Hall Road Rangers Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hill Top Ground in Willerby.

History

The club was formed in 1959 as a Sunday league team by Ted Richardson.History
Hall Road Rangers They later switched to Saturday football, joining the

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, before moving up to Division Two of the Yorkshire League in 1968. League reorganisation saw the club demoted to the new Division Three in 1970. They went on to win the division in 1972–73, earning promotion back to Division Two; the season also saw them win the East Riding Senior Cup for the first time. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1975–76 season, but won the division again in 1979–80 and were promoted back to Division Two. In 1982 the Yorkshire League merged with the

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to form the

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. Hall Road Rangers were placed in Division One North, but finished bottom of the division in the league's first season, resulting in relegation to Division Two North. League restructuring saw them placed in Division One North for the 1984–85 season, and the following season they were placed in the new Division Three. However, Division Three was dissolved after a single season and the club moved into Division Two. In 1990–91 they won the Division Two title and were promoted to Division One. The 1993–94 season saw the club win the East Riding Senior Cup for the second time. In 2003–04 Hall Road Rangers won the league's Wilkinson Sword Trophy,Hall Road Rangers
Northern Counties East League beating

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5–4 on aggregate in the final. In 2007–08 they were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division, and also won the Wilkinson Sword Trophy for a second time with a 3–2 aggregate win over

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in the final. However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in

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they were relegated back to Division One. In 2016–17 they won the Division One title and were promoted to the Premier Division. The club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2018–19 and were relegated back to Division One. At the end of the 2021–22 season they resigned from the Northern Counties East League and dropped into the Premier Division of the

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.Sad news as Hall Road resign from the NCEL
Non-League Yorkshire, 7 July 2022

Ground

The club played at Dene Park in

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until losing their tenancy in 2014, after which they moved to Haworth Park in the

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area of Hull, a former home ground of

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."Riding lessons", ''

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'', April 2022, p39 The ground has a capacity of 1,200, with a 250-seat stand and 750 covered. After moving to Haworth Park, the club installed floodlights and built new changing rooms. At the end of the 2022–23 season the club moved to Westella & Willerby's Hill Top Ground, with Hull United taking over Haworth Park.

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Division One champions 1990–91, 2016–17 **League Trophy winners 2003–04, 2007–08 *Yorkshire League **Division Three champions 1972–73, 1979–80 *East Riding Senior Cup **Winners 1972–73, 1993–94, 1994–95

Records

*Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2007–08 *Best

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performance: Third round, 1999–2000 *Record attendance: 1,200 vs

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, friendly match, August 1993Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p728 *Most appearances: G James *Most goals: G James

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