Game Postponed!
Due to a frozen pitch, tonight’s match has now been postponed.
Football News!
In light of the many postponements today in the league matches, the league cannot now agree to the Integro Cup game being played on Saturday 10th March. The game will have to revert to Tuesday 6th March.
The date is now needed to ensure as many league fixtures can be played on that date, one of which will involve Stafford Rangers.
STAFFORD RANGERS V COALVILLE – INTEGRO CUP
The Integro Cup match scheduled for Tuesday 6th March at Marston Road has been moved (subject to final confirmation by the League) to Saturday 10th March. Neither club had a scheduled game on the 10th and both sides agreed to the move. The change of dates should result in a higher gate which will benefit both clubs.
The winners of this tie will host Mickleover Sports in the quarter final of the competition.
The fixtures page will be updated when final confirmation of the date change is known.
Club News
Last week we had a visit from an inspirational young lad called Callum Homer, Callum has Autism and to film a video in celebration of Callum winning an NHS personal achievement award for loosing over 6 stone and addressing some of the behaviours that caused him problems in school.
Callum loves all sport but especially football, he refers to SRFC as his beloved local team!
Last year he came to look around the club and then went to a few matches accompanied by his Dad.
Through sport Callum has been challenged by his support at Aspire and this is how he’s achieved.
Callum came to the club last week with his friends and support from Aspire followed by a film crew to film his video to be put on the NHS website our Chairman, John Bromley presented Callum with a signed ball which he was over the moon with. Only four of these films across the country have been made.
We will be able to update when the video has been produced.
Well Done Callum!!!
Stafford Rangers 2 – 0 Stalybridge Celtic
Evo-Stik Northern Premier League
Saturday 24 February 2018
A super strike from Kieren Westwood was the highlight of an entertaining afternoon as Rangers marked their 3,000th post war league game with a welcome win in front of their own fans.
An unchanged Rangers kicked off in the same positive manner that had seen them beat Rushall on Tuesday. Rangers were more or less in control from the off and took the lead in the 17th minute when Izak Reid was put through with an excellent ball from Massiah McDonald.
Reid still had plenty to do as he held off two Stalybridge defenders before hammering his shot into the roof of the net. Stalybridge had missed out on a good chance of their own a few minutes earlier when Stafford Rangers failed to deal with a Connor Hughes cross but Matty Wolfenden’s shot was blocked by Kieran Morris.
Despite holding the advantage Rangers were unable to add to their tally as Morris headed over and Danny Morton nipped in to deny McDonald.
Stalybridge’s Hughes who bagged both goals when his side beat the Boro a couple of weeks ago, forced a save from Adam Whitehouse with a first time shot from around 25 yards as Rangers deservedly took their lead into the half time break.
The home side stayed on top at the start of the second half as Jack Walton saved at close range from McDonald. Then, in the 53rd minute, came a contender for goal of the season. Kieren Westwood did well to cut out a crossfield ball then advanced before unleashing a 30 yarder that went in via the underside of the bar.
The trio of Hughes, Wolfenden and Liam Dickinson all went close to reducing the arrears but all were just off target while, at the other end, Robert Thompson-Brown was unlucky to see the ball run away from him after good approach play from the Boro but Rangers were comfortable and recorded back to back league wins for the first time since October.
Stafford: 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Dan Vann, 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Kieran Morris, 5 Jordaan Brown, 6 Josh Craddock, 7 Izak Reid, 8 Levi Reid, 9 Kyle Perry, 10 Robert Thompson-Brown (12 Jack Sherratt 87m), 11 Massiah McDonald (14 Joe Thomas 90+3m). Unused subs 15 Dan Westwood, 16 Sam Griffiths, 17 Brad Caswell
Stalybridge: 1 Jack Walton, 2 Danny Morton, 3 Alex Honeyball, 4 Tom Brown (14 Oliver Roberts 60m), 5 Luke Ashworth, 6 Ross Killock (16 Harrison Holgate 83m), 7 Jake Charles (12 Oliver Crowley 54m), 8 Greg Wilkinson, 9 Liam Dickinson, 10 Matthew Wolfenden, 11 Connor Hughes. Unused subs: 15 Josh Ramsden, 17 Aiden Winterbottom.
Cautions: Brown (Rangers), Brown, Dickinson (Stalybridge)
Ref: Mark Howes
Att 426
Report: Chris Elsley
STAFFORD RANGERS 2 STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0
Rangers picked up another 3 points today defeating Stalybridge by 2 goals to nil.
Full report to follow
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