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1974–75 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1974-75 season
ChairmanMatt Taylor
ManagerJock Wallace Jr.
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)

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

Overview

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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 Bilbao but lost 4–1 to the hosts in the final.

Results

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
31 August 1974 Ayr United A 1–1 20,102 Jardine (pen.)
7 September 1974 Partick Thistle H 3–2 25,356 Fyfe (2), Young
14 September 1974 Celtic A 2–1 65,447 McDougall, Jackson
21 September 1974 Dumbarton H 3–2 22,211 Johnstone (2), Scott
28 September 1974 Kilmarnock A 6–0 19,609 Young (2), Jardine (pen.), McKean, Johnstone, McLean
2 October 1974 Morton H 2–0 25,008 Forsyth, McLean
12 October 1974 Dunfermline Athletic A 6–1 18,000 Parlane (5), Johnstone
19 October 1974 Clyde H 3–1 25,954 Jardine (pen), Fyfe, Johnstone
26 October 1974 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 29,000 Jardine (pen.)
2 November 1974 St Johnstone A 2–1 13,260 McLean, Young
9 November 1974 Dundee H 1–0 25,890 McKean
16 November 1974 Motherwell A 5–0 19,409 Johnstone, Young, MacDonald, Parlane, McKean
23 November 1974 Hibernian H 0–1 31,530
30 November 1974 Dundee United H 4–2 26,202 Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Parlane, McLean
7 December 1974 Aberdeen A 2–1 26,000 Johnstone, McLean
14 December 1974 Arbroath H 3–0 24,211 Parlane (2), Jackson
21 December 1974 Airdrieonians A 3–4 19,500 Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Johnstone
28 December 1974 Ayr United H 3–0 26,009 McLean, Jardine (pen.), Parlane
1 January 1975 Partick Thistle A 4–0 22,000 Jackson, McLean, McDougall, Greig
4 January 1975 Celtic H 3–0 71,389 Johnstone, McLean, Parlane
11 January 1975 Dumbarton A 5–1 15,800 McLean (3), Parlane, Johnstone
1 February 1975 Morton A 1–1 17,000 Fyfe
8 February 1975 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 23,580 McLean, MacDonald
15 February 1975 Kilmarnock H 3–3 27,157 Parlane (3)
22 February 1975 Clyde A 2–1 20,000 McKean, O'Hara
1 March 1975 Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 40,540 McKean, McLean
8 March 1975 St Johnstone H 1–0 42,500 Young
15 March 1975 Dundee A 2–1 22,700 McLean, Parlane
22 March 1975 Motherwell H 3–0 36,590 Johnstone (2), Miller
29 March 1975 Hibernian A 1–1 38,585 Stein
5 April 1975 Dundee United A 2–2 21,000 McLean, Johnstone
12 April 1975 Aberdeen H 3–2 41,198 Johnstone, Stein, Miller (pen.)
19 April 1975 Arbroath A 2–1 6,393 Stein, Parlane
26 April 1975 Airdrieonians H 0–1 65,121

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 January 1975 R3 Aberdeen A 1–1 30,000 Scott, Miller
10 February 1975 R3 R Aberdeen H 1–2 53,106 McKean

League Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 1974 SR St Johnstone H 3–2 25,000 Scott, Jardine, Conn
10 August 1974 SR Hibernian A 1–3 23,539 Scott
14 August 1974 SR St Johnstone A 6–3 5,800 Young (2), Jardine (2), Scott, Forsyth
17 August 1974 SR Dundee A 2–0 18,548 Jardine, Fyfe
24 August 1974 SR Dundee H 4–0 35,000 Johnstone (2), Jardine (pen.), Scott
28 August 1974 SR Hibernian H 0–1 60,054

Texaco Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 September 1974 QF L1 Southampton H 1–3
1 October 1974 QF L2 Southampton A 0–2

Appearances

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Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Stewart Kennedy GK 42 0
Scotland Sandy Jardine DF 42 14
Scotland Alex Miller DF 25 2
Scotland Derek Johnstone DF 35 16
Scotland Colin Jackson DF 40 3
Scotland Tom Forsyth MF 37 1
Scotland Tommy McLean MF 41 14
Scotland Quinton Young MF 34 8
Scotland Derek Parlane FW 35 18
Scotland Graham Fyfe MF 17 5
Scotland Ally Scott FW 17 6
Scotland Ian McDougall DF 15 2
Scotland Alex MacDonald MF 33 2
Scotland John Greig DF 23 1
Scotland Bobby McKean MF 28 6
Scotland Jim Denny DF 12 0
Scotland Alex O'Hara MF 7 1
Scotland Johnny Hamilton MF 3 0
Scotland Colin Stein FW 8 3
Scotland Peter McCloy GK 0 0
Scotland Willie Mathieson DF 2 0
Scotland Richard Sharp FW 1 0

See also

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References

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