Mainland League page updated : 13 Oct 2007
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Introduction
The Mainland Federation (formerly known as Federation 6) encompasses Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast and Canterbury. The region's top league is played during winter and was first known in 2000 as the Federation 6 Premier League. In 2003, the name was changed to the Mainland Premier League.
Note: all results have Rangers' score first.
| P | W | D | L | F - A | GD | Pts | |
| Mainland Lg | 156 | 69 | 29 | 59 | 293-260 | +33 | 236 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-1 | +1 | 4 |
| Total | 158 | 70 | 30 | 59 | 295-261 | +34 | 240 |
Highest end of season placing: 2nd, 2001
Record Victory: 8-0 v New Brighton, 2000; 8-0 v Woolston WMC, 2002
Record Defeat: 0-8 v Ferrymead Bays, 2007
Introduction | Total Record | Yearly records | Record v individual clubs | Players' records
Rangers' Mainland League results year-by-year
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
2000
4th place
20 11 5 4 52-26 +26 38
| Western | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Christchurch City Reserves | 2-1 | 1-2 |
| Christchurch United | 0-3 | 3-1 |
| Nomads United | 7-0 | 2-2 |
| Avon United | 4-3 | 1-1 |
| Universities | 4-2 | 1-0 |
| New Brighton | 5-0 | 8-0 |
| Halswell United | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Nelson Suburbs Reserves | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Marlborough United | 6-3 | 4-0 |
2001
2nd place
22 16 3 3 58-17 +41 51
| Western | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| Christchurch City Reserves | 1-2 | 3-0 |
| Christchurch United | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Nomads United | 2-0 | 7-2 |
| Avon United | 3-2 | 6-2 |
| Universities | 5-0 | 5-0 |
| New Brighton | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Halswell United | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Nelson Suburbs | 0-3 | 4-1 |
| Marlborough United | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Mid-Canterbury United | 6-0 | 3-0 |
2002
3rd place
22 13 5 4 56-26 +30 44
| Nelson Suburbs | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| New Brighton | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| Christchurch United | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Universities | 4-2 | 0-1 |
| Avon United | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Nomads United | 4-0 | 4-4 |
| Western | 1-0 | 0-2 |
| Ferrymead Bays | 3-4 | 2-1 |
| Technical | 3-1 | 4-0 |
| Woolston WMC | 8-0 | 5-0 |
| Halswell United | 2-2 | 1-0 |
2003
3rd place
18 9 4 5 36-26 +10 31
| Nelson Suburbs | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| New Brighton | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Christchurch United | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Avon United | 6-0 | 3-3 |
| Nomads United | 2-3 | 1-3 |
| Western | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Ferrymead Bays | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Cashmere Wanderers | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Halswell United | 1-3 | 2-4 |
2004
7th place
18 6 4 8 27-36 -9 22
| Nelson Suburbs | 0-3 | 0-5 |
| New Brighton | 4-2 | 2-0 |
| Christchurch United | 4-1 | 2-2 |
| Avon United | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Nomads United | 2-0 | 0-4 |
| Western | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Ferrymead Bays | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Technical | 2-5 | 1-0 |
