1990–91 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1990–91 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Graeme Souness
(until 16 April)
Walter Smith
(from 19 April)
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W24 D7 L5 F62 A23
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Winners
European Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Mark Walters (12)
All:
Mo Johnston (19)

The 1990–91 season is the 94th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 48 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and won the third of their nine league titles in a row.

Manager Graeme Souness left Rangers to go to Liverpool with just four games left of the season. The managers job was given to Souness' assistant Walter Smith who managed to lead Rangers to the title, with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen on the last day of the season.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2–0 to Celtic. But the team won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Celtic 2–1.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the second round by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. They lost the tie 4–1 on aggregate after having had beaten Valletta of Malta in the first round.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
19 July 1990 England Mark Hateley France AS Monaco £0.5m
1 August 1990 Netherlands Pieter Huistra Netherlands FC Twente
1 September 1990 England Terry Hurlock England Millwall £0.325m
Sep 1990 Ukraine Oleg Kuznetsov Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £1.5m [1]
25 March 1991 Scotland Brian Reid Scotland Greenock Morton

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 July 1990 Scotland Graeme Souness Retired
1 July 1990 Scotland Neale Cooper Scotland Aberdeen
1 August 1990 Scotland Derek Ferguson Scotland Heart of Midlothian £0.75m
15 November 1990 England Terry Butcher England Coventry City £0.5m

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 Dunfermline Athletic H 3–1 39,951 Hateley, Johnston, Walters
1 September 1990 Hibernian A 0–0 17,500
8 September 1990 Heart of Midlothian A 3–1 22,101 McCoist (2), Huistra
15 September 1990 Celtic H 1–1 38,543 Hurlock
22 September 1990 Dundee United A 1–2 16,270 Johnston
29 September 1990 Motherwell H 1–0 34,863 Brown
6 October 1990 Aberdeen A 0–0 19,500
13 October 1990 St. Mirren H 5–0 38,031 McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Walters (2), Johnston
20 October 1990 St. Johnstone A 0–0 10,054
3 November 1990 Hibernian H 4–0 35,925 Hateley (2), Walters, Steven
10 November 1990 Dundee United H 1–2 36,995 McCoist
17 November 1990 Motherwell A 4–2 16,457 Stevens (2), Walters, Johnston
20 November 1990 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–0 14,480 Hateley
25 November 1990 Celtic A 2–1 52,565 Johnston, McCoist
1 December 1990 Heart of Midlothian H 4–0 37,623 Johnston, Hurlock, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
8 December 1990 St. Johnstone H 4–1 34,610 Walters (2), Johnston (pen.), Stevens
15 December 1990 St. Mirren A 3–0 15,197 Walters, Johnston (pen.), Hateley
22 December 1990 Aberdeen H 2–2 37,998 McCoist (2)
29 December 1990 Dundee United A 2–1 17,564 Johnston, Walters
2 January 1991 Celtic H 2–0 38,399 Walters, Hateley
5 January 1991 Heart of Midlothian A 1–0 20,956 Hateley
12 January 1991 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 35,120 Huistra, Johnston
19 January 1991 Hibernian A 2–0 15,500 Johnston, Houchen (o.g.)
9 February 1991 St. Mirren H 1–0 31,769 McCoist
16 February 1991 Motherwell H 2–0 32,192 McCoist, Hateley
26 February 1991 St. Johnstone A 1–1 10,721 Huistra
2 March 1991 Aberdeen A 0–1 22,500
9 March 1991 Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 36,128 Steven, Walters
24 March 1991 Celtic A 0–3 52,000
30 March 1991 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–0 14,256 Stevens
6 April 1991 Hibernian H 0–0 35,507
13 April 1991 St. Johnstone H 3–0 35,930 Durrant, Spencer, Huistra
20 April 1991 St. Mirren A 1–0 18,473 S.Robertson
24 April 1991 Dundee United H 1–0 32,397 I.Ferguson
4 May 1991 Motherwell A 0–3 17,672
11 May 1991 Aberdeen H 2–0 37,652 Hateley (2)

European Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 September 1990 Valletta A 4–0 8,000 Johnston (2), McCoist (pen.), Hateley
2 October 1990 Valletta H 6–0 20,627 Johnston (3, 1 (pen.)), Dodds, Spencer, McCoist
24 October 1990 Red Star Belgrade A 0–3 82,500
7 November 1990 Red Star Belgrade H 1–1 23,831 McCoist

Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
29 January 1991 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 29,003 Huistra, Spackman
23 February 1991 Cowdenbeath H 5–0 29,527 Hateley (2), Nisbet, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
17 March 1991 Celtic A 0–2 52,286

League Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
21 August 1990 East Stirlingshire H 5–0 25,595 Hateley (2), Steven, Walters, Johnston
28 August 1990 Kilmarnock H 1–0 32,671 Johnston
4 September 1990 Raith Rovers H 6–2 31,320 McCoist (3), Johnston, Butcher, Steven
26 September 1990 Aberdeen N 1–0 40,855 Steven
28 October 1990 Celtic N 2–1 62,817 Walters, Gough

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
England Chris Woods GK 48 0
England Gary Stevens DF 48 4
Scotland John Brown DF 36 1
Scotland Richard Gough DF 37 1
England Nigel Spackman MF 45 1
England Terry Butcher DF 9 1
England Trevor Steven MF 31 5
Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 15 1
England Mark Hateley FW 42 15
Scotland Mo Johnston FW 39 19
England Mark Walters MF 39 15
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 36 18
Netherlands Pieter Huistra MF 36 5
England Terry Hurlock MF 35 2
Scotland Stuart Munro DF 21 0
Ukraine Oleg Kuznetsov DF 2 0
Scotland Scott Nisbet DF 19 1
Scotland Sandy Robertson MF 18 1
Scotland Gary McSwegan FW 3 0
England Chris Vinnicombe DF 11 0
Scotland Davie Dodds FW 6 1
Scotland Tom Cowan DF 7 0
Scotland John Spencer FW 6 2
Scotland Brian Reid DF 3 0
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 4 1

References

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See also