The 1990–91 season was the 111th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 48 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and won the third of their nine league titles in a row.

There was significant transfer activity during the season with England international striker Mark Hateley arriving from AS Monaco and Terry Butcher departing for Coventry City.

Manager Graeme Souness left Rangers to go to Liverpool with just four games left of the season. The managers job was given to Souness' assistant Walter Smith who managed to lead Rangers to the title, with a 2–0 win over Aberdeen at Ibrox on the last day of the season.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2–0 to Celtic at Parkhead. Rangers won the Scottish League Cup, defeating Celtic 2–1 AET.

In Europe they defeated Valletta of Malta 10–0 on aggregate in the first round, but were knocked out in the second round by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade (Red Star would go on to lift the trophy, beating Marseille in the final). Rangers lost the tie 4–1 on aggregate.

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee21 June 1990 Mark Hateley AS Monaco £1,000,0002 August 1990 Pieter Huistra FC Twente £300,00023 August 1990 Terry Hurlock Millwall £300,0009 October 1990 Oleh Kuznetsov Dynamo Kyiv £1,200,00025 March 1991 Brian Reid Greenock Morton £300,000

Out DatePlayerToFee1 July 1990 Graeme Souness Retired 4 July 1990 Derek Ferguson Heart of Midlothian £750,00015 November 1990 Terry Butcher Coventry City £500,000

Expenditure: £3,100,000 Income: £1,250,000 Total loss/gain: £1,850,000

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 August 1990 Dunfermline AthleticH3–139,951Hateley, Johnston, Walters 1 September 1990 HibernianA0–017,500 8 September 1990 Heart of MidlothianA3–122,101McCoist (2), Huistra 15 September 1990 CelticH1–138,543Hurlock 22 September 1990 Dundee UnitedA1–216,270Johnston 29 September 1990 MotherwellH1–034,863Brown 6 October 1990 AberdeenA0–019,500 13 October 1990 St MirrenH5–038,031McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), Walters (2), Johnston 20 October 1990 St JohnstoneA0–010,054 3 November 1990 HibernianH4–035,925Hateley (2), Walters, Steven 10 November 1990 Dundee UnitedH1–236,995McCoist 17 November 1990 MotherwellA4–216,457Stevens (2), Walters, Johnston 20 November 1990 Dunfermline AthleticA1–014,480Hateley 25 November 1990 CelticA2–152,565Johnston, McCoist 1 December 1990 Heart of MidlothianH4–037,623Johnston, Hurlock, McCoist, Walters (pen.) 8 December 1990 St JohnstoneH4–134,610Walters (2), Johnston (pen.), Stevens 15 December 1990 St MirrenA3–015,197Walters, Johnston (pen.), Hateley 22 December 1990 AberdeenH2–237,998McCoist (2) 29 December 1990 Dundee UnitedA2–117,564Johnston, Walters 2 January 1991 CelticH2–038,399Walters, Hateley 5 January 1991 Heart of MidlothianA1–020,956Hateley 12 January 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–035,120Huistra, Johnston 19 January 1991 HibernianA2–015,500Johnston, Houchen (o.g.) 9 February 1991 St MirrenH1–031,769McCoist 16 February 1991 MotherwellH2–032,192McCoist, Hateley 26 February 1991 St JohnstoneA1–110,721Huistra 2 March 1991 AberdeenA0–122,500 9 March 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–136,128Steven, Walters 24 March 1991 CelticA0–352,000 30 March 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA1–014,256Stevens 6 April 1991 HibernianH0–035,507 13 April 1991 St JohnstoneH3–035,930Durrant, Spencer, Huistra 20 April 1991 St MirrenA1–018,473S.Robertson 24 April 1991 Dundee UnitedH1–032,397I.Ferguson 4 May 1991 MotherwellA0–317,672 11 May 1991 AberdeenH2–037,652Hateley (2)

Scottish League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 21 August 1990 R3East StirlingshireH5–025,595Hateley (2), Steven, Walters, Johnston 28 August 1990 R4KilmarnockH1–032,671Johnston 4 September 1990 QFRaith RoversH6–231,320McCoist (3), Johnston, Butcher, Steven 26 September 1990 SFAberdeenN1–040,855Steven 28 October 1990 FCelticN2–1*62,817Walters, Gough *Rangers won the match 2–1 in extra-time

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 29 January 1991 R3Dunfermline AthleticH2–029,003Huistra, Spackman 23 February 1991 R4CowdenbeathH5–029,527Hateley (2), Nisbet, McCoist, Walters (pen.) 17 March 1991 QFCelticA0–252,286

European Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 September 1990 R1 VallettaA4–08,000Johnston (2), McCoist (pen.), Hateley 2 October 1990 R1 VallettaH6–020,627Johnston (3, 1 (pen.)), Dodds, Spencer, McCoist 24 October 1990 R2 Red Star BelgradeA0–382,500 7 November 1990 R2 Red Star BelgradeH1–123,831McCoist

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals GK 48 0 DF 36 1 DF 9 1 DF 7 0 DF 37 1 DF 2 0 DF 21 0 DF 19 1 DF 3 0 DF 48 4 DF 11 0 MF 4 1 MF 15 1 MF 36 5 MF 35 2 MF 18 1 MF 45 1 MF 31 5 MF 39 15 FW 6 1 FW 42 15 FW 39 19 FW 36 18 FW 3 0 FW 6 2

League table

See also 1990–91 in Scottish football 1990–91 Scottish Cup 1990–91 Scottish League Cup 1990–91 European Cup Nine in a row

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