An ambitious, well run & welcoming club based in South Manchester. Always striving to be the best we can be, both on the pitch & in the local community.
As we prepare to step up to the top of amateur football, the club is looking for Sponsorship Partners that can see the value getting involved with building something special in South Manchester: a locally rooted club with a rapidly growing alumni following.
#Sponsorship
One of the reasons we are so proud of our performance this season is because of the standard of opposition in
@THEMCRFL
Div One. No easy games. Everyone can beat you if you don't perform.
Congratulations to Tinny on their Cup win.
Now the dust has settled we would like to say a massive well done to our 1st team winning the
@DerbyshireFA
final last night. Also a massive thank you to our travelling supporters and the
@Manchester_FA
for your support. Finally we wish
@Glapwell_FC_89
all the best for the season
Superb result for the lads tonight against a good
@TinnyAthleticFC
side. At 2-0 down with ten to go, and feeling we had deserved much more from the game, a brilliant comeback saw us take all three points with a 3-2 win.
Goals from Ajmal (P), Browne & McDonald.
The club were delighted to be awarded this season's Fair Play trophy at the
@THEMCRFL
award ceremony this weekend. We are hugely proud of the amount of times we won it in the L&C and it's good to carry that ethos on as we progress upwards. Some notable names on it; good company.
The match programmes for Sunday are on their way back from the printers as we speak and there are some big hitters involved in the day.
Looking forward to what should be a brilliant exhibition, a fun day, and a chance to do some more fundraising for the guys at
@ReachOut_Com
.
A good night's work for the club at the firsts defeat Avro reserves 2-1 in a hard fought encounter and the reserves run out 3-1 winners against Trafford reserves.
The momentum continues.
@EltonValeFC
Congtulations on the season boys. Serious amount of points you ended up with there. We always knew we were going to need some serious consistency to win this league with you in it.
Long time coming through Covid.
Look forward to two good games again in the Prem.
Merry Christmas to everyone connected to the club in any way. Whether it be the volunteers, members, players, sponsors or organisations we've worked with we hope you all have a great Xmas.
We also hope nobody got you any Myrrh, which is, if we're honest, a terrible present.
Can't say it enough how much of a top effort this was from the guys at our Club Sponsor
@SandGResponse
. They managed to raise over £17k to help homeless people in the local area and we'd imagine that can do a hell of a lot of good. Very proud to have them connected with the club.
Huge performance from the lads tonight to get a 2-0 win against a very good
@EltonValeFC
side that played some nice football, and we wish them well in their cup final.
Virtually flawless at the back and ruthless with our counter attacks. Superb win.
Goals from Fraser & Wyche.
Once again the hospitality that we were shown by
@RomileyCC
and the quality of the event was superb. Huge thanks also goes out the the many generous companies that supported the Fundraising Raffle and generated so much interest.
Brilliant to get a mention from
@EnglandFootball
today after winning
@Cheshire_FA
Grassroots Club of the Year, and Jack getting Coach of the Year. Proud to be flying the flag for
@THEMCRFL
and the high standard of clubs in the league.
We've come a long way in 20 years.
Everyone at the club wishes the lads well. They've given us years of outstanding performances, as much as we'll miss them we are happy to have helped them along their development and shared great
@themcrfl
moments.
Genuine club legends. No doubt they'll smash it again in
@nwcfl
.
GNE welcome David & James Badrock who join from Govan & Uni of Manchester. Both 29, they add experience to the side & suit the style of play being implemented. Both capable of playing across the back line, they’ve made a great first impression
Huge performance today from the lads to beat
@BoltonUnitedFC
8-0 down at The Armo.
Delighted to be confirmed as being in
@THEMCRFL
Prem next season and now just need to keep performing for the rest of this one, to compete for the title, and the Murray Trophy.
#PurpleandProud
Superb performance from the lads today as a comfortable 3-1 victory sees the team progress through to the semi-final of the
@THEMCRFL
Murray Cup. One loss in six now as we look to finish the season strongly.
Goals from Cruickshank (2) & Hind.
Hind MOM.
Successful day's work across the club today as all three sides take the three points from their respective games.
1sts make harder work than necessary of a 3-2 away win, 2nds bag a 4-2 away win and the 3rds replicate that wit a 4-2 home win.
Lovely stuff.
