Crewe United F.C.

Not to be confused with English football team Crewe Alexandra F.C..

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.

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

In 2022, Crewe United hosted the Italy U17 National Team as their training grounds while they were in Northern for match against Northern Ireland U17. 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

Honours

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)