| Halswell United | 0-3 | 4-1 |
2005
9th place
18 5 3 10 22-31 -9 18
| Nelson Suburbs | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| New Brighton | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Christchurch United | 5-2 | 1-0 |
| Avon United | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Nomads United | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| Western | 1-5 | 1-2 |
| Ferrymead Bays | 1-3 | 1-0 |
| Technical | 1-2 | 3-3 |
| Halswell United | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2006
7th place
18 7 3 8 26-30 -4 24
| Nelson Suburbs | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| New Brighton | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Christchurch United | 2-1 | 0-2 |
| Avon United | 1-1 | 5-1 |
| Nomads United | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Western | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Ferrymead Bays | 2-1 | 1-2 |
| Technical | 1-4 | 2-1 |
| Halswell United | 0-2 | 1-3 |
2007
8th place
21 2 2 17 16-68 -52 8
| Western | A 0-6 | H 0-1 | A 1-3 |
| Richmond City | H 0-4 | A 3-5 | H 1-1 |
| Nomads United | A 0-5 | H 0-5 | A 0-2 |
| Woolston Technical | H 0-2 | A 0-3 | H 0-3 |
| Halswell United | H 0-3 | A 3-3 | H 0-3 |
| Nelson Suburbs | A 4-2 | H 0-3 | A 0-2 |
| Ferrymead Bays | A 0-8 | A 2-4 | H 2-0 |
2007 Playoff
2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4
| Burnside | H 0-0 | A 2-1 |
Introduction | Total Record | Yearly records | Record v individual clubs | Players' records
Rangers' Mainland League record club-by-club
Avon United | Burnside | Cashmere Wanderers | Christchurch City Reserves | Christchurch United | Ferrymead Bays | Halswell United | Marlborough United | Mid-Canterbury United | Nelson Suburbs | Nelson Suburbs Reserves | New Brighton | Nomads United | Richmond City | Technical | Universities | Western | Woolston Technical | Woolston WMC
v Avon United
14 8 6 0 39-19 +20 30
Record victory: 6-0, 2003
Worst result: 1-1, 2000, 2002, 2004 (twice), 2006
v Burnside
Playoffs 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4
2-1; 0-0, 2007
v Cashmere Wanderers
2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4
2-1; 0-0, 2003
v Christchurch City Reserves
4 2 0 2 7-5 +2 6
Record victory: 3-0, 2001
Record defeat: 1-2, 2000, 2001
also refer Woolston Technical
v Christchurch United
14 9 3 2 27-16 +11 30
Record victory: 5-2, 2005
Record defeat: 0-3, 2000
v Ferrymead Bays
13 5 0 8 19-31 -12 15
Record victory: 2-0, 2007
Record defeat: 0-8, 2007
v Halswell United
17 2 6 9 15-31 -16 12
Record victory: 4-1, 2004
Record defeat: 0-3, 2004; 0-3, 2007 (twice)
v Marlborough United
4 4 0 0 14-5 +9 12
Record victory: 4-0, 2000
Worst victory: 1-0, 2001
v Mid-Canterbury United
2 2 0 0 9-0 +9 6
6-0; 3-0, 2001
v Nelson Suburbs
15 5 0 10 18-30 -12 15
Record victory: 4-1, 2001
Record defeat: 0-5, 2004
also refer Nelson Suburbs Reserves
v Nelson Suburbs Reserves
2 0 0 2 0-5 -5 0
0-2; 0-3, 2000
also refer Nelson Suburbs
v New Brighton
14 10 3 1 35-9 +26 33
Record victory: 8-0, 2000
Record defeat: 0-2, 2005
v Nomads United
17 5 3 9 34-37 -3 18
Record victory: 7-0, 2000
Record defeat: 0-5, 2007 (twice)
v Richmond City
3 0 1 2 4-10 -6 1
Best result: 1-1, 2007
Record defeat: 0-4, 2007
v Technical
8 4 1 3 17-16 +1 13
Record victory: 4-0, 2002
Record defeat: 1-4, 2006
also refer Woolston Technical
v Universities
6 5 0 1 19-5 +14 15
Record victory: 5-0, 2001 (twice)
Record defeat: 0-1, 2002
v Western
17 5 5 7 21-31 -10 20
Record victory: 3-1, 2001
Record defeat: 0-6, 2007