It's that time of year again when we are on the lookout for generous local traders to support our end of season fundraising raffle. If you think donating a raffle prize to a local community football club is something you fancy getting involved with then fire us over a message.
Great day for the club today as we progressed through to the Murray Cup QF with a 13-0 win and were presented with the
@themcrfl
Division 1 trophy post-match.
Really special achievement and all down to the incredible level of performance from so many of the lads this season.
We've got a whole arsenal of fancy new matchday graphics for all the social media platforms this season and Govan Web HQ would like to give a nod of appreciation to our boy
@joe__jilla
for his nifty design work to knock them up for us.
Cheers Joe.
#GAFC
Very satisfying afternoon's work today as the lads won the Terry Wood Cup with a good 4-2 win over the double cup-winning
@TinnyAthleticFC
Great start to our
@themcrfl
season and we wish the Tinny lads well for their D1 campaign this year.
#purpleandproud
#ManchesterFootball
The club is on the lookout for new sponsors that want to get involved with a rapidly growing, community focused club. If you can see the benefits in partnering up with us and supporting grassroots football then just drop us a message and we can have a chat.
#Chorlton
#Didsbury
We'll be supporting this again this year. For any player that wants to get involved just bring down the socks that you want to donate to training on Wednesday or your matches on Saturday and we'll collect them and drop them off.
A small gesture that could mean a lot to someone.
#SOCKtober
Can you help us by collecting/ donating socks for Manchester’s Homeless? We’ve had an overwhelming response to this campaign over the last 4 years and we’re really grateful for every donation.
Anyone wishing to donate can drop donations off
@ReachOut_Com
#Chorlton
New kit from
@Gift_of_Kit
@Deliveroo
@PUMATeamwear
has arrived. Brilliant quality.
We’ll get it badged up and get a team photo for you 👍🏼 thank you for supporting grassroots football
And finally, along with supporting as many local businesses as you can, maybe pop along to
@ReachOut_Com
and see what they have in their shop, or just make a donation. As the nights get colder, and we think about giving to others, their work feels more important than ever.
The reserves confirmed promotion this weekend with a big 5-0 win over Chadderton EDS, with goals from Tijani, Edgar, Adedoyin, Dilley & Adhanom.
Barring a huge swing in goal difference the title will be theirs too. What a season for the club it's been.
🏆🏆🏆?
Disappointed to have come away with nothing after a strong first-half and a tight second but credit to the opposition for edging it. Excellent game of football though. The standard, and attitude of competition with a lot of respect throughout, was a good advert for D1.
We are absolutely delighted to be able to reveal our new Training Kit sponsor will be
@ReachOut_Com
. The winner of the Sponsorship, DB Landscapes Ltd, wanted to donate the space on the shirt to the club's current chosen charity, and we were more than happy to make it happen.
We are proud to support
@stonewalluk
's Rainbow Laces campaign, as we unite to combat discrimination and promote inclusion within our game.
The club is happy to provide a pair of the laces to any players that want to make a statement that football is a game for everyone to enjoy.
Great performance from the lads today saw us go through to the next round of the Cheshire Cup with a thumping 6-0 win against Eastham Ferry.
Goals from McDonald (3), Ajmal, Pollock & Browne.
We were delighted to be able to get back into some training last night with the club's first socially distanced workout. Huge thanks go to all the lads who took part for paying attention to the plans and respecting that everything needs to be done safely.
#GAFC
#MFL
The 3rds added to a good day's work by making the tricky trip to Whalley Range and coming away with the three points and a great 3-1 win.
Goals from: Ojeyini, Hermana (2)
Preparation well underway for today's Anniversary Charity match down at
@PlattLaneMMU
. Looks like it's going to be a brilliant day for playing some football and raising some money for
@ReachOut_Com
.
Really positive day today doing the rounds in Chorlton. Dropped in some more donations & the money we raised for
@ReachOut_Com
then met many of the community minded businesses that are going to be supporting this year's fundraising raffle.
Massive credit to the lads in the first team today for forcing the Grandstand videprinter to spell out the score on today's away trip to The Recreation Ground.
Match Day Result sponsored by
@SandGResponse
Irlam Steel 1 - 11 (ELEVEN) GAFC
Really proud moment for the club as Jack Norbury wins Grassroots Coach of the Year in the adult section and the the club is named Grassroots club of the year in the Cheshire FA Awards.
