Kintbury Rangers F.C.

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Kintbury Rangers
Full name Kintbury Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gers
Founded 1890
Ground The Recreation Ground,
Kintbury
Chairman Alfonso Gonzalez
League North Berks Football League
Division One
2012–13 North Berks Football League
Division One, 10th
Home colours

Kintbury Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Kintbury, near Newbury, England. They are currently members of the North Berks League Division One. They joined the league from the Hellenic Football League Division One East in 2010–11 season. Their nickname is the 'Gers'[1]

The club is classed as a Chartered Club as per the FA Charter Status.

History

The club was formed in 1890.[2] After the Second World war the club joined the Newbury & District league, and going on to win the league in the 1958–59 campaign.[2] The club joined the North Berks Football League Premier Division in the 1967–68 season.[3] the club stayed in the Premier division for three seasons, suffering relegation at the end of the 1969–70 season, and then subsequent relegation again a season later to division two.[4][5] It took the club another five seasons to get back to the top division of the North Berks league, doing so by winning Division two in the 1975–76 season.[6] Over the next seven seasons the club won the league twice, in the 1977–78 season and the 1981–82 season.[7][8] In their last season in the North Berks the club almost won the league again finishing on equal points with Berisfield, and so the clubs had to play an end of season play-off which Kintbury lost 5–4.[9]

In 1983–84 they joined the Hellenic league Division one gaining promotion to the Premier Division in the 1987–88 season and stayed there until 1999 when they left and joined the North Berks Football League. During the time they were in the North Berks league they managed to win the league 3 times in a row from the 2001–02 season and achieved the treble of the league, North Berks Cup & North Berks Charity Shield in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.[10] They then rejoined the Hellenic Football League in the 2004–05 season and finished as runners up in Division one east in their first season back.[11] They stayed in the division until the 2010/11 season, before leaving again to join the North Berks League.[12]

Ground

Kintbury Rangers play at the Recreation Ground, Inkpen Road, Kintbury, Berkshire, RG17 9TU.

Honours

League honours

  • Hellenic Football League One East[12]
    • Runners-up (1): 2004–05
  • North Berks League[7][8][9][12]
    • Winners (5): 1977–78, 1981–82, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
    • Runners-up (2): 1982–83, 2000–01
  • North Berks League Division Two[6][13]
    • Winners (2): 1973–74, 1975–76
  • Newbury & District league Premier Division[2]
    • Winners (1): 1958–59

Cup honours

  • Hellenic Football League Challenge Cup:[14]
    • Runners-up (1): 1996–97
  • North Berks Cup[10][15]
    • Winners (4): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • North Berks Charity Shield[10][16]
    • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
    • Runners-up (1): 1977–78
  • North Berks League Cup[17]
    • Winners (1): 1972–73
  • Newbury Graystone Cup [2]
    • Winners (2): 1950–51, 1964–65
    • Runners-up (1): 1960–61
  • Berks and Bucks Intermediate cup [2]
    • Runners-up (1): 1960–61

Records

  • Highest League Position:[12] 8th in Hellenic League premier Division: 1989–90
  • FA VASE Best Performance:[12] Second Qualifying Round: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
  • Highest Attendance: 256 v Holyport F.C. – August 2005[1]

Notable former players

A list of players that have played for the club at one stage and meet one of the following criteria;

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kintbury Rangers Football Club Football website provided by non-league.org web ring". Kintburyrangers.non-league.org. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Ascot United vs Kintbury Rangers FC Tuesday 27th October 2009". Ascot United. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  4. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  5. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Kintbury Rangers wrap up double cup success (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)". Gazetteandherald.co.uk. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Kintbury Rangers Football Club Football website provided by non-league.org web ring". Kintburyrangers.non-league.org. Retrieved 5 August 2013. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 KINTBURY RANGERS at the Football Club History Database
  13. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Latest News". Swindonsupermarinefc.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013. 
  15. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  16. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  17. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 

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Coordinates: 51°23′47.42″N 1°27′04.26″W / 51.3965056°N 1.4511833°W / 51.3965056; -1.4511833

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