1980–81 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1980-81 season
Chairman Rae Simpson
Manager John Greig
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 3rd
P36 W16 D12 L8 F60 A32
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Colin McAdam (12)
All:
Colin McAdam (21)

The 1980–81 season is the 84th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1980–81 season. The summer of 1980 saw Greig bring in Jim Bett from Lokeren for £150,000. Bett was joined by Colin McAdam a £165,000 signing from Partick Thistle. The side got off to a good start in the league, going on a fifteen match unbeaten run, including two Old Firm wins, was to end in November. A disastrous run in November and December all but ended the title challenge as the team finished third, twelve points behind champions Celtic.

The League Cup campaign was halted after a controversial defeat to Aberdeen in a match where the Dons were awarded two contentious penalties. Due to having no European participation, Rangers entered the Anglo-Scottish Cup which led to humiliation and embarrassment at the hands of English minnows, Chesterfield. The Third Division side held Rangers to a 1-1 draw at Ibrox before thumping Rangers 3-0 in the away leg at Saltergate. Rangers did win the 1981 Scottish Cup Final after beating Dundee United 4-1 in a final replay. After a tedious 0-0 draw where Ian Redford missed a last minute penalty, Rangers won the replay with goals from Davie Cooper, a John MacDonald double and Bobby Russell.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1980AirdrieoniansA1–116,000MacDonald
16 August 1980Partick ThistleH4–025,898Cooper, McAdam, MacDonald, Jardine
23 August 1980CelticA2–158,000Bett, Miller
6 September 1980Dundee UnitedA4–216,269Cooper, McAdam, MacDonald, Hegarty (o.g.)
13 September 1980AberdeenH1–134,000McAdam
20 September 1980KilmarnockA8–115,021MacDonald (3), Redford (2, 1 (pen.)), McAdam, Jardine, Bett
27 September 1980St MirrenH2–030,000Bett, Cooper
4 October 1980Greenock MortonA2–215,000Miller (pen), McAdam
11 October 1980Heart of MidlothianH3–122,443McAdam (2), Jefferies (o.g.)
18 October 1980AirdrieoniansH0–023,000
25 October 1980Partick ThistleA1–114,250McAdam
1 November 1980CelticH3–035,000McAdam (2), MacDonald
8 November 1980St MirrenA0–017,362
15 November 1980KilmarnockH2–015,791Johnston, Jardine
22 November 1980Heart of MidlothianA0–016,315
29 November 1980Greenock MortonH0–120,000
13 December 1980AberdeenA0–222,500
20 December 1980KilmarnockA1–19,172Russell
1 January 1981Partick ThistleH1–118,000McAdam
3 January 1981AirdrieoniansA1–111,800Dawson
10 January 1981Greenock MortonA2–013,000MacDonald, Redford
31 January 1981AberdeenH1–032,500Johnstone
7 February 1981Dundee UnitedA1–214,328MacDonald
21 February 1981CelticA1–352,800Johnstone
28 February 1981AirdrieoniansH2–012,200MacDonald, Redford
14 March 1981Heart of MidlothianA1–211,500Redford
18 March 1981Dundee UnitedH1–414,000McAdam
21 March 1981KilmarnockH2–08,488Redford, Russell
28 March 1981St MirrenA1–29,988Dawson
1 April 1981Greenock MortonH4–07,000Johnstone (2), Redford, MacDonald
4 April 1981Dundee UnitedH2–116,000Russell, Redford (pen.)
15 April 1981St MirrenH1–010,000Russell
18 April 1981CelticH0–135,000
22 April 1981AberdeenA0–011,500
25 April 1981Partick ThistleA1–17,077Russell
2 May 1981Heart of MidlothianH4–09,770Bett, Russell, Redford, Johnston

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
24 January 1981R3AirdrieoniansA5–016,054Johnstone (2), Stevens, Redford, Bett
14 February 1981R4St JohnstoneA3–317,595Redford (2), McAdam
18 February 1981R4 RSt JohnstoneH3–130,000McAdam (2), Stevens
7 March 1981QFHibernianH3–126,345Russell, McAdam, MacDonald
11 April 1981SFGreenock MortonN2–127,050Jackson, Russell
9 May 1981FDundee UnitedN0–053,346
12 May 1981F RDundee UnitedN4–143,099MacDonald (2), Cooper, Russell

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 August 1980R2Forfar AthleticA2–04,500McAdam (2)
30 August 1980R2Forfar AthleticH3–115,500Miller (pen.), Johnstone, McAdam (pen.)
3 September 1980R3AberdeenH1–033,000McAdam
24 September 1980R3AberdeenA1–323,926McAdam

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Peter McCloy GK 340
Scotland Sandy Jardine DF 423
Scotland Alex Forsyth DF 10
Scotland Tom Forsyth DF 300
Scotland Colin Jackson DF 381
Scotland Jim Bett MF 455
Scotland Davie Cooper MF 344
Scotland Bobby Russell MF 359
Scotland Colin McAdam FW 4021
Scotland Ian Redford MF 4612
Scotland John MacDonald FW 3814
Scotland Willie Johnston MF 372
Scotland Derek Johnstone FW 337
Scotland Tommy McLean MF 340
Scotland Alex Miller DF 333
Scotland Gregor Stevens DF 142
Scotland Ally Dawson DF 292
Scotland Billy MacKay MF 60
Scotland Robert Clark DF 10
Scotland Jim Stewart GK 130

See also

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