Marown F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Marown F.C.


fullname = Marown Association Football Club
nickname =
founded = 1950
ground = Memorial Playing Fields
Crosby
Marown, Isle of Man
capacity = "not known"
chairman =
manager =
Groundsman =
league = Isle of Man Football League Division Two
season = 2007-08
position = Division Two, 5th
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Marown Football Club 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.

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 seasoncite web
title = Isle of Man 1897/98 and 1970/71-1994/95
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-05-29
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx1898.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] They were promoted again in 1997-98 as Division Two champions.cite web
title = Isle of Man 1997/98
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2005-01-16
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx98.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] 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.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2001/02
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2003-06-15
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx02.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] The again finished as runners-up the following two seasons.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2002/03
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2003-09-11
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx03.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] The reserve team won the Junior Cup in 2003-04.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2003/04
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2005-01-15
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx04.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] In the 2005-06 season, they escaped relegation by one point finishing with 24 points.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2005/06
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2006-08-20
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx06.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] However, the following season they were relegated, finishing bottom on just nine points.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2006/07
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-08-17
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx07.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08]

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.cite news
title = U10's off to Wembley!!
publisher = Marown F.C.
date = 2008-07-16
url = http://marownjuniors.intheteam.com/modules/news/News.aspx?NewsId=169081&page=0&sortField=Entered&sortOrder=DESC&itemcount=20
accessdate = 2008-09-12 ]

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

External links

* [http://www.marownafc.com Official website]
* [http://marownjuniors.intheteam.com/modules/page/Page.aspx?pc=16325&mid=3343&pmid=0 Marown Juniors website]