1962–63 Rangers F.C. season
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Rangers
| logo =
| season = 1962–63
| manager = Scot Symon
| chairman = John Wilson
(until February)
John Lawrence
(from February)
| stdtitle = Ground
| stadium = Ibrox Park
| league = Scottish League Division One
| league result = 1st
P34 W25 D7 L2 F94 A28 Pts57
| cup1 = Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Winners
| cup2 = League Cup | cup2 result = Semi-finalists
| cup3 = European Cup Winners' Cup | cup3 result = First round
| season topscorer =
Jimmy Millar (42)
| league topscorer =
Jimmy Millar (??)
| prevseason = 1961–62
| nextseason = 1963–64
}}
The 1962–63 season was the 83rd season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 1962–63 season.
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
=Scottish First Division=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | |||||
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}22 August 1962 | {{Left}}St Mirren | H | 3–0 | 46,000 | {{Left}}Wilson(og) Brand, Millar |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}8 September 1962 | {{Left}}Celtic | A | 1–0 | 72,000 | {{Left}}Henderson |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}15 September 1962 | {{Left}}Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 52,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}22 September 1962 | {{Left}}Hibernian | A | 5–1 | 27,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) Baxter, Wilson(2,1pen) |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}29 September 1962 | {{Left}}Dundee | H | 1–1 | 57,000 | {{Left}}Millar |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}6 October 1962 | {{Left}}Queen of the South | A | 4–0 | 20,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) Brand(2) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}13 October 1962 | {{Left}}Airdrieonians | H | 5–2 | 28,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) Wilson(pen) McMillan, Greig |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}23 October 1962 | {{Left}}Third Lanark | A | 4–1 | 20,000 | {{Left}}Henderson(2), Wilson, Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}27 October 1962 | {{Left}}Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | 40,000 | {{Left}}Millar, Wilson, Greig |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}3 November 1962 | {{Left}}Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | 38,000 | {{Left}}Wilson(pen) |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}10 November 1962 | {{Left}}Dundee United | A | 1–2 | 24,000 | {{Left}}Greig |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}17 November 1962 | {{Left}}Falkirk | H | 4–0 | 18,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) Wilson, Greig |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}24 November 1962 | {{Left}}Clyde | H | 3–1 | 26,000 | {{Left}}Brand(2) Millar |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}1 December 1962 | {{Left}}Motherwell | |A | 1–1 | 18.000 | {{Left}}Davis |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}8 December 1962 | {{Left}}Kilmarnock | H | 6–1 | 40,000 | {{Left}}Wilson, Millar, Brand(3) Henderson |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}15 December 1962 | {{Left}}Raith Rovers | H | 4–2 | 16,000 | {{Left}}Wilson, Brand(3) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}29 December 1962 | {{Left}}St Mirren | A | 2–0 | 21,000 | {{Left}}Scott, Millar |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}1 January 1963 | {{Left}}Celtic | H | 4–0 | 55,000 | {{Left}}Davis, Millar, Greig, Wilson |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}9 March 1963 | {{Left}}Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–1 | 22,500 | {{Left}}Wilson, Millar |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}16 March 1963 | {{Left}}Dundee United | H | 5–0 | 32,000 | {{Left}}Millar(4) Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}23 March 1963 | {{Left}}Falkirk | A | 2–0 | 16,500 | {{Left}}Henderson, McLean |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}27 March 1963 | {{Left}}Heart of Midlothian | A | 5–0 | 35,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) McLean, Wilson(2) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}10 April 1963 | {{Left}}Hibernian | H | 3–1 | 25,000 | {{Left}}Wilson(2) Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}17 April 1963 | {{Left}}Partick Thistle | A | 4–1 | 8,706 | {{Left}}Wilson(4) |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}20 April 1963 | {{Left}}Raith Rovers | A | 2–2 | 10,000 | {{Left}}Haig(og) Millar |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}27 April 1963 | {{Left}}Heart of Midlothian | H | 5–1 | 40,000 | {{Left}}Baxter(2) Holt(og) Brand, Wilson |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}29 April 1963 | {{Left}}Motherwell | H | 1–1 | 34,815 | {{Left}}Wilson |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}6 May 1963 | {{Left}}Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | 6,500 | {{Left}}Baxter, Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}11 May 1963 | {{Left}}Third Lanark | H | 1–0 | 34,000 | {{Left}}Brand |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}13 May 1963 | {{Left}}Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 12,000 | {{Left}} |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}18 May 1963 | {{Left}}Queen of the South | H | 3–1 | 17,000 | {{Left}}Millar(2) Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}22 May 1963 | {{Left}}Clyde | A | 3–1 | 6,000 | {{Left}}Willoughby(2) Brand |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}25 May 1963 | {{Left}}Dundee | A | 0–0 | 18,000 | {{Left}} |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}27 May 1963 | {{Left}}Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | 30,606 | {{Left}}Wilson(2) |
===Scottish Cup===
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}13 March 1963 | R2 | {{Left}}Airdrieonians | A | 6–0 | 17,823 | {{Left}}Brand(pen), Wilson(3), Henderson, Thomson(og) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}20 March 1963 | R3 | {{Left}}East Stirlingshire | H | 7–2 | 35,000 | {{Left}}Brand(4), Wilson, Millar, McLean |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}30 March 1963 | QF | {{Left}}Dundee | A | 1–1 | 36,839 | {{Left}}Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
|{{Left}}3 April 1963 | QF(r) | {{Left}}Dundee | H | 3–2 | 81,190 | {{Left}}Hamilton(og), Brand(2,1pen) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}13 April 1963 | SF | {{Left}}Dundee United | N | 5–2 | 56,391 | {{Left}}Millar(3), Brand, McLean |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}4 May 1963 | F | {{Left}}Celtic | N | 1–1 | 129,527 | {{Left}}Brand |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}15 May 1963 | F(r) | {{Left}}Celtic | N | 3–0 | 120,263 | {{Left}}Brand(2), Wilson |
===League Cup===
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}11 August 1962 | SR | {{Left}}Hibernian | A | 4–1 | 36,500 | {{Left}}Henderson, Brand(2,1pen) Wilson |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}15 August 1962 | SR | {{Left}}Third Lanark | H | 5–2 | 25,000 | {{Left}}Millar(3) Scott, Wilson |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}18 August 1962 | SR | {{Left}}St Mirren | A | 1–2 | 37,000 | {{Left}}Murray |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}25 August 1962 | SR | {{Left}}Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 45,000 | {{Left}} |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}29 August 1962 | SR | {{Left}}Third Lanark | A | 5–2 | 35,000 | {{Left}}Millar(3) Scott(2) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}1 September 1962 | SR | {{Left}}St Mirren | H | 4–0 | 47,000 | {{Left}}Millar, Greig(3) |
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}12 September 1962 | QF1 | {{Left}}Dumbarton | A | 3–1 | 19,000 | {{Left}}Millar, Greig, Wilson(pen) |
| bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{Left}}19 September 1962 | QF2 | {{Left}}Dumbarton | H | 1–1 | 27,504 | {{Left}}Greig |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}10 October 1962 | SF | {{Left}}Kilmarnock | N | 2–3 | 76,000 | {{Left}}Brand(2) |
===European Cup Winners Cup===
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
| bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{Left}}5 September 1962 | PRL1 | {{Left}}Seville | H | 4–0 | 65,000 | {{Left}}Millar(3), Brand |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}26 September 1962 | PRL2 | {{Left}}Seville | A | 0–2 | 25,000 | {{Left}} |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}31 October 1962 | R1L1 | {{Left}}Tottenham Hotspur | A | 2–5 | 58,859 | {{Left}}Henderson, Millar |
| bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{Left}}11 December 1962 | R1L2 | {{Left}}Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–3 | 80,023 | {{Left}}Brand, Wilson |
Appearances
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See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwTrVuipwBo Video clip of the Scottish Cup final] by Pathé News
{{Rangers F.C. seasons}}
{{1962–63 in Scottish football}}
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