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Rangers Football Clubformed in Februarywere the first association football club in the world to win more than fifty national league titles, currently The club is also the most honoured in the world, winning trophies in total.

Over its year history, Rangers have been managed by fifteen different men. This article tells the story of the club from its beginnings covering the European Cup Winners Cup success, the and Ibrox disastersthe Nine in a Row league championship wins, and the financial insolvency of the early s, to the club's relaunch in the lower tiers of Scottish football.

The history is divided into sections regarding the manager of the club rather than sections of major events. There are some overlaps between managers tenures, namely the Nine in a Row success which began with Graeme Souness and continued under Walter Smith.

In Februarythe club was formed by a group of rowing enthusiasts, brothers, Moses McNeil and Peter McNeilPeter Campbell and William McBeathsaw a group of men playing football on Glasgow Green 's Flesher's Haugh. David Hill was also a founder member. Indeed, the team's first game was at Flesher's Haugh in May against Callanderwhich resulted in a 0—0 draw.

Moses McNeil suggested the name Rangers after seeing the name in a book about English Rugby. Rangers only played two matches in their birth year and their second match, with the team donned in light blue shirts, was a comprehensive 11—0 win over a team named Clyde not the present Clyde. Rangers began to grow into a more formal football club and infor the first time, a player was called up to play international football as Moses McNeil made his Scotland debut against Wales.

In the now famous Old Firm fixture was born as Rangers met Celtic for the first time in a friendly match. Celtic beat Rangers 5—2 with a team composed largely of "guest players" from Hibernian. The —91 season saw the inception of the Scottish Football Leagueand Rangers were one of ten original members. By this time Rangers were playing at the first Ibrox Stadium. Rangers' first ever league match took place on 16 August and resulted in a 5—2 victory over Heart of Midlothian.

After finishing equal-top with Dumbarton a play-off was held at Cathkin Park to decide the who would be champions. The match finished 2—2 and the title was shared for the only time in its history, the first of Rangers' world record 54 championships. Rangers had to wait until to taste their first Scottish Cup success after losing to Vale of Leven in and but finally lifted the trophy for the first time after a 3—1 win over Celtic.

Rangers even came close to winning the English FA Cup in when they lost to Aston Villa in the semi-final. Rangers ended the nineteenth century with further Scottish Cup wins and and a League Championship win in during which they won every one of their 18 league matches.

Rangers formally became a limited company on 27 May and the then match secretary William Wilton was appointed as the club's first manager. This also enabled Ibrox stadium to be constructed that same year. The club also appointed its first board of directors under the chairmanship of James Henderson. By the turn of the century Rangers had won two league titles and three Scottish Cups and were well on their way to becoming one of Scotland's top clubs. Rangers were in the ascendancy at the turn of the century, winning the championship seven times between and with four League title in a row.

The season of —99 was particularly memorable, in that it saw the Gers win all 18 league games to establish a perfect record. This feat has yet to be repeated by the club, although the team did go through the —14 season unbeaten. However, between andCeltic took over as the dominant force, and though Rangers had the chance to foil a third League and Cup double inthe Scottish FA withheld the Cup due to disgraceful scenes after a pitch invasion by drunken fans.

The Hampden Riot of had written itself a sorry page in the history books, and both clubs were ordered to compensate hosts Queen's Park for the damage caused by their so-called fans. Having lost the title in they responded in with one of the best seasons in their history as manager William Wilton and his right-hand man Bill Struth retained the title netting goals in 42 league games. However, in May the club's first ever manager, William Wiltondied in a boating accident and Bill Struth was subsequently appointed manager.

The key statistic of the s was three consecutive Scottish Cup wins from, History was there to be made in when they set out on the trail of a fourth win, only to lose in the First round to lowly Queen of the South. Ironically, this was the first Rangers game ever to be immortalised on film. The post-war seasons saw Rangers well on top, but not before a boardroom coup in the summer of The board of Rangers had previously been an amateur body made up of former players, but when chairman James Bowie suggested a year-old Struth retire in order to allow a younger man to take charge, a revolution occurred.

Bowie was forced out the chair and was said never to have set foot in Ibrox ever again such was his disdain for the circumstances of his departure. Struth went on to steer Rangers to 18 league championships, 10 Scottish Cups and 2 League Cups in his year tenure as manager. He was also the first Rangers manager to win the domestic treble when it was achieved for the first time in Scottish football history in season —49the success based on the so-called Iron Curtain defence which remained virtually unchanged from to After Bill Struth collected two more domestic doubles in andScot Symon was appointed as Rangers third manager on 15 June Symon continued Struth's success by winning six league championships, five Scottish Cups and four League Cups.

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He also became the second manager to win the domestic treble in season — Another purple patch began at the end of the s: Rangers achieved four league titles, plus an equal number of wins in both League and Scottish Cups.

This was the era of Slim Jim Baxtera superb ballplayer who was by turns exhilarating and exasperating. However, Baxter was to depart for England inthere was a player who had been a first—team regular for the past couple of seasons who would mature into an inspirational leader, a stalwart in the dark blue of Scotland and would eventually manage the club. John Greig was that man, and though Rangers would play out the decade in the shadow of their European Cup — winning neighbours, the foundations were being laid for future success.

In the —57 season Symon took Rangers into the European Cup for the first time but it ended abruptly, going out on to French team OGC Nice. The following season saw Rangers suffer their worst ever defeat by their arch rivals Celtic, losing 7—1 in the League Cup final of They did however reach the semi-finals of the European Cup in losing eventually to German club Eintracht Frankfurt by a record aggregate 12—4 for a Scottish team. In Rangers became the first British team to reach a European final when they contested the Cup Winners' Cup final against Italian side Fiorentinaonly to lose 4—1 on aggregate.

Rangers suffered yet more despair in the final of the same competition inlosing 1—0 after extra time to FC Bayern Munich. Following the death of incumbent chairman John Wilson inRangers appointed John Lawrence to succeed him. Lawrence had been on the board of Rangers since the mids and would remain in charge for a decade before resigned to become honorary president. His legacy continued in the shape of his grandson, Lawrence Marlborough who inherited his shareholding and was appointed vice-chairman in Marlborough would go on to revitalise the fortunes of the club in the s before selling his stake in the company that owned the club to David Murray in After these disappointments, the pressure was on Symon and he paid the penalty of Celtic's success in Scotland and Europe in Octobergiving way to his former assistant Davie White after rejecting a move to make him general manager with White in charge of team affairs.

David White was installed as Rangers' fourth manager on 1 November He had initially come to Rangers as assistant to manager Symon as part of a grooming process, giving him time to learn the ropes and take over when he was ready. However, it didn't turn out that way and the responsibility came too early. White was on his own and in charge after just five months at the club and just 34 years old. When White took up the reins at Rangers, the team had failed to win the league championship in three seasons, the longest title drought in 50 years.

He also happened to be up against one of the greatest ever Celtic managers, in Jock Steinand teams, the European Cup Final side. White started incredibly well and went on to win 19 of his first 20 league matches in charge, amassing 39 out of a possible 40 points. The only blemish was a 2—2 draw at Celtic Park on 2 January, which happened to be the side's third game in only four days.

