Dave Ashurst

Supporting a member owned football club. Views all my own #makingfriendsnotmillionaires

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

Now 18 years and still the only real consistent protest to the billionaires who run Old Trafford

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

@FCUnitedMcr 17 years of protest and still going strong. Thanks to Sam for coming down to Broadhurst Park and putting together a great vlog. #Makingfriendsnotmillionaires https://t.co/11zZSCaYom

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

FC United is owned by its members - 365 days a year. Join us!

Our club exists because thousands of people choose collective membership, over ownership by one.

https://t.co/7UZQ9sEQku

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

We’re delighted to have been awarded the @Manchester_FA She Belongs Standard, in recognition of the club’s commitment to creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment for women and girls in football

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/f9c6fpshGY

#WeAreStrongerUnited

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

FC United of Manchester.

This is our club. Make it your club.

https://t.co/7UZQ9sEQku

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

@NwPitch @FCUnitedMcr Keep up the good work lads 👏👏👏

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

🤔 Which club has had the fewest sponsor logos on their shirt?

📰 "The final word, although really it should be silence: FC United, who have never to this day had a front of shirt sponsor in accordance with their anti-commercial philosophy."

😎🇾🇪

https://t.co/y9UkwUy1XZ

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

A reminder that the 2026 General Meeting is TONIGHT

If you are planning to attend online, please pre-register as early as possible via the link in your email

#WeAreStrongerUnited

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

Introducing our first batch of FC United Legends returning to Broadhurst Park this July! ☀️

Will it be revenge or repeat as they take on the Len Johnson Celebs in the Trilogy match?🤔

🏟️ Broadhurst Park
🗓️ 12th July
⚽️ 3PM Kick Off
🎫 https://t.co/o39B4eW1e6

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

FC United is owned by its members - 365 days a year. Join us!

Our club exists because thousands of people choose collective membership, over ownership by one.

https://t.co/7UZQ9sEQku

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

Make May the month when you moved from an FC United supporter, to a Co-owner!

Join us in putting supporters at the heart of football.

https://t.co/7UZQ9sEQku

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

@ShaunHLM @KayLFC05_ But but i thought you all came from Manchester (or Stockport) 😉

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

🍺 Sign up now for our Beer Festival!

😍 Award-wining breweries from across the region have been signing up for the North Manchester Beer Festival at Broadhurst Park on Saturday 23 May – have you got your ticket yet?

🎟�� https://t.co/oNSesUT832

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[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

Len Johnson Celebs vs FC United Legends 🔥

We are delighted to launch the kit inspired by Len Johnson’s heritage with the colours of the Sierra Leone and Ireland flags🇸🇱 🇮🇪

Kit by @ONeillsSportsUK

🏟️ Broadhurst Park
🗓️ 12th July
⚽️ 3PM Kick Off
🎫 https://t.co/9EgNo7insE

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

FC United is owned by its members - 365 days a year. Join us!

Our club exists because thousands of people choose collective membership, over ownership by one.

https://t.co/7UZQ9sEQku

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

Yet more questions, need to have a full and transparent response from the NPL board.

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

Released at U16? There’s Another Way to Keep Moving Forward

Being released doesn’t mean you’ve run out of chances.

At FC United of Manchester, we believe football should be about development, opportunity, and people.

https://t.co/dowv14njbH

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

Absolutely outrageous behaviour from @FIFAcom, but sadly whose surprised. Match going fans have been treated with utter contempt by the football authorities for decades. @FansEurope @WeAreTheFSA

[Aston Villa Updates @avfcbreaking]

There was a time when a European final belonged to the supporters who dragged their club there.

Not anymore.

When Aston Villa were handed roughly 11,000 tickets for a Europa League final in a 70,000-plus stadium, the number itself told the story. UEFA can package the event however it likes — “festival of football”, “European showpiece”, “global celebration” — but the modern European final is no longer built around supporters. It is built around clients.

The supporters fund the journey. The corporates inherit the destination.

Villa fans will have spent thousands following the club across Europe. Flights, hotels, time off work, loyalty schemes built over years. Yet when the final arrives, huge sections of the stadium are reserved for sponsors, hospitality guests, executives, delegates and “neutral” allocations that often end up on resale sites within hours.

And supporters are expected to accept it.

UEFA’s defence is familiar. Sponsors fund competitions. Broadcasters need space. Hospitality drives revenue. All true. But football crossed a line when the event surrounding the final became more important than the supporters inside it.

The optics are awful because fans can see it themselves.

A finalist gets 11,000 tickets while corporate packages costing thousands remain available. Genuine supporters scramble through ballots with lottery-like odds, while neutral areas fill with tourists taking photos during the warm-up.

And UEFA wonders why resentment grows.

Supporters are constantly called “the lifeblood of the game” until ticket allocations are discussed. Then they become an inconvenience to work around premium inventory.

Football did not become Europe’s dominant sport because sponsors created atmosphere. The noise, colour and emotion UEFA sells globally every season is generated by match-going supporters — the same people increasingly pushed aside at the biggest games.

The “neutral fan” concept is perhaps the biggest fiction of all. In theory it promotes access. In reality it fuels resale markets, inflated prices and thousands travelling ticketless out of desperation.

UEFA could change it tomorrow. Finalists could receive 70 per cent of the stadium combined. Corporate sections could shrink. Hospitality would still exist.

But that would mean sacrificing revenue.

And modern football has shown repeatedly which side wins that argument.
#AVFC #scfreiburg

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

Released at U16? There’s Another Way to Keep Moving Forward

Being released doesn’t mean you’ve run out of chances.

At FC United of Manchester, we believe football should be about development, opportunity, and people.

https://t.co/dowv14njbH

[FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ @FCUnitedMcr]

🍺 It’s beer o’clock!

😍 We can’t wait to host the North Manchester Beer Festival on Saturday 23rd May!

🎸 The day will be packed full of award winning brews, tasty food, live music and fun for all the family!

🎟️ Get your tickets now!

➡️ https://t.co/oNSesUT832

[Dave Ashurst @DWA2005]

@RuncornLinnets Good luck Brian

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Hilarious video that shows none of the Reform voters know any of Reform's policies.