Marine Football Club is the English football club in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, founded in 1894, is a member of the Liverpool County Football Association and Lancashire County, and currently plays in the Northern Premier League.
Marine is famous for having the longest manager in post-war British football. Roly Howard occupied posts from 1972 to 2005 and a total of 1,975 games. His last game, in May 2005, was a 1-0 defeat against Everton in the final of Liverpool's Senior Cup.
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History
The club was formed in 1894 by a group of local businessmen and former students. Marine takes its name from a hotel on the waterfront of the Mersey River in Waterloo, seven miles north of downtown Liverpool, where the club's founders meet. The Marine moved to the present land, Arriva Stadium (formerly known as Rossett Park), in 1903.
Marine quickly made an impression on local football, winning titles at I Zingari League and Liverpool Combination. The club's greatest success as an amateur team in this period culminated in the Final Amateur Cup F.A. appearance in 1931-32, when they lost 7-1 to Dulwich Hamlet in front of 22,000 spectators at Upton Park.
In 1935-1936 the club moved to the all-professional Lancashire Combination and enjoyed limited success before moving to the Cheshire County League in 1969-70. In 1972, Roly Howard was appointed first team manager and completed 1,975 competitive matches over a period of 33 years before he retired at the end of the 2004-05 season. He is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the longest manager in the world of football because the Marine enjoys the most successful period, winning about 30 trophies.
The club unleashed its amateur status and became professional in 1974. The three Chesire League Championships were won in five seasons, before Marine advanced to the Northern League in 1979-1980. They have twice become Champions (1993-94 and 1994-95) and twice became runners-up and have won the League Cup on four occasions (1984-85, 1991-92, 2002-03 and 2015-16).
In 2001, Marine was the subject of a six-part television series for Granada TV, entitled Marine Lives . The series includes recording of former Jason McAteer player who returns to visit the club.
In 1999, Fourfourtwo magazine did a monthly feature at the club that sent Michael Hann to follow them for a full season.
Under new management team Alvin McDonald and assistant Peter Carroll, the Marine twice qualified to play in the North Division twice consecutively (2005-06 and 2006-07), losing the eventual winner each time. In the 2007-08 season, the club finished seventh and won the Liverpool Senior Cup. McDonald left the club part-time through the 2008-09 season after running a bad form, with players Kevin Lynch and Phil Brazier being appointed caregivers. At the end of the season, Lynch was appointed permanent manager with Brazier as his assistant.
Lynch left the club at the end of the 2012-13 season to become first team coach at Chesterfield FC, and was replaced by Brazier. However, Brazier was sacked at the end of the next season with the club barely degrading.
Former Vauxhall Motors boss Carl Macauley took over at the start of the 2014-15 season, but his poor performances saw the club in the relegation zone, 11 points off safety, and he was sacked. Defender Sean Hessey was placed in temporary duty until the end of the season, and guided the club to an incredible escape from relegation, with just one defeat in their last twelve games. The club was postponed from relegation despite ending in 21 places, having the highest average point per club match in the highest relegation place in three equal divisions. This means that the club continues to hold their record of being the longest-serving member of the Northern Premier League.
Hessey is confirmed as the club's permanent manager before the end of the 2014-15 season.
In the 2015-16 season, the Marine has a less volatile end to a league campaign that peaked at 15th. Trusting a lot of players who ensured the club's survival in the previous season, the club started well but with the weather that caused many winter delays not only saw a disjointed list of matches but also runs a bad show. The Marines gained more stability in the final stages of the season and this in particular led to a strong performance in the league trophy, beating Glossop North End, Ramsbottom United and Workington to advance to the quarterfinals. The home draw saw Ossett Town narrowly lost 1-0 before Colwyn Bay was keen to visit Rossett Park in the semi-finals.
Under new management and with all but sealed degradation, Colwyn Bay struggled in the game and were beaten 4-1 with Alan Burton, Andy Owens, James Foley and player-manager Sean Hessey getting on the score sheet. This is the final against Scarborough Athletic to be held at Throstle Nest, Farsley Celtic's headquarters. Marine struggled in the game with Hessey dropping onto the bench at defender Liam Willis who was captain in a place that was not available by Andy Nicholas. It went down 0-1 in the 58th minute, not until player-manager replaced him for Willis in the 80th minute that the Marine looked dangerous. The defender took a free kick led by Warren Bellew in the 87th minute. At 1-1, the match sought a penalty, turned on in the fourth minute of extra time as season-high goalscorer club Danny Mitchley curled in an effort from the edge of the box to win the game for the Marine. This is the fourth time Marine FC won the league trophy, a record for this competition.
Toward the end of the gloomy 2016-2017 season. Hessey left the club and was replaced by Tommy Lawson. The walk-out mass of the players did not help Lawson but he managed to put the squad together in no time. He then guided the club away from the relegation zone after 5 wins in 11 games. The marine finished in position 18 on the table.
