1918–19 Rangers F.C. season

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

Rangers

1918–19 season
Chairman	John Ure Primrose
Manager	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League	2nd P34 W26 D5 L3 F86 A16 Pts57
Top goalscorer	League: David McLean (29) All: David McLean (29)

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 57 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The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournament due to the outbreak of the First World War.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
John Hempsey	GK	29	0
Bert Manderson	DF	30	2
Jimmy Blair	DF	29	3
Peter Pursell	DF	23	0
Arthur Dixon	DF	34	2
James Walls	MF	34	0
William Aitken	MF	21	2
James Bowie	MF	26	14
David McLean	FW	24	29
Tommy Cairns	FW	28	11
Bob McDermid	MF	7	1
Andy Cunnnigham	MF	15	4
Jimmy Gordon	DF	16	5
Sandy Archibald	MF	15	3
George McQueen	DF	7	0
Joseph Hart	FW	3	3
Hector Lawson	MF	9	2
James Riddell	DF	4	0
David Brown	FW	9	5
Herbert Lock	GK	4	0
Scott Duncan	MF	1	0
Joe Donnachie	MF	5	0
John Miller	GK	1	0

See also

• 1919 Victory Cup
• 1918–19 in Scottish football