Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC
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| Full name | Mount Druitt Town Rangers FC | |
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| Founded | 1970 (incorp) | |
| Ground | Popondetta Park | |
| Capacity | ~2500 | |
| Owner | Mark Robertson | |
| Chairman | Mark Robertson | |
| League | FFA FNSW NPL | |
| FFA NPL | TBD | |
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The Mount Druitt Town Rangers, or the Mt Druitt Rangers, are a football (soccer) club from Mt Druitt in Western Sydney Australia. The club was incorporated in 1970. Currently in the FFA FNSW[clarification needed] National Premier Leagues program, the highest leagues in the state.
History
The Mt Druitt Town Rangers Soccer Club was incorporated in 1970 and has developed a strong association with the district and the states governing body, Football NSW Football Federation Australia.
Since 1970 the Rangers has provided football opportunities for the youth of Western Sydney. Founded by two Scots of opposing religions and the fiercest of football rivalries, they overcame their differences to unite the green of Celtic, the Rangers name, and the gold of Australia.
The Rangers plays in the FFA FNSW National Premier League (NPL2) 1st Grade, 20s, 18s, National Premier League Youth u16s, 15s, 14s, 13s, Skills Acquisition League u12s, 11s, 10s, 9s, Girls Conference League 17g, 15g, 13g.[clarification needed] MDTRFC plays Futsal in the FNSW National Premier League competition [Men, Boys, Women, Girls] including Athletes With Disabilities, Town rangers also offers community football opportunities in the local Blacktown District Soccer Football Association.[clarification needed]
The Rangers also regularly features in the highly respected invitational Portuguese International Tournament hosted by Vila Franca do Rosario 2014 u15s, 2016 u15s, 2017, u15s, 2018 u14s testing our Rangers Youth Academies. Over the years vFR has included some of the Superpowers of European Footballs Youth Academies such as regulars Sporting Club Portugal, SL Benfica, Porto FC, as well as other international guests Sheffield Wednesday, Real Betis,
In 2017 the Skills Acquisition League also toured Portugal and played in the Algrave New World Youth Cup http://algarveyouthcup.com/ where the Rangers team was awarded the Fair Play Award.
In 2017 Rangers made the National Premier League first grade grand final against the league winners and highly respected Marconi.
In 2017 Rangers Youth won the u15s Football New South Wales National Premier League one against all 26 National Premier League Youth clubs, and ranked fourth in the unofficial Club Championship of 13s~16s. Technical Director Ben Gough and Stewart Montgomery along with Head Coach Ferdinand Maniti and Chris Zaccazan steered the Under 15 Boys to Victory in their final game against Rockdale FC.
2015 saw MDTR First play Western Sydney Wanderers FC A-League team in their first trial having won the ACL, with the gates closed with some 2,200 in attendance.
The Rangers has also hosted many Y-League and W-League matches at Popondetta Pk for the Western Sydney Wanderers and the in 2017 hosted the Brasil National Women's team (featuring the superstar Marta) as they prepared for their games against the Matildas.
Since 2011, significant upgrades to the core development from 1986 have taken place, including 1000 additional seats (400 covered), an awning covering entire grandstand, about 350 bucket seats installed in the grandstand, a first aid room, overhaul of the canteen and bathroom facilities, installation of air conditioning in the clubhouse, and a media box.
In 2016, Blacktown City Council announced a major upgrade to the Popondetta Pk precinct of $5m. including the development of a synthetic field and additional amenities for players and spectators.
Recent FNSW Youth Club Championship: (accumulation of Youth League ladder points)
2016~ NPLY1
2014~15 NPLY1 (Tier1)
2013 NPLY2 1st (Tier2)
2012 Div.1 1st
2011 Div.1 1st (not promoted)
2010 Div.1 2nd
2009 Div.1 2nd (Tier3)
Club colours and kit
The club's home kit is based on the Australian national jersey/shirt is predominately gold and shorts bottle green, the socks are gold. The away kit is shirt bottle green, shorts black, and socks black.
References
External links
- Mount Druitt Rangers home page
- Facebook /mdtrfc Official Site
- Facebook /mdtrfc video links