Boro Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Middlesbrough, England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division One and play at Phoenix Park.
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| Full name | Boro Rangers Football Club | |
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| Founded | 2003 | |
| Ground | Phoenix Park | |
| Chairman | Mark Curtis | |
| Manager | Ben Wheatley | |
| League | Northern League Division One | |
| 2025–26 | Northern League Division One, 5th of 19 | |
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History
editBoro Rangers were founded in 2003 as a junior football club, gradually expanding its operations to provide teams from U7s upwards. This trajectory, and a desire to ensure that those coming through the club's ranks had a chance to represent them in senior football, led to Boro Rangers joining the Teesside League in 2014.[1]
After finishing runners-up in Division Two in 2014/15, the club were promoted to Division One, winning the final two Division One championships prior to the dissolution of the Teesside League. Following this, the club joined the North Riding League, winning the league in five further consecutive seasons.[2]
In 2022, the club was admitted into the Northern League Division Two.[3] They achieved immediate promotion in the 2022–23 season, crowned champions on the final day of the season.[4]
In 2024-25, the club's second season in Division One, they achieved what can be considered as their most successful season yet at any level, reaching the preliminary rounds of the FA Cup, and the first round proper of the FA Vase, as well as reaching the semi finals of the Northern League Division One playoffs, following a 3rd-placed finish.
Ground
editPrior to the 2021-22 season, Boro Rangers played at the Herlingshaw Centre, Eston, owned by the MFC Foundation.
In preparation for the club's transition to Northern League status, Boro Rangers made plans to build a 4G pitch and stadium facilities at Saltersgill Avenue, Tollesby, on the grounds of Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough. As such, the club temporarily moved to New Ferens Park, Durham[5], in order to secure earlier eligibility for the Northern League. The club later relocated to Stokesley Sports Club F.C.[6] as a temporary ground for the 2022-23 season, in which they secured promotion to the Northern League Division One.
In 2023, the club's move back to Middlesbrough was secured, when Phoenix Park, built on the site of Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough, was opened. The club saw its record attendance at Phoenix Park during the 2024-25 Northern League Division One playoffs, when 816 spectators watched the club's semi final tie with Newcastle Blue Star.
Manager History
edit- Ben Wheatley: 2014 - present
List of seasons
edit| Season | League | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Points | Position | Top Scorer |
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| 2014-15 | TLD2 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 26 | 57 | 2nd (P) | Not known |
| 2015-16 | TLD1 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 125 | 26 | 81 | 1st | Not known |
| 2016-17 | TLD1 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 22 | 61 | 1st | Not known |
| 2017-18 | NRPD | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 28 | 63 | 1st | Not known |
| 2018-19 | NRPD | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 19 | 82 | 1st | Not known |
| 2019-20 | NRPD | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 19 | 62 | 1st | Not known |
| 2020-21 | NRPD | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 27 | 1st | Not known |
| 2021-22 | NRPD | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 14 | 70 | 1st (P) | Not known |
| 2022-23 | NLD2 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 97 | 34 | 93 | 1st (P) | Stuart Rose (17) |
| 2023-24 | NLD1 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 82 | 42 | 68 | 7th | Danny Lofts/Stuart Rose (10) |
| 2024-25 | NLD1 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 92 | 58 | 80 | 3rd | Stuart Rose (41) |
Please note: TLD1/2 refer to Teesside Leagues Division 1 and 2, NRPD refer to the North Riding League Premier Division, NLD1/2 refer to Northern Leagues Division 1 and 12.
Club Records
edit- Record attendance: 816, versus Newcastle Blue Star, 2024–25 Northern Football League playoff semi final, 25th April 2025
Performance Records
edit- Best ever league finish: 3rd, 2024–25 Northern Football League
- FA Cup best performance: Preliminary round, 2024–25
- FA Vase best performance: First round, 2024–25
Player Records
edit- Most goals in a league season: Stuart Rose, 41, 2024–25 Northern Football League
- Record goal scorer (Northern League only): Stuart Rose, 82, 2022 - present
League Honours
editNorthern Football League Division Two
- Winners (1): 2022–23
North Riding League Premier Division
- Winners (5): 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20*, 2020/21*, 2021/22
Asterisks mark that season ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teesside Football League Division One
- Winners (2): 2015/16, 2016/17
Teesside Football League Division Two
- Runners-Up (1): 2014/15
Cup Honours
editNorth Riding Saturday County Cup
- Winners (5): 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2014-15
- Runners-Up (1): 2023/24
MacMillan Bowl
- Winners (3): 2015/16, 2017/18, 2018/19
Lou Moore Trophy
- Winners (1): 2017/18
JV Madden Trophy
- Winners (1): 2016/17
Notable former players
editThe following players all represented Boro Rangers at youth level, prior to embarking on senior careers in professional, and semi-professional football:
References
edit- ↑ "About Boro Rangers". Boro Rangers F.C. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "North Riding Football League". Full-Time FA. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2022–23" (.pdf). The Football Association. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "BORO RANGERS ARE DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONS". www.northernfootballleague.org. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ "Northern League announce plans for 2022-23 season". Northern Echo. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "Boro Rangers – Northern Football League Leeds will win". northernfootballleague.org. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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