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Coastal Spirit FC website on-line
http://www.coastalspirit.co.nz/
4 April 2008
Coastal Spirit FC have uploaded the new website with contacts, news and notices, forum, matchday information and much more - plus 2008 Tournament details.
Coastal Spirit FC website

Notice of SGM
A Special General Meeting of Rangers AFC Inc will be held at Linfield Sports, 56 Kearneys Road, 7pm, Monday 6 October 2008.
Download the Notice of SGM [9kB, PDF]

Obituary: Reta Fitzpatrick
3 June 2008
Reta Fitzpatrick died in Christchurch Hospital on 1 June 2008. A Service of Remembrance of Reta's life will be held in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 17 Winchester Street, Lyttelton, on Thursday 5 June 2008, at 11.00am. Reta came to Rangers AFC in the early 1970s and had a long association with women's football as manager for Rangers and Canterbury. Reta also served for many years on the Rangers AFC Committee. In 1984, Reta was elected as a Rangers AFC Life Member. In 2005, the Canterbury Women's Knock-Out competition for first teams was established as the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup.

Christchurch United win Coastal Spirit Tournament
11 March 2008
Christchurch United of Division 1 beat Western (MPL) 4-1 at Eric Adam Park to win the Coastal Spirit Pre-Season Tournament. Nomads United took 3rd place, winning 1-0 over Ferrymead Bays.
2008 Coastal Spirit Tournament details

MPL appeals
11 March 2008
Coastal Spirit FC's debut in the Mainland Premier League has been delayed by a season due to Burnside FC having greater success in court (regarding player eligibility) than they had on the playing field. Despite Mainland Football advising that all players were cleared to play in the 2007 playoffs, NZ Football overturned their earlier advice with their Appeal Committee decision. This decision has been upheld by the Court for Arbitration in Sport. Coastal Spirit FC mens first team will play in the 2008 Division 1 (the old Qualifying League) with the aim of promotion to the Mainland Premier League for the 2009 season. One question which remains unresolved is: will Burnside continue their claims for there to be automatic relegation/promotion between these divisions?

Coastal Spirit Pre-Season Tournament
26 January 2008
Coastal Spirit FC will face Halswell Christchurch United, Western and Avon United in Group B of the 2008 Coastal Spirit Pre-Season Tournament. The 4 other top-8 mens teams that comprise Group A are: Nomads United, Woolston Technical, Ferrymead Bays and Burnside. The Tournament starts on Tuesday 12 February and matches are all at Eric Adam Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with the Final at 3pm Saturday 8 March 8pm Tues 11 March. Coastal Spirit FC's first match is against Halswell Christchurch United on Thursday 14 February, 8pm.
Full Tournament draw and fixtures.

Beedles in Canterbury Utd's Youth Squad
21 January 2008
Rangers' 2007 Player of the Year, Symon Beedles has been included in Canterbury United's squad for the 2008 National Youth League (NYL). The NYL commences on Sunday 27 January, with Canterbury visiting Otago United. Canterbury United's first home match is against YoungHeart Manawatu on Sunday 10 February at 12.45pm at English Park, ahead of the Canterbury United v Auckland City match at 4pm. Volunteers are needed for Coastal Spirit FC fundraising at these 10 February matches. Contact Rangers AFC Secretary if you can assist.
Full Canterbury United NYL squad and fixtures.

MPL Appeals
15 November 2007
Rangers AFC has been informed by NZ Football (NZF) that the NZF Appeals Committee has upheld an appeal from Burnside regarding a Rangers player's eligibility to appear in the Mainland Premier League playoff series - won on the field by Rangers. Mainland Football cleared all Rangers players' eligibility for the playoff series prior to the playoffs - but NZ Football Appeals Committee has over-ruled that decision. Rangers are now intending to launch a counter-claim and look forward to it resulting in Coastal Spirit FC playing in the 2008 Mainland Premier League.

Coastal Spirit FC
11 November 2007
The name for the joint venture between Rangers and New Brighton has been announced as "Coastal Spirit FC".

Bain plays for Pride
11 November 2007
Ingrid Bain, Rangers goalkeeper, has appeared as a second half subsitute for Mainland Pride in the National Womens League. The Pride lost 4-2 at home to Capital; Ingrid played the final quarter of an hour, replacing the injured Olivia Jeffries when the score was 3-2. A few minutes later, a foul by a Pride defender resulted in a penalty - which Capital scored from. Meanwhile in the NZFC, Yusaku Okubo appeared as an 81st minute substitute for Canterbury United in their 0-0 draw at Otago United.

