The 1921–22 season was the 48th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1921–22 season. The team finished second in the league, one point behind champions Celtic, after just winning twenty-eight of the 42 league games.
The side also reached the final of the Scottish Cup that season, beating the likes of Clachnacuddin and Partick Thistle en route to a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Greenock Morton.
Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division One DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 16 August 1921 Third LanarkA3–129,000Archibald, Cunningham, Morton 20 August 1921 ClydebankA7–122,000Henderson (3), Cairns (2), Archibald, Morton 23 August 1921 Albion RoversH3–131,000Cunningham, Cairns, Henderson 27 August 1921 MotherwellH2–140,000McDiarmid, Cunningham 3 September 1921 St MirrenA2–135,290Cunningham, Cairns 10 September 1921 KilmarnockH1–020,000Cunningham 19 September 1921 Heart of MidlothianA2–122,000McDiarmid (2) 24 September 1921 AberdeenH1–026,000Henderson 26 September 1921 ClydeH3–038,000Henderson (3) 8 October 1921 Heart of MidlothianH0–240,000 15 October 1921 AirdrieoniansA2–115,000Henderson, Cunningham 22 October 1921 CelticH1–150,000Henderson 29 October 1921 Queen's ParkA4–232,000Henderson (2), Morton, Cunningham 5 November 1921 DundeeA0–039,000 12 November 1921 DumbartonH1–116,000Cairns 19 November 1921 Greenock MortonA2–120,000Cunningham, Henderson 26 November 1921 Hamilton AcademicalH5–020,000Archibald (2), Cunningham (2), Henderson 3 December 1921 FalkirkA0–118,000 10 December 1921 Third LanarkH2–120,000Cairns, Bowie 17 December 1921 Albion RoversA5–010,000Cairns (3), Henderson, Cunningham 24 December 1921 HibernianA0–025,000 26 December 1921 DundeeH2–110,000Hansen, Cairns 31 December 1921 St MirrenH4–130,000Henderson (2), Cunningham, Cairns 2 January 1922 CelticA0–060,000 3 January 1922 Partick ThistleH2–235,000Cairns, Meiklejohn 7 January 1922 Ayr UnitedA1–012,000Archibald 14 January 1922 Raith RoversH0–120,000 21 January 1922 Hamilton AcademicalA0–020,000 4 February 1922 MotherwellA0–210,000 18 February 1922 Partick ThistleA1–053,000Morton 21 February 1922 ClydebankH6–15,000McDiarmid (2), Cunningham (2), Manderson, Meiklejohn 28 February 1922 FalkirkH0–018,000 4 March 1922 Greenock MortonH3–018,000Archibald (2), Smith 28 March 1922 HibernianH2–013,000Henderson, Nicholson 1 April 1922 Ayr UnitedH2–020,000Archibald, Hansen 3 April 1922 Raith RoversA3–020,000Henderson (2), Archibald 5 April 1922 AberdeenA0–020,000 8 April 1922 DumbartonA4–07,000Meiklejohn, McCandless, Henderson, McDiarmid 17 April 1922 Queen's ParkH2–115,000Hansen (2) 22 April 1922 AirdrieoniansH3–018,000Hansen (3) 24 April 1922 KilmarnockA2–112,000Hansen, McDiarmid 29 April 1922 ClydeA0–030,000
Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers28 January 1922R1ClachnacuddinA5-04,000Henderson (3), McDiarmid, Morton11 February 1922R2Albion RoversA1-120,000Archibald15 February 1922R2 RAlbion RoversH4-035,000Meiklejohn, Archibald, Morton (2)25 February 1922R3Heart of MidlothianA4-040,000Cunningham (2), Dixon, McDiarmid11 March 1922QFSt MirrenH1-167,700Henderson14 March 1922QF RSt MirrenA2-038,027Henderson, Cunningham25 March 1922SFPartick ThistleH2-060,000Henderson, Archibald (pen)15 April 1922FGreenock MortonN0-175,000
Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals William RobbGK500 Bert MandersonDF451 Billy McCandlessDF491 David MeiklejohnDF404 Arthur DixonDF501 Tommy MuirheadMF440 Sandy ArchibaldMF4812 Andy CunninghamMF3817 Geordie HendersonFW3527 Tommy CairnsFW4812 Alan MortonMF397 James BowieMF51 Bob McDermidFW189 John NicholsonMF171 Hector LawsonMF20 Carl HansenFW118 John JamiesonDF70 James SmithDF21 Alex LairdMF20
See also 1921–22 in Scottish football 1921–22 Scottish Cup Lord Provost's Rent Relief Cup
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