On This Day (August 21st)

Sam English

Well-Known Member
1886 - Vale of Leven 1 Rangers 2 (Heggie,Buchanan) - Friendly
1899 - Rangers 4 (R.C.Hamilton 2,J.McPherson,Wilkie) St.Mirren 0 - Friendly (5,000)
1905 - Hearts 3 Rangers 2 (Kyle,R.C.Hamilton) - Friendly (6,000)
Charles Thomson Benefit Match
1906 - St.Mirren 0 Rangers 3 (McFie 3) - Friendly
1909 - Airdrieonians 2 Rangers 1
(Hogg) - Scottish League Division One (13,000)
1911 - Celtic 0 Rangers 0 - Friendly (4,000)
Jim Young Benefit Match
1915 - Dumbarton 1 Rangers 3 (Reid 2,A.Cunningham) - Scottish League Division One (6,000)
Andy Cunningham made his League debut for Rangers.He had arrived at Ibrox after five years with Kilmarnock and would remain at the club until 1929 when he joined Newcastle United,subsequently becoming the oldest debutant in English League football,two days past his 38th birthday.He later managed United between 1930 and 1935 and then Dundee United between 1937 and 1940. After the Second World War he was a sports journalist and made one further appearance at Ibrox -he kicked off the Centenary match against Ajax in 1973.Capped 12 times by Scotland ,he died in 1973 at the age of 82.
1919 - Rangers 3 (Cairns 3) Partick Thistle 1 - Willie Reid Benefit Match (12,000)
Willie Reid was born in Ballieston and joined the club in 1909 ,going on to become one of the deadliest finishers ever to have worn a Rangers shirt.At the outbreak of the First World War he had joined the armed forces and was therefore lost to football for three seasons and left Rangers to join Albion Rovers,later becoming manager.He died at the age of 80 in 1966.
1920 - Rangers 2 (Walls,Cunningham) Motherwell 1 - Scottish League Division One (45,000)
1923 - Rangers 2 (Cunningham Pen,Morton) Falkirk 2 - Scottish League Division One (18,000)
1926 - Airdrieonians 3 Rangers 3 (Marshall,Cairns,Fleming) - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1937 - Hibernian 0 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (31,000)
1940 - Third Lanark 2 Rangers 5 (McPherson 2,Marshall,Hamilton,Johnston) - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (4,000)
1943 - Motherwell 0 Rangers 5 (Venters 3,J.Duncanson,Gillick) - Southern League (7,000)
1946 - Falkirk 0 Rangers 5 (Thornton 3,J.Duncanson,Waddell) - Scottish League Division One
1948 - Celtic 0 Rangers 1 (Findlay) - Scottish League Division One (50,000)
1951 - Clyde 2 Rangers 1 (Rutherford) - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (17,000)
1954 - Rangers 1 (Grierson) Clyde 3 - League Cup Section D (50,000)
1963 - Dundee 1 Rangers 1 (Brand Pen) - Scottish League Division One (34,500)
1965 - Aberdeen 2 Rangers 0 - League Cup Section 2 (25,000)
1971 - Rangers 2 (D.Johnstone,A.MacDonald) Morton 0 - League Cup Section 4 (41,000)
1974 - FC Barcelona 4 Rangers 1 (Fyfe) - IX Trofeo Juan Gamper Final (100,000)
For the first and only time, Rangers kicked off a match on one day and finished it on another. Their Trofeo Juan Gamper challenge tournament tie against Barcelona at the Nou Camp did not start until 10.45pm, with the third and fourth play-off in the four team event preceding it. The late start did not do the visitors any favours, with Barca running out 4-1 winners
1976 - Rangers 4 (Johnstone 2,Jardine,A.MacDonald) Montrose 0 - League Cup Section 4 (18,500)
1979 - Rangers 1 (Smith) Lillestram SK 0 - European Cup-Winners Cup Preliminary Round 1st Leg (25,000)
1982 - Clydebank 1 Rangers 4 (J.McDonald 2,Prytz,McClelland) - League Cup Section 3 (7,090)
1985 - Rangers 5 (Williamson 3,McCoist,Paterson) Clyde 0 - League Cup 2nd Round (11,500)
1990 - Rangers 5 (Hateley 2,Steven,Walters,Johnston) East Stirling 0 - League Cup 2nd Round (25,595)
1993 - Celtic 0 Rngers 0 - Scottish Premier Division (47,942)
1996 - Alania Vladikavkaz 2 Rangers 7 (McCoist 3,Laudrup 2,Van Vossen,Miller) - European Champions' Cup Qualifying Round 2nd leg (32,000)
1999 - Rangers 4 (Reyna, Van Bronckhorst,Wallace,Vidmar) Dundee United 1- Scottish Premier League (48,849)
2004 - Rangers 4 (Arveladze,Prso,Boumsong,Lovenkrands) Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premier League (48,702)
2011 - Motherwell 0 Rangers 3 (Naismith,Lafferty,Wylde) - Scottish Premier League (10,092)
2012 - Falkirk 0 Rangers 1 (Little) - Scottish Challenge Cup 2nd Round (6,747)
 
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