# 1905–06 Rangers F.C. season

The 1905–06 season is the 32nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 33 competitive matches during the 1905–06 season. The side finished fourth in the league, twelve points behind champions Celtic, despite only collecting one win from the final six matches.
The Scottish Cup campaign began at Arthurlie then Aberdeen before the side were knocked out away to Port Glasgow Athletic.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish League Division One

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 19 August 1905 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–2 | 10,000 | Hamilton (2), McColl (pen) |
| 26 August 1905 | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | 8,000 | McMillan |
| 2 September 1905 | Airdrieonians | A | 1–5 | 12,000 | Hamilton |
| 11 September 1905 | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | 6,000 | Hamilton, Low |
| 16 September 1905 | St. Mirren | H | 1–0 | 15,000 | Stark |
| 25 September 1905 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–5 | 18,000 | |
| 7 October 1905 | Port Glasgow | A | 4–1 | 3,000 | Kyle, Stark, Hamilton, Shaw |
| 14 October 1905 | Dundee | H | 1–1 | 9,500 | Shaw |
| 21 October 1905 | Celtic | H | 3–2 | 30,000 | Kyle, Shaw, May |
| 28 October 1905 | Falkirk | A | 6–1 | 6,000 | Ruddiman (3), May, Kyle (pen), Shaw |
| 4 November 1905 | Queen's Park | A | 2–1 | 13,000 | Hawthorne (og), Spiers |
| 11 November 1905 | Third Lanark | H | 2–4 | 10,000 | Kyle (2) |
| 18 November 1905 | Motherwell | A | 3–3 | 5,000 | Kyle (3) |
| 25 November 1905 | Greenock Morton | H | 1–2 | 4,000 | Hamilton |
| 2 December 1905 | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | 7,000 | Kivlichan, Smith (2) |
| 9 December 1905 | Greenock Morton | A | 3–0 | 5,000 | Speirs, May, Hamilton |
| 16 December 1905 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Rankine |
| 23 December 1905 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 6,000 | McColl, Smith |
| 30 December 1905 | Airdrieonians | H | 1–3 | 8,000 | Speirs |
| 1 January 1906 | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 40,000 | |
| 2 January 1906 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | 10,000 | McColl |
| 6 January 1906 | Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | 6,000 | Hamilton, Dalrymple, McColl |
| 13 January 1906 | St. Mirren | A | 2–3 | 7,000 | Smith, McColl |
| 20 January 1906 | Port Glasgow | H | 4–0 | 8,000 | Dalrymple (3), McColl |
| 3 February 1906 | Third Lanark | A | 0–3 | 13,000 | |
| 17 February 1906 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Kivlichan |
| 3 March 1906 | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | 7,000 | Hamilton |
| 17 March 1906 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | 8,000 | Speirs |
| 24 March 1906 | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | 7,000 | Stark, Kivlichan, McFie |
| 7 April 1906 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | 6,000 | Speirs (2) |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 27 January 1906 | R1 | Arthurlie | A | 7–1 | 6,000 | Speirs (3), Dalrymple (2), McColl, May |
| 10 February 1906 | R2 | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | 14,000 | Dalrymple (2), Hamilton |
| 10 March 1906 | QF | Port Glasgow | A | 0–1 | 11,000 | |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Tom Sinclair | GK | 33 | 0 |
| Alex Fraser | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Gourlay | DF | 6 | 0 |
| Josiah Gray | DF | 29 | 0 |
| James Stark | DF | 31 | 3 |
| John May | DF | 24 | 4 |
| Robert Dalrymple | MF | 15 | 8 |
| Archie Kyle | FW | 24 | 8 |
| Robert Hamilton | FW | 23 | 10 |
| Robert Smyth McColl | FW | 15 | 7 |
| Alex Smith | FW | 27 | 3 |
| Jimmy Croal | DF | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Cochrane | DF | 10 | 0 |
| David McMillan | DF | 9 | 1 |
| Danny Steel | MF | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Craig | DF | 28 | 0 |
| Tommy Low | MF | 2 | 1 |
| Jimmy Speirs | FW | 21 | 9 |
| Jock Walker | DF | 14 | 0 |
| John McFie | FW | 4 | 1 |
| Hugh C. Shaw | MF | 6 | 3 |
| Thomas Ruddiman | FW | 4 | 3 |
| Willie Kivlichan | MF | 9 | 4 |
| Johnny Rankine | MF | 8 | 1 |
| Robert Campbell | DF | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Miller | MF | 1 | 0 |
| James Craig | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Finlay Speedie | FW | 2 | 0 |
| Constantine McGhee | DF | 1 | 0 |
* Source: Fitbastats