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1991–92 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1991–92 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerWalter Smith
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier Division1st (Champions)
Scottish CupWinners
League CupSemi-finals
European CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ally McCoist (34)

All:
Ally McCoist (39)

The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fourth of their nine league titles after winning 33 of their 44 league games.

Rangers won the league by 9 points, the title being won at Ibrox against St.Mirren with a 4–0 victory in April.

Transfer activity was heavily influenced by restrictions imposed by UEFA in European competitions. Match squads could only include a maximum of three foreign nationals, and as a result English players at Ibrox were considered "foreigners". The most significant move was the sale of England international goalkeeper Chris Woods to Sheffield Wednesday. He was replaced by Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram from Hibernian.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1981, defeating Airdrieonians 2–1 after a 1–0 win over Celtic in the semi-finals.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by Czechoslovakian side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.

Ally McCoist was awarded his first European Golden Boot for finishing as the top goal scorer across all European leagues with 34 goals. The McCoist / Hateley strike partnership yielded an impressive 62 goals during the season.

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Fee
19 June 1991 Scotland Andy Goram Scotland Hibernian £1,000,000[1]
1 July 1991 Scotland David Robertson Scotland Aberdeen £970,000[2]
5 July 1991 Soviet Union Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Italy Sampdoria £2,000,000[3]
15 August 1991 Scotland Stuart McCall England Everton £1,200,000
15 August 1991 Scotland David McKellar Scotland Kilmarnock £20,000
2 November 1991 England Dale Gordon England Norwich City £1,200,000[4]
10 January 1992 England Paul Rideout England Notts County £500,000[5]

Out

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Date Player To Fee
21 June 1991 Scotland Stuart Munro England Blackburn Rovers £200,000
24 June 1991 Israel Boni Ginzburg Free
11 July 1991 Scotland Tom Cowan England Sheffield United £350,000
22 July 1991 Scotland Neale Cooper England Reading Free
8 August 1991 England Mark Walters England Liverpool £1,250,000[6]
14 August 1991 England Chris Woods England Sheffield Wednesday £1,000,000[7]
15 August 1991 England Trevor Steven France Marseille £5,500,000
5 September 1991 England Terry Hurlock England Southampton £400,000[8]
18 November 1991 Scotland Mo Johnston England Everton £1,550,000[9]
  • Expenditure: Decrease £6,890,000
  • Income: Increase £10,250,000
  • Total loss/gain: Increase £3,360,000

Results

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August 1991 St Johnstone H 6–0 35,109 Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson
13 August 1991 Motherwell H 2–0 35,323 Steven, Maaskant (o.g.)
17 August 1991 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 22,534
24 August 1991 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–0 35,559 Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist
31 August 1991 Celtic A 2–0 51,382 Hateley (2)
7 September 1991 Falkirk A 2–0 13,088 Nisbet, Huistra
14 September 1991 Dundee United H 1–1 36,347 McCoist
21 September 1991 St Mirren A 2–1 14,503 Huistra, Nisbet
28 September 1991 Aberdeen H 0–2 36,330
5 October 1991 Airdrieonians A 4–0 11,101 McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston
8 October 1991 Hibernian H 4–2 35,368 McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.)
12 October 1991 St Johnstone A 3–2 10,323 McCoist (2), Nisbet
19 October 1991 Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 36,481 McCoist,Mikhailichenko
26 October 1991 Falkirk H 1–1 36,441 Johnston
29 October 1991 Dundee United A 2–3 15,041 McCoist (2)
2 November 1991 Celtic H 1–1 37,387 McCoist
9 November 1991 Dunfermline Athletic A 5–0 13,351 Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist
16 November 1991 Airdrieonians H 4–0 36,934 Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist
19 November 1991 Hibernian A 3–0 16,833 McCoist (2), Hateley
23 November 1991 St Mirren H 0–1 36,272
30 November 1991 Motherwell A 2–0 15,350 Gordon, Gough
4 December 1991 Aberdeen A 3–2 20,081 Hateley (2), McCoist
7 December 1991 St Johnstone H 3–1 35,784 Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley
14 December 1991 Falkirk A 3–1 11,801 McCoist, Hateley, McCall
21 December 1991 Dundee United H 2–0 41,448 McCoist (2)
28 December 1991 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–1 41,328 Stevens, Gordon
1 January 1992 Celtic A 3–1 51,789 McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown
4 January 1992 Airdrieonians A 0–0 12,276
11 January 1992 Hibernian H 2–0 40,616 Gordon, McCoist
18 January 1992 Motherwell H 2–0 38,217 McCoist, Mikhailichenko
1 February 1992 Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 24,356 McCoist, Mikhailichenko
8 February 1992 St Mirren A 2–1 16,638 McCoist,Mikhailichenko
25 February 1992 Aberdeen H 0–0 38,513
29 February 1992 Airdrieonians H 5–0 40,568 Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout
10 March 1992 Hibernian A 3–1 13,387 Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist
14 March 1992 Dunfermline Athletic A 3–1 12,274 Mikhailichenho (2), Nisbet
21 March 1992 Celtic H 0–2 42,160
28 March 1992 St Johnstone A 2–1 9,697 Hateley (2)
7 April 1992 Falkirk H 4–1 36,832 McCoist (3),Mikhailichenko
11 April 1992 Dundee United A 2–1 11,713 Mikhailichenko, Brown
18 April 1992 St Mirren H 4–0 40,362 McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra
23 April 1992 Motherwell A 2–1 12,515 Mikhailichenko (2)
28 April 1992 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 36,129 McCoist
2 May 1992 Aberdeen A 2–0 16,580 McCoist (2)

