Maine Road FC

08/02/2012 - Fixture Change

Please note that our postponed away game against Runcorn Linnets has now been re-scheduled for next Tuesday night (14th January) Kick-Off: 7:45pm.07/02/2012 - Jackpot Won! Our popular weekly forecast jackpot was won by two punters last nigh... View full article

07/02/2012 - Jackpot Won!

Our popular weekly forecast jackpot was won by two punters last night when Liverpool and Spurs drew. They share the prize getting £500 each. The new Jackpot starts at £300. Should you require a forecast sheet please request one ... View full article

03/02/2012 - Tomorrow's Game Off

Rather inevitably tomorrow's game against Runcorn Linnets has been postponed.01/02/2012 - Weekly Forecast Coupon News It was a close thing last week when one of our punters on the popular weekly forecast coupon was waiting on Sunderlan... View full article

01/02/2012 - Weekly Forecast Coupon News

It was a close thing last week when one of our punters on the popular weekly forecast coupon was waiting on Sunderland to beat Middlesboro to claim the £1,000 Jackpot. Of course, the game was a draw and so the Jackpot carries for... View full article

30/01/2012 - Tonight's Game ON!

Scoreflash: Maine Road FC 0 Stone Dominoes 1The groundsman's inpection this lunchtime suggests that there is no reason why tonight's game should not go ahead. 8:00pm kick-off, remember!!Reserves Many congratulations to Paul Bennet... View full article

29/01/2012 - Added Time Blow For Road

It looked like Road were going to return from their trip to the seaside with 3 points as their game against Squires Gate entered the last minute or so of added time. Leading 3-2, disasterous lapses in concentration meant the home team squee... View full article

27/01/2012 - Road Hoping To End Month As They Started It.

Maine Road FC started the New Year with a fine 2-1 home win, but the remainder of January has not been so positve. Two postponements and two defeats have stalled progress. However in the space of three days, Road travel to Squires Gate... View full article

21/01/2012 - Road Go Down 0-3 In Mess Of A Game!

After a bumper attendance at our last home game, the wind and rain took its toll and a much smaller crowd was at Brantingham Road for this encounter against Colne.The stay-aways made a good choice. The wind played its part in affecting the ... View full article

20/01/2012 - Road Hoping To Leapfrog Colne & Game Is ON!

We are pleased to confirm that today's match v Colne is definitely ON! See you there!20/01/2012With some milder weather this week our game at Brantingham Road is looking good to be on. Colne lie two places and two points better off than Roa... View full article

16/01/2012 - Reserves Game OFF!

Tonight's Reserve match against Congleton Town Reserves has been postponed.14/01/2012 - Winsford Game Today is OFF! After a couple of pitch inspections, we are sorry to have to report today's game v Winsford United is OFF! 28/11/2... View full article

14/01/2012 - Winsford Game Today is OFF!

After a couple of pitch inspections, we are sorry to have to report today's game v Winsford United is OFF! 28/11/2011 "Weekly Forecast By E-Mail"Maine Road FC's very popular 'Weekly Forecast' Sheet is now available via e... View full article

12/01/2012 - Wounded Winsford Will Look For Two In A Row

Road take on Winsford United at Brantingham Road on Saturday. It will be the third meeting between the teams this season and there will still be one more to go. Our visitors will be looking for revenge after we knocked them out of the ... View full article

09/01/2012 - Road Go Down By The Riverside

The thought that Road could just get something out of their game against Ramsbottom United disappeared very quickly when the team put in their worst 45 minutes of the season and were 3-0 down at half-time. There was some improvement in the ... View full article

06/01/2012 - 'Rammy' Test For Road

Maine Road FC will have their run of 10 games and only one defeat sorely tested tomorrow when they travel to Ramsbottom’s picturesque Riverside ground. Ramsbottom lie second in the league, one point behind leaders Bootle, but they hav... View full article

04/01/2012 - Players Please Note

Players please note training is ON at Brantingham Road (St Bede's Astroturf.) at 7:00pm tomorrow(Thursday)...........and some footage from Monday's gamehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3BG5sNneIsand the Match Report is now online. 03/01... View full article

03/01/2012 - Only One Defeat In Ten For Road

Road’s mid-season good run continues. Yesterday they defeated Congleton Town 2-1 in front of bumper Bank Holiday crowd of 145. Thanks to all who came down.Rown started slowly with Town dominating the opening 20 minutes or so. Against ... View full article

02/01/2012 - Road Entertain Bears

Maine Road FC entertain Congleton Town this afternoon at Brantingham Road. Town are in a comfortable 10th position with 40points, as opposed to Road's 31 points, but they have played three games more. 'The Bears' rescued a point in their la... View full article

26/12/2011 - Rothel Rocket Rescues A Point For Road.

Prior to the weather interfering, Road had managed three wins and a draw in their previous four games. We all wondered whether the team would get back into their rhythm after such a long break. With added time looming it looked like th... View full article

23/12/2011 - Weekly Forecast Coupon Reminder

We fully appreciate that people will have many things on their mind as we countdown to Christmas Day. However, if you do have a spare minute, please try and find time to get your coupons in one way or another. For those wanting to do it by ... View full article

22/12/2011 - Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

....to all our Players, Supporters and all connected with North-West Counties Football From Maine Road FCAnd if you are looking for that last minute present, how about a Maine Road FC red & black away shirt. See below for deta... View full article

19/12/2011 - Tonight's Reserve Game is OFF too!!

Further rain today has meant that tonight's Reserve game has had to be postponed.17/12/2011 - Game OFF Once More!! We're sorry to report, but an11:00am pitch inspection has confirmed that a large amount of standing water in one part of the ... View full article

17/12/2011 - Game OFF Once More!!

We're sorry to report, but an11:00am pitch inspection has confirmed that a large amount of standing water in one part of the pitch has made it unplayable.GAME OFF!!!P.S. If you have coupons to submit today, this can be done by e-mail (see b... View full article

16/12/2011 - Resurgent 'Doms' Back at Brantingham

Stone Dominoes come to Brantingham Road tomorrow on the back of a fine run of form. Road have already beaten the Staffordshire side twice this season. We won the away league game 5-0 and then trounced them 4-1 in the League Cup. However, th... View full article

09/12/2011 - Tomorrow's Game At Silsden OFF!!

Due to a waterlogged ground our game at Silsden is off. We thank all at Silsden for giving us early notice.Please note that our Reserves game against Runcorn Town Reserves has also been postponed.Road On Local RadioImagine FM (104.9) will b... View full article

06/12/2011 - Spirited Fightback Rescues A Point

Although new to our division, AFC Blackpool have been something of a bogey team for Maine Road FC. They have beaten Road twice in the last two seasons to knock us out of the FA Vase. With Road being 0-2 down at half-time, there was a fear t... View full article

02/12/2011 - AFC Mk11 Come To Brantingham Road

After defeating AFC Liverpool in their last game, Road entertain another ‘AFC’ in the form of Blackpool tomorrow. Like the Merseysiders, the Seasiders are also new boys to the Premier league, but they have settled into life in t... View full article

30/11/2011 - Weekly Forecast By E-Mail

29/11/2011 - Important Notice For Players Firstly: Would all players kindly note that there will be no training this Thursday (01Dec 2011). Training will resume as normal next week, but it is always a good idea to keep an eye on the web-sit... View full article

29/11/2011 - Important Notice For Players

Would all players kindly note that there will be no training this Thursday (01Dec 2011). Training will resume as normal next week, but it is always a good idea to keep an eye on the web-site for announcements such as this.29/11/2011 - Chang... View full article

26/11/2011 - GAME OFF !! Game OFF!! Game OFF!!

13.30 pm Pitch WaterloggedMaine Road FC travel up to Colne tomorrow in a confident mood. Four wins in last five games have seen the team move into a comfortable mid-table position. There are six teams (including Colne) in the middle o... View full article

22/11/2011 - Three In A Row Moves Road Up Five Places

Match Report Now OnlineFollowing on from home wins against Bacup and St Helens, Road made it a hat-trick with another win at Brantingham Road against a rejuvenated AFC Liverpool. Although near the foot of the table, the Reds had produc... View full article

21/11/2011 - Late Winner Clinches Points For Road Once More

An 89th minute winner by Rob Brocklehurst (pictured above) saw Road win their second successive home game 'at the death'. Having gone behind to St Helen's in the first half, Matt Huntley pulled Road level in the 70th minute. Whilst not quit... View full article

17/11/2011 - Road See Chance to Move Up Table

The thrilling last minute win over Bacup Borough last Saturday gave everyone connected with Road a real lift. If there was just a minor negative to the day, it was that despite gaining the three points, we did not move a single place furthe... View full article

13/11/2011 - Added Time Joy For Road.

Eddie Moran: two goal hero yesterday.'Bouncebackability' was the quality that brought Road three valuable league points yesterday when they snatched a 3-2 win 'at the death' against Bacup Borough. This was a superbly entertaining match in w... View full article

11/11/2011 - Road To Bounce Back Against Bacup?

Road went down 2-0 at Flixton last Wednesday after three games without defeat. It was a close game and a goal by former Road man Chris Smith in the 90th minute gave the score a distorted look.Road take on Bacup Borough tomorrow at Brantingh... View full article

06/11/2011 - Road Win Battle of the Bog

In a splendidly entertaining game at a very boggy Crilly Park, Maine Road FC overcame dogged resistance from Atherton LR to win 3-2. A brace of goals from new striker Thomas Bentham were preceded by a James Rothel strike as early... View full article

04/11/2011 - Road's Good Chance To Push On

After a win in the League Challenge Cup last Saturday and an enterprising performance in the draw against a physically strong Alsager Town side, Road will be looking to push on and continue their improved form against Atherton LR at Crilly ... View full article

01/11/2011 - Road Draw Blank, But Signs Are Good

Match Report Now OnlineFollowing on from Saturday's Cup win, Maine Road FC secured a further league point with a 0-0 draw against Alsager Town at Brantingham Road last night. The first half saw contrasting styles, but a fairly even 45 minut... View full article

31/10/2011 - Win At Last For Road

Scoreflash: Maine Road FC 0 Alsager Town 0....but it was a pretty good 0-0!After four defeats in a row, there was an immense feeling of relief around Brantingham Road last Saturday as Road eventually cruised to a 4-1 victory inthe League Ch... View full article

28/10/2011 - Road's Last Chance For Cup Glory

Maine Road FC take on Stone Dominoes in the League Challenge Cup tomorrow at Brantingham Road. It is the only cup competition left for Road to make progress in. Road have lost four games 'on the trot', but should not feel too sorry for them... View full article

26/10/2011 - Road's Miserable Run Continues

Maine Road FC went down to yet another defeat when they were beaten 2-1 in The Manchester Premier Cup by Irlam. The Silver Street side got their winner in the 88th (estimated) minute in a game that Road at least deserved to take to penaltie... View full article

25/10/2011 - Difficult MPC Tie For Road Tonight.

Road travel to Silver Street tonight looking for silverware. This Manchester Premier Cup-tie could prove tricky. If it wasn't enough to have Premier League leaders Runcorn Town at Brantingham Road last Saturday, we now take on Irlam F... View full article

24/10/2011 - Third Defeat In A Row For Punchless Road.