The 2017-2018 season was once again disappointing as the Marine could not improve on the previous campaign and finished 19th in the standings. A very bad form of home once again saw Mariners winning only 6 of their 23 league matches at Marine Travel Arena. But the team did well in the cup to reach the final of Liverpool's Senior Cup. The home advantage at Marine did not help and 750 fans saw them well and were completely defeated 4-0 by Prescot Cable. They also did a decent run in the F A Trophy which defeated Whitby Town and Atherton Collieries. They then saw off teams from the top divisions at F C United and Chorley before the first visit to Dover Athletic saw them lucky to lose 3-4 against the National Conference team.
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FA Cup
The club's best performances in the FA Cup reached the 3rd Round in 1992-1993 when they lost 3-1 to Crewe Alexandra. Marine has also reached ten first and second round appearances in the FA Cup and has beaten two Football League clubs (Barnsley and Halifax Town) in this competition.
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Marine has twice reached the FA Trophy semi-finals in 1983-84 and 1991-92.
Second time playing team from Northwich. They played both legs first to manage the 1-1 and 2-2 draws, but were unable to complete the work at home.
In 1983-1984 they lost 1-3 aggregates to Northwich Victoria
In 1991-92 they lost 3-6 on aggregate to Witton Albion
Northern League Cup
Marine has appeared in six finals, winning a record four trophies.
Runners Up 1980-81 3-4 vs Runcorn FC
1984-85 Winner 3-2 vs. Goole Town
Runners Up 1985-86 0-1 Hyde United
Pemenang 1991-92 1-0 Frickley Athletic
Winner 2002-03 3-0 (in aggregate) vs Gateshead F C
Pemenang 2015-16 2-1 vs Scarborough Athletic
Marine has also won 13 senior county trophies.
Stadium
The club plays at Rossett Park, located on College Road in Crosby. It is believed that the land has been in use since at least 1884 when the Rugby Union was played there. The Marine has been playing on the ground since 1903, when moved from previous ground in Waterloo Park, Crosby. The current land capacity is 3,185, of which 389 are seated, but in 1949, the Marine hosts Nigeria in Rossett Park, and the crowd on that day is officially given as 4,000 but some observers consider it 6,000. Between 2006 and 2015, the land was known as the Arriva Stadium due to sponsorship deals.
On January 24, 2011, the club announced plans to develop the Arriva Stadium. The outdated floodlights are replaced in the summer of 2012 with a new environmentally friendly 4-angle system. The 20m high pole has a total of 28 lights and this produces over 350 lux, which is a Football League lighting requirement at the time of installation. Further to this plan, the club plans to build a 130-seat seats at the end of Crosender Road. The total cost of all increases is estimated to reach Ã, Â £ 150,000.
On January 25, 2014, the club announced a two-year joint share agreement with West West Counties A.F.C West Division team. Liverpool. It has now been extended to the 2016-17 season.
In August 2015, Rossett Park was renamed Marine Travel Arena as a result of a sponsorship deal with an existing club shirt sponsor, Marine Travel Company. The agreement is declared to continue until 2024.
Supporters
The club has a support association known as the M.S.A (Marine Supporters Association), which has managed to raise huge funds for the club over the years, since it was formed in the late 1980s.
The Crosender Way is an independent support group for Marine FC named after the "Crosender Road" area of ​​the stadium. Formed in January 2017, the group is actively promoting the football club through its social media and online fan forum. The group's main goal is to attract and support fans at the club and to organize long trips for all supporters.
Ex former player
Ian Nolan
Adriano Rigoglioso
Paul Cook, manager of Wigan Athletic at the moment
Karl Robinson manager at Charlton Athletic
Jason McAteer
Richard Norris
John Lacy
Chris Camden
Paul Edwards
Eddie Murray
Liam Watson
Chris Lightfoot
Adam Farley
Stuart Rimmer
Craig Lindfield
Billy Stewart
Tony Ward
Sean Lundon
Lee Trundle
Lee McEvilly
John Coleman, Accley Stanley's current manager
Neil Sang
Current squad
- Beginning April 4, 2018
Note: Flags indicate the national team as determined under the FIFA eligibility rules. Players can have more than one non-FIFA citizenship.
Backroom staff
Sponsors and manufacturer of clothes
Committee, director and club officials
- President - Geoff Kewley
- Patron - Kenny Dalglish MBE
- Chair - Paul Leary
- Vice Chairman - Dave McMillan
- Club Secretary - Richard Cross
- Hon. Treasurer - Maurice Broderick, Mark Prescott
- Management Committee - Peter McCormack, Brian Lawlor, Beckie Eustace, Paul Eustace, Ryan McMahon, David Thompson, Sam D'Auvin, James Leary
- Media Officer - Jason Dodsworth
- Program Editor - Neil McAdam
- Video Producer - Steve Carson
- General Match Day Event - Graham Cowperthwaite
- Home Match Day Reporter - Ralph Rands
Awards
References
External links
- Club website
- The Crosender Way (FC Independent Passenger Site FC)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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