On the back of our great win Tuesday night we have two away games to go and to finish as high as possible. Your support is greatly needed!
Tonight we play Stourbridge away 7.45 KO Postcode for those travelling by car DY8 4HN.
Saturday we play Nantwich away 3pm KO postcode CW5 5UP.
STAFFORD RANGERS 3 HEDNESFORD TOWN 2
Rangers enjoyed the wide open spaces of the Bet 365 stadium last night to ensure that Neil Kitchings tenure at Boro ended on a high note.
Goals from Jack Sharratt, Kyle Perry and Robert Thompson Brown secured the victory.
Great support from the Boro faithful yet again as they acted as the ‘twelfth man’ once more.
full match report to follow
Tonight is the night we hope to lift some silverware.
Staffs Senior Cup Final v Hednesford at Stoke City’s, bet 365 ground kick off 7:30.
Lets please have a good Stafford crowd to cheer on the lads.
We have at least 2 coaches of supporters and many by car. The Rangers Social Club is open at 5pm for a refreshing pre match tipple.
For those going by car you need West 1 car park and you enter the stadium via turnstiles 3 – 4 for this segregated match.
THE JON DOWNING CHARITY MATCH
The Jon Downing Charity match took place on Sunday afternoon 22nd April.
An excellent turn out from former Rangers players was complimented by the tremendous support from the supporters and sponsors.
The two sides representing the Stafford Rangers Conference side and Stafford Rangers Legends battled it out through three 30 minutes ‘halves’ with the Legends winning by 4 goals to 1 with goals from Dan Cope (2) Paul McMahon and Dave Berks for the Legends and Craig Wilding for the Conference side.
The day was all about club President Jon Downing and the great man not only turned up and took part in photo shoot with all the players but stayed to watch the match and meet the players and supporters after the match..
The main aim was to raise money for the Motor Neurone Association, Katharine House Hospice and Jon Downing’s car park project. Thanks to support from many sources a total of well in excess £2000 was raised.
Stafford Rangers Football Club would like to thank Chris Curtis for organising the players and all the sponsors and supporters who either donated money or paid at the turnstiles on Saturday. A big thanks you also to our caterer Marcellus Archer, who provided the players food, and to chef Mick and club manager Dana for their hard work in looking after the players post match.
And finally …. to the many people who helped out in any way towards making this Sunday such a tremendous success, a very big thank you.
Teams:
SRFC CONFERENCE SIDE: Adam Alcock, Alex Gibson, Paul Groves, Richard Beale, Alan Dodd, Craig Lovatt, Wayne Daniel, Lee Barrow, Robin Gibson, Kevin Street, Levi Reid, Rob Heath, Lee Downes, Danny Davidson, Dennis Bailey, Craig Wilding, Nathan Talbot, Danny Edwards …. Managers Phil Robinson, Chris Curtis, Mark Grew.
SRFC LEGENDS : Paul Hayward, Riley Stephenson, Martin Prentice, Nick Amos, Joe Handley, Dave Berks, Christian Dacres, Ian Brown, Richard Downing, Alex Curtis, Neil Kitching, Dan Cope, Dave Walker, Paul McMahon ….. Managers Martin Prentice, Robbie Mullin
Physios: Former SRFC men Chris Godwin and Eddie Silk.
Evo-Stik Northern Premier League
Saturday 21 April 2018
Stafford Rangers were unable to give outgoing manager a happy farewell as Shaw Lane kept their play off hopes alive but won few friends for their style of play.
Stafford had Riley Stephenson making his first start in goal in place of the suspended Adam Whitehouse while Jordaan Brown was absent due to a family bereavement.
Stephenson was soon in action when a poor defensive header from Kieren Westwood led to him fouling Kieran Lugsden. Damian Reeves dispatched the penalty to give Shaw Lane the lead in the 6th minute.
Rangers felt that they should have had a free kick a few moments later when Kyle Perry was held back by Jake Skelton on the edge of the box but the referee waved play on. That set the story for the afternoon as Perry got no joy from the Shaw Lane central defender and few decisions went his way.
Shaw Lane had much the better of the opening quarter. Olly Dyson and Alexander Byrne combined to give David Norris an opening but Levi Reid defended well to clear the danger. The visitors came even closer to a second when Kelvin Lugsden’s header flew across the face of the Stafford goal following Olly Dyson’s corner.
A neat exchange between Robert Thompson-Brown, Westwood and Tyrell Waite led to the former getting in Stafford’s first shot on target just before the half hour mark but it was an easy one for Eddie Wilczynski to gather.
Although Rangers were slowly coming more into the game Shaw Lane remained on top as Dyson fired just wide following Reeves’ lay off while, a minute before the break, Rangers had Dan Vann to thank for a goal line clearance which denied Byrne. In between, Stafford skipper Josh Craddock hooked a shot over from the edge of the area.
Rangers were a more attacking side in the second half, posing more questions of the Shaw Lane defence although it was the visitors who created the first opportunity when Godwin Abadaki fired over from around 15 yards.
From Perry’s lay off, Jack Sherratt shot over for Rangers but the Boro got back on level terms in the 64 min when David Norris pulled back Levi Reid and Thompson-Brown scored the penalty to take his tally to 10 for the season.
But Shaw Lane were soon back in front. Perry threw himself in front of the ball to deflect Byrne’s shot for a corner but Byrne was the provider on 69 mins when he picked out the unmarked Reeves who stole in to volley his second.
Stafford felt they should have had another penalty when Osebi Abadaki was impeded after charging down Wilczynski’s attempted clearance while Dan Vann headed straight at then visiting keeper.
When Abadaki went down again in the 88th minute, the referee deemed it a dive and cautioned the Stafford sub for the second time in the game meaning that the Boro had to play out the remaining minutes a man down.
Josh Craddock nearly rescued a point for Rangers with the last action of the game with a downward header that had Wilczynski going full stretch low to his right to keep out.
Rangers: 1 Riley Stephenson, 2 Levi Reid, 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Sam Griffiths, 5 Dan Vann, 6 Josh Craddock, 7 Tyrell Waite, 8 Jack Sherratt (12 Osebi Abadaki 69m), 9 Kyle Perry, 10 Robert Thompson-Brown, 11 Massiah McDonald. Unused subs 14 Kai Davis, 15 Joe Thomas, 16 Ben Chilcott – only four subs named.
Shaw Lane: 1 Eddie Wilczynski, 2 Jake Picton, 3 Ben Gordon, 4 Kelvin Lugsden, 5 Jake Skelton, 6 David Norris, 7 Alexander Byrne (16 Matty Davis 90+7m), 8 Kieran Lugsden, 9 Godwin Abadaki, 10 Damian Reeves (12 Paul Clayton 84m), 11 Olly Dyson (14 Gavin Rothery 90+1m). Unused Subs 15 Tyler Williams, 17 Chib Chilaka
Cautions: McDonald, Thompson-Brown (Rangers); Gordon, Kelvin Lugsden, Rothery (Shaw Lane)
Referee: Richard Eley
Att: 560
Chris Elsley
