John Rankin Profile and Statistics

John Rankin

First name:	John
Last name:	Rankin
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Coaching Career

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which John Rankin was active.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Championship	2024/2025	Hamilton Academical
League Cup	2024/2025	Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup	2024/2025	Hamilton Academical
Club Friendlies 3	2024	Hamilton Academical
Challenge Cup	2023/2024	Hamilton Academical
Championship Play-Offs	2023/2024	Hamilton Academical
League Cup	2023/2024	Hamilton Academical
League One	2023/2024	Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup	2023/2024	Hamilton Academical
Club Friendlies 3	2023	Hamilton Academical
Challenge Cup	2022/2023	Hamilton Academical
Championship	2022/2023	Hamilton Academical
Championship Play-Offs	2022/2023	Hamilton Academical
League Cup	2022/2023	Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup	2022/2023	Hamilton Academical
Club Friendlies 3	2022	Hamilton Academical
Challenge Cup	2021/2022	Hearts U21

John Rankin has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

All Competitions(390) Scotland

Challenge Cup(1) Scotland

Championship(71) Europe

Europa League(2) Scotland

League Cup(14) Scotland

League One(8) Scotland

League Two(14) Scotland

Premiership(259) Scotland

Scottish Cup(21)

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
07/03/2020	Clyde	2 - 0	Dumbarton	0-0	H2H	+
			20' S. Carswell
			20' J. Quitongo
			21' L. Crawford
David Goodwillie 49'		1 - 0
			67' S. McCluskey
			67' K. Hutton
			67' Isaac Layne
			67' R. Jones
M. Lamont 76'
J. Rankin 76'
A. Love 81'
C. Johnston 81'
J. Rankin 90'		2 - 0
J. Rankin 90+1'
			90+2' J. Quitongo
03/03/2020	Clyde	2 - 1	Montrose	1-0	H2H	+
A. Love 12'		1 - 0
			26' L. Callaghan
			31' Cammy Ballantyne
R. Grant 51'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	53' B. Lyons
			59' Cammy Ballantyne
			59' G. Webster
			63' Mouhamed Niang
			63' T. Masson
			66' Lewis Hawke
			66' C. Johnston
M. Lamont 69'
J. Rankin 69'
R. Cunningham 80'
C. Johnston 80'
A. Love 80'
Darren Smith 80'
			86' C. Johnston
29/02/2020	Clyde	3 - 2	Falkirk	2-1	H2H	+
M. Lamont 3'		1 - 0
			42' R. Mutch
David Goodwillie 43'		2 - 0
T. Lang 45+1'
		2 - 1	45+1' C. Telfer
			48' M. Gomis
David Goodwillie 53'		3 - 1
A. Love 65'
J. Rankin 65'
			68' M. Gomis
			68' Raffaele De Vita
			73' D. McMillan
			73' Lee Miller
R. Cunningham 74'
G. Wylde 74'
			83' P. Dixon
			83' L. Longridge
M. Lamont 85'
S. Rumsby 85'
		3 - 2	90' L. Longridge
22/02/2020	Raith Rovers	1 - 0	Clyde	0-0	H2H	+
D. Tait 58'
B. Spencer 58'
Kieron Bowie 59'
Danny Armstrong 59'
John Baird 69'
T. Dingwall 69'
			75' A. Love
			76' C. McStay
			76' J. Rankin
Steven MacLean 78'		1 - 0
