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

1877 - 1878	19-01-1878	Caledonian	View Full Match	5-0	Challenge Match	Away Fixture (Venue TBC)	W
1883 - 1884	19-01-1884	Vale of Leven	View Full Match	0-3	Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Millburn Park	L
1888 - 1889	19-01-1889	Nottingham Forest	View Full Match	1-2	Challenge Match	Parkside	L
1894 - 1895	19-01-1895	Hearts	View Full Match	0-0	League	Tynecastle Park	D
1900 - 1901	19-01-1901	Third Lanark	View Full Match	0-2	Inter-City League	Ibrox Park	L
1906 - 1907	19-01-1907	Airdrie	View Full Match	3-2	League	Broomfield Park	W
1923 - 1924	19-01-1924	Hamilton Acas	View Full Match	3-2	League	Douglas Park	W
1928 - 1929	19-01-1929	Edinburgh City (old)	View Full Match	11-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1934 - 1935	19-01-1935	St Mirren	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1945 - 1946	19-01-1946	Queen's Park	View Full Match	2-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1951 - 1952	19-01-1952	Hearts	View Full Match	2-2	League	Tynecastle Park	D
1956 - 1957	19-01-1957	St Mirren	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1973 - 1974	19-01-1974	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	4-2	League	Tynecastle Park	W
1976 - 1977	19-01-1977	Aberdeen	View Full Match	3-3	League	Pittodrie	D
1984 - 1985	19-01-1985	Aberdeen	View Full Match	1-5	League	Pittodrie	L
1990 - 1991	19-01-1991	Hibernian	View Full Match	2-0	League	Easter Road	W
2001 - 2002	19-01-2002	Aberdeen	View Full Match	1-0	League	Pittodrie	W
2009 - 2010	19-01-2010	Hamilton Acas	View Full Match	2-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Stadium	W
2024 - 2025	19-01-2025	Fraserburgh	View Full Match	5-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox	W

Birthday Blues

Kyle McAusland

DOB: 19 January, 1993

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Player of the day

Lee Wallace

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21 July 2011

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1 June 2019

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Debut

Rangers v Malmo 0-1 26 July 2011

Total Appearances

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John Brown

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Total appearances: 278

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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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