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Every match played on today's date in history
3rd April
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            1879 - 188003-04-1880Vale of Leven
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-vale-of-leven-3-april-1880
                              2-1Challenge MatchKinning Park
                                W
                              
1885 - 188603-04-1886Morton
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/morton-v-rangers-3-april-1886
                              1-1Challenge MatchCappielow Park
                                D
                              
1892 - 189303-04-1893Celtic
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-celtic-3-april-1893
                              3-1FriendlyFirst Ibrox Park
                                W
                              
1896 - 189703-04-1897Third Lanark
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-april-1897
                              1-1FriendlyFirst Ibrox Park
                                D
                              
1898 - 189903-04-1899Southampton
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/southampton-v-rangers-3-april-1899
                              1-0FriendlyThe Dell (England)
                                W
                              
1904 - 190503-04-1905Raith Rovers
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/raith-rovers-v-rangers-3-april-1905
                              3-0Challenge MatchStarks Park
                                W
                              
1908 - 190903-04-1909Hearts
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-3-april-1909
                              0-0LeagueTynecastle Park
                                D
                              
1914 - 191503-04-1915Hamilton Acas
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hamilton-acas-v-rangers-3-april-1915
                              3-4LeagueDouglas Park
                                L
                              
1919 - 192003-04-1920Airdrie
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-airdrie-3-april-1920
                              3-2LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1921 - 192203-04-1922Raith Rovers
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/raith-rovers-v-rangers-3-april-1922
                              3-0LeagueStark's Park
                                W
                              
1925 - 192603-04-1926Morton
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/morton-v-rangers-3-april-1926
                              3-1LeagueCappielow Park
                                W
                              
1936 - 193703-04-1937St Johnstone
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-april-1937
                              2-1LeagueMuirton Park
                                W
                              
1942 - 194303-04-1943Hibs
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-april-1943
                              1-0Southern League CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1947 - 194803-04-1948Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aberdeen-v-rangers-3-april-1948
                              1-1LeaguePittodrie Park
                                D
                              
1953 - 195403-04-1954Queen of the South
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-queen-of-the-south-3-april-1954
                              2-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1962 - 196303-04-1963Dundee
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-dundee-3-april-1963
                              3-2Scottish CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1964 - 196503-04-1965Falkirk
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-3-april-1965
                              6-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1967 - 196803-04-1968Dundee Utd
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-3-april-1968
                              0-0LeagueTannadice
                                D
                              
1970 - 197103-04-1971Morton
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-morton-3-april-1971
                              0-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                D
                              
1975 - 197603-04-1976Hibernian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-april-1976
                              3-0LeagueEaster Road
                                W
                              
1981 - 198203-04-1982Forfar Athletic
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-forfar-athletic-3-april-1982
                              0-0Scottish Cup Semi-FinalHampden Park
                                D
                              
1992 - 199303-04-1993Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-april-1993
                              2-1Scottish Cup Semi-FinalParkhead (Neutral Venue)
                                W
                              
2004 - 200503-04-2005Motherwell
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/motherwell-v-rangers-3-april-2005
                              3-2LeagueFir Park
                                W
                              
2007 - 200803-04-2008Sporting Lisbon
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-sporting-lisbon-3-april-2008
                              0-0UEFA CupIbrox Stadium
                                D
                              
2009 - 201003-04-2010Hamilton Acas
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hamilton-acas-3-april-2010
                              1-0LeagueIbrox Stadium
                                W
                              
2018 - 201903-04-2019Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-april-2019
                              3-0LeagueIbrox Stadium
                                W
                              
2021 - 202203-04-2022Celtic
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-celtic-3-april-2022
                              1-2LeagueIbrox Stadium
                                L
                              

        

