Ellesmere Rangers F.C.
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| Full name | Ellesmere Rangers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rangers | ||
| Founded | 1969 | ||
| Ground | Beech Grove Ellesmere Shropshire (Capacity: tbc) |
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| Chairman | David Coles | ||
| Manager | Matt Burton | ||
| League | Midland Alliance | ||
| 2010-11 | Midland Alliance, 13th | ||
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Ellesmere Rangers F.C. are an English football club based in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. For the 2011-12 season they are members of the Midland Alliance.
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[edit] History
Ellesmere Rangers F.C. was founded in 1969, although it had its roots in the works team of a local railway factory which had existed since the 1940s.
Since the arrival of ex-League of Wales manager Geoff Graham in 2000, the club have enjoyed four successive promotions which have taken them from the Shropshire County League First Division to the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division. They have also appeared in seven cup finals and won four of them.
After clinching the West Midlands League Division One title in 2005/06, extensive work was carried out at the Beech Grove ground to ensure it met the criteria required for promotion to the Premier Division, and Rangers' place in the top flight was confirmed in August 2006.
Ellesmere Rangers Reserves currently compete in the Shropshire County Premier Football League Premier Division, finishing 2nd in 2010/11. In 2007, Ellesmere made further progress as a club by forming a youth team that took its place in the Midland Floodlit Youth League Western Division. The team has already produced a number of players for the senior teams even with the team still in its early stages. In the 2008-09 season the team have been moved across to compete in the Midland Floodlit Youth League Northern Division. The current manager is Dan Stevens.
[edit] Ground
The Beech Grove ground, and in particular its unusual large metal dugouts with lockable doors, was featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts.[1]
[edit] Club records
- Best league performance: 4th in West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, 2008-09
- Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round 2008-09
- Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round 2007-08, 2008-09
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bauckham, David (2006). Dugouts. New Holland. ISBN 1-8453-7478-9.
[edit] Sources
- Ellesmere Rangers at the Football Club History Database
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 52°54′23.58″N 2°54′22.25″W / 52.90655°N 2.9061806°W
