1921–22 Rangers F.C. season
Rangers 1921–22 football season
1921–22 season | |
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Chairman | John Ure Primrose |
Manager | Bill Struth |
Ground | Ibrox Park |
Scottish League Division One | 2nd P42 W28 D10 L4 F83 A26 Pts66 |
Scottish Cup | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: Geordie Henderson (21) All: Geordie Henderson (27) |
The 1921–22 season is 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 |
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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 |
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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 | 70,000 |
Appearances
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
William Robb | GK | 50 | 0 |
Bert Manderson | DF | 45 | 1 |
Billy McCandless | DF | 49 | 1 |
David Meiklejohn | DF | 40 | 4 |
Arthur Dixon | DF | 50 | 1 |
Tommy Muirhead | MF | 44 | 0 |
Sandy Archibald | MF | 48 | 12 |
Andy Cunningham | MF | 38 | 17 |
Geordie Henderson | FW | 35 | 27 |
Tommy Cairns | FW | 48 | 12 |
Alan Morton | MF | 39 | 7 |
James Bowie | MF | 5 | 1 |
Bob McDermid | FW | 18 | 9 |
John Nicholson | MF | 17 | 1 |
Hector Lawson | MF | 2 | 0 |
Carl Hansen | FW | 11 | 8 |
John Jamieson | DF | 7 | 0 |
James Smith | DF | 2 | 1 |
Alex Laird | MF | 2 | 0 |
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