Mark Anthony Crowe (born 11 December 1965 in
Southwold) is an English former professional footballer.
Crowe, a central defender, began his career as an apprentice with
Norwich City and was captain of the Norwich youth team that won the
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
in 1983. He made his league debut, whilst still an apprentice, playing as a late substitute in a match against
Brighton & Hove Albion in December 1982. He turned professional the following month, but that one appearance was his only game for the Norwich first team.
Crowe joined
Torquay United
Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...
on a free transfer in July 1985, scoring twice in 57 games for the Gulls, before a move to
Cambridge United in December 1986. He played 51 times for Cambridge before moving into non-league football, playing for
Watton and
Thetford Town before joining
Wroxham
Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households. A reduced population of 1,502 in 653 households ...
. In the 1999 close season, Crowe joined
Lowestoft Town
Lowestoft Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at Crown Meadow.
History
The club was established in 1887 as Lowestoft F.C. by a merger of East Suf ...
as player-coach, though notwithstanding a legal challenge from Wroxham who still held his registration, and who Mark still had 2 years left on his contract with. Eventually an FA ruling provided in Lowestoft's favour.
Crowe joined
Kirkley in the 2003 close season.
Honours
* FA Youth cup winner 1983
External links
Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
Sources
*''Canary Citizens'' by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001),
1965 births
People from Southwold
Living people
Norwich City F.C. players
Torquay United F.C. players
Cambridge United F.C. players
Watton United F.C. players
Thetford Town F.C. players
Wroxham F.C. players
Lowestoft Town F.C. players
Kirkley & Pakefield F.C. players
English footballers
Association football central defenders
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