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π¬π§ Documenting the Rise & Rise of #RangersFC, one π post at a time. #WATP
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ποΈ #OnThisDay 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£1οΈβ£0οΈβ£ : #Rangers secure our 53rd Title with a 1-0 win over Hibs at Easter Road. Kyle Lafferty scored to retain the title with 3 games to spare. Despite winning 1 of our last 3 games, we still finished 6pts clear of Celtic to complete a League & League Cup Double.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£8οΈβ£7οΈβ£ : The Title procession continued as #Rangers beat Sandy Jardines' Hearts 3-0 at Ibrox[43.2k]. Ally McCoist took his tally to 37 with a hat-trick. We secured the League in a 1-1 draw away to Aberdeen in our next game. The 9yr wait for our 38th Title was over
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£6οΈβ£4οΈβ£ : Scot Symons' #Rangers side complete our 2nd domestic Treble, with a 3-1 win over Dundee, to claim our 3rd consecutive Scottish Cup at Hampden [120k]. Jimmy Millar (2) & Ralph Brand scored. Brand became the only player to score in 3 consecutive Cup Finals.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£3οΈβ£4οΈβ£ : Days after winning the Scottish Cup, #Rangers secure our 21st Title, beating Falkirk 3-1 at Brockville. Jimmy Smith(2) & Jimmy Marshall scored. We ended the season winning the Glasgow & Merchants Cups and crowned British Champions after beating Arsenal.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£3οΈβ£1οΈβ£ : #Rangers win our 19th League title with a final day 4-0 win over East Fife at Bayview. Bob McPhail, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Marshall and Sandy Archibald scored to see Bill Struths' side finish 2pts above Celtic and secure our 5th consecutive Championship.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£0οΈβ£3οΈβ£ : #Rangers win our 4th Scottish Cup, beating Hearts 2-0 in a 2nd replay, all 3 matches were played at Parkhead. Alec Mackie & RC Hamilton scored. We played with 10 men after Jock Drummond went off injured.[π· The match ball is displayed at Scottish Football Museum]
ποΈ #OnThisDay 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£1οΈβ£1οΈβ£ : #Rangers stay 1pt clear with 4 games left, after a 0-0 draw with Celtic at Ibrox[50k]. Allan McGregor saved a crucial late penalty. The Title was Celtic's to lose as they'd a game in hand but they lost it and we went onto win #3IAR on the last day by 1pt.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£0οΈβ£8οΈβ£ : #Rangers Legends, including Caldow, Wilson, Millar, Brand, Davis & McMillan, who played in our 1961 European Cup Winners Cup Finals with Fiorentina, graced the pitch ahead of our 0-0 draw with Fiorentina in the UEFA Cup Semi Final 1st Leg at Ibrox [49.1k]
ποΈ #OnThisDay 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£0οΈβ£5οΈβ£ : #Rangers fall 5pts behind with 4 games left, after a 2-1 Old Firm loss at Ibrox[49.5k]. Thompson scored. Their fans gleefully unfurled celebratory banners but their cheers would turn to tears as we won all 4 games and a helicopter delivered our 51st Title
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£9οΈβ£1οΈβ£ : #Rangers go 4pts clear of Aberdeen, after a 1-0 win over 3rd place Dundee Utd at Ibrox[32.3k]. Ian Ferguson scored. Mark Walters missed a sitter. United's Alec Cleland broke his leg. Our next home game would decide the Title, a last day win over Aberdeen.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£7οΈβ£6οΈβ£ : #Rangers retain our League Title after a 1-0 win over Dundee Utd at Tannadice. Derek Johnstone scored within 22 seconds to secure our 36th Title and make us the 1st ever Premier League Champions. We were weeks away from completing our 3rd domestic Treble.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£0οΈβ£0οΈβ£ : After Celtic dropped points, #Rangers Title celebrations began following a 2-0 win over St. Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. Billy Dodds scored both to take us 20pts clear with 5 games left. We'd lift the trophy 1wk later at Ibrox after a 3-0 win over Dundee.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£9οΈβ£4οΈβ£ : #Rangers go 7pts clear in the League with 5 games left after a 2-1 win over Dundee Utd at Ibrox[44.7k]. Gordon Durie scored twice. Despite not winning any of our remaining 5 games, we won #6IAR in the penultimate fixture and finished 3pts above Aberdeen.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£6οΈβ£0οΈβ£ : #Rangers win our 15th Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win over Willie Waddellβs Kilmarnock at Hampden[104k]. Jimmy Millar scored both. Wilson had one disallowed & Caldow missed a penalty. The Cup win qualified us for the inaugural ECWC where we reached the final.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£4οΈβ£9οΈβ£ : #Rangers complete phase 2 of Scottish Footballs 1st ever Treble with a 4-1 win over Clyde at Hampden [120k]. George Young (2), Billy Williamson & Jimmy Duncanson scored to win our 12th Scottish Cup. Within a week we'd win the Title and complete the Treble
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£8οΈβ£9οΈβ£ : #Rangers beat St.Mirren 2-0 at Love Street. Ian Ferguson & Ally McCoist scored. Aberdeen lost to Hearts which set us up to win the 1st of our 9 consecutive Titles in our next game, a 4-0 win over Hearts, after Aberdeen dropped more points against Celtic.
ποΈ #OnThisDay 1οΈβ£9οΈβ£5οΈβ£0οΈβ£ : Bill Struths' #Rangers win a 3rd successive Scottish Cup, our 13th overall, after a 3-0 win over Scot Symons' League Cup winning East Fife at Hampden [118k]. Willie Findlay & Willie Thornton (2) scored. We soon completed the double by retaining our Title.