[191][192], The bitter rivalry with Aberdeen developed following an incident in the 1979 League Cup final when Rangers' Derek Johnstone provoked the fury of the Dons support with what they believed was a blatant dive but which resulted in the dismissal of Aberdeen's Doug Rougvie and a Rangers victory. Rangers' youth teams are also accommodated at the centre, with around 140 players between under-10 and under-19 age groups using the facilities. [131] Rangers again ended the season in 3rd place, behind Celtic and Aberdeen for the second year in a row. Rangers have won 146 trophies at senior level, 54 of them being League titles. [183] It includes representatives from all over the globe – including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Australia – as well as closer to home in the United Kingdom. Occasionally the home kit will be altered by the shorts and socks, sometimes replacing the black socks with white ones; or replacing the white shorts and black socks combination with royal blue shorts and socks. Both crests have undergone minor variations since their introduction. [272][273], Rangers have appeared in theatre a number of times in shows such as Follow Follow: The Rangers Story at the King's Theatre in 1994 starring Scottish actors Barbara Rafferty, Alexander Morton, Jonathan Watson, Iain Robertson, Ronnie Letham and Stuart Bowman; Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim at the Pavilion Theatre in 2009;[274][275] Divided City at the Citizens Theatre in 2011; and, more recently, Billy and Tim and the Wee Glesga Ghost in 2015, and Rally Roon the Rangers in 2019, both at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. [226], The fans of Rangers also have a fan-friendship with the German club Hamburger SV, dating from the 1970s when Scots moved to the German port in search of work and reinforced by their shared affection for the midfielder Jörg Albertz. [84], Ally McCoist took over from Walter Smith in June 2011 but season 2011–12 started with Rangers eliminated from two European competitions before the end of August: losing to Swedish side Malmö FF in the Champions League third round qualifying match,[85] and to Slovenian side Maribor in a Europa League qualifying match. [126], In late December, after a search for a more experienced manager proved unsuccessful, including a failed attempt to appoint Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, Murty (who had won back-to-back games over Aberdeen[127][128] and also defeated Hibernian away from home[129] during his interim spell) was appointed to the role until the end of the season. [73][307][308] 9 men have taken charge of the side on a caretaker basis, while 5 men served as Secretaries choosing the team, prior to the appointment of the club's first manager William Wilton in 1899. In 2008, the club became the first Scottish side to be selected as a partner club of UNICEF. Three … [241][242][243] The accountancy firm BDO was appointed to investigate the years of financial mismanagement at the club. Shared with Dumbarton F.C. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Rangers have had three foreign managers during their history; Dick Advocaat (1 June 1998 to 12 December 2001),[45][52] Paul Le Guen (9 May 2006 to 4 January 2007) and Pedro Caixinha (11 March 2017 to 26 October 2017). 2. They won the Premiership in 2020–21, their first top-flight title in ten years. [232][233] In April the administrators estimated that the club's total debts could top £134m which was largely dependent on the outcome of a First Tier Tax Tribunal concerning a disputed tax bill in relation to an Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") scheme employed by the club since 2001. Rangers' first match, in May that year, was a goalless friendly draw with Callander on Glasgow Green. they have won 52 Scottish league titles, 33 Scottish Cups & 25 Scottish League … [106] Rangers also reached the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which they lost to Raith Rovers[107] and the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, in which they lost 3–1 at Ibrox to Dundee United. [70] However, amid claims of disharmony between the manager and captain Barry Ferguson,[71] it was announced on 4 January 2007 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent. A full list of Rangers commercial partners and sponsors can be found on the official club website and in the Rangers matchday programme, available at every home game. The scroll crest first appeared on the teams shorts for the start of the 1978–79 season.[148][149]. [134] However, Rangers were then defeated by Celtic in the first Old Firm match of the season,[135] and the following month were eliminated from the League Cup by Aberdeen. [223] In February 2015, following sectarian singing from Rangers fans at a match at Raith Rovers, the SPFL came in for criticism for their failure or inability to deal with the issue. Choices were limited to post World War II era players only. ", a fictional side. Chelsea have won 28 trophies – The Blues have won six top flight English titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups and they were the first English club to win every UEFA trophy. [43], Rangers' ninth consecutive championship title was secured at Tannadice Park on 7 May 1997, with a single-goal victory over Dundee United. Intercontinental competition started in 1960 with the Intercontinental Cup, which consisted of a two-legged tie between the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores winners from 1960 to 1979. It's a fact is it Man Utd. USC = UEFA European Super Cup, Football clubs in Europe (UEFA) listed by honours won, "NOW YOU KNOW: Celtic lost 1-0 in the Battle of Montevideo", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_football_clubs_in_Scotland_by_major_honours_won&oldid=1013400072, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 March 2021, at 12:40. Discover the all major honours and trophies the Tottenham Hotspur team have won throughout the years, including historic images. David Hill was also a founder member. [65] On 9 February 2006, it was announced by David Murray that McLeish would be standing down as manager at the end of that season. [116] Under McCall, Rangers finished third in the league and then reached the Premiership play-off final, which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to Motherwell.