Abbey Rangers Football Club is a football club based in

Addlestone Addlestone ( or ) is a town in Surrey, England. It is located approximately southwest of London. The town is the administrative centre of the Borough of Runnymede, of which it is the largest settlement. History The town is recorded as ''Atte ...

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

History

The club were established in 1976, initially as a youth club for boys aged 7–16, and were named after the nearby

Chertsey Abbey Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the England, English county of Surrey. It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the s ...

. Having played in both

Chertsey Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in ...

and

, they became members of the Surrey & Hants Border League, winning Division One in 2004–05. After finishing as runners-up the following season, they left the league, joining Division One of the Guildford & Woking Alliance. They were Division One champions at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The club were Premier Division runners-up the following season, and were promoted to Division One of the

Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) The Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) is one of the three intermediate football leagues which has most of its teams in the English county of Surrey and is the smaller of the two feeder leagues to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League. ...

. They went on to win the division and the League Cup in their first season in the league, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. After finishing second in the Premier Division in 2010–11, the club joined the

Surrey Elite Intermediate League The Surrey Premier County Football League is a regional English football league for teams in South-West London, Surrey and neighbouring areas. It was founded in 2008. The league is at the 11th level of the English football league system and wa ...

. They remained in the league until 2014–15 when a fourth-placed finish resulted in promotion to Division One of the Combined Counties League. In their first season in Division One, they finished third, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The 2016–17 season saw the club enter the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

for the first time in their history when they entered the competition in the preliminary qualification round.

Ground

The club play at Addlestone Moor.History In The Making
Base of the Pyramid

Honours

*Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) **Division One champions 2008–09 **League Cup winners 2008–09 *Guildford & Woking Alliance **Division One champions 2006–07 *Surrey & Hants Border League **Division One champions 2004–05

Records

*Best

performance: Third qualifying round, 2019–20 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Fifth round, 2018–19

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