1974–75 Rangers F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was the 95th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
1974-75 season
ChairmanMatt Taylor
ManagerJock Wallace
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish League Division One1st
P34 W25 D6 L3 F86 A33 Pts56
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSectional Round
Texaco CupQuarter-Final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Derek Parlane (18)
All:
Derek Parlane (18)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1974–75 season. Rangers won the final Scottish Football League Division One title before it was rebranded as the Scottish Premier Division. They also stopped Celtic's quest for ten-in-a-row. The decisive championship match came on 29 March 1975, Rangers needed a point away to Hibernian and that's exactly what they got. The Edinburgh club finished second to Rangers with Celtic back in third, a full eleven points behind.

The cup competitions however, provided little success as Rangers crashed out of the Scottish Cup in the third round to Aberdeen and could not progress past the sectional round in the League Cup.

There was no competitive European football that season. However, Rangers returned to Camp Nou, Barcelona to play for the Joan Gamper Trophy. They defeated Athletic Club de Bilbao but lost 4–1 to the hosts in the final.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
31 August 1974Ayr UnitedA1–120,000Jardine (pen.)
7 September 1974Partick ThistleH3–225,000Fyfe (2), Young
14 September 1974CelticA2–165,000McDougall, Jackson
21 September 1974DumbartonH3–218,000Johnstone (2), Scott
28 September 1974KilmarnockA6–019,609Young (2), Jardine (pen.), McKean, Johnstone, McLean
2 October 1974MortonH2–025,000Forsyth, McLean
12 October 1974Dunfermline AthleticA6–118,000Parlane (5), Johnstone
19 October 1974ClydeH3–125,000Jardine (pen), Fyfe, Johnstone
26 October 1974Heart of MidlothianA1–129,000Jardine (pen.)
2 November 1974St JohnstoneA2–113,260McLean, Young
9 November 1974DundeeH1–025,000McKean
16 November 1974MotherwellA5–019,409Johnstone, Young, MacDonald, Parlane, McKean
23 November 1974HibernianH0–131,500
30 November 1974Dundee UnitedH4–226,000Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Parlane, McLean
7 December 1974AberdeenA2–126,000Johnstone, McLean
14 December 1974ArbroathH3–020,000Parlane (2), Jackson
21 December 1974AirdrieoniansA3–419,500Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Johnstone
28 December 1974Ayr UnitedH3–022,000McLean, Jardine (pen.), Parlane
1 January 1975Partick ThistleA4–022,000Jackson, McLean, McDougall, Greig
4 January 1975CelticH3–071,000Johnstone, McLean, Parlane
11 January 1975DumbartonA5–115,800McLean (3), Parlane, Johnstone
1 February 1975MortonA1–117,000Fyfe
8 February 1975Dunfermline AthleticH2–023,500McLean, MacDonald
15 February 1975KilmarnockH3–327,157Parlane (3)
22 February 1975ClydeA2–120,000McKean, O'Hara
1 March 1975Heart of MidlothianH2–140,000McKean, McLean
8 March 1975St JohnstoneH1–042,500Young
15 March 1975DundeeA2–122,700McLean, Parlane
22 March 1975MotherwellH3–036,500Johnstone (2), Miller
29 March 1975HibernianA1–138,585Stein
5 April 1975Dundee UnitedA2–241,000McLean, Johnstone
12 April 1975AberdeenH3–241,000Johnstone, Stein, Miller (pen.)
19 April 1975ArbroathA2–16,393Stein, Parlane
26 April 1975AirdrieoniansH0–165,000

Scottish Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 January 1975R3AberdeenA1–130,000Scott, Miller
10 February 1975R3 RAberdeenH1–253,000McKean

League Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 1974SRSt JohnstoneH3–225,000Scott, Jardine, Conn
10 August 1974SRHibernianA1–323,539Scott
14 August 1974SRSt JohnstoneA6–35,800Young (2), Jardine (2), Scott, Forsyth
17 August 1974SRDundeeA2–018,548Jardine, Fyfe
24 August 1974SRDundeeH4–035,000Johnstone (2), Jardine (pen.), Scott
28 August 1974SRHibernianH0–160,000

Texaco Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 September 1974QF L1SouthamptonH1–3
1 October 1974QF L2SouthamptonA0–2

Appearances
Player Position Appearances Goals
Stewart Kennedy GK 420
Sandy Jardine DF 4214
Alex Miller DF 252
Derek Johnstone DF 3516
Colin Jackson DF 403
Tom Forsyth MF 371
Tommy McLean MF 4114
Quinton Young MF 348
Derek Parlane FW 3518
Graham Fyfe MF 175
Ally Scott FW 176
Ian McDougall DF 152
Alex MacDonald MF 332
John Greig DF 231
Bobby McKean MF 286
Jim Denny DF 120
Alex O'Hara MF 71
Johnny Hamilton MF 30
Colin Stein FW 83
Peter McCloy GK 00
Willie Mathieson DF 20
Richard Sharp FW 10

See also

References
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