Long Eaton Rangers F.C.

Long Eaton Rangers Football Club was a football club based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England. They were founding members of the second ever league, The Combination in 1888, and when that folded, the Football Alliance in 1889. In 1890, they joined the Midland League and were runners up one year,[1] however, they left the league in 1899.

They played at the Recreation Ground, later the site of Long Eaton Stadium, from its opening in 1885.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Long Eaton Rangers at the Football Club History Database accessed 2 July 2008
  2. ↑ "Long Eaton Rangers". Nottingham Evening Post. 1 September 1885. Retrieved 10 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).


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