1924–25 Rangers F.C. season

The 1924–25 season is the 51st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers

1924–25 season
Chairman	Joseph Buchanan
Manager	Bill Struth
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P38 W25 D10 L3 F76 A26 Pts60
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Geordie Henderson (27) All: Geordie Henderson (32)

Overview

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.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

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

Scottish Cup

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

Appearances

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
William 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

See also

• 1924–25 in Scottish football
• 1924–25 Scottish Cup