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Rangers
1890–91 season
President	James Watson
Match Secretary	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League	1st; P18 W13 D3 L2 F58 A25
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; John McPherson (15); All: ; John McPherson (15)
	← 1889–90 1891–92 →

The 1890–91 season is the 17th season of competitive football by Rangers.

The season saw the club play in a league set-up for the first time in its history.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 20 competitive matches during the 1890–91 season. They were the joint winners of the first ever Scottish League, sharing the title with Dumbarton. The club's drew the championship play-off 2–2, so both were awarded the title and declared champions.

The club ended the season without the Scottish Cup after being knocked out by Celtic in the first round by 1–0.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1890	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–2	3,400	Kerr (2), H.McCreadie, McPherson, Adams (o.g.)
23 August 1890	Cambuslang	A	6–2		McPherson (4), Gow, Marshall
13 September 1890	Dumbarton	A	1–5	4,000	Hislop
4 October 1890	St. Mirren	H	8–2		McPherson (5), Kerr (3)
18 October 1890	Cowlairs	H	1–1		Hislop
17 January 1891	Vale of Leven	A	3–1		McPherson (pen.), Hislop, Henderson
24 January 1891	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	5,000	Kerr
7 February 1891	Abercorn	A	1–1		Marshall
21 February 1891	Cambuslang	H	2–1	2,000	H.McCreadie, McPherson
28 February 1891	St. Mirren	A	7–3		H.McCreadie (2), Henderson (2), Kerr, McPherson, Sloan (o.g.)
7 March 1891	Third Lanark	A	4–0		McPherson, Untraced (3)
14 March 1891	Abercorn	H	2–0	5,000	H.McCreadie, Henderson
21 March 1891	Celtic	A	2–2	12,000	A.McCreadie, Hislop
28 March 1891	Cowlairs	A	2–0		Henderson, Hislop
4 April 1891	Vale of Leven	H	4–0	2,000	Hislop (2), Untraced (2)
25 April 1891	Dumbarton	H	4–2	12,000	A.McCreadie, Hislop, Kerr, McPherson
2 May 1891	Celtic	H	1–2	10,000	Henderson
9 May 1891	Third Lanark	H	4–1		McKenzie (3), Hislop

Championship play-off

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 May 1891	Dumbarton	N	2–2	10,000	Hislop, H.McCreadie

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1890	R1	Celtic	A	0–1	16,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
David Mitchell	MF	20	0
Neil Kerr	MF	20	8
John McPherson	FW	20	15
David Hislop	FW	20	10
David Reid	GK	18	0
Donald Gow	DF	18	1
Robert Marshall	MF	18	2
Andrew McCreadie	DF	17	2
Hugh McCreadie	FW	16	6
James Henderson	FW	14	6
William Hodge	DF	10	0
James McIntyre	DF	9	0
John Muir	DF	9	0
Thomas Wyllie	MF	5	0
Archibald McKenzie	GK	3	3
John White	MF	2	0
William Wilson	MF	1	0