The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.
1991–92 season | |
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Chairman | David Murray |
Manager | Walter Smith |
Ground | Ibrox Stadium |
Scottish Premier Division | 1st (Champions) |
Scottish Cup | Winners |
League Cup | Semi-finals |
European Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Ally McCoist (34) All: Ally McCoist (39) |
Übersicht
editRangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fourth of their nine league titles after winning 33 of their 44 league games.
Rangers won the league by 9 points, the title being won at Ibrox against St.Mirren with a 4–0 victory in April.
Transfer activity was heavily influenced by restrictions imposed by UEFA in European competitions. Match squads could only include a maximum of three foreign nationals, and as a result English players at Ibrox were considered "foreigners". The most significant move was the sale of England international goalkeeper Chris Woods to Sheffield Wednesday. He was replaced by Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram from Hibernian.
In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1981, defeating Airdrieonians 2–1 after a 1–0 win over Celtic in the semi-finals.
In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by Czechoslovakian side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.
Ally McCoist was awarded his first European Golden Boot for finishing as the top goal scorer across all European leagues with 34 goals. The McCoist / Hateley strike partnership yielded an impressive 62 goals during the season.
Transfers
editIn
editDate | Player | From | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
19 June 1991 | Andy Goram | Hibernian | £1,000,000[1] |
1 July 1991 | David Robertson | Aberdeen | £970,000[2] |
5 July 1991 | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | Sampdoria | £2,000,000[3] |
15 August 1991 | Stuart McCall | Everton | £1,200,000 |
15 August 1991 | David McKellar | Kilmarnock | £20,000 |
2 November 1991 | Dale Gordon | Norwich City | £1,200,000[4] |
10 January 1992 | Paul Rideout | Notts County | £500,000[5] |
Out
editDate | Player | To | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
21 June 1991 | Stuart Munro | Blackburn Rovers | £200,000 |
24 June 1991 | Boni Ginzburg | Free | |
11 July 1991 | Tom Cowan | Sheffield United | £350,000 |
22 July 1991 | Neale Cooper | Reading | Free |
8 August 1991 | Mark Walters | Liverpool | £1,250,000[6] |
14 August 1991 | Chris Woods | Sheffield Wednesday | £1,000,000[7] |
15 August 1991 | Trevor Steven | Marseille | £5,500,000 |
5 September 1991 | Terry Hurlock | Southampton | £400,000[8] |
18 November 1991 | Mo Johnston | Everton | £1,550,000[9] |
- Expenditure: £6,890,000
- Income: £10,250,000
- Total loss/gain: £3,360,000
Results
editAll results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier Division
editDate | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 August 1991 | St Johnstone | H | 6–0 | 35,109 | Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson |
13 August 1991 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 35,323 | Steven, Maaskant (o.g.) |
17 August 1991 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | 22,534 | |
24 August 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | 35,559 | Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist |
31 August 1991 | Celtic | A | 2–0 | 51,382 | Hateley (2) |
7 September 1991 | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | 13,088 | Nisbet, Huistra |
14 September 1991 | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | 36,347 | McCoist |
21 September 1991 | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | 14,503 | Huistra, Nisbet |
28 September 1991 | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | 36,330 | |
5 October 1991 | Airdrieonians | A | 4–0 | 11,101 | McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston |
8 October 1991 | Hibernian | H | 4–2 | 35,368 | McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.) |
12 October 1991 | St Johnstone | A | 3–2 | 10,323 | McCoist (2), Nisbet |
19 October 1991 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 36,481 | McCoist,Mikhailichenko |
26 October 1991 | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | 36,441 | Johnston |
29 October 1991 | Dundee United | A | 2–3 | 15,041 | McCoist (2) |
2 November 1991 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 37,387 | McCoist |
9 November 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 5–0 | 13,351 | Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist |
16 November 1991 | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | 36,934 | Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist |
19 November 1991 | Hibernian | A | 3–0 | 16,833 | McCoist (2), Hateley |
23 November 1991 | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | 36,272 | |
30 November 1991 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 15,350 | Gordon, Gough |
4 December 1991 | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | 20,081 | Hateley (2), McCoist |
7 December 1991 | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | 35,784 | Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley |
