Hashtag United F.C.
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| Full name | Hashtag United Football Club |
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| Short name | HTU |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ground | White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, Wood Green |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman | Unknown |
| Manager | Spencer Owen (Player/Manager) (Martin Keown for the Wembley Cup 2017) |
| Website | Club website |
Hashtag United F.C. is an English YouTube-based football club that was founded in 2016. They gained notability due to recording their matches, making videos around them and posting them to their player/manager, Spencer Owen's YouTube channel, known as Spencer FC, which has just under 2 million subscribers. They have played many teams including several Premier League staff teams such as Manchester City, West Ham United and Crystal Palace as well as the staff teams of Major League Soccer clubs, Atlanta United and New York City F.C.. They have also played and beaten the youth teams of some semi-professional clubs, Biggleswade United F.C. and Newhaven F.C. As of September 2017, their Twitter and Instagram accounts have over 100,000 followers each. The club also controls a YouTube channel where they upload 5-a-side matches that the club participates in and vlogs.
Hashtag United normally play their games behind closed doors, although they sometimes do allow away supporters. Player/Manager Spencer Owen revealed in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that they have to keep match timings secret because "otherwise there’s a chance a lot of supporters might turn up to watch and the truth is we’re not prepared security wise for that yet." The club rent out the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre (also known as the Hashtag Arena) which has a large grandstand which they use to help get better camera shots for their YouTube videos.
Hashtag United were formerly sponsored by EE Limited, a British mobile network operator. They are now sponsored by Top Eleven Football Manager, a mobile football game available on iOS and Android. English sportswear supplier Umbro are the official kit provider to Hashtag United. Umbro have personally made Hashtag United their own home, away and third kit which are sold on the Umbro and Hashtag United website.
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