Marine Association Football Club is an English football club based in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, which was founded in 1894, is a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently plays in the , the sixth tier of the English football league system.

Early history The club was formed in 1894 by a group of local businessmen and former college students. Marine takes its name from a hotel on the River Mersey sea front at Waterloo, seven miles to the north of Liverpool city centre, where the founders of the club met. Marine moved to its present ground, Rossett Park, in 1903. Marine quickly won multiple titles in the I Zingari League and the Liverpool Combination. The club's greatest success as an amateur team in this period culminated in an FA Amateur Cup Final appearance in 1931–32, where they lost 7–1 to Dulwich Hamlet in front of a crowd of 22,000 fans at the Boleyn Ground. In 1935–36, the club moved to the all-professional Lancashire Combination and enjoyed limited success before moving to the Cheshire County League in 1969–70.

Key Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec 1935–36Lancashire Combination 40 14 8 18 94 86 +8 36 14th of 21 1936–37 40 20 6 14 107 81 +26 46 8th of 21 1937–38 42 15 7 20 80 105 −25 37 16th of 22 1938–39 42 22 3 17 107 92 +15 47 8th of 22No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II. 1946–47Lancashire Combination 42 25 6 11 121 72 +49 56 2nd of 22 R1 1–0–1The league expanded to two divisions. 1947–48Lancashire CombinationDivision One 42 23 6 13 103 64 +39 52 6th of 22 R1 1–0–1 1948–49 42 14 10 18 73 83 −10 38 17th of 22PR 0–0–1 1949–50 42 11 9 22 74 104 −30 31 21st of 22PR 1–0–1 1950–51 42 11 8 23 68 87 −19 30 20th of 22QR1 1–0–1 1951–52 42 13 12 17 77 85 −8 38 15th of 22QR1 1–0–1 1952–53 42 19 11 12 91 72 +19 49 4th of 22PR 0–1–1 1953–54 40 17 6 17 70 77 −7 40 6th of 21PR 0–1–1 1954–55 42 19 5 18 91 84 +7 43 10th of 22QR2 2–0–1 1955–56 38 14 8 16 71 83 −12 36 10th of 20PR 0–0–1 1956–57 38 12 8 18 62 84 −22 32 17th of 20QR1 1–1–1 1957–58 42 17 7 18 74 103 −29 41 10th of 22QR1 0–0–1 1958–59 42 16 8 18 80 97 −17 40 11th of 22PR 0–0–1 1959–60 42 19 6 17 92 98 −6 44 9th of 22PR 0–0–1 1960–61 42 17 10 15 79 75 +4 44 10th of 22QR2 1–0–1 1961–62 42 15 7 20 94 99 −5 37 14th of 22QR1 0–2–1 1962–63 42 22 6 14 92 73 +19 50 7th of 22QR1 0–0–1 1963–64 42 15 8 19 73 83 −10 38 14th of 22QR1 0–1–1 1964–65 42 21 6 15 90 69 +21 48 8th of 22QR1 0–0–1 1965–66 42 27 4 11 129 66 +63 58 4th of 22QR2 1–1–1 1966–67 42 20 9 13 84 69 +15 49 7th of 22QR1 0–0–1 1967–68 42 21 10 11 78 60 +18 52 5th of 22QR1 0–0–1The league swithed back to a single division. 1968–69Lancashire Combination 42 22 9 11 95 48 +47 53 7th of 22QR2 1–1–1The club moved to the Cheshire County League. 1969–70 Cheshire County League 38 15 8 15 69 68 +1 38 10th of 20QR1 0–0–1 1970–71 42 16 11 15 66 59 +7 43 9th of 22QR2 2–0–1 1971–72 42 23 9 10 72 48 +24 55 3rd of 22QR1 0–0–1 1972–73 42 27 7 8 73 36 +37 61 2nd of 22QR3 2–0–1Roly Howard 1973–74 42 28 8 6 79 26 +53 64 1st of 22QR21–3–1 1974–75 42 24 7 11 73 40 +33 55 5th of 22R14–2–1QR11–0–1 1975–76 42 28 8 6 94 34 +60 64 1st of 22 R25–3–1QR33–1–1 1976–77 42 18 14 10 62 40 +22 50 7th of 22QR40–1–1R10–0–1 1977–78 42 26 10 6 101 48 +53 62 1st of 22QR40–0–1R11–0–1The league expanded to two divisions. 