30/10/07 FA Cup replay disappointment

TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2007 AT THE ABBEY STADIUM
     
CAMBRIDGE UNITED 5  STAFFORD RANGERS 1

Stafford Rangers suffered disappointment at the Abbey Stadium as Cambridge United recorded a 5-1 victory in this FA Cup Sponsored by E.ON Fourth Qualifying Round Replay. The home side scored three goals before half-time through Lee Boylan (31), Scott Rendell (41) and Rob Wolleaston (45). Kevin Street pulled a goal back in the 63rd minute to give hope to Boro but Darryl Knights (70, 85) finished off the scoring (match report Phil Robinson's comments)

Cambridge United (amber and black stripes/black/black): McShane; Albrighton, Peters, Morrison; Gleeson, Wolleaston, Reed, Pitt; Knights; Boylan, Rendell. Subs: S. Smith (for Boylan, 73), Hoyte (for Peters, 77), Fortune-West (for Rendell, 77), Coulson, Hyem.

Stafford Rangers (red/red/red): Alcock; Richards, Daniel, Sangare, Potter; Oldfield, Draper, Flynn, Street; Mawene; Grayson. Subs: McNiven (for Draper, 34), N. Smith (for Oldfield, 60, Hopkinson (for Richards, 90), Ingram, Youngs.

Referee: S. Creighton.
Attendance: 1,965 (inc 39 away fans).

29/10/07 Club Shop

Black and white home shirts, in sizes from Junior Medium to Adults XXL, now in stock in both short and long sleeves. All new stock carries both shirt sponsors' logos. Names & Numbers can be added to the shirts. The comprehensive range of stock is being increased and orders are now being taken for Christmas. Visit the club shop on matchdays or ring/visit the club at any time during the week.

27/10/07 Grayson earns replay from the penalty spot

SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2007 AT MARSTON ROAD
 
STAFFORD RANGERS 1  CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1

Stafford Rangers and Cambridge United will meet again on Tuesday evening at the Abbey Stadium for a home FA Cup sponsored by E.ON First Round tie with either Crawley Town or Aldershot Town. Neil Grayson converted a 59th-minute penalty to cancel out a second-minute goal scored by the U's Scott Rendell also from the penalty spot. The downside of a game that thrilled in the second half concerned Marco Adaggio who was stretchered off with a suspected broken leg sustained in the tackle that resulted in Boro's penalty  (match report) (Phil Robinson's comments)

Stafford Rangers: Alcock; Daniel, Sangare, Potter; Richards, Draper (McNiven, 60), Flynn, Street, Oldfield; Grayson, Adaggio (N. Smith, 58). Unused subs: Mawene, Hopkinson, Youngs.

Cambridge United: McShane; Albrighton, Peters (Hoyte, 73), Morrison; Gleeson, Wolleaston, Brown (S. Smith, 85), Reid, Pitt; Rendell, Fortune-West (Boylan, 73). Unused subs: Knights, Hyem.

Referee: C. Harwood (Manchester); attendance: 1030 (inc 288 away fans)

26/10/07 New recruits ahead of FA Cup tie

Stafford Rangers have made a double signing ahead of tomorrow's home FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Fourth Qualifying Round tie against Cambridge United. Frenchman Samy-Oyame Mawene (shirt 22), a 22-year-old midfielder, had previous spells with Caen and Millwall while 18-year-old Barnsley defender Luke Potter (shirt 32) has joined on loan for one month. Former Brocton goalkeeper Michael Shelper, age 25, has also been signed as cover for Danny Alcock.

20/10/07 Smith's late equaliser earns valuable point

SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2007 AT BROADFIELD STADIUM
CRAWLEY TOWN 1 STAFFORD RANGERS 1

Nathan Smith scored a dramatic 89th-minute equaliser as Stafford Rangers earned a valuable point away to Guy Madjo's Crawley Town. Smith's first competitive goal since March 2006 cancelled out the opener for the home side scored in the 41st minute by Jamie Cook (match report)

Manager Phil Robinson agreed it was a hard-fought and deserved point (comments)

Team: Puddy; Daniel, Richards, Sangare; Sutton (Robinson, 78), Flynn, Draper, Street, Oldfield (Youngs, 38 (Smith, 68)); Adaggio, Grayson. Unused subs: Hopkinson, Alcock.

19/10/07 New signing ahead of the trip to Crawley

Stafford Rangers have completed the loan signing of goalkeeper Willem Puddy (more)

19/10/07 Christmas Draw Tickets

Christmas Draw Tickets are now on sale and will be available at home games from the Programme Kiosk. The cost is 25p per ticket or £1 per book with lots of exciting prizes on offer

16/10/07 Rangers suffer Senior Cup exit

TUESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2007 AT THE LAMB
TAMWORTH 3 STAFFORD RANGERS 2
A much-change Stafford Rangers side, with four of the fourteen players involved making their debut, twice took the lead in a bad-tempered tie at The Lamb and went down to an 80th minute winner. Ross Draper put Boro ahead in the 18th minute with a headed goal which was cancelled out in the 25th minute by Michael Tuohy. Tom Youngs restored the lead eight minutes later latching onto a throughball from Jemiah Richards.   After dubious challenges put both Seb Hamilton and Steve Hopkinson out of the game, Tamworth equalised through Luke Edwards just after the hour mark and Chris Nurse scored the late winner.
(match report)

Team (4-4-2): Alcock; Ingram, Richards, Draper, Evans; Hamilton, Street (capt), Hopkinson, Arnolin; Youngs, Robinson. Subs: Hathaway (for Hamilton, 45), Haywood (for Hopkinson, 49), Smith (for Draper, 54), Doody, Philips.