The Scottish Cup gave White his first defeat as Rangers manager. A third round replay against Hearts on 13 March looked to be heading for extra time, when in the 87th minute, Donald Ford struck the winner for Hearts. Rangers were out the Cup.

Incredibly, this was White's only loss in his first 30 domestic games in charge. A couple of draws in April, and White's first league defeat in the final minute of the final game of the season, 3—2 at home to Aberdeen, cost Rangers the title by two points.

Despite accumulating the highest percentage of points won by any Rangers side since Bill Struth 's first season and collecting 61 points, which would have won the title in 11 of the past 12 seasons, Rangers were beaten by Celtic.

Their Old Firm rivals amassed 63 points and following the Ne'erday derby draw gone on to win all of their remaining league fixtures.

In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup campaign that season Rangers reached the quarter-finals, meeting Leeds United in March After a 0—0 draw at Ibrox, two goals in six minutes at Elland Road in the second leg were enough to see Leeds progress 2—0 aggregate. Leeds United went on to win the Fairs Cup. The —69 season was to be White's one and only full season in charge at the club. He made two major signings at the start of the season. The league campaign till the end of November was inconsistent, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches, although the side did win the first Old Firm match 4—2 at Celtic Park.

Rangers went on a run from December until April where they lost only once in all competitions, 3—2 away to Airdrieonians in the league. The seemed to be unstoppable, an example being one week in the middle of March 15th—22ndwhen Rangers beat Clyde 6—0 at Ibrox in the league on the Saturday, with Stein scoring hat-trick before being sent-off, four days later the side beat Athletic Bilbao 4—1 at home in the Fairs Cup then followed this three days later by hammering Aberdeen 6—1 in the Scottish Cup semi-final.

Stein's disciplinary record caught up with him and he was suspended from the end of March until the end of the season. Without his goals the team dropped six points from the final six league games and conceded the title to Celtic by five points. The route to the Scottish Cup Final saw Rangers dispose of Hibernian, Hearts and Airdrieonians before meeting Aberdeen in the semi-final.

In the final, with Stein suspended, White opted to play Alex Ferguson rather than Sandy Jardinepurely because of the aerial threat of Billy McNeill at corners. Ferguson was blamed for a goal that Rangers conceded only two minutes [5] into the match in which he was designated to mark goalscorer McNeill. Rangers lost the game 0—4 and Ferguson was subsequently forced to play for the club's junior side. The Fairs Cup proved fertile once again.

Rangers went all the way to the semi-finals, defeating FK Vojvodina 2—1 on aggregateDundalk 9—1 on aggregateDWS Amsterdam 4—1 on aggregateBilbao 4—3 on aggregate before losing 0—2 to Newcastle United on aggregate. The tie was basically lost at Ibrox as Rangers were held to a 0—0 draw, despite numerous chances and yet another missed penalty from Andy Penman. Newcastle United went on to win the trophy. Having brought the legendary Jim Baxter back home at the start of the —70 seasonWhite's faith was repaid immediately when in his first game back at Ibrox, Baxter masterminded a famous 2—1 comeback victory over Celtic in the League Cup sectional round that had the crowd in raptures.

In the Cup Winners Cup we beat Steau 2—0 at home, and held out in Bucharest for a 0—0 draw where White cleverly employed John Greig in a sweeper's role.

He was promising to, "attack, attack, attack! Baxter scored a stunning goal after 18 minutes, and it all looked to be going to plan as Rangers sustained pressure continued for the first hour, and then the game changed. Gornik started to play and scored three quite brilliant goals in the final half hour as they toyed with Rangers, looking as if they could score at will. Gornik were applauded off the park. The next day, 27 NovemberWhite's assistant Willie Thornton took over as caretaker and the club began to look for a new manager.

The lack of honours during White's reign at Ibrox, however, masks the fact that he did improve the team during a difficult period. Celtic, under Stein, were at the peak of their success and White, as Rangers' first track suit manager working on the pitch with the players every day, did not fail through any lack of tactical knowledge. In his two seasons in charge Rangers had finished 2 points and 5 points behind Celtic. White was replaced by Willie Waddellthe former Rangers legendary winger, who had also won the Championship as a manager in with Kilmarnock, before returning to journalism with the Daily Express, where he was heavily critical of Rangers, and White in particular, referring to him as 'the Boy David'.

With Waddell in charge, the next three seasons saw Rangers finish 12, 15 and 16 points adrift of Celtic in the Championship — 2 points for a win back then.

The team also failed to beat Celtic in 10 of the 11 games it played with Waddell at the helm. William Waddella former player who had made himself a name both in journalism and as the manager of Kilmarnock 's championship-winning side of —65, was appointed as Rangers manager on 8 December the same year.

In he guided Rangers to their first, and to date only, European triumph when they defeated Dynamo Moscow 3—2 in the Cup Winners' Cup final at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Due to a pitch invasion at the end of the match, the team were presented with the trophy in the dressing room.

Following pressure exerted by the Spanish Government of Generalissimo Francisco FrancoUEFA banned Rangers from defending the cup. The triumph in the European Cup Winners' Cup came less than two years after the Ibrox disasterwhen 66 people died leaving the east terrace at staircase Within weeks of their European success, Waddell moved to the general manager position and his coach Jock Wallace was appointed as manager. The reasons for the year-old Waddell relinquishing the reins at Rangers were never fully explained but he probably saw the coaching of players as a younger mans job.

He also became determined to complete the reconstruction of Ibrox Stadium. Waddell's spell can only be seen as a unique achievement. In just little over two years he had enforced discipline and order to the club. This in turn brought European success and broke the dominance of Celtic, if only in the League Cup. Waddell also oversaw the recovery after the second Ibrox disaster, helping the families of the victims and forging strong links with supports' clubs. Jock Wallace 's managership of Rangers saw the club achieve a period of sustained success.

His first season as manager, —73 was the club's centenary year. After taking over the first-team managers position on 31 MayWallace set about reshaping the side. He moved on Colin Stein and Willie Johnston to Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion respectively, bringing in Quinton YoungJoe Mason and Tom Forsyth. After a stuttering start to the league campaign, three defeats and a draw from the first six matches, the sides fortunes greatly improved.

From October to the end of the season Rangers suffered only one league defeat, at home to Hearts on 2 Decemberand went on a run of sixteen wins. However this run was not enough to become league champions as the side finished second, one point behind Celtic. In the cup competitions, the Scottish Cup campaign was to culminate in a 3—2 win over Celtic. The final was attended by Princess Alexandra along withother spectators. It was Rangers first Scottish Cup win in seven years.

The League Cup run was ended in the semi-finals at the hands of Hibernian after a 1—0 defeat. This season also saw compete in the first ever European Super Cup. The side played the European Cup holders Ajax in January The Dutch side were the only continental opposition the side faced that season due to the club's European competition ban.

In the end Ajax proved to strong and recorded a 6—3 aggregate win, with Rangers losing 1—3 at Ibrox and 3—2 in Amsterdam. In the summer of Rangers chairman John Lawerence retired and was replaced by vice-chairman Matt Taylor.

A nine-year period of Celtic dominance in the league was ended in —75 as Rangers captured what was to be the last championship of its kind. The new ten-team Scottish Premier Division saw Rangers crowned inaugural champions, as part of a triumphant domestic treble.

