the Italian Series A league, no less, to enter a team into their prestigious James Spensley Invitation International Tournament. Our own Carlo Prete, one of Billy’s Boys who played for the Club in the early 1950s whilst studying at Swansea University never lost contact with his many friends and secured us that first invitation. Since 2007 we have received an annual invitation and we have sent our under 14 team to the Tournament every September. Many of Europe’s Top Clubs send teams to compete, including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Turin and many top eastern European teams. What an honour for Mumbles Rangers, what an honour it would have been for Billy Johns.
In 2009 the Club received a £23,000 grant from Mumbles Community Council to improve facilities within the Clubhouse and provide female changing. These were completed in August 2009 and Ian Rush MBE officially re-opened the Clubhouse. Without the valued support of the Mumbles Community Council and its officers the Club may not have survived through the difficult times.
We entered into a four year partnership with Bergoni who continue to provide the Club kit. A new style kit was designed and it was decided that every player. Junior or senior, boy or girl, would turn out and play in the same style kit of jersey, shorts and socks. Our identity on the Park was re-established.
In 2010 our partnership with Ron Mounsey, franchisee of McDonald’s, the English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh Football Associations official Team Sponsors started to take off. Mumbles Rangers under 16s were selected to be flag bearers and ball boys at a full Welsh International. We had grown to 350 players and 72 coaches.
Jumpers for Goalposts
The inaugural ‘Jumpers for Goalposts’ fun day for the Dads and older members of the Club was organised by Dom Capel. Dom created such a successful formula for the day that it has steadily grown every subsequent year and is firmly fixed into the Club Calendar. Funds and profits from each competition are donated, by Dom and Lara, to the
Genoa Tour Fund. To date Dom has raised over £6,000 for these teams.
Mumbles Rangers were mentioned in the House of Commons when Martin Caton, MP for Swansea, congratulated the Club on our 60th Anniversary and records are documented for posterity in an Early Day Motion No 1018.
Mumbles Rangers U16 2010-11 Season
The end of the 2010-11 season saw the final season completed by that years Under 16s run by Mark Dezulian, Dean Allen and Gaffa Vaughan. Their last game was the Swansea League Cup Final against West End which they duly won 3-2 to complete another successful season. In fact by the end of the last season the team had established themselves as the most successful team ever, in the 48 year history of the
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