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
Manchester Golf Club Manchester Golf Club Manchester Golf Club, is a golf club in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England designed by Harry Shapland Colt. Originally called “The Manchester St Andrews Golf Club”, to distinguish it from another club called “The Manchester Golf Club”, founded as early as 1818. In 1883 when it was the latter club had ceased playing the words St Andrew’s were dropped and the original Manchester Golf Club was called “The ‘Old’ Manchester Golf Club”, a title it retains to this day. The original course is 247 acres in size, but has lately been lengthened from its original 6145 yards to