The 1939–40 season was the 66th season of competitive football by Rangers, although with the outbreak of the Second World War, the competitive season was abandoned.
Overview With the outbreak of the 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. This saw the club play what was known as wartime football.
Rangers played a total of five official competitive matches during the 1939–40 season.
Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish League Division One DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 1939St MirrenH5–135,000Venters (2, 1 pen.), Thornton, Woodburn, Fiddes 19 August 1939Ayr UnitedA4–020,000Thornton (2), Waddell, Venters 22 August 1939St MirrenA0–025,000 26 August 1939ArbroathH3–115,000Waddell, Thornton, Venters 2 September 1939Third LanarkA2–130,000Thornton, Gilmour
Emergency Western League
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 21 October 1939MotherwellA1-0 28 October 1939Third LanarkH6-0 11 November 1939St MirrenH4-0 18 November 1939AirdrieoniansA1-0 25 November 1939DumbartonH2-1 2 December 1939KilmarnockH4-1 9 December 1939ClydeA1-0 16 December 1939Albion RoversH2-1 23 December 1939Hamilton AcademicalA0-2 30 December 1939MortonA0-3 1 January 1940CelticH1-1 6 January 1940Queen's ParkH4-0 13 January 1940Queen of the SouthA2-1 20 January 1940MotherwellH1-2 10 February 1940St MirrenA6-4 17 February 1940AirdrieoniansH3-1 16 March 1940Albion RoversA3-3 25 March 1940Partick ThistleH2-2 30 March 1940 MortonH1-0 6 April 1940 CelticA2-1 17 April 1940 Ayr UnitedH3-1 20 April 1940 Queen's ParkA3-2 22 April 1940 Third LanarkA1-0 24 April 1940 DumbartonA3-2 27 April 1940 Queen of the SouthH5-1 8 May 1940 ClydeH3-1 15 May 1940 KilmarnockA1-3 18 May 1940 Hamilton AcademicalH2-2 25 May 1940 Partck ThistleA3-1
Emergency War Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 24 February 1940R1 L1Alloa AthleticA4–17,000 2 March 1940R1 L2Alloa AthleticH2–28,000 9 March 1940R2 L1FalkirkA0–016,000 11 March 1940R2 L2FalkirkH3–246,000 23 March 1940QFSt MirrenH3–160,000 13 April 1940SFMotherwellN4–150,000 4 May 1940FDundee UnitedN1–075,000Smith
Play off final between West and East Divisions DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 1 June 1940POFalkirkH2–1
Official appearances (declared void along with fixtures) PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals Jerry DawsonGK50 Dougie GrayDF50 Bobby BoltDF50 William WaddellMF52 Scot SymonMF50 Willie ThorntonFW55 Alex VentersFW54 Jock Shaw DF40 Willie WoodburnDF41 Chris McNee MF40 Jim FiddesMF31 Thomas GilmourMF11 David KinnearMF10 Jimmy SimpsonDF10 Ralph CowanDF10 Ian McPhersonMF10
See also 1939–40 in Scottish football
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