Ground Capacity not known Founded 1950 | Ground Crosby, Isle of Man | |
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Full name Marown Association Football Club 2014–15 Division Two, 1st (promoted) League Isle of Man Football League | ||
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.
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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. They were promoted again in 1997–98 as Division Two champions.
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. They again finished as runners-up the following two seasons.
The reserve team won the Junior Cup in 2003–04. In the 2005–06 season, they escaped relegation by one point finishing with 24 points. However, the following season they were relegated, finishing bottom on just nine points.
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.
The club won Division Two in 2014–15 and gained promotion to the Premier Division.