1939–40 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1939–40 season

Chairman

James Bowie

Manager

Bill Struth

Ground

Ibrox Park

Scottish League Division One

1st
P5 W4 D1 L0 F14 A3

Top goalscorer

League:
Willie Thornton (5)
All:
Willie Thornton (5)

← 1938–39

1946–47 →

The 1939–40 season would have been the 65th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

With the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939, the season was suspended after five rounds of games played in the Scottish League Division One. The league was not officially competed for until season 1946–47 but there were unofficial regional leagues played during these years.

Rangers played a total of 5 official competitive matches during the 1939–40 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1939	St Mirren	H	5–1	35,000	Venters (2, 1 pen.), Thornton, Woodburn, Fiddes
19 August 1939	Ayr United	A	4–0	20,000	Thornton (2), Waddell, Venters
22 August 1939	St Mirren	A	0–0	25,000
26 August 1939	Arbroath	H	3–1	15,000	Waddell, Thornton, Venters
2 September 1939	Third Lanark	A	2–1	30,000	Thornton, Gilmour

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Jerry Dawson	GK	5	0
Dougie Gray	DF	5	0
Bobby Bolt	DF	5	0
William Waddell	MF	5	2
Scot Symon	MF	5	0
Willie Thornton	FW	5	5
Alex Venters	FW	5	4
Jock Shaw	DF	4	0
Willie Woodburn	DF	4	1
Chris McNee	MF	4	0
James Fiddes	MF	3	1
Thomas Gilmour	MF	1	1
David Kinnear	MF	1	0
Jimmy Simpson	DF	1	0
Ralph Cowan	DF	1	0
Ian McPherson	MF	1	0

Rangers Football Club

Players Internationals Managers Chairmen Under-20s & Academy Records and statistics Honours Current season Ownership

History	Club History Hall of Fame Past seasons Europe Administration and liquidation

Home stadium	Fleshers' Haugh (1873–1876) Kinning Park (1876–1887) First Ibrox Park (1887–1899) Ibrox Stadium (1899–present)

Training ground	Murray Park

Tragedies	1902 Ibrox disaster 1971 Ibrox disaster

Supporters	Rangers F.C. supporters Club 1872 Rangers Supporters' Trust Rangers First Rangers Fans Fighting Fund Follow Follow (fanzine)

Rivalries	Old Firm

Media	Rangers TV

Others	Broxi Bear Iron Curtain Superleague Formula team Rangers Ladies team Rangers Charity Foundation Blue Heaven

Related articles	1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 2008 UEFA Cup Final

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1939–40 Rangers F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League Division One

Appearances

See also