Club: | Rangers |
Season: | 1924–25 |
Manager: | Bill Struth |
Chairman: | Joseph Buchanan |
Stdtitle: | Ground |
Stadium: | Ibrox Park |
League: | Scottish League Division One |
League Result: | 1st P38 W25 D10 L3 F76 A26 Pts60 |
Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
Season Topscorer: | Geordie Henderson (32) |
League Topscorer: | Geordie Henderson (27) |
Prevseason: | 1923–24 |
Nextseason: | 1925–26 |
The 1924–25 season is the 51st season of competitive football by Rangers.
Rangers played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 1924–25 season. The team finished top of the league, three points ahead of second placed Airdrieonians, after winning twenty-five of the 38 league games and recording an unbeaten home record.
The side was knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage that season. After overcoming East Fife, Montrose, Arbroath and Kilmarnock, a 5–0 defeat to Celtic ended the campaign.
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 Aug 1924 | Raith Rovers | A | 3–0 | 15,000 | Henderson (3) | |
20 Aug 1924 | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | 30,000 | Morton (2), Henderson | |
23 Aug 1924 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 23,000 | Meiklejohn | |
26 Aug 1924 | Queen's Park | A | 3–1 | 30,000 | Cunningham (2), Archibald | |
30 Aug 1924 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 18,000 | Henderson | |
13 Sep 1924 | Ayr United | A | 4–0 | 20,000 | McCandless (pen), Archibald, Cairns, Morton | |
15 Sep 1924 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | 22,000 | Henderson, Morton | |
27 Sep 1924 | Airdrieonians | A | 0–1 | 27,000 | ||
29 Sep 1924 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | 12,000 | Cairns (2), Meiklejohn, Archibald | |
11 Oct 1924 | Cowdenbeath | A | 2–2 | 20,000 | Cunningham (2) | |
18 Oct 1924 | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | 10,000 | Henderson (2), Archibald | |
25 Oct 1924 | Celtic | A | 1–0 | 40,000 | Morton | |
01 Nov 1924 | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | 25,000 | Craig, Cunningham, Henderson, Chalmers | |
08 Nov 1924 | Third Lanark | A | 1–1 | 23,000 | Craig | |
15 Nov 1924 | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | 30,000 | Meiklejohn, Cunningham (pen), Henderson | |
22 Nov 1924 | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | 10,000 | Henderson (2), Morton | |
29 Nov 1924 | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | 26,000 | Cairns (2), Archibald | |
06 Dec 1924 | Dundee | A | 0–0 | 20,000 | ||
13 Dec 1924 | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–0 | 10,000 | Henderson (2) | |
20 Dec 1924 | St Mirren | A | 4–1 | 20,000 | Henderson (3), Archibald | |
27 Dec 1924 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 15,000 | Henderson | |
01 Jan 1925 | Celtic | H | 4–1 | 34,000 | Henderson (2), Cunningham, McCandless (pen) | |
03 Jan 1925 | Greenock Morton | H | 2–0 | 17,000 | Cairns, Morton | |
05 Jan 1925 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–0 | 25,000 | Henderson | |
10 Jan 1925 | Morton | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Morton | |
17 Jan 1925 | Queen's Park | H | 1–1 | 20,000 | Cairns | |
31 Jan 1925 | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | 15,000 | ||
10 Feb 1925 | Dundee | H | 2–0 | 5,000 | McCandless (pen), Chalmers | |
18 Feb 1925 | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | 12,000 | Henderson | |
25 Feb 1925 | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | 40,000 | Archibald | |
11 Mar 1925 | Hibernian | A | 1–4 | 23,000 | Dick | |
25 Mar 1925 | Raith Rovers | A | 4–0 | 10,000 | Henderson (3), Archibald | |
28 Mar 1925 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | 12,000 | ||
01 Apr 1925 | Cowdenbeath | H | 1–0 | 5,000 | McCandless (pen) | |
07 Apr 1925 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 8,000 | Cairns (2) | |
11 Apr 1925 | Third Lanark | H | 5–2 | 12,000 | Henderson (2), Cairns (2), Archibald | |
18 Apr 1925 | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | 7,000 | Archibald | |
25 Apr 1925 | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | 10,000 | McCandless |
Date | Round | Opponent! | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Jan 1925 | R1 | East Fife | A | 3–1 | 10,000 | Archibald (2), Henderson | |
07 Feb 1925 | R2 | Montrose | A | 2–0 | 4,000 | Chalmers (2) | |
21 Feb 1925 | R3 | Arbroath | H | 5–3 | 4,000 | Cairns, Henderson (3), Cunningham | |
07 Mar 1925 | QF | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | 31,502 | Henderson, Cunningham | |
21 Mar 1925 | SF | Celtic | N | 0–5 | 101,714 |
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Robb | GK | 43 | 0 | |
Bert Manderson | DF | 39 | 0 | |
Billy McCandless | DF | 37 | 5 | |
David Meiklejohn | DF | 40 | 3 | |
Arthur Dixon | DF | 41 | 0 | |
Tully Craig | MF | 22 | 2 | |
Sandy Archibald | MF | 43 | 12 | |
Andy Cunningham | MF | 36 | 9 | |
Geordie Henderson | FW | 42 | 32 | |
Tommy Cairns | FW | 36 | 12 | |
Alan Morton | MF | 41 | 8 | |
Thomas Reid | DF | 3 | 0 | |
Andrew Kirkwood | DF | 5 | 0 | |
John Jamieson | DF | 7 | 0 | |
Billy Chalmers | FW | 14 | 4 | |
John McGregor | MF | 1 | 0 | |
Robert Ireland | DF | 6 | 0 | |
Archie Morton | MF | 1 | 0 | |
Tommy Muirhead | MF | 15 | 0 | |
Alexander Dick | FW | 1 | 1 |