A barren subsequent season in — Wallace presided over the club's fourth domestic treble and second in three years in — They were joined at the club by Bobby Russell who arrived from Shettleston Juniors for free. Despite these expensive signings the side did not make the best start to the league campaign, losing the opening two matches to Aberdeen and Hibernian.

Order was restored the following week with a 4—0 defeat of Partick Thistle. A resounding 3—2 win over Celtic in the first Old Firm match of the season set the tone of the season. Rangers had been 2—0 down at half-time but recovered to win the game after outclassing Jock Stein 's side in the second 45 minutes.

In Marchsecond placed Aberdeen won 3—0 at Ibrox to set up a tense title run in. Rangers dropped seven points from twenty-one but held on winning the final four fixtures and the league. The League Cup was won by defeating Celtic 2—1 after extra time. Goals from season new boys Davie Cooper and Gordon Smith completed the first leg of the treble.

The 2—1 Scottish Cup Final win over Aberdeen made Wallace the only Rangers' manager to win two domestic treble's. Surprisingly despite this unprecedented success Wallace resigned from his position on 23 May The reason for his departure was never revealed but it is widely believed that a breakdown in the working relationship between Wallace and general manager William Waddell was the cause.

At a time when Ibrox Park was undergoing extensive redevelopment the transfer budget was to suffer. Waddell was suspected of vetoing many signings, Alan Hansen from Partick Thistle and David Narey from Dundee United among them, in favour of investing in the rebuilding project. The burst of success under Wallace in the mids saw Rangers once again established as Scotland's most successful club. When Wallace, suddenly and unexpectedly, announced his resignation, Rangers turned to another of the stalwarts of the great side of the mid-to-late s, the captain John Greig.

After the departure of Wallace the board acted quickly to replace the void with club captain Greig being promoted to first-team manager. Greig took a phone call on the day of Wallace's resignation from general manager Waddell.

Greig was playing golf with teammate Sandy Jardine when Waddell called him to offer him the job. On 24 May Greig was confirmed as the seventh manager of Rangers. Greig's tenure began promisingly. The —79 season could so easily have mirrored the previous. Despite a fixture pile-up which resulted from the club playing three league games in nearly three months, and some overly negative tactics from Greig, Rangers came close to winning a quadruple of trophies.

Unfortunately it was not to be and the season ended with just the domestic cup double.

Wallace's treble-winning team of the previous season performed ably in the European Cup. Rangers eliminated Juventus after defeating the Italians 2—1 on aggregate — the first time Rangers had ever recovered from a first-leg defeat to win a two-legged European tie.

Dutch side PSV Eindhoventhe then UEFA Cup holders, were overcome in the next round the club's first home defeat in European competitionbefore an injury-stricken Rangers side lost to Cologne at the quarter-final stage. The early season league form was terrible as the team failed to win any of the first six league matches but a run was put together.

Things began to unravel, however, as leadership of the league evaporated. The team had to settle for second place behind champions Celtic. The pivotal match was a 4—2 Old Firm defeat a Parkhead. There was success for Greig in the national cup competitions. Victory in the Scottish Cup Final over Hibernian required a second replay to separate the sides before Rangers eventually won 3—2. The Scottish League Cup Final ended in a 2—1 win for Rangers over a strong Aberdeen with goals from Alex MacDonald and Colin Jackson.

The following the season finished trophyless. Rangers finished an embarrassing fifth in the league, eleven points behind champions Aberdeen. The main cause for such a poor showing in the league was pointed at the team's away form, only ten points from eighteen matches. Aberdeen also knocked Rangers out of the Scottish League Cup over a two-legged third round tie. Rangers did reach the Scottish Cup Final only to lose out to Old Firm rivals Celtic, 1—0 thanks to a deflected George McCluskey shot in extra time.

The side got off to a good start in the league, going on a fifteen match unbeaten run, including two Old Firm wins, was to end in November. A disastrous run in November and December all but ended the title challenge as the team finished third, twelve points behind champions Celtic.

The League Cup campaign was halted after a controversial defeat by Aberdeen in a match where the Dons were awarded two contentious penalties. Due to having no European participation, Rangers entered the Anglo-Scottish Cup which led to humiliation and embarrassment at the hands of English minnows, Chesterfield. The third division side held Rangers to a 1—1 draw at Ibrox before thumping Rangers 3—0 in the away leg at Saltergate. Rangers did win the Scottish Cup Final after beating Dundee United 4—1 in a final replay.

After a tedious 0—0 draw where Ian Redford missed a last minute penalty, Rangers won the replay with goals from Davie Coopera John MacDonald double and Bobby Russell.

Greig's fourth season in charge, —82, ended yet again without the league championship. Rangers finished third, twelve points behind Old Firm rivals Celtic who were champions. There was an apparent lack of ambition at the club due a lack of transfer funds which were being directed towards the redevelopment of Ibrox Park.

There was the surprise signing of Northern Ireland international John McClelland from Mansfield Town. The Ulsterman proved to be a shrewd acquisition and later became the club captain. European participation was halted by Dukla Prague who soundly beat the team 3—0 in Prague and a 2—1 second leg win for Rangers was not enough for the team to progress.

The domestic cup competitions provided successful ground as Rangers reached both finals. The team lost the Scottish Cup Final 4—1 to Aberdeen despite leading for the majority of the match. A late Aberdeen equaliser took the game into extra-time before the Dons added a trio. Rangers did win the Scottish League Cup Final by defeating Dundee United 2—1 with goals from Davie Cooper and Ian Redford.

Greig made big-money signings in the pre-season —83 with renewed hope that they could at least mount a serious title challenge, but once again, the season ended in trophyless failure.

The early signs were positive. Rangers reached the Scottish League Cup Final scoring en route 29 goals in their ten games and eliminated Borussia Dortmund from the UEFA Cup.

The opening eight league games saw the side unbeaten but the final match saw Rangers lying in fourth, a massive eighteen points behind champions Dundee United. The team was knocked out of Europe after suffering a 5—0 defeat from Cologne. The Scottish Cup Final was lost to an Aberdeen side that had won the European Cup Winner's Cup ten days earlier. The —84 season would signal the end of John Greig's managerial career. The league season began badly, one point from the first four league games, although the team did win their six League Cup games under Greig.

A fruitful brief run in the European Cup Winner's Cup saw Rangers win the second round, first leg 2—1 over F. Porto after the team's list of forex brokers in delhi breaking 18—0 aggregate win over Maltese champions Valletta.

After the first nine league games, Greig's team had collected just ten points from twenty-seven. In the end the pressure was too much and Greig resigned from his post on 28 October Greig's efforts to restructure the team inherited from Wallace proved, for the most part, fruitless.

The early years of the s were ones of repeated frustration as the club continually failed to mount a challenge not only to Celtic, but to the resurgent New Firm of Aberdeen and Dundee United. The gloom of under-performance in the league was punctuated only by periodic cup triumphs. The Scottish Cup win ofin particular, saw a triumphant performance by the enigmatic winger, Davie Cooper.

The League Cup proved fertile territory for Rangers throughout the fallow years of the early s, but it was the failure to add to the league triumph of that saw the growing pressure on Greig culminate in his resignation as manager in October During this period attendances at Ibrox dwindled from an average 25, in season —79 to 17, in — Rangers hoped to rekindle success by calcular ganancia forex Jock Wallace back to the club, following his exile in England with Leicester City.

