1993–94 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1993–94 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P44 W22 D14 L8 F74 A41
Scottish Cup Runners-up
League Cup Winners
Champions League First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Mark Hateley (22)
All:
Mark Hateley (30)
Home colours
Away colours
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season is the 113th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 57 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the sixth of their nine league titles, despite only winning 22 of their 44 league games.

During Rangers' league encounter against Raith Rovers at Ibrox on 16 April 1994, Duncan Ferguson headbutted the visitors' John McStay in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch. Referee Kenny Clark booked Ferguson, but he was subsequently charged with assault and, as it was his fourth such conviction, he served three months in prison.[1]

In the cup competitions, they were defeated in the Scottish Cup final by Dundee United thanks to a Craig Brewster goal. The team did win the League Cup, beating Hibernian 2–1 with goals from Ian Durrant and Ally McCoist.

In their European campaign, Rangers crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in the first round after losing to Bulgarian outfit Levski Sofia on the away goals rule.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
15 July 1993 Scotland Duncan Ferguson Scotland Dundee United £4m[2]
27 July 1993 Scotland Fraser Wishart Scotland Falkirk Free
16 September 1993 Australia Craig Moore Australia Australian Institute of Sport Free
22 November 1993 Scotland Gordon Durie England Tottenham Hotspur £1.2m [3]

Out

Date Player To Fee
13 July 1993 Scotland Gary McSwegan England Notts County £0.4m
20 July 1993 England Dale Gordon England West Ham United £0.75m
4 January 1994 Scotland Sandy Robertson England Coventry City £0.25m

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 1993 Heart of MidlothianH2–143,261Hagen, Hateley
14 August 1993 St JohnstoneA2–110,152Gough, I.Ferguson
21 August 1993 CelticA0–047,942
28 August 1993 KilmarnockH1–244,243Pressley
4 September 1993 DundeeA1–114,211Hateley
11 September 1993 Partick ThistleH1–140,988Hateley
18 September 1993 AberdeenA0–219,138
25 September 1993 HibernianH2–143,200Steven, Hateley
2 October 1993 Raith RoversA1–18,161Hetherston (o.g.)
6 October 1993 MotherwellH1–239,816I.Ferguson
9 October 1993 Dundee UnitedA3–111,262Huistra (2), Hateley
16 October 1993 St JohnstoneH2–041,960Huistra, Hateley
30 October 1993 CelticH1–247,522McCoist
3 November 1993 Heart of MidlothianA2–218,370Hateley (2)
6 November 1993 KilmarnockA2–019,162I.Ferguson, Huistra
10 November 1993 DundeeH3–138,477McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson
13 November 1993Raith RoversH2–242,611Hateley (2)
20 November 1993 HibernianA1–016,506Gough
27 November 1993 Partick ThistleA1–117,292Huistra
1 December 1993 AberdeenH2–045,182Hateley (2)
4 December 1993 MotherwellA2–014,069Durie (2)
11 December 1993 Dundee UnitedH0–343,058
18 December 1993 St JohnstoneA4–010,056Hateley (2), Steven, Durie
27 December 1993 Heart of MidlothianH2–245,116Hateley (2)
1 January 1994 CelticA4–248,506Mikhailichenko (2), Hateley, Kuznetsov
8 January 1994 KilmarnockH3–044,919Hateley (2), Huistra
15 January 1994 DundeeA1–111,014Durie
22 January 1994 AberdeenA0–020,267
5 February 1994 Partick ThistleH5–142,606Durie (2), Mikhailichenko, McCall, Steven
12 February 1994 HibernianH2–043,265Durie, Steven
26 February 1994 Raith RoversA2–18,988I.Ferguson, Durie
5 March 1994 MotherwellH2–143,669Durie, Hateley (pen.)
19 March 1994 St JohnstoneH4–043,228McCall, Hateley, McPherson, Durie
26 March 1994 Heart of MidlothianA2–118,108McCoist, Hateley
29 March 1994 Partick ThistleA2–114,706Gough, McCoist
2 April 1994 AberdeenH1–145,888McCall
5 April 1994 Dundee UnitedA0–011,352
16 April 1994 Raith RoversH4–042,545Robertson, McCoist, D.Ferguson, Mikhailichenko
23 April 1994 Dundee UnitedH2–144,776Durie (2)
26 April 1994 MotherwellA1–214,050McCoist
30 April 1994 CelticH1–147,018Mikhailichenko
3 May 1994 HibernianA0–114,517
7 May 1994 KilmarnockA0–118,012
14 May 1994 DundeeH0–041,620

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 September 1993 R1Levski SofiaH3–237,013Hateley (2), McPherson
29 September 1993 R1Levski SofiaA1–250,000Durrant

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
29 January 1994 R3DumbartonH4–136,809Durie, Hateley (pen.), Steven, Robertson
19 February 1994 R4Alloa AthleticH6–037,804McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson,
McPherson, Newbigging (o.g.)
12 March 1994 QFHeart of MidlothianH2–041,666Brown, Hateley
10 April 1994 SFKilmarnockN0–035,144
13 April 1994 SF RKilmarnockN2–129,860Hateley (2)
21 May 1994 FDundee UnitedN0–137,450

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 1993 R2DumbartonH1–036,309I.Ferguson
25 August 1993 R3Dunfermline AthleticA2–012,993Steven, I.Ferguson
1 September 1993 QFAberdeenH2–145,604Hateley, I.Ferguson
22 September 1993 SFCelticH1–047,420Hateley
24 October 1993 FHibernianN2–147,632Durrant, McCoist

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Maxwell, AllyAlly Maxwell GK 43 0
Scotland Wishart, FraserFraser Wishart DF 10 0
Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough DF 48 3
Scotland Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley DF 29 1
Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown DF 28 1
Scotland Murray, NeilNeil Murray MF 27 0
Scotland McCall, StuartStuart McCall MF 44 3
Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson MF 47 9
Scotland Hagen, DavidDavid Hagen MF 8 1
England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley FW 55 30
Ukraine Mikhailichenko, AlexeiAlexei Mikhailichenko MF 40 5
Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant MF 31 2
Netherlands Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra MF 26 6
England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven MF 42 6
England Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe DF 5 0
Scotland McPherson, DaveDave McPherson DF 37 3
Scotland Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson FW 16 1
England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens DF 37 0
Scotland Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson DF 41 2
Ukraine Kuznetsov, OlegOleg Kuznetsov DF 6 1
Northern Ireland Morrow, JohnJohn Morrow FW 3 0
Scotland Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller MF 3 0
Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist FW 28 11
Scotland Scott, ColinColin Scott GK 6 0
Scotland Durie, GordonGordon Durie FW 29 13
Scotland Goram, AndyAndy Goram GK 10 0
Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore DF 1 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ This would have seemed to set a precedent whereby any case of striking an opponent would result in the relevant stage of criminal sanctions being put in place (first assault on the pitch = a police caution and so forth) however special consideration appears to have been given to Ferguson.ScottishLeague.net SFAQs
  2. ↑ "A dream come true as Ferguson signs in £4m deal". The Herald.
  3. ↑ "A £1.2m spur as Rangers get the Durie's verdict"
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