Cullompton Rangers Football Club is a

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club based in

Cullompton Cullompton () is a town and civil parish in the district of Mid Devon and the county of Devon, England. It is north-east of Exeter and lies on the River Culm. In 2011 the parish as a whole had a population of 8,499 while the built-up area of t ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Speeds Meadow.

History

The club was established in 1945 and initially played in the East Devon Victory League, before joining the Exeter & District League.About the club
Cullompton Rangers F.C. They were Division One champions in 1959–60,Division 1 (Senior 1, Senior 1A)
Devon & Exeter League earning promotion to the Premier Division. After finishing as Premier Division runners-up in their first season in the division, they went on to win the league title in 1961–62 and 1963–64.
Non-League Matters However, they were relegated after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1966–67. After another relegation, the club were Division Two champions in 1972–73 and later won Division One again in 1978–79, earning promotion back to the Premier Division of the renamed Devon & Exeter League and went on to win the East Devon Senior Cup in 1983–84.Devon & Exeter League 1972–2000
Non-League Matters In 1993 Cullompton were founder members of the

Devon County League The Devon County Football League was a football competition based in England. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. History The league was formed in 1992 in order to form an intermediate level bet ...

. They finished as runners-up in 1997–98 and again the following season, in which they also won the Devon Premier Cup. In 2007 the league merged with the

South Western League The South Western Football League was an English association football league composed of clubs from Cornwall and west and north Devon. It consisted of a single division at the eleventh overall tier of the English football league system, the seven ...

to form the

South West Peninsula League The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. The league is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West D ...

, with the club placed in the Premier Division. Although they finished bottom of the division in the league's first season, they were not relegated. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were placed in the Premier Division East.

Ground

The club initially played at Cullompton School Playing Fields, before moving to Speeds Meadown. Although they left Speeds Meadow to play at Knightswood and later Court Drive, they eventually returned to Speeds Meadow. Floodlights were installed in 1998, and upgraded dressing room facilities were opened by

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on 28 February 2012.Cullompton Rangers call for more fans in face of financial woe
This is Devon, 14 February 2012

Honours

*Devon Premier Cup **Winners 1998–99 *Devon & Exeter League **Premier Division champions 1961–62, 1963–64 **Division One champions 1959–60, 1978–79 **Division Two champions 1972–73 *East Devon League **Senior Division One champions 1950–51, 1978–79 *East Devon Senior Cup **Winners 1983–84

Records

*Best

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performance: Extra preliminary round, 2009–10 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Second round, 2011–12, 2016–17

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