Wallace, though, was not the club's first choice: Jim McLean and Alex Fergusonthe then managers of the New Firm clubs, both rebuffed Rangers' advances. On 10 Prompt how to trade binary options youtubeJock Wallace was persuaded by the Rangers board to leave Motherwell and return to the club.

Wallace's initial impact was positive, boosting morale and fitness. He made changes to the investment banking stockbroker staff, bringing in Alex Totten as first team coach with Tommy McLeanDavid Provan and Joe Mason leaving.

Wallace's first match in command was at Pittodrie on 12 November The game ended in a 3—0 simple option pricing calculator black scholes but the side went on a 22 match unbeaten run in all competitions until March The club kel tec sub 2016 aftermarket parts win a trophy, the League Cup.

The League Cup final was a thrilling extra-time victory over Celtic, with Ally McCoist scoring a hat-tick in a 3—2 win. The —85 seasonWallace's first full season in charge since his return, was almost a carbon copy of its predecessor.

Rangers again finished fourth in the league but it was by a record twenty-one point margin behind champions Aberdeen. This disappointing performance was not caused due to a lack of investment in the playing squad. A solitary Iain Ferguson strike gave Rangers a 1—0 win.

A reasonable start was made to Wallace's second full season in charge. Five wins out of six matches in the league plus a further two wins earn money teaching guitar the League Cup. However, things quickly began to sour as a fall out between manager and then club captain, John McClelland saw the latter stripped of the captaincy. By the turn of the year Rangers were in third position in the league.

From 1 Januarythe side won only a quarter of the remaining sixteen league fixtures. With no hope of a trophy, after defeats in the Scottish Cup third round and the League Cup semi-final, things looked bleak for the club. So perhaps it came as no surprise that on 7 AprilWallace resigned as manager of the club.

Holmes had gone on record saying that the slump the club was in could not be allowed to go on. The continuing dominance of the great Aberdeen side of the s, coupled with strong Dundee United and Celtic teams that offered periodic challenges to Aberdeen's ascendancy, placed Wallace under increasing pressure.

By the —86 season Rangers had slipped to fifth place in the league and, with little evidence of improvement since the Greig era, it was inevitable that Wallace would be removed as manager.

However, the search for Wallace's replacement was a brief one. On 7 AprilGraeme Souness was appointed as Rangers' first player-manager by chairman David Holmes. Stock brokers ames was the first of many big money transfer deals to be made thomas forex liverpool street Rangers.

Although the first deal Souness was involved with was regarding his backroom staff. He brought in Walter Smithfrom Dundee United as his assistant [11] and ex- Coventry City manager Don Mackay as reserve-team coach. His first match in charge of Rangers was the club's final league fixture of the season on 3 May Souness and Smith were introduced to the 22, crowd at Ibrox and were given a rousing reception.

The team then went on to defeat Motherwell 2—0 to clinch the final qualification spot for the following season's UEFA Cup in what had been an otherwise dismal year for the club. The investment made in West was small compared to that made in other members of the playing staff. Souness took advantage of the European competition ban imposed by UEFA on English clubs after the Heysel Stadium Disaster.

The —87 season would be the first time in eight seasons that Rangers finished top of the Scottish Premier Division. However, the season began eventfully with player-manager Seasonality in the stock market what are futures being sent-off in the first league match of the season on 9 August The league crown was not Souness' only trophy that season however, a 2—1 win over Celtic gave them a Scottish League Cup Final win.

That same season, goalkeeper Chris Woods set the then British football shut out record of minutes. The following season Rangers could not build on the success of the previous. The title defence began badly, three points from the first ten, that added with injuries and suspensions meant the club finished third, twelve lowest brokerage charges for intraday trading behind champions Celtic.

A final against Aberdeen saw Rangers win 5—3 on penalties after drawing 3—3. The Scottish Cup ended in the fourth round at the hands of Dunfermline Athletic. The —89 season was to start what would be one of the most successful spells of Rangers history.

When Souness' side regained the league championship by a margin of six points from second-placed Aberdeen, few could predict that would be the first of nine. Again the club imported players from English sides with Gary Stevens joining from Everton and Kevin Drinkell from Norwich City.

A pre-season spent in Italy was the perfect build-up to the new season. The team were unbeaten in all competitions in August and September, including a 5—1 mauling of Celtic at Ibrox. The initiative gained was never really lost and Rangers collected fifty-six points from thirty-six games, twenty-six of which were victories.

The League Cup was again at Ibrox as karvy stock broking delhi address side again make money with minecraft servers a determined Aberdeen team. The final came just a fortnight after the sides met in the league, Rangers lost 2—1 in the Granite City.

During the game Aberdeen's Neil Simpson inflicted a terrible tackle on Rangers midfielder Ian Durrant which left the latter with a knee injury investing in movies vs.

the stock market over three years. But for a 1—0 defeat by Celtic in the Scottish Cup Finalthe treble would have rested at Ibrox that season.

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The arrival of businessman David Murray in continued the Rangers' resurgence. Murray officially became chairman on 2 Junereplacing David Holmes. Murray retained the ambitious strategy he had inherited from Holmes.

The transfer angered both sides of the Old Firm 's support, Rangers because Johnston was an ex-Celt and Catholic Rangers, seen as the Protestant club in Glasgow and signing Catholics was a rare occurrence and not done knowingly and Celtic fans saw Johnston as a turncoat who had already committed to re-join Celtic from Nantes before Rangers made known their interest. When the season began, Rangers did not. Three matches played in the league, no wins and two defeats.

However, the team slowly got into gear, despite only two wins from the first eight games. New arrival Johnston netted the crucial winner during an Old Firm game on 4 November Scoring the goal in the dying minutes of the match meant Johnston was all but forgiven by the Rangers support.

Come MayRangers' name was on the trophy for the second time in as many seasons but the club again failed to win the Scottish Cuplosing to Celtic in the fourth round, and for once did not win the League Cup. The side lost to Aberdeen by 2—1 in the final. The —91 season would be Souness's last season in charge. On 16 Aprilthe fiery Scot departed for his former club Liverpool before the league campaign reached its dramatic culmination, saying he had "gone as far as he would be allowed to go".

A last-day victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox gave Rangers Three in a Row. Souness assistant Walter Smith was in charge that day. Before his departure Souness had made sure to fall out with and sell on club captain Terry Butcher and spend big money on striker Mark Hateleywinger Pieter Huistra and forgotten man Oleg Kuznetsov. Sadly for Souness though he was never to win a Scottish Cup with Rangers as the team went down 2—0 to Celtic at Parkhead, for the second season in a row.

The Scottish League Cup Final ended in another victory, however. The Souness years were marked by both achievement and conflict. Under Souness's stewardship, Rangers' preeminence in the Scottish game was restored.

At a time in which English clubs were excluded from European competition, the club also gained arguably a higher profile in the British game than at any time in its history.

Introduction stock market ppt was fuelled by the purchase of a succession of English internationals, including Ray WilkinsTerry Butcher and Chris Woods.

It was also fuelled by the controversial signing of Roman Catholic and former Celtic fx trading switzerland Mo Johnstonwho was persuaded to change his mind at the last minute and sign for Rangers rather than their bitter city rivals. Johnston's signing led to outrage from some fans of the traditionally Protestant club as he became the first high-profile Catholic to pricing lookback options and dynamic guarantees for Rangers in modern times.

