Hyde United F.C.
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| Full name | Hyde United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Tigers |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Ground | Ewen Fields |
| Capacity | 4,250 (530 seated) |
| Owner | Supporters' Trust (27 June 2015) |
| Chairman | Joe Kitchen |
| Manager | Darren Kelly |
| League | Northern Premier League Division One North |
| 2015–16 | Northern Premier League Premier Division, 22nd (relegated) |
Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1919, the club changed its name to Hyde FC between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City.
The team's strip is red shirts and white shorts and their home ground is the 4,250 capacity Ewen Fields. Hyde United's record attendance was in 1952 when 7,600 spectators attended a game against Nelson. The club's all-time leading goalscorer is Pete O'Brien who scored 247 goals.
The club plays in the Northern Premier League Division One North, having been relegated three seasons in a row, from the Conference National in 2013-14, then from the Conference North at the end of 2014–15 and from the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of 2015-16, and is managed by Darren Kelly.
Hyde F.C. was founded on 27 July 1885 at the White Lion pub in the town centre. They played on a field near the Bankfield Hotel, until 1898 when they moved to Townend Street and set up a club headquarters at the Gardeners Arms pub. They moved to Ewen Fields in 1906 after merging with Hyde St. George's and taking their place in the Lancashire Combination. In 1917, Hyde FC folded because of what was termed "war reaction".
Hyde United formed in 1919 after demands for a football club to be re-established. United was added to the name because of a match between two groups which used to meet in the market place: the Forty Gang and the Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, both of which groups were very active in the resurrection of the club. After one season in the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation, Hyde joined the Manchester League and by 1930 had won it five times and won the Gilgryst Cup twice. In the 1920s, players wore black-and-white halved shirts for a spell. The club moved into the Cheshire County League in 1930 and won the League Challenge Cup four years later. The decade after the Second World War proved to be a purple patch for the club. In 1946, they won the Cheshire Senior Cup, the first of many trophies to arrive at Ewen Fields during the next ten years. In 1953, Hyde won the League Cup followed by a league and cup double a season later. The 1955–56 season saw the club retain the championship and finish as runners-up in the following three seasons.
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