1990–91 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1990–91 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Graeme Souness
(until 16 April)
Walter Smith
(from 19 April)
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W24 D7 L5 F62 A23
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Winners
European Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Mark Walters (12)
All:
Mo Johnston (19)

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

Overview

Rangers played a total of 48 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and won the third of their nine league titles in a row.

Manager Graeme Souness left Rangers to go to Liverpool with just four games left of the season. The managers job was given to Souness' assistant Walter Smith who managed to lead Rangers to the title, with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen on the last day of the season.

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.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
19 July 1990 England Mark Hateley France AS Monaco £0.5m
1 August 1990 Netherlands Pieter Huistra Netherlands FC Twente
1 September 1990 England Terry Hurlock England Millwall £0.325m
Sep 1990 Ukraine Oleg Kuznetsov Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £1.5m [1]
25 March 1991 Scotland Brian Reid Scotland Greenock Morton

Out

Date Player To Fee
1 July 1990 Scotland Graeme Souness Retired
1 July 1990 Scotland Neale Cooper Scotland Aberdeen
1 August 1990 Scotland Derek Ferguson Scotland Heart of Midlothian £0.75m
15 November 1990 England Terry Butcher England Coventry City £0.5m

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 August 1990 Dunfermline AthleticH3–139,951Hateley, Johnston, Walters
1 September 1990 HibernianA0–017,500
8 September 1990 Heart of MidlothianA3–122,101McCoist (2), Huistra
15 September 1990 CelticH1–138,543Hurlock
22 September 1990 Dundee UnitedA1–216,270Johnston
29 September 1990 MotherwellH1–034,863Brown
6 October 1990 AberdeenA0–019,500
13 October 1990 St. MirrenH5–038,031McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Walters (2), Johnston
20 October 1990 St. JohnstoneA0–010,054
3 November 1990 HibernianH4–035,925Hateley (2), Walters, Steven
10 November 1990 Dundee UnitedH1–236,995McCoist
17 November 1990 MotherwellA4–216,457Stevens (2), Walters, Johnston
20 November 1990 Dunfermline AthleticA1–014,480Hateley
25 November 1990 CelticA2–152,565Johnston, McCoist
1 December 1990 Heart of MidlothianH4–037,623Johnston, Hurlock, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
8 December 1990 St. JohnstoneH4–134,610Walters (2), Johnston (pen.), Stevens
15 December 1990 St. MirrenA3–015,197Walters, Johnston (pen.), Hateley
22 December 1990 AberdeenH2–237,998McCoist (2)
29 December 1990 Dundee UnitedA2–117,564Johnston, Walters
2 January 1991 CelticH2–038,399Walters, Hateley
5 January 1991 Heart of MidlothianA1–020,956Hateley
12 January 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–035,120Huistra, Johnston
19 January 1991 HibernianA2–015,500Johnston, Houchen (o.g.)
9 February 1991 St. MirrenH1–031,769McCoist
16 February 1991 MotherwellH2–032,192McCoist, Hateley
26 February 1991 St. JohnstoneA1–110,721Huistra
2 March 1991 AberdeenA0–122,500
9 March 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–136,128Steven, Walters
24 March 1991 CelticA0–352,000
30 March 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA1–014,256Stevens
6 April 1991 HibernianH0–035,507
13 April 1991 St. JohnstoneH3–035,930Durrant, Spencer, Huistra
20 April 1991 St. MirrenA1–018,473S.Robertson
24 April 1991 Dundee UnitedH1–032,397I.Ferguson
4 May 1991 MotherwellA0–317,672
11 May 1991 AberdeenH2–037,652Hateley (2)

European Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
19 September 1990 VallettaA4–08,000Johnston (2), McCoist (pen.), Hateley
2 October 1990 VallettaH6–020,627Johnston (3, 1 (pen.)), Dodds, Spencer, McCoist
24 October 1990 Red Star BelgradeA0–382,500
7 November 1990 Red Star BelgradeH1–123,831McCoist

Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
29 January 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–029,003Huistra, Spackman
23 February 1991 CowdenbeathH5–029,527Hateley (2), Nisbet, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
17 March 1991 CelticA0–252,286

League Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
21 August 1990 East StirlingshireH5–025,595Hateley (2), Steven, Walters, Johnston
28 August 1990 KilmarnockH1–032,671Johnston
4 September 1990 Raith RoversH6–231,320McCoist (3), Johnston, Butcher, Steven
26 September 1990 AberdeenN1–040,855Steven
28 October 1990 CelticN2–162,817Walters, Gough

Appearances

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

References

  1. ↑ "Kiev may delay Oleg's transfer". The Herald.

See also

{{1990–91 in Scottish football}}