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1979β80 season | |
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Chairman | Rae Simpson |
Manager | John Greig |
Ground | Ibrox Park |
Scottish Premier Division | 5th P36 W15 D9 L14 F50 A46 Pts37 |
Scottish Cup | Runners-up |
League Cup | Third round |
Cup Winners' Cup | Second round |
Glasgow Cup | Not completed |
Drybrough Cup | Winners |
Tennent Caledonian Cup | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Derek Johnstone (15) All: Derek Johnstone (21) |
The 1979β80 season was the: 100th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overviewβ»
Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during theββ1979β80 season. Rangers finished an embarrassing fifth in the "league," eleven points behind champions Aberdeen. The main cause for such a poor showing in the league was pointed at the team's away form, "only ten points from eighteen matches."
Aberdeen also knocked Rangers out of the Scottish League Cup over a two-legged third round tie. Rangers did reach the 1980 Scottish Cup Final only to lose out to Old Firm rivals Celtic, 1-0 thanks to a deflected George McCluskey shot in extra time. The European Cup Winner's Cup campaign was ended by the eventual winners Valencia CF after having seen off LillestrΓΈm SK and Fortuna DΓΌsseldorf in previous rounds.
Resultsβ»
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier Divisionβ»
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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11 August 1979 | Hibernian | A | 3β1 | 17,731 | A.MacDonald, Cooper, Russell |
18 August 1979 | Celtic | H | 2β2 | 36,000 | J.MacDonald, Russell |
25 August 1979 | Partick Thistle | A | 1β2 | 20,000 | Johnstone |
8 September 1979 | St Mirren | H | 3β1 | 31,000 | Johnstone, Smith, Miller |
15 September 1979 | Aberdeen | A | 1β3 | 25,000 | Johnstone |
22 September 1979 | Dundee | H | 2β0 | 25,000 | Johnstone, Glennie (o.g.) |
29 September 1979 | Kilmarnock | A | 1β2 | 15,479 | Johnstone |
6 October 1979 | Dundee United | A | 0β0 | 19,464 | |
13 October 1979 | Morton | H | 2β2 | 25,000 | Johnstone (2) |
20 October 1979 | Hibernian | H | 2β0 | 25,000 | Smith, Miller (pen.) |
27 October 1979 | Celtic | A | 0β1 | 61,000 | |
3 November 1979 | Partick Thistle | H | 2β1 | 18,400 | Urquhart (2) |
10 November 1979 | St Mirren | A | 1β2 | 17,362 | A.Forsyth |
17 November 1979 | Aberdeen | H | 0β1 | 18,500 | |
24 November 1979 | Dundee | A | 1β3 | 13,342 | Jackson |
1 December 1979 | Kilmarnock | H | 2β1 | 16,557 | Johnstone, Russell |
8 December 1979 | Morton | A | 1β0 | 14,750 | Johnstone |
15 December 1979 | Dundee United | H | 2β1 | 19,240 | Johnstone, Kopel (o.g.) |
22 December 1979 | Hibernian | A | 1β2 | 18,740 | McLean |
29 December 1979 | Celtic | H | 1β1 | 36,000 | Johnstone |
5 January 1980 | St Mirren | H | 1β2 | 19,000 | Jardine (pen.) |
12 January 1980 | Aberdeen | A | 2β3 | 19,250 | J.MacDonald, Jackson |
23 February 1980 | Morton | H | 3β1 | 28,000 | Russell, Smith, J.MacDonald |
1 March 1980 | Hibernian | H | 1β0 | 29,500 | Johnstone |
12 March 1980 | Dundee | H | 1β0 | 17,000 | Stevens |
15 March 1980 | Partick Thistle | H | 0β0 | 22,000 | |
19 March 1980 | Dundee United | A | 0β0 | 9,533 | |
29 March 1980 | Aberdeen | H | 2β2 | 25,000 | Jardine (pen.), J.MacDonald |
2 April 1980 | Celtic | A | 0β1 | 60,000 | |
5 April 1980 | Dundee | A | 4β1 | 12,948 | Johnstone (2), Cooper, Smith |
19 April 1980 | Morton | A | 1β0 | 15,000 | Russell |
23 April 1980 | Kilmarnock | A | 0β1 | 8,504 | |
