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  Rangers AFC
      Christchurch, New Zealand
      established 1910

Centenary brochure. 2010 Rangers AFC Centenary
Easter 2010, 2 April - 4 April 2010
For details, see the Centenary Celebrations brochure [877kB, PDF]
To register, download and print this form: Official Registration Form [79kB, PDF]

Visit Coastal Spirit FC - the merger of Rangers and New Brighton:

logo of Coastal Spirit Football Club, Christchurch, New Zealand.   Coastal Spirit FC
    Christchurch, New Zealand

Rangers AFC celebrates the club's centenary in 2010 as the oldest, established (still existing) football / soccer club in Canterbury, New Zealand. Our ground, Eric Adam Park (formerly known as Rangers Park) hosts a senior men's pre-season tournament, Rangers Tournament for the top clubs in Canterbury. Our men's first team won the Southern League on many occasions, appeared in the National League for 2 seasons and in 1993 reached the final of the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's national knock-out competition. Our men's first team recently played in the Mainland Premier League, which is immediately below (the franchise-based) National League level, our club fed into the Canterbury United franchise. We are proud of our New Zealand representatives and many Canterbury or Federation representative players. Our women's first team played in Canterbury Women's Premier Division which is the region's top grade - there is no club-based women's National League - and were Canterbury champions many times in the 1970s and 80s. Much of our administration is carried out by Linfield Sports. This website replaces our old: geocities.com/rangersafc/ site. In late 2007, Rangers AFC and New Brighton AFC merged to form Coastal Spirit FC. Rangers AFC Inc. continues to exist, holding the assets of Rangers AFC.

 

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Obituary: Ric Fitzpatrick
20 July 2010
Ric Fitzpatrick, Rangers AFC Life Member, died at Kate Sheppard Hospital on 19 July 2010. A service to celebrate Ric's life will be held in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 17 Winchester Street, Lyttelton, on Friday 23 July 2010, at 11.00 am. In 1971, Ric became interested in the Rangers AFC junior section when his son started playing for the club. Ric was Junior Secretary from 1973 to 1980 and served on the senior management committee during the 1980s. Among his many activities for the club, he ran the 5-a-side tournament during the 1990s and into the new century. Ric also served as bar manager for many years and could always be relied upon for a quick comment or joke when you arrived at the club's bar.

Rangers AFC Centenary book launch
7.30 pm, 15 July 2010, O'Sheas Public House, Marshland Road

Centenary brochure. Centenary Celebrations - Details and Registration Form
Friday 2 April - Sunday 4 April 2010

For details and final schedule, see the Centenary Celebrations brochure [877kB, PDF]
To register, download and print this form: Official Registration Form [79kB, PDF]


Centenary Celebrations - Draft schedule
Friday 2 April - Sunday 4 April 2010

logo of Coastal Spirit Football Club. 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 Tournament details.
Coastal Spirit FC website

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Events

All dates/times in New Zealand Time at time of event/fixture

15 July 2010
Rangers AFC Centenary book launch
7.30 pm, O'Sheas Public House, Marshland Road

2-4 April 2010
Rangers AFC Centenary celebrations More details...

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History

Use the links in the left-hand column to see the recent history of Rangers AFC.

Rangers AFC geocities.com website

Yahoo! have closed the geocities hosting service which hosted the original (1998) Rangers AFC website. You can download those webpages to view the historical data not covered on the current Rangers website.

Download the zip file, extract the files, then open the "rangersafc" directory's "index.html" file in your web browser.

rangers-afc-geocities.zip [1.86 MB]