On This Day (November 20th)

Sam English

Sam English

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1875 - Queen's Park 2 Rangers 0 - Friendly
Ever since their formation three years previously,it had been Rangers' ambition to pit their skills against the leading side of the day,Queen's Park.Although Rangers had made numerous invitations to their more illustrious rivals requesting a game, these had been turned down because Rangers lacked a regular ground.That obstacle had been removed some two months previously with the opening of Burnbank, and thus a renewed attempt to play Queen's Park was treated favourably,with an invitation to meet at Hampden. Despite the scoreline, newspaper reports of the match praised Rangers' general play and in particular the performance of Tom Vallance,marking Jamie Weir (known as the 'Prince of Dribblers') to a standstill.Adverse weather kept the crowd down,with receipts of £28 being donated to the Bridgeton Fire Fund.
1886 - Rangers 2 (Lawrie 2) Church 1 - English FA Cup 2nd Round
1897 - Rangers 3 (R.C.Hamilton 2,Hyslop) Celtic 1 - Glasgow Cup Semi-Final 2nd Replay (25,000)
1909 - Rangers 7 (Hunter 3, Ramage, May, Gilchrist, McPherson) Queen's Park 1 - Scottish League First Division (14,000)
1915 - Falkirk 2 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (3,000)
As what ultimately became known as the First World War continued to grip the World,life tried to continue in as normal a way as possible for those who had yet to join up for the services. Although League football had been abandoned in England,to be replaced by regional competitions designed to ensure the public's morale was maintained,the Scottish league was maintained throughout,although under completely different circumstances to that which had greeted the immediate pre-war years. Whilst many players enlisted (including the entire Hearts team when war was first declared),others moved into work related to the war effort.
It made fielding a complete team a difficult job at times,with Rangers being able to field only nine players for this visit to Falkirk (Hempsey,Hendry and Cunningham missed their train connection owing to the fog). Further problems arose for Rangers when Scott Duncan was injured and had to leave the field,leaving Rangers with only eight players.Not surprisingly,Falkirk won 2-0 in something of a canter.
1920 - Rangers 4 (Henderson 2,Cunningham,Bowie) Hamilton Accies 0 - Scottish League Division One (25,000)
1923 - Rangers chairman William Craig JP died after less than six months in the post.He had joined the Rangers general committee in 1897 and been elected to the board of directors in 1899,assuming the chairmanship in the Summer of 1923 following the retirement of Sir John Ure Primrose.Craig's successor as chairman was to be Joseph Buchanan JP
1926 - Rangers 2 (Marshall,Muirhead) Falkirk 1 - Scottish League Division One (25,000)
1937 - Rangers 3 (J.Smith 2,Kinnear) Morton 1 - Scottish League Division One (8,000)
1943 - Rangers 2 (Duncanson 2) Dumbarton 0 - Southern League (20,000)
1948 - Rangers 4 (Rutherford,McColl,Duncanson,Thornton) Dundee 1 - League Cup Semi-Final (Played at Hampden Park) (50,996)
1954 - Clyde 1 Rangers 1 (Gardiner) - Scottish League Division One (32,000)
1965 - Rangers 5 (G.McLean 3 1Pen,Johnston 2) Kilmarnock 0 - Scottish League Division One (30,000)
1971 - Morton 1 Rangers 2 (Johnston,Greig) - Scottish League Division One (12,500)
1976 - Rangers 1 (Parlane) Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premier Division (24,621)
1982 - Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 0 - Scottish Premier Division (9,194)
1984 - Rangers 2 (Cooper 2) Australia 1- Friendly (4,106)
1990 - Dunfermline Athletic 0 Rangers 1 (Hateley) - Scottish Premier Division (14,480)
1993 - Hibernian 0 Rangers 1 (Gough) - Scottish Premier Division (16,506)
1996 - Rangers 2 (McCoist 2 1Pen) Grasshoppers Zurich 1- European Champions League Group A (34,192)
Grasshoppers and Auxerre, the Swiss and French champions respectively, had been the surprise packages in group A, in which Rangers and Ajax had probably started as favourites to progress. Rangers were to finish bottom of the group, with only three points posted in six games, this win over Grasshoppers being responsible. At the same time, they probably cost Grasshoppers their own chance of going into the quarter-finals, for their destiny now rested with the final match with Ajax (which they subsequently lost and were eliminated). Although Rangers were already out of the competition, a crowd of 34,192 still turned up at Ibrox where Ally McCoist scored twice,oncw from the penalty spot,to secure the win
1999 - Rangers 2 (Johansson,Albertz) Hibernian 0 - Scottish Premier League (49,544)
2004 - Rangers 2 (Novo Pen,Prso) Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier League (50,043)
2010 - Kilmarnock 2 Rangers 3 (Miller 3 2pens) -Scottish Premier League (10,177)
 
2004 - The only time I have ever seen a "professional" footballer deliberately get himself sent off (Sutton)


Full game

O'Neill branded the entire Rangers supports as "racialist" after the game, despite TLB&R racist mouthing "orange B*stards" at the Rangers bench.
 
