Buckfastleigh Rangers F.C.

Buckfastleigh Rangers Football Club was formed in the early 1900s. The team have played the majority of their competitive football in the South Devon League with a large slice of that being in the Premier division.
Until the mid 1960s, BRFC shared their pitch with the rugby and cricket clubs at the Recreation Ground. 1960 saw the cricket club purchase the ‘Rec’ for themselves and BRFC moved to their present playing ground at Duckspond. With the exception of three seasons in the early 1980s when a collapsed water culvert meant the club had to seek temporary accommodation, Rangers have played there ever since. Carl Throgmorton of Westward Developments, gave his consent for the teams to use his pitch at Oaklands Park during the culvert catastrophe.
The Social Club was opened on the 28th August 1978 by Mr Frank O'Farrell, and it started off as a very small building. The building was then extended by building new changing rooms outside and using the existing changing rooms to extend the clubhouse. Due to increasing demand another extension was built.
During the 1980s Rangers made history by becoming the first club in the S.D.L to install floodlights up to match standard.
Achievements
During recent years Buckfastleigh Rangers has enjoyed league, promotion and cup success. The teams have successfully won the Lidstone, Greenaway, Harry Treeby and the impressive Devon Senior Cups. Promotions have also been gained and at the end of the 1991-92 season, the clubs teams were positioned in the premier, division 2 and division 5 of the South Devon League. At the beginning of the 1992-93 season Buckfastleigh Rangers became the founder members of the Devon County League. Buckfastleigh Rangers became the Champions of the Devon County League at their first attempt while the 3rd X1 finished top of their S.D.L division 5 and the reserves finished third in division 2, only being denied automatic promotion on goal difference. 1994 - 95 season was notably a successful one for Rangers when the reserves were crowned champions of division 2. Over the years Buckfastleigh Rangers Football Club have played hosts to other league clubs including Torquay United, Plymouth Argyle, Watford F.C and Leyton Orient

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