1909–10 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1909–10 season
Chairman	James Henderson
Manager	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	3rd P34 W20 D6 L8 F70 A35
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Hunter (19) All: Willie Hunter (19)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909–10 season is the 20th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 36 competitive matches during the 1909–10 season. The side finished third in the league, eight points behind champions Celtic, after winning 20 of the 34 matches.

The Scottish Cup campaign ended in a second round 2-0 defeat away to Clyde, having previously overcame Inverness Thistle in the first.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1909	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	18,000	A.Smith, Reid, Hunter
21 August 1909	Airdrieonians	A	1–2	13,000	Hogg
29 August 1909	St. Mirren	H	1–1	16,000	Bennett
4 September 1909	Dundee	A	2–4	22,000	McPherson, Bennett
18 September 1909	Aberdeen	H	2–1	16,000	Gordon, Gilchrist
20 September 1909	Hibernian	A	0–1	10,000
27 September 1909	Dundee	H	2–1	30,000	McPherson, Reid
2 October 1909	Port Glasgow	A	1–1	5,000	Hunter
16 October 1909	Hamilton Academical	H	5–1	9,000	Hunter (5)
23 October 1909	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	9,500	Hunter (2)
30 October 1909	Celtic	H	0–0	45,000
6 November 1909	Partick Thistle	A	0–0	30,000
13 November 1909	Clyde	A	0–1	18,000
20 November 1909	Queen's Park	H	7–1	14,000	Hunter (3), Ramage, May, Gilchrist, McPherson
27 November 1909	Motherwell	H	4–1	7,000	Hunter (3), Gilchrist
4 December 1909	Greenock Morton	A	4–1	6,000	Bennett (2), McPherson, Ramage
11 December 1909	Third Lanark	A	1–2	6,000	Hunter
18 December 1909	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	16,000	Gilchrist, McPherson
25 December 1909	Falkirk	A	1–3	7,000	McPherson
1 January 1910	Celtic	A	1–1	47,000	Hogg
3 January 1910	Port Glasgow	H	4–0	8,000	Reid (2), McLean, McPherson
8 January 1910	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	8,000	McPherson
15 January 1910	Hamilton Academical	A	3–2	8,000	Hunter (3, 1 pen)
29 January 1910	Motherwell	A	3–2	8,000	Miller, McPherson, Hogg
19 February 1910	Greenock Morton	H	2–1	8,000	Hogg, Bennett
26 February 1910	St. Mirren	A	6–1	8,000	Reid (3), Hogg (2), McPherson
5 March 1910	Aberdeen	A	1–1	8,000	Reid
12 March 1910	Queen's Park	A	2–3	16,000	Reid (2)
19 March 1910	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	5,000	Yuille (2), Bennett
26 March 1910	Hibernian	H	1–0	15,000	A.Smith
28 March 1910	Third Lanark	H	1–0	12,000	McPherson
18 April 1910	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	7,000	Reid (2), McPherson
23 April 1910	Clyde	H	1–0	10,000	Gordon
30 April 1910	Falkirk	H	0–1	15,000
7 May 1910	Clyde	H	0–1	14,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 January 1910	R1	Inverness Thistle	H	3–1	10,000	Gilchrist (3)
5 February 1910	R2	Clyde	A	0–2	35,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Harry Rennie	GK	2	0
Herbert Lock	GK	34	0
Alex Craig	DF	9	0
George Waddell	DF	11	0
Jock McKenzie	DF	26	0
John May	DF	25	2
Robert Campbell	DF	15	0
Jimmy Gordon	DF	19	2
George Law	DF	23	0
James Stark	DF	26	0
James Jackson	DF	1	0
James Galt	MF	27	0
Tom Gilchrist	MF	14	4
Robert Ramage	MF	6	2
John Bell	MF	1	0
Joe Hendry	MF	2	0
Alex Bennett	MF	23	12
William McPherson	MF	27	0
Billy Hogg	FW	27	6
Alex Smith	FW	23	2
Willie Reid	FW	22	13
William Yuille	FW	5	2
William Miller	FW	9	1
Willie Hunter	FW	18	19
James McLean	FW	1	1

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