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Arniston Rangers Football Club are a Scottish
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club, based in the town of
Gorebridge Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Gorebridge has an annual Gala Day which always takes place on the 3rd Saturday in June. This is much like a town fair, with rides and games. The gala day has a tradition of picking ...
. They play in the
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(Second Division), having moved from the SJFA East Region Premier League in 2018. Nicknamed "Arni", they were formed in 1878 and presently play their home games at Newbyres Park, which has room for 1,000 spectators. They wear maroon strips (uniforms). Towards the end of the 2022/23 season Arni got young ultras providing a great atmosphere at Newbyres Park. They also achieved promotion to the EOSFL First Division in the 2022/23 Season. Ground problems at Newbyres meant that some home games during the 2008–09 season were played at
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Honours

Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...
* Runners-up: 1922–23


Other honours

* Edinburgh & District League winners: 1953–54 * East Region Division One winners: 1969–70, 1971–72 * Fife & Lothians Cup winners: 1975–76, 1997–98 * East Region Division Two winners: 1994–95 * East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1909–10, 1912–13, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1980–81 * Brown Cup winners: 1975–76 * Andy Kelly Cup 2008 * St Michaels Cup 2005–06


Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the top two divisions of the Scottish Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club. * Paddy Crossan * Willie Wilson *
Scott Nisbet Scott Nisbet (born 30 January 1968) is a Scottish former football player, who is best known for his time with Rangers F.C., Rangers. Playing career Nisbet was signed from Salvesen Boys Club in Edinburgh in May 1982 by the then Rangers manager J ...
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Darren McGregor Darren McGregor (born 7 August 1985) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is currently a coach at Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. McGregor has had two spells with Cowdenbeath during his career. In his first spell he made h ...


References


External links


Official club site
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