- Concord Rangers F.C.
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Concord Rangers 
Full name Concord Rangers Football Club Nickname(s) The Beach Boys Founded 1967 Ground Thames Road, Canvey Island Chairman Antony Smith Manager Danny Scopes and Danny Cowley League Isthmian League Premier Division 2010–11 Isthmian League Premier Division, 8th 
Home colours
Away coloursConcord Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Canvey Island in Essex, England. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Thames Road.
History
The club was formed in 1967 by club president Albert Lant. The club gained the land which houses the Thames Road stadium back in 1985. Concord Rangers won an Essex Intermediate League double in the season 1990-1991, this was when the real progress started.
Concord were denied promotion to the Isthmian League in 1998 after winning the Essex Senior League, following this, mostly all the players, coaches, management team, and the chairman left. One who remained was Lee Patterson, who took over as first team manager.
The club won the Essex Senior League title once again in 2003-2004, but still remained at that level for the next season. This led to some players leaving, namely current Great Wakering Rovers stalwart Nikki Beale.
Under the current management team of ex-Great Wakering Rovers legend Danny Scopes, and former Brentwood Town and AFC Hornchurch player Danny Cowley, the club have had arguably their most successful season, in what is the 40th anniversary of the team.
They are the winners of the 2007-2008 Essex Senior Football League winning the title by goal difference on the last day of the season against Barkingside at the Oakside Stadium. They were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North for the 2008-09 season.
They are also the winners of the 2007-2008 Gordon Brasted Trophy (formerly the Harry Fisher Memorial Trophy), defeating fellow Essex Senior Football League side Eton Manor 3-2 at Leslie Field, the home of Burnham Ramblers.
The side is currently captained by Nicky Cowley, who like many in the squad have played at higher echelons of the non-league system.
Current 1st team manager Danny Scopes once scored the goal that saved his former club, Great Wakering Rovers from relegation on the final day of their Southern Football League campaign, where Scopes, like Trenkel, Gary Ewers, and recently retired John Heffer, were great servants to the club.
Forward Danny Heale currently holds the Essex Senior League goalscoring record for this, his total of 46 goals this season eclipsing the previous total set by Scottish marksman David Hope of Bowers United (now Bowers and Pitsea). The former Tottenham Hotspur youth player who can count Peter Crouch and Ledley King among his former playing colleagues, returned to the club after a treble winning season with AFC Hornchurch, and has continued his impressive form. His father Bill Heale was also a notable goalscorer for the club.
The club also run a reserve side who compete in the Essex and Herts Border Combination League. They will be managed in the coming season by former Concord Rangers goalkeeper Danny Clare, who as a player, made an appearance on Sky Sports. During a game against Haringey Borough, one of his clearances rebounded off an opposition player straight into the net, giving him the nickname 'poor-old' as this was how he was described by the Sky Sports presenter.
They have reached the 1st qualifying round in the FA Cup 6 times, last in season 2008-09.
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- Association football clubs established in 1967
- Canvey Island football clubs
- Isthmian League
- Essex Senior Football League
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