Courier Rangers, known prior to 1968 as Otahuhu Rangers, is a former New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 football club based in the suburb of Otahuhu

Otahuhu

Otahuhu is a suburb of Auckland. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tamaki River estuary to the east...

, Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

. The team was a member of the New Zealand National Soccer League

New Zealand National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is a name given to competitions in which New Zealand's top soccer clubs play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis . At the completion of the competition, the best-performed team is declared as the New Zealand champion...

 in 1978

1978 New Zealand National Soccer League

The 1978 New Zealand National Soccer League was the ninth season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. A change was made from previous years, with the replacement of goal average by goal difference as a means for ranking teams equal on points.-Promotion and...

 and 1979

1979 New Zealand National Soccer League

The 1979 New Zealand National Soccer League was the tenth season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. It produced the biggest winning margin in the league's history, with Mount Wellington never being in serious danger of finishing anywhere but first.-Promotion and...

, finishing fifth on their first season but being relegated after finishing 11th out of 12 teams in the second. Their best performance in the Chatham Cup

Chatham Cup

The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...

 came in 1977

1977 Chatham Cup

The 1977 Chatham Cup was the 50th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run in three regions , with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Round of the competition. In all, 142 teams took part in the competition...

, when they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to eventual champions Nelson United

Nelson United

Nelson United is a New Zealand soccer club, based in the South Island city of Nelson. Their home ground is Guppy Park. The team was founded in 1968 through the amalgamation of Nelson Rangers and Nelson Thistle...

The team disbanded in 1982. Current team Otahuhu United

Otahuhu United

Otahuhu United is a soccer club in Auckland, New Zealand. Otahuhu United was formed in 1975 as a breakaway side from the Courier Rangers club, formed by parents and junior players unhappy with the organisation of that club...

 was formed as a breakaway from Rangers in 1975.

Notable players

Notable former Otahuhu/Courier Rangers players include:

• Kevin Curtin
  Kevin Curtin
  Kevin Curtin is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Curtin made his full All Whites debut with a substitute appearance in a 1-3 loss to Australia on 9 October 1972 and ended his international playing career with 18 A-international caps to his credit,...
  
  
• Dave Taylor

External links

• Ultimatenzsoccer website Courier Rangers page