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During their formation, the owners of Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. asked F.C. United to take over their club, however United refused the takeover offer as they believed that taking over an existing club would be hypocritical, given that F.C. United was formed as a result of Manchester United's takeover. Instead, F.C. United's first game was a friendly match against Leigh RMI on 16 July 2005; the match ended 0–0. - I am doing this too



Muston is a village and civil parish, in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Muston is made up of two words 'Mus' (Moss, Marsh, or Morass) and 'Ton' (Town, or Towne).

According to the 2011 UK Census, Muston parish had a population of 339, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 325.

The village is situated on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath.

The River Hertford, a tributary of the Derwent flows through the village.

In July/August, Muston hosts its annual week long scarecrow festival.

Domesday Book
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Mustone', under the jurisdiction of Hunmanby manor.

The Pilgrimage of Grace
In 1536 the vicar of Muston, John Dobson, stopped praying for Henry VIII, an act of defiance that affiliated him to the popular Yorkshire uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. Furthermore, he frequently prophecised 'in the church porch and in the alehouse' that the King would be driven out of England, and Thomas Cromwell, his chief minister, 'brought low'. He maintained this subversive behaviour for a year and a quarter, until his parishioners complained about him before the Council of the North in December 1537. He was subsequently brought to trial, found guilty of treason and executed the following year. ,

John Oxtoby
It was on the outskirts of the parish, on top of Muston Hill, that the prominent Primitive Methodist minister, John Oxtoby, fell to his knees and pleaded to God for many hours to grant him success in restoring Christianity to Filey, a 'stronghold of Satanic power'.

Landmarks
Muston has eleven buildings considered by English Heritage to be of special architectural or historical interest, all of which are considered to be of Grade II significance.

Church of All Saints
This was rebuilt in 1863 on the site of an earlier church which was damaged irreparably in severe gales the previous year. It contains a Norman tub font on an 18th Century pedestal. grade 2 since 1966.

Cross Keys Inn
This chalk house, lying on the bend at the bottom of King Hill, was built in 1755. It is a Grade II building, and was the village's second pub until it closed in the 1960s.

Milestone
A milestone on the A1039 travelling west out of the village is white gate hill / malton road medieval grade 2 since 66

Muston Mill
There is a derelict windmill on the outskirts of the village, just off the A1039 road. References to a mill first appear in 1341. The current mill is thought to have been built in 1826 and was in use until 1932.

Primitive Methodist Chapel
Built 1824

School House
This was built in 1855 as a National School with master's residence and room for 120 children. Muston School finally closed its classrooms in XXXX

Sport
The village has its own cricket team, Muston CC, which plays in the Derwent Valley 'A' league.