Arniston Rangers FC were formed in 1878. The Gorebridge based side play their home games at Newbyres Park. When speaking to chairman Craig Hall and asking him for some info on the club.
He said: ‘After relegation into division two, the club has had a frustrating start with 4 draws in 8 games, and 1 defeat which sees us 5 points behind the leaders after 8 matches. With a very talented young squad, averaging around 21.5 years old, we’re still very confident in the players and management to get the job done after some great performances we just need to build on those and bring in the consistency in performances to secure promotion back to division one’. Chris made these comments before Saturday’s win over Stirling University which put the club into fourth.
Arniston Rangers are managed by Philip Alexander. His management team consist of Assistant manager Ben Kettrick, first team coach Chris Thomas and goalkeeping coach Roddy McDougall.
Players to watch for Arniston Rangers include highly rated 17-year-old left back Robert McKenzie, top goal scorer Ben McManus, keeper Aaron Heap and midfielder Andy Muir.
Arniston Rangers compete in the East of Scotland Second Division. They currently lie in fourth position, winning four, drawing four and losing one, in their nine games played so far.
ARNISTON RANGERS- TOP GOALSCORERS (2025/26)
1-Ben McManus 5
2-Jamie Devlin 4
3-Millar Ritchie & James Scobie 2
LAST FIXTURE
Arniston Rangers 2 Stirling University 0 (4/10/25) Arniston Rangers moved up to fourth in the East of Scotland Second Division with a convincing 2-0 victory over second bottom Stirling University. Sam Dickson gave Arniston the lead as he took advantage from a slip from the Stirling University keeper and fired home on fifteen minutes. The home side added a second on fifty-two minutes with a good finish from James Scobbie from a Bob McKenzie assist.
Arniston Rangers Starting Eleven vs Stirling University
Heap(GK), Daly, McKenzie, Ritchie ©, Waugh, Muir, Devlin, Scobie, McManus, Galloway & Dickson.
Arniston Rangers: Last Four Fixture’s
(13/9/25) Johnstone Burgh (A) 4-0
(20/9/25) Coldstream (A) 5-1 (Loss)
(27/9/25) Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (H) 3-1 (Win)
(4/10/25) Stirling University (H) 2-0 (Win)