1987–88 Rangers F.C. season

January 2023 November 2021 Rangers 1987–88 Graeme Souness David Holmes Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier Division 3rd Scottish Cup Fourth round League Cup Winners European Cup Quarter-finals Ally McCoist (31) Ally McCoist (42) 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 season was the 108th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 58 competitive matches during the 1987–88 season. The team finished a disappointing third in the Scottish Premier Division with 60 points, two behind Hearts and twelve behind champions Celtic. Future club captain Richard Gough was signed from Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of £1.1m. In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round, losing 2–0 away to Dunfermline Athletic. They won the League Cup (Skol Cup), defeating Aberdeen 5–3 on penalties after the match was drawn 3–3. The European campaign was fairly successful. The club reached the quarter-final of the European Cup after beating Dynamo Kiev and Górnik Zabrze before being knocked out by Steaua Bucharest. Rangers defeated English Champions Everton in the Dubai Super Cup in December. The match ended 2–2 with Rangers winning the penalty shootout 8–7. The match was dubbed the unofficial British Championship decider by the football media. Transfers In DatePlayerFromFeeMay 1987ISR Avi Cohen ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 1987ENG Mark Falco ENG Watford September 1987ENG Trevor Francis ITA Atalanta £75,0002 October 1987SCO Richard Gough ENG Tottenham Hotspur £1,100,000https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19871003&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Old Firm market swoop breaks the £2m barrier Glasgow Herald 3 October 198730 December 1987ENG Mark Walters ENG Aston Villa £500,000https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19871003&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Rangers beat Everton in chase for £500,000 Mark Walters Glasgow Herald 31 December 198715 January 1988SCO John Brown SCO Dundee £350,000https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19880116&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Brown is hoping to leave Hearts with the Blues=Glasgow Herald 16 January 198815 February 1988SCO Ian Ferguson SCO St Mirren £850,000https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19880216&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Its softly, softly as Ferguson finally signs for Rangers=Glasgow Herald 16 February 1988 Out DatePlayerFromFee December 1987SCO Robert Fleck ENG Norwich City £580,000Walter Smith Ken Gallacher Mr Smith: The Fan Who Joined the Ibrox Legends Mainstream Publishing Company 1994 9-781-851586-684 Expenditure: £2,875,000 Income: £580,000 Total loss/gain: £2,295,000 Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Scottish Premier Division 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 August 1987 Dundee UnitedH1–139,120McCoist (pen.) 12 August 1987 HibernianA0–122,000 15 August 1987 AberdeenA0–222,568 22 August 1987 FalkirkH4–032,340McCoist (3), Falco 29 August 1987 CelticA0–160,800 5 September 1987 DundeeH2–138,302Fleck, McCoist 12 September 1987 Dunfermline AthleticH4–039,749McCoist (3), Souness 19 September 1987 MotherwellA1–019,480Philliben (o.g.) 26 September 1987 Greenock MortonH7–035,843McCoist (3), Falco (3), Fleck 3 October 1987 Heart of MidlothianA0–028,637 6 October 1987 St MirrenH3–139,298Falco, Butcher, Souness 10 October 1987 Dundee UnitedA0–118,214 17 October 1987 CelticH2–244,500McCoist, Gough 28 October 1987 Dunfermline AthleticA4–018,070Durrant (2), McCall (pen.), McCoist 31 October 1987 MotherwellH1–036,583McCoist 7 November 1987 HibernianH1–037,571Fleck 14 November 1987 St MirrenA2–220,649McCoist (2) 17 November 1987 AberdeenH0–141,371 21 November 