Match Report Now OnlineRoad went down to their third successive league defeat at Brantingham Road on Saturday when they lost 0-2 to League Leaders Runcorn Town. The most obvious feature of the game was that despite some attractive approach ... View full article

21/10/2011 - Brantingham Road Hosts Season's Surprise Package

Road entertain high-flying Runcorn Town tomorrow at Brantingham Road. Despite having only been promoted last season, Town are second in the Premier League. They would have been top of the pile were it not for a surprise home defeat last Sat... View full article

16/10/2011 - Change Strip Replica Shirts Now Available

Having given The Didsbury Blues the chance to buy replicas of the shirts they have kindly sponsored, we are please to confirm that we still have a number of ‘L’ and ‘XL’ sizes available to our fans out there. They re... View full article

08/10/2011 - Rammy Edge It

10/10/2011 Match Report Now Online"Close encounter", " Intriguing".....were phrases we used in yesterday's preview and we weren't far out with that.This was a very decent game of football which Rammy probably edged on th... View full article

07/10/2011 - Close Encounter Expected Tomorrow

There is an intriguing game in prospect at Brantingham Road tomorrow when Road take on Ramsbottom United. Road will be buoyed by two successive wins, albeit against teams in the lower reaches of the League. Ramsbottom were many people&rsquo... View full article

02/10/2011 - Second Win In A Week For Road.

Alex Jay''s 2nd minute goal got Road off to a good start against AFC Liverpool last Saturday. 04/10/2011 - Match Report Now OnlineMaine Road F.C. built on last Monday's 3-1 win over Atherton LR by beating AFC Liverpool 2-0 at Prescot. ... View full article

28/09/2011 - Debut Goal From Rory Revives Road

29/09/2011 - Cheadle Town & Atherton LR Match Reports Now OnlineApologies for the delay in getting news on the site and for the absence of Match Reports. This was due to a combination of work commitments and dash down to Devon and ... View full article

25/09/2011 - Vase Deams Shattered

Maine Road FC put in their most insipid performance of the season yesterday when they went down 1-2 to good friends and neighbours Cheadle Town. Aaron Carroll, who had come to us from Cheadle in the early part of this season, hit a 90th min... View full article

23/09/2011 - Vase Derby Clash Gives Road Chance To Get Back To Winning Ways

Neighbours Cheadle Town are the visitors to Brantingham Road tomorrow in the F.A.Vase. Having been knocked out of the F.A.Cup last Saturday and then been subjected to a 0-3 reverse by a good Flixton team, Road will be keen to get back ... View full article

20/09/2011 - Flixton Also Too Good For Road

Road went down to their second defeat in three days and once again can have no complaints about losing the game - although 0-3 was harsh. This was quite a different affair to Saturday's game at Lancaster.Then, Road only got their ... View full article

18/09/2011 - City Too Good For Road

Maine Road FC's F.A.Cup run came to a shuddering halt yesterday as they were beaten 5-1 by a very good Lancaster City team. It was very much a case of 'No complaints - No excuses'. Road went a goal down within three minutes and never really... View full article

15/09/2011 - Meeting Point For Road's Big Day

For anyone arriving in Lancaster early enough, we will be meeting at 'Merchants' 27 Castle HIll. It is only a short walk from the station & the ground and right alongside the castle as the address implies. Should there be any problems w... View full article

14/09/2011 - Road Dominate Dominoes

Liam Beckford scorer of two goals at StoneMaine Road FC bounced back in style last night from a disappointing display at Bootle to thrash Stone Dominoes 5-0 at their own rather wonderful complex. It puts Road in exactly the right frame of m... View full article

12/09/2011 - Coach Trip To Lancaster City

Ed Wileman -scorer of Road's only goal at Bootle.We will be running a coach from The Griffin for the Lancaster City game. It will leave at 11:30a.m. which gives plenty of time in Lancaster for a pre-match drink (that's for fans -not players... View full article

11/09/2011 - Road Below Par At Bootle

Road went down to their first defeat in six games with a disappointing display a Bootle's Delta Taxis Stadium. Ed Wileman put Road ahead on 14 minutes, but the team could not push on from this and ended up going down to 3-1 defeat. Th... View full article

09/09/2011 - Blues Back To 'Bread & Butter' At Bootle

Midweek heroics in the F.A. Cup need now to be put on the backburner as Road return to league action tomorrow with an away game at Bootle. We have had some excellent close battles with the Merseysiders in recent seasons with Bootle tending ... View full article

07/09/2011 - Road Win F.A.Cup ReplayThriller At Brocstedes Park

Ed Wileman- Scorer of Road's Winning Goal Last nightMaine Road F.C. won through to the First Qualifying Round of the F.A.Cup last night with a thrilling 3-2 victory at Brocstedes Park against Ashton Athletic. Earlier goals from Matt Strumin... View full article

03/09/2011 - Cracking First Game At Brantingham Road

Tonight : We suggested it might be a cracking contest and it was . 0-0 draws can sometimes be good and this was certainly an excellent match which neither team deserved to lose. A good gate of 110 just capped the day -thanks to all wh... View full article

29/08/2011 - First League Win Boosts Confidence.

'Man of the Match' -Greg HallMaine Road F.C.'s 1-0 win at Congleton was one of their least impressive performances of the season. However, the three point haul will have given the players a significant boost ahead of next week's F... View full article

27/08/2011 - Road Hoping To Overtake Bears

Scoreflash! Congleton Town 0 Maine Road F.C. 1 (O'Shea) Maine Road FC travel to Congleton Town today hoping that a win would see them move up the table and overtake their opponents. Of the four games both teams have played to date, Con... View full article

25/08/2011 - Road Back Home For Cup-Tie

It is with great pleasure that we confirm that our Brantingham Road pitch renovation is now complete and that we will be able to play our F.A.Cup-Tie against Ashton Athletic on Sept 3rd there. A working party was down at the ground today an... View full article

24/08/2011 - Cool Brocky Sees Road Into Next Round

A penalty awarded in the 90th minute for handball gave Maine Road F.C. the chance to progress to the next round of the F.A.Cup. Step up Mr Brocklehurst. Around the hour mark, Rob had come on as substitute to replace returnee Chris Hirst. As... View full article

23/08/2011 - Coffin Nails Road A Replay,,,and it's tonight!!

An 84th minute equaliser from substitute Phil Coffin earned Maine Road FC a replay against Winsford United in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round . Winsford took an early lead with a Dean McGregor header in the 4th minute. Wind an... View full article

19/08/2011 - Road To Wembley Starts Here!

Whilst it is over three months before Manchester City have to begin their campaign to retain the F.A.Cup, Maine Road FC start on the Wembley trail tomorrow when they play Winsford United at the Barton Stadium in the F.A. Challenge Cup ... View full article

18/08/2011 - Road Finally Get Point On The Board

Aaron Carroll - Scorer of Road's Last Minute EqualiserAfter a disappointing and occasionally bewildering start to the season Road finally won their first point of the 2011-12 campaign in a keenly contested encounter with Alsager T... View full article

17/08/2011 - Reminder!!

...tonights game v Alsager Town is being played at Congleton Town(Pic: Road celebrate after scoring against Alsager at Brantingham Road last season).15/08/2011 - Unbiased Report From Ashton Athletic Game This blog is well worth a ... View full article

15/08/2011 - Unbiased Report From Ashton Athletic Game

This blog is well worth a look. Whilst there, have a look at the previous other reports, including an excellent one on Brantingham Road. Post any comments on the blogsite or our Forum. If you're struggling to cut and paste the lin... View full article

14/08/2011 - Third Defeat In A Row Sends Road Bottom

The facts show that Maine Road F.C. lost the third of their opening three fixtures yesterday when they went down 2-0 at Ashton Athletic and as a consequence, they now prop up the North West Counties Premier League Table. There had been an u... View full article

12/08/2011 - Road Determined To Get Off The Mark

Liam Beckford -Scorer at Ashton Athletic Last Season (Photo -Thanks to Mike Fryer) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Scoreflash : Road go down 2-0 at Ashton Athletic... View full article

11/08/2011 - Frustration Turns To Bewilderment

The frustration of losing our first game to Barnoldswick in the last minute was repeated once more at a very soggy Cowtoot Lane last night as Road went down 2-0 to Bacup Borough, For the first hour of the contest Road clearly... View full article

10/08/2011 - Scoreflash: Bacup Borough 2 Maine Road FC 0 (60 mins- we were the better team!)

Bacup in the Summertime....is a rare treat! Road go to Bacup Borough tonight for the second of eight successive away games. Not withstanding the fact that it is bucketing down as I type, it is a rare event for us to be going there and not h... View full article

06/08/2011 - Frustrating First Day Defeat For Road

Road Celebrate Eddie Moran's GoalThere was no dream start to the 2011-12 season for Maine Road FC at The Silentnight Stadium this afternoon as they went down to a 2-1 defeat to Barnoldswick Town. There will be a considerable degree of ... View full article

04/08/2011 - Here We Go Again!

Action from last season's encounter at BarnoldswickWith the pre-season friendlies now concluded for the first team, it is time for the real thing.Road travel to Barnoldswick for what could prove a tough opening encounter. We had some intere... View full article

02/08/2011 - Pre-Season Going To Plan

Picture with thanks to The Cheadle Town Fanzine -www.cheadletownfc.com Our pre-season friendlies appear to be going very much to plan. A 3-2 win at Wythenshawe Town during the week was followed on Saturday with a 4-1 win at fellow NWCF... View full article

26/07/2011 - Weekend Draw For Road At Heys

Maine Road were involved in a good contest with Prestwich Heys on Saturday at Whitefield when they emerged from the game with a 1-1 draw (scorer as yet unknown). Not too bad a result when you consider Heys only went down 2-1 the week before... View full article

21/07/2011 - Another Friendly Win For Road

'Josh' Inyang - Scorer against Abbey HeyRoad ran out 2-0 winners in their pre-season friendly against neighbours Abbey Hey on tuesday night. The scorers were Eddie Moran & 'Josh' InyangOn Saturday Road go to Prestwich Heys (2:30 p... View full article

19/07/2011 - More Friendlies

Scoreflash! Abbey Hey 0 MaineRoad F.C.2 (Inyang, Moran)All being well Road have a friendly match tonight (7:30 pm) at neighbours Abbey Hey - Goredale Avenue, Gorton, Manchester. M18 7HD. However, with more rain being threatened this af... View full article

15/07/2011 - August Fixtures Out

The NWCFL fixtures for August have been published and read as follows:06/08/2011 Barnoldswick Town v Maine Road NWCFLeague 10/08/2011 Bacup Borough v Maine Road NWCFLeague 13/08/2011 Ashton Athletic v Maine Road NWCFLeague 16/08/2011 Alsage... View full article

14/07/2011 - Scoreflash

Pre-Season Friendly.13.07.2011. West Didsbury & Chorlton 0 Maine Road F.C. 213/07/2011 - Friendly Derby TonightRoad have an away friendly match tonight against our friends and neighbours West Didsbury and Chorlton. K.O. 7:15 - Broo... View full article

13/07/2011 - Friendly Derby Tonight

Road have an away friendly match tonight against our friends and neighbours West Didsbury and Chorlton. K.O. 7:15 - Brookburn Road, Chorlton M21 8EFWD& C won the Manchester League Division One last season and will therefore play in... View full article

08/07/2011 - F.A. Cup & Vase Draws

The draws for the first rounds of both the F.A.Cup (with Budweiser) and F.A. Carlsberg Vase were made today. On 20th August, Road have an away tie at Winsford United in the Extra Preliminary Round F.A. Cup. Should we be successful, we would... View full article

07/07/2011 - We're Back!