25 April 1980 | Dundee United | H | 2β1 | 19,000 | Jardine (pen.), McLean |
30 April 1980 | Kilmarnock | H | 1β0 | 7,655 | J.MacDonald |
3 May 1980 | Partick Thistle | A | 3β4 | 15,000 | Russell (2), Johnstone |
7 May 1980 | St Mirren | A | 1β4 | 12,000 | Miller |
Cup Winners' Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 August 1979 | QR1 | LillestrΓΈm | H | 1β0 | 25,000 | Smith |
5 September 1979 | QR1 | LillestrΓΈm | A | 2β0 | 6,175 | A.MacDonald, Johnstone |
19 September 1979 | R1 | Fortuna DΓΌsseldorf | H | 2β1 | 36,000 | A.MacDonald, McLean |
3 October 1979 | R1 | Fortuna DΓΌsseldorf | A | 0β0 | 47,000 | |
24 October 1979 | R2 | Valencia | A | 1β1 | 61,000 | McLean |
7 November 1979 | R2 | Valencia | H | 1β3 | 36,000 | Johnstone |
Scottish Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 January 1980 | R3 | Clyde | A | 2β2 | 12,500 | Jardine (pen.), Jackson |
30 January 1980 | R3 R | Clyde | H | 2β0 | 12,000 | J.MacDonald (2) |
16 February 1980 | R4 | Dundee United | H | 1β0 | 29,000 | Johnstone |
8 March 1980 | QF | Heart of Midlothian | H | 6β1 | 36,000 | J.MacDonald (2), Cooper, Jardine (pen.), Russell, Johnstone |
12 April 1980 | SF | Aberdeen | N | 1β0 | 50,209 | Johnstone |
10 May 1980 | F | Celtic | N | 0β1 | 70,303 |
League Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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29 August 1979 | R2 | Clyde | A | 2β1 | 5,021 | Dawson, Robertson |
1 September 1979 | R2 | Clyde | H | 4β0 | 16,000 | MacKay (2), Smith, O'Neill (o.g.) |
26 September 1979 | R3 | Aberdeen | A | 1β3 | 22,000 | Johnstone |
10 October 1979 | R3 | Aberdeen | H | 0β2 | 35,000 |
Non-competitiveβ»
Drybrough Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 July 1979 | R1 | Berwick Rangers | H | 1β0 | 15,000 | A MacDonald |
1 August 1979 | SF | Kilmarnock | A | 2β0 | 10,035 | J MacDonald (2) |
4 August 1979 | F | Celtic | N | 3β1 | 40,609 | J MacDonald, Jardine, Cooper |
Tennent Caledonian Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 August 1979 | SF | West Ham United | H | 3β2 | ||
5 August 1979 | F | Kilmarnock | H | 2β2 |
Glasgow Cupβ»
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 August 1979 | SF | Partick Thistle | A | 2β0β | 7,000 | Smith, Cooper |
βCompetition not completed
Appearancesβ»
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Peter McCloy | GK | 50 | 0 |
George Young | GK | 2 | 0 |
Alex Miller | DF | 30 | 3 |
Ally Dawson | DF | 46 | 1 |
Sandy Jardine | DF | 51 | 5 |
Colin Jackson | DF | 42 | 3 |
Kenny Watson | MF | 26 | 0 |
Tommy McLean | MF | 39 | 4 |
Bobby Russell | MF | 33 | 8 |
Derek Johnstone | FW | 47 | 21 |
Alex MacDonald | MF | 39 | 3 |
Davie Cooper | MF | 43 | 3 |
John MacDonald | FW | 35 | 9 |
Gordon Smith | FW | 45 | 6 |
Gregor Stevens | DF | 39 | 1 |
Derek Parlane | FW | 6 | 0 |
Alex Forsyth | DF | 11 | 1 |
Billy Urquhart | FW | 6 | 2 |
Gordon Dalziel | MF | 2 | 0 |
Billy MacKay | MF | 5 | 2 |
Tom Forsyth | DF | 22 | 0 |
Ian Redford | MF | 13 | 0 |
Chris Robertson | FW | 3 | 1 |
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | St Mirren | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Dundee United | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 37 | |
5 | Rangers | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 37 | |
6 | Morton | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 36 | |
7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 36 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
See alsoβ»
- 1979β80 in Scottish football
- 1979β80 Scottish Cup
- 1979β80 Scottish League Cup
- 1979β80 European Cup Winners' Cup