1903–04 Rangers F.C. season

The 1903–04 season was the 30th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
1903–04 season
ChairmanJames Henderson
ManagerWilliam Wilton
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish League Division One3rd
P26 W16 D6 L4 F80 A33 Pts38
Scottish CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robert Hamilton (28)

All:
Robert Hamilton (31)

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 31 competitive matches during the 1903–04 season. The club finished fourth in Scottish League Division One, five points behind champions Third Lanark. Rangers was equal on points with third placed Celtic and a point behind second placed Hearts.

The Scottish Cup campaign ended in a 3–2 cup final defeat to the club's Old Firm rivals. A Finlay Speedie brace was not enough to win them the cup.

Results

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1903 Third Lanark H 4–3 7,000 Hamilton (3), Smith
22 August 1903 Airdrieonians A 3–1 10,000 Stark, Speedie, Hamilton
29 August 1903 St Mirren H 2–2 10,000 Hamilton, Walker
5 September 1903 Motherwell A 5–2 6,000 Hamilton (4), Speedie
19 September 1903 Heart of Midlothian H 5–1 9,000 Hamilton (3), Walker (2)
26 September 1903 Queen's Park H 5–0 14,000 Hamilton (2), Robertson (pen), Walker, Mackie
28 September 1903 Partick Thistle A 4–1 8,000 Speedie, Robertson (pen), Walker, Smith
10 October 1903 Third Lanark H 0–1 25,000
17 October 1903 Celtic A 0–0 25,000
24 October 1903 Greenock Morton A 3–1 4,000 Speedie, Walker, Robertson
31 October 1903 Dundee H 6–1 10,300 Walker (2), Hamilton (2), Mackie, Jeffrey (og)
7 November 1903 Queen's Park A 3–2 16,000 Speedie, Hamilton, Drummond
14 November 1903 Hibernian H 1–1 8,000 Hamilton
21 November 1903 Dundee A 1–3 14,400 Smith
28 November 1903 Greenock Morton A 5–0 3,000 Hamilton (2), Walker (2), Speedie
5 December 1903 Kilmarnock A 2–2 3,000 Smith, Unknown
12 December 1903 Motherwell H 3–0 3,000 Mackie (2), Hamilton
19 December 1903 Port Glasgow A 1–1 4,000 Mackie
26 December 1903 Hibernian A 2–1 6,000 Hamilton, Robertson
1 January 1904 Celtic A 2–2 30,000 Speedie, Mackie
2 January 1904 Partick Thistle H 2–0 6,000 Walker, Hamilton
9 January 1904 St Mirren A 4–5 Mackie (2), Hamilton (2)
16 January 1904 Kilmarnock H 3–0 4,000 Mackie Hamilton, Donaghy
30 January 1904 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 12,000 Mackie
13 February 1904 Port Glasgow H 8–1 3,500 Speedie (3), Hamilton (2), Smith, Campbell, Gibson
16 March 1904 Airdrieonians H 5–0 6,000 Mackie (2), Donaghy, Chalk, Stark

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
23 January 1904 R1 Heart of Midlothian H 3–2 30,000 Walker (2), Hamilton
6 February 1904 R2 Hibernian A 2–1 17,000 Mackie, Walker
20 February 1904 QF St Mirren A 1–0 17,000 Hamilton
5 March 1904 SF Greenock Morton H 3–0 10,000 Walker (2), Hamilton
16 April 1904 F Celtic N 2–3 64,472 Speedie (2)

Appearances

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Player Position Appearances Goals
  Matthew Dickie GK 15 0
  Nicol Smith DF 27 1
  Alex Fraser DF 18 0
  Neilly Gibson MF 17 1
  James Stark DF 27 2
  John Walker FW 26 16
  Alec Mackie FW 28 13
  Robert Hamilton FW 28 31
  Finlay Speedie FW 28 12
  Alec Smith FW 21 4
  George Henderson DF 23 0
  Jock Drummond DF 15 0
  Angus McDonald MF 1 0
  Jimmy Hartley MF 4 0
  Duncan Campbell DF 4 1
  Harry Dinsmore MF 1 0
  John Watson GK 16 0
  Robert Neil DF 5 0
  Josiah Gray MF 1 0
  Charles Chalk MF 4 1
  Thomas Paton MF 2 0
  Charles Donaghy FW 6 2
  Jock Finlay FW 1 0

See also

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