NORTHAMPTON SILEBY RANGERS FC

The football club was formed in 1968 by employees of the Sileby Engineering company and started off as a Sunday League side playing in local Northampton based leagues
The club management decided to withdraw the Reserve team and Youth team from their respective divisions, with the first team finishing second from bottom in UCL Division 1

The club appointed the previously successful Glenn Botterill as manager and with the assistance of Matthew Green they won the UCL Division one title pipping the extremely ambitious AFC Rushden & Diamonds to the title by two points.
The start of the new season saw the club again seeking a new manager and Scott Goodwin took over with just 3 weeks to the start of the season but, after a promising start the club parted company with Scott after only 3 months in charge. Daren Young was appointed as his replacement and after a rocky start he managed to keep he club out of the relegation zone.

The last few years has seen a conveyor belt of managers coming in the space of a few seasons Lee Duffy Andy Hall, Nathan Marsh all came and went. Under the joint management team of Matt Clarke and Paul Brackwell the club almost inevitably found itself relegated to UCL Division One again.

In 2018 the club appointed Mitch Austin assisted by Craig Mander and Jim Freeman in the hope the revive past fortunes but, in mid-February they and the players chose to leave the club leaving the club with no management team and no players. We were grateful to Marc Ansell and Marc Fisher for stepping in at short notice and putting together a team of local players to enable us to complete the season.

The 2023/24 season was under the management team of Stuart Smeathers, James Logan, Aaron Clipston and Dino Cirelli. It was a good season in the Spartan South Midland League 1 with us finishing 2 behind local rivels ON Chenecks, despite narrowly losing to Winslow United in the final we were promoted to the GCE Hire Fleet United Counties Prem Division

The 2024/25 season was steady with a 13^th place finish and a confidence that we could consolidate in the United Counties Premier League.

The 2025/26 was a difficult season on the pitch with managerial changes throughout. The start of the season we had Aaron Clipston as manager with Dino Cirelli assisting along with many new signings so we were expecting a good season. It wasn’t long and by the end of August Aaron had departed despite a promising opening few games. In came Jason Burnham who saw a mass exodus of senior players. With these changes we had a lot of younger aged players and despite there best efforts the team struggled saw us heading to the bottom 4 of the table. The third managerial change at the beginning of November saw player manager Brett Solkhom come in along with the return of some of the senior players and some quality new signings   Brett had one task and that was to keep us up and avoid a return to the Spartan Div 1. There were some impressive displays both home and away and along with some other teams not having too much good fortune Brett steered the team to a 17^th place finish just 9 points from the drop zone.

We start the new 2026/27 season still under the same stewardship and with a few impressive additions we are hopeful of at least reaching the end of season play-offs. We are an ambitious club and want to at least maintain a step 5 level but will be pushing for promotion to step 4

The club has recently announced an initial 3-year partnership with local estate agents O’RIORDAN BOND so we are confident this can continue its progression

Admission Prices: Adults £8  Concessions £5

Programme: Available via a QR code at the ground and on the club’s twitter page.

Refreshments: Fully equipped tea bar selling hot and cold drinks, hot and cold food and confectionery

Directions: Approach from A43 (Kettering): From large roundabout with traffic lights, take the exit signposted to Market Harborough, Moulton Park and Kingsthorpe. The entrance to the ground is about a quarter of a mile on the left.

Nearest train station: Northampton 4.5  miles away

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