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1921–22 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1921–22
manager	Bill Struth
chairman	John Ure Primrose
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Ibrox Park
league	Scottish League Division One
league result	2nd
P42 W28 D10 L4 F83 A26 Pts66
cup1	Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Runners-up
season topscorer
Geordie Henderson (27)
league topscorer
Geordie Henderson (21)
prevseason	1920–21
nextseason	1922–23

P42 W28 D10 L4 F83 A26 Pts66 Geordie Henderson (27) Geordie Henderson (21)

The 1921–22 season was the 48th 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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1921	Third Lanark	A	3–1	29,000	Archibald, Cunningham, Morton
20 August 1921	Clydebank	A	7–1	22,000	Henderson (3), Cairns (2), Archibald, Morton
23 August 1921	Albion Rovers	H	3–1	31,000	Cunningham, Cairns, Henderson
27 August 1921	Motherwell	H	2–1	40,000	McDiarmid, Cunningham
3 September 1921	St Mirren	A	2–1	35,290	Cunningham, Cairns
10 September 1921	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	20,000	Cunningham
19 September 1921	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	22,000	McDiarmid (2)
24 September 1921	Aberdeen	H	1–0	26,000	Henderson
26 September 1921	Clyde	H	3–0	38,000	Henderson (3)
8 October 1921	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2	40,000
15 October 1921	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	15,000	Henderson, Cunningham
22 October 1921	Celtic	H	1–1	50,000	Henderson
29 October 1921	Queen's Park	A	4–2	32,000	Henderson (2), Morton, Cunningham
5 November 1921	Dundee	A	0–0	39,000
12 November 1921	Dumbarton	H	1–1	16,000	Cairns
19 November 1921	Greenock Morton	A	2–1	20,000	Cunningham, Henderson
26 November 1921	Hamilton Academical	H	5–0	20,000	Archibald (2), Cunningham (2), Henderson
3 December 1921	Falkirk	A	0–1	18,000
10 December 1921	Third Lanark	H	2–1	20,000	Cairns, Bowie
17 December 1921	Albion Rovers	A	5–0	10,000	Cairns (3), Henderson, Cunningham
24 December 1921	Hibernian	A	0–0	25,000
26 December 1921	Dundee	H	2–1	10,000	Hansen, Cairns
31 December 1921	St Mirren	H	4–1	30,000	Henderson (2), Cunningham, Cairns
2 January 1922	Celtic	A	0–0	60,000
3 January 1922	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	35,000	Cairns, Meiklejohn
7 January 1922	Ayr United	A	1–0	12,000	Archibald
14 January 1922	Raith Rovers	H	0–1	20,000
21 January 1922	Hamilton Academical	A	0–0	20,000
4 February 1922	Motherwell	A	0–2	10,000
18 February 1922	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	53,000	Morton
21 February 1922	Clydebank	H	6–1	5,000	McDiarmid (2), Cunningham (2), Manderson, Meiklejohn
28 February 1922	Falkirk	H	0–0	18,000
4 March 1922	Greenock Morton	H	3–0	18,000	Archibald (2), Smith
28 March 1922	Hibernian	H	2–0	13,000	Henderson, Nicholson
1 April 1922	Ayr United	H	2–0	20,000	Archibald, Hansen
3 April 1922	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	20,000	Henderson (2), Archibald
5 April 1922	Aberdeen	A	0–0	20,000
8 April 1922	Dumbarton	A	4–0	7,000	Meiklejohn, McCandless, Henderson, McDiarmid
17 April 1922	Queen's Park	H	2–1	15,000	Hansen (2)
22 April 1922	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	18,000	Hansen (3)
24 April 1922	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	12,000	Hansen, McDiarmid
29 April 1922	Clyde	A	0–0	30,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1922	R1	Clachnacuddin	A	5-0	4,000	Henderson (3), McDiarmid, Morton
11 February 1922	R2	Albion Rovers	A	1-1	20,000	Archibald
15 February 1922	R2 R	Albion Rovers	H	4-0	35,000	Meiklejohn, Archibald, Morton (2)
25 February 1922	R3	Heart of Midlothian	A	4-0	40,000	Cunningham (2), Dixon, McDiarmid
11 March 1922	QF	St Mirren	H	1-1	67,700	Henderson
14 March 1922	QF R	St Mirren	A	2-0	38,027	Henderson, Cunningham
25 March 1922	SF	Partick Thistle	H	2-0	60,000	Henderson, Archibald (pen)
15 April 1922	F	Greenock Morton	N	0-1	75,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO William Robb	GK	50	0
Ireland Bert Manderson	DF	45	1
Ireland Billy McCandless	DF	49	1
SCO David Meiklejohn	DF	40	4
ENG Arthur Dixon	DF	50	1
SCO Tommy Muirhead	MF	44	0
SCO Sandy Archibald	MF	48	12
SCO Andy Cunningham	MF	38	17
SCO Geordie Henderson	FW	35	27
SCO Tommy Cairns	FW	48	12
SCO Alan Morton	MF	39	7
SCO James Bowie	MF	5	1
SCO Bob McDermid	FW	18	9
SCO John Nicholson	MF	17	1
SCO Hector Lawson	MF	2	0
DEN Carl Hansen	FW	11	8
SCO John Jamieson	DF	7	0
SCO James Smith	DF	2	1
SCO Alex Laird	MF	2	0

References

"Greenock Morton F.C. v Rangers F.C. - 15 April 1922".

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