Match Report
26th August 2023
Northern Premier
Broadhurst Park, 310 Lightbowne Road, Moston, Manchester, M40 0FJ
FC United of Manchester |
2 - 1 |
Macclesfield |
| Cane 19 Griffiths 89 (pen) |
Curran 26 |
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| Attendance: 2,342 | ||
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FC United of Manchester
1 Pat Boyes |
Macclesfield
1 Max Johnstone 2 Lewis Fensome 3 Brandon Lee 4 Sam Heathcote 5 Laurent Mendy 6 Luke Murphy 7 Neil Kengni 8 Paul Dawson 9 Tom Peers 10 Alex Curran 11 Luke Duffy
Subs. 12 Tom Thorpe (for 14, 45 mins) 13 Jon Nolan (for 2, 31 mins) 15 James Hardy (for 9, 62 mins) 16 Hayden Campbell 17 Leon Arnasalam
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Luke Griffiths scored an 89th minute penalty as FC United beat title favourites Macclesfield Town 2-1 in front of 2,342 supporters at Broadhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.
The Reds more than matched their fulltime counterparts and did just enough to snatch victory in an entertaining game. Striker Max Cane broke the deadlock on 19 minutes but former FC United player Alex Curran levelled the contest seven minutes later.
Both teams had several chances to win the match but when rightback Chiekh Thiam was tripped in the area, substitute Griffiths cooly stepped up to seal the victory from the penalty spot. The win means that United are now sixth in the Pitching In Northern Premier League, having won three and lost two so far this season. They now travel to league leaders Radcliffe Borough, who have won all five of their games, on Bank Holiday Monday.
Full report to follow.
Previous Meetings
| 11/01/2025 | 2-0L |
| 17/09/2024 | 1-2L |
| 30/03/2024 | 3-1L |
| 02/08/2022 | 2-2D |
| 27/07/2021 | 1-0W |
| 21/11/2014 | 1-2L |
| 28/08/2013 | 5-1W |
| 04/08/2012 | 2-0L |