1994–95 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1994–95 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W20 D9 L7 F60 A35 Pts69
Scottish Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Champions League Qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Mark Hateley (13)
All:
Mark Hateley (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The club won the Premier Division with a commanding sixteen point lead over nearest challengers Motherwell.

The cup competitions were not so successful as the side crashed out the Scottish Cup in the fourth round to Hearts, losing 4–2. In the League Cup the side was defeated 2–1 by Falkirk.

The European campaign was over as soon as it began, the club was knocked out the UEFA Champions League in the first round by AEK Athens, losing 3-0 on aggregate.

Rangers made three expensive signings at the start of the season in shape of defenders Basile Boli and Alan McLaren, as well as forward Brian Laudrup. On his way out of the club was misfit striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.2million deal (£200,000 more than Rangers had paid for him) after two months on loan at the English club.

The club's successful season was overshadowed by the death in March of club legend Davie Cooper at the age of 39.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
29 June 1994 France Basile BoliFrance Marseille£2.7m 2
21 July 1994 Denmark Brian LaudrupItaly Fiorentina£2.5m
27 July 1994 Scotland Billy ThomsonScotland MotherwellFree
26 October 1994 Scotland Alan McLarenScotland Hearts£2m
27 January 1995 Scotland Alec ClelandScotland Dundee UnitedJoint [1]
27 January 1995 Scotland Gary BollanScotland Dundee UnitedJoint [1]

Out

Date Player To Fee
30 June 1994 England Chris VinnicombeEngland Burnley£0.2m
28 July 1994 England Stephen WatsonScotland St MirrenFree
22 September 1994 England Gary StevensEngland Tranmere Rovers£0.35m
4 October 1994 Scotland Ian DurrantEngland EvertonLoan
19 October 1994 Scotland Steven PressleyEngland Coventry City£0.6m
25 October 1994 Scotland Dave McPhersonScotland Heart of MidlothianSwap [2]
1 December 1994 Scotland David HagenScotland Heart of Midlothian
11 December 1994 Scotland Duncan FergusonEngland Everton£4.2m
30 December 1994 Netherlands Peter HuistraJapan Sanfrecce Hiroshima£0.5m
10 March 1995 Scotland Fraser WishartScotland Heart of Midlothian£0.05m
24 March 1995 Scotland Scott McCullochScotland Hamilton AcademicalFree
  • Expendure: Decrease £7,200,000
  • Income: Increase £5,900,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £1,300,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 1994MotherwellH2–143,750Hateley, D.Ferguson
20 August 1994Partick ThistleA2–015,030Hateley, Byrne (o.g.)
27 August 1994CelticH0–245,466
11 September 1994Heart of MidlothianH3–041,041Hateley (2), Durie
17 September 1994FalkirkA2–012,419Boli, Laudrup
24 September 1994AberdeenA2–219,191Hateley, Moore
1 October 1994Dundee UnitedH2–043,030Hateley, Laudrup
8 October 1994HibernianA1–212,118Boli
15 October 1994KilmarnockH2–044,099Miller, Robertson
22 October 1994MotherwellA1–211,160Philliben (o.g.)
30 October 1994CelticA3–132,171Hateley (2), Laudrup
5 November 1994Partick ThistleH3–043,696Miller, Hateley, Laudrup
9 November 1994Heart of MidlothianA1–112,347Hateley
19 November 1994FalkirkH1–144,018Hateley
25 November 1994AberdeenH1–045,072McCoist
4 December 1994Dundee UnitedA3–010,692Laudrup, Huistra, Durrant
10 December 1994KilmarnockA2–117,283McLaren, Laudrup
26 December 1994HibernianH2–044,892Hateley, Gough
31 December 1994MotherwellA3–111,269McCall, Laudrup, Durie
4 January 1995CelticH1–145,794I.Ferguson
7 January 1995Partick ThistleA1–119,351Robertson
14 January 1995FalkirkA3–213,495Huistra (2, 1 (pen.)), McCall
21 January 1995Heart of MidlothianH1–044,231Miller
4 February 1995Dundee UnitedH1–144,197Robertson
12 February 1995AberdeenA0–218,060
25 February 1995KilmarnockH3–044,859Durie, Laudrup, Durrant
4 March 1995HibernianA1–112,059McCall
11 March 1995FalkirkH2–243,359Brown, Laudrup
18 March 1995Heart of MidlothianA1–29,806Laudrup
1 April 1995Dundee UnitedA2–011,035Durie, McLaren
8 April 1995AberdeenH3–244,460Durrant, Murray, Hateley
16 April 1995HibernianH3–144,193Durie, Durrant, Mikhailichenko
20 April 1995KilmarnockA1–016,086Mikhailichenko
29 April 1995MotherwellH0–243,576
7 May 1995CelticA0–331,025
13 May 1995Partick ThistleH1–145,280Moore

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1994QRAEK AthensA0–230,000
24 August 1994QRAEK AthensH0–144,789

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 February 1995R3Hamilton AcademicalA3–118,379Steven, Boli, Laudrup
20 February 1995R4Heart of MidlothianA2–412,375Laudrup, Durie

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 1994R2ArbroathA6–14,665D.Ferguson (3), Hateley (2), McCall
31 August 1994R3FalkirkH1–240,697Laudrup

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy GoramGK220
Scotland Neil MurrayMF221
Scotland David RobertsonDF283
Scotland Richard GoughDF311
France Basile BoliDF313
Scotland Dave McPhersonDF120
Scotland Ian DurrantMF314
Scotland Stuart McCallMF364
Scotland Ally McCoistFW91
England Mark HateleyFW2815
Denmark Brian LaudrupMF3813
Scotland Duncan FergusonFW74
Scotland John BrownDF161
Australia Craig MooreDF252
Scotland Ian FergusonMF201
Scotland Steven PressleyDF30
Scotland Gordon DurieFW256
Ukraine Alexei MikhailichenkoMF92
Scotland Charlie MillerMF233
Netherlands Pieter HuistraMF153
Scotland David HagenMF20
Scotland Fraser WishartDF40
Scotland Alan McLarenDF252
Scotland Colin ScottGK40
Scotland Brian McGintyMF10
Scotland Ally MaxwellGK140
England Trevor StevenMF131
Scotland Gary BollanDF60
Scotland Alec ClelandDF110
Scotland Billy ThomsonGK50
Scotland Lee RobertsonMF10
Scotland Neil CaldwellDF10
Northern Ireland Paul McKnightFW10
England Gary StevensDF10

References

  1. 1 2 Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750,000 deal
  2. ↑ Part exchange for Alan McLaren plus £2m

See also

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