The 1994–95 season was the 115th 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 striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.3 million deal after two months on loan in Merseyside, handing the Ibrox club a small profit on the then UK transfer record fee they originally paid for him.

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

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee15 June 1994 Brian Laudrup Fiorentina £2,300,00028 June 1994 Basile Boli Marseille £2,700,00027 July 1994 Billy Thomson Motherwell £25,00025 October 1994 Alan McLaren Heart of Midlothian £1,250,000 plus Dave McPherson26 January 1995 Alec Cleland Dundee United £750,000 joint dealCleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750,000 deal Gary Bollan

Out DatePlayerToFee30 June 1994 Chris Vinnicombe Burnley £200,00028 July 1994 Stephen Watson St Mirren Free28 July 1994 Oleh Kuznetsov Maccabi Haifa Free4 October 1994 Ian Durrant Everton Loan 12 October 1994 Gary Stevens Tranmere Rovers £350,000 19 October 1994 Steven Pressley Coventry City £600,000 25 October 1994 Dave McPherson Heart of Midlothian Part-exchange swapPart exchange for Alan McLaren in a deal valued at £2m1 December 1994 David Hagen £150,000 13 December 1994 Duncan Ferguson Everton £4,300,000 15 January 1995 Peter Huistra Sanfrecce Hiroshima £500,000 10 March 1995 Fraser Wishart Heart of Midlothian £50,000 24 March 1995 Scott McCulloch Hamilton Academical Free

Expenditure: £7,025,000 Income: £6,150,000 Total loss/gain: £875,000

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Ibrox International Challenge Trophy

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 5 August 1994 SampdoriaH2–4Hateley, Steven 6 August 1995 Manchester UnitedH1–0May (o.g.)

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.)), McCall 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

Scottish League Cup

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

Scottish Cup

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

UEFA Champions League

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

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals GK 22 0 GK 14 0 GK 4 0 GK 5 0 DF 31 3 DF 6 0 DF 16 1 DF 1 0 DF 11 0 DF 31 1 DF 25 2 DF 12 0 DF 25 2 DF 3 0 DF 28 3 DF 1 0 DF 4 0 MF 31 4 MF 20 1 MF 2 0 MF 15 3 MF 36 4 MF 1 0 MF 9 2 MF 23 3 MF 38 13 MF 22 1 MF 1 0 MF 13 1 FW 25 6 FW 7 4 FW 28 15 FW 9 1 FW 1 0

League table

See also 1994–95 in Scottish football Nine in a row

References