Rangers won 3-0 in this match at Ibrox. 10th April 1976.

Two classic strips on display in this photo from both Rangers and Dundee.

DJ and Bomber. Looks like Sandy behind DJ.

DJ, Bomber Jackson and Sandy Jardine were at the very core of Rangers 1970s success.

Colin Jackson was a very good central defender.

He had pace, could read the game extremely well and was a brilliant header of the ball. He scored some vital goals, including the late winner in the March 1979 League Cup Final v Aberdeen.

'Chopper' Harris and John Greig of Rangers exchange pennants before Ron's testimonial match .

23rd November 1971

Mid 1970s . Either a winter or midweek match.

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Match Report on Rangers 4-0 Celtic. Scottish Cup Final. 14th April 1928.

One of the most famous games in Rangers history.

118,115 officially were in attendance. My grandfather certainly was in attendance and as a child, I grew up regularly hearing tales of this famous game.

John Thomson watches as Rangers score

Rangers, despite being undoubtedly Scotlands best side,had gone 25 years without lifting what was still regarded at that time as the biggest prize in Scottish football.

So long in fact, it was christened the ‘Rangers hoodoo’. But it was broken in spectacular fashion as Bill Struth's team ran rampant over their Old Firm rivals.

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Celtic v Rangers in the early 1920s.

The packed Hampden terraces watch the 1973 Scottish Cup Final. Alfie Conn, Quintin Young and Derek Parlane are the Tangers players. Danny McGrain and goalkeeper Ally Hunter are the Celtic players.

1928 Scottish Cup Final. Rangers defence holding firm under pressure.

Edited April 14, 20251 yr by erskblue

The 1928 Scottish Cup final took place at Hampden on April 14th in front of a record 118,000 crowd. There were an estimated 10,000 locked out as Rangers and Celtic met in the final for the first time since the infamous riot in 1909.
Rangers were on the verge of yet another league title as they dominated the Scottish game under manager William Struth, but incredibly the Ibrox giants hadn't won Scotland's national cup competition since 1903, a gap of 25 long years.
Talk of a cup hoodoo had sprung up, and was the talk of the football world every year when Rangers were in Scottish Cup action. They had suffered multiple shock results and disappointments, and in 1928 they would be without injured skipper Tommy Muirhead.
Celtic were the better team in the first half with the wind at their backs, and Rangers had goalkeeper Tom Hamilton to thank for keeping the game goalless at the interval, especially due to a wonder save from Celtic forward Connolly.
In the second half, Rangers thought they had opened the scoring when a Jimmy Fleming shot beat keeper Thomson, but defender McStay punched it clear on the line, many in the ground thinking the ball had actually gone into the goal. A penalty was awarded.
Captain Davie Meiklejohn took responsibility and the Rangers fans held their breath. 25 years of pain could finally be at an end if he scored. Meiklejohn spoke of "dying 1000 deaths" when standing waiting to take the kick. He withstood the pressure and scored.
A quarter of a century burden lifted from Rangers shoulders. Bob McPhail added a second when turning home a corner kick, before winger Sandy Archibald crashed home two long range thunderbolts to complete a memorable 4-0 win.
The hoodoo was over, many great Rangers players had finally won their first Scottish Cup medal, and the club under Struth would go on to lift the old trophy 9 more times in his unrivalled managerial career.

A truly iconic Rangers occasion.

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Colin Jackson slides in to make a tackle during the Scottish Cup Final of 1979 against Hibs. Gordon Smith looks on.

This first game on 12th May and the replay were, truely, both awful games of football!

In the first game all I remember are Alex McDonald and Derek Parlane having decent chances for Rangers and Colin Campbell should really have won it very late on for Hibs!

The photos below are from the original game. I actually don’t remember anything about the first replay,which also ended 0-0!

The second replay on 28th May was a 3-2 win for Rangers. Arthur Duncan scoring the winner with a diving header . However it was an Own Goal!

Edited April 15, 20251 yr by erskblue

The second replay on Monday 28th May, was a 3-2 win for Rangers.

Arthur Duncan scoring the winner with a diving header . However it was an Own Goal!

The virtually empty Kings Park End of Hampden tell their own story during the second replay. It was played on the Monday night after Wembley !

And the second replay went to extra time!

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Morton away in April 1966. Most of my immediate male relatives would almost certainly have attended this match.

A very packed Broomloan Road Terracing as Rangers and a Scotland 11 line up before John Greig Testimonial Match on Sunday 16th April 1978. Official attendance given as 65,000.

True Attendance estimates wary from 85-90,000. The terrace walkways are barely seen in this picture and it was exactly the same on the Copland Road terraces at the other end of the Stadium.

Colin Jackson in action. Jim Blyth is the Scotland goalkeeper as Bruce Rioch looks on.

Tom Forsyth and Gordon McQueen in action.

The wee blue cars are in the background. So is Asa Hartford!😀

Rangers won 5-0! Perhaps this scoreline should have been a warning to Ally McLeod ?

If any player epitomises what it means to play for Rangers it is John Greig. An equivalent at Chelsea would be, for example, John Terry or Ron Harris.

This is taken from the Scottish Football Annual of  1878/9: on the Rangers FC information, note the joining fees.   

Yes, you could join  the Rangers as you could any other sports club.http://www.scottishdistancerunninghistory.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/WHB-1-c-644x1024.jpg!

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The wee blue cars at the front of the Copland Road Terracing at Ibrox.

Late 1960s to April 1978. Must have been a big match! looking at the large number of them!!😀

Ian Durrant about to take a throw in. Kilbowie Park in Clydebank. April 1987.

Sandy Jardine (in red jersey) hurdles a Dundee players tackle. Ibrox in 1974-75.

A ‘classic’ Rangers player in a Rangers away strip.

August 1975. Sandy Jardine scored a hat trick as Rangers won 6-1.

August 1975. 6-1 match as above.

Great players in a great team.