1898–99 Rangers F.C. season

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The 1898–99 season was the 25th season of competitive football played by Rangers F.C.

Rangers
1898–99 season
PresidentJames Henderson
Match SecretaryWilliam Wilton
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish League Division One1st
P18 W18 D0 L0 F79 A18 Pts36
Scottish CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robert Hamilton (21)

All:
Robert Hamilton (25)

Overview

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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

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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
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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Results For Season 1898/1899 in All Competitions, Rangers FitbaStats
  2. ^ Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 24 April 1899
  3. ^ Football. Scottish Cup Final., London Morning Post, 24 April 1899, via The Celtic Wiki
  4. ^ Glasgow Cup–Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 14 November 1898
  5. ^ "Queen's Park v Rangers". QPFC.com. 12 November 1898. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ Saturday's Football., The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1899
  7. ^ Glasgow Football League (First version 1895-1899), Scottish Football Historical Archive
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ The beginning of glory Archived 29 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers FC
  10. ^ Rangers Team, 1898-99 (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story
  11. ^ The first great Rangers team whose 'perfect season' remains unique in British football 122 years on, Matthew Lindsay, Glasgow Times, 7 January 2021