			79' A. Love
			79' G. Wylde
15/02/2020	Airdrieonians	2 - 0	Clyde	2-0	H2H	+
A. Ryan 3'		1 - 0
P. McKay 30'		2 - 0
			63' R. Cunningham
N. Wedderburn 66'
			67' R. Cunningham
			67' M. Lamont
			67' R. Lyon
			67' C. McStay
			72' G. Wylde
			72' Darren Smith
I. Murray 79'
K. Roberts 79'
			83' C. McStay
P. McKay 86'
C. Thomson 86'
A. Ryan 90'
C. Gallagher 90'
09/02/2020	Clyde	0 - 3	Celtic	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	16' Olivier Ntcham
M. Lamont 24'
		0 - 2	40' Scott Brown
C. McStay 69'
R. Cunningham 69'
			71' James Forrest
			71' Jonny Hayes
			75' Patryk Klimala
			75' Vakoun Issouf Bayo
C. Howie 79'
M. Lamont 79'
A. Love 79'
B. Cuddihy 85'
C. Johnston 85'
			85' Mohamed Elyounoussi
			85' Maryan Shved
		0 - 3	90' Vakoun Issouf Bayo
01/02/2020	Forfar Athletic	2 - 1	Clyde	1-0	H2H	+
J. Kirkpatrick 19'		1 - 0
			46' A. Love
			46' C. Johnston
			46' G. Wylde
			46' Darren Smith
		1 - 1	52' B. Cuddihy
J. Kirkpatrick 55'		2 - 1
			68' S. Rumsby
			68' J. Rankin
Steven Doris 77'
M. Aitken 77'
R. Leitch 80'
R. Leitch 81'
Murray MacKintosh 81'
C. Tapping 87'
Scott Robertson 87'
25/01/2020	Clyde	2 - 1	East Fife	0-0	H2H	+
			29' Chris Higgins
		0 - 1	51' A. Dunsmore
			61' L. Baker
			61' A. Dowds
David Goodwillie 62'		1 - 1
G. Wylde 67'
Darren Smith 67'
A. Love 73'
T. Wallace 73'
			82' D. Denholm
			82' L. Watt
C. Johnston 84'
J. Rankin 84'
T. Lang 88'		2 - 1
T. Lang 90'
18/01/2020	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	0 - 1	Clyde	0-0	H2H	+
			33' B. Cuddihy
S. Gray 44'
			50' R. Grant
			58' C. Howie
J. Stewart 67'
			69' C. Howie
			69' T. Wallace
			71' G. Wylde
			71' A. Love
S. Gray 79'
R. Gray 79'
G. Hunter 79'
L. Turner 79'
		0 - 1	80' A. Love
N. Martyniuk 85'
J. Docherty 85'
			90' Darren Smith
			90' Michael McMullin
L. Turner 90+4'
04/01/2020	Clyde	3 - 3	Stranraer	0-2	H2H	+
B. Cuddihy 21'
			22' J. Allan
		0 - 1	32' C. Elliott
		0 - 2	42' J. Allan
C. Johnston 46'
Darren Smith 46'
			52' Ryan Stevenson
			52' Denny Johnstone
David Goodwillie 53'		1 - 2
			59' S. Robertson
David Goodwillie 59'		2 - 2
			62' A. Stirling
			62' Ryan Thomson
			63' J. Hilton
A. Love 70'
G. Wylde 70'
		2 - 3	82' C. Elliott
			83' C. Elliott
			83' J. Hamill
David Goodwillie 84'		3 - 3
20/04/2019	Clyde	5 - 0	Berwick Rangers	1-0	H2H	+
B. Cuddihy 5'		1 - 0
			34' J. Orru
David Goodwillie 37'
S. Rumsby 49'		2 - 0
Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen 52'
A. Love 52'
J. Rankin 55'		3 - 0
			60' J. Orru
			60' C. Adamson
J. Rankin 64'
K. Nicoll 64'
			68' Grant Rose
			68' O. See
M. Lamont 76'
R. Lyon 76'
			76' S. Murphy
			76' J. Ogilvie
David Goodwillie 77'		4 - 0
C. McStay 90'		5 - 0
19/03/2019	Clyde	2 - 0	Elgin City	1-0	H2H	+
Jack Boyle 14'		1 - 0
R. Grant 58'
			63' S. Roberts
			63' K. Hay
Jack Boyle 67'
M. Lamont 67'
