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

1879 - 1880	21-02-1880	Dumbarton	View Full Match	3-3	Challenge Match	Boghead Park	D
1884 - 1885	21-02-1885	Pollokshields	View Full Match	1-0	Challenge Match	Away Fixture (Venue TBC)	W
1890 - 1891	21-02-1891	Cambuslang	View Full Match	2-1	League	First Ibrox Park	W
1902 - 1903	21-02-1903	Middlesbrough	View Full Match	1-1	Friendly	Cricket Club (England)	D
1913 - 1914	21-02-1914	Hibs	View Full Match	1-2	Scottish Cup	Easter Road	L
1919 - 1920	21-02-1920	Broxburn Utd	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1921 - 1922	21-02-1922	Clydebank (old)	View Full Match	6-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1924 - 1925	21-02-1925	Arbroath	View Full Match	5-3	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1930 - 1931	21-02-1931	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1933 - 1934	21-02-1934	Hearts	View Full Match	2-1	Scottish Cup	Tynecastle Park	W
1941 - 1942	21-02-1942	Hearts	View Full Match	1-0	League	Tynecastle Park	W
1941 - 1942	21-02-1942	Third Lanark	View Full Match	5-2	Southern League Cup	New Cathkin Park	W
1947 - 1948	21-02-1948	Partick Thistle	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1952 - 1953	21-02-1953	Morton	View Full Match	4-1	Scottish Cup	Cappielow	W
1958 - 1959	21-02-1959	Stirling Albion	View Full Match	3-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1961 - 1962	21-02-1962	Aberdeen	View Full Match	5-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1969 - 1970	21-02-1970	Celtic	View Full Match	1-3	Scottish Cup	Parkhead	L
1975 - 1976	21-02-1976	Ayr Utd	View Full Match	1-0	League	Somerset Park	W
1978 - 1979	21-02-1979	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	1-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	D
1980 - 1981	21-02-1981	Celtic	View Full Match	1-3	League	Parkhead	L
1997 - 1998	21-02-1998	Hibernian	View Full Match	2-1	League	Easter Road	W
2001 - 2002	21-02-2002	Feyenoord	View Full Match	1-1	UEFA Cup	Ibrox Stadium	D
2003 - 2004	21-02-2004	Hibernian	View Full Match	3-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2007 - 2008	21-02-2008	Panathinaikos	View Full Match	1-1	UEFA Cup	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (Greece)	D
2008 - 2009	21-02-2009	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	3-1	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2015 - 2016	21-02-2016	Queen of the South	View Full Match	1-0	League	Palmerston Park	W
2020 - 2021	21-02-2021	Dundee Utd	View Full Match	4-1	League	Ibrox Stadium	W

Birthday Blues

Nuno Capucho

DOB: 21 February, 1972

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Neil Murray

DOB: 21 February, 1973

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Player of the day

Ian Ferguson

Signed

15 February 1988

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Left

11 January 2000

Dunfermline

Debut

Dundee Utd v Rangers 1-1 27 February 1988

Total Appearances

336

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Willie Waddell

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Total appearances: 301

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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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