On This Day (March 22nd)

[Sam English]

1879 - Queen's Park 0 Rangers 1 (Dunlop) - Scottish Cup Quarter-Final
Rangers had not even managed to score in their previous four matches against Queen's Park, and so the draw for the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup was viewed with some trepidation. As it happened, a combination of some tight defending and a downpour throughout the game transpired to work in Rangers favour for 89 minutes then, in the final minute of the game, Willie Dunlop found himself through on the Queen's Park goal and scored the only goal of the game. The crowd behind the goal were surprised to hear him shout 'There goes my sov' as he fired the ball home; it later transpired he had placed a sovereign bet on Queen's Park winning the cup ! Just as in 1877, the draw favoured Rangers, they were given a bye in the semi-final
1884 - Pollockshields Athletic 1 Rangers 6 (Heggie 2,Thomson 2,Duncan,Gossland) - Friendly
1890 - Rangers 3 ( Henderson, Untraced 2) Battlefield 0 - Friendly
1902 - Rangers 0 Hibernian 2 - Scottish Cup Semi-Final (35,000)
1905 - Rangers 3 (Robertson, RS McColl, Kyle) Partick Thistle 4 - Glasgow League (5,000)
1913 - Rangers 2 (Bennett, Paterson) Partick Thistle 0 - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1919 - Ayr United 1 Rangers 1 (Blair Pen) - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1924 - Third Lanark 1 Rangers 3 (Cunningham, Henderson, Cairns) - Scottish League Division One (10,000)
1930 - Rangers 4 (Fleming 3,McPhail) Hearts 1 - Scottish Cup Semi-Final (Played at Hampden Park) (92,084)
1941 - Falkirk 2 Rangers 0 - Southern League Cup Section Three (9,000)
1947 - Rangers 3 (Gillick, Thornton, Waddell) Hibernian 1 - Scottish League Cup Semi-Final (Played at Hampden Park) (125,154)
1952 - Motherwell 2 Rangers 1 (B.Simpson) - Scottish League Division One (22,200)
1958 - East Fife 0 Rangers 1 (Brand) - Scottish League Division One (12,000)
1967 - Real Zaragoza 2 Rangers 0 - European Cup-Winners' Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (Rangers won on toss of the coin) (40,000)
Rangers lived on their nerves throughout, conceding a goal after only 24 minutes that left them only one goal ahead on aggregate. That too disappeared four minutes from time when Real were awarded a rather dubious penalty to send the tie into extra time. Rangers at last woke up and had their own chance to win the tie overall, only for Dave Smith to have his penalty saved. With the tie now level on aggregate and no side having the advantage of extra away goals, it was down to the ultimate lottery of the toss of a coin. Captain John Greig called correctly to take Rangers into their third European semi-final
1969 - Rangers 6 (Johnston 3,Penman 2,Henderson) Aberdeen 1 - Scottish Cup Semi-Final (Played at Celtic Park) (66,197)
1972 - Rangers 1 (A.MacDonald) Torino 0 - European Cup-Winners' Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (75,000)
A goal from Alex MacDonald, with the ball crossing the line after striking him on the knee, was enough to put Rangers through to the semi-final with enough to spare, for Torino had rarely looked like they could turn the tie around
1975 - Rangers 3 (Johnstone 2,Miller) Motherwell 0 - Scottish League Division One (36,500)
1979 - Rangers 1 (McLean) 1FC Cologne 1 - European Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (44,000)
With Cologne having won the first leg in Germany 1-0, there was hope that Rangers might again recover the deficit just as they had done against Juventus. Sadly, injuries had played their part, with players not fully fit being selected to try and rescue the tie, a ploy that didn't quite work. A goal by Muller in the second half put the tie beyond Rangers' reach, with Tommy McLean's late goal little more than a consolation effort
1986 - Rangers 4 (Fraser 2,McCoist,Fleck) Celtic 4 - Scottish Premier Division (41,000)
1994 - Barrow 0 Rangers 3 (Patterson 2,Wilson) - Friendly (4,000)
This game was a testimonial match for Glenn Skivington with a crowd of 4,000 at Holker Park to see a mixed Rangers first team and reserve side win 3-0
1997 - Rangers 1 (Durie) Kilmarnock 2 - Scottish Premier Division (50,036)
2008 - Rangers 2 (Darcheville, Novo) Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premier League (50,117)
2015 - Hibernian 0 Rangers 2 (Wallace ,Miller) - Scottish Championship (14,075)
Rangers' win over Hibernian enabled them to get their promotion bid back on track and secured Hearts the Championship title.
The victory ended a run of five draws and assured Stuart McCall his first three points as manager.

