1906–07 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1906–07 season
Chairman	James Henderson
Manager	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	3rd; P34 W19 D7 L8 F69 A33 Pts45
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jimmy Speirs (13); All: ; Jimmy Speirs (14)
	← 1905–06 1907–08 →

The 1906–07 season is the 33rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 37 competitive matches during the 1906–07 season. The side finished third in the league, ten points behind champions Celtic, after winning 19 of the 34 matches.

The Scottish Cup campaign was ended at the hands of the league champions after a 3–0 home defeat. Rangers had beaten Falkirk and Galston en route to the quarter-finals.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1906	Falkirk	H	2–2	13,000	Smith, Spiers
25 August 1906	Port Glasgow	A	2–0	8,000	Mainds, Kyle
1 September 1906	Aberdeen	H	6–2	10,000	Stark (2), Kyle, Smith, Rankine, Spiers
22 September 1906	Dundee	A	0–2	14,600
24 September 1906	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	10,000	McFie
29 September 1906	Partick Thistle	H	1–2	12,000	Hamilton
13 October 1906	Kilmarnock	A	5–1	7,000	Spiers (2), Smith, Kyle, Rankine
20 October 1906	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	9,000	Kivlichan, Spiers
27 October 1906	Celtic	A	1–2	30,000	Kyle
3 November 1906	St Mirren	H	1–1	12,000	Kyle (pen)
10 November 1906	Third Lanark	A	2–0	16,000	Kyle (pen), Law
17 November 1906	Queen's Park	H	3–2	14,000	Dickie, Kyle, Cunningham
24 November 1906	Hibernian	A	3–1		Kyle, McFie, Smith
1 December 1906	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	13,000	Spiers, Kyle
8 December 1906	Clyde	A	5–1		Spiers, Kyle, A.Smith (2), Dickie
15 December 1906	Motherwell	H	0–1	5,000
22 December 1906	Aberdeen	A	3–0	7,000	Kyle (2), A.Smith
29 December 1906	Hamilton Academical	H	0–1	5,000
1 January 1907	Celtic	H	2–1	50,000	Dickie, Kivlichan
2 January 1907	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	7,000	Campbell (2)
5 January 1907	Greenock Morton	A	1–2	5,000	Spiers
12 January 1907	Hibernian	H	1–0	7,000	Spiers
19 January 1907	Airdrieonians	A	3–2	8,000	Cunningham, Spiers, Campbell (pen)
2 February 1907	Third Lanark	H	0–0	10,000
9 February 1907	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	6,000	Spiers, Cunningham, Campbell
23 February 1907	St Mirren	A	0–0	7,000
2 March 1907	Motherwell	A	0–1	5,000
16 March 1907	Falkirk	A	1–2	7,000	Kivlichan
23 March 1907	Clyde	H	4–0	7,000	Campbell (3), Stark
30 March 1907	Port Glasgow	H	5–0	5,000	Campbell (3), Kyle, Livingstone
1 April 1907	Dundee	H	2–2	12,000	Campbell (2, 1 pen)
6 April 1907	Queen's Park	A	2–1	18,000	Livingstone, Campbell
13 April 1907	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	9,000	A.Smith
20 April 1907	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	2,500	Livingstone (2), Spiers

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1907	R1	Falkirk	A	2–1	16,000	Campbell (pen), McFie
16 February 1907	R2	Galston	A	4–0	4,000	Livingstone (2), Dickie, Spiers
9 March 1907	QF	Celtic	H	0–3	60,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Alex Newbigging	GK	37	0
Robert Campbell	DF	29	13
James Jackson	DF	16	0
Colin Mainds	MF	13	1
Josiah Gray	DF	23	0
John May	DF	19	0
Johnny Rankine	MF	7	2
Finlay Speedie	FW	1	0
Jimmy Speirs	FW	25	14
Archie Kyle	FW	28	13
Alex Smith	FW	28	8
James Galt	MF	22	0
John McFie	FW	14	3
James Stark	DF	25	3
Willie Kivlichan	MF	11	3
Robert Smyth McColl	FW	1	0
David Taylor	DF	9	0
Billy Henry	DF	22	0
James R. Hamilton	FW	2	1
Thomas Ruddiman	MF	3	0
Alex Craig	DF	12	0
Albert Cunningham	MF	10	3
James Menzies	MF	1	0
John Dickie	MF	23	4
George Law	DF	6	1
John Macdonald	MF	5	0
George Livingstone	MF	13	6
William McFarlane	MF	1	0
Jimmy Gordon	DF	1	0