Description:Players pictured at Stafford Rangers' Marston Road ground. In the distance can be seen the Lotus Ltd. shoe factory on Sandon Road.
Founded in 1876, Stafford Rangers F.C. have been playing at their Marston Road ground since 1896. After World War 1 the ground started to be redeveloped: four huts were purchased from the Great War Army Training Camps on Cannock Chase, and banking, dressing rooms, offices and a new stand on the east side of the ground (in the background here) were built ready for the start of the 1921-22 season. A damaging fire in 1929 and neglect during World War II meant the ground needed much renovation before the start of the 1946-47 season.
In 1969 floodlights were installed and the old stand on the Marston Road side of the ground was replaced by a 450 seat stand in 1976.
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