Despite his success, Souness was never part of the Scottish footballing establishment. His manager-ship saw countless run-ins with the footballing authorities. Many were transcription typing jobs from home nz, some bemoaned what they saw as his betrayal of the club, all however, were united in viewing the Souness revolution as among the most dramatic period in Rangers' history.

The ninth manager of Rangers was a man who had previously worked as assistant to the eighth, Walter Smith. He was appointed manager on 19 Aprila day before a crucial Scottish Premier Division match away to St Mirren.

Smith guided the side to a 1—0 win and followed that with a similar result at home to Dundee United before a devastating 3—0 loss away to Motherwell nearly derailed the sides championship hopes. A last supreme effort was required if the club was to claim a third league title in succession.

The final league game of the season was at home to title challengers Aberdeen, with a draw being all that was needed by the Dons to be crowned champions. A tense match data entry work at home in pimpri chinchwad but a Mark Hateley brace in front of a 37,strong Ibrox crowd gave Rangers the win and the league championship.

In his first full season in charge, Smith began to make changes. He brought in Archie Knox from Manchester Unitedas his assistant and also altered the playing personnel. Amongst those who also left were Chris WoodsMo JohnstonMark Walters to Sheffield WednesdayEverton and Liverpool respectively. Smith, with the financial backing of Chairman David Murray, signed Andy GoramAlexei MikhailichenkoStuart McCallDavid Robertson and the perhaps less successful pair of Dale Gordon and Paul Rideout.

A fourth successive championship was secured that season, for the first time in over sixty years. Rangers topped the Division with a total of seventy-two points, nine ahead of second-placed Heart of Midlothian.

The side scored one hundred and one goals and were victorious in nineteen of their twenty-two away fixtures. The success continued into the Scottish Cup as Rangers won the final beating Airdrieonians 2—1 to win the trophy for the first time in eleven years.

The —93 season was arguably one of the most successful in the club's history and the best European campaign since Not only did the team win the domestic treble but they also came to within one match of the UEFA Champions League Final.

Rangers saw off English First Division champions Leeds United in a tie dubbed the Battle of Britain.

Then, in the group stage, Rangers won two matches and drew four but, despite remaining undefeated, went out to the French team Olympique de Marseillewho were later found guilty of match fixing.

No foul play was found with regards to the Rangers matches however. Rangers won the double forex williams r indicator following season but missed out on a back-to-back domestic treble after losing in the Scottish Cup Final to Dundee United.

It was a classic giant killing act. United had had a fairly moderate season, winning only eleven of their forty-four league matches. It was United's seventh appearance in a Scottish Cup final, having lost all six of their previous encounters. A forty-seventh minute Craig Brewster goal gave Dundee United a 1—0 win after a sloppy back pass by Dave McPherson.

It was a strange end to a very successful domestic season for Rangers. The latter proved to be an absolute bargain. Laudrup became a firm fans favourite during his four-year spell with Rangers and was even elected to the Rangers Hall of Fame. Boli on the other hand lasted just one season. The French defender completely failed to adapt to the rigours of the Scottish game.

Despite the failure of a rather expensive footballer, Rangers continued to rack up the league titles. The sixth consecutive championship won in style. The club sat top of the Scottish Premier Division on sixty-nine points, a whole fifteen points ahead of second placed Motherwell.

Yet both domestic cup competitions ended before the last eight, and the failure to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage meant that to many, the season was almost regarded as a failure.

Rangers won the championship in season —96 with the help of one Paul Gascoigne. The Englishman was signed 10 July from Italian side Lazio. He made an instant impact at Rangers, running almost the length of the pitch to score in an Old Firm match at Celtic Parkduring the fifth league game of the season.

Shernic sks bullpup stock for sale 30 Decemberin a match against Hibernian, Gascoigne 'booked' referee Dougie Smith. Smith had dropped his yellow card and Gascoigne picked it up and showed it to the official, before returning it. Smith was not amused and booked Gascoigne. Rangers went on to win the league, clinching the title in the penultimate game of the season against Aberdeen.

After Rangers went 1—0 down in the early stages, Gascoigne went on to score a hat-trick to give the club a 3—1 victory and the championship.

Joining the league crown in the Ibrox trophy cabinet was the Scottish Cup which Rangers won after a 5—1 defeat of Hearts. A hat-trick from Gordon Durie and a Brian Laudrup double won Rangers their 27th Scottish Cup win. In season —97 Rangers went on to win their ninth championship in a row thereby equalling Celtic's achievement of the late s and early s. In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2—0 to Celtic.

However, the team won the League Cupdefeating Heart of Midlothian 4—3. The European campaign proved to be a disaster. Although the team qualified for the UEFA Champions League after a fine 10—3 aggregate win over Russian champions Alania Vladikavkazthey only recorded three points from their six group matches. The season —98 proved to be Walter Smith's last season as manager and Rangers were unable to win their tenth league championship in a row. The early season form of new signing Marco Negri gave the team fresh impetus but when the manager Walter Smith announced that he would leave the club at the end of the season the team's form dipped.

The side finished the league on 72 points, two behind champions Celtic after taking the title race to the last day of the season. The club ended the season trophy-less for the first time in twelve seasons as they lost the Scottish Cup Final to Heart of Midlothian 2—1 and were knocked out League Cup in the quarter-finals by Dundee United. In Europe, the club failed to reach the Champions League group stages and they fell at the first hurdle in the UEFA Cuplosing both legs 2—1 to Starting a collection agency how to make money collecting money Strasbourg.

Smith left Rangers and joined Premier League club Everton. Many players from the Nine in a How to become a successful stock market trader era left Rangers including Brian LaudrupAlly McCoistIan DurrantStuart McCall and club captain Richard Gough.

Dick Advocaatnicknamed the Little General, [19] succeeded Walter Smith on 1 June Australia post opening hours warnbro, former manager of PSV Eindhoven, became only Rangers' tenth manager and was the first non-Scot to hold the position.

His appointment was viewed as reflecting a desire to begin to challenge Europe's elite clubs. David Murray, the club's owner and chairman, had long proclaimed that Rangers ought to be judged not just in relation to success in Scotland, but on performance in Europe, what happens when the stock market crashes yahoo especially in the UEFA Champions League.

Despite being given resources on a scale never before handed to a Rangers manager, success on a larger stage failed to materialise, and the costly legacy of Advocaat's time at Ibrox was a debt that would cripple the club for years. The scale of these resources made available to Advocaat initially confirmed that the Rangers management was thinking in bold, European terms.

Confronted with a rump of players remaining after Smith's departure, Advocaat was furnished with an unprecedented transfer budget over the coming seasons. However, while Advocaat's record in transfer dealings remained mixed throughout his time at Ibrox, at first the club appeared to be beginning to deliver in playing terms, both in Scotland and less predictably Europe.

Advocaat's first season saw another domestic treble secured. Performance in Europe was promising, with Bayer Leverkusen defeated in a solid, if unspectacular, UEFA Cup run. In the following season, Advocaat continued to spend big, bringing the likes of Michael Mols and Claudio Reyna to Ibrox. A domestic double was secured in Advocaat's second season. In Europe, too, there were signs of greatly improved performance in the Champions Leagueas Parma were defeated en route to qualification for the group stages of the buy penny stocks online with paypal. During this season, Rangers Football Club Ltd floated on what was the Ofex market [20].

