- Marown A.F.C.
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Marown A.F.C. Full name Marown Association Football Club Founded 1950 Ground Memorial Playing Fields
Crosby
Marown, Isle of Man
(Capacity: not known)League Isle of Man Football League Division Two 2007-08 Division Two, 5th 
Home coloursAway coloursMarown A.F.C. are a football club from Crosby in the parish of Marown in the Isle of Man. They competing in the Isle of Man Football League and wear a maroon and gold kit. Home games are played at the Memorial Playing Fields in Crosby.
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History
Formed in 1950, the club are based in the small village of Crosby. They currently play in Division Two.
In 1984-85 Marown were promoted from Division Two to the First Division. However, 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 1999-00 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] The 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 set up, 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]
Honours
First team
League
- Division Two champions (1): 1997-98
Cup
- Woods Cup (1): 1997-98
Reserve team
Cup
- Junior Cup (1): 2003-04
References
- ^ "Isle of Man 1897/98 and 1970/71-1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-05-29. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx1898.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005-01-16. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx98.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 2001/02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2003-06-15. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx02.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2003-09-11. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx03.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005-01-15. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx04.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 2005/06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2006-08-20. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx06.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Isle of Man 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-08-17. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx07.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "U10's off to Wembley!!". Marown F.C.. 2008-07-16. http://marownjuniors.intheteam.com/modules/news/News.aspx?NewsId=169081&page=0&sortField=Entered&sortOrder=DESC&itemcount=20. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
External links
Categories:- Manx football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1950
- Isle of Man stubs
- European football club stubs
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