Honorary Match Secretary: William Wilton

Home: First Ibrox Park

Scottish Cup Winners: Queen's Park

Glasgow Cup Winners: Queen's Park

Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup Winners: Third Lanark

Match Results

Round Competition Date     Venue Outcome Opponents For Agt Crowd
Semi Sports Cup Aug 3 Sat H W Third Lanark 4 0 8,000
Final Sports Cup 6 Tue H L Celtic 0 2 4,000
Friendly 10 Sat H D Maryhill 1 1
Friendly 17 Sat a L Falkirk 0 1
Friendly 24 Sat H L St Mirren 0 2
Friendly 28 Wed H W Linthouse 2 1
Friendly 31 Sat a L Clyde 2 8 5,000
1st Scottish Cup Sep 7 Sat H W United Abstainers Athletic 6 2
Friendly 14 Sat a L Morton 2 3
1st Glasgow Cup 21 Sat a W Pollokshaws 5 1
2nd Scottish Cup 28 Sat a W Kelvinside Athletic 13 0 2,000
Friendly Oct 5 Sat a D Celtic 1 1
2nd Glasgow Cup 12 Sat a W Northern 6 3 6,000
3rd Scottish Cup 19 Sat H D Vale of Leven 0 0 8,500
replay Scottish Cup 26 Sat a L Vale of Leven 2 3 4,500
Quarter Glasgow Cup Nov 2 Sat a D Third Lanark 1 1 7,000
Friendly 9 Sat H D Morton 3 3
Replay Glasgow Cup 16 Sat H W Third Lanark 2 0 7,000
Semi Glasgow Cup 23 Sat H L Queen's Park 0 2 10,000
Friendly 30 Sat H W Partick Thistle 5 2 2,000
Friendly Dec 7 Sat H L Renton 2 3
Friendly 14 Sat a L Cowlairs 2 3
Friendly 21 Sat H W Clydesdale H. 2 1
Friendly 28 Sat H W Cambuslang 3 2
Friendly Jan 1 Wed a L Blackburn Rovers 0 1 13,000
Friendly 2 Thu a L Bolton Wanderers 0 4 8,000
Friendly 4 Sat a D Sunderland 1 1 10,000
Friendly 11 Sat a D Third Lanark 3 3
Friendly 18 Sat a W St Mirren 3 1
Friendly 25 Sat a W Partick Thistle 2 0
Friendly Feb 1 Sat H L Third Lanark 3 4
Friendly 15 Sat a L Everton 1 8
Friendly Mar 1 Sat H W Thistle 3 1
Friendly 8 Sat H W Cambuslang 5 0
Friendly 15 Sat a L Kilmarnock 0 2
Friendly 22 Sat H W Battlefield 3 0
Friendly 29 Sat H D Queen's Park 1 1
Friendly Apr 5 Sat a W Inverness Select 5 1
Friendly 12 Sat H W Third Lanark 2 0
Friendly 19 Sat H L Everton 2 6
Friendly May 1 Thu H L Partick Thistle 3 6
Friendly 31 Sat a L Hearts 0 5
Friendly   H D Dumbarton 1 1
Friendly   W Linthouse 4 2
United Abstainers Tournament   H L Dumbarton 2 3
Friendly   H W Maryhill 4 3
Semi Sir William Cunningham Cup   n W Clyde 9 1
Final Sir William Cunningham Cup   H L Cowlairs 0 4

Trivia

  William Wilton was appointed as Match Secretary in 1889. Wilton introduced the 'Ibrox Sports' which ran all the way to the 1950s!

  Feb 1890: Rangers played Everton at Anfield - match programme in gallery below!

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