1923–24 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1923–24 season
Chairman	William Craig Joseph Buchanan (from November)
Manager	Bill Struth
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P38 W25 D9 L4 F72 A29 Pts59
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Geordie Henderson (19) All: Geordie Henderson (23)

The 1923–24 season is the 50th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1923–24 season. The team finished top of the league, nine points ahead of second placed Airdrieonians, after winning twenty-five of the 38 league games.

The side was knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round that season. After overcoming Lochgelly United and St Mirren, a 2–1 defeat to Hibernian ended the campaign.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1923	Motherwell	A	3–0	22,000	Cunningham (2), Morton
21 August 1923	Falkirk	H	2–2	18,000	Cunningham (pen), Morton
25 August 1923	St Mirren	H	5–0	20,000	Cairns (2), Muirhead, Cunningham, Henderson
8 September 1923	Morton	A	1–0	15,000	Cunningham
17 September 1923	Hearts	A	0–0	24,000
22 September 1923	Aberdeen	H	2–0	20,000	Cunningham (pen), Henderson
24 September 1923	Clyde	H	2–1	12,000	Cairns, Craig
6 October 1923	Dundee	A	4–1	22,000	Henderson (3), Archibald
13 October 1923	Ayr United	H	5–0	15,000	Meiklejohn (2), Henderson (2), Craig
20 October 1923	Hibernian	A	3–1	22,000	Meiklejohn, Henderson, Morton
27 October 1923	Celtic	H	0–0	38,000
3 November 1923	Partick Thistle	A	6–0	35,000	Morton (3), Cunningham, Henderson, Cairns
10 November 1923	Third Lanark	H	2–0	15,000	Meiklejohn, Muirhead
17 November 1923	Falkirk	A	1–0	16,000	Cunningham (pen)
24 November 1923	Airdrieonians	H	0–0	20,000
1 December 1923	Clydebank	A	2–1	10,000	Cunningham, Cairns
8 December 1923	Queen's Park	H	1–1	15,000	Meiklejohn
15 December 1923	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	20,000	Henderson
22 December 1923	Hamilton	H	4–0	10,000	Henderson (3), Archibald
29 December 1923	St Mirren	A	0–0	12,000
1 January 1924	Celtic	A	2–2	60,000	Cairns, Archibald
2 January 1924	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	30,000	Cunningham
5 January 1924	Ayr United	A	1–2	14,000	Cairns
12 January 1924	Dundee	H	1–1	10,000	Craig
19 January 1924	Hamilton	A	3–2	12,000	Craig (2), Cairns
2 February 1924	Motherwell	H	3–0	20,000	Craig (2), Cunningham
12 February 1924	Queen's Park	A	2–0	10,000	Henderson (2)
19 February 1924	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	10,000	Henderson (2)
26 February 1924	Clydebank	H	3–0	6,000	Craig (3)
5 March 1924	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	10,000	Archibald
11 March 1924	Hearts	H	1–0	6,000	Henderson
19 March 1924	Aberdeen	A	0–1	16,000
22 March 1924	Third Lanark	A	3–1	10,000	Cunningham, Henderson, Cairns
29 March 1924	Raith Rovers	H	0–1	10,000
5 April 1924	Hibernian	H	2–1	12,000	Meiklejohn (pen), Cunningham
12 April 1924	Morton	H	2–1	8,000	Craig, Cairns
18 April 1924	Clyde	A	1–3	10,000	Craig
26 April 1924	Airdrieonians	A	0–0	8,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1924	R1	Lochgelly United	H	4-1	6,000	Henderson (3), Craig
9 February 1924	R2	St Mirren	A	1-0	40,291	Henderson
23 February 1924	R3	Hibernian	H	1-2	54,000	Meiklejohn

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
William Robb	GK	41	0
Bert Manderson	DF	34	0
Billy McCandless	DF	36	0
David Meiklejohn	DF	38	7
Arthur Dixon	DF	40	0
Tommy Muirhead	MF	30	2
Sandy Archibald	MF	37	4
Andy Cunningham	MF	31	13
Geordie Henderson	FW	33	23
Tommy Cairns	FW	34	10
Alan Morton	MF	37	6
Alexander Johnstone	DF	12	0
Thomas Reid	DF	11	0
Tully Craig	MF	20	13
James Walls	MF	1	0
Hector Lawson	MF	2	0
John Nicholson	MF	3	0
Carl Hansen	FW	2	0
Alexander Kirkwood	DF	3	0
Murdoch McDonald	FW	1	0
John Jamieson	DF	1	0
John McGregor	MF	2	0
James Kilpatrick	MF	2	0

See also

• 1923–24 in Scottish football
• 1923–24 Scottish Cup