Rangers F.C. season 1898-99

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Rangers
Season 1898-99
Match Secretary William Wilton
Chairman James Henderson
League Scottish League Division One
Final league position 1st
P18 W18 D0 L0 F79 A18
Scottish Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Robert Hamilton (21)
All: Robert Hamilton (25)
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1899-00

The 1898-99 season is the 9th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1898-99 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One with a one hundred percent record of 18 wins from 18 matches.

The club ended the season without the Scottish Cup after being losing the final to Celtic by 2-0.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 Aug 1898 Partick Thistle H 6-2 7,000 Hamilton (3), Sharp, Neil, Millar
27 Aug 1898 St Mirren A 3-1 A Smith, Hamilton, McPherson
03 Sep 1898 Hearts A 3-2 17,500 Hamilton (2), Wilkie
10 Sep 1898 Third Lanark H 4-1 18,000 Millar, McPherson, Campbell, Neil (pen)
19 Sep 1898 St Bernard's A 2-0 8,000 A Smith, Neil (pen)
24 Sep 1898 Celtic A 4-0 45,000 Neil (pen), McPherson, Campbell, Millar
26 Sep 1898 Third Lanark A 3-2 14,000 Campbell (2), McPherson
01 Oct 1898 Hearts H 3-1 25,000 Hamilton (2), A Smith
08 Oct 1898 Dundee A 2-1 7,500 Hamilton, Wilkie
05 Nov 1898 Partick Thistle A 5-0 5,000 Hamilton (2), Millar (2), Sharp
19 Nov 1898 Hibernian A 4-3 10,000 Millar, A Smithh, Hamilton, Neil (pen)
26 Nov 1898 Clyde H 8-0 4,000 Millar (3), Sharp (2), Gibson (2), Watson (og)
03 Dec 1898 St Bernard's H 5-2 3,000 Campbell (4), Hamilton
17 Dec 1898 Dundee H 7-0 3,000 Hamilton (3), A Smith (2), McPherson (2), Gibson (pen), Campbell
24 Dec 1898 Hibernian H 10-0 7,000 A Smith (4), Hamilton (2), McPherson, Millar,
31 Dec 1898 St Mirren H 3-2 5,000 Campbell (2), A Smith
02 Jan 1899 Celtic H 4-1 30,000 Hamilton (3), Campbell
07 Jan 1899 Clyde A 3-0 4,000 A Smith, Millar, Neil (pen)

[edit] Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 Jan 1899 Hearts H 4-1 25,612 Gibson (2), Neil (pen), Hamilton
11 Feb 1899 Ayr Parkhouse A 4-1 5,000 Hamilton (2), Campbell, A Smith
18 Feb 1899 Clyde H 4-0 6,000 Low, McPherson, Gibson (pen), Hamilton
15 Apr 1899 St Mirren A 2-1 10,000 McPherson, Millar
22 Apr 1899 Celtic N 0-2 25,000

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Flag of Scotland Matthew Dickie GK 23 0
Flag of Scotland Robert Hamilton FW 23 25
Flag of Scotland Robert Neil DF 22 7
Flag of Scotland Alex Smith FW 22 13
Flag of Scotland David Crawford DF 22 0
Flag of Scotland Neilly Gibson MF 22 6
Flag of Scotland John Campbell MF 21 13
Flag of Scotland James Millar FW 21 12
Flag of Scotland John McPherson MF 20 8
Flag of Scotland David Mitchell MF 18 0
Flag of Scotland Nicol Smith DF 17 0
Flag of Scotland Jock Drummond DF 6 0
Flag of Scotland James E. Miller DF 5 0
Flag of Scotland Andrew Sharp MF 4 3
Flag of Scotland James Wilkie FW 4 2
Flag of Scotland James Sharp MF 1 1
Flag of Scotland Thomas Low MF 1 1
Flag of Scotland Jimmy Oswald FW 1 0

[edit] See also