1948–49 Rangers F.C. season
Rangers 1948–49 football season
The 1948–49 season was the 69th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1948–49 season becoming the first club to win The Treble.
Rangers won the league by a single point over second placed Dundee, winning 20 of the 30 matches.
The Scottish Cup was won thanks to a 4–1 win over Clyde with goals from Billy Williamson, Jimmy Duncanson and a brace from George Young.
The club won the League Cup with a 2–0 win over Raith Rovers.[1]
Transfers
16 August 1948:
Billy Arnison to Luton Town.
21 September 1948:
Charlie Watkins to Luton Town.
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division A
Date |
Round |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers
|
14 Aug 1948 |
Motherwell |
A |
1–1 |
35,000 |
Thornton
|
18 Aug 1948 |
Falkirk |
H |
4–3 |
40,000 |
Gillick (2), Thornton, Findlay
|
21 Aug 1948 |
Celtic |
A |
1–0 |
50,000 |
Findlay
|
28 Aug 1948 |
Dundee |
H |
1–1 |
55,000 |
Findlay
|
1 Sep 1948 |
Partick Thistle |
A |
1–1 |
40,000 |
Thornton
|
4 Sep 1948 |
Third Lanark |
H |
2–1 |
35,000 |
Williamson, Duncanson
|
23 Oct 1948 |
Hearts |
A |
0–2 |
42,000 |
|
6 Nov 1948 |
Hibernian |
H |
2–4 |
50,000 |
Thornton, Gillick
|
13 Nov 1948 |
St Mirren |
A |
2–0 |
40,000 |
Gillick, Waddell
|
27 Nov 1948 |
East Fife |
A |
2–1 |
20,737 |
Thornton, Duncanson
|
4 Dec 1948 |
Clyde |
A |
3–1 |
25,000 |
Thornton (2), Paton
|
11 Dec 1948 |
Morton |
H |
4–1 |
25,000 |
Thornton (2), Findlay, Rutherford
|
18 Dec 1948 |
Queen of the South |
A |
2–0 |
20,200 |
Thornton, Rutherford
|
25 Dec 1948 |
Falkirk |
A |
2–2 |
21,000 |
Paton, Waddell
|
1 Jan 1949 |
Celtic |
H |
4–0 |
95,000 |
Thornton, Duncanson (3)
|
3 Jan 1949 |
Dundee |
A |
1–3 |
39,000 |
Marshall
|
8 Jan 1949 |
Motherwell |
H |
2–0 |
55,000 |
Paton, Thornton
|
15 Jan 1949 |
Third Lanark |
A |
1–2 |
35,000 |
Thornton
|
29 Jan 1949 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
2–2 |
55,000 |
Thornton, Cox
|
12 Feb 1949 |
Aberdeen |
A |
2–0 |
42,000 |
Thornton, Paton
|
19 Feb 1949 |
Hibernian |
A |
1–0 |
50,000 |
Paton
|
26 Feb 1949 |
St Mirren |
H |
2–1 |
40,000 |
Thornton, Duncanson
|
19 Mar 1949 |
Clyde |
H |
4–1 |
50,000 |
Paton (2), Thornton, Duncanson
|
2 Apr 1949 |
Queen of the South |
H |
3–0 |
28,000 |
Thornton (2), Duncanson
|
5 Apr 1949 |
Hearts |
H |
2–1 |
45,000 |
Cox, Paton
|
13 Apr 1949 |
East Fife |
H |
3–1 |
35,000 |
Young (2, 2 pen), Paton
|
16 Apr 1949 |
Aberdeen |
H |
1–1 |
45,000 |
Duncanson
|
18 Apr 1949 |
Albion Rovers |
H |
3–1 |
16,000 |
Williamson, Waddell, Young (pen)
|
25 Apr 1949 |
Morton |
A |
1–0 |
40,000 |
Thornton
|
30 Apr 1949 |
Albion Rovers |
A |
4–1 |
15,000 |
Thornton (3), Duncanson
|
Scottish Cup
Date |
Round |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers
|
22 Jan 1949 |
R1 |
Elgin City |
H |
6–1 |
29,000 |
Thornton (2), Duncanson (2), Cox, Rutherford
|
5 Feb 1949 |
R2 |
Motherwell |
A |
3–0 |
31,000 |
Young (pen), Paton, Thornton
|
5 Mar 1949 |
QF |
Partick Thistle |
H |
4–0 |
65,000 |
Thornton (2), Duncanson, Paton
|
26 Mar 1949 |
SF |
East Fife |
N |
3–0 |
104,958 |
Thornton (3)
|
23 Apr 1949 |
F |
Clyde |
N |
4–1 |
120,162 |
Young (2, 2 pen), Williamson, Duncanson
|
League Cup
Date |
Round |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers
|
11 Sep 1948 |
SR |
Clyde |
H |
1–1 |
50,000 |
Findlay
|
18 Sep 1948 |
SR |
Hibernian |
A |
0–0 |
47,000 |
|
25 Sep 1948 |
SR |
Celtic |
A |
1–3 |
65,000 |
Findlay
|
2 Oct 1948 |
SR |
Clyde |
A |
3–1 |
27,000 |
Waddell (3, 2 pen)
|
9 Oct 1948 |
SR |
Hibernian |
H |
1–0 |
76,466 |
Thornton
|
16 Oct 1948 |
SR |
Celtic |
H |
2–1 |
105,000 |
Williamson, Waddell
|
30 Oct 1948 |
QF |
St Mirren |
H |
1–0 |
50,000 |
Thornton
|
20 Nov 1948 |
SF |
Dundee |
N |
4–1 |
50,996 |
Rutherford, McColl, Duncanson, Thornton
|
12 Mar 1949 |
F |
Raith Rovers |
N |
2–0 |
57,450 |
Gillick, Paton
|
Appearances
See also
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