Glebe Rangers Football Club is an intermediate,

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football club playing in the

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. They hail from

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. They play their home games at the Riada Stadium, Ballymoney.

Admission to the League

After Omagh Town closed at the end of the 2004–05 season, the place left by their absence was not filled. Instead, it was decided that a club from the Intermediate League Second Division (in this case, Ballymoney United) was allowed to stay in the First Division instead of being relegated, with only 11 clubs playing in the Second Division for one season. At the end of the 2005–06 season, Glebe Rangers entered a two-legged play-off with

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side

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to determine the vacant 12th place in the Irish Second Division. Rangers won this play-off 9–5 on aggregate to claim the place in the league. Glebe formerly played in the Ballymena and Provincial League. The current manager is Jason Wilmont who replaced Peter Cairns in 2014. In 2016 the club was relegated from the

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References

External links

Irish Premier League Website

Irish Football Club Project

Irish FA Website

Irish League Forums
nifootball.co.uk
Fixtures, Results and Tables of all leagues

The Infamous Glebe Rangers Football Manager Challenge

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