1963–64 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1963–64 season
Chairman	John Lawrence
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P34 W25 D5 L4 F85 A31 Pts55
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
European Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jim Forrest (??) All: Jim Forrest (39)

The 1963–64 season was the 84th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1963–64 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1963	Dundee	A	1–1	34,500	Brand (pen.)
7 September 1963	Celtic	H	2–1	75,000	McLean, Brand
14 September 1963	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	35,000	Forrest (3)
21 September 1963	Hibernian	H	5–0	50,000	McLean, Brand (2) Forrest, Henderson
28 September 1963	Third Lanark	A	5–0	25,000	Forrest (4) Baxter
5 October 1963	Falkirk	H	4–0	25,000	McLean (3) Henderson
12 October 1963	St Mirren	A	3–0	25,000	Brand, Willoughby, Forrest
19 October 1963	East Stirlingshire	H	3–1	20,000	Watson, Forrest (2)
30 October 1963	Queen of the South	H	2–0	15,000	Forrest, Brand
2 November 1963	Airdrieonians	A	4–0	20,000	Willoughby, Forrest, Baxter, Watson
9 November 1963	Aberdeen	H	0–0	34,000
16 November 1963	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	30,000	Brand (pen.)
23 November 1963	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–1	21,000	Watson (2) Henderson, Forrest
30 November 1963	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–3	24,000
7 December 1963	Dundee United	A	3–2	20,000	McLean (2) Brand
14 December 1963	Motherwell	A	3–3	16,500	Provan (pen.) Greig, Brand
21 December 1963	St Johnstone	H	2–3	14,000	Brand, Provan (pen.)
28 December 1963	Dundee	H	2–1	43,000	Forrest, Provan (pen.)
1 January 1964	Celtic	A	1–0	65,176	Millar
2 January 1964	Partick Thistle	H	4–3	30,000	Brand (2) Greig, Millar
4 January 1964	Hibernian	A	1–0	18,000	Millar
18 January 1964	Third Lanark	H	2–1	17,000	Brand (2)
1 February 1964	Falkirk	A	1–0	16,000	Brand
8 February 1964	St Mirren	H	2–3	25,000	Millar, Wilson
19 February 1964	East Strilingshire	A	5–0	6,000	Wilson (2) Forrest (2) Millar (o.g.)
22 February 1964	Queen of the South	A	4–1	9,500	Forrest (2) Wilson, Willoughby
29 February 1964	Airdrieonians	H	4–1	26,500	Baxter (pen.) Greig, Forrest (2)
11 March 1964	Aberdeen	A	1–1	22,000	Baxter (pen.)
14 March 1964	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	46,000	McLean, Wilson
21 March 1964	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	30,000	Wilson, McMillan
1 April 1964	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Att. N/A	Brand, Millar
4 April 1964	Dundee United	H	2–0	28,000	Brand, McLean
18 April 1964	Motherwell	H	5–1	39,000	Greig, Brand (2) Millar, McLean
29 April 1964	St Johnstone	A	0–1	12,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 January 1964	R1	Stenhousemuir	A	5–1	10,384	Millar, Greig (2) Provan (pen.), Brand
25 January 1964	R2	Duns	H	9–0	17,350	Millar (4) Brand (3) McLean, Henderson
15 February 1964	R3	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	60,421	Wilson (2) Forrest
7 March 1964	QF	Celtic	H	2–0	84,724	Forrest, Henderson
28 March 1964	SF	Dunfermline Athletic	N	1–0	67,823	Wilson
25 April 1964	F	Dundee	N	3–1	120,982	Millar (2) Brand

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1963	SR	Celtic	A	3–0	60,000	Forrest (2) McLean
14 August 1963	SR	Queen of the South	H	5–2	30,800	McLean, Wilson (2) Forrest, Provan
17 August 1963	SR	Kilmarnock	A	4–1	35,000	Henderson, McLean, Brand (2)
24 August 1963	SR	Celtic	H	3–0	65,102	Wilson, Brand (pen.) Forrest
28 August 1963	SR	Queen of the South	A	5–2	10,000	Forrest (4) Wilson
31 August 1963	SR	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	32,000	Wilson, Forrest
11 September 1963	QF1	East Fife	A	1–1	14,000	Forrest
18 September 1963	QF2	East Fife	H	2–0	25,000	Brand (pen.) Forrest
2 October 1963	SF	Berwick Rangers	N	3–1	16,000	Wilson, Brand, Forrest
26 October 1963	F	Morton	N	5–0	105,907	Forrest (4) Willoughby

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 September 1963	PR1L1	Real Madrid	H	0–1	81,215
9 October 1963	PR1L2	Real Madrid	A	0–6	90,000

See also

• 1963–64 in Scottish football
• 1963–64 Scottish Cup
• 1963–64 Scottish League Cup
• 1963–64 European Cup