The 1901–02 season was the 28th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview Rangers played a total of 22 competitive matches during the 1901–02 season. The club successfully defended the league championship, finishing two points ahead of Celtic. In 18 league matches, the team registered 13 wins.
Their Scottish Cup campaign came to an end in the semi-final at the hands of Hibernian after a 2–0 home defeat.
Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division One DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1901 KilmarnockA2–46,000Hamilton, McDougal 24 August 1901 Heart of MidlothianH2–117,000Speedie, Hamilton 31 August 1901 DundeeA3–012,000McDougal (2), Speedie 7 September 1901 KilmarnockH3–216,000Campbell, A.Smith, Gibson 16 September 1901 Heart of MidlothianA2–0 Neil, Hamilton 21 September 1901 St. MirrenA5–110,000Campbell (2), A.Smith, Wilkie, Jackson (og) 23 September 1901 HibernianH0–210,000 28 September 1901 Third LanarkA2–216,000A.Smith, Hamilton 5 October 1901 CelticH3–230,000Neil, Speedie, Quinn (og) 19 October 1901 HibernianA3–212,000Wilkie, Hamilton (pen), Neil 2 November 1901 Queen's ParkH2–112,000McPherson, Hamilton 9 November 1901 Grenock MortonA3–27,000McPherson (2), Wilkie 16 November 1901 Third LanarkH1–45,000Robertson 7 December 1901 Greenock MortonH2–13,000A.Smith, Hamilton 1 January 1902 CelticA4–240,000N.Smith, Campbell, Robertson, Hamilton 4 January 1902Queen's ParkA1–020,000Robertson 18 January 1902 St. MirrenH3–212,000Speedie (2), Cameron (og) 29 January 1902 DundeeH3–113,000Hamilton, A.Smith, Speedie
Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 January 1902 R1JohnstoneH6–12,000Howie (og), Speedie, A.Smith, Hamilton, Robertson, Graham 25 January 1902 R2CaledonianH5–15,000A.Smith (2), Wilkie, Campbell, Hamilton 22 February 1902 QFKilmarnockH2–010,000Speedie, A.Smith 22 March 1902 SFHibernianH0–240,000
Appearances
PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals Alex SmithFW229 Robert NeilDF173 Robert HamiltonFW2011 Finlay SpeedieFW208 James StarkDF190 Matthew DickieGK190 Nicol SmithDF191 Jack WilkieMF164 Neilly GibsonMF171 Jock DrummondDF150 John CampbellMF155 John Tait RobertsonDF124 David CrawfordDF90 John McPhersonMF63 Lee McDougall FW43 James GrahamMF41 Noble McPhersonGK20 Hugh MortonMF30 David GoudieMF10 George YoungDF10 James R. HamiltonFW10
See also 1901–02 in Scottish football 1901–02 Scottish Cup
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