Apologies….for being offline so long. This was one of those administrative hitches which was so far down the chain we at Maine Road F.C. were powerless to do anything about it. Hopefully it won’t happen again! In the interim qu... View full article

20/06/2011 - Challenge Cup Draw & AGM News

The League Challenge Cup Draw was made at The NWCFL AGM at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool this morning and Maine Road came out of the 'hat' with a home draw against Stone Dominoes. The tie will be played in October Interesting Leag... View full article

10/06/2011 - New League Web-site

With Vodkat's sponsorship coming to an end, the NWCFL have launched a new web-site. You can visit it on: &nbs... View full article

24/05/2011 - Pre-Season Training

Maine Road F.C. will be holding an open training session for newcomers and young players (16 years +) on Tuesday, 14th June at their Brantingham Road , Chorlton, M21 0TT base. The session will start at 7:00pm and will be an ideal opportunit... View full article

23/05/2011 - End of Season Awards

A very enjoyable ‘End of Season Awards Night’ was held at The Griffin Hotel on Saturday Night. The awards went to:Player of the Year 2010-11: Eddie MoranYoung Player of the Year 2010-11: Matt StruminskyjReserve Player of the Yea... View full article

17/05/2011 - Fame At Last!

When your webmeister got back from Wembley and rolled into the local, the great day got even better. Before my pint was drawn friends were enthusiastically telling me how Clive Tyldesley, commentator for ITV, gave Maine Road F.C. a great me... View full article

10/05/2011 - Awards Presentation Night

Please note that the Maine Road FC Presentation Evening will take place at:- &n... View full article

07/05/2011 - Close Season Doesn't Mean A Shut-Down

Although the season has now finished, that doesn't mean the web-site gets mothballed! We will be having the usual end of season awards soon (date to be confirmed on tuesday) and will report back to you on that. Have you got your own views o... View full article

02/05/2011 - Season Ends With Defeat At 'Rossy'

Road's 2010-11 season ended on Saturday with a disappointing 1-0 defeat at relegated Rossendale United. Having beaten Rossendale 4-0 at Brantingham Road earlier in the season Road would have hoped toget something out of this game, but for t... View full article

30/04/2011 - The Curtain Comes Down

Maine Road F.C. travel to Rossendale United this afternoon for the final game of the 2010-11 season. 'Rossy' have had a traumatic season and at one time looked as if they would be unable to fulfill their fixtures. However, they managed to s... View full article

26/04/2011 - Final Home Game Match Report & Photos Online

We are very grateful to Mike Fryer for his photos of Saturday's game which you can view in our Gallery underneath the Merchandise heading. For a further look at Mike's Maine Road F.C. and other Manchester Sports Pictures go to Mike's web-si... View full article

24/04/2011 - Road Draw A Blank In Final Home Game

Although Road have one more game left up in Rossendale, the curtain came down on our home fixtures at Brantingham Road yesterday. Our game with relegated Ashton Athletic ended in a 0-0 draw. Ashton gave a fine account of themselves and when... View full article

22/04/2011 - Final Home Game

Road's last home game of the 2010-11 season brings bottom club Ashton Athletic to Brantingham Road tomorrow. Athletic are already relegated and it is to be hoped that Road can add to their woes and finish off the season in some st... View full article

18/04/2011 - Young Road Give Colne A 'Run For Their Money'

With a certain match on at Wembley taking away a number of the management, fans and players, it was down to John Morrey and Jeff Newman to take a very young Road side to Colne on Saturday and a fine fist of it they made. Although Road event... View full article

14/04/2011 - Depleted Road Find Formby Too Strong

Road went down to a 2-4 home defeat last night to Formby. Injury, suspension and other calls on player's time meant Ian Walker's squad was down to the 'bare bones'. Two down by the half-time break, Road fought back well to level with g... View full article

10/04/2011 - Disappointment Offset By Huntley Goal.

As predicted in the last news bulletin, Road's game at Congleton Town ended in a draw. 'The Bears', who went ahead after 16 minutes following an excellent strike by McCurrie, played most of the game with 10 men. Road equalised on the h... View full article

08/04/2011 - Usual Tight Game In Prospect At Congleton.

If football matches were played on paper (groundsmen would be out of a job), then tomorrow's game at Booth Street between Congleton and Road will end in a draw. Both teams have won one, drawn one and lost one of their last three games and t... View full article

06/04/2011 - Flixton Pace Too Much For Leaden Road

Although Road never gave up, they were well beaten once more by a one of the best Flixton sides we have seen in recent times. Quite what Flixton are doing in their current league position is something of a mystery. They went 3-0 up as ... View full article

02/04/2011 - Rampant Road Take Colne To Cleaners

A thoroughly professional and entertaining Maine Road F.C. side beat 6th place Colne 4-1 this afternoon. Goals from Delan O'Shea, Liam Beckford, Ed Wileman and a penalty by Eddie Moran sealed an impressive win.Road go to Flixton on Tuesday ... View full article

30/03/2011 - Road Eventually Break Through Stone Wall To Secure A Point

After going 0-2 down in the first half by giving away two similar, but uncharacteristic goals to a determined, if unspectacular Stone Dominoes side, Road then recovered well to secure a point. Two minutes after the break, Rob Brocklehu... View full article

28/03/2011 - Stone Double Would Erase Runcorn Gloom

Road take on Stone Dominoes tomorrow night at Brantingham Road (8:00pm K.O.) only a couple of weeks after defeating them 3-1 in Staffordshire. After the fairly abysmal game at Runcorn last Saturday, the chance to get back on track and ... View full article

27/03/2011 - Last Minute Defeat For Road

Road lost 2-1 at Runcorn yesterday, with The Linnets winner coming in the second minute of added time. It was a thoroughly unsatisfactory match on a number of levels. Road did not play well and probably only deserved a point at the ver... View full article

26/03/2011 - Familiar Foes For Road Today

Road make the relatively quick trip down the M56 today to take on Runcorn Linnets for the fourth time this season. Back in August, Road drew at 1-1 at the Millbank Linnets Stadium in the F.A.Cup in front of a crowd of 457. In the replay, Ro... View full article

23/03/2011 - Holden Double Gets Road First Home Win of 2011.

A brace of goals from Ali Holden (Matt Huntley playing a significant part in both) gave Maine Road F.C. a 2-1 win over 4th place Barnoldswick Town last night. Although Road's last 8 games read won 5 drawn 2 lost 1, this was their first home... View full article

22/03/2011 - Tough Test Awaits Road Tonight

Final Scoreflash: Maine Road F.C.2 Barnoldswick 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tonight Maine Road F.C. take on 4th placed Barnoldswick Town at Brantin... View full article

19/03/2011 - Road Run Ended As Home Hoodoo Continues

Maine Road lost 1-2 to Padiham in an entertaining encounter at Brantingham Road. Matt Struminskyj gave Road the lead shortly after half-time, but a strong Padiham side fought their way back with one superb strike and a header that was all t... View full article

18/03/2011 - Solid Road Hoping For First Home Win of 2011

Road's draw at Bacup on Wednesday, took the current unbeaten run to four wins and two draws. On Saturday they entertain 7th placed Padiham and are hoping to erase the only negative of recent weeks; i.e the inability to secure a home win in ... View full article

16/03/2011 - Newsflash: Bacup Boro' 0 Maine Road F.C. 0

Last six games = 4 wins + 2 drawsThe unbeaten run continues........12/03/2011 - Yet Another Away Win For RoadMaine Road.FC. made their annual visit to The Far East (Yorkshire) and came away with another three points after a 3-1 win. That ma... View full article

12/03/2011 - Yet Another Away Win For Road

Maine Road.FC. made their annual visit to The Far East (Yorkshire) and came away with another three points after a 3-1 win. That makes it four away wins on the trot and 13 out of the last 15 points available. Steve Cheetham's deflected shot... View full article

09/03/2011 - Road Keep Unbeaten Run Going...Just!

Maine Road F.C. 1 Congleton Town 1Extreme pressure resulted in the Maine Road F.C. being awarded a penalty in the 90th minute when a Congleton Town defender kept out a goalbound shot with his hand and was sent off. This scenario was a ... View full article

06/03/2011 - Three in a Row for Road

With confidence fully restored, Maine Road F.C..went down to Staffordshire yesterday and came away with a 1-3 win. Goals by Eddie Moran, Ali Holden andEd Wileman secured their third away win on the trot and moved them up to 12th in th... View full article

02/03/2011 - Road Topple League Leaders

It seems the more difficult the fixture, the more likely Road are to turn in a good performance. A few games ago, Road went to League leaders New Mills and were seconds from pulling off a superb win. Last night Road travelled to new l... View full article

01/03/2011 - Scoreflash: Winsford United 0 Maine Road F.C.2!

Road Hope To Build On Glossop Win.Having finally got a win under their belts at Glossop on Saturday, Road go to Winsford tonight in a good frame of mind. Winsford lead the table at present and have already beaten Road twice at Brantingham R... View full article

28/02/2011 - Finally!

Maine Road FC finally got their first win of 2011 when they went to Surrey Street on Saturday and defeated Glossop North End 2-1 with goals from Matt Struminskyj and Josh Gittings. It was a hard fought win in windy conditions with Josh's wi... View full article

23/02/2011 - Road's Dismal 2011 Continues

Road's dismal start to 2011 continues to mystify and disappoint. A 0-3 defeat last night to St Helens meant that in the six home games of 2011 only one point out of the eighteen available has been secured. In the first 45minutes, Road... View full article

22/02/2011 - Neil Young Dinner

Maine Road F.C. were proud to take two tables at the recent Neil Young Tribute Dinner. Our photographer Alex Miller was there to record the event and his photographs are now online in the Gallery section and found just below the Merchandise... View full article

20/02/2011 - Hiccup v Bacup Stalls Revival Hopes

Those of us who witnessed Road's three successive away games at Bootle, Padiham and New Mills had every reason to hope that yesterday's home match would be the one that would bring about the first win of 2011. Unfortunately, the moment... View full article

14/02/2011 - Thriller at Millers Settled at Death

Maine Road F.C. and New Mills played out a superbly entertaining 4-4 draw at Church Road last night. Road were within seconds of recording not only a double over the league leaders, but also their first three points of 2011 when Mills ... View full article

13/02/2011 - Battling Road Get The Point

Road appear to slowly getting their season back on track. After a decent second-half display at Bootle, Road put in a dogged performance at Padiham yesterday and came away with a well earned point. The slope on the Arbories pitch has a sign... View full article

10/02/2011 - Reserves Get Long Awaited Win

Many congratulations to Paul Bennett and his Road Reserves team for securing a well deserved 3-1 win last night against Daten. We have had many reports from previous games suggesting that the good football being played by the second team wo... View full article

06/02/2011 - Winsford Wash-Out

It was no surprise to anyone when we learnt that Road's game at Winsford was postponed. In fact, all games in the North-West Premier League were off due to the torrential rain. Similarly, the Brantingham Road pitch was waterlogged, thu... View full article

05/02/2011 - Road Hoping To Prevent Winsford Hat-trick

Maine Road F.C. travel to the Barton Stadium this afternoon hoping to stop Winsford United scoring their third victory over them in a season. Winsford came to Brantingham Road in November to knock Road out of the Vodkat Cup and then returne... View full article

03/02/2011 - Players Please Note:

.....No training tonight! 02/02/2011 - Much Improved, But Still No Win In 2011After the disappointing performance against neighbours Flixton at the weekend, Maine Road F.C. put in a much improved performance last night against Boo... View full article

02/02/2011 - Much Improved, But Still No Win In 2011

After the disappointing performance against neighbours Flixton at the weekend, Maine Road F.C. put in a much improved performance last night against Bootle, but still came away pointless after a 2-1 defeat. Although 'under the cos... View full article

31/01/2011 - Back Online, But Road Not Back On Form

After transfering the web-site to a new host (wilmslowwebdesign) we are now back and fully functional.Unfortunately though, the team is not firing on all cylinders at the moment and the poor start to 2011 continued with a 0-3 defeat to... View full article

22/01/2011 - Game Off!

