Saddleworth Rangers are an amateur

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side, formed in 1930, based at Shaw Hall Bank Road,

Greenfield, Greater Manchester Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Oldham and north-east of Manchester. It is located in a broad rural area at the southern edge of t ...

in the

Saddleworth Saddleworth is a civil parishes in England, civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and Hamlet (place), hamlets as well as suburbs of Oldham on the Saddleworth Moor, west ...

district of

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. The club has teams at a number of levels from junior to the first team, which competes in the National Conference League Division One. In 1993 they won the National Conference League Premier Division. The clubs crest features both a white and red rose to reflect the Saddleworth area's historical routes of strong connections to both

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and

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, the area having left Yorkshire in 1974 to form part of

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. The club's ground, which has hosted Rugby League for over 60 years, features a small covered stand and a new clubhouse which was opened in 2016, fundraising included a world record attempt at a continuous game of touch rugby. The Clubhouse was named in honour of stalwart Terry Flanagan MBE, in a ceremony attended by the then

Chief Executive Nigel Woods and Chief Operating Office Ralph Rimmer. At almost 160m above sea level, the ground is one of the highest in Rugby League.

History

Founder members of

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in 1973, and the

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in 1986. History of the National Conference League

Notable former players

Paddy Kirwan * Joe Greenwood * James Greenwood * Terry Flanagan MBE * Mark Flanagan * Josh Johnson * Richard Russell * Des Foy * Ryan Maneely * Ben White *

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* Nicky Kiss * Terry Fogerty * Alex Givvons * Pasquale D’Adamo * George Ford

Honours

Premier Division ** Winners (1): 1992–93 ** Runner Up (1): 1991–92 *

Division Two ** Winners (1): 1989–90 *

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** Winners (3): 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–1994

References

External links

Saddleworth Rangers Official website

National Conference League - Saddleworth Rangers
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