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 Pts72
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 was the 112th 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 GoramScotland Hibernian£1m[1]
1991 Scotland David McKellarScotland KilmarnockFree
2 July 1991 Scotland David RobertsonScotland Aberdeen£0.97m
5 July 1991 Ukraine Alexei MikhailichenkoItaly Sampdoria£2m
15 August 1991 Scotland Stuart McCallEngland Everton£1.2m
8 November 1991 England Dale GordonEngland Norwich City£1.2m
10 January 1992 England Paul RideoutEngland Notts County£0.5m
12 April 1992 Scotland Ally MaxwellScotland Motherwell£0.3m

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 August 1991 Scotland Tom CowanEngland Sheffield United£0.35m
12 August 1991 Scotland Stuart MunroEngland Blackburn Rovers£0.35m
13 August 1991 England Mark WaltersEngland Liverpool£1.25m
15 August 1991 England Chris WoodsEngland Sheffield Wednesday£1.2m
16 August 1991 England Trevor StevenFrance Marseille£5.58m[2]
20 November 1991 Scotland Mo JohnstonEngland Everton£1.55m [3]

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

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

European Cup

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

Scottish Cup

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

League Cup

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

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy GoramGK550
England Gary StevensDF542
Scotland David RobertsonDF532
Scotland Richard GoughDF423
England Nigel SpackmanMF531
Scotland Scott NisbetDF265
England Trevor StevenMF21
Scotland Ian FergusonMF221
England Mark HateleyFW3523
Scotland Mo JohnstonFW1610
Netherlands Pieter HuistraMF405
Scotland Sandy RobertsonMF70
Scotland John SpencerFW111
Scotland Stuart McCallMF453
Scotland Ian DurrantMF201
Scotland Ally McCoistFW4939
Ukraine Alexei MikhailichenkoFW3112
Ukraine Oleg KuznetsovDF190
Scotland John BrownDF334
England Chris VinnicombeDF20
Scotland Gary McSweganFW50
Scotland John McGregorDF10
Northern Ireland John MorrowFW30
England Dale GordonMF285
England Paul RideoutFW131
Scotland Steven PressleyDF10
Scotland Lee RobertsonMF10

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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