We have just had in confirmed that Rossendale's pitch remains frozen and that today's match is postponed.NOTE: (11.45a.m.) Could all players telephone Derek as soon as possible, but accept that his phone will be busy!21/01/2011 - Road ... View full article

21/01/2011 - Road Looking to Kick Start 2011 at Rossendale

Whilst it is a little bit of a downer for Road to find themselves bottom of the top half of the League (11th) at least they are not in the position of tomorrow's opponents Rossendale who sit at the foot of the whole division having only won... View full article

17/01/2011 - Linnets Match Photos & Match Report Online

We are very grateful to John Holden for getting his match report out so quickly and to Mike Fryer who has allowed us to use his photos of the match. The pictures are to found in the Gallery section just below the Merchandise entry. Do... View full article

16/01/2011 - Road Make A Point

After three successive defeats, Road were keen to get back to winnning ways yesterday against Runcorn Linnets. Alas, they were thwarted 'at the death' when the visitors got a last minute equaliser in a 2-2 draw. Road's goals came from Mason... View full article

14/01/2011 - Squires Gate Photos Now In Gallery

Rather belatedly, the photos from the Squires Gate game are now in the Gallery, just below the 'Merchandise' entry. Josh Gittings and Alex Jay feature heavily. The match report is also available.Neither our usual Match Reporter or Phot... View full article

10/01/2011 - Road Struggle At Start Of New Year

The second home defeat in a week means that Road are losing some of the momentum they had going prior to the enforced lengthy Christmas break. The 0-2 loss to Winsford last Monday was followed on Saturday by a disappointing 1-2 reverse to S... View full article

07/01/2011 - Road Looking For Double Over Gate

Maine Road F.C.'s first game of the 2010-11 season resulted in a fine 4-1 away win at Squires Gate. Gate have improved on that poor start and now lie in 7th place (three positions above Road) and have gained six more points than Road, but a... View full article

05/01/2011 - Winsford Report & Photos Online

The match report and photos can now be viewed online. The photos are in the Gallery, just below the 'Merchandise' heading.04/01/2011 - Football At Last, But No Points For RoadAfter an enforced break of over six weeks, Maine Road F.C. finall... View full article

04/01/2011 - Football At Last, But No Points For Road

After an enforced break of over six weeks, Maine Road F.C. finally got to play a game against Winsford United at Brantingham Road yesterday. Unfortunately, whilst it was good to witness a game a long last, the result was less pleasing as Ro... View full article

31/12/2010 - IMPORTANT: FIXTURE CHANGE!

Due to a number of burst pipes at the Barton Stadium, this Monday's game against Winsford United has been moved to BRANTINGHAM ROAD. The 3:00pm kick-off time remains the same.Please ensure that you pass this information on to anyone you fee... View full article

24/12/2010 - Festive Flixton Fixture Falls Foul of Frost

With little likely let-up in the weather, we have been given early notice that our next planned game at Flixton has been postponed. TRAININGThe players should note however, that they will not be allowed to go to seed over the festive p... View full article

23/12/2010 - Season's Greetings

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE OUT THERE &... View full article

19/12/2010 - Merchandise - New Track Suits

Many of you will have seen the smart new track-suit tops being worn by the players. We have a few to offer to our fans at the very decent price of £25. If you go to The Gallery section of the site you will see the heading 'Mercha... View full article

17/12/2010 - Barnoldswick Game Off

As if Road weren't far enough behind schedule with their fixtures due to other team's cup commitments, we now learn that tomorrow's game is definitely off. When we finally do get playing again it could be a busy old time! With that in mind ... View full article

15/12/2010 - Holding Our Breath

Sod's Law has dictated that Road have no mid-week fixture just when the thaw has kicked in. Our Brantingham Road pitch would be perfectly playable at the moment, but with more icy weather predicted from Thursday night onwards our planned ga... View full article

13/12/2010 - Reserves Brave Battle Still Not Enough

In Saturday morning's News (see below) we suggested that a read through the Reserves Match Reports would reveal that there are aspects of the Reserve Team performances which can give cause for optimism, despite the side's lowly league... View full article

11/12/2010 - Rossendale Game Off - Reserves Game On

Bad News: Confirmation has been received that the Dark Lane pitch remains unplayable, so unfortunately today's first team game is off.Good News: After a pitch inspection this morning we can confirm that the Reserves game at Poynton go... View full article

09/12/2010 - Rossendale Game In The Balance

With a thaw predicted, there is a chance of Road finally playing some football up at Dark Lane,Rossendale. Having said that, Rossendale tends to have its own micro-climate, or put another way, it is likely to be even colder up there than it... View full article

04/12/2010 - No Game Today - Fixture Change Next Week

As we have known for a few days, there was absolutely no chance of our game at Bootle going ahead today.If the weather allows there is a change of fixture next Saturday. Instead of being at home to Formby, the first team will be away to Ros... View full article

30/11/2010 - No Surprise as Stone Game Called Off

It is almost stating the blindingly obvious when we inform you that tonight's re-arranged home game v Stone Dominoes will have to be re-arranged once more as the pitch is frozen . Maine Road F.C. Feature In New City MagazineThe Novembe... View full article

27/11/2010 - ....Another One Bites The Dust.

Unsurprisingly, this afternoon's game v Padiham has been called off due to the weather. As far as we know the Reserves game on Curzon Ashton's 3G pitch is on. For those going (and why not?), there are bridge works close to the ground:-... View full article

24/11/2010 - TONIGHT'S GAME IS OFF!

Newsflash!Bacup Borough v Maine Road F.C. is Postponed Due to Frozen Pitch! Maine Road F.C. were to travel to Bacup tonight with both teams having played the joint least fixtures of the season to date (16). This has largely been as a r... View full article

20/11/2010 - Road Go Down by The Riverside

Maine Road F.C. went down to a battling 2-1 defeat at Ramsbottom' Riverside Stadium today. It was a hard fought game in which Road took the lead after great work by Liam Beckford. Ramsbottom's Drew equalized before half-time and t... View full article

19/11/2010 - Road Hoping For Revenge at Ramsbottom.

Maine Road F.C. travel to the picturesque Riverside Ground tomorrow hoping to give Ramsbottom a better game than they did in the 0-3 defeat at Brantingham Road back in early September. In that encounter Ramsbottom deserved their victory and... View full article

14/11/2010 - Road Rout 'Rossy'

Four goals in the first half ensured a comfortable win for Maine Road F.C. over Rossendale. The goals were shared out between Ian Maitland, Matt Struminskyj, Robbie Ford and Liam Beckford. This moves Road up to eighth in the table with seve... View full article

11/11/2010 - Maine Road F.C. Feature In New City Magazine

The November edition of the City magazine (Titled 'MANC') is out now. There is an excellent 4 page article on Maine Road F.C. written by Will Unwin with top notch photos by our own Alex Miller. The article includes extracts from interv... View full article

07/11/2010 - Brocky Blinder Not Enough

Maine Road F.C.'s recent miserable cup record continued at Brantingham Road yesterday where they went down to a 1-2 defeat in the Vodcat Challenge Cup. A stunning free-kick equaliser from Rob Brocklehurst proved insufficient as Winsford's B... View full article

05/11/2010 - Final Tilt At Cup Glory For Road

Maine Road F.C. take on Winsford United tomorrow in the Vodkat Challenge Cup. This is a trophy that we won in 2008, but since then cup success has been a rare commodity. This is the first team's last chance for a trophy (other tha... View full article

04/11/2010 - Match Reports

Our first team match reports are now fully up to date. Many thanks to Colin Broadbent and Phil Jones for 'stepping up to the plate'. It is good to have volunteers on hand when our regular reporter is not available. We will require someone t... View full article

03/11/2010 - City Magazine Features Maine Road FC

We understand that the November edition of the Manchester City monthly magazine titled 'MANC' will be out any day now and will feature a four page article about Maine Road. Reporter Will Unwin came down to one of our home games (... View full article

26/10/2010 - Cup stalwarts too strong!

Ashton United this evening knocked Road out of the Manchester Premier Cup. The Hurst Cross side, who play two levels above Road in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and have picked up this particular trophy sixteen times previous... View full article

18/10/2010 - Mid-week Game Postponed

Please Note:As Ashton United are involved in an F.A. Trophy replay in midweek our Manchster Premier Trophy has been moved from this Tuesday to the following one i.e. Tuesday 26th October 2010 with the usual 7:45 pm kick-off. This takes... View full article

17/10/2010 - Scoreflash

Road went down to a 2-0 defeat at Barnoldswick Town this afternoon. Town have only lost two games in the league this season and although Road 'huffed and puffed', they didn't trouble the home defence too much. The penetration shown aga... View full article

16/10/2010 - Road Hoping To Catch Up Today's Rivals

Maine Road F.C. travel to The Silent Night (honestly!) Stadium this afternoon to take on Vodkat Premier Division newcomers Barnoldswick Town. Town have made a steady start to their campaign and are the division's draw specialists having tak... View full article

15/10/2010 - And If That Wasn't Enough....

All our recent publicity will have another welcome addition tonight. On Radio Manchester's 'Manchester Sport' they have a "Result of the Week" feature. This week there is only one candidate and it is, of c... View full article

14/10/2010 - Maine Road F.C. in the Spotlight

Maine Road F.C. are getting some well deserved publicity at the moment:1) Tonight (Thurs- from 8:00 pm) Road will be featured on www.nonleaguechannel.com on their Vodkat League Broadcast. Chairman Ron Meredith gives an interview and there w... View full article

12/10/2010 - Resilient Road Rescue Result.

3-0 down to St Helens at half-time and, with reference to our wonderful victory over New Mills on Saturday, we thought it was a typical Sky Blue 'after the Lord Mayor's Show' performance. That cliche' is such an obvious one, but it get... View full article

11/10/2010 - St Helens v Maine Road FC

As it says in the adjoining panel, tomorrow's game will take place at Ashton Town's ground in Ashton-in-Makerfield. There are directions on the League web-site and the postcode is in the panel opposite.10/10/2010Match report and photos... View full article

09/10/2010 - Road Trounce Windy Millers - Maine Road F.C. 3 New Mills 0

On a blustery afternoon Maine Road blew league leaders New Mills away with three goals in the first 20 minutes. Goals from Ford, Beckford and Inyang sunk the previously unbeaten 'Millers'. Having gone out of the Vase in mid-week to low... View full article

08/10/2010 - Tough Test Awaits Road

The only saving grace of our Vase Replay defeat at Blackpool was that the team finally clicked into gear in the last 20 minutes. Road will need that momentum to continue on Saturday when they take on League leaders New Mills at Brantingham ... View full article

06/10/2010 - Vase Run Hopes Dashed

Road went down to a 2-1 defeat in their replay at AFC Blackpool last night. A poor start resulted in the Blues going 2-0 down and it was only in the last third of the game did Road get any fluidity into their game. With 15mins left Declan O... View full article

05/10/2010 - Road Hoping For First Date

Maine Road FC travel to AFC Blackpool tonight for a replay in the First Qualifying Round Proper of the FA Vase. Should they progress, they would then have a home-tie against AFC Liverpool, a team they have never played before. Road wil... View full article

04/10/2010 - A.J's 100-Up

Maine Road F.C. Goalkeeper Andrew Jones made his 100th consecutive appearance on Saturday when he turned out against AFC Blackpool in the F.A. Vase. Andrew has really worked hard at his game and it is now virtually impossible to i... View full article

03/10/2010 - ...............to be continued

Maine Road F.C. fought out a tense 2-2 draw with AFC Blackpool yesterday in the First Round Proper of the F.A.Vase. Road had gone into a 2-0 lead just after half-time, but Blackpool fought their way back into the game and even extra-time co... View full article

29/09/2010 - NEW FIXTURE ADDED!

