Bradley Rangers F.C. was an

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team based in the village of

Bradley, Wrexham Bradley ( cy, Bradle) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Situated in the community of Gwersyllt, it is bounded by Alyn Waters Country Park to the north, the village of Gwersyllt to the west and south, and Bradley Hill, Wat's Dyke a ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. They played their home games at Glanllyn Road, now the site of the "Old Mill"

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. The club was founded in 1951 and joined the Third Division of the

Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) The Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) was a football league in Wales and operated at level 3 and 4 of the Welsh football league system in Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough, but with some teams from Denbighshire (Corwen and Llangollen Town) ...

for the 1952–53 season. In that first season they topped the division undefeated scoring 128 goals in 22 games and amassing 44 points The following season they were champions of the Second Division scoring 149 goals in 28 games, amassing 43 points. The Rangers were promoted to the First Division and continued to play in this league even after they changed their name to Bradley Social Club F.C. for the 1961–2 season, before finally dissolving in 1965.

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{{Reflist Defunct football clubs in Wales Association football clubs established in 1951 Association football clubs disestablished in 1965 1951 establishments in Wales 1965 disestablishments in Wales