The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

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Aug 13 Whitefield 2 2 Friendly away 1,500

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 Mackie 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Brown 8 Peacock 9 Pringle 10 McCluggage 11 Brand

Scorers: Brown. McCluggage

Whitefield team unknown

Aug 20 Preston North End 1 8 Friendly First Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Chalmers 2 Donald Gow 3 McCartney 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Peacock 8 Brown 9 Mckenzie 10 Pringle 11 Brand

Scorers: Peacock

Preston North End team unknown

First game at first Ibrox

Aug 27 Morton 2 2 Friendly First Ibrox 2,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 4Weir 5 McIntyre 6 R Hotson 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Mckenzie 10 Cochrane 11 Brand

Scorers: Peacock (2)

Morton team unknown

Sep 3 Battlefield 4 1 Scottish Cup 1st round First Ibrox 3,500

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Muir 4 McIntyre 5 Mackie 6 R Hotson 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Lawrie 10 White 11 Brand

Scorers: White (2). Brand. Lawrie

Battlefield team unknown

Sep 10 Queen's Park 2 4 Friendly First Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 Chalmers 2 A McFarlane 3 Forbes 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Sellar 10 White 11 Brand

Scorers: Fraser. White

Queen's Park team unknown

Sep 17 Dumbarton 2 3 Friendly First Ibrox 1,000

Rangers: 1 Chalmers 2 A McFarlane 3 Forbes 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Lawrie 10 White 11 Brand

Scorers: White. Lawrie

Dumbarton team unknown

Sep 24 Partick Thistle 1 2 Scottish Cup 2nd round away 5,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 A Nicol 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 6 R Hotson 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Lawrie 10 Brand 11 White

Scorers: Brand.

Partick Thistle: T Burns, J Hendry, R Middleton, B Robertson, J Stewart, B Marshall, J Buchanan, J Sutar, A Johnston, J Munro, W Paul.

Scorers Marshall (2)

Oct 1 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 2 Glasgow Cup 1st round away 5,500

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 McIntyre 4 Cameron 5 Mackie 6 R Hotson 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Bryce 10 Brand 11 White

Scorers: Fraser. White

Third Lanark Rifle V team unknown

Oct 8 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 0 Glasgow Cup 1st round replay First Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Fraser 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 Wilson 11 White

Scorers: Brand. Muir

Third Lanark Rifle V team unknown

Oct 15 Pollokshields 3 2 Glasgow Cup 2nd round away

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 Muir 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 6 R Hotson 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 White 11 Wilson

Scorers: J.Gow. Turner (og). Unknown

Pollokshields team unknown

Oct 29 Westbourne 5 1 Glasgow Cup Quarter Final First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 Muir 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 7 Peacock 8 Fraser 9 Cochrane 10 J Gow 11 Pringle

Scorers: J.Gow (3). Pringle. Unknown

Westbourne team unknown

Oct 22 St Bernard's 1 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 Forbes 4 Cameron 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Mckenzie 10 White 11 Brand

10-a-side fixture

Scorers: Brand

St Bernard's team unknown

Nov 5 Battlefield 5 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 Pringle 11 Eaglesham

2 players unknown.

Scorers: J.Gow (3). Pringle. Unknown

Battlefield team unknown

Nov 12 Third Lanark Rifle V 5 0 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 McKenzie 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 Pringle 11 Fraser

Scorers: Brand (4). Fraser

Third Lanark Rifle V team unknown

Nov 19 Cowlairs 0 0 Glasgow Cup Semi Final away

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 6 McIntyre 5 Muir 7 Peacock 8 Fraser 9 Pringle 10 J Gow 11 Brand

Cowlairs team unknown

Nov 26 Port Glasgow 6 0 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 Pringle 11 Fraser 10-a-side fixture Scorers: Pringle (3). Fraser (2). Donald Gow Port

Glasgow team unknown

Dec 3 Cowlairs 0 0 Glasgow Cup Semi Final replay First Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 6 McIntyre 5 Muir 7 Peacock 8 Fraser 9 Pringle 10 J Gow 11 Brand

Cowlairs team unknown

Dec 10 Cowlairs 2 2 Glasgow Cup Semi Final 2nd replay Cathkin Park 6,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 6 McIntyre 5 Muir 7 Peacock 8 Pringle 9 Fraser 10 J Gow 11 Brand Scorers: Fraser. Brand

Cowlairs team unknown

Dec 17 Cowlairs 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final 3rd replay Cathkin Park

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 6 McIntyre 5 Muir 7 Peacock 8 Pringle 9 Fraser 10 J Gow 11 Brand Scorers: Peacock (2)

Cowlairs team unknown

Dec 31 Partick Thistle 3 1 Friendly First Ibrox 1,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 4 Bremner 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Brand 10 Pringle 11 Fraser

Scorers: J.Gow. Unknown (2).

Partick Thistle: Burns, Hendry, Munro, Robertson, Middleton, Stewart, Marshall, Sutar, Paul, Buchanan, Johnston.

Scorers Buchnan

Jan 7 Queen's Park 1 1 Friendly away 5,000

Rangers: 1 McKenzie 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 Nisbit 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 10 Pringle 11 Brand 1 player unknown.

Scorers: J.Gow

Queen's Park team unknown

Jan 14 Morton 3 2 Friendly away

Rangers: No players known.