 

[yosser hughes]

1979 a game played on the thursday evening as the game was postponed from the previous evening due to the pitch being snowbound im sure

 

[dh1963]

1979 a game played on the thursday evening as the game was postponed from the previous evening due to the pitch being snowbound im sure

With Billy Urquart up front!

 

[dh1963]

1986 What a game. Driving rain and a game that had everything. 2 down, they got a man sent off , went from 1-3 to 4-3 then conceded a 25 yarder equaliser. Although a classic, I can't help think that after going in front against 10 men we should have won. And they ended up winning the league on goal difference, so it was a point that hurt.

 

[grinandbearit]

With Billy Urquart up front!

Still haunts me till this day.

 

[Adelphi Rab R]

1986 What a game. Driving rain and a game that had everything. 2 down, they got a man sent off , went from 1-3 to 4-3 then conceded a 25 yarder equaliser. Although a classic, I can't help think that after going in front against 10 men we should have won. And they ended up winning the league on goal difference, so it was a point that hurt.

Yep, game had it all.

 

[rangeral]

1986 - 1st ever Rangers game for me

 

[dh1963]

Yep, game had it all.

I remember a long discussion on the bus on the way home whether it was Davie McKinnon who scored one of the goals or it was Cammy Fraser.

 

[Ali59]

1969 1st visit to Parkhead.
1972 . A famous victory over Italian opposition in front of a massive home crowd.

 

[Ali59]

1979 game moved back to the Thursday due to the heavy snow the day before.

 

[Keyser_Soze]

Crazy to think football was ever decided by the toss of a coin.
not like it needed years of evolution or sophisticated technology .

 

[Carltonblue]

Crazy to think football was ever decided by the toss of a coin.
not like it needed years of evolution or sophisticated technology .

In Greigs first autobiography written in 1968 he says that despite winning that game via the coin toss, he felt it was the wrong way to decide these games. At that time counting corners was being considered as the best way forward. Away goals and penalties were a few seasons away.

1986 In the Copland that day, the celebrations were just like old times for our goals.

 

[uddingstonbluenose]

Noticed the name Patterson scoring against Barrow, had no idea who it was. From a bit of googling, twitter found the image below. Paul Patterson is the small guy on the left, when he signed his S Form.

Short career in the lower leagues after leaving Rangers.

Paul Patterson | Football Stats | No Club | Age 48 | 1995-2002 | Soccer Base

Paul Patterson-1995-2002. (Born 30 Jul, 1975) Forward. Current season & career stats available, including appearances, goals & transfer fees.

www.soccerbase.com

Another article I found has the other scorer as Stephen Watson rather than Scott Wilson. Link

 

[MO_TxTruBlu]

1930 - Rangers 4 (Fleming 3,McPhail) Hearts 1 - Scottish Cup Semi-Final (Played at Hampden Park) (92,084)

Another Jimmy Fleming Hat Trick takes Rangers to the Scottish Cup Final, for the third consecutive season.
Rangers would go on to win all 4 competitions entered that season, including defeating Celtic in both the Charity Cup and Glasgow Cup Finals (Jimmy Fleming scored in both Finals, including a Hat Trick in the Glasgow Cup Final).
This was Fleming's 20th Hat Trick in the previous three seasons, and his goal tally now stood at
117 Goals in 118 Games in those three seasons (1927-30)
Despite this incredible scoring feat, Fleming would get only 7 starts in the following three seasons (1930-33) at Centre Forward.