1986–87 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1986-87 season
Chairman David Holmes
Manager Graeme Souness
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P44 W31 D7 L6 F85 A23
Scottish Cup Third Round
League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Ally McCoist (34)
All:
Ally McCoist (38)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season is the 90th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 1986–87 season. The team finished top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time in nine seasons. A total of 69 points were gained from 44 games and a lead of six points over second placed Celtic.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round, losing 1–0 at Ibrox to Hamilton Academical. They won the League Cup, defeating Celtic 2–1 with goals from Ian Durrant and Davie Cooper.

The European campaign was a moderate success. The club reached the third round of the UEFA Cup after beating Ilves Tampere and Boavista before beating knocked out by Borussia Mönchengladbach on the away goals rule.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 1986 Hibernian A 1–2 24,576 McCoist (pen.)
13 August 1986 Falkirk H 1–0 27,362 McCoist (pen.)
16 August 1986 Dundee United H 2–3 43,995 McCoist (2)
23 August 1986 Hamilton Academical A 2–1 10,000 Fraser, West
31 August 1986 Celtic H 1–0 43,502 Durrant
6 September 1986 Motherwell A 2–0 17,013 Cooper, McPherson
13 September 1986 Clydebank H 4–0 26,433 Fleck (3), McMinn
20 September 1986 Dundee A 0–1 17,132
27 September 1986 Aberdeen H 2–0 40,155 Souness, McCoist
4 October 1986 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 28,637 Cooper
8 October 1986 St Mirren A 1–0 16,861 Cooper
11 October 1986 Hibernian H 3–0 38,196 McPherson, Fleck, Bell
18 October 1986 Falkirk A 5–1 16,800 Fleck (3, 1 (pen.)), Cooper, McCoist
29 October 1986 Dundee United A 0–0 20,170
1 November 1986 Celtic A 1–1 60,000 McCoist
8 November 1986 Motherwell H 0–1 33,966
15 November 1986 Clydebank A 4–1 9,906 McCoist (2), McPherson, Durrant
19 November 1986 Dundee H 2–1 22,992 McCoist, McPherson
22 November 1986 Aberdeen A 0–1 21,733
29 November 1986 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 38,733 McCoist, Cooper, Durrant
3 December 1986 St Mirren H 2–0 23,110 McPherson, Cooper
6 December 1986 Hibernian A 0–0 18,536
13 December 1986 Falkirk H 4–0 24,177 Fleck (2), Cooper, Butcher
20 December 1986 Hamilton Academical A 2–0 10,000 Fleck, McCoist
27 December 1986 Dundee United H 2–0 42,165 McCoist, Fleck
1 January 1987 Celtic H 2–0 43,206 Fleck, McCoist
6 January 1987 Motherwell A 1–0 19,658 Roberts
10 January 1987 Clydebank H 5–0 36,397 Fleck (3), McCoist (2, 1 (pen.))
17 January 1987 Hamilton Academical H 2–0 43,052 Durrant, McCoist
24 January 1987 Aberdeen H 0–0 43,211
7 February 1987 Heart of Midlothian A 5–2 29,091 Fleck (2), Roberts, McCoist, Black (o.g.)
14 February 1987 St Mirren A 3–1 21,399 McCoist (3, 1 (pen.))
28 February 1987 Hibernian H 1–1 38,630 McPherson
7 March 1987 Falkirk A 2–1 18,000 McCoist (2)
14 March 1987 Hamilton Academical H 2–0 33,486 Cooper, McCoist
17 March 1987 Dundee A 4–0 18,723 McCoist (2), McPherson, Fleck
21 March 1987 Dundee United A 1–0 21,275 McPherson
28 March 1987 Motherwell H 1–0 37,305 McCoist
4 April 1987 Celtic A 1–3 60,800 McCoist
14 April 1987 Dundee H 2–0 42,427 Cooper, McCoist
18 April 1987 Clydebank A 3–0 9,950 McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), West
25 April 1987 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 43,205 McCoist (3, 1 (pen.))
2 May 1987 Aberdeen A 1–1 22,568 Butcher
9 May 1987 St Mirren H 1–0 43,510 Fleck

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 September 1986 R1 Ilves Tampere H 4–0 27,436 Fleck (3), McCoist
1 October 1986 R1 Ilves Tampere A 0–2 2,109
24 October 1986 R2 Boavista H 2–1 38,772 McPherson, McCoist
4 November 1986 R2 Boavista A 1–0 23,000 Ferguson
26 November 1986 R3 Borussia Monchengladbach H 1–1 33,000 Durrant
10 December 1986 R3 Borussia Monchengladbach A 0–0 36,000

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
31 January 1987 R3 Hamilton Academical H 0–1 35,462

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 August 1986 R2 Stenhousemuir A 4–1 9,052 Souness, West, Cooper, McCoist
27 August 1986 R3 East Fife A 0–0* 8,835
3 September 1986 QF Dundee H 3–1 33,750 Fraser, Souness, McMinn
24 September 1986 SF Dundee United N 2–1 45,249 McCoist, McMinn
26 October 1986 F Celtic N 2–1 74,219 Durrant, Cooper (pen.)

*Rangers won the match 5–4 on penalties

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
England Chris Woods GK 48 0
Scotland Ally Dawson DF 10 0
Scotland Stuart Munro DF 48 0
Scotland Graeme Souness MF 29 3
Scotland Dave McPherson DF 47 8
England Terry Butcher DF 49 2
Scotland Bobby Russell MF 1 0
England Colin West FW 12 3
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 50 36
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 45 5
Scotland Ted McMinn MF 19 3
Scotland Derek Ferguson MF 33 0
Scotland Robert Fleck MF 44 19
Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl DF 39 0
Scotland Cammy Fraser MF 21 2
Scotland Davie Cooper MF 48 11
Scotland Hugh Burns DF 5 0
Scotland Nicky Walker GK 2 0
Scotland Scott Nisbet DF 1 0
Scotland Dave MacFarlane MF 5 0
Scotland Dougie Bell MF 12 1
Scotland Craig Paterson DF 2 0
England Graham Roberts DF 19 2
England Neil Woods FW 3 0
England Jimmy Phillips DF 6 0
Scotland Davie Kirkwood MF 1 0

See also

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