1976–77 Rangers F.C. season

The 1976–77 season was the 97th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers

1976–77 season
Chairman	Rae Simpson
Manager	Jock Wallace
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division	2nd P36 W18 D10 L8 F62 A37 Pts46
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Semi-finals
European Cup	First round
Tennent Caledonian Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Parlane (16) All: Derek Johnstone (21)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 1976–77 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September 1976	Celtic	A	2–2	54,857	Johnstone, Parlane
11 September 1976	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	24,800
18 September 1976	Hibernian	A	1–1	19,606	Parlane
25 September 1976	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–2	24,329	Hamilton, Miller (pen), Parlane, Johnstone
2 October 1976	Ayr United	A	1–1	14,231	Parlane
16 October 1976	Aberdeen	H	1–0	23,258	MacDonald
23 October 1976	Motherwell	A	1–3	15,857	Hamilton
30 October 1976	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	16,371	Watson
9 November 1976	Dundee United	H	3–0	17,492	Jackson, McKean, Parlane
13 November 1976	Kilmarnock	A	4–0	14,717	Jackson (2), McKean, Parlane
20 November 1976	Hibernian	H	1–1	25,072	Parlane
24 November 1976	Celtic	H	0–1	50,562
27 November 1976	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	18,321	Parlane
26 December 1976	Motherwell	H	1–0	29,236	O'Hara
1 January 1977	Partick Thistle	H	1-0	20,946
8 January 1977	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	18,189	Parlane (2), O'Hara
11 January 1977	Celtic	A	0–1	49,729
19 January 1977	Aberdeen	A	3–3	22,584	Miller, MacDonald, Johnstone
22 January 1977	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–2	20,966	MacDonald (2), Johnstone
5 February 1977	Ayr United	A	2–0	12,895	Johnstone, McLean
12 February 1977	Dundee United	H	2–3	18,656	Jackson, MacDonald
16 February 1977	Hibernian	H	0–0	12,452
19 February 1977	Aberdeen	H	1–0	18,882	Miller (pen)
5 March 1977	Motherwell	A	2–0	15,468	MacDonald, Watson
8 March 1977	Dundee United	A	0–0	10,743
15 March 1977	Partick Thistle	A	3–4	8,840	McLean, Watson, Parlane
19 March 1977	Celtic	H	2–2	53,743	Parlane
23 March 1977	Ayr United	H	1–1	9,212	Johnstone
26 March 1977	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	8,037
2 April 1977	Hibernian	H	2–1	12,670	Parlane, Johnstone
9 April 1977	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	12,021	Johnstone, Parlane, Jardine (pen)
13 April 1977	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	7,758	Johnstone, Jardine
16 April 1977	Ayr United	H	5–1	11,428	MacDonald (2), Johnstone, Hamilton, Miller
20 April 1977	Motherwell	H	4–1	8,257	Johnstone, MacDonald, Parlane, Robertson
23 April 1977	Dundee United	A	1–0	7,919	Johnstone
30 April 1977	Aberdeen	A	1–2	14,471	Johnstone

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 September 1976	R1	FC Zurich	H	1–1	35,000	Parlane
29 September 1976	R1	FC Zurich	A	0–1	28,500

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 January 1977	R3	Falkirk	H	3–1	17,500	Jardine (pen), Johnstone, MacDonald
26 February 1977	R4	Elgin City	H	3–0	18,000	Jackson, McLean (pen), MacDonald
12 March 1977	QF	Motherwell	H	2–0	35,572	McKean, Watson
30 March 1977	SF	Heart of Midlothian	N	2–0	23,222	Jackson, Jardine (pen)
7 May 1977	F	Celtic	N	0–1	54,252

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1976	SR	St Johnstone	H	5–0	31,000	Jardine (2), Johnstone, Miller (pen), Henderson
18 August 1976	SR	Hibernian	A	1–1	26,000	Munro
21 August 1976	SR	Montrose	H	4–0	18,500	Johnstone (2), Jardine, MacDonald
25 August 1976	SR	Hibernian	H	3–0	45,000	Miller (pen), Jardine, McLean
28 August 1976	SR	Montrose	H	3–0	8,000	Johnstone, Parlane, Jardine
1 September 1976	SR	St Johnstone	A	1–0	4,070	Jardine
22 September 1976	QF1	Clydebank	H	3–3	15,000	Johnstone, MacDonald, Hamilton
6 October 1976	QF2	Clydebank	A	1–1	10,000	Greig
18 October 1976	QF R	Clydebank	H	0–0	15,000
19 October 1976	QF 2R	Clydebank	N	2–1	14,000	Parlane, McLean
27 October 1976	SF	Aberdeen	N	1–5	20,990	MacDonald

Non-competitive

Tennent Caledonian Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
2 August 1976	SF	Partick Thistle	H	2–0
3 August 1976	F	Southampton	H	1–2

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Davie Armour	MF	1	0
Ally Dawson	DF	2	0
Jim Denny	DF	16	0
Tom Forsyth	MF	40	0
John Greig	DF	48	1
Johnny Hamilton	MF	31	4
Martin Henderson	FW	12	1
Colin Jackson	DF	40	6
Sandy Jardine	DF	54	10
Derek Johnstone	DF	42	21
Stewart Kennedy	GK	40	0
Alex MacDonald	MF	48	14
Peter McCloy	GK	14	0
Ian McDougall	DF	6	0
Bobby McKean	MF	33	3
Tommy McLean	MF	53	4
Alex Miller	DF	36	6
Eric Morris	DF	1	0
Iain Munro	MF	11	1
Alex O'Hara	MF	5	2
Derek Parlane	FW	50	17
Chris Robertson	FW	13	1
Jim Steele	DF	5	0
Colin Stein	FW	2	0
Kenny Watson	MF	38	3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	23	9	4	79	39	+40	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rangers	36	18	10	8	62	37	+25	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Aberdeen	36	16	11	9	56	42	+14	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	9	11	54	45	+9	41
5	Partick Thistle	36	11	13	12	40	44	−4	35

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

See also

• 1976–77 in Scottish football
• 1976–77 Scottish Cup
• 1976–77 Scottish League Cup
• 1976–77 European Cup