2007 Rangers AFC Yearbooks:
Available now
7 Nov 2007
Produced for the club by Jim Hawkey.

• Volume 1 Men's Section Part 1.   104 pages. $1
• Volume 2 Men's Section Part 2.   100 pages. $1
• Volume 3 Women's Section. 64 pages. $1
• Volume 4 Junior Section. 88 pages. $1

2007 season details; history; photographs; and statistics.
$1 per volume; $2 for mens set; $4 complete set of 4.
Contact us for purchasing details.

Fifii and Okubo make national league debuts for Canterbury Utd
5 November 2007
Rangers' Michael Fifii and Yusaku Okubo both played for Canterbury United in a 3-1 national league loss at home to Hawke's Bay United on Sunday. Okubo played for the first half - alternating between wide right and wide left positions. Yusaku received a yellow card shortly before half-time for what appeared to be persistent infringement of the rules. He was replaced at the break by Ryan Faichnie. Fifii appeared as a subsitute for the last quarter of an hour replacing Chris Morris.
Match report in The Press | Match report on NZFC site |
Fifii profile | Okubo profile

Coaching & Management Positions
3 November 2007
Rangers AFC and New Brighton AFC have amalgamated to form a yet to be named club. Applications are invited for mens and womens coaching and management positions for the 2008 season.
More details

Rangers AFC AGM approves merger
31 October 2007
The Annual General Meeting of Rangers AFC has approved the merger between Rangers AFC and New Brighton AFC as tabled during the meetings held on 26 September and 17 October 2007 (View presentation of proposal to merge [MS Powerpoint, 169KB]). The merger will be in the form of a joint venture. A suitable name for this joint venture will be approved by the incoming committee of the new club.

Albert Sikma
31 October 2007
Rangers AFC Life Member, Albert Sikma died on 27 October 2007 in his 75th year. His funeral will take place in the John Rhind Chapel. Entry from London or Whitmore Streets, Christchurch on Thursday 1 November at 12 noon.

Burnside 1 Rangers 2: Match reports
17 September 2007
Rangers retained our Mainland Premier League place with a 2-1 second leg win over Burnside at QEII Main Stadium on Saturday. After the first leg had ended 0-0, it was the victor of Saturday's game that would be the playoff winner. Both teams had numerous first half chances - but were unable to convert them into goals. Yusaki Okubo missed the target after beating the Burnside keeper in the first 5 minutes; before Burnside created two opportunities around the quarter-hour mark - with Rangers keeper Peter Hawker called upon to make a save. Almost immediately, Rangers had a series of corners which saw Okubo and Andy Grant have opportunities. Rangers' Player of the Year, Symon Beedles, was unable to put a far post header on target towards the end of the first half.

An even 0-0 at the break, but Rangers dominated the play in the second half. Five minutes in, Okubo put a cross onto the top of the frame of the Burnside goal - but the ball had already gone out for a goal-kick. Two minutes later, Rangers' Michael Fifii missed the target with only the goalkeeper to beat. Then disaster, a cheap giveaway and - against the run of play - Keith Grosvenor turned a cross in to put Burnside ahead. This sent the Burnside PA announcer into an almost non-stop barrage of attempted encouragement for the 'home' side. Fortunately, he was drowned out by Rangers' cheers seven minutes later, when a Nik Gebhardt solo run ended with Gebhardt shooting the equaliser form a tight angle. This goal also gave Gebhardt the lead in the Rangers first team top-scorer race.

Rangers pressed on for the winner. With 15 minutes left, Symon Beedles had a shot saved and Mark Pollock put the rebound over the Burnside bar. In the last 5 minutes of the match, Fifii rose high to head home the winner. In the scenes of ecstasy that followed, Fifii and Ekow Quainoo were shown yellow cards for the heinous crimes of removing their shirts over their head in celebration. In the last minute James Stewart was sent on as a sub for Okubo. Stewart almost grabbed a share of the top goalscorer award, but his shot - that beat the goalkeeper - was blocked by a Burnside defender. There was a tense moment as Burnside had a corner, but Peter Hawker claimed the ball and the final whistle went and Rangers had won.

