End of Year Boost the Boro’ Lottery Update

End of Year Boost the Boro’ Lottery Update

Dec 29, 2017 | Club News

Since our last lottery update for the end of September, the Lottery has continued to fund projects for the benefit of the football club, the latest being a donation of £2465.00 for a mower which will help to make life a little easier for our excellent volunteers who work extremely hard in keeping the pitch in good condition despite inclement weather.

At the moment the Lottery membership has stalled at 263 current active mandates and it is important that membership continues to grow to enable the lottery to provide vital funding for a number of projects which will ensure that the club continues to develop its infrastructure.

With this in mind, the Lottery Committee have recently introduced, in addition to the individual agent scheme which offers 30% commission, the opportunity to other sports clubs, school and community organisation, they will receive a very generous commission of 50% of all money raised by recruiting new lottery members. The more members a partner organisation recruits, the more money it raises for its causes. By way of an illustration, if an organisation recruits 25 people each paying £5.00 per month who remain members of the lottery for 12 months, the organisation will receive commission of £750.00

Anyone interested in joining the Lottery, becoming an individual agent or a partner organisation, please contact the club on 01785 602430 or speak to any members of the Lottery Committee, namely David Montgomery, John Mcmillan, Paul Griffiths or Eric Robins.

We wish to thank all existing members for their continued support throughout 2017 and wish everyone a very happy and hopefully prosperous new year and look forward to your continued support.

As the saying goes…”you have to be in it to win it!”

Alex Fletcher released

Dec 29, 2017 | Club News

Alex Fletcher

Alex Fletcher has returned to Newton AFC in Wales. We would like to wish him all the best for the future.

Stafford Rangers 1 Stourbridge 0

Dec 27, 2017 | Match Report

Evo-Stik Northern Premier League

Monday 26 December 2017

Massiah McDonald scored the only goal of the game as Stafford Rangers ended a two month wait for a home win with a Boxing Day victory over Stourbridge.

The visitors made a strong start and, in the first five minutes, saw Aaron Forde stuff a shot wide after Darryl Westlake and Matt Dodd had linked well on the right then Leon Broadhurst headed straight at Adam Whitehouse.

Rangers were gifted a great opportunity when Westlake’s slip let in Massiah McDonald but, as he broke into the area, the ball took a bobble, causing him to badly miscue.

Rangers survived a scare when Matt Dodd went to ground under a challenge from Kai Davis. The assistant raised his flag but referee Jack Neild waved away Stourbridge’s penalty appeals.

Kaman Anderson probably should have done better when he went just wide, the Stourbridge forward had more time than he gave himself.

But, after the visitors had enjoyed the better of the first 15 mins, Rangers came more into the contest. Dan Westwood won a free kick when he was pulled back by Stuart Pierpoint – the former Rangers defender receiving a yellow card – but the free kick came to nothing.

After Robert Thompson-Brown had shot deflected wide off Aris Christophorou, Pierpoint had to make a sliding interception to keep out McDonald.

A poor pass from Josh Craddock set up Tonks but Whitehouse saved Craddock’s blushes, racing off his line to make the block.

Stourbridge continued to create the better chances as the first half drew to a close with Whitehouse keeping out a deflected shot from Pierpoint and twice punching clear as the visitors pressed from a corner.

Anderson fired over early in the second half after Rangers struggled to clear their lines but Rangers were getting stronger.

McDonald fired over from 20 yards then floated in a cross from the left that skimmed off the head of Dan Whitehouse and just evaded Izak Reid at the back post.

Leon Broadhurst had the ball in the back of the Rangers net on 69 mins but his effort was ruled out for offside.

Instead, it was Rangers who were to find the break through when Richard Batchelor supplied McDonald and he squeezed his shot through the legs of Westlake and beyond the reach of Matt Gould.

Another big decision went Rangers’ way when Dodd was booked for simulation in the Rangers area after a challenge from Davis.

Stourbridge kept pushing for an equaliser but Paul McCone’s header was held by Whitehouse and Josh Green fired wide.

The last chance of the afternoon saw Westlake shoot over and Rangers were able to celebrate their first league win in five.

