1898–99 Rangers F.C. season
Rangers 1898–99 football season
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
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
See also
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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