1988–89 Rangers F.C. season

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The 1988–89 season was the 109th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
1988–89 season
ChairmanDavid Holmes
ManagerGraeme Souness
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier Division1st (Champions)
Scottish CupRunners-up
League CupWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Drinkell (11)

All:
Kevin Drinkell (19)

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season. They regained the Scottish Premier Division title, winning the first of nine consecutive league titles.

England international right back, Gary Stevens was signed from Everton and Kevin Drinkell was brought in to partner Ally McCoist up front.

Results against Celtic were pivotal in the Championship race, winning 5–1 and 4–1 at Ibrox. They also secured their first win at Parkhead since 1980, 2–1 in March. The league was won at Ibrox with a 4–0 demolition of Hearts.

In the cup competitions, they lost the Scottish Cup final 1–0 to Celtic. The team won the Scottish League Cup (Skol Cup) for the third season in a row defeating Aberdeen 3–2.

The European campaign was disappointing. The team qualified for the UEFA Cup and after a fine aggregate win over Polish side GKS Katowice, they were knocked out in the second round by Köln of West Germany.

Lawrence Marlborough sold his controlling interest in Rangers to David Murray in November. Murray later took over as chairman from David Holmes.

Transfer

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Date Player From Fee
30 June 1988   Kevin Drinkell   Norwich City £500,000
19 July 1988   Gary Stevens   Everton £1,000,000
29 July 1988   John Morrow   Linfield Free
17 September 1988   Andy Gray   West Bromwich Albion Free
3 October 1988   Neale Cooper   Aston Villa £250,000
6 February 1989   Tom Cowan   Clyde £100,000
4 March 1989   Mel Sterland   Sheffield Wednesday £750,000
Date Player From Fee
31 May 1988   Avi Cohen   Maccabi Tel Aviv Free
1 July 1988   Jan Bartram   Brøndby £300,000
26 August 1988   Graham Roberts   Chelsea £475,000
26 August 1988   Jimmy Phillips   Oxford United £100,000

Results

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Scottish Premier Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 1988 Hamilton Academical A 2–0 10,500 Stevens, McCoist
20 August 1988 Hibernian H 0–0 41,955
27 August 1988 Celtic H 5–1 42,858 McCoist (2), Wilkins, Drinkell, Walters
3 September 1988 Motherwell A 2–0 20,112 Drinkell, Durrant
17 September 1988 Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 25,501 Durrant (pen.), Nisbet
24 September 1988 St Mirren H 2–1 35,523 D.Cooper (pen.), Walters
27 September 1988 Dundee United A 1–0 20,071 I.Ferguson
1 October 1988 Dundee H 2–0 40,768 Drinkell, Walters
8 October 1988 Aberdeen A 1–2 23,370 N.Cooper
12 October 1988 Hibernian A 1–0 26,000 McCoist
29 October 1988 St Mirren A 1–1 20,903 Gray
1 November 1988 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 36,505 Gough, Walters (pen.), Gray
5 November 1988 Motherwell H 2–1 36,060 Brown, Drinkell
12 November 1988 Celtic A 1–3 60,113 Walters
16 November 1988 Hamilton Academical H 3–1 33,684 Gray, Ferguson, Drinkell
19 November 1988 Dundee A 0–0 16,514
26 November 1988 Aberdeen H 1–0 42,239 Gough
3 December 1988 Dundee United H 0–1 39,123
10 December 1988 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 26,424
17 December 1988 Hibernian H 1–0 36,672 McCall
31 December 1988 Hamilton Academical A 1–0 10,500 D.Ferguson
3 January 1989 Celtic H 4–1 42,515 Walters (2, 1 (pen.)), Butcher, I.Ferguson
7 January 1989 Motherwell A 1–2 19,275 Drinkell
14 January 1989 Aberdeen A 2–1 23,000 Munro, D.Ferguson
21 January 1989 Dundee H 3–1 43,202 I.Ferguson, Butcher, McCoist
11 February 1989 Dundee United A 1–1 22,019 Munro
25 February 1989 St Mirren H 3–1 39,021 I.Ferguson, McCoist, Walters
11 March 1989 Hamilton Academical H 3–0 35,733 I.Ferguson, Sterland, Gough
25 March 1989 Hibernian A 1–0 23,321 Drinkell
1 April 1989 Celtic A 2–1 60,171 Drinkell, I.Ferguson
8 April 1989 Motherwell H 1–0 33,782 McCoist
22 April 1989 St Mirren A 2–0 22,096 I.Ferguson, McCoist
29 April 1989 Heart of Midlothian H 4–0 42,856 Drinkell (2), Sterland (2)
2 May 1989 Dundee United H 2–0 39,068 Drinkell, McCoist
6 May 1989 Dundee A 2–1 14,889 Gray (2)
13 May 1989 Aberdeen H 0–3 42,480