What a great way to start our 20th year celebrations this season.
#ManchesterFootball
The club is also sending all its best to Govan Legend
@Davewhytey
today as he embarks on an FA Cup campaign with Tooting Bec.
We'll be looking out for the result once our
@THEMCRFL
business is completed for the day.
#GAFC
A great performance from the 3s today makes it a great day for the club. After being the first team to take points from table topping Deans last time out they beat them 4-1 and are the first to do so all season. Excellent work.
The club is hugely excited to be expanding out into the girls' game and hopefully providing great coaching and development for as many young people as possible in the future. Obviously we appreciate some sweet RT action to spread the good news to people who would benefit from it.
Massive congratulations from everybody at the club to Manager Jack Norbury for winning Coach of the Year at last night's
@UoMSport
awards for this season's work with
@Official_UMMFC
. Hopefully just the start of an exciting relationship with the Uni.
#MFL
#GAFC
#Purpleandproud
Disappointing not to get the game on today but great to get all the lads down to
@PlattLaneMMU
for a top quality session on the 7v7 pitch.
Three points next Saturday starts here.
Today is a special day when you get to work on the relationships that you sometimes take for granted throughout the year. A day to put in that bit extra and build a bond with special individuals that are important in your life.
It's training day! See you all later, yeah.
Really strong performance from the firsts today to beat an excellent
@EltonValeFC
side 3-0 at Platt Lane. We've had some great contests with them down the years and today was another match that showed the quality in some of the
@THEMCRFL
Division 1 teams right now.
The guys over at
@EdgeOfPlay
have decided to print and frame two pieces of work from their superb photographic collaborator
@adamdoddphoto
for ourselves and
@ReachOut_Com
to fundraise with. Really generous offer from them and we are very grateful for the support of both causes.
Most importantly, it's probably going to be a really busy time for
@ReachOut_Com
over the next few months. Whether it be donating cash, clothes or food just see what you can do to help them out and bolster their efforts to look after some of the most vulnerable people around.
The Threes also won themselves a hard fought point from a tricky visit to Staly Lions. Finished 3-3 in the
@LandCAFL
.
Goals from Coma, Lawton & Holtham.
MOM was Humza Chaudry.
Announcement:
The club are pleased to be able to announce Paul Kennedy as the new manager of the 3rd team.
After a process that saw a number of strong candidates apply for the position we are delighted to be able to bring Paul on to the coaching team.
#GAFC
#MFL
Things are warming up nicely for the start to the 2018/19 season for all of the squads. Love these newly designed badge images that
@THEMCRFL
have knocked up for us all. It's little touches like this, the podcast and the social media interaction that we all appreciate.
@jsoverend
Enjoyed Football Daily from
@5liveSport
this morning Jonathan but one point of order: Scholes was playing in
@THEMCRFL
, which definitely isn't Sunday League. You're basically one promotion away from semi-pro football, so it's a pretty decent standard.
Govan Matchday sponsored by
@SandGResponse
⚽ Govan Athletic v
@AthertonTownFC
Reserves
🏆 Murray Cup
🏟️
@PlattLaneMMU
⌚ 2.00pm Kick Off
Cup day today with the lads looking to make good progress in another of the available cups.
🏆💪
Feels worth pointing out right now, we've had people from all over the world play for our club down the years and we are incredibly proud to have helped them treat Manchester like it was their home too. Proud that they can leave with good things to say about the club & city.
With no match for the firsts tomorrow we've just got the two fixtures on the cards. Here are the Match Sheets for both the fixtures; one
@THEMCRFL
and one
@LandCAFL
.
We are delighted & excited to announce that Reach Out to the Community has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
@DCMS
@QueensAwardVS
#QUAVS2020
#Chorlton
#Manchester
We are delighted to be able to launch our new Home and Away kits, sponsored by
@warmauk
& The Etherow Clinic. We're also happy to be able to keep promoting our chosen charity,
@ReachOut_Com
, on the arms of both the new kits.
This weekend saw another great Govan Presentation Evening to celebrate and look back on another interesting season for the club. Awards, speeches, drinks, food, bloopers, laughs and prizes. We report on an action packed evening at
@RomileyCC
Cracking picture from the 3s game today of Ressies Gaffer and Club Secretary
@stokiejoe22
. Away from home and he's still getting on the shovel and then doing a shift of Matchday updates of the FB. Expect another big performance at the social tonight.