Scottish League Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 August 1991 R2 Queen's Park H 6–0 32,230 Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman
28 August 1991 R3 Partick Thistle A 2–0 12,587 Johnston, D.Robertson
4 September 1991 QF Heart of Midlothian A 1–0 22,878 McCoist
25 September 1991 SF Hibernian N 0–1 40,901

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
22 January 1992 R3 Aberdeen A 1–0 23,000 McCoist
15 February 1992 R4 Motherwell H 2–1 38,444 Mikhailichenko (2)
3 March 1992 QF St Johnstone A 3–0 10,107 McCoist, Gough, Hateley
31 March 1992 SF Celtic N 1–0 45,191 McCoist
9 May 1992 F Airdrieonians N 2–1 44,045 McCoist, Hateley

European Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 September 1991 R1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague A 0–1 11,053
2 October 1991 R1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague H 2–1 34,260 McCall (2)

Appearances

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Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy Goram GK 55 0
Scotland John Brown DF 33 4
Scotland Richard Gough DF 42 3
Soviet UnionUkraine Oleh Kuznetsov DF 19 0
Scotland John McGregor DF 1 0
Scotland Scott Nisbet DF 26 5
Scotland Steven Pressley DF 1 0
Scotland David Robertson DF 53 2
England Gary Stevens DF 54 2
England Chris Vinnicombe DF 2 0
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 20 1
Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 22 1
England Dale Gordon MF 28 5
Netherlands Pieter Huistra MF 40 5
Scotland Stuart McCall MF 45 3
Scotland Sandy Robertson MF 7 0
Scotland Lee Robertson MF 1 0
England Nigel Spackman MF 53 1
England Trevor Steven MF 2 1
England Mark Hateley FW 35 23
Scotland Mo Johnston FW 16 10
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 49 39
Scotland Gary McSwegan FW 5 0
Northern Ireland John Morrow FW 3 0
Soviet UnionUkraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko FW 31 12
England Paul Rideout FW 13 1
Scotland John Spencer FW 11 1

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 44 33 6 5 101 31 +70 72 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Hearts 44 27 9 8 60 37 +23 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 44 26 10 8 88 42 +46 62
4 Dundee United 44 19 13 12 66 50 +16 51
5 Hibernian 44 16 17 11 53 45 +8 49 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

See also

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References

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  1. ^ £1m Rangers Goram hopes his move will be a winner: Glasgow Herald, 20 June 1991
  2. ^ Rangers' spree may continue: Glasgow Herald, 2 July 1991
  3. ^ "On this day in 1991". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Gordon joins Rangers in a £1.2m deal". Glasgow Herald. 4 November 1991.
  5. ^ "Rideout is ready for a quick debut against Hibernian". Glasgow Herald. 11 January 1992.
  6. ^ £1.25m Walters is called to account again by Souness: Glasgow Herald, 9 August 1991
  7. ^ Aberdeen have designs on McCoist: Woods heads for Sheffield while Gillespie agrees to sign for Celtic: Glasgow Herald, 15 August 1991
  8. ^ Daily Record, 6 September 1991
  9. ^ "Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison". Glasgow Herald. 19 November 1991.