The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

Scottish Cup

Glasgow Charity Cup

 

Rangers vs Govan

Govan vs Rangers

September 14 1878

Rangers vs Govan

Rangers vs Govan

November 23 1878

Rangers vs Queens Park

Rangers vs Queens Park

Scottish Cup

March 22 1879

Rangers vs Vale of Leven

Rangers vs Vale of Leven

Scottish Cup Final

April 19 1878

George Gillespie

George Gillespie

1878-79

 

Previous Season  

 

 

 Sep 14 Govan 4 5 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 A Vallance 2 Tom Vallance 3 G Gilespie 4 J Drinnian 5 W McNeil 6 W Dunlop 7 W Struthers 8 J Watson 9 A Marshall 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Marshall. Unknown (3)
Govan :team unknown

Sep 21 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 2 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 A Vallance 2 Tom Vallance 3 G Gilespie 4 H McIntyre 5 W McNeil 6 W Dunlop 7 W Struthers 8 J Watson 9 A Marshall 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers M.McNeil. W.McNeil
Third Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

Sep 28 Shaftesbury 3 0 Scottish Cup 1st round Kinning Park

Rangers: 8 W Struthers
10 players unknown
Scorers Struthers. Unknown (2)
Shaftesbury :team unknown

Oct 5 Vale of Leven 0 2 Friendly away 2,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 J Watt 7 A Steel 8 W Struthers 9 Hozier 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers
Vale of Leven :team unknown

Oct 12 Queen's Park 0 1 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 D Hill 7 A Steel 8 W Struthers 9 A Marshall 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers
Queen's Park :team unknown

Oct 19 Whitefield 6 1 Scottish Cup 2nd round away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 D Hill 7 A Steel 8 W Struthers 9 A Marshall 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Unknown (6)
Whitefield :team unknown

Oct 25 Clapham R. 5 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 D Hill 7 A Steel 8 A Marshall 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 W Dunlop
Scorers M.McNeil (2). Hill. Struthers. Steel
Clapham R. :team unknown

Oct 26 Nottingham Forest 2 0 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 D Hill 7 A Steel 8 A Marshall 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 W Dunlop
Scorers Dunlop. Struthers
Nottingham Forest :team unknown

Nov 2 Parkgrove 1 5 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 J McDonald 2 G Gillespie 3 J Drinnan 4 H McIntyre 5 A Vallance 6 D Hill 7 A Steel 8 W Struthers 9 W Dunlop 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Campbell
Parkgrove :team unknown

Nov 4 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 3 Friendly Neutral 6,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 W Dunlop 7 A Steel 8 W Struthers 9 C McQuarrie 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Unknown (2)
Third Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

Nov 9 Parkgrove 8 2 Scottish Cup 3rd round Kinning Park 3,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 W Struthers 9 A Steel 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Struthers (3). Hill (3). Dunlop. Campbell
Parkgrove :team unknown

Nov 16 Vale of Leven 3 0 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 W Struthers 9 A Steel 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Struthers (2). Dunlop
Vale of Leven :team unknown

Nov 23 Govan 6 1 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 A Vallance 2 Tom Vallance 3 G Gilespie 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 W Struthers 9 C McQuarrie 10 M McNeil 11 A Steel
Scorers Dunlop. Unknown (5)
Govan :team unknown

Nov 30 Alexandra A. 3 0 Scottish Cup 4th round Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 W Struthers 9 C McQuarrie 10 M McNeil 11 A Steel
Scorers Dunlop. McQuarrie. Unknown
Alexandra A. :team unknown

Dec 7 First Lanark Rifle V 1 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 M McNeil 2 Tom Vallance 3 G Gilespie 4 A Vallance 5 J Drinnian 6 James Campbell 7 W Dunlop 8 H McIntyre 9 W Struthers 10 A Steel 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Dunlop
First Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

Mar 1 Third Lanark Rifle V 1 2 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 H McIntyre 5 J Drinnian 6 Peter Campbell 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 W Dunlop 11 McNeil
Scorers Hill
Third Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

Mar 8 Partick 4 0 Scottish Cup 5th round Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 J Warner 2 Tom Vallance 3 G Gilespie 4 A Vallance 5 J Drinnian 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 G Angus 11 McNeil Scorers Angus (2). Hill. Steel
Partick :team unknown

Mar 22 Queen's Park 1 0 Scottish Cup Quarter away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 H McIntyre 5 J Drinnian 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Dunlop Queen's Park :team unknown

Mar 29 Kilmarnock P. 1 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 R Kerr 5 J Drinnian 6 Stewart 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Drinnan
Kilmarnock P. :team unknown

Apr 5 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 0 Friendly Kinning Park 1,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 H McLean 3 A Vallance 4 R Kerr 5 J Drinnian 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 G Angus 11 M McNeil
Scorers Struthers. Dunlop
Third Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

Apr 9 Caledonian 0 2 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Peter Campbell 2 H McLean 3 J Cairns 4 R Kerr 5 J Hill 6 W Dunlop 7 A Steel 8 W Lummier 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 1 Peter Campbell
1 player inknown
Caledonian :team unknown

Apr 12 Nottingham Forest 3 0 Friendly Kinning Park 5,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 H McLean 5 J Drinnian 6 W Dunlop 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Hill (2). Struthers
Nottingham Forest :team unknown

Apr 19 Vale of Leven 1 1 Scottish Cup Final First Hampden 9,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 H McIntyre 5 J Drinnian 6 W Dunlop 7 D Hill 8 A Steel 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Struthers.
Vale of Leven :Ferguson
Scorers: Ferguson

Rangers protested that they had scored a second goal, The SFA did not uphold the appeal and Rangers refused to play a replay. Vale of Leven were awarded the cup by default.

May 3 Third Lanark Rifle V 4 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi First Hampden

Rangers: 1 J Warner 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 J McLeish 6 A Steel 7 D Hill 8 G Angus 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Campbell. Unknown (3)
Third Lanark Rifle V :team unknown

May 20 Vale of Leven 2 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final First Hampden 11,000

Rangers: 1 G Gillespie 2 Tom Vallance 3 A Vallance 4 J Drinnian 5 H McIntyre 6 A Steel 7 D Hill 8 C McQuarrie 9 W Struthers 10 M McNeil 11 Peter Campbell
Scorers Struthers. Unknown
Vale of Leven :team unknown