Crawley Green F.C.
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| Full name | Crawley Green Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1992 | |
| Ground | Sharpenhoe Road, Barton-le-Clay (Groundshare at Barton Rovers F.C.) | |
| Capacity | 4,000 | |
| Chairman | Tony Talbot | |
| Manager | Mark Smith | |
| League | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | |
| 2023–24 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 17th of 19 | |
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Crawley Green Football Club are a football club based in Crawley Green, a ward of Luton, England. They play in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.
History
Crawley Green Sports & Social Club was formed in November 1988 after arsonists caused the virtual destruction of the present building. Members of Stopsley Harriers, Wyvern Members and Ramridge Rangers Sunday football clubs amalgamated to form the present club and were successful in securing a 99 year lease on the premises from the Council. The new Clubhouse was formally opened on the 19th June 1992 by then Luton Town Manager David Pleat. The club badge incoporates all the elements of the three clubs and is based on the Crawley family crest of three herons to signify not only the three founding clubs but also local history. The Club badge was adopted in 1996 after many years of discussion. Maroon, the club colour of the largest single club Ramridge Rangers, was adopted as the Club colour and is incorporated in the Club badge as the bar across the middle. Stopsley Harriers have been well known for their red and blue quarters, whilst Wyvern Members were predominately blue since their foundation. Both these colours are reflected in the badge. Crawley Green FC, the Saturday football team, was formed in 1993 after another local team, Somerset Tavern came under the Crawley Green umbrella. The club colour of maroon was adopted by the team.
Currently the Club is hosting all its first team games at Barton Rovers FC, whom we wish to thank for their continued support. The aim of Crawley Green is to build our own ground at the Club's home venue at Crawley Green and plans are currently going through the Council as we endeavour to provide the only amateur enclosed floodlit grass pitch within the confines of the Borough of Luton. This is a massive project which we envisage will cost in the region of £200,000 - most of which we will have to fund ourselves. When completed, this will complement the superb clubhouse and changing facilities we have already built as well as the outstanding all-weather pitch which we have for training purposes. Crawley Green Sports & Social Club won the 2004 County Community Club of the Year Award and was runners-up in the South East Region Community Club of the Year Award. The Club improved on this by winning the 2005 County Community Club of the Year Award as well as the South East Region Community Club of the Year Award.
They joined the South Midlands League Division One in 1995, and when that league merged with the Spartan League two years later, became founder members of the new Spartan South Midlands League, leaving in 1998 but rejoining in 1999. Crawley Green won the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two title in 2004–05 and finished runners-up in 2007–08, gaining promotion to the Spartan South Midlands League Division One. Crawley Green won the Division One Cup and finished runners-up in 2015-16 gaining promotion to Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division.
Honours
- Spartan South Midlands League Division Two
- Champions: 2004–05
- Runners-up: 2007–08
- Spartan South Midlands League Division One
- Runners-up: 2015-16
- Spartan South Midlands League Division One Cup
- Winners: 2011-12, 2015–16
- Runners-up: 2014-15
- Bedfordshire FA Senior Trophy
- Winners: 2004-05, 2009–10, 2014–15
- Runners-up: 2011-12, 2013–14