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Season	Date	Opponent	Full Match Details	Score (Rangers First)	Competition	Stadium	Win Loss Draw

1882 - 1883	10-02-1883	Glasgow Thistle	View Full Match	5-1	Challenge Match	Away Fixture (Venue TBC)	W
1893 - 1894	10-02-1894	Queen's Park	View Full Match	3-1	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Second Hampden Park	W
1905 - 1906	10-02-1906	Aberdeen	View Full Match	3-2	Scottish Cup	Pittodrie Park	W
1911 - 1912	10-02-1912	Clyde	View Full Match	1-3	Scottish Cup	Shawfield Park	L
1916 - 1917	10-02-1917	Ayr Utd	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1922 - 1923	10-02-1923	Airdrie	View Full Match	0-1	League	Broomfield Park	L
1924 - 1925	10-02-1925	Dundee	View Full Match	2-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1925 - 1926	10-02-1926	Airdrie	View Full Match	1-2	League	Ibrox Park	L
1939 - 1940	10-02-1940	St Mirren	View Full Match	6-4	League	Love Street	W
1944 - 1945	10-02-1945	Morton	View Full Match	4-1	League	Cappielow Park (Greenock)	W
1947 - 1948	10-02-1948	Benfica	View Full Match	3-0	Challenge Match	National Stadium (Lisbon)	W
1950 - 1951	10-02-1951	Hibs	View Full Match	2-3	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	L
1961 - 1962	10-02-1962	Raith Rovers	View Full Match	3-1	League	Stark's Park	W
1967 - 1968	10-02-1968	Dundee	View Full Match	4-2	League	Dens Park	W
1972 - 1973	10-02-1973	Motherwell	View Full Match	2-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1974 - 1975	10-02-1975	Aberdeen	View Full Match	1-2	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	L
1978 - 1979	10-02-1979	Dundee Utd	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1987 - 1988	10-02-1988	Raith Rovers	View Full Match	4-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1989 - 1990	10-02-1990	Motherwell	View Full Match	1-1	League	Fir Park	D
1995 - 1996	10-02-1996	Motherwell	View Full Match	3-2	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2009 - 2010	10-02-2010	Motherwell	View Full Match	1-1	League	Fir Park	D
2023 - 2024	10-02-2024	Ayr Utd	View Full Match	2-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Stadium	W

Birthday Blues

Billy Thomson

DOB: 10 February, 1958

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Player of the day

Gregory Vignal

Signed

5 August 2004

Liverpool (loan)

Left

1 June 2005

Liverpool

Debut

Aberdeen v Rangers 0-0 7 August 2004

Total Appearances

41

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William McBeath

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No true Ranger has ever failed in the tradition set him

William Struth (16 June 1875 – 21 September 1956) was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, leading the club for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as being the holder of a number of other positions, including director.

Struth is one of the most successful managers in Scottish and British football history, winning 30 major trophies in his career; a record 18 Scottish league championships, 10 Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups.

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