Rangers entered Advocaat's third season emboldened by the capture of five of the six domestic trophies available in his first two years. However, while the club again qualified for the Champions League group stage, performances in the league began rapidly to disintegrate. Morale amongst players and supporters plummeted amidst credible rumours of players unrest and dressing room divides. A worsening financial position exacerbated the gathering gloom.

The club failed to win a major competition in the —01 seasonas Celtic swept the domestic board. Having continued in similar fashion in —02and with Martin O'Neill 's Celtic side once more running away with the championship, Advocaat resigned as manager and took up how to make money on howrse quick general manager position, which he would leave after only 11 months.

Alex McLeish was appointed the new Rangers manager in December Advocaat's tenure at Ibrox had been a paradoxical one. On the other hand, with the club deep in financial difficulty, there was no realistic prospect of boosting its fortunes through further expensive player acquisitions.

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Murray appointed ex-Aberdeen defender Alex McLeish as the club's eleventh manager on 11 Decemberjoining McLeish was assistant Andy Watson. Many fans viewed it as symptomatic of the downsizing of the club's ambitions, while others saw in McLeish a manager whose mixed fortunes at Hibernian and Motherwell left him ill-equipped to cope with the demands of managing a high-profile club like Rangers. However, McLeish was the number one managerial target on a four-man shortlist.

Others said to be included on the list were the then Ipswich Town manager George Algorithm stock marketformer Germany coach Berti Vogts and George Graham. Fans concerns were quickly allayed as McLeish's Rangers team began to display a spirit that had been sorely lacking in the twlight of Advocaat's reign.

A Scottish Cup and League Cup double in McLeish's first half-season, —02saw a renewed sense of optimism that Rangers 4 horse trailer for sale in colorado regain the ascendancy claimed by Celtic under the managership of Martin O'Neill.

In McLeish's first full season as manager, —03the club won its seventh domestic treble. The Scottish Premier League title was secured after an astonishingly tense run-in. Going into the final round both sides were equal on 94 points but Rangers had a one-goal advantage and sat top of the league. Fotos drucken forex destination of the title was unknown until the final seconds of this match with both teams chart forex realtime btp on points and goal difference.

Only a last-minute penalty by Mikel Arteta clinched the league for Rangers. A victory over Celtic in the Scottish League Cup Final in March, provided the first leg of the club's seventh treble. The following season, McLeish's initial period as manager proved difficult to sustain.

The binary operations math is fun perilous financial position in the wake of the profligacy of the Advocaat era, meant a period of relative austerity. The wage bill had to be slashed as the club embarked on an extensive cost-cutting programme in an attempt to stabilise a mushrooming and unsustainable level of debt.

Confronted with a squad of well-paid but ageing players assembled by Advocaat, McLeish was compelled to rebuild without the luxury of the generous transfer kitty enjoyed by some of his predecessors. McLeish was to lose, from his treble winning squad, the inspirational if mistake-prone defender Lorenzo AmorusoScottish international winger Neil McCann and, most damagingly of all, club captain Barry Ferguson. In forex income tax uk place McLeish was required to rebuild with only the use of Bosman free transfers and loan siginings.

After a good start to the —04 season which saw the side top of the league and qualify for UEFA Champions League thanks to a dramatic late goal in Denmark against FC Copenhagenthe loss of Ferguson shortly afterwards led to a dramatic downturn in results and ultimately a trophyless campaign.

The Serb would manage less than ten games for the club. On the pitch, the team low cost trades stock fell behind Celtic in the league and exited the Champions Binary options with a gift at the qualifying stage.

After this, his fortunes began to turn again. Once these players settled in, the team began to recover ground on O'Neill's ageing Celtic side. This cash paved the way for more signings, including Thomas BuffelSotirios Is binary options robot legit and the return of former captain Barry Ferguson.

The Scottish League Cup Final in March ended in a 5—1 victory over Motherwell. Despite catching and overtaking Celtic with two Old Firm wins, including a pivotal 2—0 victory at Celtic Park in what was McLeish's first win there as Rangers manager nerves hy markets forex review to get the better of Rangers.

A loss to Celtic in the last derby of the season at Ibrox, handed a five-point lead to their rivals with only four games of remaining, and seemed to end hopes of the title.

However, Rangers kept its winnings way and a 3—1 Celtic home loss to Hibernian meant only two points separated the sides going into the final game of the season. Rangers needed to win at Hibernian and hope that Celtic would drop points at Fir Park. In perhaps even more dramatic circumstances stockbrokers botswana contacts two years previously.

For 89 minutes of the match, Rangers thought their rivals were set for the title, and once news broke of Motherwell's late intervention, ecstasy awaited for the Ibrox legions. Even the helicopter that was carrying the league trophy was on its way to Motherwell so it had to turn around and fly to Edinburgh. That day has passed into Ibrox folklore, becoming known as Helicopter Sunday. McLeish could celebrate his second, and Rangers' 51st, league title. The —06 season got off to a bad start, with Rangers only winning six league games out of the first 17, being knocked out of the League Cup by Celtic in the process.

The period from October through to early December saw the team embark on, statistically, the worst run in their history, going ten games without a win. During this time, however, the club became the first Scottish side to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, yet there was still significant pressure on McLeish from fans due to the club's poor position in the domestic league table.

It was widely felt that chairman David Murray would let McLeish go after the European campaign had finished, and a press conference arranged rangers aim stock market days after the final group cash deal earn homeworking money networking seemed to confirm this.

However, Murray seemed to undergo a change of heart and stated that McLeish would remain in charge indefinitely prevailing dollar exchange rate in ghana, [31] but did concede that domestic results would need to improve. After this announcement, the team improved, helped by the signing from Kilmarnock of Kris Boyd.

The side strung together a ten-match unbeaten run. Yet, entering the crucial month of February, which was to feature a must-win Old Firm match and the resumption of European football, this evaporated. Rangers lost 3—0 at home to Hibernian on 4 February to exit the Scottish Cup and end their last realistic hopes of silverware that season.

Protests against McLeish and the chairman followed the game. Overall, McLeish's four-and-a-half-year spell at Ibrox was a turbulent one, coming as it did after the wastefulness of the Advocaat era. McLeish never enjoyed access to the funds his predecessors had been given, and his managership was marked by wildly fluctuating fortunes, in part caused by forced asset stripping of his best players due to the spectre of debt from Advocaat's spending.

The lack of money certainly played its part in McLeish's downfall but it is debatable, based on the money he did have to spend, whether greater sums would have been invested wisely. Indeed, there is an argument that a good proportion of McLeish's signings have been among the worst in the club's entire history. However, history will look back on McLeish's reign, as a period of tremendous transition on and off the pitch. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 Februarytwo days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the —06 season, [33] and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would succeed him at the end of the season.

Le Guen was well known for unearthing and nurturing young talent and made an immediate splash in the transfer market. The wave of expectation that was created by Le Guen's appointment was immense and he quickly went about building his own team. He signed a young South African player Dean Furman from Chelseaand French youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes.

Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July at Windsor ParkBelfast. The side won 2—0 with first-half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad then flew out to South Africa on 9 July for a training camp where they were to play three matches, but defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg.

Ricksen never played for the club again as his loan spell in Russia was made permanent. The Scottish Premier League season opened on 30 July with Le Guen taking his Rangers side to Fir Park where they defeated Motherwell 2—1.

With the transfer window closed and five league matches played, Rangers had collected nine points from fifteen. The following two months showed little improvement as the side had sporadic wins and lost the first Old Firm match of the season 2—0.

From the seven matches played in September and Octoberthe team won just three and gathered ten points from the twenty-one available. By mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full fifteen points behind leaders Celtic. The odd win was mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. The culmination of this poor form could be seen when the side was embarrassingly knocked out of the League Cup by then First Division side St Johnstone.

A dismal 2—0 defeat at Ibrox Stadium on 8 November led to widespread calls for Le Guen to leave. Following the League Cup defeat, there was a slightly gain in form as the side claimed sixteen points from twenty-one, including a 1—1 Old Firm draw thanks to a late-minute Brahim Hemdani equaliser. Rangers also became the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in Decemberafter wins over LivornoMaccabi Haifa and Partizan Belgrade.

Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in JanuaryLe Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy [42]. On 4 JanuaryLe Guen left Rangers by mutual consent. Later that year, sports journalist Graham Spiers published a book which speculated Le Guen left the club because he was being "undermined" by other Rangers personnel.

Those named were Ferguson and the then club doctor, Ian McGuinness. Following the departure of Paul Le Guen, a number of media sources reported an "understanding" that the new management structure would consist of former Rangers manager Walter Smith and former player Ally McCoistand the SFA confirmed that Rangers enquired about the availability of the pair.

On 10 Januaryit was announced that Walter Smith was the new manager of Rangers, with Ally McCoist confirmed as assistant manager and Kenny McDowall as first team coach.

He signed experienced defenders David WeirUgo Ehiogu and Andy Webster to shore up the rocky backline. This proved to be a steadying influence on the team and they only lost three times until the end of the season, although Webster injured himself during his first training session at the club and did not make his debut until September The early season priority, qualification for the Champions League group stagewas secured after aggregate victories over the champions of the Montenegrin and Serbian leagues, FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade respectively.

Rangers were drawn in Group E, to play FC BarcelonaFrench champions Olympique Lyonnais and German champions VfB Stuttgart. The campaign started well for Rangers with two victories, 2—1 at home to Stuttgart and 3—0 against Lyon at the Stade Gerland as well as a 0—0 draw against Barcelona at Ibrox Stadium.

They lost match day six against Olympique Lyonnais 3—0, which ended their —08 UEFA Champions League run. The adventure continued as they progressed to the final of the UEFA Cupdefeating PanathinaikosWerder BremenSporting Lisbon and Fiorentina along the way. They beat Italian side Fiorentina on penalties to set up a finalin Manchester, against Zenit St.

Petersburgwho are managed by former Gers manager Dick Advocaat. Video evidence was released by the Greater Manchester Police of suspected Rangers fans attacking officers in Manchester city centre following the defeat.

On the domestic front, the race for the Scottish Premier League continued until the final match-day of the season. Both Celtic and Rangers were tied on 86 points going into their games against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively on 22 Maybut Celtic were top of the table due to having a better goal difference of 57, four ahead of Rangers. This did not prove to be decisive, as Rangers surrendered their hopes of landing the championship with a 2—0 defeat away to the Dons. The club had had a ten-point lead in late March.

The club appeared in its first final since They played Dundee United on 16 March and won the League Cup on penalties. The match was tied 2—2 after extra time, with both goals coming from Kris Boyd who also scored the winning spot kick. They also reached the Scottish Cup Finalthe club's 50th appearance in a Scottish Cup final. The side had beaten St Johnstone 4—3 on penalties in the semi-final after the score was tied at 1—1 after extra time.

The final was against Queen of the South and played on 24 May Rangers won the match 3—2 thanks to goals from DaMarcus Beasley and a double from Kris Boyd. The —09 season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2—1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis.

The player excess was eased slightly with the departures of Chris BurkeJean-Claude Darcheville and a couple out on loan deals but the increased debt meant that the club needed to find a cash injection.

This resulted in the attempted sale of Kris Boyd to Birmingham Citywhich fell through due to the player's wage demands. In the first Old Firm game of the season, Rangers won 4—2, with Pedro Mendes scoring his first goal for the club, and Kenny Miller scoring a double against his former employers.

However, the team's league form stuttered thereafter. Despite a run of five wins from six matches following the Old Firm victory, the side trailed Celtic by seven points in the league at the turn of the year. For the first few months of ' both sides dropped and gained points on the other and Rangers briefly took over top spot of the Scottish Premier League on 21 February after a win against Kilmarnock.

The spell as league leaders lasted less than a fortnight. A defeat and a draw, both at home, to Inverness and Hearts respectively, saw Smith's side sit second in the table, one point behind Celtic, at the split. The fourth Old Firm league meeting of the season finished with a 1—0 win to Rangers, thanks to a Steven Davis strike. This meant that, with three league games remaining, Rangers were two points ahead of Celtic. Further twists and turns followed, both Old Firm sides drew their matches against Hibernian at Easter Roadand so Rangers were ahead by two points with one round of matches remaining.

Smith's side just needed a win against Dundee United to guarantee the club's 52nd league title. That is exactly what they got, goals from Kyle LaffertyPedro Mendes and Kris Boyd sealed a 3—0 win and the club's first league championship in four seasons. The club played in the finals of both of the domestic cup competitions for the second season running. The Scottish League Cup Final was reached by defeating Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Falkirk en route but the final ended in a 2—0 defeat at the hands of Old Firm rivals Celtic after extra time.

The match was Walter Smith 's first ever Old Firm final and was marred by a Kirk Broadfoot sending off deep into extra time for a foul on Aiden McGeady inside the penalty box. Celtic were subsequently awarded a penalty which McGeady himself converted. The second goal of the game was scored by Kris Boyd and was his th goal for Rangers.

The team faced Falkirk at Hampden Park on 30 May in what was the club's 51st Scottish Cup Final appearance. A Nacho Novo strike in the first minute of the second half gave Rangers a 1—0 win and completed the domestic double.

The following season saw Rangers financial problems continue. A quiet summer in terms of transfer arrivals contrasted to the outgoings. The club removed eleven players who had made first team appearances from the wage bill on permanent and loan deals. On the field, Rangers' Scottish Premier League title defence got off to a stuttering start, three wins in the league was followed by three draws, the first Old Firm victory of the season was followed by poor performances against St Johnstone and dropped points at home to Hibernian.

The side lost their first league match of the season away to Aberdeen on 28 November but then embarked on a six match winning run, scoring 26 goals in the process. At the start ofRangers sat at the top of the league. The second Old Firm fixture finished in a 1—1 draw. Rangers had a ten-point lead by mid-February.

On 25 April, Rangers won their 53rd league title after defeating Hibernian 1—0 at Easter Road. In the domestic cup competitions, Rangers won the League Cup after a 1—0 victory over St Mirren in the finaldespite being reduced to nine men with Danny Wilson and Kevin Thomson being sent off.

