Crowle Colts F.C.

Crowle Colts FC
Full name	Crowle Colts Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Colts
Founded	1992
Ground	Windsor Park, Crowle
Chairman	Robbie Pender
Manager	Gav Cooper
League	Northern Counties East League Division One
2024–25	Lincolnshire League Premier Division, 2nd of 13 (promoted)

Crowle Colts Football Club is an English football club based in Crowle, Lincolnshire. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Division One and play at Windsor Park.

History

Football in Crowle has been played by several different clubs since the turn of the 20th century, mainly: Crowle Brickworks, the Sun Engineers side, Crowle Town, and Axholme Wanderers, all of which competed in the Scunthorpe League.

In the 1960s, the clubs reduced down to one main Saturday side, resulting in the formation of Crowle United. United had great success, with their most notable achievement coming in the 1970–71 season when they completed a treble, being crowned champions of the Scunthorpe League, as well as winning the Scunthorpe Challenge Cup and the Lincolnshire FA County Junior Cup. In 1973, United joined the Lincolnshire League and played in the league for 17 seasons, until 1989.

In 1992, Crowle United folded, and it looked as if Crowle would no longer have a Saturday football team—until an emergency meeting took place and a new club was formed under the name Crowle Colts, which was also the name of the town’s junior football club. In the 1992–93 season, the newly formed club joined the Scunthorpe League, where they would go on to compete for 26 years, until 2018.

The Colts entered the Central Midlands Football League in 2018 after being crowned champions of the Scunthorpe League in the 2017–18 season.^[1] They secured successive promotions the following season, missing out on the title only on goal difference. After three seasons in the top division, the club returned to the Lincolnshire League at the start of the 2022–23 season. That season saw the Colts match Crowle United’s best-ever finish in the Lincolnshire League. The 2023–24 campaign saw that record surpassed, as the Colts finished runners-up to Nettleham despite scoring 149 league goals. They also won the Lincolnshire FA County Junior Cup that season—for the first time in 53 years.

In the 2024–25 season, Crowle Colts were promoted to the Northern Counties East League Division One for the first time in their history, after finishing 2nd in the Lincolnshire League. They won the Lincolnshire FA County Junior Cup again that season, completing back-to-back triumphs in the competition.^[2]

Ground

Crowle Colts play their home games at Windsor Park, located on Godnow Road, Crowle. The ground has a maximum capacity of around 500 and is equipped with floodlights, fencing, a pavilion, and other facilities.

Before the Colts began playing at Windsor Park, several of Crowle's football teams played at the Sunfield Sports Ground (later renamed Crowle Sports Club), located on Potts Lane. After the formation of Crowle Colts in 1992, the team initially played at North Axholme School during the 1990s, between the closure of Crowle Sports Club and the opening of Windsor Park.

Honours

Lincolnshire FA Junior Cup
- 2023-24, 2024-25

Scunthorpe & District Football League Division One
- 2017-18

Scunthorpe & District Football League Division Two
- 2015-16

League Positions

References

[1] Football Club History Database

[2] Lincolnshire FA

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