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With a need to build on our success, the next step was to attempt to gain F.A. Charter Standard status. At the end of season 2001/2002, we applied for the FA Development Club Charter Standard. Putting many new policies in place, investing in placing people on FA courses to enhance the esteem of its members. After what was felt, a long painful wait, we had the great pleasure to be informed that we had been successful in our application. Fletcher Moss Rangers Football Club was now among the elite, just a handful of clubs with the Charter Standard Award.
We had tried for a few years to attract more girls to Fletcher Moss Rangers but they were only attending for a few weeks, with the great exception of one young lady who braved all the remarks and played for one of the boys sides from under 9’s until she could not take part in boy’s football. Fortunately by that time we had just recruited two ladies as full time representatives. Jane Morley and Lesley Wright had been working with a local rival club and did not like the way “things” were going. It wouldn’t be long before we had two sides, one junior and one senior. Both winning promotion on the first attempts began the influx of more girls and ladies.
We now knew that the time was right to push for the top FA award, Charter Standard Community club. Adding to the clubs ever growing policies and procedures enhanced our application and position. Success was but a formality. Other clubs use our application as a template for their applications, what a compliment.
Now having the distinct pride to run 25 teams, 4 of which are ladies. We can boast one of, if not the biggest, junior football club in Manchester. The club has now grown to an enormous size with teams aged from 6 year olds to adult. Boys and girls, men and women. Along side the club is the soccer school which has an average turn out each Saturday of 60 players. These are boys and girls aged between 4 and 11 years old.
Who would have thought that Nigel Hanson had left such a legacy to junior football? Players as young as 8 years old are being coached to a standard good enough to be recognised as talented enough to be scouted by Manchester United, Manchester City, Stockport County, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, to name but a few.
Thank you Nigel, wherever you may be, (hopefully looking down on us) for taking Richard to the park that Saturday morning.
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