1990–91 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 48 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and won the third of their nine league titles in a row.

Manager Graeme Souness left Rangers to go to Liverpool with just four games left of the season. The managers job was given to Souness' assistant Walter Smith who managed to lead Rangers to the title, with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen on the last day of the season.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2–0 to Celtic. But the team won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Celtic 2–1.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the second round by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. They lost the tie 4–1 on aggregate after having had beaten Valletta of Malta in the first round.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
19 July 1990	Mark Hateley	AS Monaco	£0.5m
1 August 1990	Pieter Huistra	FC Twente
1 September 1990	Terry Hurlock	Millwall	£0.325m
Sep 1990	Oleg Kuznetsov	Dynamo Kyiv	£1.5m ^[1]
25 March 1991	Brian Reid	Greenock Morton

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 July 1990	Graeme Souness		Retired
1 July 1990	Neale Cooper	Aberdeen
1 August 1990	Derek Ferguson	Heart of Midlothian	£0.75m
15 November 1990	Terry Butcher	Coventry City	£0.5m

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	39,951	Hateley, Johnston, Walters
1 September 1990	Hibernian	A	0–0	17,500
8 September 1990	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	22,101	McCoist (2), Huistra
15 September 1990	Celtic	H	1–1	38,543	Hurlock
22 September 1990	Dundee United	A	1–2	16,270	Johnston
29 September 1990	Motherwell	H	1–0	34,863	Brown
6 October 1990	Aberdeen	A	0–0	19,500
13 October 1990	St Mirren	H	5–0	38,031	McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Walters (2), Johnston
20 October 1990	St Johnstone	A	0–0	10,054
3 November 1990	Hibernian	H	4–0	35,925	Hateley (2), Walters, Steven
10 November 1990	Dundee United	H	1–2	36,995	McCoist
17 November 1990	Motherwell	A	4–2	16,457	Stevens (2), Walters, Johnston
20 November 1990	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	14,480	Hateley
25 November 1990	Celtic	A	2–1	52,565	Johnston, McCoist
1 December 1990	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–0	37,623	Johnston, Hurlock, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
8 December 1990	St Johnstone	H	4–1	34,610	Walters (2), Johnston (pen.), Stevens
15 December 1990	St Mirren	A	3–0	15,197	Walters, Johnston (pen.), Hateley
22 December 1990	Aberdeen	H	2–2	37,998	McCoist (2)
29 December 1990	Dundee United	A	2–1	17,564	Johnston, Walters
2 January 1991	Celtic	H	2–0	38,399	Walters, Hateley
5 January 1991	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	20,956	Hateley
12 January 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	35,120	Huistra, Johnston
19 January 1991	Hibernian	A	2–0	15,500	Johnston, Houchen (o.g.)
9 February 1991	St Mirren	H	1–0	31,769	McCoist
16 February 1991	Motherwell	H	2–0	32,192	McCoist, Hateley
26 February 1991	St Johnstone	A	1–1	10,721	Huistra
2 March 1991	Aberdeen	A	0–1	22,500
9 March 1991	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	36,128	Steven, Walters
24 March 1991	Celtic	A	0–3	52,000
30 March 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	14,256	Stevens
6 April 1991	Hibernian	H	0–0	35,507
13 April 1991	St Johnstone	H	3–0	35,930	Durrant, Spencer, Huistra
20 April 1991	St Mirren	A	1–0	18,473	S.Robertson
24 April 1991	Dundee United	H	1–0	32,397	I.Ferguson
4 May 1991	Motherwell	A	0–3	17,672
11 May 1991	Aberdeen	H	2–0	37,652	Hateley (2)

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 1990	Valletta	A	4–0	8,000	Johnston (2), McCoist (pen.), Hateley
2 October 1990	Valletta	H	6–0	20,627	Johnston (3, 1 (pen.)), Dodds, Spencer, McCoist
24 October 1990	Red Star Belgrade	A	0–3	82,500
7 November 1990	Red Star Belgrade	H	1–1	23,831	McCoist

Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 January 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	29,003	Huistra, Spackman
23 February 1991	Cowdenbeath	H	5–0	29,527	Hateley (2), Nisbet, McCoist, Walters (pen.)
17 March 1991	Celtic	A	0–2	52,286

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1990	East Stirlingshire	H	5–0	25,595	Hateley (2), Steven, Walters, Johnston
28 August 1990	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	32,671	Johnston
4 September 1990	Raith Rovers	H	6–2	31,320	McCoist (3), Johnston, Butcher, Steven
26 September 1990	Aberdeen	N	1–0	40,855	Steven
28 October 1990	Celtic	N	2–1	62,817	Walters, Gough

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Woods, ChrisChris Woods	GK	48	0
Stevens, GaryGary Stevens	DF	48	4
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	DF	36	1
Gough, RichardRichard Gough	DF	37	1
Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman	MF	45	1
Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher	DF	9	1
Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven	MF	31	5
Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	MF	15	1
Hateley, MarkMark Hateley	FW	42	15
Johnston, MoMo Johnston	FW	39	19
Walters, MarkMark Walters	MF	39	15
McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	FW	36	18
Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra	MF	36	5
Hurlock, TerryTerry Hurlock	MF	35	2
Munro, StuartStuart Munro	DF	21	0
Kuznetsov, OlegOleg Kuznetsov	DF	2	0
Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet	DF	19	1
Robertson, SandySandy Robertson	MF	18	1
McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan	FW	3	0
Vinnicombe, ChrisChris Vinnicombe	DF	11	0
Dodds, DavieDavie Dodds	FW	6	1
Cowan, TomTom Cowan	DF	7	0
Spencer, JohnJohn Spencer	FW	6	2
Reid, BrianBrian Reid	DF	3	0
Durrant, IanIan Durrant	MF	4	1

References

↑ "Kiev may delay Oleg's transfer". The Herald.

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