Scottish League Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1988 R2 Clyde A 3–0 14,699 Drinkell, Walters, D.Ferguson
24 August 1988 R3 Clydebank H 6–0 34,376 McCoist, Gough, Walters, Wilkins, Drinkell, Durrant
31 August 1988 QF Dundee H 4–1 39,667 McCoist, Walters, I.Ferguson, Forsyth (o.g.)
21 September 1988 SF Heart of Midlothian N 3–0 53,623 Walters (2), Nisbet
23 October 1988 F Aberdeen N 3–2 72,122 McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 January 1989 R3 Raith Rovers A 1–1 10,500 I.Ferguson
1 February 1989 R3 R Raith Rovers H 3–0 40,307 Walters, Drinkell, Fraser (o.g.)
18 February 1989 R4 Stranraer H 8–0 41,198 Drinkell (2), Brown (2), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)
I.Ferguson, Walters
21 March 1989 QF Dundee United H 2–2 42,177 Drinkell, McCoist
27 March 1989 QF R Dundee United A 1–0 21,872 McCoist
15 April 1989 SF St Johnstone N 0–0 47,374
18 April 1989 SF R St Johnstone N 4–0 44,205 Walters, Stevens, Drinkell, McCoist
20 May 1989 F Celtic N 0–1 72,069

UEFA Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 September 1988 R1   GKS Katowice H 1–0 41,120 Walters
5 October 1988 R1   GKS Katowice A 4–2 40,000 Butcher (2), Durrant, I.Ferguson
26 October 1988 R2   Köln A 0–2 42,000
9 November 1988 R2   Köln H 1–1 42,204 Drinkell

Appearances

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Player Position Appearances Goals
  Nicky Walker GK 14 0
  Chris Woods GK 39 0
  John Brown DF 42 3
  Terry Butcher DF 51 4
  Tom Cowan DF 4 0
  Richard Gough DF 51 4
  John McGregor DF 1 0
  Stuart Munro DF 33 4
  Jimmy Nicholl DF 3 0
  Scott Nisbet DF 10 2
  Gary Stevens DF 52 2
  Davie Cooper MF 33 1
  Neale Cooper MF 17 1
  Ian Durrant MF 14 4
  Derek Ferguson MF 24 3
  Ian Ferguson MF 33 13
  Davie Kirkwood MF 2 0
  Ian McCall MF 7 1
  Kevin MacDonald MF 3 0
  Sandy Robertson MF 2 0
  Graeme Souness MF 10 0
  Mark Walters MF 48 17
  Ray Wilkins MF 45 2
  Kevin Drinkell FW 47 19
  Andy Gray FW 16 5
  Ally McCoist FW 33 18
  Gary McSwegan FW 1 0
  Mel Sterland FW 13 3

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 26 4 6 62 26 +36 56 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Aberdeen 36 18 14 4 51 25 +26 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 36 21 4 11 66 44 +22 46 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Dundee United 36 16 12 8 44 26 +18 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Hibernian 36 13 9 14 37 36 +1 35
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

See also

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References

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