14 December 1991 | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | 11,801 | McCoist, Hateley, McCall |
21 December 1991 | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | 41,448 | McCoist (2) |
28 December 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–1 | 41,328 | Stevens, Gordon |
1 January 1992 | Celtic | A | 3–1 | 51,789 | McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown |
4 January 1992 | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | 12,276 | |
11 January 1992 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 40,616 | Gordon, McCoist |
18 January 1992 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 38,217 | McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
1 February 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | 24,356 | McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
8 February 1992 | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | 16,638 | McCoist,Mikhailichenko |
25 February 1992 | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | 38,513 | |
29 February 1992 | Airdrieonians | H | 5–0 | 40,568 | Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout |
10 March 1992 | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | 13,387 | Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist |
14 March 1992 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–1 | 12,274 | Mikhailichenho (2), Nisbet |
21 March 1992 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 42,160 | |
28 March 1992 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 9,697 | Hateley (2) |
7 April 1992 | Falkirk | H | 4–1 | 36,832 | McCoist (3),Mikhailichenko |
11 April 1992 | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 11,713 | Mikhailichenko, Brown |
18 April 1992 | St Mirren | H | 4–0 | 40,362 | McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra |
23 April 1992 | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | 12,515 | Mikhailichenko (2) |
28 April 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 36,129 | McCoist |
2 May 1992 | Aberdeen | A | 2–0 | 16,580 | McCoist (2) |
Scottish League Cup
editDate | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 August 1991 | R2 | Queen's Park | H | 6–0 | 32,230 | Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman |
28 August 1991 | R3 | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | 12,587 | Johnston, D.Robertson |
4 September 1991 | QF | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | 22,878 | McCoist |
25 September 1991 | SF | Hibernian | N | 0–1 | 40,901 |
Scottish Cup
editDate | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 January 1992 | R3 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 23,000 | McCoist |
15 February 1992 | R4 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 38,444 | Mikhailichenko (2) |
3 March 1992 | QF | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | 10,107 | McCoist, Gough, Hateley |
31 March 1992 | SF | Celtic | N | 1–0 | 45,191 | McCoist |
9 May 1992 | F | Airdrieonians | N | 2–1 | 44,045 | McCoist, Hateley |
European Cup
editDate | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 September 1991 | R1 | Sparta Prague | A | 0–1 | 11,053 | |
2 October 1991 | R1 | Sparta Prague | H | 2–1 | 34,260 | McCall (2) |
Appearances
editPlayer | Position | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Andy Goram | GK | 55 | 0 |
John Brown | DF | 33 | 4 |
Richard Gough | DF | 42 | 3 |
Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 19 | 0 |
John McGregor | DF | 1 | 0 |
Scott Nisbet | DF | 26 | 5 |
Steven Pressley | DF | 1 | 0 |
David Robertson | DF | 53 | 2 |
Gary Stevens | DF | 54 | 2 |
Chris Vinnicombe | DF | 2 | 0 |
Ian Durrant | MF | 20 | 1 |
Ian Ferguson | MF | 22 | 1 |
Dale Gordon | MF | 28 | 5 |
Pieter Huistra | MF | 40 | 5 |
Stuart McCall | MF | 45 | 3 |
Sandy Robertson | MF | 7 | 0 |
Lee Robertson | MF | 1 | 0 |
Nigel Spackman | MF | 53 | 1 |
Trevor Steven | MF | 2 | 1 |
Mark Hateley | FW | 35 | 23 |
Mo Johnston | FW | 16 | 10 |
Ally McCoist | FW | 49 | 39 |
Gary McSwegan | FW | 5 | 0 |
John Morrow | FW | 3 | 0 |
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | FW | 31 | 12 |
Paul Rideout | FW | 13 | 1 |
John Spencer | FW | 11 | 1 |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 101 | 31 | +70 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
2 | Hearts | 44 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Celtic | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 62 | |
4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 51 | |
5 | Hibernian | 44 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ £1m Rangers Goram hopes his move will be a winner: Glasgow Herald, 20 June 1991
- ^ Rangers' spree may continue: Glasgow Herald, 2 July 1991
- ^ "On this day in 1991". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Gordon joins Rangers in a £1.2m deal". Glasgow Herald. 4 November 1991.
- ^ "Rideout is ready for a quick debut against Hibernian". Glasgow Herald. 11 January 1992.
- ^ £1.25m Walters is called to account again by Souness: Glasgow Herald, 9 August 1991
- ^ Aberdeen have designs on McCoist: Woods heads for Sheffield while Gillespie agrees to sign for Celtic: Glasgow Herald, 15 August 1991
- ^ Daily Record, 6 September 1991
- ^ "Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison". Glasgow Herald. 19 November 1991.