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Berwick Rangers (Worcs) F.C.
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a Association football, football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth Scottish football pyramid, tier of Scottish football, List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country, despite hailing from England; they were the only club from outside Scotland in the Scottish Professional Football League until their relegation in 2019. The club play at Shielfield Park, which has a capacity of just over 4,000. History Berwick Rangers was officially formed on 7 January 1881 after a match was played in the town between a team of millworkers from Dunbar and a team of railway clerks from Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. For much of the club's history it was believed that they had formed in 1881, though recent research indicates that 1884 is the more likely date of formation. Their first competitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shielfield Park
Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and Berwick Bandits speedway team. Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland. History There has been a ground at Shielfield Park, named after land owned by local butcher William Shiel Dods, since 1890. Berwick Rangers played at a number of other sites in Berwick, including a ground adjacent to the present site at Shielfield. Berwick Rangers first entered the Scottish Football League in 1951. After a successful run in the 1953–54 Scottish Cup, a stand was purchased from Bradford City and the team settled at Shielfield. The ground was opened with a game against Aston Villa. The record attendance at Shielfield Park is 13,365, for the Scottish Cup game against Rangers on 28 January 1967, which Berwick won 1–0 in a famous cup upset. Due to financial problems, Berwick Rangers was forced to sell Shielfield Park to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