Follow this link for a match report in The Press |
Match report from Mainland Football [pdf] |
Chris Andrews' 63 Photographs of Rangers playoff victory photo link added 8 Oct 2007

Symon Beedles wins Player of the Year trophies
16 September 2007
Symon Beedles has won the Rangers AFC Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year trophies for 2007. At the awards dinner last night, Adam Cowen received Young Player of the Year and U17 Player of the Year, Jose Matiz received Most Improved Player of the Year, John Gough is the Most Dedicated Back and Nik Gebhardt was confirmed as Top Goalscorer for the Mens First Team.

Womens First Team trophies went to: Kassia Ford (Player of the Year & Players' Player of the Year); Amber Worrill (Most Consistent Player); Justine Bulling (Defender of the Year); and Erin Heine (Top Goalscorer).

The Presidents Trophy went to Alan Stroud and Peter Hawker. The Colin Cook Trophy for team that does most for the club went to Mens First Team. The Atlas Cup for best performed team went to Presidents B [Barry's].

Follow this link for list of 2007 Rangers AFC award winners including all senior mens and womens teams.

Clean Sheet Pete
MPL Playoff Leg 1: Rangers 0 Burnside 0
8 September 2007
Veteran Rangers goalkeeper, Pete Hawker kept his second consecutive first team clean sheet as Rangers drew 0-0 with Burnside in the first leg of the MPL playoffs. On a sunny day, a large crowd saw Rangers get the better of the play against Qualifying League champions Burnside - but fail to secure a lead. Andy Grant had a chance cleared off the line by Burnside and Michael Fifi had a shot saved by the Burnside keeper within the first 20 minutes. John Gough was sent off midway through the second half, but Burnside failed to create any meaningful chances against the ten men, with Pete Hawker mopping up everything in the Rangers penalty area - following on from his clean sheet against Bays last week. In the last minute, Symon Beedles shot narrowly over the crossbar, and Rangers now face the return leg (away goals rule does not apply) at QEII Main Field, 2.30pm next Saturday 15 September.

Rangers on winning form prior to
MPL Playoff: Rangers v Burnside, Eric Adam Pk, 12 noon, Sat 8 Sep
4 September 2007
Rangers beat Ferrymead Bays 2-0 at Eric Adam Park to end the Mainland Premier League regular season on Saturday. First half goals to Symon Beedles and Nic Gebhardt and a clean sheet from goalkeeper Peter Hawker (who made 126 first team appearances for Rangers 1982-88) provided Rangers with the points that have been deserved but elusive in recent weeks.

The playoff against Burnside now awaits Rangers, with the first leg at Eric Adam Park, this Saturday 8 September at 12 noon (note early kick-off time). We encourage all club members and supporters to be present and cheer on our attempts to ensure a Mens Premier League place for next season. The second leg will be at QEII on Saturday 15 September 2.30pm.

It was agony for Barry's Presidents B in the Cup Final on Saturday as a last-minute extra-time goal meant the champions had a 3-4 loss to Ferrymead Bays. Rangers had a player dismissed in the first period of extra time, but prior to that had taken the lead in the first half of normal time when a long-range Stephen Mapletoft shot hit the crossbar - with Joe Kearns there to nod in the rebound. Bays equalised shortly after halftime. Graeme Shepherd restored the lead with a solo run and finish. Bays equalised from a corner to send the game into extra time. The teams traded goals in extra time, with a Phil Clayton through ball sending Joe Kearns into Bays' penalty area, where Kearns was fouled and Phil Harrison scored from the penalty spot (while Kearns was recovering from injury). Unfortunately, the sending off sapped a lot of Rangers' energy - having to make up the player difference - and, in the last minute, Bays got the winner.

Meanwhile, on the field next to Barry's, the Spikes (their second Cup Final in 25 years) took on Western in the Masters 45 Cup Final at Warren Park. Rangers' purple dazzled most of Canterbury football on Saturday, but Western ran out 6-0 winners.

Two teams in Cup Finals
27 August 2007
Barry's Presidents B side and the Spikes (Masters 45) have qualified for their knockout Finals next Saturday 1 September. Presidents B will take on Ferrymead Bays and the Spikes face Western. Both matches will be at Warren Park (pitches 1 and 5) at 12 Noon. Three other Rangers teams (Snows Div 2, Dipsticks Pres C, and Masters 1) won first round matches, but due to the shortened format did not progress as Finalists were determined by goals for.

Adam Cowen solid game in narrow World Cup defeat
24 August 2007
Adam Cowen played the full game and had an "absolutely outstanding perfomance" at the back for New Zealand - according to a tv commentator - as New Zealand lost 1-0 to North Korea and were eliminated from the U17 World Cup.
NZ Football match report;
FIFA match overview

Mainland Football Awards Finalists
24 August 2007
Finalists for the 2007 Mainland Football Awards include the following Rangers players:

• Adam Cowen (Youth Player of the Year);
• Inga Bain (Womens Goalkeeper of the Year); and
• Erin Heine (Womens Striker of the Year).

