On This Day (February 23rd)

[Sam English]

1873 - Neilly Gibson born in Larkhall. After playing for Larkhall Thistle and Royal Albert,he signed for Rangers in 1894 and was a first team regular for ten years before leaving to join Partick Thistle in 1904. By this time he had helped Rangers to win four League titles and two Scottish Cups as well as a plethora of medals and awards from the local Glasgow football scene and 16 Scottish caps
1884 - Abercorn 0 Rangers 10 (Heggie 6,Untraced 4) - Friendly
1889 - Rangers 2 (Sutherland.Peacock) Port Glasgow 5 - Friendly
1895 - St.Mirren 3 Rangers 4 (Cowan 2,H.McCreadie,Barker) - Friendly
1901 - Dundee 3 Rangers 4 (Cameron,Speedie,Robertson,Longair OG) - Friendly
1907 - St.Mirren 0 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (7,000)
1918 - Motherwell 0 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1924 - Rangers 1 (Meiklejohn) Hibernian 2 - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (54,000)
1927 - Dunfermline Athletic 1 Rangers 3 (Fleming 3) - Scottish League Division One (4,000)
1935 - Rangers 1 (Gillick) St.Mirren 0 - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (42,000)
1946 - Rangers 4 (Caskie,Gillick,Symon,Williamson) Queen of the South 0 - Southern League Cup Section B (15,000)
1952 - Arbroath 0 Rangers 2 (Thornton 2) - Scottish Cup 3rd Round (13,510)
Arbroath's Gayfield Park saw it's record attendance of 13,510 for the visit of Rangers in the Scottish Cup.
1957 - Rangers 3 (Murray,Morrison,Hubbard Pen) Queen's Park 3 -Scottish League Division One (19,000)
1980 - Rangers 3 (Russell,Smith,J.McDonald) Morton 1 - Scottish Premier Division (28,000)
1985 - Hearts 2 Rangers 0 - Scottish Premier Division (14,004)
1991 - Rangers 5 (Hateley 2,Nisbet,McCoist,Walters Pen) Cowdenbeath 0 - Scottish Cup 4th Round (29,527)
1993 - Motherwell 0 Rangers 4 (Hateley 2,McCoist,Mikhailichenko) - Scottish Premier Division (14,006)
1997 - Rangers 3 (Gough,Albertz,Laudrup) Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premier Division (47,618)
2013 - Berwick Rangers 1 Rangers 3 (Shiels Pen,Little,Faure) - Scottish Football League Division 3 (4,470)

 

[dh1963]

1873 I really wish there was film footage of Neilly Gibson. The Victorian Baxter.

1993 was that game 0-0 at half time, played midweek?

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

1873 I really wish there was film footage of Neilly Gibson. The Victorian Baxter.

1993 was that game 0-0 at half time, played midweek?

I'm sure all three of Neilly Gibson's sons played professional football, and one, Jimmy (his old man referred to him as Jamie) gave us the following;

A - When he moved to Aston Villa (I think) it was the world transfer fee at the time

and

B - He was a 'Wembley Wizard.'