1921–22 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1921–22 season
Chairman John Ure Primrose
Manager Bill Struth
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One 2nd
P42 W28 D10 L4 F83 A26
Scottish Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Geordie Henderson (21)
All:
Geordie Henderson (27)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

The 1921–22 season is the 32nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1921–22 season. The team finished second in the league, one point behind champions Celtic, after just winning twenty-eight of the 42 league games.

The side also reached the final of the Scottish Cup that season, beating the likes of Clachnacuddin and Partick Thistle en route to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Greenock Morton.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
16 August 1921 Third LanarkA3–129,000Archibald, Cunningham, Morton
20 August 1921 ClydebankA7–122,000Henderson (3), Cairns (2), Archibald, Morton
23 August 1921 Albion RoversH3–131,000Cunningham, Cairns, Henderson
27 August 1921 MotherwellH2–140,000McDiarmid, Cunningham
3 September 1921 St MirrenA2–135,290Cunningham, Cairns
10 September 1921 KilmarnockH1–020,000Cunningham
19 September 1921 Heart of MidlothianA2–122,000McDiarmid (2)
24 September 1921 AberdeenH1–026,000Henderson
26 September 1921 ClydeH3–038,000Henderson (3)
8 October 1921 Heart of MidlothianH0–240,000
15 October 1921 AirdrieoniansA2–115,000Henderson, Cunningham
22 October 1921 CelticH1–150,000Henderson
29 October 1921 Queen's ParkA4–232,000Henderson (2), Morton, Cunningham
5 November 1921 DundeeA0–039,000
12 November 1921 DumbartonH1–116,000Cairns
19 November 1921 Greenock MortonA2–120,000Cunningham, Henderson
26 November 1921 Hamilton AcademicalH5–020,000Archibald (2), Cunningham (2), Henderson
3 December 1921 FalkirkA0–118,000
10 December 1921 Third LanarkH2–120,000Cairns, Bowie
17 December 1921 Albion RoversA5–010,000Cairns (3), Henderson, Cunningham
24 December 1921 HibernianA0–025,000
26 December 1921 DundeeH2–110,000Hansen, Cairns
31 December 1921 St MirrenH4–130,000Henderson (2), Cunningham, Cairns
2 January 1922 CelticA0–060,000
3 January 1922 Partick ThistleH2–235,000Cairns, Meiklejohn
7 January 1922 Ayr UnitedA1–012,000Archibald
14 January 1922 Raith RoversH0–120,000
21 January 1922 Hamilton AcademicalA0–020,000
4 February 1922 MotherwellA0–210,000
18 February 1922 Partick ThistleA1–053,000Morton
21 February 1922 ClydebankH6–15,000McDiarmid (2), Cunningham (2), Manderson, Meiklejohn
28 February 1922 FalkirkH0–018,000
4 March 1922 Greenock MortonH3–018,000Archibald (2), Smith
28 March 1922 HibernianH2–013,000Henderson, Nicholson
1 April 1922 Ayr UnitedH2–020,000Archibald, Hansen
3 April 1922 Raith RoversA3–020,000Henderson (2), Archibald
5 April 1922 AberdeenA0–020,000
8 April 1922 DumbartonA4–07,000Meiklejohn, McCandless, Henderson, McDiarmid
17 April 1922 Queen's ParkH2–115,000Hansen (2)
22 April 1922 AirdrieoniansH3–018,000Hansen (3)
24 April 1922 KilmarnockA2–112,000Hansen, McDiarmid
29 April 1922 ClydeA0–030,000

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 January 1922R1ClachnacuddinA5-04,000Henderson (3), McDiarmid, Morton
11 February 1922R2Albion RoversA1-120,000Archibald
15 February 1922R2 RAlbion RoversH4-035,000Meiklejohn, Archibald, Morton (2)
25 February 1922R3Heart of MidlothianA4-040,000Cunningham (2), Dixon, McDiarmid
11 March 1922QFSt MirrenH1-167,700Henderson
14 March 1922QF RSt MirrenA2-038,027Henderson, Cunningham
25 March 1922SFPartick ThistleH2-060,000Henderson, Archibald (pen)
15 April 1922FGreenock MortonN0-170,000

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland William Robb GK 500
Ireland Bert Manderson DF 451
Ireland Billy McCandless DF 491
Scotland David Meiklejohn DF 404
England Arthur Dixon DF 501
Scotland Tommy Muirhead MF 440
Scotland Sandy Archibald MF 4812
Scotland Andy Cunnnigham MF 3817
Scotland Geordie Henderson FW 3527
Scotland Tommy Cairns FW 4812
Scotland Alan Morton MF 397
Scotland James Bowie MF 51
Scotland Bob McDermid FW 189
Scotland John Nicholson MF 171
Scotland Hector Lawson MF 20
Denmark Carl Hansen FW 118
Scotland John Jamieson DF 70
Scotland James Smith DF 21
Scotland Alex Laird MF 20

See also

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