2nd Team

Welcome to the 2nd Team homepage! 

Welcome to the homepage of Carnforth Rangers 2nd team (aka the Reserve Team)! Managerial duo Vernon Middleton and Dan Parkinson take over the reigns for the 2024/25 campaign! The 2nd team play in the West Lancashire Football League Reserve Division 2 and play their home games at Quarry Park. The side showed further progress in Reserve Division 2 in the 2023/24 season and were unlucky on many occasion not to pick up more points then they finished with! This page will be updated throughout the 2024/25 season as fixtures are scheduled as the side embark on their journey in the West Lancashire Football League Reserve Division 2!

Current League Position: 1st of 12
Current League Record: PL: 22, W: 16, D: 1, L: 5, GF: 63, GA: 27, GD: +36, PTS: 49
Rangers are League Champions and Promoted to WLFL Reserve Division 1!

July 2024
16/07 – Home vs Cartmel and District, Preseason Friendly: Lost 2-1 (Hannafin)
19/07 – Home vs Ibis, Preseason Friendly: Won 5-1 (Hockham, Coulton, Bales, Sykes, Hatton)
27/07 – Home vs Hest Bank United, Preseason Friendly: Lost 2-1 (Livsey)

August 2024
03/08 – Home vs Croston Sports Reserves: Won 3-0 (Hadwin x3)
10/08 – Away vs Hesketh Bank Reserves: Lost 3-0
17/08 – Home vs Stoneclough Reserves: Won 5-0 (Hadwin x4, Thompson)
24/08 – Home vs Storeys of Lancaster Reserves: Won 3-1 (Gorton, Freeman x2)
31/08 – No fixture scheduled

September 2024
14/09 – Away vs Thornton Cleveleys ‘A’: Lost 3-1 (Lawson)
21/09 – Home vs Caton United Reserves: Won 3-0 (Mead x2, Lawson)
28/09 – Away vs Burnley United, Lancashire Amateur Cup – Round 1: Won 4-2 (Lawson x2, Allison, Hannafin)

October 2024
05/10 – Home vs Fulwood Amateurs ‘A’: Won 5-1 (Mead x2, Freeman, Beedan, Collins)
12/10 – Away vs Stoneclough Reserves: Won 5-1 (Mead x2, Collins, Drake, Own Goal)
19/10 – Home vs Wyre Villa Reserves, Lancashire Amateur Cup – Round 2: Won 5-1 (Thompson x2, Mead, Lawson, Chilufya)
26/10 – Home vs Pause United Reserves: Won 5-1 (Mead x2, Thompson x2, Own Goal)

November 2024 
02/11 – Away vs Croston Sports Reserves, Stewart Rowe Memorial Cup – Preliminary Round: Won 3-2 (Sykes, Gorton, C. Darby)
09/11 – Away vs Pause United Reserves: Won 5-0 (Gorton x3, Mead x2)
16/11 – Away vs Winstanley St. Aidans, Lancashire Amateur Cup – Round 3: Drew 2-2, Rangers lose 4-2 on Penalties (No scorers provided)
23/11 – Away vs Lytham Town Reserves: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
30/11 – Home vs Milnthorpe Corinthians Reserves: Won 3-2 (G. Pedley x2, Mead)

December 2024
07/12 – Home vs Hurst Green Reserves: All games postponed due to Storm Darragh
14/12 – Away vs Fulwood Amateurs Reserves: Won 4-1 (Mead x2, Hadwin, Lawson)

January 2025
04/01 – Home vs Hesketh Bank Reserves: Won 3-2 (Own Goal, Mead, Hatton)
11/01 – Away vs Croston Sports Reserves: Game postponed due to frozen pitch
18/01 – Away vs Stoneclough Reserves, Stewart Rowe Memorial Cup – 1st Round: Drew 2-2, Rangers win 3-2 on Penalties (Lawson, Mead)
25/01 – Home vs Lytham Town Reserves: 2pm Kick Off

February 2025
01/02 – Away vs Lytham Town Reserves: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
08/02 – Away vs Hurst Green Reserves: Lost 3-2 (Potter x2)
15/02 – Away vs Tempest United Reserves, Stewart Rowe Memorial Cup – Quarter Finals: Lost 4-1 (Butterfield)

March 2025
01/03 – Away vs Caton United Reserves: Won 2-1 (Lawson x2)
08/03 – Home vs Lytham Town Reserves: Drew 1-1 (Thompson)
15/03 – Home vs Thornton Cleveley’s Reserves: Won 3-1 (Thompson x2, Holt)
22/03 – Away vs Lytham Town Reserves: Won 2-0 (Mead x2)
29/03 – Away vs Croston Sports Reserves: Won 4-1 (Mead x2, Holt x2)

April 2025
05/04 – Neutral vs Haslingden St Mary’s Reserves, Stewart Rowe Memorial Cup – Semi Final*: Lost 1-0
12/04 – Home vs Hurst Green Reserves: Match postponed due to opposition unable to raise a team
15/04 – Away vs Milnthorpe Corinthians: Lost 2-0
19/04 – Away vs Storeys of Lancaster Reserves: Won 3-0 (Bales, Potter, Clapp)
23/04 – Home vs Hurst Green Reserves: Lost 2-1 (Gorton)

*Re-instated to the competition after successful appeal against opposition in previous round fielding an ineligible player