A very late notice, we find we now have a Vodkat League fixture next Tuesday night against Stone Dominoes at Brantingham Road. Usual 7:45 pm kick-off. Could you please pass this information around to all you think might or should be in... View full article

27/09/2010 - Friendly Arranged

Maine Road have arranged a friendly match against local side West Didsbury & Chorlton. It will be played tomorrow night at Brantingham Road with a 7:30pm k.o. Admission will be free.26/09/2010 - A Game of Two Halves As Road Bounce BackM... View full article

26/09/2010 - A Game of Two Halves As Road Bounce Back

Maine Road F.C. came from 2-0 down to win 4-2 at bottom of the League Ashton Athletic yesterday. There were goals in the second-half from Inyang, Moran, Beckford and Hirst. Road are now 8th in the League, but with a number of games in hand ... View full article

25/09/2010 - Time to Shine for Road's Youngsters

Maine Road FC go into tomorrow's game against Ashton Athletic knowing that their always youthful squad will need to 'dig deep'. Having lost James Rothel to Ramsbottom last week, we now learn that Rob Brocklehurst is to join Glossop North En... View full article

23/09/2010 - Road Will Take Nothing For Granted

Maine Road travel to Ashton Athletic on Saturday and will know not to read too much into their bottom of the league position. At roughly the same stage of the last campaign, Athletic came to Brantingham Road without a single point and contr... View full article

18/09/2010 - At Last! Road Through To Next Round of the Vase

Maine Road FC beat Barnoldswick Town 1-0 at Brantingham Road this afternoon to progress to the next round of the Vase. This is our first success in this competition for many years.Road will now play AFC Blackpool at home in the next round o... View full article

17/09/2010 - Road's Mission To Have Cup Run

.....technically a mission to have a Vase Run, but that doesn't really scan as well. We had a moderate three game run in the F.A.Cup last season, but fell at the first hurdle to Runcorn Linnets (albeit after a replay) this season. Last... View full article

12/09/2010 - New Mills Game Off

Due to New Mills being involved in an F.A.Cup-tie replay, tomorrows scheduled game between 'The Millers' and Road at Church Lane has been postponed.ResultsUnfortunately, the first team went down to a 1-0 defeat at Atherton LR yesterday and ... View full article

08/09/2010 - Brocky and Ali See Road Home

Whilst 'BrockyandAli' might sound like some sort of new fused Waitrose vegetable, it was in fact the combination of these players that saw Road defeat their friendly rivals from Glossop North End 2-1 last night. After the disappointme... View full article

05/09/2010 - Rams Too Strong For Road.

Maine Road went down to their third successive home defeat yesterday when a strong and effecient Ramsbottom United team ran out victors by three goals to nil. On a day when the sun was shining, Road were sporting a fine new kit and the crow... View full article

02/09/2010 - National Non-League Day This Saturday

With no Premier League football this weekend, there is a campaign to get football fans to go and watch one of their local non-league teams . The obvious choice has to be Maine Road FC v Ramsbottom at Brantingham Road. The Kick-off is 3:00pm... View full article

29/08/2010 - Road-Kill Squirrels

Road travelled to Formby this weekend and came away with a comfortable 3-0 win. This was very welcome after two narrow home defeats and now leaves Road in 6th position in the League and with the second best goal difference. The goals came v... View full article

28/08/2010 - Road Hoping To Turn Tide At Formby.

Maine Road travel to Formby later today in the hope that they can get back to the form that had them briefly at the top of the table after two successive wins. Including the F.A. Cup matches, it is now four games without a win, although it ... View full article

26/08/2010 - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PLAYERS

Training tonight is cancelled. With the Reserves playing last night and the First Team on Tuesday, there is an understandable feeling of exhaustion about.There will however be a session next Tuesday.Apologies!Some of the match reports and o... View full article

21/08/2010 - Silsden sneak it!

Road were this afternoon beaten 0-1 at Brantingham Road in a tightly-contested game with Silsden. A 35th minute penalty was enough to give the visitors all three points, although as with the midweek FA Cup defeat to Runcorn a much-improved ... View full article

20/08/2010 - Road Hoping To Keep 100% League Record Against Silsden

With two wins out of two in the League, Maine Road FC hope to overcome the disappointment of going out of the F.A.Cup by taking the three points on offer against Silsden tomorrow at Brantingham Road. Like our cup opponents Runcorn, Silsden ... View full article

19/08/2010 - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PLAYERS

There will be no training tonight!The release today of important examination results means that a large proportion of the squad will have other things on their minds! Training will recommence next Thursday (26th)17/08/2010 - Road Exit FA Cu... View full article

17/08/2010 - Road Exit FA Cup

A slow start this evening cost Road as they lost 3-4 to Runcorn at Brantingham Road. The visitors found themselves three goals up inside twenty minutes through Dempsey, White and Atherton. Eddie Moran pulled one back shortly before the brea... View full article

14/08/2010 - Road Force Replay At Resurgent Runcorn

The Road to Wembley is still open for Maine Road after their 1-1 draw with Runcorn Linnets at their new Millbank Stadium. In a very even game Road went in front on 36 mins through Matt Struminskyj, but on the stroke of half-time Linnets equ... View full article

12/08/2010 - Maine Road F.C. Golf Day

The Maine Road F.C. Golf Day will take place at Prestwich Golf Club on Friday,August 20th with an 11:00 am start. Players past and present, officials and all 'Friends of Maine Road F.C.' are very welcome. Please contact Ian Walker for furth... View full article

11/08/2010 - Second Successive Win Puts Road Top of the League

We all know it is early days, but Road's 4-0 win over Alsager Town has resulted in them going top of the Vodkat Premier League, albeit on alphabetical order! That had been pre-season concerns in some quarters as to where the goals might com... View full article

08/08/2010 - Squires Gate Match Report

Squires Gate victory report is now back in its proper place under either Fixtures or the News tab. Video highlights are available by logging on to:www.tvblackpool.com/sport.html Not only are all the goals shown, but there is als... View full article

07/08/2010 - Great Start As Road Slam Gate

Road started the 2010/11 campaign with an excellent 4-1 win at Squires Gate this afternoon. Goals were from Beckford, Inyang, Hirst and Moran. A full report and pictures should be online by tomorrow evening.Other results:Saturday 7 August 2... View full article

06/08/2010 - Cheadle Town Friendly Pictures.....

.....now online in the Gallery Section.04/08/2010 - Defeat in Final First Team FriendlyRoad used their final first team friendly at Cheadle Town to have a look at host of new players. Initially there was some decent approach play, but the f... View full article

04/08/2010 - Defeat in Final First Team Friendly

Road used their final first team friendly at Cheadle Town to have a look at host of new players. Initially, there was some decent approach play, but the final ball and good goalkeeping prevented Road going ahead. In the second half however,... View full article

31/07/2010 - Return to the Wirral Brings Friendly Victory

After last week's defeat at Newton, Road travelled an extra mile or so this Saturday and came away from West Kirby with a 3-2 win. The opening goal from Ali Holden was an absolute blinder. When the home side equalised, Ali added another to ... View full article

24/07/2010 - Wirral Friendly Ends in Defeat For Road

Newton 2 Maine Road F.C.1 - Road had a tough game today on the Wirral against a Newton side who gave us a good idea of the high standard of the West Cheshire League. It was 0-0 at half-time, but Newton went into a 2-0 lead by means of a wel... View full article

20/07/2010 - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PLAYERS

Please note:Due to the number of friendlies taking place for both the first and second team over the next two weeks or so, there will be No Training at Brantingham Road. Note the pre-season fixtures on this page and by all means come down a... View full article

18/07/2010 - Comfortable Victory in Road's Second Friendly.

Result Maine Road 5 Avro 1This was another good pre-season run-out against the Manchester Premier League Champions. Road started brightly at the usual high tempo and went 2 up with goals from Josh Inyang and Brocklehurst. The only failin... View full article

16/07/2010 - AVRO Friendly Details

Tomorrow's Friendly against AVRO is at Albert Park (astro) Salford M7 1JF (Gt Clowes Street/Camp Steet area. Not too far out of the City Centre). Kick Off 2.15pm.15/07/2010 - Useful First Workout For RoadMaine Road F.C. first team had their... View full article

15/07/2010 - Useful First Workout For Road

Maine Road F.C. first team had their first friendly of the season at Abbey Hey last night and came away with a 2-2 draw. The goals came from James Rothel and Declan O'Shea. Apart from Declan returning it was also good to see Greg Hall back ... View full article

14/07/2010 - Youngsters Do Maine Road Proud

With the Umbro Tournament having been moved down to Keele, Maine Road’s Youth Team entered a four team tournament in Wrexham last Sunday which included American College team Mount Si, Christleton, and a team from the Bishop Herber Hig... View full article

13/07/2010 - August's Fixtures Out

07 August: Squires Gate (a)10 August: Alsager Town (h)14 August: Runcorn Linnets (a) F.A.Cup16 August: New Mills (a) 21 August: Silsden (h)24 August: Bootle (h)28 August: Leigh Genesis (a) F.A.Cup (...if we have beaten Runcorn!) 10/07/... View full article

10/07/2010 - Opening Day, F.A. Cup and F.A.Vase Fixtures Released

It's a trip to the seaside for Road on the opening day of the Vodkat Premier League season as we play at Squires Gate on August 7th. A week later it is the F.A.Cup and we have been drawn away to Runcorn Linnets. This will be a chance to vie... View full article

22/06/2010 - New Pre-Season Friendly Schedule

Thursday, July 15th - Abbey Hey (a),Saturday, July 17th - Avro (a)Tuesday, July 20th - West Didsbury (a)Thursday, July 22nd - Walshaw (h - @ Eagle Sports, Levenshulme M19)Saturday, July 24th - Newton F.C. (Wirral)Monday, July 26th - Old Alt... View full article

17/06/2010 - Season Review 2009-10

In The Beginning…It had been an eventful pre-season for Maine Road FC . The new web-site: www.maineroadfc. had just been launched and been well received. Our rather tired looking Brantingham Road ground had been given a lick of paint... View full article

15/06/2010 - Pre-Season Training

Pre-season training has now commenced and will usually take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00pm at Brantingham Road. New Players who are over 16 years of age and are confident they can make the grade at either North-West Counti... View full article

07/06/2010 - Friendly Fixture Required

Due to a cancellation, Maine Road F.C. are looking for an away friendly fixture for Saturday, 24 July. Would any clubs interested in hosting this fixture please contact our Secretary: Derek Barber on either 0161 431 8243 or 07857 146275Pres... View full article

28/05/2010 - Scott Moore Resigns

Reserve Team Manager Scott Moore has today informed us that he is to move on to pastures new. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Scott for all his efforts with the second team last season and to wish him all the best in t... View full article

