| Full name | Marown Association Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Ground | Memorial Playing Fields Crosby Marown, Isle of Man (Capacity: not known) |
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| League | Isle of Man Football League Division Two | ||
| 2007-08 | Division Two, 5th | ||
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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 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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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]