1990–91 Rangers F.C. season

The 1990–91 season was the 111th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
1990–91 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerGraeme Souness
(until 16 April)
Walter Smith
(from 19 April)
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish Premier Division1st
P36 W24 D7 L5 F62 A23 Pts55
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupWinners
European CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mark Walters (12)
All:
Mo Johnston (19)

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.

There was significant transfer activity during the season with England international striker Mark Hateley arriving from Monaco and Terry Butcher departing for Coventry CIty.

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 at Ibrox on the last day of the season.[1][2]

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

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the second round by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade (Red Star defeated Marseille on penalties in the final). Rangers lost the tie 4–1 on aggregate. They defeated Valletta of Malta 10–0 on aggregate in the first round.

Transfers

In
Date Player From Fee
21 June 1990 England Mark HateleyFrance AS Monaco£1,000,000
2 August 1990 Netherlands Pieter HuistraNetherlands FC Twente£300,000
23 August 1990 England Terry HurlockEngland Millwall£300,000
9 October 1990 Soviet Union Oleh KuznetsovSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv£1,200,000
25 March 1991 Scotland Brian ReidScotland Greenock Morton£300,000

Out
Date Player To Fee
1 July 1990 Scotland Graeme SounessRetired
4 July 1990 Scotland Derek FergusonScotland Heart of Midlothian£750,000
15 November 1990 England Terry ButcherEngland Coventry City£500,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

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

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

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

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

Appearances
Player Position Appearances Goals
England Chris WoodsGK480
England Gary StevensDF484
Scotland John BrownDF361
Scotland Richard GoughDF371
England Nigel SpackmanMF451
England Terry ButcherDF91
England Trevor StevenMF315
Scotland Ian FergusonMF151
England Mark HateleyFW4215
Scotland Mo JohnstonFW3919
England Mark WaltersMF3915
Scotland Ally McCoistFW3618
Netherlands Pieter HuistraMF365
England Terry HurlockMF352
Scotland Stuart MunroDF210
Soviet Union Oleh KuznetsovDF20
Scotland Scott NisbetDF191
Scotland Sandy RobertsonMF181
Scotland Gary McSweganFW30
England Chris VinnicombeDF110
Scotland Davie DoddsFW61
Scotland Tom CowanDF70
Scotland John SpencerFW62
Scotland Brian ReidDF30
Scotland Ian DurrantMF41

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 24 7 5 62 23 +39 55 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Aberdeen 36 22 9 5 62 27 +35 53 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 36 17 7 12 52 38 +14 41
4 Dundee United 36 17 7 12 41 29 +12 41
5 Heart of Midlothian 36 14 7 15 48 55 −7 35
Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

See also

References
  1. "Rangers and Aberdeen's epic duel for the 1991 Scottish title – 25 years ago". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. "Flashback: 1991, Mark Walters and Scott Booth recall their part in Smith's maiden final-day triumph". The Herald. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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