Scorers: Unknown (3)

Morton team unknown

Jan 21 Cowlairs 3 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final 4th replay Cathkin Park 6,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Peacock 9 Fraser 10 McKenzie 11 Pringle

Scorers: McKenzie. Fraser. Peacock

Cowlairs team unknown

Jan 28 Cambuslang 1 3 Glasgow Cup Final Second Hampden 11,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 A McFarlane 4 Muir 5 McIntyre 6 R Hotson 7 J Gow 8 Fraser 9 Pringle 10 Peacock 11 McKenzie
Scorers: Donald Gow

Cambuslang team unknown

Feb 11 Dumbarton A. 1 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 A McFarlane 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 5 McDonald 6 Muir 7 McKenzie 8 W Hotson 9 McLelland 10 Pringle 11 J Gow
Scorers: McLellan
Dumbarton A. team unknown

Feb 18 Aston Villa 1 5 Friendly away

Rangers: R Smellie, Neilly McCallum, Campbell, Buchanan, Gourley all played in this game!
Scorers: Unknown
Aston Villa team unknown

Feb 25 Albion R. 0 2 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Moffat 3 McDonald 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Sommerville 8 Pringle 9 Robin 10 W Hotson 11 McLelland
Scorers: Albion R. team unknown

Mar 3 Renton 3 7 Friendly First Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 11 Aird
1 player unknown.
Scorers: Aird (2). Unknown Renton team unknown

Mar 8 Scottish C. 4 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: team unknown
Scorers: Unknown (4)
Scottish C. team unknown

Mar 10 Dumbarton 4 4 Friendly away 3,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 McIntyre 3 Donald Gow 4 Thomson 5 Rhotson 6 Muir 7 Peacock 8 W Hotson 9 Mckenzie 10 Aird 11 Brand Pat Laferty
Scorers: Unknown (4)
Dumbarton team unknown

Mar 24 Dumbarton A. 1 2 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 McIntyre 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 5 Muir 6 Peacock 7 W Hotson 8 McKenzie 9 Fraser 10 Aird 11 Brand
Scorers: Brand
Dumbarton A. team unknown

Mar 31 Battlefield 5 0 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Hendry 3 Donald Gow 4 Muir 5 T Nicol 6 McIntyre 7 Aird 9 Robin 9 Mckenzie 10 Peacock 11 Fraser
Scorers: Robin (2). Fraser (2). McKenzie
Battlefield team unknown

Apr 7 Inverness S. 4 0 Friendly away 5,000

Rangers: No players known.
Scorers: Unknown (4)
Inverness S. team unknown

Rangers Team in Inverness 1888

This photograph was taken during the teams visit to Inverness.

 

Apr 14 Vale of Leven 3 3 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Second Hampden 5,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 3 Donald Gow 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Allan 8 Peacock 9 Mckenzie 11 J Gow 2 players unknown. Scorers: Peacock. Aird. Unknown
Vale of Leven team unknown

Apr 21 Thistle 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Hendry 3 Donald Gow 4 Muir 5 McIntyre 6 T Nicol 7 Allan 8 Peacock 9McLelland 10 Robin 11 J Gow Scorers: McLellan (2). J.Gow (2)
Thistle team unknown

Apr 23 Vale of Leven 5 3 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round replay Second Hampden 3,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Donald Gow 3 Hendry 4 Muir 5 McIntyre 6 T Nicol 7 Allan 8 Peacock 9 Mckenzie 10 Aird 11 J Gow
Scorers: T Nicol (2). Aird (2). McKenzie
Vale of Leven team unknown

Apr 28 Scottish C. 6 0 Dunfermline Charity Cup Ladysmill, Fife

Rangers: No players known.
Scorers: Unknown (6)
Scottish C. team unknown

May 5 Aston Villa 3 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Hendry 3 Calder 4 R Hotson 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 Allan 8 Peacock 9 Mckenzie 10 J Gow 11 Aird
Scorers: J.Gow (2). Unknown
Aston Villa team unknown

May 8 Renton 1 5 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final Second Hampden 6,000

Rangers: 1 J Nicol 2 Hendry 3 Donald Gow 5 McIntyre 6 Muir 7 J Gow 8 Aird 9 Mckenzie 10 Peacock 11 Allan
Scorers: J.Gow

Renton team unknown

May 12 Monkcastle K. 4 2 Friendly away

Rangers: Sloan
10 Players uknown
Scorers: Sloan. Unknown (3)
Monkcastle K. team unknown

May 16 Uddingston 1 2 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown
Scorers: McIntyre
Uddingston team unknown

May 19 Camelon 3 1 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown
Scorers: Unknown (3)
Camelon team unknown

May 21 Northern 1 2 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown
Scorers: Unknown
Northern team unknown

May 24 Third Lanark Rifle V 0 1 Friendly Exhibition Grounds Gilmore

Rangers: 10 Players uknown
Third Lanark Rifle V team unknown

May 28 Celtic 2 5 Friendly away Celtic Park 2,000

Rangers: 1 6 4 McPherson 5 W McFarlane 3 7 Robb 8 McLaren 9 Mckenzie 10 Soutar 11 Wilson Scorers: Souter (2)
Celtic team unknown