Award winners will be announced at the Mainland Awards Night on 28 September 2007.

Hue Frame moves to Irish Premier League
10 August 2007
Hue Frame, a striker who scored 35 goals in 62 first team appearances for Rangers (2005-2007), has signed for Northern Ireland's Limavady United. The 'Roesiders', as they are nicknamed, play in the Irish Premier League - Northern Ireland's top grade - and in 2006/07 finished 10th of the 16 teams. Hue has signed after impressing in a friendly match v Oxford United Stars (an Irish second division side), in which he scored in a 3-1 win.

Presidents B Champions
5 August 2007
A 2-1 win over Banks Peninsula has secured Rangers the Presidents B Championship. Rangers entered the match 8 points ahead of Burnside with 3 games each to be played. Goals to Joe Kearns and Jason Botherway in Akaroa ensured the necessary points. The team, managed by Barry Schwass, last season won the Presidents C grade.

Adam Cowen in World Cup squad
24 July 2007
New Zealand Football report that Rangers' defender Adam Cowen has been named in the 21-player squad for next month's FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup in South Korea. New Zealand will play Brazil, England and North Korea from August 18-24.

Obituary: John Moore
1 July 2007
John Moore, died unexpectedly on 27 June 2007, aged 47 years.

John Moore was a 1977 Junior National Cup winner playing for Rangers, and a Southern League Championship winner with Rangers in 1985. John was awarded Rangers First Team Most Improved Player of the Year in 1987 and later won honours with our Masters A team, including Rangers' Masters A Player of the Year in 1994 and 1996; he represented Canterbury Masters in 1998. John Moore coached Division 1 in 1993, and managed Masters A in 1995 and 1997-2000. He also served on the Rangers Senior Management Committee in 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1997.

His funeral will take place at 10.30am, Tuesday 3 July 2007, Lamb & Hayward's Kerrs Rd Chapel, Linwood.

Website re-launched:
New domain name, better look and feel/navigation
1 Feb 2007
Rangers AFC have re-launched the club's website. The site has a new domain name and can be viewed at http://www.rangersafc.org.nz/ [this page you are currently viewing is the home page of the new site]. This site replaces the old geocities.com/rangersafc/ site. Please update your bookmarks and address books. If you are a webmaster, then please change (or add) the links from your website (sample code on Link to us page).

Due to the volume of pages on the old website, there will be a transitional period while lower level pages are transferred to the new domain and have their code updated. The new site has a better look/feel, the navigation has been updated to make it easier to find your way to the information you require. The use of cascading style sheets and valid XHTML code, together with separation of content and presentation, will make the site easier to update. If you have any feedback on the new site, then please use the form on our contact page (select "webmaster" in the "send to" drop-down box of the e-mail form). As well as updated contact page, the new site features include, a Calendar, and RSS feed for news [xml].

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Fixtures / Events

All fixtures subject to change. All dates/times in New Zealand Time at time of event/fixture

