Rangers F.C. season 1988-89

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rangers
Season 1988-89
Manager Graeme Souness
Chairman David Holmes
League Scottish Premier Division
Final league position 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)
← Previous season
1987-88		 Next season →
1989-90

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

Contents

[edit] 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 consectutive league title.

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.

[edit] Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 Aug 1988 Hamilton A 2-0 10,500 Stevens, McCoist
20 Aug 1988 Hibernian H 0-0 41,955
27 Aug 1988 Celtic H 5-1 42,858 McCoist (2), Wilkins, Drinkell, Walters
03 Sep 1988 Motherwell A 2-0 20,112 Drinkell, Durrant
17 Sep 1988 Hearts A 2-1 25,501 Durrant (pen), Nisbet
24 Sep 1988 St Mirren H 2-1 35,523 Davie Cooper (pen), Walters
27 Sep 1988 Dundee United A 1-0 20,071 Ian Ferguson
01 Oct 1988 Dundee H 2-0 40,768 Drinkell, Walters
08 Oct 1988 Aberdeen A 1-2 23,370 Neale Cooper
12 Oct 1988 Hibernian A 1-0 26,000 McCoist
29 Oct 1988 St Mirren A 1-1 20,903 Gray
01 Nov 1988 Hearts H 3-0 36,505 Gough, Walters (pen), Gray
05 Nov 1988 Motherwell A 2-1 36,060 Brown, Drinkell
12 Nov 1988 Celtic A 1-3 60,113 Walters
16 Nov 1988 Hamilton H 3-1 33,684 Gray, Ian Ferguson, Drinkell
19 Nov 1988 Dundee A 0-0 16,514
26 Nov 1988 Aberdeen H 1-0 42,239 Gough
03 Dec 1988 Dundee United H 0-1 39,123
10 Dec 1988 Hearts A 0-2 26,424
17 Dec 1988 Hibernian H 1-0 36,672 McCall
31 Dec 1988 Hamilton A 1-0 10,500 Derek Ferguson
03 Jan 1989 Celtic H 4-1 42,515 Walters (2, 1 pen), Butcher, Ian Ferguson
07 Jan 1989 Motherwell A 1-2 19,275 Drinkell
14 Jan 1989 Aberdeen A 2-1 23,000 Munro, Derek Ferguson
21 Jan 1989 Dundee H 3-1 43,202 Ian Ferguson, Butcher, McCoist
11 Feb 1989 Dundee United A 1-1 22,019 Munro
25 Feb 1989 St Mirren H 3-1 39,021 Ian Ferguson, McCoist, Walters
11 Mar 1989 Hamilton H 3-0 35,733 Ian Ferguson, Sterland, Gough
25 Mar 1989 Hibernian A 1-0 23,321 Drinkell
01 Apr 1989 Celtic A 2-1 60,171 Drinkell, Ian Ferguson
08 Apr 1989 Motherwell H 1-0 33,782 McCoist
22 Apr 1989 St Mirren A 2-0 22,096 Ian Ferguson, McCoist
29 Apr 1989 Hearts H 4-0 42,856 Drinkell (2), Sterland (2)
02 May 1989 Dundee United H 2-0 39,068 Drinkell, McCoist
06 May 1989 Dundee A 2-1 14,889 Gray (2)
13 May 1989 Aberdeen H 0-3 42,480

[edit] UEFA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
07 Sep 1988 GKS Katowice H 1-0 41,120 Walters
05 Oct 1988 GKS Katowice A 4-2 40,000 Butcher (2), Durrant, Ian Ferguson
26 Oct 1988 Cologne A 0-2 42,000
09 Nov 1988 Cologne H 1-1 42,204 Drinkell

[edit] Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 Jan 1989 Raith Rovers A 1-1 10,500 Ian Ferguson
01 Feb 1989 Raith Rovers H 3-0 40,307 Walters, Drinkell, Fraser (og)
18 Feb 1989 Stranraer H 8-0 41,198 Drinkell (2), Brown (2), McCoist (2, 1 pen), Ian Ferguson, Walters
21 Mar 1989 Dundee United H 2-2 42,177 Drinkell, McCoist
27 Mar 1989 Dundee United A 1-0 21,872 McCoist
15 Apr 1989 St Johnstone N 0-0 47,374
18 Apr 1989 St Johnstone N 4-0 44,205 Walters, Stevens, Drinkell, McCoist
20 May 1989 Celtic N 0-1 72,069

[edit] League Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 Aug 1988 Clyde A 3-0 14,699 Drinkell, Walters, Derek Ferguson
24 Aug 1988 Clydebank H 6-0 34,376 McCoist, Gough, Walters, Wilkins, Drinkell, Durrant
31 Aug 1988 Dundee H 4-1 39,667 McCoist, Walters, Ian Ferguson, Forsyth (og)
21 Sep 1988 Hearts N 3-0 53,623 Walters (2), Nisbet
23 Oct 1988 Aberdeen N 3-2 72,122 McCoist (2, 1 pen), Ian Ferguson

[edit] Appearances

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

[edit] See also


Rangers F.C. seasons
v • d • e

1890-91 | 1891-92 | 1892-93 | 1893-94 | 1894-95 | 1895-96 | 1896-97 | 1897-98 | 1898-99 | 1899-00 | 1900-01 | 1901-02 | 1902-03 | 1903-04 | 1904-05 | 1905-06 | 1906-07 | 1907-08 | 1908-09 | 1909-10 | 1910-11 | 1911-12 | 1912-13 | 1913-14 | 1914-15 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1917-18 | 1918-19 | 1919-20 | 1920-21 | 1921-22 | 1922-23 | 1923-24 | 1924-25 | 1925-26 | 1926-27 | 1927-28 | 1928-29 | 1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | 1938-39 | 1939-40 | 1940-41 | 1941-42 | 1942-43 | 1943-44 | 1944-45 | 1945-46 |1946-47 | 1947-48 | 1948-49 | 1949-50 | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | 1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | 1959-60 | 1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |