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

1882 - 1883	24-02-1883	Thornliebank	View Full Match	3-0	Challenge Match	Kinning Park	W
1893 - 1894	24-02-1894	Celtic	View Full Match	2-3	League	Parkhead	L
1899 - 1900	24-02-1900	Celtic	View Full Match	2-2	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Ibrox Park	D
1911 - 1912	24-02-1912	Airdrie	View Full Match	4-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1916 - 1917	24-02-1917	St Mirren	View Full Match	1-1	League	Love Street	D
1922 - 1923	24-02-1923	Morton	View Full Match	1-1	League	Cappielow Park	D
1925 - 1926	24-02-1926	Falkirk	View Full Match	1-1	League	Brockville Park	D
1933 - 1934	24-02-1934	St Mirren	View Full Match	2-1	League	Love Street	W
1939 - 1940	24-02-1940	Alloa Athletic	View Full Match	4-1	Emergency War Cup	Recreation Park	W
1944 - 1945	24-02-1945	Albion Rovers	View Full Match	2-1	Southern League Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1950 - 1951	24-02-1951	Raith Rovers	View Full Match	1-3	League	Stark's Park	L
1953 - 1954	24-02-1954	British Army	View Full Match	1-2	Challenge Match	Ibrox Park	L
1961 - 1962	24-02-1962	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	1-0	League	Tynecastle Park	W
1968 - 1969	24-02-1969	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	2-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1972 - 1973	24-02-1973	Hibernian	View Full Match	1-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	D
1973 - 1974	24-02-1974	Dundee Utd	View Full Match	3-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1978 - 1979	24-02-1979	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	2-3	League	Tynecastle Park	L
1997 - 1998	24-02-1998	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	1-1	League	Rugby Park	D
2000 - 2001	24-02-2001	Dundee	View Full Match	1-0	League	Dens Park	W
2001 - 2002	24-02-2002	Forfar Athletic	View Full Match	6-0	Scottish Cup	Station Park	W
2007 - 2008	24-02-2008	Gretna	View Full Match	4-2	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2010 - 2011	24-02-2011	Sporting Lisbon	View Full Match	2-2	Europa League	Estadio Jose Alvalade	D
2016 - 2017	24-02-2017	Inverness C.T.	View Full Match	1-2	League	Caledonian Stadium	L
2017 - 2018	24-02-2018	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	2-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2018 - 2019	24-02-2019	Hamilton Acas	View Full Match	5-0	League	New Douglas Park	W
2021 - 2022	24-02-2022	Borussia Dortmund	View Full Match	2-2	Europa League	Ibrox Stadium	D
2023 - 2024	24-02-2024	Hearts	View Full Match	5-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W

Birthday Blues

Robbie Ure

DOB: 24 February, 2004

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Charlie McCann

DOB: 24 February, 2002

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Filip Sebo

DOB: 24 February, 1984

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Player of the day

George McLean

Signed

23 January 1963

St Mirren

Left

5 April 1967

Dundee

Debut

Dunfermline Athletic v Rangers 1-2 9 March 1963

Total Appearances

117

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Andy Cunningham

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Total appearances: 271

Sammy Cox

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Total appearances: 310

Billy Simpson

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Total appearances: 239

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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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