[117]. [118] Rangers went on to win the 2015–16 Scottish Championship and automatic promotion to the Scottish Premiership, ending their four-year stint in the lower divisions. The club has also adopted the anthem of "The Best" written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight for when Rangers and the opposition team exit the tunnel prior to kick off. Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. [150][151], The club colours of Rangers F.C. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. [266] Rangers first-team players also visit the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow every year during the festive period where they hand out presents to the children and donate money to the hospital activity fund.[267]. The scroll crest was replaced in 1959 with the lion rampant club crest which featured a lion rampant, an old-style football and the club's motto Ready, which was shortened from Aye Ready (meaning Always Ready in Scots), all surrounded by the team name, Rangers Football Club. This season’s Scottish Premiership win is a continued record of 55 titles, added to 33 Scottish Cups, 27 Scottish League Cups and a 1971/72 European Cup Winners’ Cup. [26] Leading the club for 34 years until 1954, Struth won more trophies than any manager in Scottish Football history, amassing 18 league championships, 10 Scottish Cups, two League Cups, seven war-time championships, 19 Glasgow Cups, 17 Glasgow Merchant Charity Cups and other war-time honours. [216][217][218] UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body has punished Rangers for incidents during European ties, most notably Villarreal in 2006,[219] Osasuna in 2007,[220] PSV Eindhoven in 2011,[221][222] and at Ibrox in 2019. Rangers held the record for most top-flight domestic league titles won by a football club: 54 in Scottish Division 1 and the Scottish Premier League, between 1891 and 2011. Between 1990 and 1994 'Rangers Football Club' and the 'Ready' motto appeared above and below the Crest respectively. On 7 March 2021, Rangers won the league title after Celtic drew 0–0 with Dundee United at Tannadice, leaving Rangers 20 points clear with only six games left to play. Never appeared on the shirt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rangers_F.C._records_and_statistics Rangers' first-ever Scottish Cup win came in 1894 after a 3–1 final victory over rivals Celtic. [46] A second-consecutive league title was won by a record 21-point margin,[47] the club securing a domestic double with a 4–0 Scottish Cup final victory over Aberdeen. [227] Two of the founders of the club Moses and Peter McNeil have a Northern Irish connection through the County Down birth of their mother Jean Bain, who after moving to Scotland for work in the mid-19th century married a Scotsman, John McNeil. [271], The club featured on BBC Scotland comedy Scotch and Wry in 1979 in a scene where Manager (Rikki Fulton) and Chief Scout (Gregor Fisher) unknowingly sign a young Catholic footballer (Gerard Kelly) but then try to void his contract to avoid publicly breaking the club's "No Catholic" signing policy after finding out. The first Old Firm match was won by Celtic and there have been over four hundred matches played to date. The training centre was the first purpose-built facility of its kind in Scotland, and incorporates features including nine football pitches, a gym, a hydrotherapy pool, and a video-editing suite. The Scottish Football League remained the highest division of the Scottish football league system until 1998, when the Scottish Premier League was founded. 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Rangers is the second-most successful club in world football in terms of trophies won, behind only Egyptian club Al Ahly. The blue shirt, white shorts and blue & white hooped socks. The manager chosen was, Formation, early years and William Wilton, Ibrox disaster, European success and Jock Wallace, Graeme Souness, Walter Smith and 9-in-a-row, Dick Advocaat, Alex McLeish and Paul Le Guen, Warburton, Premiership return, Caixinha and Murty. [200] From the early 20th century onwards, Catholics were not knowingly signed by the club, nor employed in other prominent roles as an 'unwritten rule'. Glasgow Rangers holds the world record for most trophies won domestically. [263] In January 2015, Rangers hosted a charity match for the benefit of former player Fernando Ricksen who had been diagnosed with Motor neurone disease; this raised £320,000 for him and MND Scotland. THE "dark days are over" for Rangers after a judge ruled they can keep their trophies because secret payments to star players did not help them win five Premier League titles. When the vote was launched it was feared that younger voters would ignore the great service of many of the pre-war stars (notably the most successful captain and most successful manager the club has ever had, Davie Meiklejohn and Bill Struth respectively). The team wore a special crest on 8 December 2012 in a home league match against Stirling Albion, to commemorate the 140th anniversary of their formation. [194] Resentment continued and in 1998 an article in Rangers match programme branded Aberdeen fans "scum", although Rangers later issued a "full and unreserved apology" to Aberdeen and their supporters, which was accepted by Aberdeen. Worn 1921–1957, The royal blue shirt and red socks with white tops. Today the original scroll crest appears on the club's strips whereas the lion rampant club crest is used by the media, on club merchandise and on official club documents. [199], During the 19th century, many immigrants came to Glasgow from Ireland – this was a time of considerable anti-Catholic and anti-Irish sentiment in Scotland. From Rangers formation to the present day, the club have had 32 players who were born in either Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and previously Ireland (from 1882-1950). [39], Emerging from the shadows of Jock Stein's Celtic side, Rangers regained ascendancy with notable domestic success under the stewardship of manager Jock Wallace. [254] Thereafter it has continued to post annual operating losses: £9.8m in 2014 and £9.9m in 2015,[255] £2.5m in 2016,[256] £6.3m in 2017[257] and £13.2m in 2018. A minority of fans rioted in the city centre, clashing violently with police and damaging property, resulting in 42 being arrested for a variety of offences.