1991–92 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1991–92 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P44 W33 D6 L5 F101 A31
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Semi-finals
European Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Ally McCoist (34)

All:
Ally McCoist (39)

The 1991–92 season is the 95th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. But the team won the Scottish Cup, 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 Czech side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
27 June 1991 Scotland Andy Goram Scotland Hibernian £1m[1]
1991 Scotland David McKellar Scotland Kilmarnock Free
2 July 1991 Scotland David Robertson Scotland Aberdeen £0.97m
5 July 1991 Ukraine Alexei Mikhailichenko Italy Sampdoria £2m
15 August 1991 Scotland Stuart McCall England Everton £1.2m
8 November 1991 England Dale Gordon England Norwich City £1.2m
10 January 1992 England Paul Rideout England Notts County £0.5m
12 April 1992 Scotland Ally Maxwell Scotland Motherwell £0.3m

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 August 1991 Scotland Tom Cowan England Sheffield United £0.35m
12 August 1991 Scotland Stuart Munro England Blackburn Rovers £0.35m
13 August 1991 England Mark Walters England Liverpool £1.25m
15 August 1991 England Chris Woods England Sheffield Wednesday £1.2m
16 August 1991 England Trevor Steven France Marseille £5.58m[2]
20 November 1991 Scotland Mo Johnston England Everton £1.55m [3]

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1991 St JohnstoneH6–035,109Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson
13 August 1991 MotherwellH2–035,323Steven, Maaskant (o.g.)
17 August 1991 Heart of MidlothianA0–122,534
24 August 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH4–035,559Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist
31 August 1991 CelticA2–051,382Hateley (2)
7 September 1991 FalkirkA2–013,088Nisbet, Huistra
14 September 1991 Dundee UnitedH1–136,347McCoist
21 September 1991 St MirrenA2–114,503Huistra, Nisbet
28 September 1991 AberdeenH0–236,330
5 October 1991 AirdrieoniansA4–011,101McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston
8 October 1991 HibernianH4–235,368McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.)
12 October 1991 St JohnstoneA3–210,323McCoist (2), Nisbet
19 October 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–036,481McCoist, Mikhailichenko
26 October 1991 FalkirkH1–136,441Johnston
29 October 1991 Dundee UnitedA2–315,041McCoist (2)
2 November 1991 CelticH1–137,387McCoist
9 November 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA5–013,351Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist
16 November 1991 AirdrieoniansH4–036,934Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist
19 November 1991 HibernianA3–016,833McCoist (2), Hateley
23 November 1991 St MirrenH0–136,272
30 November 1991 MotherwellA2–015,350Gordon, Gough
4 December 1991 AberdeenA3–220,081Hateley (2), McCoist
7 December 1991 St JohnstoneH3–135,784Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley
14 December 1991 FalkirkA3–111,801McCoist, Hateley, McCall
21 December 1991 Dundee UnitedH2–041,448McCoist (2)
28 December 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–141,328Stevens, Gordon
1 January 1992 CelticA3–151,789McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown
4 January 1992 AirdrieoniansA0–012,276
11 January 1992 HibernianH2–040,616Gordon, McCoist
18 January 1992 MotherwellH2–038,217McCoist, Mikhailichenko
1 February 1992 Heart of MidlothianA1–024,356McCoist
8 February 1992 St MirrenA2–116,638McCoist, Mikhailichenko
25 February 1992 AberdeenH0–038,513
29 February 1992 AirdrieoniansH5–040,568Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout
10 March 1992 HibernianA3–113,387Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist
14 March 1992 Dunfermline AthleticA3–112,274Mikhailichenko (2), Nisbet
21 March 1992 CelticH0–242,160
28 March 1992 St JohnstoneA2–19,697Hateley (2)
7 April 1992 FalkirkH4–136,832McCoist (3), Mikhailichenko
11 April 1992 Dundee UnitedA2–111,713Mikhailichenko, Brown
18 April 1992 St MirrenH4–040,362McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra
23 April 1992 MotherwellA2–112,515Mikhailichenko (2)
28 April 1992 Heart of MidlothianH1–136,129McCoist
2 May 1992 AberdeenA2–016,580McCoist (2)

European Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 September 1991 R1Sparta PragueA0–111,053
2 October 1991 R1Sparta PragueH2–134,260McCall (2)

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
22 January 1992 R3AberdeenA1–023,000McCoist
15 February 1992 R4MotherwellH2–138,444Mikhailichenko (2)
3 March 1992 QFSt JohnstoneA3–010,107McCoist, Gough, Hateley
31 March 1992 SFCelticN1–045,191McCoist
9 May 1992 FAirdrieoniansN2–144,045McCoist, Hateley

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1991 R2Queen's ParkH6–032,230Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman
28 August 1991 R3Partick ThistleA2–012,587Johnston, D.Robertson
4 September 1991 QFHeart of MidlothianA1–022,878McCoist
25 September 1991 SFHibernianN0–140,901

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Goram, AndyAndy Goram GK 55 0
England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens DF 54 2
Scotland Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson DF 53 2
Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough DF 42 3
England Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman MF 53 1
Scotland Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet DF 26 5
England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven MF 2 1
Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson MF 22 1
England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley FW 35 23
Scotland Johnston, MoMo Johnston FW 16 10
Netherlands Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra MF 40 5
Scotland Robertson, SandySandy Robertson MF 7 0
Scotland Spencer, JohnJohn Spencer FW 11 1
Scotland McCall, StuartStuart McCall MF 45 3
Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant MF 20 1
Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist FW 49 39
Ukraine Mikhailichenko, AlexeiAlexei Mikhailichenko FW 31 12
Ukraine Kuznetsov, OlegOleg Kuznetsov DF 19 0
Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown DF 33 4
England Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe DF 2 0
Scotland McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan FW 5 0
Scotland McGregor, JohnJohn McGregor DF 1 0
Northern Ireland Morrow, JohnJohn Morrow FW 3 0
England Gordon, DaleDale Gordon MF 28 5
England Rideout, PaulPaul Rideout FW 13 1
Scotland Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley DF 1 0
Scotland Robertson, LeeLee Robertson MF 1 0

See also

References

  1. "Rangers sign Goram for £1m". The Herald. 15 June 1991.
  2. "Trevor Steven goes for £5m". The Herald. 16 August 1991.
  3. "Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison". The Herald. 19 November 1991.
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