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History

Fletcher Moss Rangers was established in 1986 by two fathers, Nigel Hanson and Howard Isaacs with his brother Barry. The club began by playing on Fletcher Moss Playing Fields, but have subsequently moved to their present location at Mersey Bank Playing Fields. In 2005 they were said to have had around 800 members of all ages and sexes.

Teams

The club has various playing squads both for boys and girls. In the season 2022/23, the squads were as follows: *Under 9s Elite Lions *Under 10s Hurricanes & Tornado’s *Under 11s Blues, Rebels, Barca, Yellows & Rosseland *Under 12s Yellows *Under 13s Blues, Apollo (G.O.A.T), Raiders & Girls *Under 14s Yellows & Colts *Under 15s Blues & Yellows

FA Charter Standard

The club is an FA Charter Standard Community Club,. To obtain this award the club had to be affiliated to a County FA, have at least one team in a League sanctioned by The FA, have a bank account in the club's name and provide a financial statement approved by the club's committee. In addition the club had to have a disciplinary record within The FA Respect discipline threshold, operate within a set of club rules, have a club equality policy and have adopted the FA Respect Code of Conduct. For the FA Charter Standard Community Club, the club also had to have club officials who are proud to make their environment safe, fun and inclusive for all, provide recent committee meeting minutes, have a club Safeguarding Policy, have FA Enhanced DBS ( Disclosure and Barring Service) check for all club officials, have a first aider for each adult team with an in date FA Level 1 introduction to first aid in football, at least one FA Level 1 qualified coach per team with in date first aid and Safeguarding Children certificate, have a coach:player ratio of 1:16 or less and to provide links to attract new players and opportunities to move, transition or progress players.

Former players

David Horrocks, Trustee of the club, said in 2016 that he believed that 73 youngsters had signed for professional clubs, either at home or abroad. In 2020 alone, six players (Cole Umebuani, Teddy Sherwood, Jaice Dore, Rafael Smith, Dane Mullings and Ka’eo Ingram) from Fletcher Moss Rangers signed for Manchester United and one (Tolani Raheem) to

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. Below is an incomplete list of professional players to have played for Fletcher Moss Rangers: * Tosin Adarabioyo *

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References

External links

* * {{YouTube, id=4pON4Bs38Hg, title=Grass Roots - The Fletcher Moss Rangers story (filmed in 2017) by the

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