1978–79 Cheshire County LeagueDivision One42295810438 +66633rd of 22QR11–0–1R21–0–1 1979–80 Northern Premier League 6421610166557 +84210th of 22 QR43–1–1R32–1–1 1980–81422210106641+25543rd of 22QR44–1–0R21–0–1 1981–82421712136457+7469th of 22QR33–1–1R10–0–1 1982–8342171788157+24686th of 22QR10–0–1R10–0–1 1983–84421610166368 −55812th of 22QR21–0–1SF5–2–1 1984–8542181595934+25695th of 22QR43–0–1R21–0–1 1985–8642231186335 +28802nd of 22QR43–1–1R10–0–1 1986–87422110117043 +2773 4th of 22QR10–0–1R21–0–1The league expanded to two divisions. 1987–88 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division421910136745+22679th of 22QR31–1–1R22–3–1 1988–8942237126948+21765th of 22QR21–0–1R10–1–1 1989–90421614125955 +4629th of 22R14–3–1R11–0–1 1990–91401811115639 +17656th of 21QR43–3–1QR30–0–1 1991–9242239106432+32782nd of 22QR22–1–1SF7–4–1 1992–934226888347+36864th of 22R36–0–1R32–0–1 1993–9442279610662+44901st of 22R11–2–0R10–1–1Not promoted due to ground grading standarts 1994–9542291128327+56981st of 22QR40–0–1QF3–0–1Not promoted due to ground grading standarts 1995–96421514135954 +559 12th of 22R14–1–1R10–2–1 1996–97 44 20 15 9 53 37 +16 75 8th of 23 QR32–0–1QR30–0–1 1997–98421511165659 −356 11th of 22 QR32–1–1QR30–1–1 1998–99421017156169 −84717th of 20QR31–1–1R10–0–1 1999–200044211677846 +32794th of 23 QR42–2–1R53–1–1 2000–01441213196278−164918th of 23 280QR31–0–1R42–0–1 2001–02441117166271 −950 17th of 23 271QR42–1–1R21–1–1 2002–03441710176360 +361 11th of 23 336QR42–1–1R10–1–1 2003–04441312196274 −125116th of 23 343QR31–0–1R43–1–1Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.2004–05 7421018145360 −74815th of 22 284QR10–1–1R10–1–1 2005–0642231276125 +3681 3rd of 20 348 QR21–1–1QR32–0–1Alvin McDonaldLost in the play-off semifinal 2006–0742228127053 +1774 4th of 22 348QR43–0–1QR10–0–1Lost in the play-off semifinal 2007–0840194177065+5617th of 21 349QR10–0–1QR21–1–1 2008–0942156215475−215113th of 22 356QR10–0–1QR21–0–1 2009–1038176156055+5579th of 20 388QR10–0–1QR10–0–1Kevin Lynch 2010–1142207157464 +10679th of 22 367QR10–1–1QR21–1–1 2011–1242199145650 +6667th of 22 432QR10–0–1QR32–0–1 2012–1342161115616105911th of 22 401QR43–0–1QR10–0–1 2013–14461314196876 −85320th of 24 360QR10–0–1QR21–1–1Phil Brazier 2014–15461116195869 −114921st of 24 369QR32–0–1QR21–0–1Carl MacauleySean Hessey 2015–16461217175361−85315th of 24 356QR32–1–1QR32–1–1Sean Hessey 2016–17461413196274−125518th of 24 353QR21–1–1R13–2–1Sean HesseyTommy Lawson 2017–18461411216778−115319th of 24 365QR10–0–1R24–0–1Tommy Lawson 2018–19401010203954-154020th of 21 415QR43–1–1QR10–0–1Tommy LawsonNeil Young 2019–20 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One North West 83017766634+32583rd of 20 Niall Cummins 19 446QR22–1–1EPR0–0–1Neil YoungThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19. 2020–217502165+11156th of 19 – COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesR35–2–1R24–0–1The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19. 2021–22 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One West 38 24 5 9 63 40 +23 74 5th of 20 1124QR4 4–3–1R2 0–4–0Promoted after winning the play-off 2022–23 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division 7421710155645 +11619th of 22 Sol Solomon 13 1243QR2 1–0–1R2 2–1–1 2023–2440237108744 +4376 3rd of 21 Finlay Sinclair-Smith 20 1224R1 4–1–1R1 1–0–1Promoted after winning the play-off 2024–25 National League North 6 46 16 10 20 45 57 −12 58 15th of 24 Finlay Sinclair-Smith 10 1383QR2 0–0–1R2 0–0–1 2025–26 46 18 8 20 62 72 −10 62 12th of 24 Finlay Sinclair-Smith 12 1247QR3 1–0–1SF 3–2–1 Bobby Grant

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