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

1883 - 1884	23-02-1884	Abercorn	View Full Match	10-0	Challenge Match	Blackstoun Park	W
1888 - 1889	23-02-1889	Port Glasgow Athletic	View Full Match	2-5	Challenge Match	First Ibrox Park	L
1894 - 1895	23-02-1895	St Mirren	View Full Match	4-3	Friendly	Fullerton Park	W
1900 - 1901	23-02-1901	Dundee	View Full Match	4-3	Friendly	Dens Park	W
1906 - 1907	23-02-1907	St Mirren	View Full Match	0-0	League	Love Street	D
1917 - 1918	23-02-1918	Motherwell	View Full Match	0-0	League	Fir Park	D
1923 - 1924	23-02-1924	Hibs	View Full Match	1-2	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	L
1926 - 1927	23-02-1927	Dunfermline Athletic	View Full Match	1-1	League	East End Park	D
1934 - 1935	23-02-1935	St Mirren	View Full Match	1-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1945 - 1946	23-02-1946	Queen of the South	View Full Match	4-0	Southern League Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1951 - 1952	23-02-1952	Arbroath	View Full Match	2-0	Scottish Cup	Gayfield Park	W
1956 - 1957	23-02-1957	Queen's Park	View Full Match	3-3	League	Ibrox Park	D
1979 - 1980	23-02-1980	Morton	View Full Match	3-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1984 - 1985	23-02-1985	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	0-2	League	Tynecastle Park	L
1990 - 1991	23-02-1991	Cowdenbeath	View Full Match	5-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1992 - 1993	23-02-1993	Motherwell	View Full Match	4-0	League	Fir Park	W
1996 - 1997	23-02-1997	Hibernian	View Full Match	3-1	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2012 - 2013	23-02-2013	Berwick Rangers	View Full Match	1-3	League	Sheilfield Park	L
2019 - 2020	23-02-2020	St Johnstone	View Full Match	2-2	League	McDiarmid Park	D

Birthday Blues

Neilly Gibson

DOB: 23 February, 1873

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Nico Raskin

DOB: 23 February, 2001

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Player of the day

John Brown

Signed

15 January 1988

Hearts

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1 June 1996

retired

Debut

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers 1-1 16 January 1988

Total Appearances

278

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Billy Ritchie

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Total appearances: 340

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Total appearances: 73

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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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