Aston Park Rangers Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Aston, Flintshire. The team currently plays in the North East Wales Division One.
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| Full name | Aston Park Rangers Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1981 | |
| Ground | 33 Pitch | |
| League | North East Wales Division One | |
| 2025–26 | North East Wales Division Two, 2nd of 8 (promoted) | |
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The club was founded in 1981 and has run junior teams since its foundation, only entering men's football for the first time in the early 2000s. The club's junior teams have had success locally.[1][2] Gary Speed played for Aston Park Rangers' junior teams while he was at school.[3][4]
History
editThe club was founded in 1981. They ran many junior sides until forming a men's team for the first time in the early 2000s, joining the Clwyd League.[5]
The 2000s brought success for the club's new men's team. In the 2003–04 season they won the Division One title.[6] They won the Premier Cup twice, in 2004–05 and 2006–07, and their third team won the Halkyn Cup twice in a row in 2007–08 and 2008–09.[7][8]
For the 2011–12 season they were founding members of the Clwyd East Football League.[9] In that season they went on to win the Horace Wynne Cup.[7] In 2015 they beat Cefn Albion 2–1 to lift the Clwyd Cup, a result described as surprising by North Wales Live as Albion had already won four trophies that season.[10] The club withdrew from the league during the 2017–18 season and the men's team folded.[9][11]
The club returned to men's football for the 2022–23 season, joining the North East Wales Football League.[12] Their first game back in men's football was against another new side, Holywell United, and they won 2–0.[13]
In the 2025–26 season they reached the final of the inaugural NEWFA Trophy, and won 3–0 against Yr Wyddgrug to win the trophy.[14] The team were also promoted as runners-up in the North East Wales League Division Two.[15]
Honours
edit- Clwyd League Division One - Champions: 2003–04
- Horace Wynne Cup - Winners: 2011–12
- NEWFA Trophy - Winners: 2025–26
- Clwyd Cup - Winners: 2015–16
- Premier Cup - Winners: 2004–05, 2006–07
- Halkyn Cup - Winners: 2007–08, 2008–09 (third team)
References
edit- ↑ "Lennon's on song for treble winners Aston Park Rangers!". The Leader. May 29, 2024.
- ↑ "Aston Park Rangers' double hopes ended by extra time strike". The Leader. April 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Fans to march from North Wales to Elland Road in memory of Gary Speed". Rhyl Journal. May 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Today marks 12 years since we sadly lost Gary Speed." Deeside.com.
- ↑ "Aston Park Rangers". August 5, 2022.
- ↑ CLWYD FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES 2003-04 from Welsh Football Data Archive
- 1 2 Aston Park Rangers (@APR_FC) on X
- ↑ Live, North Wales (May 20, 2009). "Clwyd League: Cup joy for Aston Park Rangers 3rds and Greenfield". North Wales Live.
- 1 2 "North East Wales League 2010-17". Welsh Football.
- ↑ Jones, Dave (June 1, 2015). "Aston Park Rangers 2 Cefn Albion 1: Rangers fight back to lift the Clwyd Cup". North Wales Live.
- ↑ "North East Wales League 2017/18". Welsh Football.
- ↑ "North East Wales League 2021/22". Welsh Football.
- ↑ "Plenty of goals mark first weekend of 2022-23 North East Wales Football League season". August 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Brace for Aston Park Rangers' Jack in a box to seal trophy final triumph". The Leader. May 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Promotion and cup double for Aston Park Rangers!". May 20, 2026.