January
January
The league
Just league games this month, three at home and three away from home. Played Chorley twice this month, winning both games 0-1 Mike Bassett special away from home and 2-0 at home, Mike wishing he could play them every game. Unlucky to lose against promotion rivals...
Our own Rufus Smalls
December
The league
Two wins and two losses in december in the league for Mike and his boys. Two awful losses against York and Leamington, 3-1 and 3-0. Our first home game of the month came against Curzon Ashton who is struggling and Red Rebels fancy their chances...
Honeymoon over?
November
The league
Mike Bassett came in a good spirit and ready to face though november month with five games, and four of them away from home. At the start of the month, it was announced that Mike Bassett came in second in the manager of the month for october.
Started...
All hail Liam Dickinson
October
FA-cup
So we had a pretty straightforward game against St. Neots Town in the FA-cup 3rd round. Mike Bassett saw a chance to rotate the first team. Good 4-1 win and getting two goals from our struggling striker Brodie Litchfield. Getting to the 4th round meant...
September - undefeated
The League
After a good august month, the Red Rebels were optimistic for september. Just five games to play two at home and then three away games in a row. Poor performance at home against Bradford PA ended in 1-1 draw, we were lucky not to lose that game. A few days...
First month of the season
August
Hectic schedule for Mike Bassett and his boys with seven games in August. First game away from home against Stockport who is predicted to finish 4th in the league. We had to be solid at the back. Did not start well as Paul Turnbull gave Stockport the lead...
4-4-2!
Tactic
So our tactic is not complicated, just three types of 4-4-2. Our main one is custom made and used in pre-season. The other two are route one and park the bus.
Season prediction, our Roy Keane and more key players
Season prediction
It was clear from the beginning that this season would be hard for Mike Bassett, but he saw a lot of upside in this situation. FC United was predicted to finish in 21st, and the board expectations were to fight bravely...
Mike Bassett: 4-4-F******-2 with the mighty FC United.
So Mike Bassett has returned to management and this time taking his talent to Manchester. Everyone knows that Bassett is master at lower league level so taking FC United from Vanarama national league north to the premier league should be...