On This Day (September 6th)

[Sam English]

1890 - Celtic 1 Rangers 0 - Scottish Cup 1st Round (16,000)
The very first competitive match between the sides saw a single goal frrom Groves settle the Scottish Cup tie at Parkhead in front of a crowd of 16,000
1897 - Alexander ‘Sandy’ Archibald was born on this day in Aberdour. Former miner Archibald joined Rangers from Raith Rovers at the tender age of 19 and went on to play for the club for a remarkable seventeen seasons, amassing over 500 appearances.
1902 - Hearts 2 Rangers 1 (Neil Pen) - Scottish League Division One (14,000)
1913 - Rangers 5 (Reid 2,Bennett,Bowie,Paterson) Aberdeen 1 - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1919 - Celtic 1 Rangers 0 - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (64,000)
1923 - Queen' Park 0 Rangers 4 (McDonald,Craig,Henderson,Morton) - Friendly (Played At Haugh Park, Kilsyth) (3,000)
1924 - Clyde 0 Rangers 1 (Archibald) - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (20,000)
1930 - St.Mirren 1 Rangers 1 (J.Smith) - Scottish League Division One (20,000)
1938 - Queen's Park 0 Rangers 0 - Glasgow Cup 1st Round (12,921)
1941 - Rangers 3 (Beattie,Gillick,Venters) Celtic 0 - Southern League (60,000)
Severe rioting by Celtic fans during the game led the Lord Provost of Glasgow,Sir Patrick Dolan,to state, ' The Chief Constable has powers to prohibit games between Celtic and Rangers until the end of the war,and i have informed him that if he cares to exercise that power,he will have the support of all citizens'. Although the games were not banned,Celtic Park was closed for a month and they were forced to play home matches at Clyde's ground,Shawfield.
1947 - Rangers 3 (Findlay 2,Gillick) Third Lanark 0 - League Cup Section C (20,000)
1952 - St.Mirren 2 Rangers 3 (Grierson 2,Thornton) - Scottish League Division One (45,000)
1958 - Celtic 2 Rangers 2 (Hubbard Pen,Brand) - Scottish League Division One (50,000)
1969 - Rangers 2 (Johnston,Provan Pen) St.Mirren 0 - Scottish League Division One (41,000)
Rangers' 2-0 win over St Mirren was a hard fought victory as they had to overcome what the press described as a nine-man defensive set-up from The Buddies. Willie Johnston got the opening goal with a header from a John Greig cross and moments later the lead was doubled though a Provan penalty
1975 - Hearts 0 Rangers 2 (Anderson OG,Murray OG) - Scottish Premier Division (24,803)
1980 - Dundee United 2 Rangers 4 (Cooper,McAdam,J.McDonald,Hegarty OG) - Scottish Premier Division (16,269)
1986 - Motherwell 0 Rangers 2 (Cooper,McPherson) - Scottish Premier Division (17,013)
2000 - Rangers 4 (Van Bronckhorst,Wallace,Dodds,Amoruso) Aberdeen 2 - League Cup 3rd Round (37,029)
Dutch legend Ronald de Boer made his Rangers debut.

 

[dh1963]

1980 Dreaded a doing at Tannadice that day and we blew a very good Dundee Utd away. Think we were 3 up in quite quick time.
The John Greig managerial years were mainly abysmal, but there was the occasional day like this when we started to think the team had finally clicked.

 

[Davieloyal]

was at that tannadice game im sure we scored 4 the first half

 

[simply_the_best]

17,000 at Fir Park in 86, changed days indeed.

Kenneth Hutton? did someone nick Sam_English bud?

 

[Sam English]

Hopefully not. I'm trying to switch names lol.

Perhaps Suck might help

 

[GBOY]

1986- we were starting to click, slowly, but surely.

 

[Talktalk]

1980 -Big Colin McAdam ran them ragged in the first half

 

[The Meik's Crombie]

Was standing at the Gorgie Road end for the 1975 game. I have it in mind the own goals were scored at that end too but may be wrong. Great day out none the less

Good to see Sam English is back too

 

[Khal Drogo]

Always look forward to these threads, glad you've made it

 

[dh1963]

1897 Men like Sandy Archibald are the reason why our club should have a museum to keep our past glories in the minds of generations to come. 17 seasons a Ranger, winning an incredible 13 league titles. The Hall of Fame was created to honour that kind of service and achievement. A candidate for the right wing in our true Greatest XI, not the one for players since the telly became colour.

 

[bluetonic]

Great to have this thread back, incidentally 1941 Sir Patrick Dolan the first RC Provost of Glasgow and has his name associated with the Dolan Swimming baths in East Kilbride

 

[The Meik's Crombie]

I am in total agreement with DH1963. We are all constricted by our age. We can only think about great Rangers teams and players we have seen in our individual lifetimes and hopefully we shall see in the future.

A museum or some other digital platform is an absolute must to give our younger supporters the chance to learn about our Club, its history and the men who have made The Rangers.