Season	Date	Opponent	Details	Score	Competition	Stadium	Result

1879 - 1880	03-04-1880	Vale of Leven	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-vale-of-leven-3-april-1880	2-1	Challenge Match	Kinning Park	W
1885 - 1886	03-04-1886	Morton	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/morton-v-rangers-3-april-1886	1-1	Challenge Match	Cappielow Park	D
1892 - 1893	03-04-1893	Celtic	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-celtic-3-april-1893	3-1	Friendly	First Ibrox Park	W
1896 - 1897	03-04-1897	Third Lanark	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-april-1897	1-1	Friendly	First Ibrox Park	D
1898 - 1899	03-04-1899	Southampton	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/southampton-v-rangers-3-april-1899	1-0	Friendly	The Dell (England)	W
1904 - 1905	03-04-1905	Raith Rovers	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/raith-rovers-v-rangers-3-april-1905	3-0	Challenge Match	Starks Park	W
1908 - 1909	03-04-1909	Hearts	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-3-april-1909	0-0	League	Tynecastle Park	D
1914 - 1915	03-04-1915	Hamilton Acas	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hamilton-acas-v-rangers-3-april-1915	3-4	League	Douglas Park	L
1919 - 1920	03-04-1920	Airdrie	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-airdrie-3-april-1920	3-2	League	Ibrox Park	W
1921 - 1922	03-04-1922	Raith Rovers	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/raith-rovers-v-rangers-3-april-1922	3-0	League	Stark's Park	W
1925 - 1926	03-04-1926	Morton	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/morton-v-rangers-3-april-1926	3-1	League	Cappielow Park	W
1936 - 1937	03-04-1937	St Johnstone	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-april-1937	2-1	League	Muirton Park	W
1942 - 1943	03-04-1943	Hibs	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-april-1943	1-0	Southern League Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1947 - 1948	03-04-1948	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aberdeen-v-rangers-3-april-1948	1-1	League	Pittodrie Park	D
1953 - 1954	03-04-1954	Queen of the South	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-queen-of-the-south-3-april-1954	2-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1962 - 1963	03-04-1963	Dundee	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-dundee-3-april-1963	3-2	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1964 - 1965	03-04-1965	Falkirk	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-3-april-1965	6-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1967 - 1968	03-04-1968	Dundee Utd	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-3-april-1968	0-0	League	Tannadice	D
1970 - 1971	03-04-1971	Morton	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-morton-3-april-1971	0-0	League	Ibrox Park	D
1975 - 1976	03-04-1976	Hibernian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-april-1976	3-0	League	Easter Road	W
1981 - 1982	03-04-1982	Forfar Athletic	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-forfar-athletic-3-april-1982	0-0	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Hampden Park	D
1992 - 1993	03-04-1993	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-april-1993	2-1	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Parkhead (Neutral Venue)	W
2004 - 2005	03-04-2005	Motherwell	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/motherwell-v-rangers-3-april-2005	3-2	League	Fir Park	W
2007 - 2008	03-04-2008	Sporting Lisbon	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-sporting-lisbon-3-april-2008	0-0	UEFA Cup	Ibrox Stadium	D
2009 - 2010	03-04-2010	Hamilton Acas	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hamilton-acas-3-april-2010	1-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2018 - 2019	03-04-2019	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-april-2019	3-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2021 - 2022	03-04-2022	Celtic	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-celtic-3-april-2022	1-2	League	Ibrox Stadium	L

                
On This Day
Every match played on today's date
3rd April

        27
        matches played on 3rd April
    
                    1880
                    1879 - 1880
                
WIN
Vale of Leven
2-1

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Kinning Park
                
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                    1886
                    1885 - 1886
                
DRAW
Morton
1-1

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Cappielow Park
                
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                    1893
                    1892 - 1893
                
WIN
Celtic
3-1

                    Friendly
                
                    First Ibrox Park
                
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                    1897
                    1896 - 1897
                
DRAW
Third Lanark
1-1

                    Friendly
                
                    First Ibrox Park
                
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                    1899
                    1898 - 1899
                
WIN
Southampton
1-0

                    Friendly
                
                    The Dell (England)
                
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                    1905
                    1904 - 1905
                
WIN
Raith Rovers
3-0

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Starks Park
                
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                    1909
                    1908 - 1909
                
DRAW
Hearts
0-0

                    League
                
                    Tynecastle Park
                
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                    1915
                    1914 - 1915
                
LOSS
Hamilton Acas
3-4

                    League
                
                    Douglas Park
                
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                    1920
                    1919 - 1920
                
WIN
Airdrie
3-2

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1922
                    1921 - 1922
                
WIN
Raith Rovers
3-0

                    League
                
                    Stark's Park
                
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