1991–92 Rangers F.C. season

December 2020 Rangers 1991–92 Walter Smith David Murray Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier Division 1st Scottish Cup Winners League Cup Semi-finals European Cup First round Ally McCoist (34) Ally McCoist (39) 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers 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 Czechoslovak 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 In DatePlayerFromFee19 June 1991SCO Andy Goram SCO Hibernian £1,000,000£1m Rangers Goram hopes his move will be a winner: Glasgow Herald, 20 June 19911 July 1991SCO David Robertson SCO Aberdeen £970,000Rangers' spree may continue: Glasgow Herald, 2 July 19915 July 1991USSR Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko ITA Sampdoria £2,000,000https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/day-jul-5/ On this day in 1991 16 July 2017 19 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160719191014/http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/day-jul-5/ dead 15 August 1991SCO Stuart McCall ENG Everton £1,200,00015 August 1991SCO David McKellar SCO Kilmarnock £20,0002 November 1991ENG Dale Gordon ENG Norwich City £1,200,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12548480.gordon-joins-rangers-in-a-12m-deal/ Gordon joins Rangers in a £1.2m deal Glasgow Herald 4 November 199110 January 1992ENG Paul Rideout ENG Notts County £500,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12648951.rideout-is-ready-for-a-quick-debut-against-hibernian/ Rideout is ready for a quick debut against Hibernian Glasgow Herald 11 January 1992 Out DatePlayerToFee21 June 1991SCO Stuart Munro ENG Blackburn Rovers £200,000 24 June 1991ISR Boni Ginzburg ISR Maccabi Yavne Free11 July 1991SCO Tom Cowan ENG Sheffield United £350,00022 July 1991SCO Neale Cooper ENG Reading Free8 August 1991ENG Mark Walters ENG Liverpool £1,250,000£1.25m Walters is called to account again by Souness: Glasgow Herald, 9 August 199114 August 1991ENG Chris Woods ENG Sheffield Wednesday £1,000,000Aberdeen have designs on McCoist: Woods heads for Sheffield while Gillespie agrees to sign for Celtic: Glasgow Herald, 15 August 199115 August 1991ENG Trevor Steven FRA Marseille £5,500,0005 September 1991ENG Terry Hurlock ENG Southampton £400,000Daily Record, 6 September 199118 November 1991SCO Mo Johnston ENG Everton £1,550,000http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/business-as-usual-for-rangers-as-johnston-signs-on-at-goodison-1.812354 Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison 19 November 1991 Glasgow Herald Expenditure: £6,890,000 Income: £10,250,000 Total loss/gain: £3,360,000 Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Scottish Premier Division 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 1991 St JohnstoneH6–035,109Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson 13 August 1991 MotherwellH2–035,323Steven, Maaskant (o.g.) 17 August 1991 Heart of MidlothianA0–122,534 24 August 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH4–035,559Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist 31 August 1991 CelticA2–051,382Hateley (2) 7 September 1991 FalkirkA2–013,088Nisbet, Huistra 14 September 1991 Dundee UnitedH1–136,347McCoist 21 September 1991 St MirrenA2–114,503Huistra, Nisbet 28 September 1991 AberdeenH0–236,330 5 October 1991 AirdrieoniansA4–011,101McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston 8 October 1991 HibernianH4–235,368McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.) 