Rangers F.C. season 1917-18

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Rangers
Season 1917-18
Manager William Wilton
Chairman John Ure Primrose
League Scottish League Division One
Final league position 1st
P34 W25 D6 L3 F66 A24
Top goalscorer League: Gordon, Cairns (11)
All: Gordon, Cairns (11)
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The 1917-18 season is the 28th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 34 competitive matches during the 1917-18 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One with after winning 25 of the 34 league matches and collecting a total of 56 points (one more than second placed Celtic).

The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournment due to the outbreak of the First World War.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 Aug 1917 Kilmarnock A 1-0 10,000 McDermid
29 Aug 1917 Third Lanark H 4-2 18,000 Cunningham (3, 1 pen), Cairns
01 Sep 1917 Partick Thistle A 0-2 20,000
15 Sep 1917 Hibernian H 3-0 10,000 Bowie, Cairns, Gordon (og)
24 Sep 1917 Queen's Park H 3-0 12,000 Muirhead (2), Lawson
29 Sep 1917 Dumbarton A 4-2 8,000 Cairns (2), Muirhead (2)
13 Oct 1917 Morton A 1-1 10,000 Brown
20 Oct 1917 Celtic H 1-2 45,000 Bowie
27 Oct 1917 St Mirren A 0-0 10,00
03 Nov 1917 Ayr United H 0-0 8,000
10 Nov 1917 Hearts A 3-0 12,000 Gordon (2), Archibald
17 Nov 1917 Airdrie H 4-0 12,000 Brown (3), Cairns
24 Nov 1917 Queen's Park A 3-2 12,000 Gordon (pen), Archibald, Brown
01 Dec 1917 Dumbarton H 2-1 7,000 Cairns (2)
08 Dec 1917 Hamilton A 2-1 9,000 Reid (2)
15 Dec 1917 Falkirk H 4-1 8,000 Brown (2), Archibald, Bowie
22 Dec 1917 Third Lanark A 1-0 12,000 Muirhead
29 Dec 1917 St Mirren H 2-0 12,000 Bowie, Cairns
01 Jan 1918 Celtic A 0-0 55,000
02 Jan 1918 Partick Thistle H 1-0 18,000 Blair (pen)
05 Jan 1918 Clydebank A 1-1 14,700 Archibald
12 Jan 1918 Hearts H 2-0 8,000 Gordon (2)
26 Jan 1918 Ayr United A 2-0 5,000 Cairns, McDermid
02 Feb 1918 Morton H 4-2 25,000 Gordon (4)
09 Feb 1918 Hibernian A 1-0 8,000 McDermid
16 Feb 1918 Clyde A 3-0 8,000 Brown (2), Cairns
23 Feb 1918 Motherwell A 0-0 12,000
02 Mar 1918 Kilmarnock H 3-0 20,000 Archibald (2), McCulloch
09 Mar 1918 Falkirk A 0-2 8,000
16 Mar 1918 Hamilton H 4-2 10,000 McDermid, Hart, Archibald, Martin
23 Mar 1918 Airdrie A 2-1 10,000 Hart, Cairns
30 Mar 1918 Clydebank H 1-0 10,000 Cunningham
06 Apr 1918 Motherwell H 2-1 25,000 Gordon (2)
13 Apr 1918 Clyde H 2-1 10,000 Archibald, Bowie

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Flag of Scotland Sandy Archibald MF 34 8
Flag of Scotland Tommy Cairns FW 34 11
Flag of Scotland James Bowie MF 33 5
Flag of England Arthur Dixon DF 32 0
Flag of Ireland Bert Manderson DF 29 0
Flag of Scotland Robert McDermid MF 28 4
Flag of Scotland James Blair DF 27 1
Flag of Scotland John Hempsey GK 25 0
Flag of Scotland Peter Pursell DF 24 0
Flag of Scotland Martin MF 18 1
Flag of Scotland Jimmy Gordon DF 16 11
Flag of Scotland George McQueen DF 12 0
Flag of Scotland Harold McKenna MF 12 0
Flag of Scotland David Brown FW 11 9
Flag of Scotland Tommy Muirhead MF 7 5
Flag of England Herbert Lock GK 7 0
Flag of Scotland Hector Lawson MF 5 1
Flag of Scotland Andy Cunningham MF 4 4
Flag of Scotland Young MF 4 0
Flag of Scotland Hart FW 3 2
Flag of Scotland James Riddell DF 2 0
Flag of Scotland Thomas Shingleton GK 2 0
Flag of Scotland J.G.McCulloch FW 2 1
Flag of Scotland Dick Bell MF 1 0
Flag of Scotland William Reid FW 1 2
Flag of Scotland Dick DF 1 0

[edit] See also