Crowle Colts F.C.


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

History

Pre Second World War there had been 3 main football clubs in Crowle; Crowle Brickworks, Crowle Institute and Crowle Town. After the Second World War The Sun Engineering side became the main team in Crowle with a secondary team called Axholme Wanderers for younger players who had just come out of intermediate football. All of these sides competed in the Scunthorpe League
In 1966 Crowle Sports, the renamed Sun Engineers side, unexpectedly resigned from the league the week before the start of the season. The remaining Crowle Sports players joined Axholme Wanderers, leaving just one Saturday football team in the Crowle area. For the Start of the 1967-68 season, the Axholme Wanderers side renamed as Crowle United and United went on to have great success in local football. 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. At the end of the 1988-89 season, United left the Lincolnshire league due to ground issues, and rejoined the Scunthorpe League.
In 1996, Crowle United folded, and a year later 2 new Saturday clubs formed, Crowle United Junior Colts and Crowle FC. A year later Colts took on their final, and current name, Crowle Colts and in 1999 merged with Crowle FC to leave the single Crowle Saturday Football side.
Colts started in Division 5 of the Scunthorpe League in the 1997-98 season, and except for 3 seasons in the Gainsborough and District League in the early 2000s the club stayed in the Scunthorpe League until 2018.
At the start of the 2018-19 season the club left the Scunthorpe league after being crowned champions and joined the Central Midlands Football League. They secured successive promotions the following season, missing out on the title on goal difference. After three seasons Central Midlands League, the club joined the Lincolnshire League at the start of the 2022–23 season, following in the footsteps of United that had left the league 33 years prior. 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, after finishing second in the Lincolnshire League. They won the Lincolnshire FA County Junior Cup again that season, completing back-to-back triumphs in the competition.

Ground

Crowle Colts play their home games at Windsor Park, located on Godnow Road, Crowle, which opened in September 2005. The ground has a maximum capacity of around 500 and is equipped with floodlights, fencing, a pavilion, and other facilities.
In October 2025 the club added a seated stand for the first time that added 50 seats to the Ground
Before Windsor Park, Crowle United played their football at the Sunfield Sports Ground, located on Potts lane, Crowle. The Sunfield Ground closed in 1989 and United moved to North Axholme School. When Crowle Colts formed they first played their football at North Axholme School before moving to Windsor Park when it opened.

Honours

Crowle United
Crowle Colts

League positions

Crowle United
YearLeagueDivisionFinishPWDLFAPTS
67-68Scunthorpe And District LeagueThree2nd26193410537
68-69Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo3rd261737954736
69-70Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo5th241068767226
70-71Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne1st261844773740
71-72Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne1st262312893547
72-73Lincolnshire Football LeagueOne1st281936823641
73-74Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem13th289415446622
74-75Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem5th261178433329
75-76Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem4th3016410673936
76-77Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem5th2814311696031
77-78Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem3rd261439563731
78-79Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem9th3013314484429
79-80Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem3rd261466433034
80-81Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem9th3013413494430
81-82Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem8th3015312484333
82-83Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem9th3011811425330
83-84Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem8th34121012625634
84-85Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem6th3214810544236
85-86Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem10th3213514434831
86-87Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem7th261079405227
87-88Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem5th3214810533936
88-89Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem3rd281684783156
89-90Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne2nd241752621939
90-91Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne2nd241815612537
91-92Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne8th206113234013
92-93Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne9th18401422548
93-94Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne6th20767483420
94-95Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne9th249411345122
95-96Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne6th2411310613925

Crowle Colts
YearLeagueDivisionFinishPWDLFAPTSNotes
1997-98Scunthorpe And District LeagueFive2nd221624803650
1998-98Scunthorpe And District LeagueFour5th20956694032
1999-2000Scunthorpe And District LeagueFour6th18657385123
2000-01Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne6th20956724632Merged with Crowle FC
2001-02Gainsborough And District LeagueOne10th203116308310
2002-03Gainsborough And District LeagueTwo6th229310423830
2003-04Gainsborough And District LeagueTwo7th221129383635
2004-05Scunthorpe And District LeagueThree3rd221543952949
2005-06Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo2nd221642742152
2006-07Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne4th221228524838
2007-08Scunthorpe And District LeagueThree4th221635643248
2008-09Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo3rd261385633750
2009-10Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo4th18855362529
2010-11Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne8th207310394624
2011-12Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne9th184410303816
2012-13Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne9th18231317559
2013-14Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo5th18747353825
2014-15Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo9th163112254810
2015-16Scunthorpe And District LeagueTwo1st141400791042
2016-17Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne2nd14914402328
2017-18Scunthorpe And District LeagueOne1st181512721846
2018-19Central Midlands LeagueOne North2nd20171242
2019-20Central Midlands LeaguePremier North9th1762920League Suspended
2020-21Central Midlands LeaguePremier North12th52036League Suspended
2021-22Central Midlands LeaguePremier North8th321351444
2022-23Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem3rd34216771
2023-24Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem2nd32235474
2024-25Lincolnshire Football LeaguePrem2nd24185159
2025-26Northern Counties East LeagueOne