Rangers: 1 Adam Whitehouse , 2 Izak Reid, 3 Kai Davis, 4 Kieran Morris, 5 Mat Bailey, 6 Jordan Brown, 7 Josh Craddock, 8 Robert Thompson-Brown (15 Michael Calveley 86), 9 Dan Westwood (12 Karl Hawley 66), 10 Massiah McDonald, 11 Richard Batchelor. Unused Subs 14 Osebi Abadaki, 16 Joe Thomas, 17 Jack Sherratt

Stourbridge: 1 Matt Gould, 2 Aris Christophorou, 3 Darryl Westlake, 4 Paul McCone, 5 Stuart Pierpoint, 6 Aaron Forde(12 Josh Green 70), 7 Matt Dodd, 8 Leon Broadhurst, 9 Josh Cooke (14 Brandon Hague 65), 10 Kaman Anderson (16 Alex Cameron 85), 11 Tom Tonks. Unused subs 15 Louis Hall, 17 Peter Hawk

Cautions: Craddock, Davis, McDonald (Rangers), Pierpoint, Forde, Dodd (Stourbridge)

Ref Jack Nield

Att 944

Chris Elsley

Buxton 1 Stafford Rangers 1

Dec 24, 2017 | Club News

Evo-Stik Northern Premier League
Saturday 23 December 2017

Stafford Rangers returned to league action for the first time in three weeks but were forced to settle for a draw against a Buxton side who had to play the entire second half with ten men.

Rangers were looking to end a poor run of form that had seen them lose their last three league games – all at home – against a side who had beaten them 4-1 when the two sides met at Marston Road back in August.

Rangers’ goalscorer that day was Dan Westwood and the striker took his season’s tally into double figures when he nipped in behind the Buxton defence to put Rangers ahead in the 14th minute.

It was no less than Rangers deserved after Kieran Morris and Westwood had both had efforts cleared off the line inside the first five minutes. Westwood missed out again when Jan Budtz saved after Massiah McDonald’s flick on then Richard Batchelor headed wide from a cross from newcomer Richard Thompson-Brown.

The breakthrough came when Westwood ran onto the path of Josh Craddock’s long range shot in his path before calmly slotting past Budtz.

A great save from Adam Whitehouse denied Matt Baker an equalizer 5 mins later before Ant Wilson sent the rebound wide.

Rangers were dealt a blow when Kieren Westwood suffered a recurrence of a back injury with Jack Sherratt taking his place.

As half time loomed, Budtz beat away a shot from McDonald but first half added time produced a flashpoint following a dreadful challenge from Ricky Ravenhill on Sam Griffiths.

Having failed to blow immediately for the initial foul referee Jamie Rhodes then took five minutes to discuss the events with his assistant before showing Bucks’ skipper Ravenhill the red card while Griffiths was carried off the pitch, unable to take any further part in the game.

McDonald forced another save from Budtz early in the second half but the home side got back on level terms on 52 mins when the referee gifted them a penalty, judging Whitehouse to have brought down Wilson when no contact appeared to have been made. Joe McGee scored from the spot.

Jack Broadhead’s free kick went close to giving Buxton the lead but much of the second half was focused around some bizarre decisions from referee Jamie Rhodes which angered both camps. At one point he failed to spot a foul because he just wasn’t looking!

A free kick driven low into the area by Joe Maguire was diverted wide by Wilson as Buxton worked hard to compensate for their numerical disadvantage.

Rangers struggled to create much at the other end although Sherratt went close to grabbing a late winner when he fired over with the last kick of the game but it was the performance of the referee that everyone was talking about.

Buxton: 1 Jan Budtz, 2 Matt Baker, 3 Andy McWilliams, 4 Ricky Ravenhill, 5 Kern Miller, 6 Joe Maguire, 7 Josh Meade, 8 Jack Broadhead, 9 Ant Wilson (14 Curtis Morrison 83m), 10 Luke Hinsley, 11 Joe McGee. Unused Subs 12 Jake Williams, 15 Ryan McDermott, 17 William Biggs

Rangers: 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Sam Griffiths (12 Izak Reid 45+8m), 3 Kieren Westwood (17 Jack Sherratt 37m), 4 Kieran Morris, 5 Mat Bailey, 6 Jordaan Brown, 7 Josh Craddock, 8 Robert Thompson-Brown, 9 Dan Westwood, 10 Massiah McDonald, 11 Richard Batchelor. Unused subs 14 Osebi Abadaki, 15 Michael Calveley, 16 Joe Thomas

Goals:
Buxton- McGee 52m pen
Rangers – D Westwood 14m

Cautions: Maguire, Wilson (Buxton) Thompson-Brown, McDonald, Sherratt (Rangers)

Referee: Jamie Rhodes

Att 300

Chris Elsley