Ransomes Sports Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the

Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground Ransomes Sports Pavilion (formerly Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground) is a cricket ground in Ipswich, Suffolk. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1972, Suffolk County Cricket Club, Suffolk played Hertfordshire County Cricket Cl ...

History

The original Ransomes were established as Orwell Works, the

works team A works team (sometimes factory team, company team) is a sports team that is financed and run by a manufacturer or other business. Sometimes, works teams contain or are entirely made up of employees of the supporting company. Association footb ...

of the Ransomes engineering company. They played in the Suffolk & Ipswich League, winning the league three seasons in succession between 1904–05 and 1906–07. They had one season in the

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in 1909–10, but continued in the Suffolk & Ipswich League, winning back-to-back league titles in 1960–61 and 1961–62, before changing their name to Ransomes F.C.. After winning the

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in 1979, they won the Senior Division and Senior Cup double in 1980–81 and the League Cup in 1982–83. In 1986 they became RSSC Ransomes, and won the league again in 1986–87. They also entered the

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for several seasons during the 1980s, reaching the third round in 1982–83 and 1987–88. The club folded at the end of the 1994–95 season.Ransomes Sports
Suffolk & Ipswich Football League After the original football club folded, the Ransomes Sports Club invited Rushmere Athletic to take over at the ground. Rushmere had been established as

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F.C. in 1948, but had been made homeless after their parent company sold their ground to

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to use as a training ground in 1993. The club was renamed Ransomes Sports in 1997. In 1998–99 they finished runners-up in Division Two, and were promoted to Division One. They were promoted again the following season, earning a place in the Senior Division. Although they were relegated back to Division One soon after, they were promoted to the Senior Division again in 2003–04. The club won the League Cup in 2005–06, 2008–09 and 2009–10. In 2011–12 the club was relegated back to Division One, and were relegated again to Division Two at the end of the 2013–14 season. They were promoted from Division Two in 2014–15 and were Division One champions in 2015–16, resulting in promotion to the Senior Division. However, they finished bottom of the Senior Division in 2017–18 and were relegated again. At the end of the 2019–20 season they were promoted back to the Senior Division.

Honours

*Suffolk & Ipswich League **Senior Division champions 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1986–87 **Division One champions 2015–16 **League Cup winners 1982–83, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10 *Suffolk Senior Cup **Winners 1979, 1981

Records

*Best

performance: Third round, 1982–83, 1987–88

References

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