 Crowther had set his heart on building the new Leeds United, and he became the new club chairman, making the club a loan of £35,000, repayable when United gained promotion to the First Division.He would serve as Chairman of Leeds United from 1919 to 1924.In 1927 Crowther married Annie M. J. Vivian, known as Mona Vivian, a popular pantomime artiste, in St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.