1973–74 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1973-74 season
Chairman	Matt Taylor
Manager	Jock Wallace
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	3rd; P34 W21 D6 L7 F67 A34 Pts48
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Cup Winners' Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Derek Parlane (16); All: ; Derek Parlane (22)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 season was the 94th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 1973–74 season. This was the club's centenary season, however, the start to the league championship was poor with no goals in the first four home games which left the side with just seven points from their first six league matches. This early blip meant they were always chasing the title and eventually finished third, five points behind champions Celtic.

The League Cup campaign saw an Old Firm semi-final. A 3–1 win for Celtic saw them through to the final. The Scottish Cup did not prove any better as the club exited the competition thanks to a 3–0 defeat to Dundee. The European Cup Winners' Cup run was ended in the second round at the hands of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 September 1973	Ayr United	H	0–0	30,000
8 September 1973	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	22,000	Scott
15 September 1973	Celtic	H	0–1	70,403
29 September 1973	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–3	35,000
6 October 1973	Arbroath	A	2–1	7,710	O'Hara (2)
13 October 1973	East Fife	H	0–1	25,000
20 October 1973	Dundee United	A	3–1	11,000	Conn (2), O'Hara
27 October 1973	Hibernian	H	4–0	35,000	Jardine (2, 2 (pen.)), Conn, Greig
3 November 1973	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–2	20,000	Jackson, O'Hara
10 November 1973	Morton	H	1–0	20,000	Greig
17 November 1973	Falkirk	H	2–1	15,000	Greig (2)
24 November 1973	Clyde	A	2–0	15,000	Jackson, A.MacDonald
15 December 1973	St Johnstone	H	5–1	8,200	Conn, Young, A.McDonald, Parlane, D.Smith
22 December 1973	Dumbarton	A	2–0	7,500	Parlane, Young
29 December 1973	Ayr United	A	1–0	17,000	Parlane
1 January 1974	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	20,000	Parlane (pen.)
5 January 1974	Celtic	A	0–1	55,000
12 January 1974	Aberdeen	H	1–1	16,000	McLean
19 January 1974	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–2	25,000	Parlane (4)
2 February 1974	Arbroath	H	2–3	22,000	McLean, Parlane (pen)
9 February 1974	East Fife	A	3–0	8,499	Hamilton, Scott, McLean
24 February 1974	Dundee United	H	3–1	25,500	Parlane (2, 1 (pen.)), Young
2 March 1974	Hibernian	A	1–3	23,149	McLean
16 March 1974	Morton	A	3–2	9,000	Jackson (2), Parlane (pen.)
23 March 1974	Falkirk	A	0–0	10,000
30 March 1974	Clyde	H	4–0	21,000	Johnstone, Greig, A.MacDonald, Scott
2 April 1974	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	22,000	Parlane (pen.), Scott, Fyfe
6 April 1974	Motherwell	A	4–1	13,346	Young (2), Scott, Fyfe
13 April 1974	Dundee	H	1–2	25,000	Jardine (pen.)
17 April 1974	Aberdeen	A	1–1	18,000	Greig
20 April 1974	St Johnstone	A	3–1	7,500	Fyfe (2), Young
24 April 1974	Motherwell	H	2–1	21,000	Scott, Parlane
27 April 1974	Dumbarton	H	3–1	20,000	Scott (2), Fyfe
29 April 1974	Dundee	A	3–2	10,578	Fyfe (2), Young

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 1973	R1	Ankaragucu	A	2–0	45,000	Conn, McLean
3 October 1973	R1	Ankaragucu	H	4–0	30,000	Greig (2), O'Hara, Johnstone
24 October 1973	R2	Borussia Monchengladbach	A	0–3	35,000
7 November 1973	R2	Borussia Monchengladbach	H	3–2	40,000	Conn, Jackson, MacDonald

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1974	R3	Queen's Park	H	8–0	19,000	Parlane (3), McLean (3), Scott, Morris
17 February 1974	R4	Dundee	H	0–3	64,672

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 1973	SR	Falkirk	H	3–1	35,000	Scott (2), Conn
15 August 1973	SR	Arbroath	A	2–1	6,677	Conn, Parlane
18 August 1973	SR	Celtic	H	1–2	63,173	Scott
22 August 1973	SR	Arbroath	H	3–0	14,000	MacDonald, Conn, Smith
25 August 1973	SR	Celtic	A	3–1	65,000	MacDonald, Parlane, Conn
29 August 1973	SR	Falkirk	A	5–1	12,000	Conn (2), O'Hara, McLean, Forsyth
12 September 1973	R2	Dumbarton	H	6–0	25,000	Parlane (3, 1 (pen.)), Young (2), Greig (pen.)
10 October 1973	R2	Dumbarton	A	2–1	6,000	Scott, Fyfe
31 October 1973	QF	Hibernian	H	2–0	35,000	Greig, Schaedler (o.g.)
21 November 1973	QF	Hibernian	A	0–0	19,245
5 December 1973	SF	Celtic	N	1–3	54,864	MacDonald

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Peter McCloy	GK	44	0
Sandy Jardine	DF	51	3
Willie Mathieson	DF	43	0
John Greig	DF	47	10
Derek Johnstone	DF	44	2
Alex MacDonald	MF	44	7
Tommy McLean	MF	41	9
Tom Forsyth	MF	33	1
Alex O'Hara	MF	26	6
Derek Parlane	FW	41	22
Dave Smith	MF	17	2
Alfie Conn	MF	25	12
Jim Denny	DF	1	0
Ally Scott	FW	34	13
Quinton Young	MF	26	9
Doug Houston	MF	17	0
Stewart Kennedy	GK	3	0
Graham Fyfe	MF	14	8
Colin Jackson	DF	24	5
Johnny Hamilton	MF	10	1
Eric Morris	FW	8	1
Donald Hunter	GK	4	0
Ian McDougall	DF	9	0
Joe Mason	FW	2	0
George Donaldson	MF	1	0

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