1988–89 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division, winning the first of nine consecutive league titles.

In the cup competitions, they were lost the Scottish Cup final 1–0 to Celtic thanks to a Joe Miller goal. The team won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Aberdeen 3–2.

The European campaign was not great. The team qualified for the UEFA Cup and after a fine aggregate win over Polish side GKS Katowice, they were knocked in the second round by Cologne of Germany.

Transfer

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
19 Jul 1988	Gary Stevens	Everton	£1.25m
29 Jul 1988	John Morrow	Linfield	Free
06 Oct 1988	Neale Cooper	Aston Villa	£0.25m
01 Feb 1989	Tom Cowan	Clyde	Free

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee
31 May 1988	Avi Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Free
31 May 1988	Trevor Francis	Queens Park Rangers	Free
26 Aug 1988	Graham Roberts	Chelsea	£0.475m
26 Aug 1988	Jimmy Phillips	Oxford United	£0.11m
11 Feb 1989	Nicky Walker	Heart of Midlothian	£0.125m

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 Aug 1988	Hamilton Academical	A	2–0	10,500	Stevens, McCoist
20 Aug 1988	Hibernian	H	0–0	41,955
27 Aug 1988	Celtic	H	5–1	42,858	McCoist (2), Wilkins, Drinkell, Walters
03 Sep 1988	Motherwell	A	2–0	20,112	Drinkell, Durrant
17 Sep 1988	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	25,501	Durrant (pen.), Nisbet
24 Sep 1988	St. Mirren	H	2–1	35,523	D.Cooper (pen.), Walters
27 Sep 1988	Dundee United	A	1–0	20,071	I.Ferguson
01 Oct 1988	Dundee	H	2–0	40,768	Drinkell, Walters
08 Oct 1988	Aberdeen	A	1–2	23,370	N.Cooper
12 Oct 1988	Hibernian	A	1–0	26,000	McCoist
29 Oct 1988	St. Mirren	A	1–1	20,903	Gray
01 Nov 1988	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	36,505	Gough, Walters (pen.), Gray
05 Nov 1988	Motherwell	A	2–1	36,060	Brown, Drinkell
12 Nov 1988	Celtic	A	1–3	60,113	Walters
16 Nov 1988	Hamilton Academical	H	3–1	33,684	Gray, Ferguson, Drinkell
19 Nov 1988	Dundee	A	0–0	16,514
26 Nov 1988	Aberdeen	H	1–0	42,239	Gough
03 Dec 1988	Dundee United	H	0–1	39,123
10 Dec 1988	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	26,424
17 Dec 1988	Hibernian	H	1–0	36,672	McCall
31 Dec 1988	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0	10,500	D.Ferguson
03 Jan 1989	Celtic	H	4–1	42,515	Walters (2, 1 (pen.)), Butcher, I.Ferguson
07 Jan 1989	Motherwell	A	1–2	19,275	Drinkell
14 Jan 1989	Aberdeen	A	2–1	23,000	Munro, D.Ferguson
21 Jan 1989	Dundee	H	3–1	43,202	I.Ferguson, Butcher, McCoist
11 Feb 1989	Dundee United	A	1–1	22,019	Munro
25 Feb 1989	St. Mirren	H	3–1	39,021	I.Ferguson, McCoist, Walters
11 Mar 1989	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	35,733	I.Ferguson, Sterland, Gough
25 Mar 1989	Hibernian	A	1–0	23,321	Drinkell
01 Apr 1989	Celtic	A	2–1	60,171	Drinkell, I.Ferguson
08 Apr 1989	Motherwell	H	1–0	33,782	McCoist
22 Apr 1989	St. Mirren	A	2–0	22,096	I.Ferguson, McCoist
29 Apr 1989	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–0	42,856	Drinkell (2), Sterland (2)
02 May 1989	Dundee United	H	2–0	39,068	Drinkell, McCoist
06 May 1989	Dundee	A	2–1	14,889	Gray (2)
13 May 1989	Aberdeen	H	0–3	42,480

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
07 Sep 1988	R1	Katowice	H	1–0	41,120	Walters
05 Oct 1988	R1	Katowice	A	4–2	40,000	Butcher (2), Durrant, I.Ferguson
26 Oct 1988	R2	Cologne	A	0–2	42,000
09 Nov 1988	R2	Cologne	H	1–1	42,204	Drinkell

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 Jan 1989	R3	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	10,500	I.Ferguson
01 Feb 1989	R3 R	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	40,307	Walters, Drinkell, Fraser (o.g.)
18 Feb 1989	R4	Stranraer	H	8–0	41,198	Drinkell (2), Brown (2), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.) I.Ferguson, Walters
21 Mar 1989	QF	Dundee United	H	2–2	42,177	Drinkell, McCoist
27 Mar 1989	QF R	Dundee United	A	1–0	21,872	McCoist
15 Apr 1989	SF	St. Johnstone	N	0–0	47,374
18 Apr 1989	SF R	St. Johnstone	N	4–0	44,205	Walters, Stevens, Drinkell, McCoist
20 May 1989	F	Celtic	N	0–1	72,069

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Aug 1988	R2	Clyde	A	3–0	14,699	Drinkell, Walters, D.Ferguson
24 Aug 1988	R3	Clydebank	H	6–0	34,376	McCoist, Gough, Walters, Wilkins, Drinkell, Durrant
31 Aug 1988	QF	Dundee	H	4–1	39,667	McCoist, Walters, I.Ferguson, Forsyth (o.g.)
21 Sep 1988	SF	Heart of Midlothian	N	3–0	53,623	Walters (2), Nisbet
23 Oct 1988	F	Aberdeen	N	3–2	72,122	McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Gary Stevens	DF	52	2
Richard Gough	DF	51	4
Terry Butcher	DF	51	4
Mark Walters	MF	48	17
Kevin Drinkell	FW	47	19
Ray Wilkins	MF	45	2
John Brown	DF	42	3
Chris Woods	GK	39	0
Stuart Munro	DF	33	4
Ally McCoist	FW	33	18
Davie Cooper	MF	33	1
Ian Ferguson	MF	33	13
Derek Ferguson	MF	24	3
Neale Cooper	MF	17	1
Andy Gray	FW	16	5
Nicky Walker	GK	14	0
Ian Durrant	MF	14	4
Mel Sterland	FW	13	3
Scott Nisbet	DF	10	2
Graeme Souness	MF	10	0
Ian McCall	MF	7	1
Tom Cowan	DF	4	0
Jimmy Nicholl	DF	3	0
Kevin MacDonald	MF	3	0
Davie Kirkwood	MF	2	0
Sandy Robertson	MF	2	0
Gary McSwegan	FW	1	0
John McGregor	DF	1	0

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