Who are Marine FC?We are Liverpool's Premier Non-League Football Club. We were National Non-League Community Football Club of the year in 2009 and 2010.
We play in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League which is at step 3 of the non-league pyramid. Our geographical spread covers a large part of Northern England; Midands [Hednesford, Rushall] to Cumbria [Kendal] to North East [Whitby and North Ferriby] to Manchester [Ashton] to Merseyside [Marine, Burscough]. Our home for 110 years has been Rossett Park in Crosby now known as the Arriva Stadium. The stadium has been transformed by a modernisation programme over the last 15 years, but is in desperate need of new floodlights. Promotion to Blue Square Conference North is our immediate objective and the team finished in 7th place in the league in April. We are a family based community run club managed by professional people who, as volunteer custodians, are absolutely committed to the cause. We are key in the local community, training many children each week at the stadium, to which we need floodlights. For more details, visit our club website www.marinefc.com |
The situation.....Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Marine announces that earlier on this season, the club suffered the third floodlight fire to hit the Club in the last two years.
The floodlights are 35 years old and were due to be replaced in the summer of 2012. Planning approval was granted by Sefton Council in 2011 for a new floodlighting system in addition to a new stand and snack kiosk and the Club launched a £100k fundraising appeal in March. Marine Chairman Paul Leary said: “This is now a critical situation for our football club. Had the recent fire started during the game we would have had to evacuate the stadium and the game would have been abandoned. The installation of the new floodlighting system now takes absolute priority and is required as a matter of real urgency as we cannot now rely on the performance of the existing lights. The plans for the building of a snack kiosk and new stand will be put on hold whilst we concentrate on our efforts to raise funds for the new floodlights.” “I appeal to our fans, the public, our suppliers and customers to make donations to our ground appeal in a real effort to help fund the installation of the new system as quickly as possible. The immediate target now is to raise £40k through donations which will cover at least 50% of the cost of the new system and the remaining balance is hoped to be covered by grants from the football authorities. Paul Leary Chairman Marine Football Club |
