OSC News

The next EC meeting is Tuesday 9th March 2010

The meeting will be held in the Press Room, Colin Bell Stand and

will start at 7.00pm

Provisional date for next PoB meeting is Wednesday 10thFebruary (Bolton at home now on the 9th).

Provisional date for next PoB meeting is Wednesday 10thFebruary (Bolton at home now on the 9th).

Branches are reminded to get your payments into Christine ASAP for the 60TH Anniversary Dinner when UWE Rosler will be guest of honour.

Please help save Hyde United by making a donation at the West Ham game

You may have heard in the local media that Hyde United, who play in the Conference North, were wound up in the High Court on Wednesday due to an unpaid tax bill to HMRC. I am sure that many of you will have visited Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde United, to watch City reserve and youth team fixtures over the years and hopefully will have been made to feel very welcome. This season City have very kindly sponsored the 1st team shirts with the CITC logo, after our original sponsors pulled out. Amongst our 1st team squad this year is Nathan D’Laryea who was formerly on City’s books. 

A significant chunk of the debt had been paid off prior to the hearing and the club had applied for a final adjournment. Evidence was also produced that funds to satisfy the petition debt due to HMRC in full would be in place in the very near future. Unfortunately the judge felt that this was insufficient. I should point out that the club had not gone down the administration route as they are committed to paying the debt off in full rather than just a small percentage.

The club had to postpone Saturday's FA Cup tie v Salford City and are hoping to get the order rescinded at the High Court next week. Prior to the hearing the club needs to raise between £35,000 to £45,000 and on Saturday through various fund raising activities in the town nearly £10,000 was donated. Funds are still coming in from a wide variety of places but we need more and we need it quickly.

Negotiations are ongoing with City to allow players and supporters from Hyde United to carry out a bucket collection inside the concourses at the West Ham game on Monday night. So if this does go ahead here’s where my fellow blues you can help.

If you can spare a few coins or even the odd note on Monday night it would be gratefully appreciated and could help save a proud local club from extinction. There are rumours that FC United have already been sniffing around to use Ewen Fields should the club not be saved and I’m sure none of you would want them to benefit in any way from this situation.

I know that some of you will follow other non-league clubs and might not be too sad to see the demise of Hyde United. Others may have no interest at all in the situation. If you have no wish to donate that’s entirely your choice.

If you are not going to the game then perhaps you could make a donation by bank transfer. Because of the legal situation payment has to be made to the Supporters' Club building society account detailed below :

Sort code: 09-00-00
Account No. 00050005
Ref. No. E43303696BBG

Cheques need to be made payable to Hyde United Supporters' Club.

Please pass this on to any family or friends who may be able to give to this cause.

Full details of the club’s plight can be read on both the Hyde United website and the fans forum.

http://www.hydeunited.com/home.php
http://www.eyeonthetigers.co.uk/

Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully for your donations.

To coincide with Key 103’s commentary coverage of Manchester City they will be running a weekly competition called ‘Soccer Hottie’.

Key 103 is on the look out for hot ladies with a passion for football? Do you fancy being on Manchester's favourite footy show?
If your answer's yes and yes then you might just make the perfect Soccerette!  Every weekend Total Football will reveal another lovely lady to Greater Manchester.

So if you think you've got what it takes to be a Soccer Hottie then get in touch online at http://www.key103.co.uk/soccerhottie

The OSC Club room is available for the Arsenal game.

The room is situated under the Colin Bell Stand and Access to the room is through Entrance S which is the door by the Memorial Garden

You will need to use last seasons Green City Social card or new Orange Card to gain entry. No card no entry.

From 1.30pm the bars on the concourse will be open and you can access the concourse from the room. However any alcohol purchased must be consumed on the concourse and under no circumstances be brought back into our new room

The room will open at 12.30 and will also be open for an hour after the game.

The room is not open at Half Time

The Club have made the new room available for the Wolves game. Although not quite ready they have allowed us to use as a meeting point and for the allocation of tickets to outlying branches

The room is situated under the Colin Bell Stand and Access to the room is through Entrance S which is the door by the Memorial Garden

You will need to use last seasons Green City Social card to gain entry

For tomorrows game there is no alcohol available as the license has not yet been issued. However soft drinks, tea and coffee are available

From 1.30pm the bars on the concourse will be open and you can access the concourse from the room. However any alcohol purchased must be consumed on the concourse and under no circumstances be brought back into our new room

The room will open at 12.30 and will also be open for an hour after the game.

The room is not open at Half Time

Travel info for Crystal Palace away in Carling cup has been added to Travel page.

Due to the closure of City Social. The football club have allowed OSC members use of the Commonwealth Suite in the East Stand for the game against Celtic. Any member wanting to gain admission should use last years social membership card with photo at the corporate entrance East stand, either before or for an hour after game.

The Travel Club Time and Prices have know been added in downloads section.

The next EC meeting is Tuesday 26TH January 2010

The meeting will be held in the Press Room, Colin Bell Stand and

will start at 7.00pm

 

On the 26th June 2003 the foootball world and Manchester City lost Marc Vivien Foe.
Marc the OSC remember you.
Rest in Peace

Minutes from meeting 2nd June 09 now added

Congratulations to Stephen Ireland and Daniel Sturridge who were voted OSC Player and Young Player of the respectively.
Stephen couldn't make the evening due to sickness so Mark Hughes collected the trophy on his behalf. Mark and Daniel are pictured receiving the trophies from OSC Chairman Alan Galley and President Tony Book.

AGM Minutes from 2008 now added in downloads section

The Latest EC Minutes from 19th May have now been added in downloads section.

The date for this years AGM is the 5thJuly  with the doors opening at 10.30am for an 11.00 am Start. The venue needs to be finalised with the football club.

This years votes are now in and being counted.
The Player of The Year Presentation will be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on 20th May, Doors 6pm for 7pm start.
Chairman Alley Galley is pictured with Last Seasons Winner Richard Dunne

60th Anniversary badges available now at a cost of £1.50 each. Please contact your Branch for details 

Available for order are the new 60th Anniversay Polo shirts and Pin badges.
The shirts can be seen using the following link or via the down lad section of the website.
Click here for shirt info

Join the Official Man City Supporters Club (1949) Face book group now on Face book.
www.facebook.com

The next EC Meeting is on Tuesday 19th May 2009 at The City Social, CoMS. The meeting will start at the normal time of 7pm.

Since this site has gone live we've had a lot of requests from members and non-members wanting to advertise their company on the OSC site. We didn't want to rush into anything but have been advised to go ahead, largely because of the 280,000 plus unique visits we had to the site over our first year!

So if you want to bring your company to the attention of the many blue guests who regularly use this site, please contact Kevin Parker at kbmp2000@aol.com. Kevin will be happy to discuss rates and talk through the options available.

Any branches wanting articles or photos including on the Official Supporters Club Page (1949) in the programme please send them to PRO Mike Young via Kevin Parker or email mcfc.osc@zen.co.uk with a copy to Kevin.