However, Rangers were unable to retain the Scottish Cup after losing 1—0 to eventual winners Dundee United in a quarter-final replay. Rangers were seeded in pot two of the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time. The club was drawn against Spanish team SevillaGerman outfit Stuttgart and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni. A 1—1 away draw in Germany was followed by two consecutive 4—1 defeats at home to Sevilla and Unirea, the latter being regarded as one of the club's worst-ever European results.

With financial problems at the club ongoing, summer began for Rangers with several players leaving the club. With a limited transfer budget and a small squad. Smith had to decide whether to increase the number of playing staff or improve the starting eleven; he opted for quality. Both sides of the Old Firm began the season with eight league wins in a row, however, with the sides meeting on matchday nine something had to give.

Rangers claimed a victory over Celtic and took early control of the league. The cold spell in the winter of —11 saw many postponements and for long spells Rangers were behind Celtic but with games in hand. In the third league meeting between the Old Firm, Celtic came out on top and mathematical lead the table, for the first time that season. However Celtic's advantage was short lived after a loss to Motherwell the following week. There was to be a final twist in the league season; on 3 May, Celtic lost a rearranged match away to Inverness and so with three matches remaining Rangers had a one-point lead.

Smith's side went on to win all three fixtures, scoring 11 goals, and claimed the club's 54th league championship. In the domestic cup competitions, Rangers won the League Cup after beating Celtic AET. The match was marked by several incidents, three Rangers players were sent off and Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist were involved in a bust-up. In Europe, Rangers automatically qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages for the second season in a row.

They drew Manchester UnitedValencia and Bursaspor. Rangers were unbeaten in their first three group stage games, with a draw at Old Trafford the only team to keep a clean sheet at Old Trafford in the entire —11 seasona victory over Bursaspor at Ibrox and a draw at home to Valencia.

A defeat in Spain to Valencia followed by a loss at home to Manchester United ended Rangers chances of qualifying for the last 16, but third place and a spot in the UEFA Europa League was already secured with Bursaspor having failed to pick up a point in five games. In the last group match, Rangers drew in Turkey, giving Bursaspor their first Champions League point.

However, Rangers did make it to the last 16 of the Europa League, beating Sporting Lisbon on away goals in the last 32 but lost to PSV Eindhoven on aggregate.

On 6 Mayit was confirmed that David Murray had sold his controlling interest in the club Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club for season — With the new ownership there initially appeared to be some financial stability of the club.

A number of first-team regulars were secured on long-term contract extensions including Steven Davis[76] Allan McGregor[77] Steven Whittaker [77] and Gregg Wylde. Rangers' first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies ' Heartswhere the league flag was unfurled by then chairman Craig Whyteas Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half but managed to salvage a draw.

The following week, McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager with a win over St Johnstone. On 13 FebruaryRangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators. The formal rejection of the CVA, two days later, meant that The Rangers Football Club plc entered the liquidation process.

Ten of the other eleven SPL clubs voted against allowing Rangers to transfer their SPL membership share to a new company on 4 Julyleaving the club applying for a place in the Scottish Football League. They went on to the Ramsden's Cup Final where they were beaten by Raith Rovers.

On 3 MayRangers players made history by becoming the first Rangers side in years to go an entire league season unbeaten after a draw with Dunfermlinefinishing as Scottish League One champions.

Rangers boardroom politics were a fractious force, causing a constant flux with change after change of various directorial positions, rival factions attempting to take control of the company and the emergence of Mike Ashley as the major stakeholder and power broker in late That summer saw continued discontent with various fans groups, alongside Dave Kingattempting to influence the board by withdrawing season ticket money.

A few days later, it came to light that Sandy Easdale had met with several investors that had been introduced to him by Rafat Rizvi, a convicted fraudster wanted by Interpol[] which led to calls by the Union of Fans for Easdale to resign. Also David Somers was named executive chairman but on a temporary basis in order to aid the transition.

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The legal implications of the previous company that owned the clubs liquidation featured prevalent in the news in July and November. In the summer, HM Revenue and Customs lost its appeal over the previous clubs owners use of Employee Benefit Trusts [] but was granted leave to appeal a month later. On the football front, Rangers league campaign began with a defeat to newly demoted Hearts with the Edinburgh club scoring an extra minute winner.

The effect of the clubs financial issues as underlined by the interim results that November, proved the catalyst for McCoist's departure as he became unhappy with the number of staff losing their jobs at Rangers. The club were bound to forego all shirt sponsorship revenue for the season and subsequent seasons until the loan is repaid. The month of February a large volume of share purchase and Rangers supporters groups are heavily involved.

After poor results in both league and Scottish CupStuart McCall replaced Kenny McDowall as interim manager. This could have given Rangers a possible advantage in the chase for second place, however, the SPFL performed a u-turn with all matches being scheduled for early Saturday afternoon [] As it was, the team failed to be automatically promoted to the Premiership, drawing the final two league matches and finishing a disappointing third in the league.

The ticket pricing of these matches attracted controversy. Following a precedent set by Hibernian the previous season, Rangers stated they would allow season ticket holders entry to home matches for free; however, this was rejected by the SPFL.

Meanwhile, the police probed the role of Mike Ashley and Sports Direct in the Rangers takeover and searched the companies headquarters. In early June, Ibrox Stadium played host to the company's second EGM in just over three months. The spectre of the previous board loomed large at the beginning of the season as Police Scotland 's investigation into the sale of Rangers' assets to a consortium led by Charles Green led to arrests and seven indictments. On 1 September, both Craig Whyte and Green were arrested as part of the inquiry into the "alleged fraudulent acquisition" of Rangers' assets in Fireworks night arrived a day early in Govan as 4 November proved to be a contentious day in the history of Rangers.

The Court of Session ruled that the use of Employee Benefit Trusts broke tax rules therefore the payments were eligible for tax deductions, [] although an appeal to the Supreme Court was sought less than a month later [] and granted in March The SPFL subsequently imposed this on the new owners of the club as part of the terms of the five way agreement. The end of November saw the PLC's Annual general meetinghowever, prior to this Mike Ashley continued with his ligation against the company and successfully managed to have Resolution 11 withdrawn which would have allowed shareholders to block the voting rights of dual ownership shareholders.

On the football front, Rangers appointed its fourteenth permanent manager on 15 June in the shape of Mark Warburtonwho agreed a three-year contract. The start to the season saw Rangers embark on a run of eleven straight victories in all competitions. This left Rangers tied with the Edinburgh club on forty-one points ahead of crucial match between the two during the festive period. Rangers played Hibernian on 28 December at Ibroxbeating Alan Stubbs ' side [] then embarked on an unbeaten run of ten matches, winning nine with only Alloa Athletic managing to get a draw.

The team qualified for its second Challenge Cup final in the space of three years with the match being played at Hampden Park for the first time in the competitions history. The football departments scouting network was revitalized with the appointment of Frank McParland as the Head of Recruitment. Celtic eliminated them in the semifinals of both the Scottish Cup and the League Cup. Manager Warburton left the club in January to be replaced temporarily by Graeme Murty and, after a slump in results, by Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha.

Under Caixinha Rangers suffered their heaviest ever home defeat to Celticbut still managed to qualify for the Europa League, for the first time in six years, with three league games to spare.

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