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1946β47 season | |||
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Chairman | James Bowie | ||
Manager | Bill Struth | ||
Ground | Ibrox Park | ||
Scottish League Division One | 1st P30 W21 D4 L5 F76 A26 Pts46 | ||
Scottish Cup | Second Round | ||
League Cup | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Willie Thornton, Jimmy Duncanson (18) All: Willie Thornton, Jimmy Duncanson (25) | ||
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The 1946β47 season was the: 67th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overviewβ»
Rangers played a total of 43 competitive matches during theββ1946β47 season. This was the first official season played since the end of the Second World War. The club played in the Scottish League Division A and won the championship (25th title) with 46 points. They scored 76 goals during the campaign and "conceded only 26 in the "30 matches."" Willie Thornton finished top scorer with 19 goals.
Rangers were successful in the newly inaugurated League Cup.They won all six matches in their Section before overcoming Dundee United from Division B in a 2 leg Quarter-Final. Hibernian were beaten 3β1 in the Semi-Final in front of a crowd of 125,154. Rangers defeated Aberdeen 4β0 in the Final at Hampden Park with Jimmy Duncanson netting brace.
The Scottish Cup campaign ended at the Second Round stage. The club were knocked out in a replay by Hibernian at Easter Road.β»
Jock Shaw, Willie Waddell and Willie Thornton represented Scotland against England in a match in aid of the Burnden Park Disaster victims.
Transfersβ»
6 August 1946: Charlie Johnstone to Queen of the South. John Galloway to Chelsea.
1 May 1947: Dougie Gray and Jimmy Smith were given free transfers.
Resultsβ»
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division Aβ»
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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10 August 1946 | Motherwell | A | 4-2 | 30,000 | Duncanson (2), Thornton, Waddell |
14 August 1946 | Hibernian | H | 1-2 | 50,000 | Young (pen) |
17 August 1946 | Kilmarnock | H | 3-2 | 25,000 | Cox, "Gillick," Waddell |
21 August 1946 | Falkirk | A | 5-0 | Thornton (3), Duncanson, Waddell | |
28 August 1946 | Third Lanark | H | 8-1 | 22,000 | Thornton (3), Caskie (3), Gillick, Duncanson |
31 August 1946 | Queen's Park | H | 2-0 | 20,000 | Duncanson (2) |
4 September 1946 | Aberdeen | A | 0-1 | 35,000 | |
7 September 1946 | Celtic | A | 3-2 | 28,000 | Duncanson (2), Parlane |
14 September 1946 | St Mirren | H | 4-0 | 15,000 | Duncanson (3), Gillick |
30 September 1946 | Partick Thistle | A | 2-3 | 36,000 | Gillick, Duncanson |
2 November 1946 | Morton | H | 2-1 | 40,000 | Thornton, Cox |
9 November 1946 | Hamilton | A | 6-0 | 15,000 | Thornton (3), McNee, Gillick, Duncanson |
16 November 1946 | Clyde | A | 4-2 | 27,000 | McNee, McColl, Duncanson, Thornton |
23 November 1946 | Queen of the South | H | 2-1 | 10,000 | Thornton, Gillick |
30 November 1946 | Hearts | A | 3-0 | 44,532 | Duncanson, McNee, Thornton |
7 December 1946 | Motherwell | H | 2-1 | 35,000 | Thornton, Young (pen) |
14 December 1946 | Hibernian | A | 1-1 | 41,378 | Duncanson |
21 December 1946 | Falkirk | H | 2-1 | 15,000 | Duncanson, Gillick |
28 December 1946 | Third Lanark | A | 1-1 | 35,000 | Gillick |
1 January 1947 | Celtic | H | 1-1 | 85,000 | Gillick |
2 January 1947 | Kilmarnock | A | 2-0 | 32,325 | Gillick (2) |
4 January 1947 | St Mirren | A | 0-1 | 18,000 | |
11 January 1947 | Partick Thistle | H | 4-0 | 18,000 | Waddell, Thornton, Young (pen), Gillick |
18 January 1947 | Aberdeen | H | 1-0 | 60,000 | Waddell |
1 February 1947 | Queen's Park | A | 0-0 | 40,000 | |
8 February 1947 | Queen of the South | A | 2-0 | 11,000 | Young (pen), Arnison |
15 February 1947 | Morton | A | 1-0 | 18,000 | Thornton |
29 March 1947 | Clyde | H | 5-0 | 15,000 | Williamson (4), Rutherford |
7 April 1947 | Hearts | H | 1-2 | 12,000 | Thornton |
12 April 1947 | Hamilton | H | 4-1 | 8,000 | Williamson (2), Parlane, Duncanson |
Scottish Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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25 January 1947 | R1 | Clyde | H | 2β1 | 74,606 | Duncanson, Thornton |
22 February 1947 | R2 | Hibernian | H | 0β0 | 95,000 | |
8 March 1947 | R2 R | Hibernian | A | 0β2 | 48,816 |
League Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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21 September 1946 | SR | St Mirren | H | 4β0 | 20,000 | Arnison (2), Cox, Stead |
28 September 1946 | SR | Queen's Park | A | 4β2 | 30,000 | Duncanson (2), Gillick, Thornton |
5 October 1946 | SR | Morton | H | 3β0 | 50,000 | Duncanson, Caskie, Thornton |
12 October 1946 | SR | St Mirren | A | 4β0 | 20,000 | Gillick (2), Thornton (2) |
19 October 1946 | SR | Queen's Park | H | 1β0 | 20,000 | Arnison |
26 October 1946 | SR | Morton | A | 2β0 | 18,000 | Young (pen.), Thornton |
1 March 1947 | QF | Dundee United | H | 2β1 | 40,000 | Waddell, Caskie |
5 March 1947 | QF | Dundee United | A | 1β1 | 18,000 | Duncanson |
22 March 1947 | SF | Hibernian | N | 3β1 | 125,154 | Gillick, Thornton, Waddell |
5 April 1947 | F | Aberdeen | N | 4β0 | 82,684 | Duncanson (2), Gillick, Williamson |
Appearancesβ»
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
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Bobby Brown | GK | 42 | 0 |
Sammy Cox | DF | 18 | 3 |
Jock Shaw | DF | 41 | 0 |
Charlie Watkins | MF | 9 | 0 |
George Young | DF | 40 | 5 |
Scot Symon | MF | 12 | 0 |
William Waddell | MF | 32 | 7 |
Torrance Gillick | MF | 37 | 17 |
Willie Thornton | FW | 34 | 25 |
Jimmy Duncanson | FW | 38 | 25 |
Jimmy Caskie | MF | 22 | 5 |
David Gray | DF | 11 | 0 |
Billy Williamson | FW | 9 | 7 |
Billy Arnison | FW | 10 | 4 |
Angus Stead | FW | 4 | 1 |
Jimmy Parlane | FW | 6 | 2 |
Willie Woodburn | DF | 29 | 0 |
Ian McColl | DF | 29 | 1 |
Willie Rae | MF | 27 | 0 |
Chris McNee | MF | 10 | 3 |
Eddie Rutherford | MF | 7 | 1 |
John Lindsay | DF | 2 | 0 |
John Shaw | GK | 1 | 0 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
1. David Docherty, The Rangers Companion, ISBN 085976172X