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

1874 - 1875	23-01-1875	Vale of Leven Rovers	View Full Match	2-0	Challenge Match	Flesher's Haugh	W
1885 - 1886	23-01-1886	Pollokshields Athletic	View Full Match	7-1	Challenge Match	Kinning Park	W
1891 - 1892	23-01-1892	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	3-2	Scottish Cup	Westmarch Park (Paisley)(N)	W
1896 - 1897	23-01-1897	Hibs	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	First Ibrox Park	W
1903 - 1904	23-01-1904	Hearts	View Full Match	3-2	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1908 - 1909	23-01-1909	St Johnstone	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	Recreation Grounds (Perth)	W
1914 - 1915	23-01-1915	Dumbarton	View Full Match	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1925 - 1926	23-01-1926	Lochgelly Utd	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1931 - 1932	23-01-1932	Ayr Utd	View Full Match	6-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1932 - 1933	23-01-1933	Arbroath	View Full Match	3-1	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1936 - 1937	23-01-1937	St Mirren	View Full Match	2-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1942 - 1943	23-01-1943	Morton	View Full Match	1-1	League	Cappielow Park (Greenock)	D
1953 - 1954	23-01-1954	East Fife	View Full Match	1-2	League	Bayview	L
1955 - 1956	23-01-1956	San Lorenzo	View Full Match	4-3	Challenge Match	Ibrox Park	W
1956 - 1957	23-01-1957	Scotland U-23	View Full Match	3-3	Challenge Match	Ibrox Park	D
1959 - 1960	23-01-1960	Dunfermline Athletic	View Full Match	5-0	League	East End Park	W
1970 - 1971	23-01-1971	Falkirk	View Full Match	3-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1981 - 1982	23-01-1982	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	0-3	Challenge Match	Rugby Park	L
1987 - 1988	23-01-1988	Falkirk	View Full Match	3-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1998 - 1999	23-01-1999	Stenhousemuir	View Full Match	2-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Stadium	W
2001 - 2002	23-01-2002	Dunfermline Athletic	View Full Match	4-2	League	East End Park	W
2004 - 2005	23-01-2005	Aberdeen	View Full Match	2-1	League	Pittodrie	W
2007 - 2008	23-01-2008	East Stirling	View Full Match	6-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Stadium	W
2009 - 2010	23-01-2010	Heart of Midlothian	View Full Match	1-1	League	Ibrox Stadium	D
2018 - 2019	23-01-2019	Kilmarnock	View Full Match	1-2	League	Rugby Park	L
2020 - 2021	23-01-2021	Ross County	View Full Match	5-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2024 - 2025	23-01-2025	Man Utd	View Full Match	1-2	Europa League	Old Trafford	L

Birthday Blues

Liam Kelly

DOB: 23 January, 1996

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Zak Lovelace

DOB: 23 January, 2006

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Tom Forsyth

DOB: 23 January, 1949

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Martyn Waghorn

DOB: 23 January, 1990

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Andrei Kanchelskis

DOB: 23 January, 1969

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Player of the day

Billy Dodds

Signed

4 December 1999

Dundee United

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1 June 2003

Dundee Utd

Debut

Rangers v Kilmarnock 1-0 11 December 1999

Total Appearances

84

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Ian McMillan

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Total appearances: 193

Jock Shaw

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Total appearances: 242

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Total appearances: 271

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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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