S. Rumsby 71'		2 - 0
			78' R. MacIver
			78' K. Hester
			78' Jon-Paul McGovern
			78' C. McLeish
Scott Banks 78'
Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen 78'
J. Rankin 83'
R. Lyon 83'
			90+1' Rabin Omar
16/03/2019	Clyde	3 - 1	Stirling Albion	1-0	H2H	+
C. McStay 18'		1 - 0
			24' J. McGregor
Jordan Stewart 29'
			46' J. Allan
			46' L. Hamilton
		1 - 1	51' K. Banner
Jordan Stewart 61'
Scott Banks 61'
			63' N. McLaughlin
A. Love 70'
Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen 70'
			74' N. McLaughlin
			74' M. Wright
M. McNiff 80'		2 - 1
			82' D. Docherty
			82' D. Mackin
M. Lamont 90+2'
Kieran Duffie 90+2'
J. Rankin 90+8'		3 - 1
09/03/2019	Elgin City	2 - 1	Clyde	1-1	H2H	+
R. MacIver 10'		1 - 0
D. McHardy 36'
		1 - 1	45+3' J. Rankin
			46' D. Cogill
			46' Jordan Stewart
			72' M. Lamont
			72' Scott Banks
S. Roberts 76'
C. McLeish 76'
			77' A. Love
			77' Jack Boyle
R. MacIver 79'		2 - 1
R. MacIver 90+1'
C. Wilson 90+1'
12/01/2019	Berwick Rangers	0 - 3	Clyde	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' C. McStay
A. Forbes 21'
		0 - 2	36' David Goodwillie
			43' David Goodwillie
M. Knox 57'
E. Valentine 57'
J. Ogilvie 57'
			72' R. Grant
J. Ogilvie 73'
Grant Rose 73'
			78' M. Lamont
			78' A. Love
			80' Jack Boyle
			80' K. Nicoll
D. Healy 82'
John Neill 82'
			82' David Goodwillie
			82' Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen
J. Orru 90'
		0 - 3	90+1' J. Rankin
29/12/2018	Clyde	2 - 0	Queen's Park	2-0	H2H	+
Jack Boyle 33'		1 - 0
J. Rankin 33'
David Goodwillie 40'		2 - 0
Jack Boyle 64'
A. Love 64'
M. Lamont 65'
			69' Smart Osadolor
			69' E. East
			69' Lewis McGhee
J. Rankin 74'
K. Nicoll 74'
M. Lamont 78'
R. Lyon 78'
			79' J. Peters
			79' K. Moore
			90+1' Ciarán Summers
22/12/2018	Albion Rovers	0 - 3	Clyde	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' David Goodwillie
		0 - 2	17' J. Rankin
Barry Eley 31'
Barry Eley 46'
S. Fagan 46'
Graham Gracie 46'
J. Watson 46'
Mark Greene 74'
Lewis McLear 74'
			77' Jack Boyle
			77' A. Love
			80' Jordan Stewart
			80' T. Lang
		0 - 3	82' A. Love
			86' David Goodwillie
			86' Abdelkarim Belmokhtar
15/12/2018	Clyde	1 - 0	Annan Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
			21' Owen Moxon
			28' Owen Moxon
			28' S. Roberts
J. Rankin 44'
			74' L. Strapp
J. Rankin 90+2'		1 - 0
08/12/2018	Cowdenbeath	1 - 1	Clyde	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' J. Rankin
G. Fraser 24'
			36' K. Nicoll
B. Malcolm 41'
J. Allan 41'
Josh Skelly 46'
H. Swann 46'
J. Allan 52'		1 - 1
Jason Talbot 59'
			66' Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen
			66' Jack Boyle
D. Cox 84'
J. Pyper 84'
			85' M. Lamont
			85' Abdelkarim Belmokhtar
01/12/2018	Clyde	3 - 3	Berwick Rangers	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' L. Barr