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1999 - Rangers 2 (Johansson,Albertz) Hibernian 0 - Scottish Premier League (49,544)
albertz free kick?
JJ was in fine form too .

2004 - Rangers 2 (Novo Pen,Prso) Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier League (50,043)
Lennon and oneil at end of game
 
Sam English said:
1965 - Rangers 5 (G.McLean 3 1Pen,Johnston 2) Kilmarnock 0 - Scottish League Division One (30,000)
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George McLean scores another Hat Trick against the Champions, Kilmarnock.
This takes his season tally to 20 Goals in only 14 games so far.
McLean had six weeks earlier scored a hat trick against Kilmarnock in the League Cup semi final (6-4).
Despite that Semi Final Hat trick, and having scored 9 Goals in 5 League Cup games, he was not selected for the Final. which Rangers lost 1-2 to Celtic.
He would later score a hat trick v Airdrie (5-1) in the Scottish Cup, to complete hat tricks in all three domestic competitions.
Despite scoring 5 Goals in 4 Scottish Cup ties, including the winner in the Semi Final v Aberdeen (2-1),
he again was not selected for the Final v Celtic (0-0).
He did come in for the replay which Rangers won 1-0.

George McLean's total for the 1965-66 season was 40 Goals in 35 Games.
 
1948 - Jimmy Duncanson's goal was a header from the half way line.

Now for some reason there was someone had taken a photograph of the goal from above. An aerial view. And in one of the newspapers the following day there was a picture that documented the header and where it bounced etc, etc en route to the net.

I've seen it.
 
wee bud's pit boots said:
1948 - Jimmy Duncanson's goal was a header from the half way line.

Now for some reason there was someone had taken a photograph of the goal from above. An aerial view. And in one of the newspapers the following day there was a picture that documented the header and where it bounced etc, etc en route to the net.

I've seen it.
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We wore hoops that day, and were 3-0 up after 7 mins.
 
2004 Lovenkrands got assaulted in the tunnel at half time by Celtic players after being involved in the incident when Thompson got sent off. We substituted him and said nothing. Can you imagine how the vermin would have responded if our players had attacked one of them?
 
wee bud's pit boots said:
Given the year and the opposition would run us to the wire in the league, that's a slightly disappointing crowd.
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Bad weather was blamed for the poor attendances at both Semi Finals, 50,000 at Hampden, and 16,000 at Parkhead.
Rangers won the toss and obviously elected to shoot with the strong wind behind them, and scored three in the opening 7 mins.
It was a good day all round, East Fife and Hibernian who were holding the two spots at the top of the League both lost.
Elsewhere in Glasgow that day, Celtic who narrowly avoided relegation the previous season, lost 2-3 at Cathkin.
 
ahalfallover said:
1999 - Rangers 2 (Johansson,Albertz) Hibernian 0 - Scottish Premier League (49,544)
albertz free kick?
JJ was in fine form too .

2004 - Rangers 2 (Novo Pen,Prso) Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier League (50,043)
Lennon and oneil at end of game
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Yes. A cracker it was too, more of a bending shot rather than straight power.
 
dh1963 said:
2004 Lovenkrands got assaulted in the tunnel at half time by Celtic players after being involved in the incident when Thompson got sent off. We substituted him and said nothing. Can you imagine how the vermin would have responded if our players had attacked one of them?
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I'm sure McNamara said something to Lovenkrands and pointed towards the tunnel when he blocked one of his crosses.

Funny how we never heard the end of Lovenkrands and Lafferty going down with minimal contact but Lennon gets an Inverness player sent off the same way and its whitewashed from history.
 
Craigie said:
2004 - The only time I have ever seen a "professional" footballer deliberately get himself sent off (Sutton)


Full game

O'Neill branded the entire Rangers supports as "racialist" after the game, despite TLB&R racist mouthing "orange B*stards" at the Rangers bench.
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Sutton chucked it as you say, it was blatantly obvious.

We should have won by a lot more that day.

As for Lennon and Wibble? Well if ever an incident summed up the victimhood mentality at that rancid club.
 
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