15/10/07 FA Cup draw - it's Cambridge at home

Following this morning's FA Cup, sponsored by E.ON, Fourth Qualifying Round draw, Cambridge United will make a swift return to Marston Road a week on Saturday, 27th October. Any replay will be played at the Abbey Stadium on Tuesday 30th October (full draw on thefa.com)

13/10/07 Loach saves penalty as Rangers gain a point

SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2007 AT MARSTON ROAD
STAFFORD RANGERS 1 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1

Stafford Rangers goalkeeper Scott Loach kept out a second-half penalty as the team bravely battled to earn a point at Marston Road against high-flying Cambridge United. Both goals came during the opening half hour. Courtney Pitt put the U's ahead in the 14th minute and Neil Grayson equalised in the 28th minute. Loach pulled off a series of saves while Chris Flynn hit the post and Wayne Daniel saw a header cleared off the line
(match report)

Manager Phil Robinson felt it was a good result and a good performance
(comments)

Team: Loach, Daniel, Avinel, Sangare, Sutton, Flynn, Draper, Oldfield, Murray, Adaggio, Grayson. Subs: Smith (for Oldfield, 80), Alcock, Richards, Hamilton, Young

13/10/07 Senior Cup tie still on

Stafford Rangers will visit Tamworth on Tuesday as planned for a Staffordshire Senior Cup tie. The Lambs defeated King's Lynn 2-1 in the FA Cup so didn't require a replay which would have taken precedence

9/10/07 I thought it was a valiant effort

With key players missing, Phil Robinson felt the team worked tirelessly at York last night (more)

9/10/07 Debut at York for new signing

Tom Youngs made his debut at York City last night. The 28-year-old forward made over 150 appearances for Cambridge United at the start of his career and went on to play for Northampton and Leyton Orient before spending the last couple  of seasons at Bury.

9/10/07 Players missed in York defeat

York City 2 Stafford Rangers 0 - With four key players missing and manager Phil Robinson amongst the substitutes, two goals in three minutes towards the end of the first half scored by Stuart Elliott (36 mins) and Daniel McBreen (39) prevented Stafford Rangers from bouncing back from Saturday’s home defeat. (match report)

7/10/07 Cambridge kick-off time - our view

Stafford Rangers would like to point out that we did everything we could to persuade Cambridge United to alter the kick-off time of next Saturday's Blue Square Premier game. We gave Cambridge the option to change the kick-off time but they wanted to stick to the original schedule. It was not our preference to kick-off at 3 pm. Stafford Rangers have altered the kick-off time on many occasions to avoid clashing with England games. The exception being the home fixture with Vauxhall Motors a few years ago when opposition player availablity meant an earlier start could not be accomodated.

6/10/07 The players know they deserved something

Phil Robinson felt Rangers deserved something from Saturday's 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Forest Green Rovers (more)

6/10/07 Seb Hamilton joins Boro

Stafford Rangers have completed the signing of 23-year-old Seb Hamilton and he made his debut as a second-half substitute against Forest Green Rovers (more)

6/10/07 Rangers left fuming after FGR defeat

Stafford Rangers 1 Forest Green Rovers 3 - Stafford Rangers' three-match unbeaten run came to an end in controversial circumstances. Marco Adaggio (17 mins) gave Boro a halt-time lead but Blue Square Premier leading scorer Stuart Fleetwood (56) levelled early in the second half. The visitors' took the points with late goals scored by Fleetwood (84) and Mark Beesley (89).  Man-of the-match Djoumin Sangare was sent off in injury time for two bookable offences (match report)

4/10/07 Your invite to the Players Xmas Dinner

The Stafford Rangers FC Players Christmas Dinner will be held on Monday 17th December, 7.00 pm until late, in the Lotus Suite. It is 'black tie and evening wear' with tables of ten to include two First Yeam squad players leaving eight places on your table. There will be a four-course meal, comedian, music and christmas festivities, dancing until the early hours and an auction of sporting memorabilia. The cost is £400 per table and is an ideal function for your business party. To reserve a table, please contact Audra Shirley, Commerial Manager, on 01785 602431 or 07968 388546.

3/10/07 York coach departure time

The Supporters Coach to York will now depart from Marston Road at 3.30 pm and not 4 pm as previously stated in the programme and on the website. Places are still available - contact Audra Shirley on 01785 602431 or call at the ground during office hours.

1/10/07 Senior Cup date set

Stafford Rangers' Staffs Senior Cup First Round tie at Tamworth has been arranged for Tuesday 16th October, kick-off 7-45 pm, providing the Lambs are not involved in a FA Cup that night. Tamworth are at home to King's Lynn in the previous Saturday in the Third Qualifying Round.