			28' D. Healy
			28' A. Murrell
		0 - 2	36' L. Barr
			38' L. Barr
M. McNiff 38'
S. Rumsby 38'
K. Nicoll 44'
Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen 45'
Jack Boyle 45'
		0 - 3	45+1' Paul Willis
David Goodwillie 54'		1 - 3
			62' John Neill
			63' John Neill
			63' Gary Phillips
D. Cogill 64'		2 - 3
J. Rankin 69'		3 - 3
D. Cogill 80'
Abdelkarim Belmokhtar 80'
			90+3' A. Murrell
			90+3' G. Hurst
03/11/2018	Edinburgh City	0 - 1	Clyde	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	34' J. Rankin
Craig Thomson 39'
A. Smith 41'
A. Black 62'
A. Smith 71'
Adam Watson 71'
			77' Kristoffer Sindholt Syvertsen
			77' R. Lyon
L. Henderson 81'
C. Hall 81'
			89' M. Lamont
			89' S. Rumsby
			89' C. McStay
27/10/2018	Clyde	1 - 3	Peterhead	0-1	H2H	+
K. Nicoll 11'
		0 - 1	20' S. Brown
A. Love 59'
Abdelkarim Belmokhtar 59'
			60' J. Leitch
			60' R. Dow
			62' M. Dunlop
			62' Jason Brown
			63' R. Kavanagh
			63' C. Eadie
T. Lang 64'
			65' R. McAllister
			65' D. Lyle
T. Lang 67'
K. Nicoll 72'
M. Lamont 72'
		0 - 2	73' D. Lyle
Abdelkarim Belmokhtar 75'
Jordan Stewart 77'
J. Rankin 77'
Patrick Boyle 78'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	84' D. Lyle
20/10/2018	Cowdenbeath	2 - 1	Clyde	1-0	H2H	+
R. Deas 10'		1 - 0
			19' B. Cuddihy
			41' M. McNiff
D. Cox 52'
			59' Jack Boyle
			59' C. McStay
Jordyn Sheerin 67'
K. Renton 67'
			72' T. Lang
			72' A. Love
D. Cox 84'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	88' David Goodwillie
06/10/2018	Queen's Park	1 - 0	Clyde	1-0	H2H	+
			25' K. Nicoll
J. Peters 26'		1 - 0
			45' K. Nicoll
			45' Jordan Stewart
S. McLean 59'
E. East 59'
			65' Abdelkarim Belmokhtar
			65' Jack Boyle
B. Mortimer 69'
Smart Osadolor 69'
			73' M. Lamont
J. Peters 75'
K. Moore 75'
			76' M. Lamont
			76' R. Lyon
			90+3' J. Rankin
01/09/2018	Annan Athletic	1 - 2	Clyde	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' David Goodwillie
			29' K. Nicoll
A. Sonkur 29'
T. Wallace 37'		1 - 1
A. Smith 49'
		1 - 2	55' A. Love
A. Smith 62'
Ross Fergusson 62'
			77' J. Rankin
T. Wallace 78'
M. Wright 78'
28/07/2018	Clyde	1 - 3	Motherwell	1-0	H2H	+
			20' Carl McHugh
			20' Liam Donnelly
David Goodwillie 31'		1 - 0
			46' Allan Campbell
			46' Alex Gorrin
			60' Richard Tait
			60' Danny Johnson
Jack Boyle 65'
A. Love 65'
		1 - 1	76' Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
B. Cuddihy 78'
Kieran Duffie 78'
		1 - 2	79' Danny Johnson
C. McStay 84'
Edward Ferns 84'
K. Nicoll 86'
		1 - 3	90+1' C. Sammon
24/07/2018	Stranraer	1 - 3	Clyde	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	2' David Goodwillie
		0 - 2	22' David Goodwillie
		0 - 3	31' M. McNiff
Max Ashmore 46'
Grant Anderson 46'
C. McGowan 46'
L. Donnelly 46'
D. Brownlie 46'
C. McManus 46'
Grant Anderson 56'		1 - 3
