Leighton Park Rangers F.C. was founded in 2010 by a group of parents who wanted their children to enjoy playing football and be part of a family orientated club. The club started playing in local leagues based at Vandyke Fields and older age groups playing at local schools.
The club initially started with 3 teams, 2 boys teams and 1 girls team.
Leighton Park Rangers were the first club to move to the newly established Astral Park facility. The club made this its home ground for all playing age groups as well as a venue for its fundraising and social events.
In 2015 club went through some dramatic changes with two of its older teams folding, leaving the club teetering on the edge of extinction. However, with the election of Nick Pinder as our Chairman and new committee members, the club resurrected itself with a new lease of life including new teams at various age groups from under 7’s to under 13’s, a regular mini soccer commitment.
In 2015, the club secured its first club sponsorship and this is a model that the club has pursued this season. This Sponsorship is vital in securing new equipment and kit for the children, as well as some perks for the parents/guardians.
LPR F.C. now fields 5 teams.
The club is extremely proud to be recognised as by the FA as a charter Standard Club – Charter Standard Clubs are recognised for their quality, safety, structure and commitment to development by the FA.
In 2018 the club launched it’s own hosted website with online signing-on capability becoming a ‘paperless’ club and providing the club with a better platform to display and distribute information. LPR now has 9 teams playing.
Sticking with the club colours of yellow and blue the committee voted on a new club badge and branding to give the club a more modern look and feel.
LPR now has 12 Teams.
The club re-launches a program for non-league Mini football for players in reception and year 1. It is a huge success and 5 new teams are born.
We are proud to welcome The Roofing Centre as our club sponsors. Their support allows us to continue developing the club and investing in new equipment and training for players and managers.
Our Chairman is recognised by the FA for his outstanding contribution to Grassroots football.
The Covid-19 pandemic halts all football for a period of 3 months. During this time the club provide online training and closely follow the FA & Governments regulations to return safely to football sessions.
In 2020 Leighton Park Rangers has been awarded Charter Standard Development Club status. This is the second rung of 3 in the FA’s Charter Standard programme and a huge achievement of LPR. This award is a recognition of LPR’s continuous striving for the best possible standards of experience for young people playing football. The club now operates with 14 teams.
Having started running girls football again with great success LPR is approved as an FA Wildcats centre for supporting Girls and Women’s football.
The club now has 16 Teams from U5s to U15s.
Accreditation is awarded to clubs that offer all players – whether male and / or female and / or disability players – across a range of ages the opportunity to fully access the best of football in well run, high quality, safe and sustainable environment, and fit for purpose League competitions.
Accredited clubs infrastructure is sound, robust, efficient and effective. They centre behaviours around the Respect standards and behaviours needed to make football in England something we can all be proud to be part of.
