Crewe United

Full name	Crewe United Football Club
Founded	1961 (as Sparta)
Ground	Crewe Park Glenavy, County Antrim
Chairman	Thomas McKenna (Jnr)
Manager	Eamonn McCarthy
League	Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate A
2021/22	Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate A, 2nd
Home colours

Crewe United Football Club is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Intermediate A division of the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland. The club hails from Glenavy in County Antrim. The club was formed as Sparta in 1961 and played in the West Belfast League before joining the Northern Amateur League in 1968. In 1971, the club switched to the Lisburn League, and during its time there it change its name to Crewe United. In 1978, Crewe returned to the Amateur League, and gained intermediate status following a Junior Cup win in 1983.

George Best played his last game in Northern Ireland for Crewe United in 1995 at Crewe Park in a Charity game. Crewe are renowned for their progressive thinking and have some of the best facilities in Intermediate Football and recently constructed a new playing surface at Crewe Park. They have also played games in many different countries, most notably Holland, and played BVO Emmen in 1999 in front of 2,699 people. Many English league sides such as Brentford and Luton Town have played at Crewe Park ^[1]

Honours

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Intermediate honours

• Marshall Cup: 1
  • 2016–17

Junior honours

• Irish Junior Cup: 1
  • 1982–83

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   USA Charlie Eaton — GK   NIR Eamonn Browne — DF   NIR Dean Youle — DF   NIR Michael McQuitty — DF   NIR Conor Maxwell — DF   NIR Tiernan McAuley — MF   NIR Aaron Harmon — MF   NIR Ronan Brannigan — MF   NIR Noel Halfpenny

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   NIR Matthew Williamson — DF   NIR Dylan Whiteway — MF   NIR Eamonn McAllister — MF   NIR Gerard Mallon — MF   NIR Jack Wasson — FW   NIR Dan Smith — FW   NIR Ryan Kelly — FW   NIR Rhys Calvert

External links

• Crewe United Official Club website
• Daily Mirror Mid-Ulster Football League Official website
• nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

Notes

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