History of Rangers AFC index updated : 4 April 2008
History of Rangers AFC
Tom Hanton who played for Rangers in the early 1980s welcomes those who knew him to contact him.
14 Linford Grove
Islands Brow
St Helens
Merseyside WA11 9LE
England
hanton1028@hotmail.com
Please note that many of these links will open, in a new window, the old geocities site pages. We will eventually transfer the pages to this site and modify their presentation and navigation.
Related link: Structure of New Zealand football
Rangers AFC and New Brighton AFC merged in late 2007 to form a joint venture: Coastal Spirit FC.
Honours
List of all known honours (championships, cups, trophies etc) won by Rangers' senior teams
History Narrative
Several paragraphs outlining, in a readable form, the history of Rangers AFC: from 1910 to the twenty-first century.
Life Members
List of life members of Rangers AFC, and year they were elected.
Chatham Cup
Results of most of Rangers' matches in the Chatham Cup (1923-). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
National League
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches in the National League including promotion play-offs (1973-1985). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player. List (by year) of Rangers' players selected for Canterbury United.
Air New Zealand Cup
Results of all of Rangers' matches in the Air NZ Cup (a national pre-season tournament, 1974-1979). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Mainland Premier League
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches in the Mainland Premier League (formerly known as Federation 6 Premier League) (2000-). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Canterbury League
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches in the Canterbury Premier League (1998-1999). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Southern League
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches (mens first team and reserves) in the Southern League including championship play-offs (1968-1997). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of first team appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Hertz (Southern) Cup
Results of all of Rangers' matches in the Southern Cup (Hertz Cup) (a tournament for Southern League clubs, 1974-1979). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Superclub
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches in the Superclub (1993-1995) includes National, Regional, and Plate leagues. Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
Hurley Shield (CFA Div 1 prior to introduction of Southern League)
League placings and results of all of Rangers' matches in the Hurley Shield and lower grades (when Rangers first team participated), Canterbury FA's top leagues (1957-67). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player. Also historical notes back to 1913 regarding Rangers' participation in this competition.
Hurley Shield Pre-Season
Results of all of Rangers' matches in the Hurley Shield pre-season (a Canterbury FA pre-season tournament, 1987-1998). Listed by year and listed by opponent. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player.
English Cup
Results of many of Rangers' matches in the English Cup (a Canterbury knock-out tournament, 1917-). Listed by year and listed by opponent. All Rangers' results since 1957. Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player (1957-).
Rangers Pre-Season Tournament
Details of each Rangers Pre-Season Tournament (1965-), listed by year. Each club's record in the tournament (overall record, record victory/defeat, summary of results by opponent). Most results from entirety of each year's Tournament. All Rangers' results (by year and by opponent). Number of appearances and goals scored by each Rangers' player (with a few gaps). List of results of each year's Final. Request for help with missing details.
Other Mens First Team Competitions
All Rangers' results from other competitions that Rangers' mens first team has participated in since 1957. Includes: Div 2 KO, 50th Jubilee, CFA 100, Keys Cup (1964), O'Briens Tournament, Supporters Cup, Dollars for Goals, Jeffries Trophy, adidas pre-season, 3ZB Challenge, and Rangers v Southern League Select.
Womens First Team Cups
Rangers' results and player appearances and goalscorers from Reta Fitzpatrick Cup, NZ Womens Knockout Cup, Division 1/Premier Cup.
Junior National Cup
Results of most of Rangers' matches in the Junior National Cup (1973-1979). Also some results from 1945-1947. Other years were association representative teams instead of clubs.
Top 10 Mens First Team Appearances (by quantity)
Top 10 Mens First Team Goalscorers (by quantity)
Previous First Team Coaches
List of coaches of Rangers' mens first team, complete from 1953. Also includes some from years before 1953.
International Caps
List of players who have been selected for both New Zealand (or another country) and Rangers at some stage of their playing career. Men, women, senior, B, and age-group.
Mens first team history, results (since 1957) vs each club:
Summary of match results listed by opponent, includes details of record victories/defeats.
Mens First team history, year by year:
Match-by-match line-ups, results and scorers; player awards.
2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
1990 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1980 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1970 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1960 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1957 | 8 | 9
pre-1957
Acknowledgements:
Records on this site have been compiled thanks to the following sources and people:
Eric Adam, Jim Hawkey
Andre Zlotkowski, Barry Smith
Jeremy Ruane's ultimatenzsoccer.com
Dave Hegan, Phil Clayton, Harry Smits, Simon Rennell
NZ Soccer Annual, Soccer Express, Soccer News
The Press, The Christchurch Star
Tony Hilton with Barry Smith: "An Association with Soccer"
J Houston: "Association Football in New Zealand"
Nick Tolerton: "25 Years of Southern Soccer"
John Small: "Canterbury Soccer"