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 - Paul Le Guen (present day)



Honours



51 Scottish League Titles

31 Scottish Cups

24 Scottish League Cups

1 European cup winners cup

41 Glasgow Cups

2 Drybrough Cups

32 Glasgow Charity Cups