1970–71 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1970–71 season. The season was largely overshadowed by the Second Ibrox disaster when 66 people were crushed to death on Stairway 13 of Ibrox Park following an Old Firm game on 2 January 1971.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
29 August 1970	St Mirren	A	0–0	27,400
5 September 1970	Falkirk	H	2–0	39,000
12 September 1970	Celtic	A	0–2	75,000
19 September 1970	Cowdenbeath	H	5–0	31,000
26 September 1970	Dundee United	A	2–0	23,000
3 October 1970	Motherwell	H	3–1	37,000
10 October 1970	Hearts	A	1–0	32,500
17 October 1970	Aberdeen	H	0–2	39,763
31 October 1970	Airdrieonians	H	5–0	28,788
7 November 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	20,000
14 November 1970	Clyde	H	5–0	25,915
21 November 1970	Ayr United	A	1–2	20,000
25 November 1970	Hibernian	A	2–3	18,770
28 November 1970	Morton	A	2–1	15,000
5 December 1970	Dundee	H	0–0	25,420
12 December 1970	St Johnstone	A	1–2	10,500
19 December 1970	Kilmarnock	H	4–2	19,450
26 December 1970	St Mirren	H	1–0	25,000
1 January 1971	Falkirk	A	1–3	18,000
2 January 1971	Celtic	H	1–1	85,000
16 January 1971	Dundee United	H	1–1	27,776
30 January 1971	Motherwell	A	2–1	17,500
6 February 1971	Hearts	H	1–0	29,398
20 February 1971	Aberdeen	A	0–0	36,000
27 February 1971	Hibernian	H	1–1	30,644
10 March 1971	Airdrieonians	A	3–4	15,000
13 March 1971	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	21,580
20 March 1971	Clyde	A	2–2	10,500
27 March 1971	Ayr United	H	2–0	22,000
3 April 1971	Morton	H	0–0	13,986
10 April 1971	Dundee	A	0–1	18,000
14 April 1971	Cowdenbeath	A	1–3	3,396
17 April 1971	St Johnstone	H	0–2	17,566
24 April 1971	Kilmarnock	A	4–1	8,544

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 September 1970	R1	Bayern Munich	A	0–1	30,000
30 September 1970	R1	Bayern Munich	H	1–1	82,743	Stein

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
23 January 1971	R3	Falkirk	H	3–0	42,000
13 February 1971	R4	St Mirren	A	3–1	32,373
6 March 1971	QF	Aberdeen	H	1–0	60,584
31 March 1971	SF	Hibernian	N	0–0	69,429
5 April 1971	SF R	Hibernian	N	2–1	54,435
8 May 1971	F	Celtic	N	1–1	120,092
12 May 1971	F R	Celtic	N	1–2	103,332

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1970	SR	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	45,056
12 August 1970	SR	Motherwell	A	2–0	25,000
15 August 1970	SR	Morton	H	0–0	45,000
19 August 1970	SR	Motherwell	H	2–0	35,000
22 August 1970	SR	Dunfermline Athletic	A	6–0	17,000
26 August 1970	SR	Morton	A	2–0*	18,000
9 September 1970	QFL1	Hibernian	A	3–1	37,355
23 September 1970	QFL2	Hibernian	H	3–1	54,000
14 October 1970	SF	Cowdenbeath	N	6–0	35,000
24 October 1970	F	Celtic	N	1–0*	106,263	Johnstone

Rangers Football Club

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Home stadium	Fleshers' Haugh (1873–1876) Kinning Park (1876–1887) First Ibrox Park (1887–1899) Ibrox Stadium (1899–present)

Training ground	Murray Park

Tragedies	1902 Ibrox disaster 1971 Ibrox disaster

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Rivalries	Old Firm

Media	Rangers TV

Others	Broxi Bear Iron Curtain Superleague Formula team Rangers Ladies team Rangers Charity Foundation Blue Heaven

Related articles	1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 2008 UEFA Cup Final

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1970–71 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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