1952–53 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 1952–53 football season

Rangers

1952–53 season

Chairman

John Wilson

Manager

Bill Struth

Ground

Ibrox Park

Scottish League Division One

1st
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Scottish Cup

Winners

League Cup

Semi-finals

Coronation Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Derek Grierson (23)
All:
Derek Grierson (31)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1951–52

1953–54 →

The 1952–53 season was the 73rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 1952–53 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division A

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
6 September 1952	St Mirren	A	3–2	45,000
20 September 1952	Celtic	A	1–2	48,000
27 September 1952	Third Lanark	H	4–1	25,000
11 October 1952	Hibernian	H	1–2	65,000
18 October 1952	East Fife	A	2–3	20,000
1 November 1952	Queen of the South	H	3–1	20,000
8 November 1952	Falkirk	A	2–1	18,500
15 November 1952	Clyde	A	6–4	28,000
22 November 1952	Raith Rovers	H	3–2	30,000
6 December 1952	Aberdeen	H	4–0	35,000
13 December 1952	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	26,100
20 December 1952	St Mirren	H	4–0	35,000
27 December 1952	Airdrieonians	A	2–2	20,000
1 January 1953	Celtic	H	1–0	73,000
3 January 1953	Third Lanark	A	2–0	20,581
10 January 1953	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	30,000
17 January 1953	Hibernian	A	1–1	60,500
31 January 1953	East Fife	H	4–0	52,000
14 February 1953	Dundee	A	1–1	24,000
28 February 1953	Falkirk	H	4–0	35,000
7 March 1953	Clyde	H	1–2	55,000
18 March 1953	Raith Rovers	A	1–3	18,000
21 March 1953	Motherwell	H	4–1	35,000
28 March 1953	Aberdeen	A	2–2	28,000
6 April 1953	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	40,000
11 April 1953	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	25,500
15 April 1953	Airdrieonians	H	8–2	20,000
20 April 1953	Motherwell	A	3–0	30,720
2 May 1953	Dundee	H	3–1	60,000
7 May 1953	Queen of the South	A	1–1	17,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
24 January 1953	R1	Arbroath	H	4–0	44,000
7 February 1953	R2	Dundee	A	2–0	43,024
21 February 1953	R3	Morton	A	4–1	22,000
14 March 1953	R4	Celtic	H	2–0	95,000
4 April 1953	SF	Heart of Midlothian	N	2–1	116,475
25 April 1953	R4	Aberdeen	N	1–1	129,876
29 April 1953	SF	Aberdeen	N	1–0	112,799

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
9 August 1952	SR	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–5	41,533
13 August 1952	SR	Motherwell	H	2–0	50,000
16 August 1952	SR	Aberdeen	H	3–1	40,000
23 August 1952	SR	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	75,000
27 August 1952	SR	Motherwell	A	3–3	35,000
30 August 1952	SR	Aberdeen	A	2–1	35,000
13 September 1952	QF L1	Third Lanark	H	0–0	50,000
17 September 1952	QF L2	Third Lanark	A	2–0	42,000
4 October 1952	SF	Kilmarnock	N	0–1	45,815

Coronation Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 May 1953	QF	Manchester United	A	1–2

Appearances

References

1952–53 in Scottish football

« 1951–52

1953–54 »

Domestic leagues

Football League
- Division A
- Division B
- Division C
Highland League

Domestic cups

Scottish Cup
- Final
League Cup
- Final
Coronation Cup
Junior Cup

Related to national team

Club seasons

Division A

Aberdeen
Airdrieonians
Celtic
Clyde
Dundee
East Fife
Falkirk
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Motherwell
Partick Thistle
Queen of the South
Rangers
Raith Rovers
St. Mirren
Third Lanark

Division B

Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic
Arbroath
Ayr United
Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
Forfar Athletic
Hamilton Academical
Kilmarnock
Morton
Queen's Park
St. Johnstone
Stenhousemuir
Stirling Albion

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