1984–85 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 1984-85 football season
Rangers
1984-85 season
ChairmanJohn Paton
ManagerJock Wallace
GroundIbrox
Scottish Premier Division4th
P36 F13 D12 L11 F47 A38 Pts38
Scottish CupFourth Round
League CupWinners
UEFA CupSecond Round
Glasgow CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ally McCoist (12)

All:
Ally McCoist (18)

The 1984–85 season was the 105th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1984–85 season.

The season was Wallace's first full season in charge since his return. The team continued the strong form they had ended the previous season in, and by Christmas were in third place, in touching distance of the top of the table. However, a defeat to rivals Celtic on New Year's Day saw the club's form completely implode, and they only won four more league games all season. Rangers again finished fourth in the league by a massive twenty-one point record behind champions Aberdeen. This disappointment was not caused due to a lack of investment in the playing squad. A total of £495,000 was spent bringing in Iain Ferguson and Cammy Fraser from Dundee, Ted McMinn from Queen of the South and bringing back Derek Johnstone from Chelsea.

The club won the Scottish League Cup (Skol Cup) for he second season in a row defeating Dundee United in the final. A solitary Iain Ferguson strike gave Rangers a 1–0 win.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 1984 St Mirren H 0–0 22,398
18 August 1984 Dumbarton A 2–1 9,607 McCoist, Redford
25 August 1984 Celtic H 0–0 43,500
1 September 1984 Dundee A 2–0 14,156 I.Ferguson, Redford
8 September 1984 Hibernian H 2–0 22,601 Paterson, MacDonald
15 September 1984 Aberdeen A 0–0 23,500
22 September 1984 Greenock Morton H 2–0 16,995 McCoist, Fraser
29 September 1984 Dundee United H 1–0 29,232 Paterson
6 October 1984 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 18,097
13 October 1984 St Mirren A 2–0 14,389 Redford, I.Ferguson
20 October 1984 Dumbarton H 0–0 16,521
3 November 1984 Dundee H 0–0 14,588
10 November 1984 Hibernian A 2–2 14,000 Fraser, Cooper
17 November 1984 Aberdeen H 1–2 44,000 Mitchell
24 November 1984 Greenock Morton A 3–1 11,000 Redford (2), Dawson
1 December 1984 Dundee United A 1–1 16,477 Mitchell
8 December 1984 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 16,700 Mitchell
15 December 1984 St Mirren H 2–0 12,763 Fraser, MacDonald
22 December 1984 Celtic A 1–1 43,748 Cooper
29 December 1984 Dumbarton A 4–2 7,800 I.Ferguson, McMinn, Mitchell, Cooper
1 January 1985 Celtic H 1–2 45,000 Cooper
5 January 1985 Dundee A 2–2 11,991 I.Ferguson (2)
12 January 1985 Hibernian H 1–2 18,500 I.Ferguson
19 January 1985 Aberdeen A 1–5 23,000 Prytz
2 February 1985 Greenock Morton H 2–0 14,121 MacDonald, Johnstone
9 February 1985 Dundee United H 0–0 19,370
23 February 1985 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 14,004
2 March 1985 Dumbarton H 3–1 8,424 McCoist (2), E.Ferguson
16 March 1985 St Mirren A 1–2 8,608 McCoist
23 March 1985 Dundee H 1–3 9,954 McCoist
6 April 1985 Aberdeen H 1–2 23,437 Prytz
20 April 1985 Greenock Morton A 3–0 7,000 McCoist (3)
27 April 1985 Heart of Midlothian H 3–1 12,913 McCoist, Prytz (pen.), Cooper
1 May 1985 Celtic A 1–1 40,079 McCoist (pen.)
4 May 1985 Dundee United A 1–2 10,251 McCoist
11 May 1985 Hibernian A 0–1 7,149

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 September 1984 R1 Bohemian A 2–3 10,000 McCoist, McPherson
3 October 1984 R1 Bohemian H 2–0 31,000 Paterson, Redford
24 October 1984 R2 Inter Milan A 0–3 65,591
7 November 1984 R2 Inter Milan H 3–1 30,594 I.Ferguson (2), Mitchell

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
26 January 1985 R3 Morton A 3–3 12,012 Prytz, MacDonald, McPherson
30 January 1985 R3 R Morton H 3–1 18,166 Mitchell, Fraser, MacDonald
16 February 1985 R4 Dundee H 0–1 26,619

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
22 August 1984 R2 Falkirk H 1–0 10,429 McPherson
29 August 1984 R3 Raith Rovers H 4–0 10,132 McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Paterson, Redford
5 September 1984 QF Cowdenbeath A 3–1 9,925 I.Ferguson, Russell, Redford
26 September 1984 SF L1 Meadowbank Thistle H 4–0 12,600 McCoist (2), I.Ferguson, Fraser
9 October 1984 SF L2 Meadowbank Thistle A 1–1 5,100 McCoist
28 October 1984 F Dundee United N 1–0 44,698 I.Ferguson

Glasgow Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 May 1985 SF Partick Thistle A 2–1 3,264 McPherson, McCoist
9 September 1985 F Queen's Park N 5–0 3,584 Fraser (3), Ferguson, McCoist (pen)

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Nicky Walker GK 20 0
Scotland Hugh Burns DF 16 0
Scotland Ally Dawson DF 35 1
Scotland Dave MacKinnon DF 41 0
Northern Ireland John McClelland DF 20 0
Scotland Ian Redford MF 37 8
Scotland John MacDonald FW 23 5
Scotland Cammy Fraser MF 41 5
Scotland Iain Ferguson MF 39 11
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 38 18
Scotland Davie Cooper MF 44 5
Scotland Scott Fraser DF 2 0
Scotland Eric Ferguson FW 9 1
Scotland Craig Paterson DF 33 4
Scotland Bobby Russell MF 26 1
Scotland Sandy Clark FW 4 0
Scotland Dave McPherson DF 44 3
Australia Dave Mitchell MF 21 6
Scotland Peter McCloy GK 27 0
Sweden Robert Prytz MF 28 4
Scotland Ted McMinn MF 20 1
Scotland Robert Fleck MF 11 0
Scotland Stuart Munro DF 18 0
Scotland Derek Ferguson MF 8 0
Scotland Derek Johnstone FW 12 1
Scotland Bobby Williamson FW 1 0
Scotland Dave MacFarlane MF 3 0
Scotland Andy Bruce GK 1 0
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 5 0

League table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Celtic 36 22 8 6 77 30 +47 52 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Dundee United 36 20 7 9 67 33 +34 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Rangers 36 13 12 11 47 38 +9 38
5 St Mirren 36 17 4 15 51 56 −5 38
6 Dundee 36 15 7 14 48 50 −2 37
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

See also

References

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