Kintbury Rangers F.C.

Kintbury Rangers
Full name Kintbury Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gers
Founded 1890
Ground The Recreation Ground,
Kintbury
League North Berks Football League
Division One
2013–14 North Berks Football League
Division One, 1st

Kintbury Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Kintbury, West Berkshire. They are currently members of the North Berks League. The first team are the current holders of the North Berks Football League Division One title and the Charity Shield.

They re-joined the league from the Hellenic Football League Division One East in the 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, 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] staying in the Premier Division for three seasons before suffering relegation at the end of the 1969–70 season, and a subsequent relegation the following season 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 title 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 League, the club almost won the league again finishing level on points with Berinsfield, 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 Football League Division One, gaining promotion to the Premier Division in the 1987–88 season, and stayed there until 1999 when they left to re-join the North Berks Football League. During this stint in the North Berks League, the club lifted the league title three 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]

The club won their first silverware since their return to the North Berks Football League in April 2014, defeating Ardington & Lockinge 5-3 in extra-time to lift the North Berks Charity Shield for the third time.[13] The season was rounded off when they defeated Saxton Rovers 3-1 in the final game of the season at the Recreation Ground to secure the North Berks Football League Division One title, losing just once throughout the campaign.[14]

Ground

Kintbury Rangers play at the Recreation Ground on Inkpen Road in Kintbury. The ground features a clubhouse with a licensed bar and free Wi-Fi.

The football club is located adjacent to the Kintbury Tennis Club and the Kintbury Bowls Club, as well as the indoor sports facility, the Jubilee Centre.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

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.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "North Berks Football League". nbfl.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Latest News". Swindonsupermarinefc.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "North Berks Football League". Nbfl.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "FOOTBALL: Hendred send holders spinning out of shield". Oxford Mail.
  20. ↑ "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