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| Full name | Berwick Rangers Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Borderers, The Wee Gers, The Dream Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Capacity 4,131) |
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| Chairman | Robert Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Alan McGonigal |
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| League | Scottish Second Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Scottish Second Division, 10th (relegated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Berwick Rangers Football Club are a football team based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who play in the Scottish Football League. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and also to the Berwick Bandits speedway team Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ˈbɛrɪk- ( Scots: Berwick or historically South Berwick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Alan McGonigal (born 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former footballer and is the current manager of Scottish Third Division side Berwick History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ˈbɛrɪk- ( Scots: Berwick or historically South Berwick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost Founding members The Scottish League's first season of competition was in 1890-91. They are managed by Alan McGonigal. Alan McGonigal (born 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former footballer and is the current manager of Scottish Third Division side Berwick
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History
Officially formed in 1881, though recent research indicates that 1884 is a more likely date of formation. The following are the Association football events of the year 1881 throughout the world [1], the club had a nomadic existence before eventually settling down at Shielfield Park in 1954. Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and also to the Berwick Bandits speedway team The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1954 throughout the world Having initially gained admittance to the Scottish Border League in 1905, they were finally elected member of the Scottish Football League in 1955, where they have played ever since, despite low attendances and frequent financial problems. Founding members The Scottish League's first season of competition was in 1890-91. A notable early success was a 3-0 win over Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Cup in 1954 in a run which saw them reach the quarter-final, only to lose to Glasgow Rangers 4-0. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893 are a football team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Ten years later they reached the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup losing to Glasgow Rangers 3-1. The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs
Arguably their greatest success came in 1967, when they beat Glasgow Rangers 1-0 in the Scottish Cup under the management of player manager Jock Wallace. The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland John " Jock " Martin Bokas Wallace ( 6 September 1935 — 24 July 1996) was a professional football It was the highlight of a memorable cup run, which had seen them break a club record in beating Vale of Leithen 8-1 in the first round. Vale of Leithen FC is an Association football club from the town of Innerleithen, Scotland. The result sent shockwaves around Scottish football and led to a number of the Rangers players leaving Ibrox; it was also the club's greatest home attendance of 13,365. Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the Stadium of Rangers F They were paired with Hibs in the following round but lost 1-0 in front of a crowd of nearly 30,000. Hibernian Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh.
The following years saw little progress until the late 1970s, when under the management of Dave Smith they won the Second Division title in 1979. Dave Smith is the name of Dave Smith (American football, former Texas A&M quarterback and SMU coach History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system Despite that success they were unable to build and suffered a slow decline through the 1980s. The nadir came in season 1988-89 when they were nearly bankrupted and the club were locked out of Shielfield, having to play their games elsewhere. In 1988 Jim Jefferies took over as manager and led the team to a club record unbeaten 21 game run. Jim Jefferies (born November 22, 1950 in Musselburgh, East Lothian) is the Scottish football manager of Kilmarnock
The club weathered this and other crises in the early 1990s, narrowly avoiding going into administration in 1994. Later in the decade Berwick enjoyed a bit more in the way of success only missing out on promotion to Scottish League Division One due to league reorganisation in 1994. The Scottish Premier League, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons and often known as the Premier League or SPL They were relegated to the Third Division in 1997 but under the management of Paul Smith regained promotion in 2000. Paul Smith (born 2 November 1962 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former football player and manager Under Smith's stewardship they took both Rangers and Hearts to replays in the Scottish Cup. Heart of Midlothian FC (most commonly referred to as Hearts) is a football club from Edinburgh, Scotland who play in the Scottish
They were relegated again to the Third Division in 2005, and narrowly missed out on an instant return to the Second Division the following season, this time losing to Alloa in the league promotion play-offs. Alloa Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Despite losing a good deal of the squad to other clubs in the close season, manager John Coughlin exceeded expectations by rebuilding the team and guiding them to the Third Division championship in 2007, their first title in 28 years, in a season which also saw a new record for consecutive league wins.
