Our Club
Our History
The club was officially founded in 1999 by Ian "Arnie" Arnfield in 1999, prior to that, Arnie had been running ad hoc away trips from The Sportsman's Rest Pub in
Bredbury. Following his decision to form an official club, the base of operations became Bredbury Conservative Club, from where home and away transport was
organised. In 2007 the club moved it's operations to the Crown Pub on Stockport Road, again in Bredbury, where we are based today.
The first Committee was formed in 1999 and since then the club has evolved and grown into the biggest travelling supporters club connected with Manchester City
FC.
Aswell as the travel side, regular meetings have always been held, initially based at the Conservative Club, but since 2007 these have been held at the Lowes Arms
Pub, on Hyde Road in Bredbury. We are extremely proud of the way the club has flourished over the last 10 years, the club membership has grown year on year and
at the end of the 2010/11 season it was well in excess of 450.
In 2007 we visted Gelsenkirchen and saw FC Schalke 04 and since that year we have made annual trips and have made many friends over there in Germany.
From the start of the 2009/10 season, we were very proud to became part of the MCFC Supporters Club (1949), commonly known as the OSC.
Our Aims
The club was formed primarily to allow the city fans in the Bredbury, Romiley and Woodley areas to get to as many home and away games as possible. As well
as our core area, the success of the club has led to members from New Mills, Hyde, Denton, Reddish and numerous other local surrounding areas as well as
members in South Wales, Leicester, Edinburgh, West Kirby, Bedford and London. We also have members in Germany and the USA.
Arnie arranges travel for all home games and all away games. For the home games we use a 68 seater coach and at least 3 mini buses, dependant on demand.
For away games travel ranges from minibus, to two, sometimes three 52 seater coaches. We also now use a luxurious double decker 82 seater executive coach.
As far as away tickets are concerned, Arnie has forged an excellent relationship with the City ticket office, and all tickets are purchased by the club and
distributed on the day of the match, all the member has to do is request the ticket and travel, come down and pay on the Thursday before and pick up the ticket
on match day. Arnie's aim has always been to get everyone who want's to get to a match, there if possible, there have been very few instances when members
have been disappointed.
For both the FA Cup Semi and Final we took 12 coaches, over 500 fans, both members and non-members to both games, please click on the screenshots above
to see the video of our day as shown on the official city site (www.mcfc.co.uk) on CityTV, who travelled with us to the Final.
As well as the travel and ticket side, the club has developed a social side, social events are organised by the social commitee.
Made with Xara
Bredbury. Following his decision to form an official club, the base of operations became Bredbury Conservative Club, from where home and away transport was
organised. In 2007 the club moved it's operations to the Crown Pub on Stockport Road, again in Bredbury, where we are based today.
The first Committee was formed in 1999 and since then the club has evolved and grown into the biggest travelling supporters club connected with Manchester City
FC.
Aswell as the travel side, regular meetings have always been held, initially based at the Conservative Club, but since 2007 these have been held at the Lowes Arms
Pub, on Hyde Road in Bredbury. We are extremely proud of the way the club has flourished over the last 10 years, the club membership has grown year on year and
at the end of the 2010/11 season it was well in excess of 450.
In 2007 we visted Gelsenkirchen and saw FC Schalke 04 and since that year we have made annual trips and have made many friends over there in Germany.
From the start of the 2009/10 season, we were very proud to became part of the MCFC Supporters Club (1949), commonly known as the OSC.
Our Aims
The club was formed primarily to allow the city fans in the Bredbury, Romiley and Woodley areas to get to as many home and away games as possible. As well
as our core area, the success of the club has led to members from New Mills, Hyde, Denton, Reddish and numerous other local surrounding areas as well as
members in South Wales, Leicester, Edinburgh, West Kirby, Bedford and London. We also have members in Germany and the USA.
Arnie arranges travel for all home games and all away games. For the home games we use a 68 seater coach and at least 3 mini buses, dependant on demand.
For away games travel ranges from minibus, to two, sometimes three 52 seater coaches. We also now use a luxurious double decker 82 seater executive coach.
As far as away tickets are concerned, Arnie has forged an excellent relationship with the City ticket office, and all tickets are purchased by the club and
distributed on the day of the match, all the member has to do is request the ticket and travel, come down and pay on the Thursday before and pick up the ticket
on match day. Arnie's aim has always been to get everyone who want's to get to a match, there if possible, there have been very few instances when members
have been disappointed.
For both the FA Cup Semi and Final we took 12 coaches, over 500 fans, both members and non-members to both games, please click on the screenshots above
to see the video of our day as shown on the official city site (www.mcfc.co.uk) on CityTV, who travelled with us to the Final.
As well as the travel and ticket side, the club has developed a social side, social events are organised by the social commitee.
Made with Xara
