1994–95 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1994–95 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W20 D9 L7 F60 A35
Scottish Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Champions League Qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Mark Hateley (13)
All:
Mark Hateley (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season is the 114th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The club won the Premier Division with a commanding sixteen point lead over nearest challengers Motherwell.

The cup competitions were not so successful as the side crashed out the Scottish Cup in the fourth round to Hearts, losing 4–2. In the League Cup the side was defeated 2–1 by Falkirk.

The European campaign was over as soon as it began, the club was knocked out the UEFA Champions League in the first round by AEK Athens, losing 3-0 on aggregate.

Rangers made three expensive signings at the start of the season in shape of defenders Basile Boli and Alan McLaren, as well as forward Brian Laudrup. On his way out of the club was misfit striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.2million deal (£200,000 more than Rangers had paid for him) after two months on loan at the English club.

The club's successful season was overshadowed by the death in March of club legend Davie Cooper at the age of 39.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
29 June 1994 France Basile Boli France Marseille £2.7m 2
21 July 1994 Denmark Brian Laudrup Italy Fiorentina £2.5m
27 July 1994 Scotland Billy Thomson Scotland Motherwell Free
26 October 1994 Scotland Alan McLaren Scotland Hearts £2m
27 January 1995 Scotland Alec Cleland Scotland Dundee United Joint [1]
27 January 1995 Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland Dundee United Joint [1]

Out

Date Player To Fee
30 June 1994 England Chris Vinnicombe England Burnley £0.2m
28 July 1994 England Stephen Watson Scotland St Mirren Free
22 September 1994 England Gary Stevens England Tranmere Rovers £0.35m
4 October 1994 Scotland Ian Durrant England Everton Loan
19 October 1994 Scotland Steven Pressley England Coventry City £0.6m
25 October 1994 Scotland Dave McPherson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Swap [2]
1 December 1994 Scotland David Hagen Scotland Heart of Midlothian
11 December 1994 Scotland Duncan Ferguson England Everton £4.2m
30 December 1994 Netherlands Peter Huistra Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima £0.5m
10 March 1995 Scotland Fraser Wishart Scotland Heart of Midlothian £0.05m
24 March 1995 Scotland Scott McCulloch Scotland Hamilton Academical Free

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 1994 MotherwellH2–143,750Hateley, D.Ferguson
20 August 1994 Partick ThistleA2–015,030Hateley, Byrne (o.g.)
27 August 1994 CelticH0–245,466
11 September 1994 Heart of MidlothianH3–041,041Hateley (2), Durie
17 September 1994 FalkirkA2–012,419Boli, Laudrup
24 September 1994 AberdeenA2–219,191Hateley, Moore
1 October 1994 Dundee UnitedH2–043,030Hateley, Laudrup
8 October 1994 HibernianA1–212,118Boli
15 October 1994 KilmarnockH2–044,099Miller, Robertson
22 October 1994 MotherwellA1–211,160Philliben (o.g.)
30 October 1994 CelticA3–132,171Hateley (2), Laudrup
5 November 1994 Partick ThistleH3–043,696Miller, Hateley, Laudrup
9 November 1994 Heart of MidlothianA1–112,347Hateley
19 November 1994 FalkirkH1–144,018Hateley
25 November 1994 AberdeenH1–045,072McCoist
4 December 1994 Dundee UnitedA3–010,692Laudrup, Huistra, Durrant
10 December 1994 KilmarnockA2–117,283McLaren, Laudrup
26 December 1994 HibernianH2–044,892Hateley, Gough
31 December 1994 MotherwellA3–111,269McCall, Laudrup, Durie
4 January 1995 CelticH1–145,794I.Ferguson
7 January 1995 Partick ThistleA1–119,351Robertson
14 January 1995 FalkirkA3–213,495Huistra (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist
21 January 1995 Heart of MidlothianH1–044,231Miller
4 February 1995 Dundee UnitedH1–144,197Robertson
12 February 1995 AberdeenA0–218,060
25 February 1995 KilmarnockH3–044,859Durie, Laudrup, Durrant
4 March 1995 HibernianA1–112,059McCall
11 March 1995 FalkirkH2–243,359Brown, Laudrup
18 March 1995 Heart of MidlothianA1–29,806Laudrup
1 April 1995 Dundee UnitedA2–011,035Durie, McLaren
8 April 1995 AberdeenH3–244,460Durrant, Murray, Hateley
16 April 1995 HibernianH3–144,193Durie, Durrant, Mikhailichenko
20 April 1995 KilmarnockA1–016,086Mikhailichenko
29 April 1995 MotherwellH0–243,576
7 May 1995 CelticA0–331,025
13 May 1995 Partick ThistleH1–145,280Moore

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1994 QRAEK AthensA0–230,000
24 August 1994 QRAEK AthensH0–144,789

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 February 1995 R3Hamilton AcademicalA3–118,379Steven, Boli, Laudrup
20 February 1995 R4Heart of MidlothianA2–412,375Laudrup, Durie

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 1994R2ArbroathA6–14,665D.Ferguson (3), Hateley (2), McCall
31 August 1994 R3FalkirkH1–240,697Laudrup

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Goram, AndyAndy Goram GK 22 0
Scotland Murray, NeilNeil Murray MF 22 1
Scotland Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson DF 28 3
Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough DF 31 1
France Boli, BasileBasile Boli DF 31 3
Scotland McPherson, DaveDave McPherson DF 12 0
Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant MF 31 4
Scotland McCall, StuartStuart McCall MF 36 4
Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist FW 9 1
England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley FW 28 15
Denmark Laudrup, BrianBrian Laudrup MF 38 13
Scotland Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson FW 7 4
Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown DF 16 1
Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore DF 25 2
Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson MF 20 1
Scotland Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley DF 3 0
Scotland Durie, GordonGordon Durie FW 25 6
Ukraine Mikhailichenko, AlexeiAlexei Mikhailichenko MF 9 2
Scotland Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller MF 23 3
Netherlands Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra MF 15 3
Scotland Hagen, DavidDavid Hagen MF 2 0
Scotland Wishart, FraserFraser Wishart DF 4 0
Scotland McLaren, AlanAlan McLaren DF 25 2
Scotland Scott, ColinColin Scott GK 4 0
Scotland McGinty, BrianBrian McGinty MF 1 0
Scotland Maxwell, AllyAlly Maxwell GK 14 0
England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven MF 13 1
Scotland Bollan, GaryGary Bollan DF 6 0
Scotland Cleland, AlecAlec Cleland DF 11 0
Scotland Thomson, BillyBilly Thomson GK 5 0
Scotland Robertson, LeeLee Robertson MF 1 0
Scotland Caldwell, NeilNeil Caldwell DF 1 0
Scotland McKnight, PaulPaul McKnight FW 1 0
England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens DF 1 0

References

  1. 1 2 Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750,000 deal
  2. ↑ Part exchange for Alan McLaren plus £2m

See also

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