Ian Crawley was an English footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He played for a number of clubs throughout a long career and holds the distinction of having scored winning goals in two different finals at Wembley Stadium.

Crawley played for Kettering Town

Kettering Town F.C.

Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...

, Solihull Borough

Solihull Borough F.C.

Solihull Borough F.C. was an English football club from Solihull. In 2007 the club merged with Moor Green to form a new club, Solihull Moors.-History:...

, Nuneaton Borough, VS Rugby and Telford United

Telford United F.C.

Telford United F.C. was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and played at this level for 25 years before being wound up in...

. It was with the latter two clubs that he achieved his notable double. In 1983, he scored the only goal as VS Rugby beat Halesowen Town

Halesowen Town F.C.

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 1-0 to win the FA Vase

FA Vase

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; six years later, he again was the scorer as Telford beat Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

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 by the same score in the 1989 FA Trophy

FA Trophy

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 final.

Crawley was diagnosed with Motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease

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 in 2006 and was dealt a further blow when it was discovered that he was also suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer

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. Before he died, an appeal had been set up in his name to raise money and awareness of the disease.