26/05/2010 - Important - Presentation Evening

Please note that the Maine Road FC Presentation Evening will take place at:- &n... View full article

21/05/2010 - End of Season 'Awards'

Extracted from NWCFL Forum:RUFC - Ramsbottom United - Nicest/Best Fans: Glossop and Maine RoadDJM68 - Maine Road - Worst Shirt: Our yellow & green away strip is awful, but it has spawned a lot of scarves round Manchester!MATT-St Helens... View full article

10/05/2010 - Derby Win Confirms 6th Place Finish

A 0-2 win at Abbey Hey on Saturday with goals from James Rothel and Matt Struminskyj ensured an excellent 6th place Premier League finish for Road this season. Glossop losing at Nelson and Colne only getting a point in their difficult game ... View full article

07/05/2010 - Road Face Cup-Winners In Final Game

Many congratulations to our final oponents of the season, Abbey Hey who won The Vodkat Challenge Trophy last night by beating Winsford 3-0 at Curzon Ashton's ground. What a mixed season for Abbey, who apart from acquiring this silverware (o... View full article

04/05/2010 - Final League Position

What will be our final position?St Helen's are now out of the equation and it is just a case of whether Colne or Glossop catch us. Glossop have a tricky match away at Padiham on Wed night and then play Nelson away. Colne have an even harder... View full article

30/04/2010 - Bootle Video

Some excellent video footage from our 2-2 draw on Tuesday from Matt Martin of Bootle on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UY4Z5CsPU .If you struggle with this link, go to our Forum (Road v Bootle topic)and you will be able to connect from there Fi... View full article

26/04/2010 - Stern Test For Road In Last Home Game

Road entertain Bootle tonight in the last Brantingham Road game of the season. Only last month the two teams met in an engrossing encounter at the Delta Taxis Stadium which saw the home side win 1-0. It was a keenly contested and largely en... View full article

25/04/2010 - Super Road Use Their Four-Heads

Scoreflash: Maine Road FC 4 Runcorn Linnets 2After a tentative start Maine Road came through a competitive encounter with an excellent second-half performance that saw us score 4 Headers against Runcorn.A match report will follow on Monday,... View full article

23/04/2010 - Road Aiming For A Double Over Linnets

Tomorrow's game against Runcorn Linnets gives Maine Road a chance to do the double over the Wincham Park side. We won 1-2 back in December with goals from Matt Struminskyj and Steve Cheetham. The joy of 'Cheets' getting a goal was rat... View full article

21/04/2010 - Hard Earned Draw For Road at Saints

Scoreflash: St Helens 2 Maine Road 2 (o.g., Richard Gresty*)* An absolute blinder!! Report now online.... View full article

17/04/2010 - Gate's Double Over Road.

Maine Road went down to a disappointing 0-1 defeat this afternoon at Brantingham Road against Squires Gate. Gate went a goal up within 10 minutes and whilst Road huffed and puffed there was no real cutting edge. This means that Steve Hibber... View full article

16/04/2010 - Road Hoping To Bounce Back Against Mid-Table Gate

After a rather disappointng display at Padiham, Road return to Brantingham Road tomorrow to take on 12th placed Squires Gate. Our opponents managed to defeat Glossop last weekend, but prior to that had lost four of their previous five games... View full article

15/04/2010 - Scoreflash!

Padiham 1 Maine Road 0After the high of Saturday, it was a bit of a low tonight at the Arbories...full report and some excellent photos to follow. New Mills GameThe match report from our excellent victory over New Mills is now available via... View full article

11/04/2010 - Super Road Defeat High-Flying New Mills

Yesterday's 2-0 win over New Mills could be described as the best result of the season. A 'Millers' outfit that included the experienced forward power of Yeo, Turner and Meakin were in the end well beaten by a hard working and disciplined t... View full article

07/04/2010 - Road To Take On Buoyant 'Millers'

New Mills come to Brantingham Road after narrowly winning (2-1) the High Peak derby game at Glossop in front of a crowd of 648. Because of the phenomenal run of leaders Newcastle Town, 'The Millers' exploits have not attracted the att... View full article

02/04/2010 - Latest News

Scoreflash: Ashton Athletic 0 Maine Road FC 2Colne Report and Photos (in Gallery) finally online. Apologies for the delay.FacebookMaine Road FC has had a Facebook Group for sometime, but it had been rather inactive. We have now breathed som... View full article

31/03/2010 - 'Friends of Maine Road FC' Update

Although Saturday's home defeat to Colne was disappointing, there were a number of positives for Road from the day. Amongst a larger than average crowd was Dave Wallace, Editor of 'King of the Kippax' and 'Friend of Maine Road' and represen... View full article

28/03/2010 - Road Go Down To League's In-Form Team

Maine Road lost 1-2 to a Colne team that has now won seven games in a row. They took an early lead when Robbie Ford grabbed his second goal of the season in the second minute, but thereafter struggled to get the ball on the floor on a windy... View full article

26/03/2010 - Another Tough Test Ahead For Road

After the enthralling contest at Bootle last week, Road return to Brantingham Road to take on a resurgent Colne. Our visitors have been on a tremendous run. They are undefeated in the last ten games and have won the last six... View full article

22/03/2010 - Perplexed!!

Bootle 1 Road 0 - An excellent contest between 4th and 5th in the Vodkat Premier League. The players enjoyed the competitive nature of the match. The two sets of fans (and there was a good following from Road) were at one in their belief th... View full article

19/03/2010 - Difficult, But Not Impossible Task Awaits Road

Maine Road's game tomorrow at Bootle's cutely named Delta Taxis Stadium is an interesting fixture. Road are four points ahead of the home side, but Bootle have a massive six games in hand. The nice little twist here, is that not only are&nb... View full article

17/03/2010 - Another Win Moves Road Up To Fourth

Maine Road made it six wins out of seven games when they came away from Formby with a 2-1 win. Youngsters Robbie Ford and Matt Struminskyj got the goals in the first half. Having been the better side for most of the first hour of the game, ... View full article

14/03/2010 - Hibbert Gem The Highlight

Road did indeed get back to winning ways after the first defeat in six games at Congleton last week. The 2-0 win over the lowly, but wonderfully named Atherton Laburnum Rovers was a patchy game that saw some good play interspersed with... View full article

12/03/2010 - Back to Winning Ways?

After their first defeat in six games at Congleton last Saturday, Maine Road will be keen to get back to winning ways against lowly Atherton LR tomorrow. Prior to last Saturday, Road had managed four wins and a draw, whereas Atherton h... View full article

06/03/2010 - Road's Run Ends at the Bear-Pit

Maine Road's fine recent run came to an end today at Congleton when they lost a thrilling encounter 5-3. The game ebbed and flowed and at 4-3 it could easily swung back Road's way, but it was not to be. No matter, the Road players... View full article

05/03/2010 - Strength in Depth Contributes to Road's Great Run

With first team regulars Mason, Brocklehurst, Crookes and Self missing, as well as Manager Ian Walker, there may have been reason to think that Road might have been up against it last night at Bacup when football finally returned to Cowstoo... View full article

04/03/2010 - Road to Provide First Opposition at Bacup for Four Months!

It was last October when Bacup's Brian Boys Stadium, last saw any football. With a matter of hours to kick-off, it looks like Maine Road will have the honour of finally providing some opposition for the Bacup public to witness. Road are enj... View full article

02/03/2010 - Reserves Get Monk-ey Off Their Back!

The Reserves finally got back to winning ways tonight with a fine 4-1 home win over Monk FC. This was a fiesty encounter which saw one of the visitors sent off and a number of crunching tackles of varying degrees of legality! Hope... View full article

27/02/2010 - Scoreflash!

Road this afternoon beat Flixton 0-1 at Valley Road in a scrappy encounter. Eddie Moran grabbed the winning goal in the 33rd minute, rounding the keeper to slot home.The win moves us up to fifth position.Report now online.... View full article

26/02/2010 - Weekend Preview

We make the short trip to Flixton tomorrow to take on Steve Hardy's men at Valley Road. Last year's game between the two sides resulted in a memorable 2-3 victory for Road, with Greg Hall, now playing just around the corner at Trafford, bag... View full article

23/02/2010 - Abbey-Road No More

Unfortunately the Abbey Hey game scheduled for tonight is off due to a frozen pitch.If you are feeling starved of a game, why not get down to Brantingham Road tomorrow night (Wed) and give the Reserves a cheer in their match v Grappenh... View full article

21/02/2010 - Another Convincing Win For Road

Despite going a goal down in the opening seconds, Maine Road consolidated their sixth position in the League with a convincing 3-1 win over Padiham. A deserved Danny Self equaliser on the brink of half-time was added to by a Chris Crookes b... View full article

19/02/2010 - Road's Task To Keep Padiham ' At Arm's Length'

Maine Road take on 10th place Padiham at Brantingham Road. Although four league places behind Road, Padiham have five games in hand and along with Bootle and Glossop are capable of surging past us in the League if they string the right resu... View full article

14/02/2010 - Solid Away Win Keeps Road In Sixth Position

After two difficult games against Newcastle and New Mills, Road went to Nelson and came away with an ultimately comfortable 0-3 win. Goals in the last twelve minutes from Danny Self (2) and James Rothel sealed the win. Road remain in 6th pl... View full article

12/02/2010 - Will It Be One In The Eye For Nelson?

Road travel to Nelson tomorrow knowing that they are playing a team that has not managed a competitive match since mid-December and who during that time have lost one or two players. Having come through difficult games against Newcastle and... View full article

09/02/2010 - Battling Road Take A Point at New Mills

Having gone down 0-2 on Saturday to 100%'ers Newcastle Town, Road bounced back with a hard earned point at New Mills last night. Entering the last phases of the game, Road went 2-0 down, but immediately replied with goals from Matt Str... View full article

04/02/2010 - Stern Tests Ahead for Road

Weather permitting, Road's next two encounters are arguably the most demanding of the season and all in the space of three days! On Saturday we are home to league leaders Newcastle Town. But these are no ordinary league leaders(!)........th... View full article

30/01/2010 - Road Back On Track

Maine Road bounced back from their mid-week defeat against Congleton with a 2- 1 away win at Winsford United. Whilst there were one or two nervous moments before the final whistle, this was in fact a much more convincing display than the na... View full article

29/01/2010 - Games On!

It is 13:20pm (on 30th) and at the moment both the first team game at Winsford and the Reserves 2nd Leg Semi are still ON!... View full article

27/01/2010 - Back (but not yet) In The Groove

After the enforced winter break, we finally got some football at Brantingham Road, but not the result we would have wished for. A fit and physically strong Congleton team gradually wore down the Blues and came from behind to win 3-1. Congle... View full article

26/01/2010 - At Last!

It looks like we finally have a game tonight!We take on Congleton Town at Brantingham Road. Congleton lie 4th in the League with eight more ponts than ourselves, but have played two more games. They managed to play at home last Saturda... View full article

23/01/2010 - Called off again!

Road's fixture at Formby this afternoon, which would have been their first action in five weeks, was postponed. Hopefully Tuesday's home game with Congleton Town will avoid a similar fate.In the first leg of the Manchester Challenge Trophy ... View full article

15/01/2010 - Bacup and Beechfield Games OFF!

