Moreton Rangers F.C.

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Moreton Rangers
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Full nameMoreton Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Townsmen
Founded1997
GroundLondon Road, Moreton-in-Marsh
ChairmanPaul Luker
ManagerNick Timms
League Hellenic League Division One
2023–24 Hellenic League Division One, 19th of 19

Moreton Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated in the Gloucestershire County Football Association, [1] The club are currently members of the Witney and District League Division 1 and play at London Road. Their nickname is the Townsmen. [1]

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History

The club was established in 1997 playing on the London Road ground that belonged to Moreton Town who had folded 3 years earlier. [2] The club started off as a youth side and in 2004 they entered an adult side in Division Two of the Cheltenham Football League. [3] The 2009–10 season saw the club win Division One of the Cheltenham League and earn promotion to Division Two of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. [3] The 2013–14 season saw the club finish as runners-up in Division Two, so gain promotion to Division One. [4]

The 2015–16 season saw the club join Division Two West of the Hellenic Football League. [5] The club remained in this division until the end of the 2018–19 season, when they won it to gain promotion to Division One West. [6] Moreton Rangers entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2021–22. [7]

Ground

The club have played in the London Road ground since 1997. [2]

The ground was previously used by Moreton Town F.C. who had folded in 1994. [2] The ground was also used by Newport AFC for their first season, as a means of avoiding the Football Association of Wales attempts to get the new club to enter the Welsh football league system. [8] [9] In July 2019 Newport County returned to London Road for a friendly match against Moreton Rangers [10] to mark the 30th anniversary of the groundshare. [11]

Honours

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  2. 1 2 3 Home: Moreton Rangers Football Club - Home, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  3. 1 2 London Road: The Wycombe Wanderer: Moreton Rangers - London Road, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  4. ↑ Gloucestershire Northern Senior League: Gloucestershire Northern Senior League, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  5. ↑ Hellenic Grounds & Programmes: Moreton Town / Rangers - Hellenic Grounds & Programmes, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  6. ↑ Malvern Gazette: Football: Moreton Rangers and Bourton Rovers are promoted | Malvern Gazette, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  7. ↑ "The Buildbase FA Vase Season 2021–22" (.ashx). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Engel, Matthew (28 December 1989). "Newport spirit alive and well in exile". The Guardian . London. p. 14. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Football: Wherever it may be: Moreton Rangers | Football: Wherever it may be, accessdate: January 19, 2020
  10. ↑ Penman, Andrew (4 July 2019). "Newport County head back to Moreton-in-Marsh for friendly". South Wales Argus . Newport, Wales . Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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  12. ↑ Moreton Rangers at the Football Club History Database
  13. ↑ Division 1 History: CAFL - Division 1 History, accessdate: January 19, 2020
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