Sam English
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1879 - Third Lanark RV 1 Rangers 1 (McNeil) - Friendly
1880 - Blackburn Rovers 0 Rangers 0 - Friendly
1890 - Third Lanark RV 3 Rangers 3 (Wylie 2,J.McPherson) - Glasgow Cup Quarter-Final (15,000)
1902 - Rangers 2 (Mackie 2) Third Lanark RV 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1913 - Raith Rovers 0 Rangers 3 (Bennett,Reid,Duncan) - Scottish League Division One (14,000)
1919 - Rangers 6 (Cunningham 3,Cairns,Paterson,McCormack OG) Third Lanark 1 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1924 - Rangers 4 (Craig,Cunningham,Henderson,Chalmers) Partick Thistle 0 - Scottish League Division One (25,000)
1930 - Rangers 4 (Fleming,Morton,McGowan,McPhail) Aberdeen 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1941 - Morton 2 Rangers 1 (McKillop) - Southern League (9,000)
1942 - Word reached home of a rather unique football competition that had been held in a prisoner of war camp in Germany,the inmates had organised a league of 14 teams,all of whom adopted the name of either an English or Scottish First Division club and which was won by 'Rangers' !
1947 - Rangers 3 (Thornton,Shaw Pen,Marshall) Airdrieonians 0 - Scottish League Division One (15,000)
1952 - Rangers 3 (Liddell,B.Simpson,Paton) Queen of the South 1 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1958 - Rangers 4 (B.Simpson 4) Hibernian 0 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1967 - Rangers parted company with Scott Symon, their manager since 1954 (even though Rangers were top of the League and still unbeaten),although in a way that did not reflect kindly on a club of Rangers' stature. Chairman John Lawrence sent a business associate, who had no connection with Rangers,to discuss the situation at the club,a request which, not surprisingly,Symon refused and instead handed in his resignation.It might have been expected for Symon to have been offered a seat on the board,just had his predecessors had been,but Symon left the club and subsequently served as a director at Dumbarton and later manager at Partick Thistle.
There is no doubt that Symon's spell at Rangers was a success - six League titles, five Scottish Cups and four League Cups were won, and the club reached the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup twice.Ultimately,Symon paid the price for two matches, one of which he might have been able to influence, the other he couldn't; Rangers defeat at Berwick in the Cup,coming in the same year Celtic won the European Cup proved too much for some at Rangers. Following Symon's departure, assistant David White took control.
1969 - Rangers 3 (Penman 2 1Pen,Johnston) Dundee 1 - Scottish League Division One (30,000)
1972 - St.Johnstone 0 Rangers 2 (Young,Parlane Pen) - League Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (12,300)
1975 - Celtic 1 Rangers 1 (Parlane) - Scottish Premier Division (60,000)
1978 - PSV Eindhoven 2 Rangers 3 (MacDonald, Johnstone, Russell) - European Champions' Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (29,000)
A goalless draw in the first leg at Ibrox left Rangers with a mountain to climb in the second leg, for PSV had never before lost at home in European competition. The Dutch scored in the first minute (Rangers seemed to forever make life difficult for themselves by conceding early goals) before Rangers had got into their stride, but the rest of the first was evenly matched. Rangers stepped up the pace in the second half, coming from behind twice to level the tie and put themselves in the driving seat should away goals be required,but a final goal three minutes from time won them the game. In truth, it was a goal worthy of winning the final itself; neat play bewteen Gordon Smith and Tommy McLean found Bobby Russell behind the Dutch defence and his curling shot evaded the goalkeeper.The goal eventually won Goal of The Year from the BBC,
1980 - Rangers 3 (McAdam 2,J.McDonald) Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier Division (35,000)
1986 - Celtic 1 Rangers 1 (McCoist) - Scottish Premier Division (60,000)
1988 - Rangers 3 (Gough, Walters Pen, A.Gray) Hearts 0 - Scottish Premier Division (36,505)
1994 - Huntly 2 Rangers 5 (McCoist 3,Huistra,McGinty) - Friendly (3,500)