Despite a minor rise in temperature today, both tomorrow's games have been called off. Up in the hills at Bacup, the pitch remains totally snow covered. At our own Brantingham Road any chance of the Reserves Cup-tie against Beechfield going... View full article

13/01/2010 - Another Re-arranged Game

We have just learned that we are now to play Formby away on January 23rd.RE-ARRANGED GAMEPlease note that the Congleton Town home game has now been re-arranged for Tuesday, 26th January. Kick-off is at the usual time of 7:45 pm.GALLERYThe f... View full article

08/01/2010 - Important Announcement for Players

With no fixtures for either the first or second team tomorrow, THERE WILL BE A TRAINING SESSION TOMORROW. Would all players contact Derek Barber on 0161 431 8243 or 07857146275 as soon as possible for further details.The anything... View full article

04/01/2010 - Re-arranged Game

Please note that the Congleton Town home game has now been re-arranged for Tuesday, 26th January. Kick-off is at the usual time of 7:45 pm.GALLERYThe fans section of the photo Gallery has been updated to include our Secretary and Treasurer&... View full article

02/01/2010 - Games Off!

Official confirmation received that both today's first team game at Padiham and the Reserves home game are OFF.... View full article

31/12/2009 - Half -Way Point

It is half-way through the season and it is fair to say, "So Far - So Good". The first team stand at a very creditable 7th position in the Vodkat NWCFL Premier League. Given the loss of Luke Mack, Neil Chappell and Greg Hall relat... View full article

23/12/2009 - Season's Greetings

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY BLUE YEAR &nb... View full article

19/12/2009 - Match today is OFF!

..not surprisingly! From NWCFL Site:The frosty weather has wiped out the entire fixture schedule in the Vodkat League today with all games in the Premier, First and Reserve divisions all being postponed.... View full article

16/12/2009 - 'Tales From The Riverside'

Maine Road travelled to the picturesque Riverside Ground last night and came away with a creditable point from their second 2-2 draw in a matter of days. Substitute Eddie Moran scored in the first half to equalise and then early i... View full article

14/12/2009 - Another Step Up The Table

Saturday's 2-2 home draw with Alsager Town may not have been the ideal result, but it was still sufficient to see Road leapfrog Silsden and go into 6th position in the Vodkat NWCF Premier League. As we hit the half-way point in the season, ... View full article

12/12/2009 - Moving On Up (hopefully!)

Road take on Alsager today and are hoping that at the end of the 90 minutes they will have moved up to 6th in the Vodkat NWCF Premier League. Currently occupying that slot are Silsden who have a very difficult home game today agai... View full article

09/12/2009 - 'Friends ' Scheme Up and Running

‘Friends of Maine Road FC’ Now Fully LaunchedOur ‘Friends’ scheme is now fully up and running. Mailshots and e-mails are being sent across the region with a view to getting as many ‘Friends’ on board as p... View full article

05/12/2009 - Mixed Fortunes

Road this afternoon beat Runcorn 1-2 at Wincham Park to move up to 7th place in the Vodkat League. Captain Steve Cheetham and midfielder Matt Struminskij grabbed the goals.A depleted reserves side were sadly knocked out of the League Cup, g... View full article

01/12/2009 - Up To Eighth!

Road this evening beat near-rivals Flixton 2-1 at Brantingham Road. A goal down within ten minutes, the lads showed heart at both ends of the pitch to secure all three points, Steve Hibbert scoring the winner.Report now online.Next up is Ru... View full article

30/11/2009 - Manchester v Trafford Derby

Just in case anyone missed it, we have a re-arranged game against near neighbours Flixton tomorrow at Brantingham Road. With our last game being a final minute home defeat to Ramsbottom, Road will be keen to get some points back on the... View full article

29/11/2009 - Ressies through to Cup semis!

Road's second-string this afternoon beat Trafford Reserves to progress to the semi-finals of the Manchester Challenge Cup. Drawing 2-2 after ninety minutes with goals from Matt Jamieson and Mike Howarth, the sides still couldn't be seperate... View full article

28/11/2009 - New Mills Game Off!

This afternoon's league fixture at New Mills has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Church Lane. We'll make people aware of the rescheduled date as soon as we know. Next up is Tuesday's home game against Flixton.The reserves Manch... View full article

27/11/2009 - Away With Ye!

Road's next fixture is a tough trip to high-flying New Mills tomorrow, with the lads looking to put Tuesday's late defeat behind them. Tony Hancock's side currently sit in second place, and were it not for the extraordinary form of runaway ... View full article

25/11/2009 - Late Heartbreak for Road

An entertaining game in trying conditions this evening resulted in a 2-3 defeat to Ramsbottom at Brantingham Road. Steve Hibbert and an OG had seen us take a two-goal lead, but a Carl Lomax penalty and a strike from captain Lee Connell leve... View full article

24/11/2009 - Prospects Good For Tonight's Game

4:00pm UPDATEWith hardly any signficant rain during the afternoon, it has not been necessary to ask for a referees inspection. The game is definitely ON. Only the heaviest of rainfall between now and k.o.could throw the game into doubt agai... View full article

22/11/2009 - ....and 'Bouncebackability' we got!

We hoped Road would bounce back from the disappointing mid-week defeat at home to Silsden and that is exactly what they did. A 2-1 win over a youthful and spirited Winsford United side moved Maine Road up two positions to 10th in the t... View full article

20/11/2009 - 'Bouncebackability' Required

After the disappointment of losing at home in midweek to an admittedly defensively strong Silsden, Maine Road will be hoping to bounce back into form against Winsford tomorrow. A look at Road's results this season do suggest that a reverse ... View full article

18/11/2009 - Home Not So Homely After All

The first of three consecutive home games in eight days ended in disappointment for Maine Road when they suffered a 0-1 reverse at the hands of Silsden last night. After a bright opening ten minutes or so, Road got bogged down on a tacky pi... View full article

16/11/2009 - No Place Like Home

Road take on Silsden tomorrow night in the first of three consecutive home fixtures. On Saturday we host Winsford United and then follow that with a game at Brantingham Road against Ramsbottom United on Tuesday the 24th. Progress this seaso... View full article

14/11/2009 - Scores Update

Road's Reserves this afternoon came from two goals down to beat their Congleton Town counterparts 3-2 at Brantingham Road.Goals from Danny Clare, Eddie Moran, and a Levi Adams penalty keep them clear at the top of the Cheshire League Second... View full article

12/11/2009 - The Bert Trautmann Trophy

Several ex-Manchester City players will take part in the upcoming Bert Trautmann Trophy; a commemorative game to mark the signing of the club great from St Helens Town sixty years ago. A team including Andy Morrison, Ian Brightwell, An... View full article

09/11/2009 - No Fixture Saturday

For reasons still unclear, Maine Road are not playing Flixton this Saturday. Instead, Flixton have a home fixture against Runcorn in the Vodkat Premier League. So Road's next game will be at home to Silsden on Tuesday, 17th November. Road o... View full article

07/11/2009 - Washout!

Road's game at Nelson this afternoon was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Next up is the short trip to Flixton on Saturday.The reserves beat title rivals Tarporley Victoria at Brantingham Road to stretch their lead at the top to four p... View full article

05/11/2009 - Road Plot To Down Admirals!

Road go to Nelson on Saturday lifted by the tremendous performance midweek. The Victoria Park side will be up for a battle and have been in good form of late, a 0-4 reverse at St Helens, beaten handsomely at Brantingham Road on Tuesday, the... View full article

03/11/2009 - Saints Hit For Five!

Road this evening ran riot againt St Helens Town at Brantingham Road to move up into eighth position in the table. A commanding performance ended in a 5-0 victory, with Liam Beckford grabbing a hat-trick. Steve Hibbert and Rob Brocklehurst ... View full article

31/10/2009 - Road Bow Out Of Yet Another Cup

Maine Road went down 3-2 at Winsford this afternoon in the Vodkat Challenge Cup. A disasterous opening 25 minutes found Road 3-0 down and climbing the proverbial mountain. Winsford had three serious attempts on goal in this period and score... View full article

30/10/2009 - Another Road Star On The Move

Following the relatively recent departures of Luke Mack and Greg Hall, we now learn that captain Neil Chappell is on the move to Salford City. Neil has been made an offer which, in current circumstances, he cannot refuse and he leaves us re... View full article

29/10/2009 - Up For The Cup?

Road travel to the Barton Stadium on Saturday for a Vodkat Challenge Cup tie with Winsford, looking to keep our last remaining hopes of a run in one of this season's knockout tournaments alive. Having exited the Premier Cup at Mossley last ... View full article

27/10/2009 - Legends announced for Trautmann Trophy

City have this weekend confirmed the names of several ex-players who will take part in the upcoming Bert Trautmann Trophy; a commemorative game to mark the signing of the club great from St Helens Town sixty years ago. A team including Andy... View full article

24/10/2009 - Today's Game Called Off

Due to unforeseen circumstances this afternoon's fixture against Bootle at Brantingham Road was called off. An accident involving a couple of the visiting team's players en route to the game forced a late postponement. We await further news... View full article

23/10/2009 - Bucks to provide stern test...

Road tomorrow entertain Chris O'Brien's Bootle at Brantingham Road, hoping to get back to winning ways after the disappointing midweek cup defeat against Mossley. The Merseysiders have had a great start to the season after winning promotion... View full article

21/10/2009 - Road Out Of Another Cup

Maine Road crashed out of the Manchester Premier Cup last night when they went down 4-0 at Unibond side Mossley. The scoreline was a little harsh. Road went in at the half-time break only one down to a deflected goal. Up to that point, ther... View full article

20/10/2009 - Mossley Again in the MPC

Tonight Road make their third successive away trip up into the hills. Having lost at Glossop, but won at Keighley, the team take on Mossley in the Manchester Premier Cup. Last season we had a comfortable 6-1 win against Flixton to... View full article

18/10/2009 - A Good Weekend For Road

Road's second away trip in a matter of days saw them defeat Silsden 3-1 at Keighley's Cougar Park. Goals from Beckford, Chappell and Self saw Road home in comfortable fashion. They now move into eighth position in the league.The Reserves al... View full article

17/10/2009 - First-team and Reserves hoping to get back to winning ways

A second away fixture in four days sees the seniors travel to Yorkshire for a tricky test against Keighley-based Silsden. Level on points, Road will be looking to get back on the victory trail after following up last weekend's comfortable 7... View full article

17/10/2009 - Saturday Night Score Flashes

Vodkat Premier League: Silsden1 Maine Road FC 3 (Beckford, Chappell,Self)Cheshire League Div 2: Maine Road FC 1 (Howarth) Daten 0** Match Report already online.... View full article

15/10/2009 - Glossop bring Road Back Down To Earth

After the high of hitting seven goals at the weekend, Road came down to earth with a bang at Glossop last night. A 4 - 1 defeat was perhaps a little harsh, but there was no doubt North End deserved the points. Road match... View full article

14/10/2009 - Road To The Hills

Maine Road travel up into t'hills for their next two league games. Tonight they meet Glossop North End and then it is over to Silsden (Keighley) on Saturday.As far as tonight's game goes, Glossop will be looking to avenge last month's 2-1 d... View full article

11/10/2009 - Blues Thrash Reds in Manchester Derby

Yesterday, we stated that complacency was the only factor Road had to fear in their clash with local rivals Abbey Hey. Fortunately, that never entered the equation as Road won 7-0 and quite frankly could have had more. Danny Self helped him... View full article

10/10/2009 - The City of Manchester Derby

Today we welcome Abbey Hey to Brantingham Road for the true City of Manchester derby. It's Blues v Reds and with no Premier League football on, let us hope we get a few more on the gate. If Road's recent form can best be decribed ... View full article

09/10/2009 - The Bert Trautmann Trophy

From the St Helens web-site:-St Helens Town is delighted to be able to confirm that they have arranged a match between St. Helens Town FC and the Manchester City Legends team.The teams will compete for the Bert Trautmann Trophy in a game ar... View full article

08/10/2009 - A Point At Alsager Lifts The Spirits

Road came away from a very soggy Alsager with a 'Desmond' (2-2). It was a well-earned point in a game which saw a stuttering first-half turn into a much more fluid performance in the second 45 minutes. There were signs of confidence returni... View full article

06/10/2009 - One In - One Out

Manager Ian Walker informs us:-"Martin Parker has asked to leave club,(probably to return to Glossop). Despite the lad having obvious ability, the move did not work out for both parties.Chris Crookes has returned to Manchester and shou... View full article

04/10/2009 - No Fun at the Seaside

Stanley Holloway once remarked that Blackpool was a famous seaside resort,"noted for fresh air and fun". Maine Road experienced the fresh air, but had very little fun when going down to a lame 3-0 defeat at an incredibly windy Squ... View full article

02/10/2009 - Will We Like To Be Beside The Seaside?