v Woolston Technical
3 0 0 3 0-8 -8 0
Best result: 0-2, 2007
Record defeat: 0-3, 2007, twice
also refer Technical, Woolston WMC and Christchurch City
v Woolston WMC
2 2 0 0 13-0 +13 6
8-0; 5-0, 2002
also refer Woolston Technical
Introduction | Total Record | Yearly records | Record v individual clubs | Players' records
Players' records
Appearances (sub): [playoff] [(palyoff sub)]
Mike Harvey 110 (5)
Gavin Jeffs 73
Chris Peck 70 (3)
Adam Styles 62 (5)
Nathan Wood 59 (15)
Andrew Steel 57 (4)
Alan Stroud 53
Andrew Ellis 52 (2)
Andy Grant 45 [2] (1)
Jason Stapley 44 (1)
Jordan Buchanan 44
Symon Beedles 43 [2] (2)
Hue Frame 42
Will Owen 41 (2)
Tony Wilson 38 (5)
Tom Ward 35
Michael Berry 31 [2] (5)
Shem Banbury 31 (1)
Greg Brand 31
Jacobo Egues 30
Pachalo Chinula 29 (9)
Blair Harkerss 28 (5)
Willie Dennett 26 (8)
Steve Anngow 26 (6)
James Stewart 25 [(1)]
Adam Tibble 24 (3)
Aaron McGovern 22 (1)
Andrew Saunders 21 (4)
Paul Stanley 21 (4)
Paul Hughes 20
Michael Hughes 19 (8)
Danny Simpson 19 (8)
Nic Christidis 19 (2)
Robbie Prescott 18 (8)
Russell Kamo 18 (5)
Deane Hutchinson 18 (1)
David Campbell 17
Steve Docherty 16 (1)
John van Rij 16
Niklas Gebhardt 15 [2]
Jose Matiz 14 [2] (5)
Ged Killick 14 (1)
Steve Hanmer 14
Gerard Hay 13 (4)
Michael Fifi 12 [2]
James Baldaro 12
Phil Mihajlovic 12
John Gough 10 [1] (1)
Wiremu Piercey 10 (1)
Michael Lilley 10
James Souter 10
Alex Williams 9 (7) [(1)]
Jason Stuthridge 9 (1)
Ekow Quainoo 8 [2] (6)
Adam Cowen 8 [2]
Nick Buchanan 8 (3)
Kazu Yamashita 8 (2)
Alan Speirs 8 (1)
Vitalijs Teplovs 8 (1)
Chris Williams 7 (7)
Byron Goodwin 7 (2)
Connor Chellew 7
Yusaku Okubo 6 [2] (3)
Blazej Wieclawski 6 (8)
Paris Kermedelidis 6 (7)
Chris Brandon 6 (1)
Richard Bahr 6
Henock Wubie 5 (5)
Felix Grant 5 (4)
Matthew Woodward 5 (1)
M Hasi Khalifa 5
Michael Sands 5
Leon Taylor 5
Paul Dyer 4 (2)
Ryan Burson 4
Mike Fullen 4
Mark Pollock 3 [2]
Glen Page 3 (2)
Jimmy Harris 3
Innocent Rugoho 3
Peter Hawker 2 [2]
Dean Bodger 2 (3)
Tom Sadd 2 (3)
Nathan Knox 2 (1)
Julian McBrearty 1 (8)
Terry Downes 1 (5)
Scott Hawker 1 (3)
Mike Sleeman 1 (3)
Camden Howitt 1 (2)
Josh McCallum 1 (2)
Dale Clark 1 (1)
Anthony 1
Hayden Best 1
Dave Shannon 0 (5)
Gino Fortuin 0 (5)
Yorik Goodwin 0 (3)
Chris McKenna 0 (3)
Mitchell Lee 0 (2)
Ben Light 0 (2)
Grant Stewart 0 (2)
Chalachew Wale 0 (2)
Leban Yusuf 0 (2)
Amos Banbury 0 (1)
Michael de Bono 0 (1)
Neville Graham 0 (1)
Dan Malone 0 (1)
C Montgomery 0 (1)
Bogdan Pastea 0 (1)
M Strudley 0 (1)
Goalscorers: [playoffs]
Stapley 28
Frame 23
Styles 18
S Banbury 17
Jeffs 17
Harvey 15
Chinula 13
Egues 11
Kamo 11
Peck 10
Ellis 10
J Stewart 10
Baldaro 7
Hutchinson 7
Stanley 7
Ward 7
Wood 7
Owen 6
Steel 6
Wilson 6
Dennett 5
Killick 4
McBrearty 4
Gebhardt 3 [1]
P Hughes 3
Mihajlovic 3
B Goodwin 2
Knox 2
Tibble 2
van Rij 2
Yamashita 2
Fifi 1 [1]
Anngow 1
Beedles 1
Brandon 1
Burson 1
Docherty 1
Downes 1
A Grant 1
Hay 1
Sands 1
Souter 1
Speirs 1
Stroud 1
Teplovs 1
Wieclawski 1
C Williams 1
Woodward 1
Yusuf 1
own goals 3
Introduction | Total Record | Yearly records | Record v individual clubs | Players' records
Related links:
- Structure of New Zealand football
- All results / tables for each Mainland League season
- Mainland Football
- Rangers in Superclub 1993-5
- Rangers in Southern League 1968-97
- Rangers in Canterbury League 1998-99
- Rangers in National League
- Rangers in Hurley Shield
For Rangers' line-ups and goalscorers for individual matches, refer to links from our History index to each season for Rangers Mens First Team.