# 1897–98 Rangers F.C. season

The 1897–98 season is the 24th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 25 competitive matches during the 1897–98 season. They finished third in the Scottish League Division One with a record of 13 wins from 18 matches.
The club won the Scottish Cup that season. A 2–0 victory of Kilmarnock on 26 March 1898 saw them win the trophy for the second time in two seasons.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish League Division One

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 4 September 1897 | St Bernard's | A | 4–2 | 7,000 | Hamilton (2), J.Miller, Hyslop |
| 11 September 1897 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 15,000 | Hamilton |
| 20 September 1897 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | 13,000 | Hamilton, A.Smith |
| 25 September 1897 | Third Lanark | A | 3–0 | 15,000 | Hyslop (pen), A.Smith, Hyslop |
| 27 September 1897 | Celtic | H | 0–4 | 30,000 | |
| 2 October 1897 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 15,000 | Hamilton (2) |
| 9 October 1897 | Partick Thistle | A | 5–1 | 8,000 | Mitchell, Gibson, Neil, Hamilton, Hyslop |
| 16 October 1897 | Clyde | A | 8–1 | 6,000 | A.Smith (3), J.Miller (2), Hamilton, Hyslop, J.McPherson |
| 23 October 1897 | Clyde | H | 7–0 | 3,000 | Hyslop (3, 1 pen), McPherson, Hamilton, J.Miller, A.Smith |
| 6 November 1897 | St Mirren | A | 5–1 | | Turnbull (2), Low, McPherson, Hamilton |
| 4 December 1897 | St Mirren | H | 9–0 | 5,000 | Hamilton (4), McPherson (3), Neil, J.Miller |
| 11 December 1897 | Hibernian | A | 5–0 | 9,000 | Hamilton (3), Hyslop, A.Smith |
| 25 December 1897 | Dundee | H | 5–0 | 6,000 | J.Miller (4), A.Smith |
| 3 January 1898 | Partick Thistle | H | 7–1 | 4,000 | A.Smith (2), McPherson (2), J.Miller, Hyslop, Johnstone |
| 12 February 1898 | Dundee | A | 1–2 | 11,000 | A.Smith |
| 19 March 1898 | St Bernard's | H | 8–1 | 5,000 | Hyslop (3), McPherson (2), A.Smith, Neil, Turnbull |
| 9 April 1898 | Third Lanark | H | 0–0 | 3,000 | |
| 11 April 1898 | Celtic | A | 0–0 | 15,000 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 8 January 1898 | R1 | Polton Vale | H | 8–0 | 3,000 | J.Miller (2), J.McPherson (2), A.Smith, Hamilton, Goudie, Neil |
| 22 January 1898 | R2 | Cartvale | H | 12–0 | | Hamilton (4), A.Smith (2), Neil (pen), Mitchell, Kerr, N.Gibson, J.Miller, Coulrough (og) |
| 5 February 1898 | QF | Queen's Park | A | 3–1 | 20,000 | J.McPherson, Hamilton, J.Miller |
| 19 February 1898 | SF | Third Lanark | H | 1–1 | 20,000 | A.Smith |
| 26 February 1898 | SF Rpl | Third Lanark | A | 2–2 | 16,000 | Hamilton, A.Smith |
| 12 March 1898 | SF 2Rpl | Third Lanark | A | 2–0 | 12,000 | J.McPherson, N.Gibson (pen) |
| 26 March 1898 | F | Kilmarnock | N | 2–0 | 14,000 | A.Smith, Hamilton |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Matthew Dickie | GK | 24 | 0 |
| Nicol Smith | DF | 16 | 0 |
| Jock Drummond | DF | 21 | 0 |
| Andrew McCreadie | DF | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Neil | DF | 19 | 5 |
| David Mitchell | MF | 17 | 2 |
| Tommy Low | MF | 14 | 2 |
| Jimmy Millar | FW | 22 | 14 |
| Robert Hamilton | FW | 22 | 16 |
| Tommy Hyslop | FW | 15 | 12 |
| Alex Smith | MF | 24 | 18 |
| Neilly Gibson | MF | 21 | 3 |
| John McPherson | MF | 19 | 14 |
| Robert Glen | DF | 5 | 0 |
| Peter Turnbull | FW | 5 | 3 |
| David Crawford | DF | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Oswald | FW | 5 | 0 |
| Jamieson | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Murray | DF | 3 | 0 |
| Yuille | GK | 1 | 0 |
| Turner | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Kerr | MF | 3 | 1 |
| Scott | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Goudie | MF | 1 | 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 33 | Champions |
| 2 | Rangers | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 15 | +56 | 29 | |
| 3 | Hibernian | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 22 | |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 20 | |
| 5 | St Mirren | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 18 | |
| 5 | Third Lanark | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 18 | |
| 7 | Dundee | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 13 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 13 | |
| 9 | St Bernard's | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 9 | |
| 10 | Clyde | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 83 | −62 | 5 | |
* ↑ Replayed after original fixture on 1 January was abandoned due to repeated crowd encroachment.
* 1 2 Dundee and Partick Thistle finished level on points but Dundee won a play-off match to determine ranking positions.