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Marine
Full name	Marine Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Mariners, The Aqua(Marine)
Founded	1894
Ground	Rossett Park, aka "The Arriva Stadium" Crosby (Capacity 2,800)
Chairman	Paul Leary
Manager	Alvin McDonald
League	Northern Premier League
2005-2006	NPL Premier, 3rd
Home colours 　 Away colours

Marine Football Club are a football club who play in Crosby, Merseyside. They were founded in 1894, and are members of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

Marine are notable for having the longest serving post-war manager in English football. Roly Howard occupied the post for 33 years, taking charge of 1,975 games. His final match, in May 2005, was a 1-0 defeat against Everton in the Liverpool Senior Cup final.[1] [2]

• I Zingari League 2nd Division Champions: 1901-02

• I Zingari League, 1st Division Champions: 1902-03, 1903-04, 1909-10, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23

• I Zingari League Cup Winners: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23

• I Zingari Combination Cup Winners: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22

• Liverpool Amateur Cup Winners: 1909-10, 1919-20, 1922-23, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930-31, 1952-53, 1970-71

• Liverpool County Combination, 1st division Champions: 1927-28, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1943-44

• Liverpool County Medal Competition Winners: 1920-21

• Liverpool Challenge Cup Winners: 1942-43, 1944-45, 1971-72

• Liverpool Senior Non-league Cup Winners: 1968-69, 1975-76, 1976-77

• Liverpool Senior Cup Winners: 1978-79, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1989-90

• Lancashire Amateur Cup Winners: 1921-22, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34

• Lancashire Combination Cup Winners: 1946-47

• Lancashire Combination League Cup Winners: 1963-64, 1968-69

• Lancashire Junior Cup Winners: 1978-79

• Lancashire Trophy Winners: 1987-88, 1990-91

• George Mahon Cup Winners: 1930-31, 1943-44, 1944-45

• Northern Premier League Champions: 1993-94, 1994-95

• Northern Premier League Cup Winners: 1984-85, 1991-92, 2002-03

• Cheshire County League Champions: 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-78

• Cheshire County League Shield Winners: 1974-75, 1975-76

• Marine AFC

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