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1924–25 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1924–25
manager	Bill Struth
chairman	Joseph Buchanan
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Ibrox Park
league	Scottish League Division One
league result	1st
P38 W25 D10 L3 F76 A26 Pts60
cup1	Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Semi-finals
season topscorer
Geordie Henderson (32)
league topscorer
Geordie Henderson (27)
prevseason	1923–24
nextseason	1925–26

P38 W25 D10 L3 F76 A26 Pts60 Geordie Henderson (32) Geordie Henderson (27)

The 1924–25 season was the 51st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 1924–25 season. The team finished top of the league, three points ahead of second placed Airdrieonians, after winning twenty-five of the 38 league games and recording an unbeaten home record.

The side was knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage that season. After overcoming East Fife, Montrose, Arbroath and Kilmarnock, a 5–0 defeat to Celtic ended the campaign.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 Aug 1924	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	15,000	Henderson (3)
20 Aug 1924	St Johnstone	H	3–1	30,000	Morton (2), Henderson
23 Aug 1924	Aberdeen	A	1–0	23,000	Meiklejohn
26 Aug 1924	Queen's Park	A	3–1	30,000	Cunningham (2), Archibald
30 Aug 1924	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	18,000	Henderson
13 Sep 1924	Ayr United	A	4–0	20,000	McCandless (pen), Archibald, Cairns, Morton
15 Sep 1924	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	22,000	Henderson, Morton
27 Sep 1924	Airdrieonians	A	0–1	27,000
29 Sep 1924	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	12,000	Cairns (2), Meiklejohn, Archibald
11 Oct 1924	Cowdenbeath	A	2–2	20,000	Cunningham (2)
18 Oct 1924	Falkirk	H	3–1	10,000	Henderson (2), Archibald
25 Oct 1924	Celtic	A	1–0	40,000	Morton
01 Nov 1924	Partick Thistle	H	4–0	25,000	Craig, Cunningham, Henderson, Chalmers
08 Nov 1924	Third Lanark	A	1–1	23,000	Craig
15 Nov 1924	Hibernian	H	3–0	30,000	Meiklejohn, Cunningham (pen), Henderson
22 Nov 1924	St Johnstone	A	3–1	10,000	Henderson (2), Morton
29 Nov 1924	St Mirren	H	3–1	26,000	Cairns (2), Archibald
06 Dec 1924	Dundee	A	0–0	20,000
13 Dec 1924	Hamilton Academical	H	2–0	10,000	Henderson (2)
20 Dec 1924	St Mirren	A	4–1	20,000	Henderson (3), Archibald
27 Dec 1924	Motherwell	H	1–0	15,000	Henderson
01 Jan 1925	Celtic	H	4–1	34,000	Henderson (2), Cunningham, McCandless (pen)
03 Jan 1925	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	17,000	Cairns, Morton
05 Jan 1925	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	25,000	Henderson
10 Jan 1925	Morton	A	1–1	10,000	Morton
17 Jan 1925	Queen's Park	H	1–1	20,000	Cairns
31 Jan 1925	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1	15,000
10 Feb 1925	Dundee	H	2–0	5,000	McCandless (pen), Chalmers
18 Feb 1925	Falkirk	A	1–1	12,000	Henderson
25 Feb 1925	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	40,000	Archibald
11 Mar 1925	Hibernian	A	1–4	23,000	Dick
25 Mar 1925	Raith Rovers	A	4–0	10,000	Henderson (3), Archibald
28 Mar 1925	Kilmarnock	A	0–0	12,000
01 Apr 1925	Cowdenbeath	H	1–0	5,000	McCandless (pen)
07 Apr 1925	Aberdeen	H	2–0	8,000	Cairns (2)
11 Apr 1925	Third Lanark	H	5–2	12,000	Henderson (2), Cairns (2), Archibald
18 Apr 1925	Motherwell	A	1–1	7,000	Archibald
25 Apr 1925	Ayr United	H	1–0	10,000	McCandless

Scottish Cup

Date	Round		Opponent	Venue	Result
24 Jan 1925	R1	East Fife	A	3–1	10,000
07 Feb 1925	R2	Montrose	A	2–0	4,000
21 Feb 1925	R3	Arbroath	H	5–3	4,000
07 Mar 1925	QF	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	31,502
21 Mar 1925	SF	Celtic	N	0–5	101,714

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO William Robb	GK	43	0
Ireland Bert Manderson	DF	39	0
Ireland Billy McCandless	DF	37	5
SCO David Meiklejohn	DF	40	3
ENG Arthur Dixon	DF	41	0
SCO Tully Craig	MF	22	2
SCO Sandy Archibald	MF	43	12
SCO Andy Cunningham	MF	36	9
SCO Geordie Henderson	FW	42	32
SCO Tommy Cairns	FW	36	12
SCO Alan Morton	MF	41	8
SCO Thomas Reid	DF	3	0
SCO Andrew Kirkwood	DF	5	0
SCO John Jamieson	DF	7	0
SCO Billy Chalmers	FW	14	4
SCO John McGregor	MF	1	0
SCO Robert Ireland	DF	6	0
SCO Archie Morton	MF	1	0
SCO Tommy Muirhead	MF	15	0
SCO Alexander Dick	FW	1	1

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