How we became Rangers

It all started in 1872 with two brothers, Peter and Moses McNeil, and two friends, Peter Campbell and William McBeath. who called the club Argyle. Rangers came from an English rugby club. Rangers Foundation Year was 1873.

A little History

Rangers FC was established in 1873, fifteen years before the foundation of its great rival Celtic FC. For the last 125 years these two clubs have dominated the Scottish game, with Rangers winning more than 100 domestic honours. Rangers also won the European Cup Winners' Cup back in 1972 beating Dynamo Moscow in a thrilling 3-2 victory. In recent years Rangers' status as one of the largest clubs in Britain has enabled it to create a team of international stars. In a city obsessed with football there is a large supporter base with approximately 36,800 season ticket holders. Outside Glasgow, Rangers is extremely popular with over 800 fan clubs worldwide. This means that the club can easily fill its famous Ibrox stadium and has substantial potential in merchandising and television revenues. Rangers consistently qualifies for European competitions, has one of the best grounds in the world and is creating a youth policy based around a state of the art player development centre.

Club Milestones

Record attendance: 118,567 v Celtic, Division One, January 2nd, 1939
Record Victory: 14-2 Blairgowrie, Scottish Cup, 1934
Record Defeat: 2-10 Airdrie 1886
Record League Scorer: Ally McCoist 355 goals
Record European Scorer: Ally McCoist 21 goals
Record Appearences: John Grieg, 755 1960-1978
Highest number of goals scored by one player in a season: Sam English, 44 goals in 1931/32
Only club to have a 100 percent record in a competitive domestic league Most capped player(s): Ally McCoist & Richard Gough (61 caps for Scotland)
Europe: European Cup Winners Cup 1972
World Record: 51 Scottish League Championship's
First Scottish club to progress from the group stages in the UEFA Champions League

Stadiums/Grounds

1873 - 1875 Fleshers Haugh, Glasgow Green
1875 - 1876 Burnbank, Great Western Road
1876 - 1887 Kinning Park
1887 - 1899 Ibrox, 100 Edmiston Drive
1899 - Ibrox Stadium (Present day)

Managers

1899 - 1920 William Wilton
1920 - 1954 Bill Struth
1954 - 1967 Scot Symon
1967 - 1972 Davie White
1972 - 1978 Jock Wallace
1978 - 1986 John Greig
1986 - 1991 Graeme Souness
1991 - 1998 Walter Smith
1998 - 2001 Dick Advocaat
2001 - 2006 Alex McLeish
2006 - 2007 Paul Le Guen
2007 - Walter Smith (present)

Honours

52 Scottish League Titles
33 Scottish Cups
25 Scottish League Cups
1 European cup winners cup
41 Glasgow Cups
2 Drybrough Cups
32 Glasgow Charity Cups