The 1974–75 season was the 95th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1974–75 season. Rangers won the final Scottish Football League Division One title before it was rebranded as the Scottish Premier Division. They also stopped Celtic's quest for ten-in-a-row. The decisive championship match came on 29 March 1975, Rangers needed a point away to Hibernian and drew 1–1 with a goal from Colin Stein. The Edinburgh club finished second to Rangers with Celtic back in third, a full eleven points behind.

The cup competitions however, provided little success as Rangers crashed out of the Scottish Cup in the third round to Aberdeen and could not progress past the sectional round in the League Cup.

There was no competitive European football that season. However, Rangers returned to Camp Nou, Barcelona to play for the Joan Gamper Trophy. They defeated Athletic Bilbao but lost 4–1 to the hosts in the final.

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 31 August 1974 Ayr UnitedA1–120,102Jardine (pen.) 7 September 1974 Partick ThistleH3–225,356Fyfe (2), Young 14 September 1974 CelticA2–165,447McDougall, Jackson 21 September 1974 DumbartonH3–222,211Johnstone (2), Scott 28 September 1974 KilmarnockA6–019,609Young (2), Jardine (pen.), McKean, Johnstone, McLean 2 October 1974 MortonH2–025,008Forsyth, McLean 12 October 1974 Dunfermline AthleticA6–118,000Parlane (5), Johnstone 19 October 1974 ClydeH3–125,954Jardine (pen), Fyfe, Johnstone 26 October 1974 Heart of MidlothianA1–129,000Jardine (pen.) 2 November 1974 St JohnstoneA2–113,260McLean, Young 9 November 1974 DundeeH1–025,890McKean 16 November 1974 MotherwellA5–019,409Johnstone, Young, MacDonald, Parlane, McKean 23 November 1974 HibernianH0–131,530 30 November 1974 Dundee UnitedH4–226,202Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Parlane, McLean 7 December 1974 AberdeenA2–126,000Johnstone, McLean 14 December 1974 ArbroathH3–024,211Parlane (2), Jackson 21 December 1974 AirdrieoniansA3–419,500Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Johnstone 28 December 1974 Ayr UnitedH3–026,009McLean, Jardine (pen.), Parlane 1 January 1975 Partick ThistleA4–022,000Jackson, McLean, McDougall, Greig 4 January 1975 CelticH3–071,389Johnstone, McLean, Parlane 11 January 1975 DumbartonA5–115,800McLean (3), Parlane, Johnstone 1 February 1975 MortonA1–117,000Fyfe 8 February 1975 Dunfermline AthleticH2–023,580McLean, MacDonald 15 February 1975 KilmarnockH3–327,157Parlane (3) 22 February 1975 ClydeA2–120,000McKean, O'Hara 1 March 1975 Heart of MidlothianH2–140,540McKean, McLean 8 March 1975 St JohnstoneH1–042,500Young 15 March 1975 DundeeA2–122,700McLean, Parlane 22 March 1975 MotherwellH3–036,590Johnstone (2), Miller 29 March 1975 HibernianA1–138,585Stein 5 April 1975 Dundee UnitedA2–221,000McLean, Johnstone 12 April 1975 AberdeenH3–241,198Johnstone, Stein, Miller (pen.) 19 April 1975 ArbroathA2–16,393Stein, Parlane 26 April 1975 AirdrieoniansH0–165,121

Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 January 1975 R3AberdeenA1–130,000Scott, Miller 10 February 1975 R3 RAberdeenH1–253,106McKean

League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 1974 SRSt JohnstoneH3–225,000Scott, Jardine, Conn 10 August 1974 SRHibernianA1–323,539Scott 14 August 1974 SRSt JohnstoneA6–35,800Young (2), Jardine (2), Scott, Forsyth 17 August 1974 SRDundeeA2–018,548Jardine, Fyfe 24 August 1974 SRDundeeH4–035,268Johnstone (2), Jardine (pen.), Scott 28 August 1974 SRHibernianH0–160,054

Texaco Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 September 1974 QF L1SouthamptonH1–3 1 October 1974 QF L2SouthamptonA0–2

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals Stewart KennedyGK420 Sandy JardineDF4214 Alex MillerDF252 Derek JohnstoneDF3516 Colin JacksonDF403 Tom ForsythMF371 Tommy McLeanMF4114 Quinton YoungMF348 Derek ParlaneFW3518 Graham FyfeMF175 Ally ScottFW176 Ian McDougallDF152 Alex MacDonaldMF332 John GreigDF231 Bobby McKeanMF286 Jim DennyDF120 Alex O'HaraMF71 Johnny HamiltonMF30 Colin SteinFW83 Peter McCloyGK00 Willie MathiesonDF20 Richard SharpFW10

See also 1974–75 in Scottish football 1974–75 Scottish Cup 1974–75 Scottish League Cup

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