6 Apr 2008
NZFC
YH Manawatu v Canterbury Utd
3pm, FMG Stadium, Manawatu

13 Apr 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Ut v Hawke's Bay Utd
3pm, English Pk

More fixtures / events

Results

6 Apr 2008
NZFC
YH Manawatu 1 Canterbury Utd 5

23 Mar 2008
NZFC
Team Wellington 2 Canterbury Utd 0

22 Mar 2008
NYL Final
Waitakere Utd 6 Canterbury Utd 3 aet

16 Mar 2008
NZFC
Waikato FC 1 Canterbury Utd 1

15 Mar 2008
NYL SF
Canterbury Utd 3 Auckland Manukau 1

12 Feb - 11 Mar 2008
Coastal Spirit Pre-Season Tournament
All results.

9 Mar 2008
NYL
Canterbury Utd 2 Otago Utd 2

8 Mar 2008
NZFC
Waitakere Utd 1 Canterbury Utd 0

8 Mar 2008
NYL
Team Wellington 2 Canterbury Utd 2

2 Mar 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 2 Otago Utd 0

2 Mar 2008
NYL
Canterbury Utd 4 Hawke's Bay Utd 0

24 Feb 2008
NYL
YH Manawatu 0 Canterbury Utd 1

23 Feb 2008
NZFC
Auckland City 4 Canterbury Utd 1

23 Feb 2008
NYL
Hawke's Bay Utd 3 Canterbury Utd 0

17 Feb 2008
NYL
Canterbury Utd 1 Team Wellington 1

10 Feb 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 1 Auckland City 2

10 Feb 2008
NYL
Canterbury Utd 3 YH Manawatu 1

6 Feb 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 2 YH Manawatu 3

2 Feb 2008
NYL
Canterbury Utd bye

2 Feb 2008
NZFC
Team Wellington 3 Canterbury Utd 0

27 Jan 2008
NYL
Otago Utd 0 Canterbury Utd 2

26 Jan 2008
NZFC
Waikato FC 3 Canterbury Utd 1

20 Jan 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 1 Waitakere Utd NINE

13 Jan 2008
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 0 Auckland City 3

5 Jan 2008
NZFC
Otago Utd 2 Canterbury Utd 0

16 Dec 2007
NZFC
YH Manawatu 3 Canterbury Utd 2

8 Dec 2007
NZFC
Hawke's Bay U 2 Canterbury Utd 1

2 Dec 2007
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 0 Team Wellington 1

25 Nov 2007
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 1 Waikato FC 1

18 Nov 2007
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 1 Waitakere Utd 3

18 Nov 2007
NWL
Waikato/BoP 1 Mainland Pride 1

11 Nov 2007
NZFC
Otago Utd 0 Canterbury Utd 0

11 Nov 2007
NWL
Mainland Pride 2 Capital 4

4 Nov 2007
NZFC
Canterbury Utd 1 Hawke's Bay Utd 3

15 Sep 2007
Mainland Prem Lg Playoff Leg 2
Burnside 1 Rangers 2
Rangers win playoff series and retain place in MPL

8 Sep 2007
Mainland Prem Lg Playoff Leg 1
Rangers 0 Burnside 0

1 Sep 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Rangers 2 F Bays 0

26 Aug 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
F Bays 4 Rangers 2

25 Aug 2007
Womens Prem Lg
N Brighton 5 Rangers 0

24 Aug 2007
U17 World Cup Group B
North Korea 1 New Zealand 0
A Cowen played full game for NZ

21 Aug 2007
U17 World Cup Group B
New Zealand 0 England 5
A Cowen unused sub

19 Aug 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Nelson S 2 Rangers 0

18 Aug 2007
U17 World Cup Group B
Brazil 7 New Zealand 0
A Cowen unused sub

18 Aug 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Rangers 2 F Bays 1

13 Aug 2007
U17 Friendly
South Korea 4 New Zealand 0

11 Aug 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Rangers 0 Halswell 3

4 Aug 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Rangers 0 Wool Tech 3

4 Aug 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Rangers 0 Western 2

28 Jul 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Nomads 2 Rangers 0

28 Jul 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Mainland PDA 5 Rangers 1

21 Jul 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Rangers 1 Richmond 1

21 Jul 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Halswell 1 Rangers 0

17 Jul 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Rangers 0 New Brighton 1

14 Jul 2007
Womens Prem Lg
Rangers 3 Avon 3

14 Jul 2007
Mainland Prem Lg
Western 3 Rangers 1

13 Feb 2007 - 11 March 2007
UMBRO Rangers Tournament
Eric Adam Pk
Full Tournament results

More results

League Tables

2007 Mainland Premier
Final table

		P	GD	PTS
1	Nomads	21	+28	45
2	Western	21	+26	44
3	Nelson S	21	+18	40
4	Woolston Tech	21	+13	32
5	Halswell	21	+2	27
6	F Bays	21	-4	25
7	Richmond	21	-31	17
8	Rangers	21	-52	8

2007 Mainland Premier Playoff
Final table

		P	GD	PTS
1	Rangers	2	+1	4
2	Burnside	2	-1	1

2007 Women Premier
Final Table

		P	GD	PTS
1	Western	21	+66	52
2	N Brighton	21	+53	52
3	Mainland PDA	21	+56	41
4	F Bays	21	+32	35
5	Halswell	21	-23	28
6	Rangers	21	-21	21
7	Avon	21	-55	12
8	Burnside	21	-108	3

Other Rangers teams:
2007 final standings

Men Reserves: 7th
Men Div 2 (Snows): 2nd
Pres B (Bees): 1st Champions
Pres C (Dips): 3rd
Masters 1: 7th
Masters 45 (Spikes): 6th
Women Div 1: 6th

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