Long Eaton Rangers F.C.

Long Eaton Rangers
Full nameLong Eaton Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)the Eatonians,[1] the Rangers
Founded1881
Dissolved1899
GroundRecreation Ground, Long Eaton
LeagueMidland League
1898–9913th of 14
1881–87 colours
1893–99 colours

Long Eaton Rangers Football Club was a football club based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, which, for a brief period in the 1880s, had a legitimate claim to being one of the best teams in the country. They were founding members of the second ever league, The Combination, in 1888, and when that folded, the Football Alliance in 1889.

  1. ^ "Long Eaton Rangers v Aston Villa 2nd". Long Eaton Advertiser: 5. 4 November 1882.