OJM C.F.C.

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OJM CFC
Black Country Rangers F.C. logo.png
Full nameOJM Community Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rangers
Founded1996
GroundTriplex Sports Ground, Kings Norton
ChairmanPaul Garner
ManagerStewart Watkins/Adam Younis
League Midland League Division One
2023–24 Midland League Division One, 3rd of 20 (promoted via play-offs)

OJM Community Football Club is a football club currently based in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at the Triplex Sports Ground.

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History

1996–2020: Black Country Rangers

The club was established in 1996 as Black Country Rangers. [1] In 2007 they joined Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League. [2] The club were Division Two champions in 2009–10, earning promotion to Division One. They were Division One champions the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division. [2]

Black Country Rangers' first season in the Premier Division saw them finish as runners-up. [2] The club also won the JW Hunt Cup, beating AFC Wulfrunians 4–3 in the final. [3] They retained the cup the following season with a 4–3 win over Wolverhampton Casuals. [3] In 2018 the club was restructured and renamed Black Country Football Club, although the first team continued to play under the name Black Country Rangers. [4]

2020–2023: OJM Black Country

At the end of the 2020–21 season Black Country Rangers were transferred to Division One of the Midland League when the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League lost its status as a step six division; at the same time, they also merged with OJM Football Club to become OJM Black Country Football Club. The club finished fifth in Division One in 2022–23, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. They subsequently lost 1–0 to Ashby Ivanhoe in the semi-finals.

2023–present: OJM Community

In 2023 the club was renamed OJM Community Football Club and relocated to the Triplex Sports Ground in Kings Norton, Birmingham.

Honours

Records

Black Country Rangers FC

OJM Black Country FC

OJM Community FC

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References

  1. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p453 ISBN   978-1869833695
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Black Country Rangers at the Football Club History Database
  3. 1 2 J.W. Hunt Cup winners & finalists JW Hunt Cup
  4. Announcement - Club Restructure Black Country F.C.
  5. 1 2 OJM Black Country at the Football Club History Database
  6. 1 2 OJM Community at the Football Club History Database

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