How very dare you!

For some reason I am reminded of Catherine Tate's brilliant comic invention Colin Faye – “the camp guy who is mortally offended when people assume he's gay" whenever I visit the FC United of Manchester website.

FC United was a stroke of genius taking the battle against the Double Glazers and demonstrating that the fans are bigger than the corporate greed that scars and fuels our beautiful game.

Unfortunately to the outside world they behave and act in exactly the same way Manchester United fans have done, since their team started winning things again in the 90's. As a new club, run by the fans for the fans, they are treading the same sorry money laundering steps of their alma mater.

The anitdote to all that commercial filth we fans endure, still offers home and away shirts (a 3rd strip can only be a season away) at £29. They still seek sponsorship, yet they show a sensitivity to their reviled past by drawing a line at corporate hospitality.

The hastily contrived season has not been without it's teething problems, Home opposition used only to handfuls of fans for these grass roots fayre have been forced by the league management committee into providing safe accommodation for the massed ranks of FCM away support.

Often home games have been relocated to nearby "super" stadia to manage this growing phenomena. All of which might be quite sweet if it wasn't for the "politburo-like" worded news items on the club website, demanding that everything be sorted to the satisfaction of the new non-league royalty.

"Do you know who we are?" The Moore & Co Construction Solicitors League Division 2 is fast learning to jump to a new tune.

Last Thursday saw the Manchester Evening News Job pages bristle with an interesting opportunity for every aspiring corporate wannabe. FC United (with an enticing carrot of £25,000 p.a.) are looking for their first Chief Executive. If you are looking for gainful employment at the moment follow this link. Peter Kenyon, I suspect, will not be applying but reading between the lines FCM have a "fair employment" policy (natch) and that usually means by the fairly tightly specified job spec, they already have somebody lined up internally.

I was bit surprised not to see the line - Peter Ridsdale need not apply - Newton Heath Aquatic Supplies can forget about their Christmas bonus just yet.