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Rangers
1982-83 season
ChairmanRae Simpson
ManagerJohn Greig
GroundIbrox Park
Scottish Premier Division4th
P36 W13 D12 L11 F52 A41
Scottish CupRunners-up
League CupRunners-up
UEFA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
John MacDonald (10)
All:
John MacDonald (20)

The 1982–83 season is the 86th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 57 competitive matches during the 1982–83 season. Greig made big-money signings in the pre-season 1982-83 with renewed hope that they could at least mount a serious title challenge, but once again, the season ended in trophyless failure. Dave MacKinnon - £30,000 from Partick Thistle, Craig Paterson - £200,000 from Hibernian, Robert Prytz from Malmö FF and Sandy Clark from West Ham United, were all welcomed to the club.

The early signs were positive. Rangers reached the 1983 Scottish League Cup Final scoring en route 29 goals in there ten games and eliminated Borussia Dortmund from the UEFA Cup. The opening eight league games saw the side unbeaten but the final match saw Rangers lying in fourth, a massive eighteen points behind champions Dundee United. The team was knocked out of Europe after suffering a 5-0 defeat from Cologne. The 1983 Scottish Cup Final was lost to an Aberdeen side that had won the European Cup Winner's Cup ten days earlier.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
4 September 1982 Motherwell A 2–2 19,159 Prytz (pen), Redford
11 September 1982 Dundee United H 0–0 22,000
18 September 1982 Kilmarnock H 5–0 17,350 MacDonald (2), Russell, Johnstone, McClelland
25 September 1982 Aberdeen A 2–1 20,300 Johnstone, Prytz
2 October 1982 Dundee H 1–1 18,100 Johnstone
9 October 1982 Greenock Morton A 0–0 11,500
16 October 1982 St Mirren A 2–2 12,121 Bett, MacKinnon
23 October 1982 Hibernian H 3–2 16,250 Johnstone (2), McNamara (og)
30 October 1982 Celtic A 2–3 60,408 Prytz, Cooper
6 November 1982 Motherwell H 4–0 17,000 MacDonald (2), Dalziel (2)
13 November 1982 Dundee United A 2–4 16,470 Cooper, Johnstone
20 November 1982 Kilmarnock A 0–0 9,194
27 November 1982 Aberdeen H 0–1 27,000
11 December 1982 Greenock Morton H 1–1 9,500 Prytz (pen)
18 December 1982 St Mirren H 1–0 10,500 MacDonald
27 December 1982 Hibernian A 0–0 15,900
1 January 1983 Celtic H 1–2 45,000 Black
3 January 1983 Motherwell A 0–3 11,383
8 January 1983 Dundee United H 2–1 15,500 Prytz, Kennedy
15 January 1983 Kilmarnock H 1–1 11,223 MacDonald
22 January 1983 Aberdeen A 0–2 21,600
5 February 1983 Dundee H 1–1 8,500 McPherson
12 February 1983 Greenock Morton A 5–0 6,900 Bett (2), Kennedy (2), MacDonald
26 February 1983 St Mirren A 0–1 11,484
2 March 1983 Dundee A 0–1 6,624
5 March 1983 Hibernian H 1–1 10,975 Dalziel
19 March 1983 Motherwell H 1–0 18,000 McClelland
23 March 1983 Celtic H 0–0 51,062
26 March 1983 Kilmarnock A 1–0 6,648 MacDonald
2 April 1983 Dundee United A 1–3 14,142 Clark
9 April 1983 Aberdeen H 2–1 19,800 Redford, Bett
23 April 1983 Greenock Morton H 2–0 9,500 MacDonald, Redford
30 April 1983 St Mirren H 4–0 9,321 Bett (2), MacDonald, Clark
4 May 1983 Dundee A 1–2 4,788 Clark
7 May 1983 Hibernian A 2–1 10,500 Cooper (2)
14 May 1983 Celtic H 2–4 40,500 Clark (2)

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 September 1982 R1 Borussia Dortmund A 0–0 54,000
29 September 1982 R1 Borussia Dortmund H 2–0 44,500 Cooper, Johnstone
20 October 1982 R2 Cologne H 2–1 30,420 Johnstone, McClelland
3 November 1982 R2 Cologne A 0–5 61,000

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
29 January 1983 R3 Falkirk A 2–0 14,700 Kennedy, Oliver (og)
19 February 1983 R4 Forfar Athletic H 2–1 14,500 MacDonald (2)
12 March 1983 QF Queen's Park A 2–1 13,716 Dalziel, Cooper
16 April 1983 SF St Mirren N 1–1 31,102 Clark
19 April 1983 SF R St Mirren N 1–0 25,725 Clark
21 May 1983 F Aberdeen N 0–1 62,979

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 August 1982 SR Hibernian A 1–1 15,980 MacDonald
18 August 1982 SR Airdrieonians H 3–1 9,500 Bett, Paterson, Black
21 August 1982 SR Clydebank A 4–1 7,090 MacDonald (2), Prytz, McClelland
25 August 1982 SR Airdrieonians A 2–1 6,476 Dalziel, Paterson
18 August 1982 SR Hibernian H 0–0 17,600
1 September 1982 SR Clydebank H 3–2 6,300 MacDonald, Prytz (pen), Redford
22 September 1982 QF Kilmarnock A 6–1 7,903 Cooper (4), J.MacDonald (2)
6 October 1982 QF Kilmarnock H 6–0 5,342 MacDonald (2), Johnstone (2),
McPherson, Bett (pen)
27 October 1982 SF Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 25,500 D.Cooper, Bett
10 November 1982 SF Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 18,983 Bett (pen), Johnstone
4 December 1982 F Celtic N 1–2 55,372 Bett

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Jim Stewart GK 33 0
Scotland Dave MacKinnon DF 50 1
Scotland Ally Dawson DF 40 0
Northern Ireland John McClelland DF 56 4
Scotland Craig Paterson DF 36 2
Scotland Jim Bett MF 56 11
Scotland Davie Cooper MF 49 11
Sweden Robert Prytz MF 48 7
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 12 0
Scotland Ian Redford MF 54 4
Scotland John MacDonald FW 47 20
Scotland Derek Johnstone FW 26 11
Scotland Bobby Russell MF 33 1
Scotland Billy MacKay MF 7 0
Scotland Kenny Black MF 23 2
Scotland Dave McPherson DF 27 2
Scotland Gregor Stevens DF 15 0
Scotland Doug Robertson FW 5 0
Scotland Gordon Dalziel MF 22 5
Scotland Andy Kennedy FW 18 4
Scotland Gordon Smith FW 3 0
Scotland Peter McCloy GK 23 0
Scotland Billy Davies MF 8 0
Scotland Kenny Lyall MF 6 0
Scotland Sandy Clark FW 13 7
Scotland Andy Bruce GK 1 0
Scotland Alex Miller DF 2 0

See also

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