F.C. United of Manchester a name. On 14 June 2005, it was announced that "F.C. United of Manchester" had been chosen, beating "A.F.C. Manchester 1878", "Manchester Central", and "Newton Heath United", and F.C. United were officially registered with the Manchester County Football Association on the same day. Karl Marginson was appointed as the club's manager on 22 June, and the club held trials for players four days later. Around 900 players applied to take part in the trials, of whom 200 were chosen to take part and 17 selected to play for F.C. United. Jonathan Mitten, great-nephew of Manchester United forward Charlie Mitten, was
Shepparton United Football Club Thomas "Jock" Spencer - who would later be named in North Melbourne Team of the Century, former Shinboner John Brady was coaxed into coaching the club. From 1966 a minor name change replaced City with Shepparton, thus United became Shepparton United. United went on to win six more premierships, including winning all three football premierships in 1980 - at that time the only club to complete the "GV Grand Slam". In the early 1980s, the club did not take long to recover from a deep financial crisis and went on to play in the 1984, 1985 and 1986 grand finals,