Future Aspirations
Partway into their second season at their Annual General Meeting in November 2006, the club outlined aspirations for the next six years:
- winning promotion in three successive seasons to take them to Conference North by 2009
- reaching an average of 5,000 supporters per home game by 2009
- building their own 7,000–10,000 capacity stadium, as close to the centre of Greater Manchester as possible, by 2012
- developing their own training facilities by 2009
- starting a women's team for the 2007–08 season
Their aspirations have had mixed results. The club did achieve two successive promotions after the AGM, but have remained in the Northern Premier League Premier Division since 2008 missing out on their Conference North target. Rather than fulfilling the aim of 5,000 supporters per home game, crowds have declined in all but one of their seasons so far. Progress was being made on plans to develop their own stadium, until funding was cut in early 2011. After this setback, the club is pressing ahead with plans to build a 5,000 capacity stadium in the Moston area of north Manchester in time for the 2013–14 season. They have teamed up with The Manchester College for use of their training facilities, and have enteed a women's team into the Greater Manchester Women’s Football League for the 2012–13 season.
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