Please note, we have sent out AGM notices via email to all shareholders that requested communication via email. If you haven’t received either a letter with the agenda and proxy voting form or the email, please get in touch with the Club by contacting John Macmillan either by email shareholders@staffordrangersfc.co.uk or phoning the Club.
A copy of the Notice is on the website via the Shareholders link.
Don’t forget to buy your tickets now for Friday’s Pre-Season Friendly game against the Port Vale first team. This game will now be all ticket.
To buy your ticket online through our box office please click here
Home Fans will be also be able to buy tickets from our Reception for this game at the following times:-
Wednesday 7th July 9am – 2pm
Thursday 8th July 9am-2pm
Friday 9th July 10am -4pm
Kick-off 7.00pm – Gates and Social Club open at 5.30 and Gates will close at 7.00pm sharp.
Please note that access to the social club is available only once you have entered the ground. Home fans will be using the Jon Downing Suite and away fans the Chairman’s Suite.
This is a segregated game and No away fans tickets will be available for sale on the gate.
Please arrive early to help us get people through the gates quickly.
Masks to be worn in the stand and we will provide table service for drinks, masks also need to be worn if you are moving around within a building.
Please ensure you social distance at all times. No drinking within the ground is allowed.
Unless you have purchased a ticket on line you will need to scan the QR codes or provide contact name and telephone details for Track & Trace before entering the ground.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday
Up the Boro
We are pleased to announce the signing of Michael Townsend. Michael started his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers as a youth team player where he signed a three-year scholarship. He impressed in the youth teams and was quickly promoted to the reserve side where he established himself as a regular. After being released by Dave Jones, “Towna” as he has been known, had successful spells with Hereford and Cheltenham.
Further Spells with Tamworth, Rushall Olympic, Chasetown, Hinckley, Coalville Town, Stratford Town and Redditch make Michael a player with a vast amount of experience. Boro fans won’t need much re-introduction as he also spent a spell with us a few years ago.
We can announce that Jonathan “Jonno” Brown has signed for the upcoming season and we welcome him back to the club. A popular and very capable keeper, Jonno will be known to most fans already and has played in our first two friendlies, this Summer, so will take no time to settle in!
Rangers faced last season’s Welsh League runners up knowing this would be a stern test and so it proved. The News Saints were going into their seventh pre-season game and their only defeat had been away at Scottish league side East Fife.
Again, fielding a different 11 in each half, Rangers showed early signs of consistency and promise while being tested by some quality play.
The visitors were quick out of the blocks and won their first corner in 30 seconds and continued to have most of the early possession and pressure for the first 10 minutes. On 12 minutes Joe Cuff had the first Rangers effort breaking on the left but his effort was gathered at the near post by Pau Harrison. As the sides settled, it was TNS who probed more and the lively Adrian Cieslewicz won a corner on 25 minutes and Ryan Astles headed the resulting corner just over. Just 3 minutes later, Morgan Daykin whipped an excellent ball in from the left and Cieslewicz was at the back post to head in and give TNS the lead. Rangers picked up the pace with new signing Tom Tonks becoming more influential in the middle of the park and some neat play saw Tyrone Ofori feed Cuff down the left and he again was denied by Harrison. Next it was a well worked move on the right and Tonks fired from an acute angle and Harrison was on the spot again. Ofori ran at the defence again and was fouled by Jon Routledge, with the pressure from this kick bringing a corner that was headed wide by Josh Endall. Rangers finished the half with some good possession and John Kapend’s vicious cross was cut out by Astles as the half drew to a close.
Rangers 1st half 11. J.Brown, K.Dawes. J.Endall, T.Tonks, J.Moran, J.O’Neill, J.Kapend, J.Welsh, T.Ofori, M.Candlin, J,Cuff
The second half started with a fresh 11 for Rangers while TNS remained the same. This turned out to be a hard working and fluent line up as the game was taken to the visitors. On 53 minutes Jake Charles was fed into the box with a through ball and he was brought down by Daykin and he got off the floor to decisively fire home from the spot with his usual left foot power! This line up then grew in confidence as the team moved the ball and often had TNS on the back foot with some great pace and movement. TNS rallied and Declan McManus fired high and wide after some rare pressure. On 67 minutes some great wing play down the right by Joe Kenton saw him whip in a cross and Ben Woods met the ball at the back post to finish just inside the post and give Rangers a deserved lead. This increased Rangers’ confidence as they held out comfortably and the only threat they had to deal with was a header glanced wide by Keston Davies and a shot that went well over form sub Louis Robles.
As the game drew to a close we saw a couple more Rangers corners and more of Charles chasing a lost cause, maybe a reminder of what we missed while he was away!
Overall, a great test against a strong side and another win with some consistent play. After the game we confirmed Jonno Brown as our first signed keeper for the season.
Rangers 2nd half line up – A.Whitehouse, A.Burns, J.Williams, A,R.Harvey, B.Forrest, J.Sutton, J.Kenton, J.Waldrum, J.Charles, T.Carr, B.Woods. The New Saints – P.Harrison, M.Daykin, C.Marriott, K.Davies, R.Astles, J.Routledge, L.Smith (L.Robles 63), R.Brobbel (D.Ebbe 63), D.McManus (L.Rees 76), D.Redmond, A.Cieslewicz (J.Canavan 63).
We are pleased to announce another new signing. Tyrone Ofori is a striker who joins us after spells with Newtown AFC and Cefn Druids. He introduced himself to the fans with a debut goal on Saturday against Newcastle.