The big man is relentless.
Congratulations to the guys over at S&G Response for being nominated in the training category of the British Insurance Awards. We are proud to be sponsored by a company with the same attitude towards developing and investing in its people as we do here at Govan.
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as a finalist in the
@ClaimsMedia
#BritishInsuranceAwards
in the training award category! Thank you to the S&G Response team for your hard work as always!
#BCAwards
Strong performance from the firsts today in a 3-0 win over
@THEMCRFL
Prem outfit
@gregs_fc
. Nice confidence builder and another 90 of tough competitive football in the legs for the boys. A header from Akande, Z.Eme penalty and then a lovely G.Eme dinked finish were the goals.
The club are always looking to add quality and build towards more success, whether that be in terms of playing personnel, coaching staff or new blood on the committee.
If you want to get involved then just send us a message and we'll get you down for pre-season.
This month our latest Sponsorship Card participants,
@SmCreditUnion
, are running their
#Howsyourbalance
campaign so we thought it'd be rude not get involved and have a go.
Jamie Devonshire & Chris Wyche were showing their balance is in pretty good shape at training this week.
Good performance from the 3s today as they go away to Deans FC and put a stop to the opposition's 100% record with a 1-1 draw. Goal from Hoarau comes from a flicked on Brennan corner.
Great to see the lads from the other teams down to support.
#OneClub
The club is pleased to be able to announce the new Govan Reserves management team for the upcoming
@THEMCRFL
season. Neil Bradford and Ben Cooper will be taking the reins for 2020-21. For more information and Chairman's comments follow the link:
#GAFC
Big match on the pitch today against
@AthertonTownFC
but we'd also like to take a minute to direct you to support this effort for a cause that's close to their hearts.
Hope to see you back in the dugout in better circumstances soon Mark.
From Manchester airport to Day 2 of
@chrispax
colossal climb of Mount Kilimanjaro 🏔
He’s got another 5 days to go! He’s £370 off his target of £4K - link below if you’d like to donate 💖🎗
Brilliant social and fundraiser last night at
@JH_SpreadEagle
. They looked after us well.
The club would like also like to thank
@chrisb00ker
for generously giving his "Adil or no deal" winnings back to the club.
We will spend all 5p of it wisely.
The guys over at
@WhiskyCollect
have just given us a picture of what we can expect to receive for the raffle. The absolute business. Blows Cadbury's effort to James Milner today right out of the water.
#HamperKings
#SeriousHamping
Everyone at Govan UoM is proud to see these two lads take the next step in their development after a couple of great seasons with us.
Well deserved boys. All the best.
👏
Absolutely delighted to also officially welcome Siyam and Soman Muhammad who have been playing for the U21's recently and hugely impressed to earn first team registrations. 💚⚽💚
Here is today's match programme for the first Govan & UoM FC fixture of the season in Division One of
@THEMCRFL
.
The lads travel to
@HindleyJuniors
in search of the first three points.
#manchesterfootball
Congratulations to the 2s lads that got the
@THEMCRFL
Div 4 Title boxed off last night with a good 3-2 win away to
@boltoncounty
.
Goals from Lumb, Adedoyin & Brunel and Player of the Match was Lucas Wilson.
Great way to round off the last game of a brilliant season for the club
To hear the gaffer talking about the season so far, the top of the table clash against
@AltrinchamHale
this weekend and the community work the club and sponsors
@SandGResponse
have been doing this season, dive into the league podcast.
The club came out of yesterday's
@THEMCRFL
double-header with
@TinnyAthleticFC
with one win and one loss.
The firsts ran out 3-1 winners in a tough away encounter (goals from Symonds, Buffin & Mastro-Stefano) whilst the reserves lost 3-2 in a tight home match.
@breakoutmcr
We can't thank the guys at
@breakoutmcr
enough for a great gesture and for supporting local grassroots sport in Manchester. Hats off to them
Almost ready for kick off now away at
@dentontown_fc
. Looks a good night for football. Nice to see Sponsorship Card participants
@theumppco
supporting grassroots football elsewhere.
Another brilliant session put on last night with a great turnout from the three teams. Never let it be said that the coaching team scrimp on time spent getting the session set up before everyone arrives.
All the gear, and the right ideas.