Marown A.F.C.
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| Full name | Marown Association Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Ground |
Memorial Playing Fields Crosby Marown, Isle of Man | ||
| Capacity | not known | ||
| League | Isle of Man Football League Premier Division | ||
| 2014–15 | Division Two, 1st (promoted) | ||
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Marown A.F.C. are a football club from Crosby in the parish of Marown in the Isle of Man. They compete in the Premier Division of the Isle of Man Football League and wear a maroon strip. Home games are played at the Memorial Playing Fields in Crosby.
History
The club was formed in 1950.
In 1984–85, Marown were promoted from Division Two to the First Division, but they were relegated three seasons later in 1987–88. They were again promoted in the 1990–91 season as runners-up to St Marys. They were relegated again the following season.[1] They were promoted again in 1997–98 as Division Two champions.[2]
In both 1999–2000 and 2000–01 they finished in fourth place in the First Division, and in 2001–02 finished as runners-up to Peel and were losing finalists in the Railway Cup.[3] They again finished as runners-up the following two seasons.[4]
The reserve team won the Junior Cup in 2003–04.[5] In the 2005–06 season, they escaped relegation by one point finishing with 24 points.[6] However, the following season they were relegated, finishing bottom on just nine points.[7]
The club has a reserve team that play in the Isle of Man Football Combination. They also have a Junior department, Marown Juniors, with teams from Under-7 to Under-15. On 11 August 2008, the Under-10 team represented the Isle of Man at the English FA's National Football Festival held at Wembley Stadium in London.[8]
The club won Division Two in 2014–15 and gained promotion to the Premier Division.[9]
Honours
First team
League
- Division Two (1)
- Champions 1997–98, 2014–15
- Runners-up 2011–12
Cup
- Woods Cup (1)
- Winners 1997–98
Reserve team
League
- Combination Two (1)
- Winners 2011–12
Cup
- Junior Cup (1)
- Winners 2003–04
Over 35s Masters
Masters
- FA Cup (1)
- Winners 2013–14
References
- ↑ "Isle of Man 1897/98 and 1970/71-1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005-01-16. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 2001/02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2003-06-15. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2003-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005-01-15. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 2005/06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Isle of Man 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "U10's off to Wembley!!". Marown F.C. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ↑ http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=562980429&psSelectedDivision=4828390&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=9057188
External links
- Official website (dead link)
- Marown Juniors website (out of date)