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Today’s
visitors
Cullompton Rangers
Cullompton Rangers FC began life in 1945
and originally played in the East Devon
Victory League.
The initial headquarters for the Club were
the Cullompton School Playing Fields, but
they soon moved to Speeds Meadow, their
current base and were there for a short
time before moving to land adjoining the
M5 motorway.
Next stop was the area known as
Knightswood, and then, Court Drive, before
a return to their current home.
The Club badge depicts the business’s
which were prominent in the town at the
time the Club was formed, namely a ropes
works, glove makers and a woollen factory.
The most successful era for the Club was
the early 1960s when the Senior Side swept
all before them, winning the Devon &
Exeter League Premier Division in both
1961 and 1964.
latterly the FA Cup. During the late spring
of 2010 magnificent new changing rooms
were completed at a cost of £220,000.
However, it was not until 1984 that real
success was enjoyed by the Club once
again, winning the East Devon Senior Cup
under the management of Marcus Scott,
the current Club Secretary.
There have been numerous managers in
charge of playing matters at the Club over
the last decade. At the turn of the century
they were managed by former Exeter City
player Ray Pratt who finished runners-up
with his team in 1997/8 and again in the
following season.
The standard of the first team has improved
steadily over the years and the Club
became founder members of the Devon
County League when it began life in 1992.
The Club has moved with the times as the
Devon League was replaced by the South
West Peninsula League in 2007 and
Rangers have been members of the Pr