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1918–19 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1918–19
manager	William Wilton
chairman	John Ure Primrose
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Ibrox Park
league	Scottish League
league result	2nd
P34 W26 D5 L3 F86 A16 Pts57
season topscorer
David McLean (29)
league topscorer
David McLean (29)
prevseason	1917–18
nextseason	1919–20

P34 W26 D5 L3 F86 A16 Pts57 David McLean (29) David McLean (29)

The 1918–19 season was the 45th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 34 competitive matches during the 1918–19 season. They finished second in the Scottish Football League after winning 26 of the 34 league matches and collecting a total of 58 points (one less than first-placed 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The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournament due to the outbreak of the First World War.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 Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1918	Falkirk	H	1–0	30,000	McLean (pen.)
24 August 1918	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–1	14,500	McLean (3), Cairns
31 August 1918	St Mirren	H	2–0	12,000	Aitken, McLean
7 September 1918	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	12,000	McLean (2), Manderson
14 September 1918	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	25,000	McLean (2)
28 September 1918	Ayr United	H	6–2	10,000	Bowie (3), Hart (2), Cairns
30 September 1918	Queen's Park	A	2–0	25,000	Hart, Cairns
12 October 1918	Dumbarton	H	3–0	12,000	McLean (2), Aitken
19 October 1918	Celtic	A	3–0	36,000	Cairns, Bowie, McDermid
26 October 1918	Motherwell	H	0–0	22,000
2 November 1918	Third Lanark	A	2–1	25,000	Bowie, McLean
9 November 1918	Clyde	H	3–0	20,000	Cairns (2), McLean
16 November 1918	Airdrieonians	A	0–0	7,000
23 November 1918	Morton	A	0–1	10,000
7 December 1918	Hibernian	H	5–1	12,000	Bowie (3), McLean, Cairns
14 December 1918	Clydebank	A	5–0	20,000	McLean (3), Cairns, Lawson
21 December 1918	Kilmarnock	H	8–0	15,000	McLean (4), Bowie (2), Cairns, Lawson
28 December 1918	Motherwell	A	1–0	20,000	Bowie
1 January 1919	Celtic	H	1–1	65,000	Bowie
2 January 1919	Partick Thistle	A	0–1	30,000
4 January 1919	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	18,000	Blair (2, 2 pens)
11 January 1919	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	10,000
18 January 1919	Queen's Park	H	4–0	20,000	Cairns (2), McDermid (2)
25 January 1919	Hibernian	A	2–1	12,000	Archibald, Gordon
1 February 1919	Dumbarton	A	2–0	10,000	Cairns, McLean
8 February 1919	Morton	H	1–0	40,000	McLean
15 February 1919	St Mirren	A	2–2	15,000	Cairns, Manderson
22 February 1919	Clydebank	H	3–0	14,000	Brown (3)
1 March 1919	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–2	35,000	Brown, Archibald, Cunningham
8 March 1919	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	15,000	Archibald, Brown, Dixon
22 March 1919	Ayr United	A	1–1	12,000	Blair (pen.)
12 April 1919	Falkirk	A	4–0	12,000	Gordon (2), McLean, Bowie
21 April 1919	Third Lanark	H	4–0	15,000	McLean (2), Dixon, Gordon
10 May 1919	Clyde	A	4–0	35,000	McLean (3), Bowie

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO John Hempsey	GK	29	0
Ireland Bert Manderson	DF	30	2
SCO Jimmy Blair	DF	29	3
SCO Peter Pursell	DF	23	0
ENG Arthur Dixon	DF	34	2
SCO James Walls	MF	34	0
SCO William Aitken	MF	21	2
SCO James Bowie	MF	26	14
SCO David McLean	FW	24	29
SCO Tommy Cairns	FW	28	11
SCO Bob McDermid	MF	7	1
SCO Andy Cunnnigham	MF	15	4
SCO Jimmy Gordon	DF	16	5
SCO Sandy Archibald	MF	15	3
SCO George McQueen	DF	7	0
SCO Joseph Hart	FW	3	3
SCO Hector Lawson	MF	9	2
SCO James Riddell	DF	4	0
SCO David Brown	FW	9	5
ENG Herbert Lock	GK	4	0
SCO Scott Duncan	MF	1	0
SCO Joe Donnachie	MF	5	0
SCO John Miller	GK		1	0

References

"Rangers v Falkirk 17 August 1918".

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