Marske United Football Club is a

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club based in

Marske-by-the-Sea Marske-by-the-Sea is a village in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the coast, between the seaside resorts of Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea, although it is not ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mount Pleasant.

History

The club was established in 1956 by members of Marske Cricket Club.Club history
Marske United F.C. They initially played in the Cleveland League and then the South Bank League before moving up to the

Teesside League The Teesside Football League was a football competition based in northern England. Established in 1891, it was dissolved in 2017 when it merged with the Eskvale & Cleveland League to form the North Riding Football League. At the end of its exist ...

in 1976. The club won both the Teesside League and the North Riding County Cup in 1980–81.Marske United
Northern League They were league champions again in 1984–85, after which the club moved up to the

Wearside League The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in northern England. It consists of three divisions which sits at steps 7 to 9 (or levels 11 to 13) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Di ...

. The following season saw the club win the North Riding County Cup for a second time. They won the League Cup in 1992–93. Marske were runners-up in the Wearside League in 1993–94 and 1994–95, a season that also saw them win the

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and the League Cup. They went on to win the Wearside League title in 1995–96, as well as retaining the League Cup. After finishing as runners-up again in 1996–97, the club were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League. In their first season in Division Two they finished third, and were promoted to Division One. The club were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 2003–04 season, but were promoted to Division One in

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after finishing third. They won the League Cup in 2013–14 and were Northern League champions the following season, declining promotion to the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

. The club were Division One runners-up in 2015–16. In 2017–18 they reached the semi-finals of the

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, losing 3–2 on aggregate to Stockton Town. The 2017–18 season saw Marske win the Division One title again, earning promotion to Division One East of the

. In 2019–20 the club won the North Riding Senior Cup for the second time, defeating

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6–0. In 2021–22 they finished second in Division One East, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating

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in the semi-finals, they defeated local rivals Stockton Town 2–1 in final to secure promotion to the Premier Division.

Current squad

Club officials

Officials

Coaching and medical staff

List of managers

*1976–1978: Dave Bice *1978–1981: John Smith *1981–1982: John Symon *1982–1987: Derek Walker *1987–1991: Dave Welch *1991–1997: Allan Marples *1997–2001: Charlie Bell *2001–2003: Mick Hodgson *2004–2005: Darren Trotter *2005–2008: Charlie Bell *2008–2012: Paul Burton *2012: Craig Gibbin *2012–2014: Ted Watts *2014–2022: Carl Jarrett *2022–2023:

Curtis Woodhouse Curtis Woodhouse BEM (born 17 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer turned professional boxer and football manager, currently in charge of Marske United. Woodhouse played football as a central midfielder, and competed as a ...

*2023: Carl Jarrett *2023–: Graeme Lee

Honours

*Northern League **Division One champions 2014–15, 2017–18 **League Cup winners 2013–14 *Wearside League **Champions 1994–95 **League Cup winners 1994–95 *Teesside League **Champions 1980–81, 1984–85 *North Riding Senior Cup **Winners 1994–95, 2019–20 *North Riding County Cup **Winners 1980–81, 1985–86 *Monkwearmouth Charity Cup **Winners 1992–93, 1995–96 *Sunderland Shipowners Cup **Winners 1995–96, 1996–97

Records

*Best

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performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2013–14,

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, 2021–22 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: Fourth round,

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*Best

performance: Semi-finals, 2017–18 *Biggest win: 16–0 vs

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, Wearside League, April 1994Innings complete
The Northern Echo, 5 May 2016 *Heaviest defeat: 3–9Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p481 *Most appearances: Mike Kinnair, 583 *Most goals: Chris Morgan, 169

References

External links

Official website
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