On This Day (September 20th)

Sam English

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1879 - Rangers 0 Queen's Park 0 - Scottish Cup 1st Round (7,000)
1884 - Rangers 2 (McKenzie,Lawrie) St.Mirren 1 - Friendly (1,000)
1890 - Rangers 12 (McPherson 3,Hislop 2,Kerr 2,Allan 2,Gow,Marshall,Untraced) Carrington 2 - Glasgow Cup 1st Round
1897 - Hearts 2 Rangers 2
(R.C.Hamilton,A.Smith) - Scottish League Division One (11,500)
1902 - Rangers 4 (Fraser,R.C.Hamilton,McDonald,A.Smith) Morton 1 - Scottish League Division One (6,000)
1909 - Hibernian 1 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (10,000)
1913 - Rangers 0 Dundee 1 - Scottish League Division One (45,000)
1919 - Rangers 4 (Gordon 3,Muirhead) Dumbarton 0 - Scottish League Division One (10,000)
1920 - Hearts 0 Rangers 4 (Cunninghsm 2,cairns,Bowie) - Scottish League Division One (34,000)
1922 - Newcastle United 4 Rangers 1 (JR Smith) - Friendly (10,000)
1924 - Rangers 0 Partick Thistle 0 - Glasgow Cup Semi-Final (30,000)
1930 - Celtic 2 Rangers 0 - Scottish League Division One (70,000)
1933 - Rangers 2 (J.Smith,McPhail) Arsenal 0 - British Championship 1st Leg (40,000)
Just as Rangers began to dominate the game north of the border, Arsenal were entering a period that would see them as the major force in England. It was therefore decided to arrange two matches between the reigning champions of England and Scotland respectively, with Ibrox playing host to the first leg. A crowd of 40,000 were present to see goals from Smith and McPhail give Rangers a 2-0 lead to take into the second leg a week later
1941 - Rangers 5 (J.Smith 2,McIntosh,Gillick,Venters) Falkirk 2 - Southern League (10,000)
1947 - Rangers 2 (Williamson,Findlay) Celtic 0 - Scottish League Division One (50,000)
1950 - Partick Thistle 1 Rangers 1 (Johnson) - Partick Thistle Won On Toss Of The Coin - Glasgow Cup Semi-Final Replay (30,000)
1952 - Celtic 2 Rangers 1 (Liddell) - Scottish League Division One (48,000)
1958 - Airdrieonians 5 Rangers 4 (Hubbard 3 1Pen,Hogg) - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1961 - East Fife 1 Rangers 3 (Wilson,Scott,Brand) -League Cup Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (15,000)
1967 - Dynamo Dresden 1 Rangers 1 (A.Ferguson) - Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 1st Leg (50,000)
Having finished second in the League at the end of 1966/67, Rangers were invited to compete in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup (later to become the UEFA Cup) for the following season. Rangers' goal in East Germany was scored by Alex Ferguson, a relatively new acquisition from Dunfermline Athletic. Danish keeper, Eric Sorenson, was man of the match and kept the Germans out with some world class goalkeeping
1969 - Rangers 0 Celtic 1 - Scottish League Division One (84,000)
1972 - Stenhousemuir 0 Rangers 5 (Johnstone 3,Parlane,Greig) - League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg (3,650)
1975 - Rangers 1 (Blackley OG) Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premier Division (37,000)
1980 - Kilmarnock 1 Rangers 8 (J.McDonald 3,Redford 2 1Pen,McAdam,Jardine,Bett) Scottish Premier Division (15,021)
1986 - Dundee 1 Rangers 0 - Scottish Premier Division (17,132)
1997 - St.Johnstone 0 Rangers 2 (Negri 2) Scottish Premier Division (10,093)
1998 - Rangers 0 Celtic 0 - Scottish Premier League (50,026)
2000 - Monaco 0 Rangers 1 (Van Bronckhorst) - UEFA Champions League Group D (11,161)
2005 - Rangers 5 (Buffel 2,Nieto 2,Andrews) Clyde 2 AET - League Cup 3rd Round (30,104)
2006 - Dunfermline Athletic 0 Rangers 2 (Bamba OG,Boyd) - League Cup 3rd Round (5,702)
2014 - Alloa Athletic 1 Rangers 1 (Templeton) - Scottish Championship (2,793)
2016 - Rangers 5 (Waghorn 3, Holt, Halliday) Queen of the South 0 - League Cup Quarter-final (26,079)
2018 - Villarreal 2 Rangers 2 (Arfield, Lafferty) - Europa League Group G (15,982)
Rangers twice came from behind to earn a draw with the La Liga side in their opening Europa League game.
 
1920 - Hearts 0 Rangers 4 (Cunningham 2, Cairns,Bowie) - Scottish League Division One (34,000)

Jimmy Bowie would only score 2 goals this season, this being one of them in a rout of the Jam Tarts, playing 23 games in total with Rangers winning the League title again
 
1998 - watched this on holiday in Orlando,in the Fox and Hounds.
Also the same day I got my one (and only) tattoo..lol
(Love the memories these threads bring back..thanks)
 
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