Hawarden Rangers F.C.

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| ground = Gladstone Playing Fields|

| chairman = Lyn Owen|

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Hawarden Rangers F.C. is a Welsh football club playing in Hawarden, Flintshire, after being founded in 1974 by Elwyn Owen. They currently play in the {{Welsh football updater|HawRgrs}}.

The senior team were members of the North East Wales Football League Premier Division, following the restructure of the FA Wales Pyramid Structure and have previously been members of the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) and prior to that, the Clwyd League.

The Junior sections consist of teams ranging from U6 to U19, all of which compete in the Queensferry Sports Flintshire Junior and Youth League.

History

Hawarden Rangers Football Club was formed in 1974 by Elwyn Owen.

The club's patron is the grandson of Victorian Prime Minister; Sir William Gladstone. It was he, who had the foresight to leave the Gladstone Playing Fields to the local people for future enjoyment and recreation, which is the reasoning behind the Hawarden Castle gates on the club crest.

The senior setup were founder members of the Clwyd League, which was set up to improve the level in the area whilst the junior section was created in 1984 by the amalgamation of the two local teams; Hawarden Wayfarers and Hawarden Pathfinders, respectively.

Following the amalgamation, the club became Hawarden United before changing to Hawarden Rangers Football Club, which now has over 200 junior members aged between 6 – 16, and over 50 senior members split between a First Team, Reserves Team and an Under 19s Team.

In 2019, there was also the creation of a Veterans Team, managed by club legend; Mark Evans.

The club joined the newly formed North East Wales Football League in 2020 as a Premier Division club.{{cite web |title=Let The Good Times Begin!! |url=https://clwydleagueeast.pitchero.com/let-the-good-times-begin-62700 |publisher=North East Wales Football League |access-date=19 July 2020}} On 9 June 2022, it was announced that the club had been promoted to the tier 3 Ardal NW League for the 2022–23 season via the vacancy route.{{cite news |title=Ardal Leagues: A geographical look at the teams competing in the 2022/23 season |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2022/06/09/ardal-leagues-geographical-map-2022/ |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |date=9 June 2022}}

Famous Past Players

Hawarden Rangers has a rich history of past players that have gone on to professional level, most notably;

Barry Horne: Retired, ex-Everton F.C. defender who earned 59 caps for Wales.
Ian Rush: Retired, former Liverpool F.C. and Wales striker who also had a stint as manager of Chester City.
Michael Owen: Retired, previously of Liverpool F.C., Real Madrid, Newcastle, Manchester United & Stoke City. Attended Hawarden High School. Now commentates on BT Sport.
Andy Dorman: Retired, enjoyed spells at FC Boston, New England Revolution, Scottish club St. Mirren and English side Crystal Palace. Attended Hawarden High School.
Ian Edwards: Retired, previously of Crystal Palace, West Bromwich Albion, Chester City & Wrexham.
David Brett: Retired, previously of Chester City & Colwyn Bay.
Nick Henderson Retired, previously of Colwyn Bay, Cheshire Police, Nick is now the club vice-chairmen.

Hawarden Rangers Staff

=Club Officials=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" !Position !Name
President	Fred Evans
Chairperson	Lyn Owen
Vice-chairman	Nick Henderson
Secretary	Dave Dickel
Treasurer	Alyson Oates
Safeguarding Officer	Claire Sumner

=First Team Management=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" !Position !Name
Manager	Andrew Butler
Coach	Dominic Auty
Secretary	Stuart Lawrence
Captain	Ellis Jones

=Reserves Team Management=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" !Position !Name
Manager	Eddie Barry
Coach	Gareth Harrison
Secretary	Steve Oates
Captain	Ste Wilson

=Development Team Management=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" !Position !Name
Coach	Dominic Auty
Helper	Tom Owen
Captain	Jonathan Simpson

Senior Teams - Honours

=First Team=

Clwyd League – President's Cup
Winners: 1987–88, 2004–05
Football Association of Wales – Fair Play Award
Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
NWCFA Junior Cup
Winners: 1981–82
Welsh National League Division 1
Winners: 2019–20
Welsh National League Division 3 – Challenge Cup
Winners: 2006–07

=First Team - Player Accolades=

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!League Season

!Manager's Player of the Season

!Player's Player of the Season

!Young Player of the Season

!Clubman of the Year

2021 - 2022

| Aaron North

| Ryan Tierney

| Jonathan Simpson

| Josh Williams

2019 - 2020

| Tom Bridges

| N/A

| Charlie Bradford

2018 - 2019

| Tom Williams

| George Thomas

| N/A

| Dominic Auty

2017 - 2018

| George Thomas

| Craig Stewart

| N/A

| Tim McCarthy

=Reserves Team=

North East Wales Football League - Reserves Division*
Winners: 2021 - 2022
North East Wales Football League - The Reserves Cup*
Runners Up: 2021 - 2022
Welsh National League Reserves Division – Challenge Cup
Winners: 2013–14
Runners Up: 2014–15, 2018–19
Welsh National League Reserves Division – Fair Play Award
Winners: 2010–11, 2016–17

=Reserves Team - Player Accolades=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"

!League Season

!Manager's Player of the Season

!Player's Player of the Season

!Clubman of the Year

2021 - 2022

| Alun Wilson

| Ste Wilson

| Eric Thomas

2019 - 2020

| Ayden De Winter

| Dominic Auty

2018 - 2019

| Connor Spencer-Wilson

| Tom Janney

| Charlie Bradford

2017 - 2018

| Daniel Beach

| Ellis Jones

| Charlie Bradford

=Veterans Team=

Welsh National League - Veterans Championship Division
Winners: 2021–22
North East Wales Football Association - Veterans Cup
Winners: 2021–22

=Development Team=

Flintshire Youth League
Winners: 2021–22
Flintshire Youth League U19 – Challenge Cup
Runners Up: 2021–22

Youth Teams - Honours

=Under 18=

NEWFA Youth Cup
Winners: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92
NWCFA Youth Challenge Cup
Winners: 1979–80, 1990–91