Manchester Futsal Club is an English futsal club, based in Greater Manchester. They have competed in the National FA Futsal League since its inception and are one of the most prominent and established futsal clubs in Great Britain. The club was created in March 2006, and was the first futsal club to receive the FA's Charter Standard in England. As well as working with Manchester College, the city's University futsal teams and neighbouring football clubs in the Greater Manchester area, the club also delivers a number of Manchester FA Futsal 5's leagues and futsal specific coaching sessions in local schools, sports clubs and various community projects within the Greater Manchester area. First Team History 2006 - 2013 Upon being established the club competed in the Manchester FA Regional Futsal league from September 2006. Samuel Richardson captained the team to league success in March 2007 with the team scoring more than eighty goals in the fourteen fixtures. 2007 also saw the club compete in its first tournament at the Tees Valley Futsal Cup. The team won all its group and subsequent knockout games before losing a tiring final in extra time and finished runners up to Perth Futsal Club. Towards the latter part of 2007 the FA created the FA Futsal League, complementing the longer standing annual FA Futsal Cup. The team was accepted into the Northern Conference, tying in with the club being one of the first futsal clubs in the country to be accredited at FA Charter Standard. The club started its first game in the newly formed FA National Northern Conference with a 3–2 loss, Doug Reed eventually led the team to a second-place finish, secured by a win over Sheffield Hallamshire Futsal. Many of the club's players reached double figures, with the club's vice captain Ilya Ovechkin leading the club and northern conference in goals scored. Midway through the season the club appointed the Brazilian tactician Rodrigo Freitas in a dual club manager/coach role, with Simon Wright moving up to a general manager position. A second-place finish meant they qualified for the National Play-off Finals, the club faced a three-way group, matched against the Midland teams of Ipswich Wolves and Birmingham Tigers. Despite being down 4–0 in their first game, Manchester managed to finish their game with the heavily tipped and reigning champions Ipswich Wolves, 4–4. The second game saw Manchester face Birmingham Tigers, with the fatigue