History
The club was founded in 1955 by a group of Manchester City supporters under the name City Supporters Rusholme originally competing as a Sunday league team in the Rusholme Sunday League.
In the late 1960s the club joined the Manchester Amateur Sunday League, moved their headquarters to the Social Club at Maine Road and changed the name of the club to Maine Road F.C. In 1972 the club joined the Manchester League, seeking a new challenge after winning the a league and Manchester FA County Sunday Cup double in 1971–72.
Maine Road won the Manchester Premier Cup in 1975–76, beating Abbey Hey in the final and again in 1976–77, when they beat Little Lever in the final. The club then won the Manchester League four times consecutively from 1983–84 to 1986–87. The club joined the North West Counties Football League in 1987, playing the 1987–88 season in Division Two and finishing fifth. They also won the Manchester Premier Cup for a third time, beating Irlam Town in the final. The following season they were runners-up and were then promoted to Division One in 1988–89 as Division Two champions. They finished ninth in their first season, spending twelve seasons in Division One, mostly finishing in the lower half of the table. In 1994–95 they reached the fourth round of the FA Vase and were losing finalists in the Manchester Premier Cup in 1998–99. However, they were relegated to Division Two in 2001–02 after finishing 22nd. After a third place finish in 2002–03 the club were promoted back to Division One as runners-up in 2003–04. The reached the final of the Manchester Premier Cup again in 2004–05 and in 2005 Maine Road marked its 50th Anniversary.
In 2007–08 they finished fourth in Division One, the highest position in the club's history, led by manager Ian Walker. Walker left his position as manager early in the 2008–09 campaign, being replaced by former Maine Road player and coach Derek Barber, before making a return for of the 2009–10 season.
In the 2011/12 season Manager Ian Walker lead the side to the League Cup final unfortunately losing to Bacup Borough to end Walkers tenure as Manager.
Maine Road announced for the first time Joint Managers for the 2012/13 season as Chris Thomas and John Morrey took over the reigns.
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