[188][189][190]. European competition started in 1955 with the European Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was succeeded by the UEFA Cup for the 1971–72 season. Worn 1873–1879, A change kit featuring a white top. [55] Major expenditure sanctioned by chairman David Murray had burdened Rangers with considerable debts in the region of £52m. [123] After that disappointing start to the season the form did not improve, with notable results including a 2–0 reverse to Celtic at home in the league[124] and defeat to Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup semi-final by the same scoreline. [214][215] In 1999, the vice-chairman of The Rangers Football Club Ltd, Donald Findlay, resigned after being filmed singing sectarian songs during a supporters club event. [115] McDowall remained in charge for just three months before resigning in March 2015. The first was Fleshers' Haugh, situated on Glasgow Green, followed by Burnbank Park in the Kelvinbridge area of the city, and then Kinning Park for ten years from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. [61] The club's league championship triumph culminated in a dramatic final-day finish. But who makes your combined XI from their respective squads. after both clubs ended the season on 29 points. Apart from being defeated 2–1 by Forfar Athletic in the first round of the League Cup on 3 August, season 2013–14 got off to an excellent start with Rangers winning maximum league points in their first 15 games in League One, before being held to a draw at home by Stranraer on Boxing Day 2013. Rangers moved from the lighter shade of blue to royal blue in 1921, and have had a royal blue home shirt every year since. [137] Aberdeen knocked Rangers out of a cup for the second time in the season after securing a 2–0 victory in the Scottish Cup at Ibrox on 12 March 2019. The colours used in the third kits have included combinations of white, red, dark and light blue as well as black. International club teams playing in Scotland, as well as national sides, have previously used the centre for training, and Advocaat's South Korea team used it for training prior to the 2006 World Cup. launch new employability project 'Ready2Succeed, "Rangers stars spread festive cheer to sick kids", "Rangers' homegrown hopefuls make for engaging talent show", "Heavenly beginnings show how Rangers starlets have fallen from grace", "Gordon Ramsay's F Word – On Demand – All 4", "This Week's Highlights. In 2002, former Rangers striker Ally McCoist starred in Robert Duvall's film A Shot at Glory as Jackie McQuillan where he would play against Rangers in the Scottish Cup Final for "Kilnockie F.C. As of 1 June 2020, the 10 inductees to have won caps while playing for Rangers are:[316], Three Rangers players have been selected in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, they are:[317], As of 17 February 2021, Rangers are sponsored by:[318]. The destination of the trophy changed unexpectedly, with Celtic conceding late goals to Motherwell at Fir Park whilst Rangers led against Hibernian, requiring the helicopter carrying the SPL trophy to change direction and deliver the prize to the Easter Road ground in Leith. CWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Other European Competitions [205] Johnston was the first high-profile Catholic to sign for the club since the World War I era, though other Catholics had signed for Rangers before. These honours consist of the Scottish football championship—the Scottish Football League up to 1998, Scottish Premier League from 1998 to 2013 and the Scottish Professional Football League thereafter—the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League or its predecessor the European Cup, the now-defunct European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Europa League or its predecessors the UEFA Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup or its predecessor the Intercontinental Cup. In June 2015 it was announced that Mark Warburton had been appointed manager on a three-year deal. Steven Gerrard's Rangers side have the league trophy in their sights. [229], On 6 May 2011, Craig Whyte bought David Murray's shares for £1. [141] On 12 December Rangers progressed to the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 as group runners-up after a 1–1 draw with Young Boys which secured European football beyond Christmas for the first time since the 2010–11 season. League = Scottish league champions (since 1890), Domestic Cup Competitions [276], William Orcutt Cushing's hymn "Follow On", also known as "Down in the Valley with My Saviour I Would Go" or "I Will Follow Jesus", has been adopted as the anthem of Rangers in their club song "Follow Follow". Celtic couldn't have won so many trophies if there was a conspiracy, says Rangers boss Walter Smith WALTER SMITH last night lit the blue touch … Rangers secured the League One title and promotion to Scottish football's second tier on 12 March 2014 and went on to end the season unbeaten in league football. It was again updated slightly in the early 1990s and then once more in 2020 to the current version. The club's Follow With Pride campaign was launched in 2007 to improve the club's image and build on previous anti-sectarian and anti-racist campaigns. [277], Rangers currently hold a certified Guinness World Record. ... Whyte was, until then, the only Rangers manager never to have won a trophy. 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