Rangers F.C. season 1990-91

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Rangers
Season 1990-91
Manager Graeme Souness
Walter Smith
Chairman David Murray
League Scottish Premier Division
Final league position 1st
P36 W24 D7 L5 F62 A23
Scottish Cup Quarter-final
League Cup Winners
European Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Mark Walters (12)
All: Mo Johnston (19)
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1991-92

The 1990-91 season is the 94th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 1990-91 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and won the second of there nine league title.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2-0 to Celtic. But the team won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Celtic 2-1.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the second round by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. They lost the tie 4-1 on aggregate after having had beaten Valletta of Malta in the first round.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 Aug 1990 Dunfermline H 3-1 39,951 Hateley , Johnston, Walters
01 Sep 1990 Hibs A 0-0 17,500
08 Sep 1990 Hearts A 3-1 22,101 McCoist (2), Huistra
15 Sep 1990 Celtic H 1-1 38,543 Hurlock
22 Sep 1990 Dundee Utd A 1-2 16,270 Johnston
29 Sep 1990 Motherwell H 1-0 34,863 Brown
06 Oct 1990 Aberdeen A 0-0 19,500
13 Oct 1990 St Mirren H 5-0 38,031 McCoist (2, 1 pen), Walters (2), Johnston
20 Oct 1990 St Johnstone A 0-0 10,054
03 Nov 1990 Hibs H 4-0 35,925 Hateley (2), Walters, Steven
10 Nov 1990 Dundee Utd H 1-2 36,995 McCoist
17 Nov 1990 Motherwell A 4-2 16,457 Stevens (2), Walters, Johnston
20 Nov 1990 Dunfermline A 1-0 14,480 Hateley
25 Nov 1990 Celtic A 2-1 52,565 Johnston, McCoist
01 Dec 1990 Hearts H 4-0 37,623 Johnston, Hurlock, McCoist, Walters (pen)
08 Dec 1990 St Johnstone H 4-1 34,610 Walters (2), Johnston (pen), Stevens
15 Dec 1990 St Mirren A 3-0 15,197 Walters, Johnston (pen), Hateley
22 Dec 1990 Aberdeen H 2-2 37,998 McCoist (2)
29 Dec 1990 Dundee Utd A 2-1 17,564 Johnston, Walters
02 Jan 1991 Celtic H 2-0 38,399 Walters, Hateley
05 Jan 1991 Hearts A 1-0 20,956 Hateley
12 Jan 1991 Dunfermline H 2-0 35,120 Huistra, Johnston
19 Jan 1991 Hibs A 2-0 15,500 Johnston, Houchen (og)
09 Feb 1991 St Mirren H 1-0 31,769 McCoist
16 Feb 1991 Motherwell H 2-0 32,192 McCoist, Hateley
26 Feb 1991 St Johnstone A 1-1 10,721 Huistra
02 Mar 1991 Aberdeen A 0-1 22,500
09 Mar 1991 Hearts H 2-1 36,128 Steven, Walters
24 Mar 1991 Celtic A 0-3 52,000
30 Mar 1991 Dunfermline A 1-0 14,256 Stevens
06 Apr 1991 Hibs H 0-0 35,507
13 Apr 1991 St Johnstone H 3-0 35,930 Durrant, Spencer, Huistra
20 Apr 1991 St Mirren A 1-0 18,473 S Robertson
24 Apr 1991 Dundee Utd H 1-0 32,397 I Ferguson
04 May 1991 Motherwell A 0-3 17,672
11 May 1991 Aberdeen H 2-0 37,652 Hateley (2)

[edit] European Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 Sep 1990 Valletta A 4-0 8,000 Johnston (2), McCoist (pen), Hateley
02 Oct 1990 Valletta H 6-0 20,627 Johnston (3, 1 pen), Dodds, Spencer, McCoist
24 Oct 1990 Red Star Belgrade A 0-3 82,500
07 Nov 1990 Red Star Belgrade H 1-1 23,831 McCoist

[edit] Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
29 Jan 1991 Dunfermline H 2-0 29,003 Huistra, Spackman
23 Feb 1991 Cowdenbeath H 5-0 29,527 Hateley (2), Nisbet, McCoist, Walters (pen)
17 Mar 1991 Celtic A 0-2 52,286

[edit] League Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
21 Aug 1990 East Stirling H 5-0 25,595 Hateley (2), Steven, Walters, Johnston
28 Aug 1990 Kilmarnock H 1-0 32,671 Johnston
04 Sep 1990 Raith Rovers H 6-2 31,320 McCoist (3), Johnston, Butcher, Steven
26 Sep 1990 Aberdeen N 1-0 40,855 Steven
28 Oct 1990 Celtic N 2-1 62,817 Walters, Gough

[edit] Appearances

Player Apps Goals
Flag of England Woods, ChrisChris Woods 48 0
Flag of England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens 48 4
Flag of Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown 36 1
Flag of Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough 37 1
Flag of England Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman 45 1
Flag of England Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher 9 1
Flag of England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven 31 5
Flag of Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson 15 1
Flag of England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley 42 15
Flag of Scotland Johnston, MoMo Johnston 39 19
Flag of England Walters, MarkMark Walters 39 15
Flag of Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist 36 18
Flag of the Netherlands Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra 36 5
Flag of England Hurlock, TerryTerry Hurlock 35 2
Flag of Scotland Munro, StuartStuart Munro 21 0
Flag of Ukraine Kuznetsov, OlegOleg Kuznetsov 2 0
Flag of Scotland Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet 19 1
Flag of Scotland Robertson, SandySandy Robertson 18 1
Flag of Scotland McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan 3 0
Flag of England Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe 11 0
Flag of Scotland Dodds, DavieDavie Dodds 6 1
Flag of Scotland Cowan, TomTom Cowan 7 0
Flag of Scotland Spencer, JohnJohn Spencer 6 2
Flag of Scotland Reid, BrianBrian Reid 3 0
Flag of Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant 4 1

[edit] See also