Road go to Blackpool club Squires Gate tomorrow hoping to do alot better than they did on their last visit to the seaside when they were knocked out of the F.A.Vase by AFC Blackpool. Squires Gate have had a really topsy-turvey season to dat... View full article

29/09/2009 - Luke Moves On

A little of the shine was taken off our good performance against Formby at the weekend when we learned that Luke Mack had left to join Curzon Ashton. Luke had clocked up over 170 appearances with Road and scored around 45 goals. In man... View full article

27/09/2009 - Back on Track

After the disappointments of going out of the F.A.Cup and the mid-week home defeat to Bacup, Road's 4-2 victory over Formby came as something of a relief. Goals from Hall (2), Self and Chappell, all in the first half, sealed ... View full article

25/09/2009 - Formby and Road Have Much In Common

Road and tomorrow's visitors have quite a bit in common at the moment. Both teams have suffered some disappointing recent results and gone out of cup competitions. The only saving grace for Road was the 2-1 win over Glossop, where... View full article

24/09/2009 - Apologies.....

..for the site not being updated since the 16th. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow. A sub-editor will be appointed shortly to ensure such breaks do not occur in future.... View full article

16/09/2009 - Reserves Push For Top Place

The progress made by Scott Moore's Reserve team has done much to lift spirits after Road's first team went out of both the Vase and the F.A.Cup on successive Saturday's.The second team sit nicely in second position in the Second Division of... View full article

14/09/2009 - Road on T.V. Again

After previewing our cup-tie against Bamber Bridge on Friday, Channel M have a report on the game and interviews with fans, the manager, the Vice-Chairman and 'Mini' Mason and Neil Chappel. The feature should be broadcast at approximat... View full article

13/09/2009 - A Bridge Too Far

Road's F.A.Cup run came to an end in a disappointing style at Brantingham Road yesterday. A 1-4 defeat to Bamber Bridge sounds more emphatic than it was. With the score at 0-0 at half-time and 1-1 after 65 minutes, the home side had every r... View full article

12/09/2009 - Time to Stand Up and Be Counted

Road look forward to their third F.A.Cup game of this season with a difficult, but by no means impossible game against Bamber Bridge. Bridge reside in the division above Road and after a promising start to their campaign, went down to their... View full article

11/09/2009 - NEWSFLASH!

Maine Road F.C. are getting coverage on Channel M News tonight. The rolling news programme will probably repeat the feature three times between 4:00pm and 7:00pm and it is likely to be in the sports section at (very) approximately 53 m... View full article

10/09/2009 - Glossop Game Photographs

Some photographs with a difference are now on the Gallery. We are indebted to Jim Lockwood from GNE who has kindly given us permission to use some of his excellent action shots from Tuesday night's game. Enjoy, before we turn our ... View full article

09/09/2009 - That's More Like It!

After two utterly sterile performances, Road finally clicked back into gear with a last minute win over Glossop North End. Nobody could pretend it was a complete performance, with the visitors havng more than their fair share of possession ... View full article

08/09/2009 - New Signings

Immediately prior to the Blackpool match, Manager Ian Walker confirmed that the club had made a couple of new signings. Martin Parker has joined us from Glossop North End (our opponents tonight!) and, of course Martin went straight into the... View full article

04/09/2009 - Seaside Jaunt Gives Road Chance To Have Vase Run

Cup runs give everyone a lift. After the disappointment of Tuesday's defeat to Ashton Athletic, a trip to Blackpool in the F.A. Vase may be just what is needed. Let us hope the bracing sea air will invigorate Road and ensure that the lethar... View full article

02/09/2009 - Lifeless Road Go Down to Lowly Ashton

It was real 'After the Lord Mayor's Show' perfomance from Maine Road last night as they were defeated 1-0 by an Ashton Athletic team who had previously failed to win a game this season. After excellent performances against Colne and Ra... View full article

01/09/2009 - Tonight's Opponents

If one looks at the Vodkat Premier League table it would be easy to fall into the trap of believing that tonight's game should be a straightforward one for Road. Ashton Athletic lie second from bottom. They gained a creditable draw at ... View full article

31/08/2009 - News from the Manager

Manager, Ian Walker fills us in on the latest team news:-" Danny Self and Simmo both struggling to make tomorrow night's game due to calf strains. Rhys Nevins and 'Mini' Mason are included in squad after starring in the Reserves e... View full article

30/08/2009 - Road Fightback To Keep Cup Dream Alive

Maine Road F.C. fought back yesterday from going a goal down to Ramsbottom United in a windswept first half. A converted penalty from the industrious Danny Self and a wonder goal from Josh Gittins in the second period ensured that Road go t... View full article

28/08/2009 - The Manager Speaks

Ian Walker looks forward to tomorrow's Cup-Tie:-" Danny Self,Chris Simms and Lee McGregor are again available for selection.I went to watch 'Rammy' in midweek and was really impressed by them. They play an expansive style of passing fo... View full article

27/08/2009 - Cup Glory Beckons

Maine Road entertain Ramsbottom United on Saturday in the next round of the F.A. Cup. Road progressed to this stage by comfortably disposing of Alsager Town 3-1, but 'Rammy' managed to better that with a 5-1 demolition of Cheadle ... View full article

26/08/2009 - ....and Bounce Back They Did!

The "collective response" that the Manager demanded after the disappointing result at the weekend, was duly delivered last night as Maine Road put in a tenacious performance at Colne to defeat the home side 4-2... View full article

25/08/2009 - Time to Bounce Back

The weekend defeat at Newcastle clearly upset players, management and fans alike. There was a consistent belief that, notwithstanding the calibre of the opposition, Road did not do themselves justice. Tonight we travel to Colne and the lads... View full article

24/08/2009 - Man of the Match v Newcastle Town.

The only players who appeared to emerge with any credit from our 2-1 defeat at the weekend were Neil Chappell and Greg Hall. Gregg was particularly commended for his first half performance,but it was Neil who was actually nominated as 'MotM... View full article

23/08/2009 - Road Suffer Their First Defeat of the Season

Maine Road went down to their first defeat of the season yesterday, losing 2-1 at high-flying Newcastle Town. A 90th Neil Chappell goal was all Road had to show for a performance that left Manager Ian Walker, "...more th... View full article

21/08/2009 - Stiff Test Awaits Road

Maine Road travel to Newcastle Town tomorrow in good spirits having progressed to the next round of the F.A. Cup and with a draw and a win in the League. Newcastle have however, gone one better by winning all three of their openin... View full article

20/08/2009 - Storming Start From the Reserves

The Reserves are continuing to fulfill their early season promise by shooting to the top of their league after a 4-1 away win a Denton Town. Early reports say that Lewis scored 2 and that Doherty and Jamieson added further goals.Very s... View full article

18/08/2009 - Reserves

The second team got their league season off to good start last Saturdaywith a 3-2 away win at Malpas. Tomorrow night they play Denton Town who commenced their campaign with an impressive 4-1 away win at Barnton. Last season was a disap... View full article

17/08/2009 - Forum Man of the Match v Alsager Town

The Forum 'MotM' award goes to Neil Chappell for his performance in our cup win over 'The Bullets'. Neil's equaliser, together with his influence at crucial times in the match, won him the votes. Tom Bailey was also 'mentioned in despatches... View full article

16/08/2009 - Road's Dream of Cup Run Continues

Maine Road FC overcome a stubborn Alsager Town team to win 3-1 and now progress to a next round home draw with Ramsbottom United. For the second time in a matter of days, Road overcame the hurdle of going a goal behind to eve... View full article

14/08/2009 - Injuries Lead To New Signings

Road's spate of early season injuries have resulted in Manager Ian Walker taking swift and dramatic action. Ian tells us, " I've strengthened the strike force. We've brought in Tom Bailey from Glossop North End and he will go straight ... View full article

13/08/2009 - The Manager Speaks (2)

With the first couple of League games under our belts, Manager Ian Walker relects on Maine Road's start to the season:-"Four points from our first two league games is a good return and with a bit of luck it could have been six. We real... View full article

13/08/2009 - Man of the Match v Atherton LR

For the second game running central defender Richard Gresty was nominated as 'Man of the Match' in our 2-1 away win at Atherton LR. Richard was the choice of the Crilly Park coaching staff. There was honourable mention on our Fan's Forum fo... View full article

12/08/2009 - Road Fightback Clinches The Points

Road went to a damp Crilly Park last night knowing that Laburnum Rovers had not managed a win against them in twenty attempts. Momentarily, that record looked in jeopardy when the home side went in front in the 49th minute with a... View full article

11/08/2009 - Injury Blows for Road

Manager Ian Walker has informed us that striker Steve Hibbert broke his leg in the Nelson game and is unlikely to return for at least six weeks. Steve had made an enthusiastic start to his Maine Road career and has a style that is likely to... View full article

10/08/2009 - Forum 'Man of the Match' v Nelson

The Maine Road F.C. Forum has been running a vote on Saturday's 'Man of the Match'. The clear winner was Richard Gresty. One contributor compared Richard's performance to that of inspirational former City Captain Andy Morrison. There were h... View full article

09/08/2009 - Atherton Laburnum Rovers - away

Tuesday night we travel to Crilly Park to play Atherton LR. Last season we had an excellent 5-2 win there with Declan O'Shea scoring a hat-trick. A similar result would do us fine, but LR's commendable 2-2 draw at Congleton in front of a he... View full article

08/08/2009 - Maine Road F.C. 1 Nelson 1

Fresh from an exhilarating mid-week friendly victory against FC United, Road entertained Nelson in their first league fixture of the 2009-10 season. With the sun out and the pitch immaculate, the signs were that this should be ... View full article

07/08/2009 - 'Mini' Mason

'Mini' contacted us from Connecticut, via the Maine Road F.C. Forum, to confirm that he will return from showing the Yanks how to play 'soccer' at the very end of August. Quite rightly, 'Mini' says his first priority is to ensure he ge... View full article

07/08/2009 - The Manager Speaks

On the eve of the new season, Manager Ian Walker confirms that he is pleased with how well preparations have gone. "These days, players at our level generally tend to look after themselves in the close season and as a consequence we ne... View full article

06/08/2009 - Maine Road 2 FC United 1

On the threshold of a new campaign, Road's superb win in their friendly against 'The Rebels" has the club brimming with confidence. ... View full article