1915–16 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1915-16 season
Chairman	John Ure Primrose
Manager	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	2nd P38 W25 D6 L7 F87 A39
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Reid (21) All: Willie Reid (21)
← 1914–15 1916–17 →

The 1915–16 season is the 26th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 38 competitive matches during the 1915–16 season. They finished second in the Scottish League Division One after winning 25 of the 38 league matches and collecting a total of 56 points (11 behind league winners Celtic).

The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournament due to the outbreak of the First World War.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1915	Dumbarton	A	3–1	6,000	Reid (2), Cunningham
28 August 1915	Third Lanark	H	4–0	16,000	Cunningham (2), Reid (2)
4 September 1915	Kilmarnock	A	3–0	8,000	Reid, Cunningham, Cairns
18 September 1915	Ayr United	H	5–2	16,000	Reid (2), Duncan, Cairns, Cunningham
2 October 1915	Airdrieonians	A	1–0	7,000	Cunningham
16 October 1915	Hearts	H	0–4	15,000
23 October 1915	Raith Rovers	A	3–1	3,000	Reid (2), Hendry
30 October 1915	Celtic	H	3–0	45,000	Duncan, Reid, Paterson
6 November 1915	Queen's Park	A	6–0	14,000	Cairns (2), Cunningham (2, 1 pen.), Fleming, Duncan
13 November 1915	Hamilton	H	3–0	15,000	Cunningham (2, 1 pen.), Duncan
20 November 1915	Falkirk	A	0–2	3,000	Cairns
27 November 1915	Hibernian	H	4–2	7,000	Cunningham (3), Paterson
4 December 1915	Morton	A	0–2	10,000
11 December 1915	St Mirren	H	4–0	6,000	Gordon (2), Cunningham (2)
18 December 1915	Clyde	A	2–0	12,000	Reid, Cairns
25 December 1915	Falkirk	H	1–0	10,000	Paterson
1 January 1916	Celtic	A	2–2	8,000	Cunningham, Duncan
3 January 1916	Partick Thistle	H	0–1	5,000
8 January 1916	Motherwell	H	4–1	6,000	Reid (3), Cairns
15 January 1916	Dundee	A	0–2	6,000
22 January 1916	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	50,000	Bennett (2), Gordon
29 January 1916	Motherwell	A	2–2	18,000	Cairns, Reid
5 February 1916	Morton	H	1–0	25,000	Cairns
12 February 1916	Hearts	A	2–1	17,500	Gordon (2, 1 pen.)
19 February 1916	Aberdeen	H	4–0	15,000	Cunningham (2, 1 pen.), Reid, Cairns
26 February 1916	Ayr United	A	0–1	7,000
4 March 1916	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	12,000	Gordon, Duncan, Reid
11 March 1916	Hibernian	A	3–2	5,000	Paterson (2), Reid
18 March 1916	Third Lanark	A	1–0	22,000	Branscombe
1 April 1916	Hamilton	A	1–0	10,000	Sneddon
8 April 1916	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	10,000	Gordon (2), Paterson
10 April 1916	Dundee	H	3–2	5,000	Lister, Cairns, Branscombe
15 April 1916	Partick Thistle	A	2–5	30,000	Cairns (2)
17 April 1916	St Mirren	A	1–1	4,000	Paterson
20 April 1916	Dumbarton	H	2–2	3,000	Duncan, Branscombe
22 April 1916	Clyde	H	2–2	5,000	Duncan, Branscombe
24 April 1916	Queen's Park	H	6–0	6,000	Reid (3), Duncan (2), Branscombe
29 April 1916	Aberdeen	A	0–0	6,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Herbert Lock	GK	16	0
Bert Manderson	DF	32	0
Harry Muir	DF	30	0
Jimmy Gordon	DF	31	8
Peter Pursell	DF	20	0
James Bowie	MF	26	0
Scott Duncan	MF	32	10
Andy Cunningham	MF	20	18
Willie Reid	FW	25	21
Tommy Cairns	FW	34	12
Jimmy Paterson	MF	31	7
John Hempsey	GK	21	0
Alex Craig	DF	5	0
James Logan	DF	26	0
Joe Hendry	MF	18	1
John Fleming	MF	4	1
Alex Bennett	MF	17	2
Robert Parker	FW	1	0
Francis Branscombe	MF	7	5
John Sneddon	MF	5	1
Jimmy Lister	FW	5	1
McCabe	MF	3	0
William Bone	DF	2	0
John Ballantyne	MF	1	0
Thomas Brander	MF	3	0
Taylor	DF	1	0

Rangers Football Club

Players Internationals Managers Chairmen Reserves & Academy Records and statistics Honours Current season Ownership

History	Club History Hall of Fame Past seasons Europe Administration and liquidation

Home stadium	Fleshers' Haugh (1873–1876) Kinning Park (1876–1877) First Ibrox Park (1877–1899) Ibrox Stadium (1899–present)

Training ground	Murray Park

Tragedies	1902 Ibrox disaster 1971 Ibrox disaster

Supporters	Rangers F.C. supporters Rangers Supporters' Trust Rangers First Fanzine

Rivalries	Old Firm

Media	Rangers TV

Others	Broxi Bear Iron Curtain Superleague Formula team Rangers Ladies team Rangers Charity Foundation Blue Heaven

Related articles	1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 2008 UEFA Cup Final

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1915–16 Rangers F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League Division One

Appearances

See also