Arniston Rangers
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Arniston Rangers
FOOTBALL CLUB
Arniston Rangers is a junior team founded in 1878 in the mining
village of Gorebridge in Midlothian. They play at Newbyres
Park which has been their home for almost all of their existence
bar a few years here and there.
I personally have been involved with
the club for around five or six years and
this is my fourth season as secretary,
other members of the committee have
been here a lot longer than me. Although
I never grew up in Gorebridge I was
always interested in local football and
I became involved with Arniston soon
after I moved to the village.
I originally went along to games just
as a supporter and also a work colleague
was a player and soon after I joined the
committee running the club. After the
secretary resigned from his position
I was asked to take over. It can be a
challenging and time-consuming job. In
my role I’m responsible for doing the
paperwork regarding signing players
and uploading the papers to the Scottish
FA website, making sure no suspended
players play etc.
I liaise with other club secretary’s
and match officials regarding upcoming
games and booking training facilities. I
also attend league association meetings
on a fairly regular basis. On matchdays
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we are usually up at the ground early to
put the goal nets up and get the ground
ready for match days.
At the end of season 2017/18 we
made the decision to move from the
Scottish Junior Association over to the
East of Scotland Association which is the
7th tier of Scottish football. This was a
major decision for us as we had been a
junior club for all our existence but with
every local club at our level moving over,
we felt it was in the club’s best interest to
do so.