On This Day (September 18th)

Sam English

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1875 - Rangers 1 (Untraced) Helensburgh 1 - Friendly
1880 - Rangers 4
(Struthers 2,Pringle,McNeil) Partick Thistle 1 - Friendly
1886 - Rangers 1
(Peacock) Northern 0 - Friendly
1897 - Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 6
(J.Miller 4,Hyslop 2 1pen) - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (14,000)
1899 - Hearts 1 Rangers 1 (R.C.Hamilton) - Scottish League Division One (15,500)
1909 - Rangers 2 (Gordon, Gilchrist) Aberdeen 1 - Scottish League Division One (16,000)
1915 - Rangers 5 (Reid 2,S.Duncan,Cairns,Cunningham) Aye United 2 - Scottish League Division One (16,000)
1917 - His Majesty King George V was at Ibrox Park to award medals to many war hero's.The King was accompanied by the Lord Provost Thomas Dunlop and both Rangers chairman Sir John Ure Primrose and secretary-manager William Wilton were among those officially presented to the King.
1920 - Celtic 2 Rangers 1 (Morton) - Glasgow Cup Semi-Final (65,082)
1922 - Hearts 0 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (24,000)
1934 - Rangers 1 (McAuley) Manchester City 0 - Friendly (30,000)
Rangers' reward for winning the Scottish League 1932-33 had been two friendly matches against Arsenal for the unofficial British Championship. Both sides had retained their titles and met in a friendly match the previous week at Highbury, but Rangers were to play two games against Manchester City as a result of both sides having won their domestic cup competitions. A crowd of 30,000 were at Ibrox for the first match when McAuley's goal settled the game.
1935 - Rangers 2 (J.Smith 2) Sheffield Wednesday 0 - Friendly (30,000)
Two goals from Jimmy Smith were sufficient to give Rangers a 3-1 aggregate win in the two unofficial matches against Sheffield Wednesday, the winners of the FA Cup in front of a crowd of 30,000 at Ibrox.
1937 - Ayr United 1 Rangers 1 (McPhail) - Scottish League Division One (16,000)
1943 - Third Lanark 0 Rangers 6 (McIntosh 4,Gillick,Young Pen) - Southern League (10,000)
1948 - Hibernian 0 Rangers 0 - League Cup Section A (47,000)
1954 - Celtic 2 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (45,000)
1963 - Rangers 2 (Brand Pen,Forrest) East Fife 0 - League Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (25,000)
1965 - Rangers 2 (Forrest,McLean Pen) Celtic 1 - Scottish League Division One (76,000)
1968 - Rangers 2 (Greig Pen,Jardine) Vojvodina Novi Sad 0 - Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 1st Leg (70,000)
1971 - Falkirk 0 Rangers 3 (Greig 2,Stein) - Scottish League Division One (24,000)
1974 - Rangers 1 (Jackson) Southampton 3 - Texaco Cup 1st Round (40,000)
1976 - Hibernian 1 Rangers 1 (Parlane) - Scottish Premier Division (19,606)
1982 - Rangers 5 (J.McDonald 2,Russell,Johnstone,McClelland) Kilmarnock 0 - Scottish Premier Division (17,350)
1984 - Bohemians Dublin 3 Rangers 2 (McCoist,McPherson) - UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg (10,000)
1985 - Rangers 1 (Paterson) CA Osasuna 0 - UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg (29,479)
1991 - Sparta Prague 1 Rangers 0 - European Champions' Cup Qualifying Round 1st Leg (11,053)
1993 - Aberdeen 2 Rangers 0 - Scottish Premier Division (19,138)
2001 - Rangers were spared a trip into troubled Dagestan when UEFA ruled in favour of common sense. The club had been reluctant to travel to face Anzi Makhachkala due to a spate of bombings and terror attacks, with Warsaw's Stadion Legia being the chosen venue
2010 - Rangers 4 (Miller 2,Naismith,Dillon OG) Dundee United 0 - Scottish Premier League (44,786)
2011 - Rangers 4 (Naismith 2,Jelavic,Lafferty) Celtic 2 - Scottish Premier League (50,221)
2012 - Rangers 2 (McKay,McCulloch Pen) Queen of the South 2 - Rangers Lost 4-3 0n Penalties AET - Scottish Challenge Cup Quarter-Final (23,932)
 
1915 - Rangers 5 (Reid 2,S.Duncan,Cairns,Cunningham) Aye United 2 - Scottish League Division One (16,000)

Season 1915-16 Jimmy Bowie played 26 games never scored a goal and was used in the Nos. 4, 6, 8 and 10 positions, Rangers would end up 2nd in the league.
 
1993 - Charlie Miller's debut I'm sure (or first start.) I got tickets for their main stand that day.
 
1899
This was the first point Rangers had dropped in the league since April 11th 1898 when we drew 0-0 at
Parkhead.

One year, 5 months and 7 days where we had won every Division One match we played. You can be sure that record will live forever.
 
1985 Osasuna. Played in torrential rain and driving wind. Much made in the press of the new Ibrox drainage system which held up well.
 
1943 - Third Lanark 0 Rangers 6 (McIntosh 4,Gillick,Young Pen) - Southern League (10,000)

This was Willie McIntosh's first appearance of the season, since he scored a Hat Trick in the 4-1 win over Celtic in the Summer Cup back in June.
The bold, and still relatively unknown to this day, Willie McIntosh, would score a remarkable
20 Goals in his first 10 games that 43-44 season.
 
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