Highfield Rangers F.C.

Association football club in England
Football club
Highfield Rangers
Full nameHighfield Rangers Football Club
Founded1970
GroundGleneagles Avenue, Leicester
ChairmanGerry Burke
ManagerKyron Stabana
LeagueLeicestershire Senior League Premier Division
2023–24Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division, 6th of 15

Highfield Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in the Rushey Mead area of Leicester. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division.

History

The club was established in 1970 by a group of immigrants from the West Indies.[1] In 1988 they joined the Premier Division of the Central Midlands League.[2] After four years of top-four finishes, the club joined the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division in 1992. In 1998–99 they reached the third round of the FA Vase, which remains a club record. The following season they won the Premier Division.[2]

Honours

  • Central Midlands League Premier Division[2]
    • Runners-up 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division
    • Champions 1999–2000

Records

  • FA Vase[2]
    • Third Round 1998–99

References

  1. ^ History Archived 2010-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Highfield Rangers F.C.
  2. ^ a b c d Highfield Rangers at the Football Club History Database

External links

  • Club Website - Highfield Rangers
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2019–20 Leicestershire Senior League
Premier Division
Division One
Division Two
  • Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Reserves
  • Bottesford
  • Cottesmore Development
  • Desford Development
  • Dunton & Broughton United
  • Kibworth Town
  • Newbold Verdon
  • Northfield Emerald
  • Rothley Imperial
  • Rugby Borough Reserves
  • Sileby Athletic
  • Sileby Town Reserves
  • Sporting Markfield
  • St Andrews Reserves
  • Sutton Bonington
  • Thurnby Rangers Development

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