Deeping Rangers F.C.

Deeping Rangers F.C.
Deeping Rangers
Full name Deeping Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s) Rangers
Founded 1966
Ground Deeping Sports Club
Outgang Road
Market Deeping
(Capacity: unknown (164 seated))
Chairman Kevin Davenport
Manager Tunkay Korkmaz
League United Counties League Premier Division
2010-2011 United Counties Football League Premier Division, 14th
Home colours
Away colours

Deeping Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England. They were established in 1964 and originally played at Maxey Road until 1982, but did not move to Outgang Road until 1985; the move was due to a rent dispute with the land owner. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the United Counties League Premier Division.

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The early years

The club was formed in 1964 and spent their first two seasons in the Peterborough Sunday League, winning the Division One title at the first attempt and then finishing third in the Premier. In 1966, they switched to Saturday football, winning the Peterborough League Division Three North at the first attempt, and also the Peterborough FA Minor Cup. In 1969 they won the Division Two title and a year later became Division One champions.

The facilities at Rangers’ Maxey Road ground were deemed inadequate for Premier Division football. As a consequence, the club found it difficult to hold on to their best players, and the division-winning side dispersed[citation needed]. In 1979 Rangers were relegated to Division Two but they bounced back at the first attempt. That same year saw Rangers lose the use of the Maxey Road ground; they played at the Deepings Leisure Centre until moving to their own ground in Outgang Road in 1985.

Rangers finished runners-up in the Peterborough League Division One in 1985 and were duly promoted to the Premier Division. In 1995-96 Rangers were runners-up in the Premier Division, and again in 1998-99, under the management of Mel Landin. This earned the club promotion to the United Counties League.

During these seasons, Deeping Rangers developed a reputation for finding and developing excellent young players. Their most notable alumni include Malcolm Christie (who moved to Derby County and then Middlesbrough) and Ben Wright (who later played for Viking Stavanger in the UEFA Cup and was also on the books of football league clubs Lincoln City) and Macclesfield Town FC

United Counties League history

In their debut season in the United Counties League, Rangers almost pulled off a promotion double, narrowly missing out on the runners-up slot in the final game of the season. That year saw the installation of floodlights at Outgang Road, which made the club eligible to enter more cup competitions. In 2000-01, manager Chris Beckett took Rangers into the Premier Division by way of the Division One runners-up spot, to accompany the club’s first success in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup "B".

Rangers made an immediate mark in the Premier Division, finishing tenth after their first campaign. In 2001-02 Rangers made their debut in the FA Vase followed a year later their first ever FA Cup match. The club finished that season fifth in the Premier Division.

The club had a succession of managers in the following seasons, and mixed fortunes on the pitch. However, for the start of the 2006-07 season, Deeping Rangers appointed Tuncay Korkmaz as manager. The club won two rounds in the FA Cup, and set a League record by playing twenty-eight consecutive undefeated league games. The run was ended by a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Yaxley. As a result Rangers led the league by twelve points in February 2007, and went on to win the Premier Division championship for the first time. Not surprisingly, Korkmaz was named the League's Manager of the Year. The following season was a time for consolidation, but the club has the stated ambition to win the UCL Premier Division title again and join near-neighbour Stamford at a higher level of football.

Local rivalries

Deeping Rangers’ principal local rival is Bourne Town, their Lincolnshire neighbours seven miles away. In 2006, Rangers reached the final of the Lincolnshire Senior Cup 'A' for the first time, losing 1-0 to Bourne Town, but since then the bragging rights have been firmly in Rangers’ grasp, especially at the start of the 2008-09 season, when Rangers took eleven goals off their rivals in three games without reply. Rangers also have healthy rivalries with neighbouring UCL clubs Blackstones (based 10 miles away in Stamford), Boston Town, and also Holbeach United[citation needed].

The stadium

The ambition of Deeping Rangers Football Club is reflected in the efforts it is making to provide a stadium which will bear comparison with the finest at this level of football in the country. The club shares a site on the northern edge of Market Deeping, close to the recently-completed Deepings by-pass on the A16, with the local Cricket and Tennis clubs. All the clubs have joint use of the magnificent sports and social club at the centre of the site, which was completed in 1999.

