Portavogie Rangers Football Club, referred to simply as Portavogie Rangers, or Portavogie F.C., is an intermediate

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

playing in the

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. They are based in

Portavogie Portavogie () is a village, townland and fishing port in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Ards and North Down Borough and is the easternmost settlement in Ireland. It had a population of 2,122 people in the 2011 Census. The t ...

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. Portavogie Rangers were established in 1961, and play at New Harbour Road, Portavogie. They play in the

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Clearer Water Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary Association football, football single elimination, knockout cup compet ...

. In 2024, former player James Cully was appointed manager.

Colours and badge

The badge features an

anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ', which itself comes from the Greek (). Anch ...

, representing the town's historical link with

sea fishing Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank. When fishing from a boat, or fishing vessel, most fishing techniques can be used, from nets to fish traps, but some form of angling is by far the most comm ...

, and it's modern

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. Portavogie Rangers play in red and blue.

References

{{Football in Northern Ireland Association football clubs in Northern Ireland Association football clubs established in 1961 Association football clubs in County Down Northern Amateur Football League clubs 1961 establishments in Northern Ireland