John Coughlin resigned as Berwick Rangers manager after a 3-0 home loss to Alloa Athletic on 6 October 2007. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He left with Berwick at the foot of the table with only 5 points after 9 games. Cowdenbeath coach Michael Renwick was appointed new manager on October 25, 2007. Cowdenbeath Football Club is a part-time professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [2] However after a dismal season which saw Berwick finish bottom and ship 101 goals, including a 9-2 defeat to Peterhead, Renwick was relieved of his duties on April 19, 2008. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [3] The official website reported on 12 May, 2008 that Camelon F.C. manager Alan McGonigal would take over as manager. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Camelon Juniors FC are a Scottish junior football club based in Camelon, in Falkirk district Alan McGonigal (born 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former footballer and is the current manager of Scottish Third Division side Berwick
Status
They are one of a handful of teams in the world to play in a national football league other than their own country's, where both countries have their own fully professional competitions. Although three Welsh clubs (Cardiff City, Wrexham, Swansea City) play in the English Football League, the League of Wales is mainly a semi-professional competition with only two fully professional sides—one of which, The New Saints, moved its home ground from Wales to England in 2007. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Wrexham Association Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam nicknamed The Red Dragons, or more traditionally The Robins, their previous nickname are a professional Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. The New Saints FC ( TNS) is a British football club representing Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Powys, Wales and The Wellington Phoenix, based in Wellington, are the only New Zealand professional team in the Australian A-League, but the recently-founded New Zealand Football Championship is semi-professional. Wellington Phoenix is an association football (soccer team based in Wellington, New Zealand, competing in the Australian A-League Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition The New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC is the national football league in New Zealand. A similar situation pertains with Toronto FC, which participates in Major League Soccer in the USA, while the Canadian Soccer League is semi-professional. Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club located in Toronto, and the first non-American team in Major League Soccer (MLS Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The only other team that meets these criteria is Derry City of Northern Ireland, which played in the Football League of Ireland, the former league of the Republic of Ireland, from 1985 to 2006, and in the Republic's new FAI National League from 2007. Derry City Football Club ( Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire, kʊmən̪ˠ pɛlʲə xahəɾʲ ɣɛɾʲə is an Irish football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or later the eircom League (from the league's sponsorship by Irish telecommunications Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The FAI eircom League of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland 's current national football league system created following the merging of the FAI and the League
The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed is near to the Scottish border and is closer to Edinburgh than to Newcastle upon Tyne. Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ˈbɛrɪk- ( Scots: Berwick or historically South Berwick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England The old town is on the Scottish side of the traditional border, the River Tweed, and Berwick has formerly been part of Scotland. The time (and expense) involved in travelling to away matches against English opposition would be prohibitive for the club. The club also formerly played in the East of Scotland League, which contains other nearby Borders teams, prior to joining the Scottish League; for season 2007-08, the club's reserve side have rejoined this competition. The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL is a league of football teams from south-east Scotland formed in 1923 There is also some controversy over Berwick's identity [4]. Entry into the English Football League would result in a round-trip of almost 1,000 miles should Berwick be faced with playing potential rivals Plymouth Argyle, England's southernmost and westernmost league team. For details of the current season see Plymouth Argyle FC season 2008-09 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, commonly known as Argyle
Honours
- Second Division: Champions (1978-1979)
- Third Division: Champions (2006-2007)
Club records
- Record league win: 8-1 . History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system History The Scottish Football League has introduced a third division on three occasions v. Forfar Athletic F.C., Division II December 25 1965
- Record cup win: 8-1 . Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian v. Vale of Leithen F.C., Scottish Cup First Round December 1966
- Record league loss: 1-9 . Vale of Leithen FC is an Association football club from the town of Innerleithen, Scotland. v. Hamilton F. C. Scottish First Division August 9 1980, 9-2 . Sponsorship On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus v. Peterhead F.C. January 19 2008 Scottish Second Division
- Record home attendance: 13,365 . Peterhead FC are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system This article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below v. Rangers F.C. Scottish Cup Third Round, January 28 1967
- Most goals in a season: 38 by Ken Bowran 1963/64
- Most goals: 115 by Eric Tait 1969-88
- Consecutive league wins: 8, Scottish Third Division Season 2006-2007. Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Eric Tait (born June 17 1951 in Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland) is an English former football player and manager History The Scottish Football League has introduced a third division on three occasions
- Longest unbeaten league run: 21, Scottish Second Division Season 1988-89. History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system
- Most appearances: 435, Eric Tait 1969-88
Current squad
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References
- ^ Berwick Forums discussion on history
- ^ Berwick turn to Renwick as boss BBC Sport, retrieved 2007-25-10
- ^ Berwick part company with Renwick. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Fraser McLaren (born 26 September, 1988) is a Scottish football Striker who currently plays for Berwick Rangers. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Robert Francis Dudgeon Ancell ( 16 June 1911 &ndash 5 July 1987) was a Scottish football player and manager John 'Jerry' Kerr ( 1912 - November 8 1999) was a Scottish football player and manager best known as manager of Dundee United Daniel Morrison McLennan ( 5 May 1925 – 11 May 2004) was a Scottish Football coach that managed 10 national teams over John " Jock " Martin Bokas Wallace ( 6 September 1935 — 24 July 1996) was a professional football Harry Melrose (born May 31 1935) is a former professional football player and manager. David "Dave" Bruce Smith (born 14 November, 1943 in Aberdeen) is a former professional football player and manager Christopher Luke Hamlyn (born August 22 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a professional football player who played for Heart of Midlothian Jim Jefferies (born November 22, 1950 in Musselburgh, East Lothian) is the Scottish football manager of Kilmarnock Tom Hendrie (born October 24 1955 in Edinburgh) is a former professional football player and manager. Paul Smith (born 2 November 1962 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former football player and manager Alexander "Sandy" Clark (born 28 October 1956 in Airdrie) is a former professional football player and is currently a coach John Coughlin may refer to John Coughlin (alderman, Chicago John Coughlin (ice hockey, Canadian John Coughlin (footballer Michael Renwick (born 29 February 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Hibernian Alan McGonigal (born 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former footballer and is the current manager of Scottish Third Division side Berwick BBC. co. uk. Retrieved on 22 April 2008. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ BBC News article on Berwick's identity
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