Rangers F.C. records

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This article details various records of Scottish football club Rangers F.C. under the categories listed below.

Contents 1 Player records 1.1 Appearances 1.1.1 All-time appearances 1.2 Goalscorers 1.2.1 All-time goalscorers 2 Club records 2.1 Scores 2.2 Firsts 2.3 Attendances 2.4 Transfers 2.4.1 Bought 2.4.2 Sold 2.5 Milestone goals 2.6 Manager records 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Player records

[edit] Appearances

• Record appearances: John Greig, 755^[1], 1961-78
• Record appearances in a season: Carlos Cuéllar, 65, 2007-08
• Record league appearances: Sandy Archibald, 513, 1917-34
• Record Scottish Cup appearances: Alec Smith, 74
• Record Scottish League Cup appearances: John Greig, 121
• Record European football appearances: Barry Ferguson, 82
• Most capped player: Frank de Boer, 112, Netherlands
• Most capped Scottish players: Christian Dailly, 66; Ally McCoist, Richard Gough, David Weir, 61
• Most caps gained while at Rangers: Ally McCoist, 60
• First capped Rangers player: Moses McNeil (for Scotland vs. Wales, 4-0, 25 March 1876)

[edit] All-time appearances

Main article: List of Rangers F.C. players

#	Name	Career	Appearances	Goals
1	John Greig	1961-1978	755	120
2	Sandy Jardine	1964-1982	674	77
3	Ally McCoist	1983-1998	581	355
4	Sandy Archibald	1917-1934	580	148
5	Davie Meiklejohn	1919-1936	563	46
6	Dougie Gray	1925-1947	555	2
7	Derek Johnstone	1970-1983 1985-1986	546	210
8	Davie Cooper	1977-1989	540	75
9	Peter McCloy	1970-1986	535	0
10	Ian McColl	1945-1960	526	14

[edit] Goalscorers

• All-time record goalscorer: Ally McCoist, 355, 1983-98
• Most goals in one season: Jim Forrest, 57 goals, 1964-65
• Most league goals in one season: Sam English, 44 goals, 1931-32
• Most League goals: Ally McCoist, 251
• Most League Cup goals: Ally McCoist, 24
• Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy Fleming, 44
• Most European goals: Ally McCoist, 21
• Most goals scored by player in a match:
  • League match:
    • Jimmy Smith, 6 goals, won 9-1, vs. Ayr United, 15 August 1933
    • Jimmy Smith, 6 goals, won 7-1 vs. Dunfermline Athletic, 11 August 1934
    • Davie Wilson, 6 goals, won 7-1 vs. Falkirk, 17 March 1962
  • Scottish Cup match:
    • Jimmy Fleming, 9 goals, won 14-2 vs. Blairgowrie, 20 January 1934
  • Scottish League Cup match:
    • Jim Forrest, 5 goals, won 7-1 vs. Hamilton Academical, 30 October 1965
  • European match:
    • Dave McPherson, 4 goals, won 8-0 vs. Valletta FC, 14 September 1983

[edit] All-time goalscorers

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals	Average
1	Ally McCoist	1983-1998	581	355	0.61
2	Bob McPhail	1927-1940	408	261	0.64
3	Jimmy Smith	1930-1946	259	249	0.96
4	Jimmy Fleming	1925-1934	268	223	0.83
5	Derek Johnstone	1970-1982 1985-1986	546	210	0.38
6	Ralph Brand	1954-1965	317	206	0.65
7	Willie Reid	1909-1920	230	195	0.84
8	Willie Thornton	1936-1954	308	194	0.63
9	RC Hamilton	1897-1908	209	184	0.88
10	Andy Cunningham	1914-1929	389	182	0.47

[edit] Club records

[edit] Scores

• Record win: 14-2 vs Blairgowrie, Ibrox Park (H), 20 January 1934
• Record League win: 10-0 vs. Hibernian, Ibrox Park (H), 24 December 1898
• Record Scottish Cup win:
  • 13-0 vs. Possilpark, venue unknown (H), 6 October 1877
  • 13-0 vs. Uddingston, venue unknown (H), 10 November 1877
  • 13-0 vs. Kelvinside, venue unknown (A), 28 September 1889
• Record Scottish League Cup win: 9-1 vs. St Johnstone, Muirton Park, (A), 15 August 1964
• Record European win: 10-0 vs. Valletta FC, Ibrox Stadium (H), 28 September 1983
• Record defeat: 2-10 vs. Airdrieonians, Friendly, venue unknown (H), 6 February 1886
• Record defeat in competitive match: 1-7 vs. Celtic, League Cup final, Hampden Park, 19 October 1957
• Record League defeat: 0-6, vs. Dumbarton, Boghead Park (A), May 4, 1892