The main stand on the first-team pitch cost £33,000 and took three years to complete. Minor modifications were made during the 1999 close season to comply with UCL regulations. In summer 2000 floodlights were erected following a successful fund raising appeal. These enable the club to comply with FA requirements for grounds at higher levels on the pyramid and also make Rangers eligible for cup competitions where floodlights are mandatory. In 2002 turnstiles were acquired from Wembley Stadium and these now form the centrepiece for a new ground entrance. The official opening was at the 2004 FA Cup-tie against Glapwell, when the crowd was swelled by a display at Outgang Road which featured the actual FA Cup itself. During summer 2005, the main stand was refurbished adding seats bought from Highfield Road, the former ground of Coventry City prior to their move to the Ricoh Arena.

Season-by-season record since 1999

Season Division Points Position League Cup F.A. Cup F.A. Vase Notes
1999-00 United Counties League Division One 67 3/18
2000-01 United Counties League Division One 75 2/18 Second on goal difference
2001-02 United Counties League Premier Division 66 10/21 1 QR
2002-03 United Counties League Premier Division 69 5/21 Pre R 1
2003-04 United Counties League Premier Division 45 17/22 R 2 Pre 1 QR
2004-05 United Counties League Premier Division 57 12/22 Pre 1 QR 1 QR
2005-06 United Counties League Premier Division 42 20/22 Pre Pre R 1
2006-07 United Counties League Premier Division 97 1/21 Q-F 1 QR R 1
2007-08 United Counties League Premier Division 69 7/21 S-F 1 QR R 1 Three points deducted
2008-09 United Counties League Premier Division 80 4/21 Pre 1 QR
2009-10 United Counties League Premier Division 75 4/21 Ex Pre R 1
2010-11 United Counties League Premier Division 45 14/21 Ex Pre R 1
2011-12 United Counties League Premier Division /21 2 QR

Key - Ex Pre = Extra Preliminary Round, Pre = Preliminary Round, 1 QR = First Round Qualifying, 2 QR = Second Round Qualifying,R 1 = First Round, R 2 = Second round, Q-F = Quarter Final, S-F = Semi-final

Source: Football Club History Database

Records

Managerial history

Name Nat From To Record
P W D L F A Win %
Mel Landin
Chris Beckett
Paul Kirk 9 April 2004
Vince Adams England 9 April 2004 11 March 2006
Pat O'Keefe 16 March 2006 23 April 2006
Tunkay Korkmaz Turkey 15 May 2006 30 April 2009
Patrick Rayment England 25 May 2009 26 October 2010 69 32 9 28 112 113 46.38%
Tunkay Korkmaz Turkey 28 October 2010 Present 48 24 3 21 73 55 50.00%

Current first-team squad

Player Number Position
Turkey Tunkay Korkmaz Manager
Scotland Andy Drummond Assistant Manager
England James Doughty Goalkeeper
England Adam Fenton Defender
England Nick Jackson Defender
England Matthew Evans Defender
England Steven Julian Defender
England Kris Jones Defender
England David Cornell Defender
England David Burton Jones Midfield
England Josh Moreman Midfield
England Adam Weston Midfield
England Spencer Tinkler Midfield
England Matt Heron Midfield
England George Cox Midfield
England Kevin Gilbert Midfield
England Mark Jones Striker
England Tony Barrersby Striker
England Ryan Oliver Striker

Executive Committee (2010-11 season)

Chairman Kevin Davenport
Vice Chairman Ken Phillips
Secretary Haydon Whitham
Treasurer Andrew Bowell
Junior Section Chairman Situation Vacant
Head of Coaching Jason Chatham
Maintenance Dave Holmes
Commercial Phil Rowe
Press Officer Lindsay Williamson
Social & Fundraising Officer Mandy Philips
1st Team Manager Tunkay Korkmaz
Reserve Team Manager Andy Bailey
Physio Becky Toone

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