Hashtag United F.C.
| Full name | Hashtag United Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Hashtag | |
| Founded | 2016 | |
| Ground | White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, Wood Green | |
| Capacity | 5,000 (1,000 seated) | |
| Chairman | Incognito | |
| Manager | Spencer Owen (Player/Manager) | |
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Hashtag United 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 one of the players, 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 including Manchester City and West Ham United. As of current, their Twitter and Instagram accounts have around 100,000 followers each.[1]
History
Hashtag United was officially launched on Owen's YouTube channel through a video entitled ""Introducing Hashtag United" which was released on 19 March 2016. In this video he revealed the official kit of the club, as well as the first ever squad. They released the video of their first official match on 27 March 2016, against a team organized by The Sun, named Dream Team F.C., named after a sport section of their site. Their team included former Gambia and Millwall Striker Cherno Samba, who scored one goal. The match finished 2-2, with goals coming from Faisal Manji and Ryan Adams.
The team recorded their first ever win in a 2-1 victory over football blogging site Copa90, with goals coming from Dan Brown and Ryan Adams.
Structure
Hashtag United do not play in a conventional league, instead they play in exhibition matches against other teams. They commonly play under a system similar to that of the FIFA video game series, where they play a set number of games and try to reach a point target for those games. If they do this then the team is promoted a 'division' and for the next set of games they play harder teams. The system is controlled by the club, and most of their opponents apply to play against the side.
Stadium
Hashtag United 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"[2] The club rent out the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, which has a large grandstand which they use to help get better camera shots for their YouTube videos.
Sponsors
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. English sportswear supplier Umbro are the official kit provider to Hashtag United.[3]
Current Squad
- As of 30 November 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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