1979–80 Rangers F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was the 100th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
1979–80 season
ChairmanRae Simpson
ManagerJohn Greig
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish Premier Division5th
P36 W15 D9 L14 F50 A46 Pts37
Scottish CupRunners-up
League CupThird Round
Cup Winners' CupSecond Round
Glasgow CupNot completed
Drybrough CupWinners
Tennent Caledonian CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Derek Johnstone (15)
All:
Derek Johnstone (21)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1979–80 season. 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 1980 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 European Cup Winner's Cup campaign was ended by the eventual winners Valencia CF after having seen off Lillestrøm SK and Fortuna Düsseldorf in previous rounds.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 1979HibernianA3–117,731A.MacDonald, Cooper, Russell
18 August 1979CelticH2–236,000J.MacDonald, Russell
25 August 1979Partick ThistleA1–220,000Johnstone
8 September 1979St MirrenH3–131,000Johnstone, Smith, Miller
15 September 1979AberdeenA1–325,000Johnstone
22 September 1979DundeeH2–025,000Johnstone, Glennie (o.g.)
29 September 1979KilmarnockA1–215,479Johnstone
6 October 1979Dundee UnitedA0–019,464
13 October 1979MortonH2–225,000Johnstone (2)
20 October 1979HibernianH2–025,000Smith, Miller (pen.)
27 October 1979CelticA0–161,000
3 November 1979Partick ThistleH2–118,400Urquhart (2)
10 November 1979St MirrenA1–217,362A.Forsyth
17 November 1979AberdeenH0–118,500
24 November 1979DundeeA1–313,342Jackson
1 December 1979KilmarnockH2–116,557Johnstone, Russell
8 December 1979MortonA1–014,750Johnstone
15 December 1979Dundee UnitedH2–119,240Johnstone, Kopel (o.g.)
22 December 1979HibernianA1–218,740McLean
29 December 1979CelticH1–136,000Johnstone
5 January 1980St MirrenH1–219,000Jardine (pen.)
12 January 1980AberdeenA2–319,250J.MacDonald, Jackson
23 February 1980MortonH3–128,000Russell, Smith, J.MacDonald
1 March 1980HibernianH1–029,500Johnstone
12 March 1980DundeeH1–017,000Stevens
15 March 1980Partick ThistleH0–022,000
19 March 1980Dundee UnitedA0–09,533
29 March 1980AberdeenH2–225,000Jardine (pen.), J.MacDonald
2 April 1980CelticA0–160,000
5 April 1980DundeeA4–112,948Johnstone (2), Cooper, Smith
19 April 1980MortonA1–015,000Russell
23 April 1980KilmarnockA0–18,504
25 April 1980Dundee UnitedH2–119,000Jardine (pen.), McLean
30 April 1980KilmarnockH1–07,655J.MacDonald
3 May 1980Partick ThistleA3–415,000Russell (2), Johnstone
7 May 1980St MirrenA1–412,000Miller

Cup Winners' Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
21 August 1979QR1LillestrømH1–025,000Smith
5 September 1979QR1LillestrømA2–06,175A.MacDonald, Johnstone
19 September 1979R1Fortuna DüsseldorfH2–136,000A.MacDonald, McLean
3 October 1979R1Fortuna DüsseldorfA0–047,000
24 October 1979R2ValenciaA1–161,000McLean
7 November 1979R2ValenciaH1–336,000Johnstone

Scottish Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 January 1980R3ClydeA2–212,500Jardine (pen.), Jackson
30 January 1980R3 RClydeH2–012,000J.MacDonald (2)
16 February 1980R4Dundee UnitedH1–029,000Johnstone
8 March 1980QFHeart of MidlothianH6–136,000J.MacDonald (2), Cooper, Jardine (pen.),
Russell, Johnstone
12 April 1980SFAberdeenN1–050,000Johnstone
10 May 1980FCelticN0–170,303

League Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
29 August 1979R2ClydeA2–15,021Dawson, Robertson
1 September 1979R2ClydeH4–016,000MacKay (2), Smith, O'Neill (o.g.)
26 September 1979R3AberdeenA1–322,000Johnstone
10 October 1979R3AberdeenH0–235,000

Drybrough Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 July 1979R1Berwick RangersH1–015,000A MacDonald
1 August 1979SFKilmarnockA2–010,035J MacDonald (2)
4 August 1979FCelticN3–140,609J MacDonald, Jardine, Cooper

Tennent Caledonian Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
3 August 1979SFWest Ham UnitedH3–2
5 August 1979FKilmarnockH2–2

Glasgow Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 1979SFPartick ThistleA2–0✝7,000Smith, Cooper

✝Competition not completed

Appearances
Player Position Appearances Goals
Peter McCloy GK 500
George Young GK 20
Alex Miller DF 303
Ally Dawson DF 461
Sandy Jardine DF 515
Colin Jackson DF 423
Kenny Watson MF 260
Tommy McLean MF 394
Bobby Russell MF 338
Derek Johnstone FW 4721
Alex MacDonald MF 393
Davie Cooper MF 433
John MacDonald FW 359
Gordon Smith FW 456
Gregor Stevens DF 391
Derek Parlane FW 60
Alex Forsyth DF 111
Billy Urquhart FW 62
Gordon Dalziel MF 20
Billy MacKay MF 52
Tom Forsyth DF 220
Ian Redford MF 130
Chris Robertson FW 31

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 St Mirren 36 15 12 9 56 49 +7 42 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Dundee United 36 12 13 11 43 30 +13 37
5 Rangers 36 15 7 14 50 46 +4 37
6 Morton 36 14 8 14 51 46 +5 36
7 Partick Thistle 36 11 14 11 43 47 −4 36
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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References
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