1987 FalkirkA1–017,500Fleck 24 November 1987 Greenock MortonA3–016,500D.Ferguson, Fleck, McCoist 28 November 1987 Heart of MidlothianH3–243,557Fleck, Durrant, Levein (o.g.) 5 December 1987 Dundee UnitedH1–041,159McCoist 12 December 1987 HibernianA2–021,000Gough, Fleck 14 December 1987 Dunfermline AthleticH2–231,687D.Ferguson, McCoist 19 December 1987 MotherwellA2–015,436McCoist (pen.), Philiben (o.g.) 26 December 1987 DundeeH2–040,938McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)) 2 January 1988 CelticA0–260,800 6 January 1988 DundeeA1–017,450McCoist 9 January 1988 Greenock MortonH5–038,349McCoist (3), Durrant 16 January 1988 Heart of MidlothianA1–128,967Durrant (pen.) 23 January 1988 FalkirkH3–141,088Bartram, Brown, Durrant (pen.) 6 February 1988 AberdeenA2–122,500McCoist, Gough 13 February 1988 St MirrenH4–041,664Cooper, Walters, Wilkins, Gough 27 February 1988 Dundee UnitedA1–120,846Walters 5 March 1988 Dunfermline AthleticA3–019,017McCoist (pen.), Walters, Gough 12 March 1988 MotherwellH1–039,650Durrant 20 March 1988 CelticH1–243,650Bartram 26 March 1988 DundeeA3–214,879Roberts, Walters, Durrant (pen.) 2 April 1988 Heart of MidlothianH1–241,125Bartram 9 April 1988 Greenock MortonA2–312,000I.Ferguson, Durrant 16 April 1988 HibernianH1–132,218D.Ferguson 23 April 1988 St MirrenA3–013,809Walters, Brown, McCoist 30 April 1988 AberdeenH0–136,010 7 May 1988 FalkirkA5–014,500Walters (2), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), D.Ferguson Scottish League Cup 1987–88 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 1987 R2Stirling AlbionA2–113,000Falco, McCoist 26 August 1987 R3Dunfermline AthleticA4–118,070McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Falco 2 September 1987 QFHeart of MidlothianH4–140,920Durrant (2), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)) 23 September 1987 SFMotherwellN3–145,938Fleck, Falco, Kirk (o.g.) 25 October 1987 FAberdeenN3–371,961Cooper, Durrant, Fleck *Rangers won the match 5–3 on penalties Scottish Cup 1987–88 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 January 1988 R3Raith RoversA0–09,500 10 February 1988 R3 RRaith RoversH4–135,144Durrant (2, 1 (pen.)), Walters, McCoist 20 February 1988 R4Dunfermline AthleticA0–219,360 European Cup 1987–88 European Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 16 September 1987 R1USSR Dynamo KyivA0–1100,000 30 September 1987 R1USSR Dynamo KievH2–044,500Falco, McCoist 21 October 1987 R2POL Górnik ZabrzeH3–141,366McCoist, Durrant, Falco 4 November 1987 R2POL Gornik ZabrzeA1–123,250McCoist (pen.) 2 March 1988 QFROM Steaua BucureștiA0–233,000 16 March 1988 QFROM Steaua BucureștiH2–144,000Gough, McCoist (pen.) Dubai Super Cup Dubai Champions Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 December 1987 FENG EvertonN2–2*8,000Fleck, McCoist *Rangers won the match 8–7 on penalties Glasgow Cup Glasgow Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 13 April 1988 SFPartick ThistleA2–1*4,500Cooper, Spencer *Competition not completed Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO Nicky WalkerGK60ENG Chris WoodsGK520DEN Jan BartramDF143SCO John BrownDF122ENG Terry ButcherDF181Israel Avi CohenDF120SCO Richard GoughDF366SCO John McGregorDF320SCO Stuart MunroDF220NIR Jimmy NichollDF330SCO Scott NisbetDF290ENG Jimmy PhillipsDF270ENG Graham RobertsDF501SCO Davie CooperMF432SCO Ian DurrantMF5416SCO Derek FergusonMF434SCO Ian FergusonMF81SCO Robert FleckMF289SCO Davie KirkwoodMF70SCO Dave MacFarlaneMF10SCO Ian McCallMF121SCO Graeme SounessMF302ENG Mark WaltersMF218ENG Ray WilkinsMF291ENG Mark FalcoFW1910ENG Trevor FrancisFW250SCO Ally McCoistFW5342SCO Gary McSweganFW10ENG Colin WestFW10 League table RAN See also 1987–88 in Scottish football 1987–88 Scottish Cup 1987–88 Scottish League Cup 1987–88 UEFA Cup References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers