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A brief history of time (concerning Crossmolina AFC)

For all our international visitors, Crossmolina is a relatively small town in County Mayo, in the West of Ireland. Crossmolina  AFC plays it's games in the Premiership of the Mayo League. The club was formed in June 1992 by Paul Flaherty, Adrian Conway and John Heffernan. It began as an Under 18 side and as the players matured so did the competition. The early days witnessed us playing our home games at Gortnor Abbey convent in farcical conditions which were not condusive to good football. The only thing to break the monotony of the mudbath was frequent clumps of rushes! We later moved to Kilmurray community pitch and now are owners of our own pitch in Abbeytown. Our first achievement of note was finishing second in Division Three in 1994. This gained us promotion to the Second Division where a brief stay culminated in promotion once again in 1996. The first game of a deciding two game playoff ended 2-1 in Crossmolina's favour and only a Michael Moyles goal ensured us of victory in the return leg's 2-2 draw. Off the field disaster struck in October 1998 when Hurricane Mitch ripped through our Abbeytown ground, blowing our dressing rooms all over the pitch in a mangled heap. We have remained in Division One since (it is now called the Premier League) but Cups have provided us with plenty of memorable moments. After defeat in the Tonra Cup Final we bounced back in later years to qualify for the Tuohy Cup Final in 1999. Once again we fell at the final hurdle when the reigning Mayo champions Achill Rovers were triumphant 2-1.  Crossmolina registered a significant scalp in the 2000 League Cup when the reigning champions of Mayo, Manulla were soundly beaten at Abbeytown.  Our 2001 season meandered to a meaningless halt in November after a season of mediocrity. Manager Bert Carolan resigned after guiding the club for the vast majority of its existence, leaving a huge vacancy for new boss Gerry McGuinness to fill. Our home games at Abbeytown could be played against the backdrop of a splendid new clubhouse if we can raise the funding for such a project. The Mayo County Council granted the club a 25 year lease on the premises in December 2001 and followed that by granting planning permission in February 2002.  The Deptartment of Arts, Sport and Tourism grant of €35,000 should assist greatly in its construction. Our away strip is a green jersey with white shorts and our home attire is maroon jersey and shorts with white socks. 

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