Full name | Marown Association Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Farmers | ||
Founded | 1950 | ||
Ground | Memorial Playing Fields Crosby Marown, Isle of Man | ||
Manager | David Brew | ||
League | Isle of Man Football League Premier League | ||
2021–22 | Canada Life Premier League, 10th. | ||
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 League of the Isle of Man Football League and wear a maroon and gold strip. [ clarification needed ] Home games are played at the Marown Memorial Playing Fields at Old Church Road, Crosby. The club was formed in 1950, and run teams ranging from Under 6s to Under 16s and seniors.
Current roles ( March 2023) :
Club Captain - Connor Gilbert. Club Secretary - Helen Withers. Club Treasurer - Keir Morris. Club Chairman - Neil Withers. Club President - George Corkill. Club Mascot - Tom Curphey
The club was formed in 1950, and have won many honours and been a successful team throughout their existence.
In 1970-71 Marown won the Woods cup, Combination 2 and the Cowell Cup .
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, but relegated again the following season. Their first FA Cup game was a 3-2 win against Corinthians. [1] They were promoted again in 1997–98 as Division Two champions. [2]
In both 1999–2000 and 2000–01 they finished in third 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[ cf Under 6 above? ] to Under-16. In May 2017 the Under-16 side reached the final of the Under-16s cup, but lost 2-0 to a dominant Ayre United side. 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]
In 2012-13 season the club won club of the year.
The club won Division Two in 2014–15 and gained promotion to the Premier Division. [9]
The club were relegated the season after, but in 2017-18 they won Division 2 and were promoted back to the Premier League.
Since promotion in 2017-18 the club have had a permanent stay in the Isle of Man’s top division.
Home games are played at the fortress which is Marown Memorial Playing Fields, which was established 4 years before the football club, in 1946. The land was donated by Harley Cunningham and is dedicated to those who served their country during two world wars.
Marown AFC currently play in a maroon and gold strip and have done throughout their history.
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