1989–90 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1989–90 season. On 10 July when Rangers, acting on Souness' say so, purchased former Celtic striker Mo Johnston from French club Nantes for £1.5 million. The fact Rangers signed an ex-Celtic player would have been a big enough story but the fact Johnston was a high-profile Roman Catholic made the move unprecedented. The transfer angered both sides of the Old Firm's support, Rangers because Johnston was an ex-Celt and Catholic (Rangers traditionally did not sign Catholics), and Celtic fans saw Johnston as a turncoat who had already committed to re-join Celtic from Nantes before Rangers made known their interest.

When the season began, Rangers did not. Three matches played in the league, no wins and two defeats. However, the team slowly got into gear, despite only two wins from the first eight games. New arrival Johnston netted the crucial winner during an Old Firm game on 4 November 1989. Scoring the goal in the dying minutes of the match meant Johnston was all but forgiven by the Rangers support. Come May 1990, Rangers' name was on the trophy for the second time in as many seasons but the club again failed to win the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic in the fourth round, and for once did not win the League Cup. The side lost to Aberdeen by 2–1 in the final.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup by German side Bayern Munich. They lost the tie 3–1 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 June 1989	Trevor Steven	Everton	£1.525m
1 July 1989	Mo Johnston	FC Nantes	£1.5m
3 November 1991	Chris Vinnicombe	Exeter City	£0.15m
30 November 1991	Nigel Spackman	Queens Park Rangers	£0.5m

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
31 May 1989	Davie Cooper	Motherwell	£0.05m
31 May 1989	Mel Sterland	Leeds United	£0.6m
1 July 1989	Jimmy Nicholl	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
29 July 1989	Davie Kirkwood	Heart of Midlothian	£0.1m
20 October 1989	Kevin Drinkell	Coventry City
30 November 1989	Ray Wilkins	Queens Park Rangers

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1989	St Mirren	H	0–1	39,951
19 August 1989	Hibernian	A	0–2	22,500
26 August 1989	Celtic	A	1–1	54,000	Butcher
9 September 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–0	40,283	Johnston
16 September 1989	Dundee	H	2–2	35,836	McCoist (2)
23 September 1989	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	17,765	McCoist
30 September 1989	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	39,554	Johnston
3 October 1989	Motherwell	A	0–1	17,667
14 October 1989	Dundee United	H	2–1	36,062	Johnston, McCoist
25 October 1989	St Mirren	A	2–0	15,130	McCoist, Johnston
28 October 1989	Hibernian	H	2–0	35,260	McCoist (2), Johnston (pen.)
4 November 1989	Celtic	H	1–0	41,598	Johnston
18 November 1989	Dundee	A	2–0	14,536	Johnston, Walters
22 November 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–1	22,500
25 November 1989	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	39,131	Johnston, Butcher, McCoist
2 December 1989	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	24,771	Walters, Steven
9 December 1989	Motherwell	H	3–0	33,549	Butcher, McCoist, Brown
16 December 1989	Dundee United	A	1–1	15,947	Johnston
23 December 1989	St Mirren	H	1–0	31,797	Dodds
30 December 1989	Hibernian	A	0–0	24,500
2 January 1990	Celtic	A	1–0	54,000	Spackman
6 January 1990	Aberdeen	H	2–0	41,351	Walters, McCoist
13 January 1990	Dundee	H	3–0	36,993	McCoist, Dodds, Johnston
27 January 1990	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	17,380	Steven
3 February 1990	Dundee United	H	3–1	39,058	Walters, McCoist, Johnston
10 February 1990	Motherwell	A	1–1	17,647	Johnston
17 February 1990	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	41,884
3 March 1990	Dundee	A	2–2	12,743	Johnston, Dodds
17 March 1990	St Mirren	A	0–0	16,129
24 March 1990	Hearts	H	0–1	37,452
1 April 1990	Celtic	H	3–0	41,926	Walters (pen.), McCoist, Johnston (pen.)
8 April 1990	Aberdeen	A	0–0	23,000
14 April 1990	Motherwell	H	2–1	39,305	Steven, Johnston
21 April 1990	Dundee United	A	1–0	15,995	Steven
28 April 1990	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	40,769	McCoist, Dodds
5 May 1990	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	20,283	Munro

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 September 1989	Bayern Munich	H	1–3	40,253	Walters (pen.)
27 September 1989	Bayern Munich	A	0–0	40,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 January 1990	St Johnstone	H	3–0	39,003	Johnston, Brown, Walters
25 February 1990	Celtic	A	0–1	52,565

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1989	Arbroath	H	4–0	31,762	McCoist (3), I.Ferguson
23 August 1989	Greenock Morton	A	2–1	11,821	Walters, Pickering (o.g.)
30 August 1989	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	9,162	Walters (2), Steven
19 September 1989	Dunfermline Athletic	N	5–0	41,643	Steven, Johnston, Walters, McCoist, I.Ferguson
22 October 1989	Aberdeen	N	1–2	61,190	Walters (pen.)

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Woods, ChrisChris Woods	GK	37	0
Stevens, GaryGary Stevens	DF	44	1
Munro, StuartStuart Munro	DF	45	1
Gough, RichardRichard Gough	DF	31	0
Wilkins, RayRay Wilkins	MF	22	0
Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher	DF	43	0
Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven	MF	43	3
Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	MF	32	2
McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	FW	40	18
Johnston, MoMo Johnston	FW	45	17
Walters, MarkMark Walters	MF	36	12
Drinkell, KevinKevin Drinkell	FW	7	0
Ferguson, DerekDerek Ferguson	MF	8	0
Ginzburg, BonniBonni Ginzburg	GK	8	0
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	DF	30	2
Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet	DF	9	0
Cowan, TomTom Cowan	DF	4	0
Dodds, DavieDavie Dodds	FW	15	4
Cooper, NealeNeale Cooper	MF	3	0
McCall, IanIan McCall	MF	5	0
Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman	MF	23	1
Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe	DF	9	0
Robertson, SandySandy Robertson	MF	1	0
Souness, GraemeGraeme Souness	MF	1	0

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