1988–89 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1988–89 season
Chairman David Holmes
Manager Graeme Souness
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W26 D4 L6 F62 A26
Scottish Cup Runners-up
League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Kevin Drinkell (11)

All:
Kevin Drinkell (19)

The 1988–89 season is the 92nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division, winning the first of nine consecutive league titles.

In the cup competitions, they were lost the Scottish Cup final 1–0 to Celtic thanks to a Joe Miller goal. The team won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Aberdeen 3–2.

The European campaign was not great. The team qualified for the UEFA Cup and after a fine aggregate win over Polish side GKS Katowice, they were knocked in the second round by Cologne of Germany.

Transfer

In

Date Player From Fee
19 July 1988 England Gary Stevens England Everton £1.25m
29 July 1988 Northern Ireland John Morrow Northern Ireland Linfield Free
6 October 1988 Scotland Neale Cooper England Aston Villa £0.25m
1 February 1989 Scotland Tom Cowan Scotland Clyde Free

Out

Date Player From Fee
31 May 1988 Israel Avi Cohen Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Free
31 May 1988 England Trevor Francis England Queens Park Rangers Free
26 August 1988 England Graham Roberts England Chelsea £0.475m
26 August 1988 England Jimmy Phillips England Oxford United £0.11m
11 February 1989 Scotland Nicky Walker Scotland Heart of Midlothian £0.125m

Results

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 1988Hamilton AcademicalA2–010,500Stevens, McCoist
20 August 1988HibernianH0–041,955
27 August 1988CelticH5–142,858McCoist (2), Wilkins, Drinkell, Walters
3 September 1988MotherwellA2–020,112Drinkell, Durrant
17 September 1988Heart of MidlothianA2–125,501Durrant (pen.), Nisbet
24 September 1988St MirrenH2–135,523D.Cooper (pen.), Walters
27 September 1988 Dundee UnitedA1–020,071I.Ferguson
1 October 1988 DundeeH2–040,768Drinkell, Walters
8 October 1988 AberdeenA1–223,370N.Cooper
12 October 1988 HibernianA1–026,000McCoist
29 October 1988 St MirrenA1–120,903Gray
1 November 1988 Heart of MidlothianH3–036,505Gough, Walters (pen.), Gray
5 November 1988 MotherwellH2–136,060Brown, Drinkell
12 November 1988 CelticA1–360,113Walters
16 November 1988 Hamilton AcademicalH3–133,684Gray, Ferguson, Drinkell
19 November 1988 DundeeA0–016,514
26 November 1988 AberdeenH1–042,239Gough
3 December 1988 Dundee UnitedH0–139,123
10 December 1988 Heart of MidlothianA0–226,424
17 December 1988 HibernianH1–036,672McCall
31 December 1988 Hamilton AcademicalA1–010,500D.Ferguson
3 January 1989CelticH4–142,515Walters (2, 1 (pen.)), Butcher, I.Ferguson
7 January 1989MotherwellA1–219,275Drinkell
14 January 1989AberdeenA2–123,000Munro, D.Ferguson
21 January 1989DundeeH3–143,202I.Ferguson, Butcher, McCoist
11 February 1989Dundee UnitedA1–122,019Munro
25 February 1989 St MirrenH3–139,021I.Ferguson, McCoist, Walters
11 March 1989Hamilton AcademicalH3–035,733I.Ferguson, Sterland, Gough
25 March 1989HibernianA1–023,321Drinkell
1 April 1989CelticA2–160,171Drinkell, I.Ferguson
8 April 1989MotherwellH1–033,782McCoist
22 April 1989St MirrenA2–022,096I.Ferguson, McCoist
29 April 1989Heart of MidlothianH4–042,856Drinkell (2), Sterland (2)
2 May 1989 Dundee UnitedH2–039,068Drinkell, McCoist
6 May 1989 DundeeA2–114,889Gray (2)
13 May 1989 AberdeenH0–342,480

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 September 1988R1KatowiceH1–041,120Walters
5 October 1988R1KatowiceA4–240,000Butcher (2), Durrant, I.Ferguson
26 October 1988R2CologneA0–242,000
9 November 1988R2CologneH1–142,204Drinkell

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 January 1989R3Raith RoversA1–110,500I.Ferguson
1 February 1989R3 RRaith RoversH3–040,307Walters, Drinkell, Fraser (o.g.)
18 February 1989R4StranraerH8–041,198Drinkell (2), Brown (2), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)
I.Ferguson, Walters
21 March 1989QFDundee UnitedH2–242,177Drinkell, McCoist
27 March 1989QF RDundee UnitedA1–021,872McCoist
15 April 1989SFSt JohnstoneN0–047,374
18 April 1989SF RSt JohnstoneN4–044,205Walters, Stevens, Drinkell, McCoist
20 May 1989 FCelticN0–172,069

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 1988R2ClydeA3–014,699Drinkell, Walters, D.Ferguson
24 August 1988R3ClydebankH6–034,376McCoist, Gough, Walters, Wilkins, Drinkell, Durrant
31 August 1988QFDundeeH4–139,667McCoist, Walters, I.Ferguson, Forsyth (o.g.)
21 September 1988SFHeart of MidlothianN3–053,623Walters (2), Nisbet
23 October 1988FAberdeenN3–272,122McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
England Gary Stevens DF 522
Scotland Richard Gough DF 514
England Terry Butcher DF 514
England Mark Walters MF 4817
England Kevin Drinkell FW 4719
England Ray Wilkins MF 452
Scotland John Brown DF 423
England Chris Woods GK 390
Scotland Stuart Munro DF 334
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 3318
Scotland Davie Cooper MF 331
Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 3313
Scotland Derek Ferguson MF 243
Scotland Neale Cooper MF 171
Scotland Andy Gray FW 165
Scotland Nicky Walker GK 140
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 144
England Mel Sterland FW 133
Scotland Scott Nisbet DF 102
Scotland Graeme Souness MF 100
Scotland Ian McCall MF 71
Scotland Tom Cowan DF 40
Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl DF 30
Scotland Kevin MacDonald MF 30
Scotland Davie Kirkwood MF 20
Scotland Sandy Robertson MF 20
Scotland Gary McSwegan FW 10
Scotland John McGregor DF 10

See also

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