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Rebels tough Cup opener

Stuart Brennan

11/ 9/2008

FC UNITED kick off their FA Cup campaign at Nantwich with some trepidation – the last time they played a competitive match there, they lost 5-1!

And manager Karl Marginson is warning his side that the Dabbers, who host the rebels in the first round qualifying on Saturday, have actually overhauled their team since that President’s Cup quarter-final thrashing last season.

On that occasion, Nantwich were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player, despite the Rebels appealing to the Unibond League on their behalf, saying that the arrival of the offending player as a late substitute had no bearing on the result.

The league refused to listen, and FC went on to win that cup. And before a pre-season friendly at Weaver Stadium, FC presented their Unibond premier division rivals with a trophy entitled Not the President’s Cup as a gesture of goodwill.

“We’ve got a very friendly relationship with Nantwich, but the draw couldn’t have been much tougher,” says Marginson, who will welcome back centre half Adam Turner after he missed Tuesday’s 4-3 defeat at Prescot Cables due to work commitments.

“But they have brought in 11 new players in the summer, with plenty of experience, but they are a footballing team like us and that could make it a very good game.”

Defender Rob Nugent has been told to rest his knee injury for another six weeks, but the defender is considering ignoring the surgeon’s advice and playing through the pain barrier.

"They opened his knee up for a cartilage tear and the surgeon has said they could find nothing wrong," says Marginson. "They told him to come back in six weeks and just do stretching exercises.

"But Rob just wants to get on with it and play through the pain barrier, as he did last season. We will take a look at him in training, but even if he does decide he's OK to play we will give him a week or two."

Marginson had a dire warning for the rest of his defence after conceding four at Prescot: “Some of our defending was a disgrace, and there are players in the team who are skating on very thin ice.”

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....ugh_cup_opener

[VaVaVoom]

Come on FCUM!!!! Im sure you will be there Sal to roar them on
Fc United Vs Nantwich in the FA Cup or Liverpool Vs United, both on the 13th sep!!!
I know which one you will be at! Hope you win

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Originally Posted by VaVaVoom

Come on FCUM!!!! Im sure you will be there Sal to roar them on
Fc United Vs Nantwich in the FA Cup or Liverpool Vs United, both on the 13th sep!!!
I know which one you will be at! Hope you win

Yes mate, not a chance of a ticket for the dippers game, so
we'll be in Nantwich along with another 1,000+ Reds watching
United on the box in the pubs then off to the FCUM match.

2 - 1 United win in both games, C'mon UNITED !!!!!

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[Keano016]

Come on Nantwich

[RichardsReds]

Originally Posted by Keano016

Come on Nantwich

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Rebels swoop for quartet
Stuart Brennan
12/ 9/2008


FC UNITED have snapped up four new players on the eve of their FA Cup first round qualifying tie at Nantwich.

The Rebels have stiffened their defence by signing full backs Danny Warrender and Simon Garner, and left-sided midfielder/defender Alex Skidmore, all of whom are eligible to play at the Weaver Stadium tomorrow.

But former Gambia under-20 international striker Kebba Bah will not play unless the club receive international clearance.

Manager Karl Marginson had warned he was running out of patience with his stuttering defence after they conceded four goals in defeat by bottom club Prescot Cables on Tuesday.

Danny Allen and Shaun Roscoe have left the club, joining the growing band of FC exiles at New Mills, while striker Nick Robinson has been told he can also go.

Warrender, a right back, is a former Manchester City youth team player who played 17 first team games for Blackpool on loan in 2005-06.

When a permanent deal fell through and he was released by City, he tumbled down the pyramid to play for Rossendale before having a season with San Francisco Seals in the lower reaches of the US leagues.

Garner, not to be confused with the former Blackburn player, is a United-supporting left back who has played for Stalybridge and Fleetwood, and was released by the Fylde coast side this week.

Skidmore is a utility player who came through the youth ranks at Blackburn before joining Rochdale, and has been signed after impressing during a three-week trial.

Bah is the intriguing one, having played at the 2007 World Under-20 Championships. He was snapped up after being recommended by staff at The Manchester College, where Marginson is a coach.

But Marginson is rushing into nothing, saying: "Bearing in mind what happened to Wimbledon and others in the recent past we are awaiting confirmation of his international clearance before he can be selected. Kebba is a highly versatile player who can play anywhere and I am looking forward to working with him."

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....op_for_quartet


4 good signings there, just what is needed to strenghten the squad.

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[Zenitka]

Originally Posted by Keano016

Come on Nantwich

haha...crazy