Boro Rangers Football Club is a junior football club based in Middlesbrough, England. They play at Phoenix Park. They previously operated a senior men's team, that most recently competed in the Northern Football League Division One in 2025/26.
History Boro Rangers were founded in 2003 as a junior football club, gradually expanding its operations to provide teams from U7s upwards. This trajectory, and a desire to ensure that those coming through the club's ranks had a chance to represent them in senior football, led to Boro Rangers joining the Teesside League in 2014.
After finishing runners-up in Division Two in 2014/15, the club were promoted to Division One, winning the final two Division One championships prior to the dissolution of the Teesside League. Following this, the club joined the North Riding League, winning the league in five further consecutive seasons.
In 2022, the club was admitted into the Northern League Division Two. They achieved immediate promotion in the 2022–23 season, crowned champions on the final day of the season.
In 2024-25, the club's second season in Division One, they achieved what can be considered as their most successful season yet at any level, reaching the preliminary rounds of the FA Cup, and the first round proper of the FA Vase, as well as reaching the semi finals of the Northern League Division One playoffs, following a 3rd-placed finish. On 30 June 2026, the Rangers withdrew from the Northern Football League ahead of the 2026–27 season and folded their men's team.
Ground Prior to the 2021-22 season, Boro Rangers played at the Herlingshaw Centre, Eston, owned by the MFC Foundation.
In preparation for the club's transition to Northern League status, Boro Rangers made plans to build a 4G pitch and stadium facilities at Saltersgill Avenue, Tollesby, on the grounds of Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough. As such, the club temporarily moved to New Ferens Park, Durham, in order to secure earlier eligibility for the Northern League. The club later relocated to Stokesley Sports Club F.C. as a temporary ground for the 2022-23 season, in which they secured promotion to the Northern League Division One.
In 2023, the club's move back to Middlesbrough was secured, when Phoenix Park, built on the site of Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough, was opened. The club saw its record attendance at Phoenix Park during the 2024-25 Northern League Division One playoffs, when 816 spectators watched the club's semi final tie with Newcastle Blue Star.
Manager History
Ben Wheatley: 2014 - 2026
List of seasons
+ List of Boro Rangers Seasons Season League P W D L GF GA Points Position Top Scorer 2014-15 TLD2 24 18 3 3 106 26 57 2nd (P) Not known 2015-16 TLD1 30 26 3 1 125 26 81 1st Not known 2016-17 TLD1 22 20 1 1 89 22 61 1st Not known 2017-18 NRPD 24 21 0 3 116 28 63 1st Not known 2018-19 NRPD 30 27 1 2 155 19 82 1st Not known 2019-20 NRPD 22 20 2 0 104 19 62 1st Not known 2020-21 NRPD 9 9 0 0 37 5 27 1st Not known 2021-22 NRPD 26 23 1 2 138 14 70 1st (P) Not known 2022-23 NLD2 40 28 9 3 97 34 93 1st (P) Stuart Rose (17) 2023-24 NLD1 38 20 8 10 82 42 68 7th Danny Lofts/Stuart Rose (10) 2024-25 NLD1 42 24 8 10 92 58 80 3rd Stuart Rose (41)
Please note: TLD1/2 refer to Teesside Leagues Division 1 and 2, NRPD refer to the North Riding League Premier Division, NLD1/2 refer to Northern Leagues Division 1 and 12.
Club Records Record attendance: 816, versus Newcastle Blue Star, 2024–25 Northern Football League playoff semi final, 25th April 2025
Performance Records Best ever league finish: 3rd, 2024–25 Northern Football League FA Cup best performance: Preliminary round, 2024–25 FA Vase best performance: First round, 2024–25
Player Records
Most goals in a league season: Stuart Rose, 41, 2024–25 Northern Football League Record goal scorer (Northern League only): Stuart Rose, 82, 2022 - present
League Honours
Northern Football League Division Two Winners (1): 2022–23
North Riding League Premier Division Winners (5): 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20*, 2020/21*, 2021/22 Asterisks mark that season ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teesside Football League Division One Winners (2): 2015/16, 2016/17
Teesside Football League Division Two Runners-Up (1): 2014/15
Cup Honours
North Riding Saturday County Cup Winners (5): 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup Winners (1): 2014-15
North Riding Senior Cup Runners-Up (1): 2023/24
MacMillan Bowl Winners (3): 2015/16, 2017/18, 2018/19
Lou Moore Trophy Winners (1): 2017/18
JV Madden Trophy Winners (1): 2016/17
Notable former players
The following players all represented Boro Rangers at youth level, prior to embarking on senior careers in professional, and semi-professional football:
Macaulay Langstaff Liam Mandeville Law McCabe Callum Johnson Connor Simpson
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