lyrics drawn from their lived Irish experience in the North of Ireland find a powerful home amidst Manchester's emerging bands.
Also gracing the stage are groove charged 'Getner'. Who are set to release their debut single 'Motorman' on 20th May 2026 on Akoustik Anarkhy. Politically charged lyrics drawn from their lived Irish experience in the North of Ireland find a powerful home amidst Manchester's emerging bands.
He's supported the likes of Gruff Rhys and Dove Ellis and worked with promoters such as Akoustik Anarkhy and Beyond the Music, playing festivals such as Bearded Theory and Andy Votel's Nestival.
Known for his championing of Manchester and talented spoken word acts, Stretford’s finest son was deservedly inducted into BBC 6 Music's class of 2025 and has performed at venues such as Factory International, Night and Day Cafe and The Britons Protection.
It’s the penultimate Malcolm’s, Easter Monday, and with things at the top of the table getting very tight, it will be the perfect warm up to ease the nerves.
Our spoken word act is Malcolm’s regular and returnee to the stage, James Young.
A poster advertising the next Course You Can Malcolm event. It is white with a tipped in line illustration of the corner of a football ground complete with a corner pole and flag. The illustration may have a green background. I can't say for sure as God chose to make me colour blind. The te xt reads: COURSE YOU CAN MALCOLM A CLUB NIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON JAMES YOUNG 2PM GETNER 2.15PM UNDER THE SMRE BROADHURST PARK 6 APRIL
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Pre-match entertainment was spot on again today with The Be-Positives and the poetically sweary Thick Richard.
Followed by a win. All good
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So, the usual drill. Doors and bar open at 13.00. Get down here early and improve the FCUM cashflow. ;-) Baz introduces the acts around 13.45, Thick Richards appears at 13.50. Please move forward. Perfect Power Pop from The Be Positives at 14.05. Chaos on the pitch from 15.00.
Our regular pie-maker is dry-stone-walling outside Mytholmroyd so we’re using the previously-successful stand-ins from Bury Market. Expect the usual meat or cheese variations with mushy peas from the pea-fields of Prestwich. Guest beer is ‘Irk Street Pale’ from local brewers made-good, Blackjack.