[edit] Firsts

• First match: vs. Callendar FC, Friendly, 0-0, Flesher's Haugh (Glasgow Green), May 1872
• First Scottish Cup match: vs. Oxford, won 2-0, Recreational Ground - Queen's Park, Glasgow, 12 October 1874
• First FA Cup match: vs. Everton, won 1-0, Stanley Park (A), 30 October 1886
• First League match: vs. Hearts, won 5-2, Ibrox Park (H), 16 August 1890
• First match at 'first' Ibrox: vs. Preston North End, Friendly, lost 8-1, 20 August 1887
• First match at 'second' Ibrox: vs. Hearts, won 3-1, Inter-City League, 30 December 1899
• First League Cup match: vs. St Mirren, won 4-0, Ibrox Park (H), 21 September 1946
• First European match: vs. OGC Nice, won 2-1, European Cup, Ibrox Park (H), 24 October 1956

[edit] Attendances

• Record home attendance: 118,567 vs. Celtic, won 2-1, Ibrox Park (H), 2 January 1939
• Record League attendance: 118,567 vs. Celtic, won 2-1, Ibrox Park (H), 2 January 1939
• Record Scottish Cup attendance: 143,570 vs. Hibernian, won 1-0, Hampden Park (N), 27 March 1948
• Record League Cup attendance: 125,154 vs. Hibernian, won 3-1, Hampden Park (N), 22 March 1947
• Record European attendance: 100,000 vs. Dynamo Kiev, lost 1-0, Olimpiysky National Sports Complex (A), 16 Sep 1987

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Bought

	Fee	Player	From	Year
1	£12,000,000	Tore Andre Flo	Chelsea	2000
2	£6,500,000	Michael Ball	Everton	2001
3	£6,000,000	Mikel Arteta	Barcelona	2002
4	£5,500,000	Andrei Kanchelskis	ACF Fiorentina	1998
5	£5,000,000	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord	1998
6	£4,500,000	Ronald de Boer	Barcelona	2000
7	£4,500,000	Barry Ferguson	Blackburn Rovers	2005
8	£4,500,000	Arthur Numan	PSV Eindhoven	1998
9	£4,300,000	Paul Gascoigne	Lazio	1995
10	£4,300,000	Bert Konterman	Feyenoord	2000

[edit] Sold

#	Fee	Player	To	Year
1	£9,000,000	Alan Hutton	Tottenham Hotspur	2008
2	£8,500,000	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Arsenal	2001
3	£8,000,000	Jean-Alain Boumsong	Newcastle United	2005
4	£7,500,000	Barry Ferguson	Blackburn Rovers	2003
5	£6,750,000	Tore Andre Flo	Sunderland	2002
6	£5,500,000	Trevor Steven	Marseille	1991
7	£4,200,000	Duncan Ferguson	Everton	1994
8	£4,000,000	Claudio Reyna	Sunderland	2001
9	£3,750,000	Gabriel Amato	Grêmio	1999
10	£3,500,000	Paul Gascoigne	Middlesbrough	1998

[edit] Milestone goals

• 1,000th League Goal: Alec Smith, Clyde 1-5 Rangers, 8 December 1906
• 2,000th League Goal: Jimmy Gordon, Kilmarnock 1-7 Rangers, 15 September 1919
• 3,000th League Goal: Bob McGowan, Rangers 7-0 Cowdenbeath, 20 December 1930
• 4,000th League Goal: Jimmy Duncanson, Dundee 1-3 Rangers, 25 December 1947
• 5,000th League Goal: Alex Scott, Rangers 7-3 Ayr Utd, 29 April 1961
• 6,000th League Goal: Derek Parlane, Hearts 2-4 Rangers, 19 January 1974
• 7,000th League Goal: Ally McCoist, Rangers 3-0 Motherwell, 9 December 1989
• 8,000th League Goal: Shota Arveladze, Rangers 3-0 Dundee, 10 August 2002

[edit] Manager records

Name	League	SC	LC	EC	Total
Wilton, WilliamWilliam Wilton	8	1	0	0	9
Struth, BillBill Struth	18	10	2	0	30
Symon, ScotScot Symon	6	5	4	0	15
White, DavidDavid White	0	0	0	0	0
Waddell, WilliamWilliam Waddell	0	0	1	1	2
Wallace, JockJock Wallace	3	3	4	0	10
Greig, JohnJohn Greig	0	2	2	0	4
Souness, GraemeGraeme Souness	3	0	4	0	7
Smith, WalterWalter Smith	8	4	4	0	16
Advocaat, DickDick Advocaat	2	2	1	0	5
McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish	2	2	3	0	7
Le Guen, PaulPaul Le Guen	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] References

1. ^ Dougie Gray made 940 appearances for Rangers between 1925 and 1947. However, since many of these were during World War II, they are often regarded as unofficial appearances

[edit] External links

• Followfollow.com - Rangers club records
• Rangers Official website - Records and Honours

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