12 October 1991 St JohnstoneA3–210,323McCoist (2), Nisbet 19 October 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–036,481McCoist, Mikhailichenko 26 October 1991 FalkirkH1–136,441Johnston 29 October 1991 Dundee UnitedA2–315,041McCoist (2) 2 November 1991 CelticH1–137,387McCoist 9 November 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA5–013,351Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist 16 November 1991 AirdrieoniansH4–036,934Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist 19 November 1991 HibernianA3–016,833McCoist (2), Hateley 23 November 1991 St MirrenH0–136,272 30 November 1991 MotherwellA2–015,350Gordon, Gough 4 December 1991 AberdeenA3–220,081Hateley (2), McCoist 7 December 1991 St JohnstoneH3–135,784Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley 14 December 1991 FalkirkA3–111,801McCoist, Hateley, McCall 21 December 1991 Dundee UnitedH2–041,448McCoist (2) 28 December 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–141,328Stevens, Gordon 1 January 1992 CelticA3–151,789McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown 4 January 1992 AirdrieoniansA0–012,276 11 January 1992 HibernianH2–040,616Gordon, McCoist 18 January 1992 MotherwellH2–038,217McCoist, Mikhailichenko 1 February 1992 Heart of MidlothianA2–024,356McCoist, Mikhailichenko 8 February 1992 St MirrenA2–116,638McCoist, Mikhailichenko 25 February 1992 AberdeenH0–038,513 29 February 1992 AirdrieoniansH5–040,568Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout 10 March 1992 HibernianA3–113,387Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist 14 March 1992 Dunfermline AthleticA3–112,274Mikhailichenho (2), Nisbet 21 March 1992 CelticH0–242,160 28 March 1992 St JohnstoneA2–19,697Hateley (2) 7 April 1992 FalkirkH4–136,832McCoist (3), Mikhailichenko 11 April 1992 Dundee UnitedA2–111,713Mikhailichenko, Brown 18 April 1992 St MirrenH4–040,362McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra 23 April 1992 MotherwellA2–112,515Mikhailichenko (2) 28 April 1992 Heart of MidlothianH1–136,129McCoist 2 May 1992 AberdeenA2–016,580McCoist (2) Scottish League Cup 1991–92 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1991 R2Queen's ParkH6–032,230Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman 28 August 1991 R3Partick ThistleA2–012,587Johnston, D.Robertson 4 September 1991 QFHeart of MidlothianA1–022,878McCoist 25 September 1991 SFHibernianN0–140,901 Scottish Cup 1991–92 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 22 January 1992 R3AberdeenA1–023,000McCoist 15 February 1992 R4MotherwellH2–138,444Mikhailichenko (2) 3 March 1992 QFSt JohnstoneA3–010,107McCoist, Gough, Hateley 31 March 1992 SFCelticN1–045,191McCoist 9 May 1992 FAirdrieoniansN2–144,045McCoist, Hateley European Cup 1991–92 European Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 September 1991 R1TCH Sparta PragueA0–111,053 2 October 1991 R1TCH Sparta PragueH2–134,260McCall (2) Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO Andy Goram GK 55 0SCO John Brown John Brown (footballer, born 1962) DF 33 4SCO Richard Gough DF 42 3USSRCIS 1992 Oleh Kuznetsov DF 19 0SCO John McGregor John McGregor (footballer, born 1963) DF 1 0SCO Scott Nisbet DF 26 5SCO Steven Pressley DF 1 0SCO David Robertson David Robertson (footballer, born 1968) DF 53 2ENG Gary Stevens Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1963) DF 54 2ENG Chris Vinnicombe DF 2 0SCO Ian Durrant MF 20 1SCO Ian Ferguson Ian Ferguson (footballer, born 1967) MF 22 1ENG Dale Gordon MF 28 5NED Pieter Huistra MF 40 5SCO Stuart McCall MF 45 3SCO Sandy Robertson Sandy Robertson (footballer, born 1971) MF 7 0SCO Lee Robertson MF 1 0ENG Nigel Spackman MF 53 1ENG Trevor Steven MF 2 1ENG Mark Hateley FW 35 23SCO Mo Johnston FW 16 10SCO Ally McCoist FW 49 39SCO Gary McSwegan FW 5 0NIR John Morrow John Morrow (footballer) FW 3 0USSRCIS 1992 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko FW 31 12ENG Paul Rideout FW 13 1SCO John Spencer John Spencer (Scottish footballer) FW 11 1 League table RAN See also 1991–92 in Scottish football 1991–92 Scottish Cup 1991–92 Scottish League Cup 1991–92 European Cup Nine in a row References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers Category:Scottish football championship-winning seasons