			82' Jordan Stewart
14/07/2018	Clyde	1 - 1	Edinburgh City	0-1	H2H	+
David Goodwillie 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	1' M. Laird
Edward Ferns 2'
		1 - 2	2' R. McIntyre
		1 - 3	3' B. Donaldson
R. Grant 3'
		1 - 4	4' Craig Thomson
			26' A. Black
			30' Craig Thomson
		1 - 5	44' C. Balatoni
C. McStay 53'
Kieran Duffie 53'
B. Cuddihy 56'
Jack Boyle 66'
Edward Ferns 66'
			70' Josh Walker
			70' K. Stewart
Kieran Duffie 78'
K. Nicoll 78'
			83' D. Handling
			83' John Dunn
M. McNiff 90+5'		2 - 5
			90+6' B. Henderson
28/04/2018	Brechin City	1 - 5	Queen of the South	0-2	H2H	+
Gary Fusco 16'
			27' S. Mercer
			27' J. Rankin
		0 - 1	45+3' Stephen Dobbie
		0 - 2	45+8' Lyndon Dykes
J. Dale 46'
Finn Graham 46'
A. Lynas 46'
Isaac Layne 46'
C. Tapping 59'
			59' J. Thomson
		0 - 3	60' Stephen Dobbie
		0 - 4	65' Lyndon Dykes
			67' D. Thomas
			67' C. Murray
		0 - 5	74' Stephen Dobbie
Isaac Layne 78'		1 - 5
			79' K. Jacobs
			79' O. Bell
E. Smith 81'
L. Watt 81'
14/04/2018	Greenock Morton	0 - 1	Queen of the South	0-0	H2H	+
			25' Lyndon Dykes
Gary Harkins 31'
			52' K. Jacobs
M. Russell 63'
R. Thomson 63'
		0 - 1	69' Lyndon Dykes
John Baird 71'
Ethan Ross 71'
			75' J. Todd
			75' C. Murray
			80' D. Thomas
			80' J. Rankin
M. Doyle 83'
G. Fraser 83'
			90+1' Stephen Dobbie
			90+1' Ross Fergusson
07/04/2018	Queen of the South	0 - 2	Inverness CT	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' N. Austin
D. Brownlie 14'
D. Carmichael 29'
		0 - 2	30' G. Oakley
			34' I. Vigurs
J. Rankin 46'
Lyndon Dykes 46'
D. Carmichael 63'
D. Thomas 63'
			69' N. Austin
			69' D. Mackay
K. Jacobs 73'
D. Lyle 73'
			75' J. Chalmers
			75' Sébastien Pennacchio
03/04/2018	Queen of the South	2 - 2	Falkirk	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	5' Andrew Nelson
			23' Alex Jakubiak
J. Thomson 51'		1 - 1
D. Thomas 61'
D. Carmichael 61'
K. Jacobs 66'
Kyle Cameron 71'
Shaun Rooney 71'
D. Brownlie 73'		2 - 1
			75' R. Blair
			75' L. Longridge
D. Lyle 82'
N. Todorov 82'
			84' L. Kidd
			84' A. Harris
		2 - 2	87' L. Longridge
31/03/2018	Dunfermline Athletic	3 - 1	Queen of the South	2-0	H2H	+
Nicky Clark 33'		1 - 0
Nicky Clark 38'		2 - 0
			66' J. Rankin
			66' D. Lyle
K. Higginbotham 68'
Danny Armstrong 68'
		2 - 1	69' Jordan Marshall
			80' Lyndon Dykes
			80' N. Todorov
Fraser Aird 83'
N. Wedderburn 83'
			86' S. Mercer
			86' Shaun Rooney
Nicky Clark 90+3'		3 - 1
24/03/2018	Queen of the South	3 - 3	Livingston	2-1	H2H	+
J. Thomson 28'		1 - 0
Lyndon Dykes 30'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	41' Raffaele De Vita
			46' G. Buchanan
			46' Shaun Byrne
		2 - 2	52' Craig Halkett
			57' Scott Robinson
			57' Ryan Hardie
		2 - 3	60' Ryan Hardie
Shaun Rooney 67'
Lyndon Dykes 71'
J. Todd 73'
D. Lyle 73'
Lyndon Dykes 74'
D. Carmichael 74'
