Hashtag United F.C.
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| Full name | Hashtag United Football Club | ||
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| Short name | Hashtag | ||
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Coles Park Stadium, Tottenham | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 (280 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Spencer Carmichael-Brown[2] | ||
| Manager | Jay Devereux | ||
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 13th of 22 | ||
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Hashtag United Football Club is a football club based in Tottenham, London, England, currently managed by Jay Devereux. Founded in 2016, they gained notability due to recording their matches, making videos around them, and posting them on YouTube to the Spencer FC Channel. They later moved to the Hashtag United YouTube channel. In 2018, they entered the English football league system and currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
History
Hashtag United Football Club were formed in March 2016 by Spencer Owen, a football YouTuber who went by the name Spencer FC. Spencer had began making YouTube videos in 2013 as a student at the University of Reading. The team initially consisted of friends from school and university.[3]
From their foundation, the team primarily played exhibition matches, filmed them, and posted them to their YouTube account. By September 2016, the team's Instagram had over 100,000 followers, their Twitter 41,000, and a 'penalty challenge' uploaded to YouTube was watched by more than one million times. Hashtag played teams including a Comedians XI who they beat 19–1, Google and a Manchester City staff team, with opponents fielding former professional footballers such as Paul Dickov, Graeme Le Saux and Ray Parlour, or celebrities including Omid Djalili. At one point in 2016, the club was close to signing professional footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa.[3] In 2017 the club won the EE Wembley Cup, a competition that Spencer FC had won in 2015 and 2016.[4]
In 2018 the club joined the English football league system, initially being placed in Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League, before being moved to the Eastern Senior League after appealing that it was more suited to their Essex roots.[5] After joining the pyramid, Spencer Owen stepped down as manager and was replaced by former East Thurrock United assistant manager Jay Devereux.
Ground
After joining the Eastern Counties League, the club began playing at the Coles Park Stadium, groundsharing with Haringey Borough.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Jay Devereux |
| Assistant Manager | Neil Richmond |
| Physiotherapist | Steve Carmichael-Brown |
Honours
- EE Wembley Cup
- Winners 2017
See also
References
- ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p453 ISBN 978-1869833695
- ^ Hashtag United Eastern Counties League
- ^ a b Bysouth, Alex (6 September 2016). "Hashtag United & the YouTube generation: Football's future?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Wembley Cup wows thousands of kids as VAR trialled for first time in England Evening Standard, 7 October 2017
- ^ Hashtag United: YouTube team can 'bring new fans' to non-league game BBC Sport, 1 June 2018
- ^ Players Hashtag United F.C.
- ^ Hashtag United FA FullTime
External links
- Official website (redirects to official youtube channel)
- L'Équipe
- BBC Mundo