Winterton Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Winterton,

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...

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. They play in the .

History

The club was established in 1934. They were originally an intermediate side before becoming members of the Scunthorpe & District League in 1935. Winterton have used just two grounds in their history. They were situated at Watery Lane until 1950 when a piece of land was purchased at West Street. In 1965 they joined the Lincolnshire County League until 1970 when they accepted an invitation to the

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. Over the next decade they won the

on three occasions. They reached the 4th qualifying round of the

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in 1971–72 and 1976–77 and the Quarter-Final stage of the

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in 1976–77. In 1978 they won the

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six-a-side floodlight cup, beating

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in the Final. Their prize was six floodlights. In 1982–83 they became founder members of the

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(NCEL), when the Yorkshire League and

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amalgamated. Just 2 seasons later the club disbanded due to financial difficulties. In 1986 Rangers then re-entered the NCEL Division 2 winning he title in 1989–90 and were promoted directly to the Premier Division. After 4 seasons they were relegated to the NCEL Division 1. Since November 2004 they have been managed by former

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and

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player Peter Daniel. Rangers have an agreement with Hull City for the use of the pitch by the Football League club's reserve team and junior sides. Three junior sides play under the Rangers banner.

Honours

League

Premier Division ** Winners (1): 2007–08 *

Division One ** Runners-up (1): 2006–07 *

Division Two ** Winners (1): 1989–90 *

Division One ** Winners (3): 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79 ** Runners-Up (1): 1977–78

Cup

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** Winners (1): 1969–70

Records

* Best in

: 4th Qualifying Rd. 1971–72, 1976–77 * Best in

: Quarter Final 1976–77

External links

Club website
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