			78' Lee Miller
			78' Nicky Cadden
D. Thomas 81'
N. Todorov 81'
N. Todorov 90+1'		3 - 3
20/03/2018	Dundee United	2 - 3	Queen of the South	0-2	H2H	+
			15' J. Todd
Anthony Ralston 20'
		0 - 1	21' J. Thomson
		0 - 2	41' K. Jacobs
M. Durnan 57'		1 - 2
T. Scobbie 63'
Paul McMullan 64'
Scott Fraser 64'
			66' J. Thomson
S. McDonald 68'		2 - 2
			73' Shaun Rooney
			73' D. Carmichael
			73' D. Thomas
			73' C. Fordyce
		2 - 3	75' J. Thomson
B. King 77'
M. Smith 77'
			78' J. Thomson
			78' C. Murray
Anthony Ralston 82'
Willo Flood 82'
			89' Lyndon Dykes
17/03/2018	Queen of the South	1 - 3	St. Mirren	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' D. Mullen
Jordan Marshall 21'		1 - 1
			48' Adam Eckersley
			49' Adam Eckersley
			49' S. Demetriou
		1 - 2	52' Lewis Morgan
		1 - 3	63' Kyle Magennis
Ross Fergusson 69'
N. Todorov 69'
J. Thomson 70'
Lyndon Dykes 70'
			80' D. Mullen
			80' G. Reilly
			88' C. Smith
			88' I. McShane
13/03/2018	Queen of the South	1 - 3	Dundee United	1-1	H2H	+
			18' S. Murdoch
D. Thomas 21'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	24' T. Mikkelsen
Stephen Dobbie 35'
Ross Fergusson 35'
Lyndon Dykes 40'
		1 - 2	48' M. Smith
		1 - 3	57' M. Smith
J. Rankin 64'
D. Lyle 64'
			64' Jamie Robson
Lyndon Dykes 64'
C. Murray 64'
			73' T. Mikkelsen
			73' S. McDonald
			82' S. McDonald
			84' B. King
			84' Paul McMullan
			88' Willo Flood
			88' C. Slater
10/03/2018	Dumbarton	0 - 1	Queen of the South	0-0	H2H	+
			12' K. Jacobs
		0 - 1	48' D. Thomas
Mark Stewart 55'
L. Burt 55'
			57' C. Fordyce
			66' D. Brownlie
Kevin Nisbet 67'
			67' Stephen Dobbie
Iain Russell 68'
Christian Nadé 68'
D. Handling 72'
Dimitris Froxilias 72'
			73' D. Lyle
			73' N. Todorov
			74' Lyndon Dykes
Dimitris Froxilias 78'
			80' Lyndon Dykes
			80' J. Rankin
			90' D. Thomas
			90' Kyle Cameron
24/02/2018	Queen of the South	0 - 0	Dunfermline Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
Shaun Rooney 28'
S. Mercer 28'
			67' A. Ryan
			67' K. Higginbotham
C. Murray 67'
N. Todorov 67'
J. Rankin 76'
M. Beerman 76'
K. Jacobs 79'
			80' Jason Talbot
17/02/2018	Queen of the South	1 - 1	Greenock Morton	1-0	H2H	+
Stephen Dobbie 33'		1 - 0
			42' Jack Iredale
			42' S. Tiffoney
Lyndon Dykes 45+1'
		1 - 1	55' G. Oliver
			57' Luca Gasparotto
Ross Fergusson 61'
C. Murray 61'
J. Rankin 83'
N. Todorov 83'
			83' G. Oliver
			85' Ethan Ross
			85' Ricki Lamie
			85' B. McHugh
			85' M. Tidser
			90+3' Ricki Lamie

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

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H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

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H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Chile vs Argentina

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.