Full name | Moreton Rangers Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Townsmen | |
Founded | 1997 | |
Ground | London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh | |
Chairman | Paul Luker | |
Manager | Nick Timms | |
League | Hellenic League Division One | |
2023–24 | Hellenic League Division One, 19th of 19 | |
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Moreton Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated in the Gloucestershire County Football Association, [1] The club are currently members of the Hellenic Football League and play at London Road. Their nickname is the Townsmen. [1]
The club was established in 1997 playing on the London Road ground that belonged to Moreton Town who had folded 3 years earlier. [2] The club started off as a youth side and in 2004 they entered an adult side in Division Two of the Cheltenham Football League. [3] The 2009–10 season saw the club win Division One of the Cheltenham League and earn promotion to Division Two of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. [3] The 2013–14 season saw the club finish as runners-up in Division Two, so gain promotion to Division One. [4]
The 2015–16 season saw the club join Division Two West of the Hellenic Football League. [5] The club remained in this division until the end of the 2018–19 season, when they won it to gain promotion to Division One West. [6] Moreton Rangers entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2021–22. [7]
The club have played in the London Road ground since 1997. [2]
The ground was previously used by Moreton Town F.C. who had folded in 1994. [2] The ground was also used by Newport AFC for their first season, as a means of avoiding the Football Association of Wales attempts to get the new club to enter the Welsh football league system. [8] [9] In July 2019 Newport County returned to London Road for a friendly match against Moreton Rangers [10] to mark the 30th anniversary of the groundshare. [11]