1898–99 Rangers F.C. season
1898–99 season | |
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President | James Henderson |
Match Secretary | William Wilton |
Ground | Ibrox Park |
Scottish League Division One | 1st P18 W18 D0 L0 F79 A18 Pts36 |
Scottish Cup | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: Robert Hamilton (21) All: Robert Hamilton (25) |
The 1898–99 season was the 25th season of competitive football played by Rangers F.C.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 39 competitive matches during the 1898–99 season.[1] They finished top of Scottish League Division One with a one hundred percent record of 18 wins from 18 matches.
The club ended the season without any other trophies: in the Scottish Cup, despite beating Hearts and St Mirren en route to the final, they lost to Celtic 2–0.[2][3] Earlier in the season they had also lost in the final of the less important Glasgow Cup 1–0 to Queen's Park,[4][5] and at its end they lost in the minor Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final, another 2–0 loss to Celtic,[6] also finishing as runners-up to the same opponents in the supplementary Glasgow Football League.[7]
Regardless of these setbacks, the perfect league campaign of 1898–99 remains a unique achievement in the annals of British football.[8][9][10][11]
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division One
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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20 August 1898 | Partick Thistle | H | 6–2 | 7,000 | Hamilton (3), Sharp, Neil, Millar |
27 August 1898 | St Mirren | A | 3–1 | A.Smith, Hamilton, McPherson | |
3 September 1898 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | 17,500 | Hamilton (2), Wilkie |
10 September 1898 | Third Lanark | H | 4–1 | 18,000 | Millar, McPherson, Campbell, Neil (pen.) |
19 September 1898 | St Bernard's | A | 2–0 | 8,000 | A.Smith, Neil (pen.) |
24 September 1898 | Celtic | A | 4–0 | 45,000 | Neil (pen.), McPherson, Campbell, Millar |
26 September 1898 | Third Lanark | A | 3–2 | 14,000 | Campbell (2), McPherson |
1 October 1898 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | 25,000 | Hamilton (2), A.Smith |
8 October 1898 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 7,500 | Hamilton, Wilkie |
5 November 1898 | Partick Thistle | A | 5–0 | 5,000 | Hamilton (2), Millar (2), Sharp |
19 November 1898 | Hibernian | A | 4–3 | 10,000 | Millar, A.Smith, Hamilton, Neil (pen.) |
26 November 1898 | Clyde | H | 8–0 | 4,000 | Millar (3), Sharp (2), Gibson (2), Watson (o.g.) |
3 December 1898 | St Bernard's | H | 5–2 | 3,000 | Campbell (4), Hamilton |
17 December 1898 | Dundee | H | 9–0 | 3,000 | Hamilton (3), A.Smith (2), McPherson (2), Gibson (pen.), Campbell |
24 December 1898 | Hibernian | H | 10–0 | 7,000 | A.Smith (4), Hamilton (2), McPherson, Millar, Gibson (pen.), Campbell |
31 December 1898 | St Mirren | H | 3–2 | 5,000 | Campbell (2), A.Smith |
2 January 1899 | Celtic | H | 4–1 | 30,000 | Hamilton (3), Campbell |
7 January 1899 | Clyde | A | 3–0 | 4,000 | A.Smith, Millar, Neil (pen.) |
Scottish Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 January 1899 | R1 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | 25,612 | Gibson (2), Neil (pen.), Hamilton |
11 February 1899 | R2 | Ayr Parkhouse | A | 4–1 | 5,000 | Hamilton (2), Campbell, A.Smith |
18 February 1899 | QF | Clyde | H | 4–0 | 6,000 | Low, McPherson, Gibson (pen.), Hamilton |
15 April 1899 | SF | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | 10,000 | McPherson, Millar |
22 April 1899 | F | Celtic | N | 0–2 | 25,000 |
Appearances
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Matthew Dickie | GK | 23 | 0 |
Robert Hamilton | FW | 23 | 25 |
Robert Neil | DF | 22 | 7 |
Alex Smith | FW | 22 | 13 |
David Crawford | DF | 22 | 0 |
Neilly Gibson | MF | 22 | 6 |
John Campbell | MF | 21 | 13 |
Jimmy Millar | FW | 21 | 12 |
John McPherson | MF | 20 | 8 |
David Mitchell | MF | 18 | 0 |
Nicol Smith | DF | 17 | 0 |
Jock Drummond | DF | 6 | 0 |
Jimmy E. Millar | DF | 5 | 0 |
Andrew Sharp | MF | 4 | 3 |
Jack Wilkie | FW | 4 | 2 |
James Sharp | MF | 1 | 1 |
Tommy Low | MF | 1 | 1 |
Jimmy Oswald | FW | 1 | 0 |
See also
- 1898–99 in Scottish football
- 1898–99 Scottish Cup
- List of unbeaten football club seasons
- Perfect season
References
- ^ Results For Season 1898/1899 in All Competitions, Rangers FitbaStats
- ^ Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 24 April 1899
- ^ Football. Scottish Cup Final., London Morning Post, 24 April 1899, via The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Glasgow Cup–Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 14 November 1898
- ^ "Queen's Park v Rangers". QPFC.com. 12 November 1898. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Saturday's Football., The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1899
- ^ Glasgow Football League (First version 1895-1899), Scottish Football Historical Archive
- ^ Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ The beginning of glory Archived 29 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers FC
- ^ Rangers Team, 1898-99 (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story
- ^ The first great Rangers team whose 'perfect season' remains unique in British football 122 years on, Matthew Lindsay, Glasgow Times, 7 January 2021
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