1984–85 Rangers F.C. season

March 2026 January 2021 Rangers 1984-85 Jock Wallace John Paton Ground Ibrox Scottish Premier Division 4th Scottish Cup Fourth round League Cup Winners UEFA Cup Second round Glasgow Cup Winners Ally McCoist (12) Ally McCoist (18) 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 season was the 105th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1984–85 season. The season was Wallace's first full season in charge since his return. The team continued the strong form they had ended the previous season in, and by Christmas were in third place, in touching distance of the top of the table. However, a defeat to rivals Celtic on New Year's Day saw the club's form completely implode, and they only won four more league games all season. Rangers again finished fourth in the league by a massive twenty-one point record behind champions Aberdeen. This disappointment was not caused due to a lack of investment in the playing squad. A total of £495,000 was spent bringing in Iain Ferguson and Cammy Fraser from Dundee, Ted McMinn from Queen of the South and bringing back Derek Johnstone from Chelsea. The club won the Scottish League Cup (Skol Cup) for a second season in a row defeating Dundee United in the final. A solitary Iain Ferguson strike gave Rangers a 1–0 win. Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Scottish Premier Division DateRangers FC » Schedule https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te893/rangers-fc/vs1984-1985/all-matches/ 2026-03-17 worldfootball.net enOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 1984St MirrenH0–022,398 18 August 1984DumbartonA2–19,607McCoist, Redford 25 August 1984CelticH0–043,500 1 September 1984DundeeA2–014,156I.Ferguson, Redford 8 September 1984HibernianH2–022,601Paterson, MacDonald 15 September 1984AberdeenA0–023,500 22 September 1984Greenock MortonH2–016,995McCoist, Fraser 29 September 1984Dundee UnitedH1–029,232Paterson 6 October 1984Heart of MidlothianA0–118,097 13 October 1984St MirrenA2–014,389Redford, I.Ferguson 20 October 1984DumbartonH0–016,521 3 November 1984DundeeH0–014,588 10 November 1984HibernianA2–214,000Fraser, Cooper 17 November 1984AberdeenH1–244,000Mitchell 24 November 1984Greenock MortonA3–111,000Redford (2), Dawson 1 December 1984Dundee UnitedA1–116,477Mitchell 8 December 1984Heart of MidlothianH1–116,700Mitchell 15 December 1984St MirrenH2–012,763Fraser, MacDonald 22 December 1984CelticA1–143,748Cooper 29 December 1984DumbartonA4–27,800I.Ferguson, McMinn, Mitchell, Cooper 1 January 1985CelticH1–245,000Cooper 5 January 1985DundeeA2–211,991I.Ferguson (2) 12 January 1985HibernianH1–218,500I.Ferguson 19 January 1985AberdeenA1–523,000Prytz 2 February 1985Greenock MortonH2–014,121MacDonald, Johnstone 9 February 1985Dundee UnitedH0–019,370 23 February 1985Heart of MidlothianA0–214,004 2 March 1985DumbartonH3–18,424McCoist (2), E.Ferguson 16 March 1985St MirrenA1–28,608McCoist 23 March 1985DundeeH1–39,954McCoist 6 April 1985AberdeenH1–223,437Prytz 20 April 1985Greenock MortonA3–07,000McCoist (3) 27 April 1985Heart of MidlothianH3–112,913McCoist, Prytz (pen.), Cooper 1 May 1985CelticA1–140,079McCoist (pen.) 4 May 1985Dundee UnitedA1–210,251McCoist 11 May 1985HibernianA0–17,149 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 September 1984 R1BohemianA2–310,000McCoist, McPherson 3 October 1984 R1BohemianH2–031,000Paterson, Redford 24 October 1984 R2Inter MilanA0–365,591 7 November 1984 R2Inter MilanH3–130,594I.Ferguson (2), Mitchell Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 January 1985R3MortonA3–312,012Prytz, MacDonald, McPherson 30 January 1985R3 RMortonH3–118,166Mitchell, Fraser, MacDonald 16 February 1985R4DundeeH0–126,619 League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 22 August 1984R2FalkirkH1–010,429McPherson 29 August 1984R3Raith RoversH4–010,132McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Paterson, Redford 5 September 1984QFCowdenbeathA3–19,925I.Ferguson, Russell, Redford 26 September 1984SF L1Meadowbank ThistleH4–012,600McCoist (2), I.Ferguson, Fraser 9 October 1984SF L2Meadowbank ThistleA1–15,100McCoist 28 October 1984FDundee UnitedN1–044,698I.Ferguson Glasgow Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 13 May 1985 SFPartick ThistleA2–13,264McPherson, McCoist 9 September 1985 FQueen's ParkN5–03,584Fraser (3), Ferguson, McCoist (pen) Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO Nicky WalkerGK200SCO Hugh BurnsDF160SCO Ally DawsonDF351SCO Dave MacKinnonDF410NIR John McClellandDF200SCO Ian RedfordMF378SCO John MacDonaldFW235SCO Cammy FraserMF415SCO Iain FergusonMF3911SCO Ally McCoistFW3818SCO Davie CooperMF445SCO Scott FraserDF20SCO Eric FergusonFW91SCO Craig PatersonDF334SCO Bobby RussellMF261SCO Sandy ClarkFW40SCO Dave McPhersonDF443AUS Dave MitchellMF216SCO Peter McCloyGK270SWE Robert PrytzMF284SCO Ted McMinnMF201SCO Robert FleckMF110SCO Stuart MunroDF180SCO Derek FergusonMF80SCO Derek JohnstoneFW121SCO Bobby WilliamsonFW10SCO Dave MacFarlaneMF30SCO Andy BruceGK10SCO Ian DurrantMF50 League table RAN See also 1984–85 in Scottish football 1984–85 Scottish Cup 1984–85 Scottish League Cup 1984–85 UEFA Cup References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers