1979–80 Rangers F.C. season

June 2025 November 2021 Rangers 1979–80 John Greig Rae Simpson Ground Ibrox Park Scottish Premier Division 5thP36 W15 D9 L14 F50 A46 Pts37 Scottish Cup Runners-up League Cup Third round Cup Winners' Cup Second round Glasgow Cup Not completed Drybrough Cup Winners Tennent Caledonian Cup Winners Derek Johnstone (21) Derek Johnstone (15) 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 season was the 100th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1979–80 season.https://londonhearts.com/scores/a1980/rangers1980.htm Rangers finished fifth in the league, eleven points behind champions Aberdeen. The main cause for such a poor showing in the league was pointed at the team's away form, only ten points from eighteen matches. Aberdeen also knocked Rangers out of the Scottish League Cup over a two-legged third round tie. Rangers did reach the 1980 Scottish Cup Final only to lose out to Old Firm rivals Celtic, 1-0 thanks to a deflected George McCluskey shot in extra time. The European Cup Winner's Cup campaign was ended by the eventual winners Valencia CF after having seen off Lillestrøm SK and Fortuna Düsseldorf in previous rounds. Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Scottish Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 1979HibernianA3–117,731A.MacDonald, Cooper, Russell 18 August 1979CelticH2–236,000J.MacDonald, Russell 25 August 1979Partick ThistleA1–220,000Johnstone 8 September 1979St MirrenH3–131,000Johnstone, Smith, Miller 15 September 1979AberdeenA1–325,000Johnstone 22 September 1979DundeeH2–025,000Johnstone, Glennie (o.g.) 29 September 1979KilmarnockA1–215,479Johnstone 6 October 1979Dundee UnitedA0–019,464 13 October 1979MortonH2–225,000Johnstone (2) 20 October 1979HibernianH2–025,000Smith, Miller (pen.) 27 October 1979CelticA0–161,000 3 November 1979Partick ThistleH2–118,400Urquhart (2) 10 November 1979St MirrenA1–217,362A.Forsyth 17 November 1979AberdeenH0–118,500 24 November 1979DundeeA1–313,342Jackson 1 December 1979KilmarnockH2–116,557Johnstone, Russell 8 December 1979MortonA1–014,750Johnstone 15 December 1979Dundee UnitedH2–119,240Johnstone, Kopel (o.g.) 22 December 1979HibernianA1–218,740McLean 29 December 1979CelticH1–136,000Johnstone 5 January 1980St MirrenH1–219,000Jardine (pen.) 12 January 1980AberdeenA2–319,250J.MacDonald, Jackson 23 February 1980MortonH3–128,000Russell, Smith, J.MacDonald 1 March 1980HibernianH1–029,500Johnstone 12 March 1980DundeeH1–017,000Stevens 15 March 1980Partick ThistleH0–022,000 19 March 1980Dundee UnitedA0–09,533 29 March 1980AberdeenH2–225,000Jardine (pen.), J.MacDonald 2 April 1980CelticA0–160,000 5 April 1980DundeeA4–112,948Johnstone (2), Cooper, Smith 19 April 1980MortonA1–015,000Russell 23 April 1980KilmarnockA0–18,504 25 April 1980Dundee UnitedH2–119,000Jardine (pen.), McLean 30 April 1980KilmarnockH1–07,655J.MacDonald 3 May 1980Partick ThistleA3–415,000Russell (2), Johnstone 7 May 1980St MirrenA1–412,000Miller Cup Winners' Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 21 August 1979QR1LillestrømH1–025,000Smith 5 September 1979QR1LillestrømA2–06,175A.MacDonald, Johnstone 19 September 1979R1Fortuna DüsseldorfH2–136,000A.MacDonald, McLean 3 October 1979R1Fortuna DüsseldorfA0–047,000 24 October 1979R2ValenciaA1–161,000McLean 7 November 1979R2ValenciaH1–336,000Johnstone Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 January 1980R3ClydeA2–212,500Jardine (pen.), Jackson 30 January 1980R3 RClydeH2–012,000J.MacDonald (2) 16 February 1980R4Dundee UnitedH1–029,000Johnstone 8 March 1980QFHeart of MidlothianH6–136,000J.MacDonald (2), Cooper, Jardine (pen.), Russell, Johnstone 12 April 1980SFAberdeenN1–050,209Johnstone 10 May 1980FCelticN0–170,303 League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 29 August 1979R2ClydeA2–15,021Dawson, Robertson 1 September 1979R2ClydeH4–016,000MacKay (2), Smith, O'Neill (o.g.) 26 September 1979R3AberdeenA1–322,000Johnstone 10 October 1979R3AberdeenH0–235,000 Non-competitive Drybrough Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 July 1979R1Berwick RangersH1–015,000A MacDonald 1 August 1979SFKilmarnockA2–010,035J MacDonald (2) 4 August 1979FCelticN3–140,609J MacDonald, Jardine, Cooper Tennent Caledonian Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 3 August 1979SFWest Ham UnitedH3–2 5 August 1979FKilmarnockH2–2 Glasgow Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1979 SFPartick ThistleA2–0✝7,000Smith, Cooper ✝Competition not completed Appearances Player PositionAppearancesGoalsSCO Peter McCloyGK500SCO George YoungGK20SCO Alex MillerDF303SCO Ally DawsonDF461SCO Sandy JardineDF515SCO Colin JacksonDF423SCO Kenny WatsonMF260SCO Tommy McLeanMF394SCO Bobby RussellMF338SCO Derek JohnstoneFW4721SCO Alex MacDonaldMF393SCO Davie CooperMF433SCO John MacDonaldFW359SCO Gordon SmithFW456SCO Gregor StevensDF391SCO Derek ParlaneFW60SCO Alex ForsythDF111SCO Billy UrquhartFW62SCO Gordon DalzielMF20SCO Billy MacKayMF52SCO Tom ForsythDF220SCO Ian RedfordMF130SCO Chris RobertsonFW31 League table RAN See also 1979–80 in Scottish football 1979–80 Scottish Cup 1979–80 Scottish League Cup 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers