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. Formed in 2008 by a merger of Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana, they are currently members of the and play at Hamilton Park.

History

Thurnby Rangers

Thurnby Rangers were established as a Sunday league team and played at Dakyn Road in Leicester. They won the Charnwood Sunday League Premier Division in 1988–89 and went on to win the title in each of the next three seasons.Thurnby Rangers
Leics Football After finishing as runners-up in 1992–93, the club switched to Saturday football, joined Division One of the Leicester & District League. They won the division at the first attempt and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following season saw them win the Premier Division title, earning promotion to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League. Thurnby won the Division One title and the Leicestershire & Rutland Saturday Shield in 1995–96, but were unable to take promotion to the Premier Division. They were runners-up the following season, and after winning Division One again in 2000–01, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. They won the League Cup and the

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in 2001–02 and were Premier Division champions in 2004–05. The following season saw them win the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup again.

Leicester Nirvana

FC Nirvana were established the mid-1980s, having grown out of the Red Star youth group, and played at Victoria Park.Overview
Leicester Nirvana The club joined Division One of the Mutual League in 1984 and were runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
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and were renamed Leicester Nirvana. They were Division One runners-up in their first season in their first season in the league. The following season saw the club resign mid-season; however, they were allowed to rejoin the league for the 1991–92 season, which saw them placed in the Premier Division South. The club left the league at the end of the season, having decided to focus on youth football.

Merged club

In 2008 Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana merged to form Thurnby Nirvana, retaining Rangers' place in the Premier Division of the Leicestershire Senior League, although Leicester Nirvana continued as a youth club. In 2009–10 they finished third in the Premier Division and were promoted to the

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. The club won the League Cup in

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and the league title in 2013–14, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the United Counties League. They were runners-up in the Premier Division the following season. At the end of the season the club were renamed Leicester Nirvana. They were Premier Division runners-up again in 2015–16, missing out on the title on goal difference.

Ground

The merged club initially played at Thurnby's Daykn Road ground. In 2015 they began groundsharing at Highfield Rangers' Gleneagles Avenue, before moving to Nirvana's Hamilton Park in December 2016 after it was upgraded to meet ground grading requirements.Hamilton Park New Home for Leicester Nirvana Football Club
Leicester Nirvana

Honours

*East Midlands Counties League **Champions 2013–14 **League Cup winners 2010–11

Records

*Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2011–12,

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*Best

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performance: Fifth round, 2018–19

References

External links

Official websiteLeicester Nirvana
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