Rangers F.C. season 1989-90

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Rangers
Season 1989-90
Manager Graeme Souness
Chairman David Murray
League Scottish Premier Division
Final league position 1st
P36 W20 D11 L5 F48 A19
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Runners-up
European Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Mo Johnston (15)
All: Ally McCoist (18)
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The 1989-90 season is the 93rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1989-90 season. The team finished top of the Scottish Premier Division and won the second of its nine consectutive league titles, despite only picking up 9 points from their first 8 matches.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round, losing 1-0 to Celtic and the team lost the Scottish League Cup final, 2-1 to Aberdeen.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup by German side Bayern Munich. They lost the tie 3-1 on aggregate.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 Aug 1989 St Mirren H 0-1 39,951
19 Aug 1989 Hibernian A 0-2 22,500
26 Aug 1989 Celtic A 1-1 54,000 Butcher
09 Sep 1989 Aberdeen H 1-0 40,283 Johnston
16 Sep 1989 Dundee H 2-2 35,836 McCoist (2)
23 Sep 1989 Dunfermline A 1-1 17,765 McCoist
30 Sep 1989 Hearts H 1-0 39,554 Johnston
03 Oct 1989 Motherwell A 0-1 17,667
14 Oct 1989 Dundee United H 2-1 36,062 Johnston, McCoist
25 Oct 1989 St Mirren A 2-0 15,130 McCoist, Johnston
28 Oct 1989 Hibernian H 2-0 35,260 McCoist (2), Johnston (pen)
04 Nov 1989 Celtic H 1-0 41,598 Johnston
18 Nov 1989 Dundee A 2-0 14,536 Johnston, Walters
22 Nov 1989 Aberdeen A 0-1 22,500
25 Nov 1989 Dunfermline H 3-0 39,131 Johnston, Butcher, McCoist
02 Dec 1989 Hearts A 2-1 24,771 Walters, Steven
09 Dec 1989 Motherwell H 3-0 33,549 Butcher, McCoist, Brown
16 Dec 1989 Dundee United A 1-1 15,947 Johnston
23 Dec 1989 St Mirren H 1-0 31,797 Dodds
30 Dec 1989 Hibernian A 0-0 24,500
02 Jan 1990 Celtic A 1-0 54,000 Spackman
06 Jan 1990 Aberdeen H 2-0 41,351 Walters, McCoist
13 Jan 1990 Dundee H 3-0 36,993 McCoist, Dodds, Johnston
27 Jan 1990 Dunfermline A 1-0 17,380 Steven
03 Feb 1990 Dundee United H 3-1 39,058 Walters, McCoist, Johnston
10 Feb 1990 Motherwell A 1-1 17,647 Johnston
17 Feb 1990 Hearts H 0-0 41,884
03 Mar 1990 Dundee A 2-2 12,743 Johnston, Dodds
17 Mar 1990 St Mirren A 0-0 16,129
24 Mar 1990 Hearts H 0-1 37,452
01 Apr 1990 Celtic H 3-0 41,926 Walters (pen), McCoist, Johnston (pen)
08 Apr 1990 Aberdeen A 0-0 23,000
14 Apr 1990 Motherwell H 2-1 39,305 Steven, Johnston
21 Apr 1990 Dundee United A 1-0 15,995 Steven
28 Apr 1990 Dunfermline H 2-0 40,769 McCoist, Dodds
05 May 1990 Hearts A 1-1 20,283 Munro

[edit] European Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 Sep 1989 Bayern Munich H 1-3 40,253 Walters (pen)
27 Sep 1989 Bayern Munich A 0-0 40,000

[edit] Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 Jan 1990 St Johnstone H 3-0 39,003 Mo Johnston, Brown, Walters
25 Feb 1990 Celtic A 0-1 52,565

[edit] League Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 Aug 1989 Arbroath H 4-0 31,762 McCoist (3), Ian Ferguson
23 Aug 1989 Morton A 2-1 11,821 Walters, Pickering (og)
30 Aug 1989 Hamilton A 3-0 9,162 Walters (2), Steven
19 Sep 1989 Dunfermline N 5-0 41,643 Steven, Johnston, Walters, McCoist, Ian Ferguson
22 Oct 1989 Aberdeen N 1-2 61,190 Walters (pen)

[edit] Appearances

Player Apps Goals
Flag of England Woods, ChrisChris Woods 37 0
Flag of England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens 44 1
Flag of Scotland Munro, StuartStuart Munro 45 1
Flag of Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough 31 0
Flag of England Wilkins, RayRay Wilkins 22 0
Flag of England Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher 43 0
Flag of England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven 43 3
Flag of Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson 32 2
Flag of Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist 40 18
Flag of Scotland Johnston, MoMo Johnston 45 17
Flag of England Walters, MarkMark Walters 36 12
Flag of England Drinkell, KevinKevin Drinkell 7 0
Flag of Scotland Ferguson, DerekDerek Ferguson 8 0
Flag of Israel Ginzburg, BonniBonni Ginzburg 8 0
Flag of Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown 30 2
Flag of Scotland Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet 9 0
Flag of Scotland Cowan, TomTom Cowan 4 0
Flag of Scotland Dodds, DavieDavie Dodds 15 4
Flag of Scotland Cooper, NealeNeale Cooper 3 0
Flag of Scotland McCall, IanIan McCall 5 0
Flag of England Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman 23 1
Flag of England Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe 9 0
Flag of Scotland Robertson, SandySandy Robertson 1 0
Flag of Scotland Souness, GraemeGraeme Souness 1 0

[edit] See also