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Every match played on today's date in history
27th March
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            1874 - 187527-03-1875Sandyford
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-sandyford-27-march-1875
                              3-0Challenge MatchFlesher's Haugh
                                W
                              
1879 - 188027-03-1880Drumpellier
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/drumpellier-v-rangers-27-march-1880
                              11-0Challenge MatchAway Fixture (Venue TBC)
                                W
                              
1885 - 188627-03-1886St Mirren
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-mirren-v-rangers-27-march-1886
                              3-6Challenge MatchWestmarch Estate
                                L
                              
1893 - 189427-03-1894Aston Villa
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aston-villa-v-rangers-27-march-1894
                              1-3FriendlyPerry Barr (England)
                                L
                              
1896 - 189727-03-1897Hibs
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-27-march-1897
                              0-2FriendlyEaster Road
                                L
                              
1908 - 190927-03-1909Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1909
                              3-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1914 - 191527-03-1915Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1915
                              1-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                D
                              
1919 - 192027-03-1920Albion Rovers
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-albion-rovers-27-march-1920
                              1-1Scottish Cup Semi-FinalParkhead (Neutral Venue)
                                D
                              
1922 - 192327-03-1923Falkirk
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-27-march-1923
                              2-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1925 - 192627-03-1926Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1926
                              0-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                L
                              
1928 - 192927-03-1929Hamilton Acas
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hamilton-acas-v-rangers-27-march-1929
                              1-3LeagueDouglas Park
                                L
                              
1942 - 194327-03-1943Celtic
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/celtic-v-rangers-27-march-1943
                              2-0Southern League CupParkhead
                                W
                              
1947 - 194827-03-1948Hibs
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-27-march-1948
                              1-0Scottish Cup Semi-FinalHampden Park (Neutral Venue)
                                W
                              
1949 - 195027-03-1950Raith Rovers
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-raith-rovers-27-march-1950
                              2-0Scottish CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1953 - 195427-03-1954Falkirk
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/falkirk-v-rangers-27-march-1954
                              3-4LeagueBrockville
                                L
                              
1962 - 196327-03-1963Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-27-march-1963
                              5-0LeagueTynecastle Park
                                W
                              
1970 - 197127-03-1971Ayr Utd
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-ayr-utd-27-march-1971
                              2-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1971 - 197227-03-1972Motherwell
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-motherwell-27-march-1972
                              4-2Scottish CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1975 - 197627-03-1976St Johnstone
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-27-march-1976
                              3-0LeagueMuirton Park
                                W
                              
1978 - 197927-03-1979St Mirren
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-mirren-v-rangers-27-march-1979
                              2-1LeagueLove Street
                                W
                              
1981 - 198227-03-1982Hibernian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-27-march-1982
                              0-0LeagueEaster Road
                                D
                              
1982 - 198327-03-1983Swansea City
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-swansea-city-27-march-1983
                              6-3Challenge MatchIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1988 - 198927-03-1989Dundee Utd
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-27-march-1989
                              1-0Scottish CupTannadice
                                W
                              
1992 - 199327-03-1993Dundee
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-dundee-27-march-1993
                              3-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
2009 - 201027-03-2010Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-27-march-2010
                              4-1LeagueTynecastle Stadium
                                W
                              

        

Season	Date	Opponent	Details	Score	Competition	Stadium	Result

1874 - 1875	27-03-1875	Sandyford	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-sandyford-27-march-1875	3-0	Challenge Match	Flesher's Haugh	W
1879 - 1880	27-03-1880	Drumpellier	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/drumpellier-v-rangers-27-march-1880	11-0	Challenge Match	Away Fixture (Venue TBC)	W
1885 - 1886	27-03-1886	St Mirren	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-mirren-v-rangers-27-march-1886	3-6	Challenge Match	Westmarch Estate	L
1893 - 1894	27-03-1894	Aston Villa	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aston-villa-v-rangers-27-march-1894	1-3	Friendly	Perry Barr (England)	L
1896 - 1897	27-03-1897	Hibs	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-27-march-1897	0-2	Friendly	Easter Road	L
1908 - 1909	27-03-1909	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1909	3-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1914 - 1915	27-03-1915	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1915	1-1	League	Ibrox Park	D
1919 - 1920	27-03-1920	Albion Rovers	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-albion-rovers-27-march-1920	1-1	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Parkhead (Neutral Venue)	D
1922 - 1923	27-03-1923	Falkirk	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-27-march-1923	2-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1925 - 1926	27-03-1926	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-27-march-1926	0-1	League	Ibrox Park	L
1928 - 1929	27-03-1929	Hamilton Acas	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hamilton-acas-v-rangers-27-march-1929	1-3	League	Douglas Park	L
1942 - 1943	27-03-1943	Celtic	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/celtic-v-rangers-27-march-1943	2-0	Southern League Cup	Parkhead	W
1947 - 1948	27-03-1948	Hibs	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-27-march-1948	1-0	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Hampden Park (Neutral Venue)	W
1949 - 1950	27-03-1950	Raith Rovers	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-raith-rovers-27-march-1950	2-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1953 - 1954	27-03-1954	Falkirk	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/falkirk-v-rangers-27-march-1954	3-4	League	Brockville	L
1962 - 1963	27-03-1963	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-27-march-1963	5-0	League	Tynecastle Park	W
1970 - 1971	27-03-1971	Ayr Utd	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-ayr-utd-27-march-1971	2-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1971 - 1972	27-03-1972	Motherwell	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-motherwell-27-march-1972	4-2	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1975 - 1976	27-03-1976	St Johnstone	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-27-march-1976	3-0	League	Muirton Park	W
1978 - 1979	27-03-1979	St Mirren	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-mirren-v-rangers-27-march-1979	2-1	League	Love Street	W
1981 - 1982	27-03-1982	Hibernian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-27-march-1982	0-0	League	Easter Road	D
1982 - 1983	27-03-1983	Swansea City	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-swansea-city-27-march-1983	6-3	Challenge Match	Ibrox Park	W
1988 - 1989	27-03-1989	Dundee Utd	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-27-march-1989	1-0	Scottish Cup	Tannadice	W
1992 - 1993	27-03-1993	Dundee	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-dundee-27-march-1993	3-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
2009 - 2010	27-03-2010	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-27-march-2010	4-1	League	Tynecastle Stadium	W

                
On This Day
Every match played on today's date
27th March

        25
        matches played on 27th March
    
                    1875
                    1874 - 1875
                
WIN
Sandyford
3-0

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Flesher's Haugh
                
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                    1880
                    1879 - 1880
                
WIN
Drumpellier
11-0

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Away Fixture (Venue TBC)
                
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                    1886
                    1885 - 1886
                
LOSS
St Mirren
3-6

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Westmarch Estate
                
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                    1894
                    1893 - 1894
                
LOSS
Aston Villa
1-3

                    Friendly
                
                    Perry Barr (England)
                
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                    1897
                    1896 - 1897
                
LOSS
Hibs
0-2

                    Friendly
                
                    Easter Road
                
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                    1909
                    1908 - 1909
                
WIN
Aberdeen
3-1

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1915
                    1914 - 1915
                
DRAW
Aberdeen
1-1

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1920
                    1919 - 1920
                
DRAW
Albion Rovers
1-1

                    Scottish Cup Semi-Final
                
                    Parkhead (Neutral Venue)
                
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                    1923
                    1922 - 1923
                
WIN
Falkirk
2-0

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1926
                    1925 - 1926
                
LOSS
Aberdeen
0-1

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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