Our History
The
club
was
officially
founded
in
1999
by
Ian
"Arnie"
Arnfield,
prior
to
that,
Arnie
had
been
running
ad
hoc
away
trips
from
The
Sportsman's
Rest
Pub
in
Bredbury.
Following
his
decision
to
form
an
official
club,
the
base
of
operations
became
Bredbury
Conservative
Club,
from
where
home
and
away
transport
was
organised.
In
2007
the
club
moved
it's
operations
to
the
Crown
Pub
on
Stockport
Road,
again
in
Bredbury,
where
we
are based today.
The
first
Committee
was
formed
in
1999
and
since
then
the
club
has
evolved
and
grown
into
the
biggest
travelling
supporters
club
connected
with Manchester City FC.
From
the
start
of
the
2009/10
season,
we
were
very
proud
to
became
part
of
the
MCFC
Supporters
Club
(1949),
commonly
known
as
the
OSC.
We
are
extremely
proud
of
the
way
the
club
has
flourished
over
the
last
21
years,
the
club
membership
has
grown
year
on
year
and
during
the 2019/20 season it was in excess of 500.
Chairman
Our
chairman
is
Colin
Hulme
who
is
there
to
help
Arnie
and
look
after
all
the
members
and
sort
any
problems
that
arise.
Colin
will
normally
be
in
the
Crown
on
a
Thursday
with
other
members
of
the
Committee.
The Committee
Our Aims
The
club
was
formed
primarily
to
allow
the
city
fans
in
the
Bredbury,
Romiley
and
Woodley
areas
to
get
to
as
many
home
and
away
games
as
possible.
As
well
as
our
core
area,
the
success
of
the
club
has
led
to
members
from
Offerton,
Hyde,
Denton,
Reddish
and
numerous
other
local
surrounding
areas
as
well
as
from
all
around
the
UK.
We
also
have
members
in
Germany and the USA.
Arnie,
the
Travel
secretary,
arranges
travel
for
all
home
games
and
all
away
games.
For
the
home
games
we
use
an
80
seat
double
decker
and
further
minibuses.
For
away
games,
our
travel
partner,
Belle
Vue
Coaches
can
supply
Executive
double
decker
and
single
decker
coaches
as
required,
we
use
a
minimum
of
one
49
seater
coach for all away games.
As
far
as
away
tickets
are
concerned,
Arnie
has
forged
an
excellent
relationship
with
the
City
ticket
office,
and
all
tickets
are
purchased
by
the
club
and
distributed
on
the
day
of
the
match,
all
the
member
has
to
do
is
request
the
ticket
and
travel,
come
down
and
pay
by
the
Thursday
before and pick up the ticket on match day.
Other Committee members
Finally
the
other
members
of
the
committee,
Rob
Stephenson,
Ian
McMahon,
Ian
Martin
and
Chris
Smale
all
generously
give
up
their
time
to
help
in
any
way
needed,
particularly
on
away
trips
and
social events.
Founder & Travel secretary
The
real
driving
force
behind
the
club
is
founder
and
travel
secretary
Arnie
(Ian
Arnfield),
he
has
the
unenviable
task
of
organising
the
trips,
ordering
and
picking
up
the
match
tickets
and
distributing
them,
as
well
as
numerous
other
tasks within the club and going to the matches.
Treasurer & Comms secretary
The
website
and
email
contact
list
is
looked
after
by
Martin
Byrne,
who
is
also
treasurer
as
well
as
chipping in with other tasks when needed.