Rangers provided the opposition for the official inauguration of the floodlights at Huntly,sending a particularly strong side North,watched by a crowd of 3,500
1995 - Rangers 0 Juventus 4 - European Champions League Group C (42,523)
Even if Rangers didn't deserve to lose by four goals, there was no denying Juventus were the better side on the night.Indeed,perhaps the finest European side of the era,as victory over Ajax in the final would prove.Despite the two defeats against Juventus, the change, once again, in the competition meant Rangers still had a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals,but they needed good results in their two final matches
1997 - Rangers 4 (Negri 3 1Pen,Porrini) Kilmarnock 1 - Scottish Premier Division (49,413)
2001 - Dynamo Moscow 1 Rangers 4 (R.de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Lovenkrands) - UEFA Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (6,000)
2003 - Rangers 3 (Arteta 2 1pen,Mols) Partick Thistle 1 - Scottish Premier League (49,551)
2005 - Artmedia Bratislava 2 Rangers 2 (Prso, Thompson) - European Champions League Group H (6,527)
Rangers paid the price for some shoddy defending as they twice surrendered the lead and had to settle for a draw. Dado Prso headed Rangers in front early on but Balazs Borbely levelled after Rangers failed to clear a corner. Steven Thompson's header put Rangers ahead again but a mix-up between Ronald Waterreus and Brahim Hemdani gifted the equaliser to Jan Kozak. Peter Lovenkrands then missed an open goal with a header as Rangers pressed for the winner.
2008 - Rangers 5 (Boyd 3 1Pen, Novo, Miller) Inverness C.T. 0 - Scottish Premier League (49,255)
2009 - Dundee United 0 Rangers 1 (Davis) - (Match Abandoned After 45 Minutes Due To Waterlogged Pitch) - Scottish Premier League
2013 - Rangers 3 (Daly 2,Templeton) Airdrieonians 0 - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (22,533)
2014 - Dumbarton 0 Rangers 1 (Boyd) - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (1,878)
2015 - Hibernian 2 Rangers 1 (McGregor OG) - Scottish Championship (14,412)
Rangers fell to their first defeat of the season in the Championship at the hands of Hibernian. The second placed club scored either side of an own goal scored by former Ranger Darren McGregor. The result meant that Hibs moved to within five points of the Light Blues at the top of the table.
1880 - Blackburn Rovers 0 Rangers 0 - Friendly
1890 - Third Lanark RV 3 Rangers 3 (Wylie 2,J.McPherson) - Glasgow Cup Quarter-Final (15,000)
1902 - Rangers 2 (Mackie 2) Third Lanark RV 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1913 - Raith Rovers 0 Rangers 3 (Bennett,Reid,Duncan) - Scottish League Division One (14,000)
1919 - Rangers 6 (Cunningham 3,Cairns,Paterson,McCormack OG) Third Lanark 1 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1924 - Rangers 4 (Craig,Cunningham,Henderson,Chalmers) Partick Thistle 0 - Scottish League Division One (25,000)
1930 - Rangers 4 (Fleming,Morton,McGowan,McPhail) Aberdeen 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1941 - Morton 2 Rangers 1 (McKillop) - Southern League (9,000)
1942 - Word reached home of a rather unique football competition that had been held in a prisoner of war camp in Germany,the inmates had organised a league of 14 teams,all of whom adopted the name of either an English or Scottish First Division club and which was won by 'Rangers' !
1947 - Rangers 3 (Thornton,Shaw Pen,Marshall) Airdrieonians 0 - Scottish League Division One (15,000)
1952 - Rangers 3 (Liddell,B.Simpson,Paton) Queen of the South 1 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1958 - Rangers 4 (B.Simpson 4) Hibernian 0 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1967 - Rangers parted company with Scott Symon, their manager since 1954 (even though Rangers were top of the League and still unbeaten),although in a way that did not reflect kindly on a club of Rangers' stature. Chairman John Lawrence sent a business associate, who had no connection with Rangers,to discuss the situation at the club,a request which, not surprisingly,Symon refused and instead handed in his resignation.It might have been expected for Symon to have been offered a seat on the board,just had his predecessors had been,but Symon left the club and subsequently served as a director at Dumbarton and later manager at Partick Thistle.
