Paget Rangers F.C.
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| Full name | Paget Rangers (2011) Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Bears, The Wee Gers |
| Short name | Paget |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Ground | Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Church Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, England 52°32′30″N 1°50′32″W / 52.54167°N 1.84222°WCoordinates: 52°32′30″N 1°50′32″W / 52.54167°N 1.84222°W |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Chairman | Matthew Dainty |
| Manager | Jason Lanns |
| League | Midland League Division Two |
| 2016–17 | Midland League Division Two, 2nd of 16 (promoted) |
Paget Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in Erdington, Birmingham, currently playing in the Midland League Division Two.
The club was established in 1938 by pupils of Paget Road School in Erdington, Birmingham and was accepted into the Intermediate Division of the Birmingham Juvenile Organisation Committee. In their first two seasons Paget were successful, winning the league title on both occasions, however the outbreak of World War II brought a halt to progress. At the end of the war, Paget joined the Birmingham Youth and Old Boys AFA, before moving to the Central Amateur League in 1949 and then the Worcestershire Combination (now Midland Combination) in 1950.
In 1951 Paget Rangers purchased a site on Springfield Road in Walmley for a cost of £550. Springfield Road was to be Paget’s home for the next 42 years. The 1950s was a decade of consolidation for The Bears, before experiencing their first major success in 1960 when a unique quadruple was achieved: Paget won the Midland Combination League Title, the Midland Combination League Cup, the Birmingham Junior Cup and the Sutton Coldfield Charity Cup. Paget went on to retain the league title again in 1961. Further success followed in 1967 when Paget Rangers defeated Alvechurch to win the Midland Combination League cup (Alvechurch had beaten Paget in the previous year’s final). In 1970 Paget won the Midland Combination Premier Division for the third time, following that success with a second-place finish in 1971.
In 1971 the club erected floodlights at Springfield Road, becoming the first Midland Combination club to have floodlights. The switching on of the lights was marked by a visit of Aston Villa to Springfield Road.
Paget Rangers won their fourth Midland Combination League Cup in 1983 and a fifth success followed in 1986, earning Paget Rangers a place in the Southern League for the first time. Several players resigned followed the departure of manager Eddie Caulfield to local rivals Sutton Coldfield Town, and after one season in the Southern League the club was relegated to the West Midlands (Regional) League.
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