Courier Rangers, known prior to 1968 as Otahuhu Rangers, is a former

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club based in the suburb of Otahuhu,

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. The team was a member of the

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and

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, finishing fifth on their first season but being relegated after finishing 11th out of 12 teams in the second. Their best performance in the

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came in

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, when they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to eventual champions

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. The team disbanded in 1982. Current team

Otahuhu United Otahuhu United is a football club in Auckland, New Zealand. Otahuhu United was formed in 1975 as a breakaway side from the Courier Rangers club, formed by parents and junior players unhappy with the organisation of that club. Initially sited a ...

was formed as a breakaway from Rangers in 1975.

External links

Ultimatenzsoccer website Courier Rangers page
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