There is no doubt that Symon's spell at Rangers was a success - six League titles, five Scottish Cups and four League Cups were won, and the club reached the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup twice.Ultimately,Symon paid the price for two matches, one of which he might have been able to influence, the other he couldn't; Rangers defeat at Berwick in the Cup,coming in the same year Celtic won the European Cup proved too much for some at Rangers. Following Symon's departure, assistant David White took control.
1969 - Rangers 3 (Penman 2 1Pen,Johnston) Dundee 1 - Scottish League Division One (30,000)
1972 - St.Johnstone 0 Rangers 2 (Young,Parlane Pen) - League Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (12,300)
1975 - Celtic 1 Rangers 1 (Parlane) - Scottish Premier Division (60,000)
1978 - PSV Eindhoven 2 Rangers 3 (MacDonald, Johnstone, Russell) - European Champions' Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (29,000)
A goalless draw in the first leg at Ibrox left Rangers with a mountain to climb in the second leg, for PSV had never before lost at home in European competition. The Dutch scored in the first minute (Rangers seemed to forever make life difficult for themselves by conceding early goals) before Rangers had got into their stride, but the rest of the first was evenly matched. Rangers stepped up the pace in the second half, coming from behind twice to level the tie and put themselves in the driving seat should away goals be required,but a final goal three minutes from time won them the game. In truth, it was a goal worthy of winning the final itself; neat play bewteen Gordon Smith and Tommy McLean found Bobby Russell behind the Dutch defence and his curling shot evaded the goalkeeper.The goal eventually won Goal of The Year from the BBC,
1980 - Rangers 3 (McAdam 2,J.McDonald) Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier Division (35,000)
1986 - Celtic 1 Rangers 1 (McCoist) - Scottish Premier Division (60,000)
1988 - Rangers 3 (Gough, Walters Pen, A.Gray) Hearts 0 - Scottish Premier Division (36,505)
1994 - Huntly 2 Rangers 5 (McCoist 3,Huistra,McGinty) - Friendly (3,500)
Rangers provided the opposition for the official inauguration of the floodlights at Huntly,sending a particularly strong side North,watched by a crowd of 3,500
1995 - Rangers 0 Juventus 4 - European Champions League Group C (42,523)
Even if Rangers didn't deserve to lose by four goals, there was no denying Juventus were the better side on the night.Indeed,perhaps the finest European side of the era,as victory over Ajax in the final would prove.Despite the two defeats against Juventus, the change, once again, in the competition meant Rangers still had a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals,but they needed good results in their two final matches
1997 - Rangers 4 (Negri 3 1Pen,Porrini) Kilmarnock 1 - Scottish Premier Division (49,413)
2001 - Dynamo Moscow 1 Rangers 4 (R.de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Lovenkrands) - UEFA Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (6,000)
2003 - Rangers 3 (Arteta 2 1pen,Mols) Partick Thistle 1 - Scottish Premier League (49,551)
2005 - Artmedia Bratislava 2 Rangers 2 (Prso, Thompson) - European Champions League Group H (6,527)
Rangers paid the price for some shoddy defending as they twice surrendered the lead and had to settle for a draw. Dado Prso headed Rangers in front early on but Balazs Borbely levelled after Rangers failed to clear a corner. Steven Thompson's header put Rangers ahead again but a mix-up between Ronald Waterreus and Brahim Hemdani gifted the equaliser to Jan Kozak. Peter Lovenkrands then missed an open goal with a header as Rangers pressed for the winner.
2008 - Rangers 5 (Boyd 3 1Pen, Novo, Miller) Inverness C.T. 0 - Scottish Premier League (49,255)
2009 - Dundee United 0 Rangers 1 (Davis) - (Match Abandoned After 45 Minutes Due To Waterlogged Pitch) - Scottish Premier League
2013 - Rangers 3 (Daly 2,Templeton) Airdrieonians 0 - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (22,533)
2014 - Dumbarton 0 Rangers 1 (Boyd) - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (1,878)
2015 - Hibernian 2 Rangers 1 (McGregor OG) - Scottish Championship (14,412)
Rangers fell to their first defeat of the season in the Championship at the hands of Hibernian. The second placed club scored either side of an own goal scored by former Ranger Darren McGregor. The result meant that Hibs moved to within five points of the Light Blues at the top of the table.