Rangers F.C. season 1899-00

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Rangers
Season 1899-00
Manager William Wilton
Chairman James Henderson
League Scottish League Division One
Final league position 1st
P18 W15 D2 L1 F69 A27
Scottish Cup Semi-final
Top goalscorer League: Robert Hamilton (17)
All: Robert Hamilton (23)
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1900-01

The 1899-00 season is the 10th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1899-00 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One with 15 wins from 18 matches, losing only once to rivals Celtic.

The club again ended the season without the Scottish Cup after losing a semi-final replay to Celtic by 4-0, the original match was drawn 2-2.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 Aug 1899 Third Lanark A 5-1 16,000 Campbell (2), Millar, Hyslop, Nicol Smith
26 Aug 1899 Clyde A 6-2 10,000 Hyslop (2), McPherson, Alex Smith, Robertson, Untraced (1)
02 Sep 1899 Hearts A 4-3 20,000 Campbell (2), Hamilton (2)
09 Sep 1899 Kilmarnock A 4-2 10,000 Campbell, Alex Smith, McPherson, Hamilton
18 Sep 1899 Hearts H 1-1 15,000 Hamilton
25 Sep 1899 Hibernian H 3-2 12,000 Hamilton, Alex Smith, Wilkie
07 Oct 1899 Celtic H 3-3 40,000 Graham (2), Alex Smith
14 Oct 1899 Clyde H 7-0 5,000 McPherson (3), Alex Smith (2), Sharp, Hamilton
21 Oct 1899 Hibernian A 2-0 16,000 Alex Smith (2)
04 Nov 1899 Dundee H 6-0 6,000 Alex Smith (3), Hamilton, Wilkie, Watson (og)
25 Nov 1899 St Bernard's H 4-3 5,000 McPherson (2), Hamilton, Robertson
02 Dec 1899 St Mirren A 3-1 Hamilton (3)
09 Dec 1899 Kilmarnock H 6-1 5,000 Wilkie (2), Hamilton (2), Robertson, Graham
16 Dec 1899 St Mirren H 4-1 2,000 Neil (2, 1 pen), Alex Smith, Hamilton
01 Jan 1900 Celtic A 2-3 20,000 Alex Smith, Wilkie
06 Jan 1900 Third Lanark H 2-1 4,000 Neil, McPherson
20 Jan 1900 Dundee A 3-2 12,000 Hamilton (3)
03 Feb 1900 St Bernard's A 4-1 4,000 McPherson, Campbell, Gibson, Wilkie

[edit] Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 Jan 1900 Morton H 4-2 7,000 McPherson (2), Wilkie, Alex Smith
27 Jan 1900 Maybole H 12-0 3,000 Hamilton (4), Wilkie (3), Alex Smith, Robertson, Hyslop, Neil, Gibson
17 Feb 1900 Partick Thistle A 6-1 10,000 Hamilton (2), Alex Smith, McPherson, Wilkie, Graham
24 Feb 1900 Celtic H 2-1 33,000 Alex Smith, McPherson
10 Mar 1900 Celtic A 0-4 32,000

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Flag of Scotland Matthew Dickie GK 22 0
Flag of Scotland Neilly Gibson MF 21 2
Flag of Scotland Alex Smith FW 21 17
Flag of Scotland Robert Hamilton FW 20 23
Flag of Scotland Robertson DF 20 4
Flag of Scotland Jock Drummond DF 19 0
Flag of Scotland Robert Neil DF 19 4
Flag of Scotland James Graham MF 18 4
Flag of Scotland John McPherson MF 17 13
Flag of Scotland James Wilkie FW 16 11
Flag of Scotland Nicol Smith DF 14 1
Flag of Scotland David Crawford DF 10 0
Flag of Scotland James Millar FW 8 1
Flag of Scotland John Campbell MF 7 6
Flag of Scotland Dunlop DF 7 0
Flag of Scotland Thomas Hyslop FW 6 4
Flag of Scotland Andrew Sharp MF 3 1
Flag of Scotland David Mitchell MF 2 0
Flag of Scotland McKinlay DF 2 0
Flag of Scotland William Howden GK 1 0

[edit] See also