# 1976–77 Rangers F.C. season

The 1976–77 season was the 97th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 1976–77 season.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 4 September 1976 | Celtic | A | 2–2 | 54,857 | Johnstone, Parlane |
| 11 September 1976 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | 24,800 | |
| 18 September 1976 | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | 19,606 | Parlane |
| 25 September 1976 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–2 | 24,329 | Hamilton, Miller (pen), Parlane, Johnstone |
| 2 October 1976 | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | 14,231 | Parlane |
| 16 October 1976 | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | 23,258 | MacDonald |
| 23 October 1976 | Motherwell | A | 1–3 | 15,857 | Hamilton |
| 30 October 1976 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | 16,371 | Watson |
| 9 November 1976 | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | 17,492 | Jackson, McKean, Parlane |
| 13 November 1976 | Kilmarnock | A | 4–0 | 14,717 | Jackson (2), McKean, Parlane |
| 20 November 1976 | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | 25,072 | Parlane |
| 24 November 1976 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 50,562 | |
| 27 November 1976 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | 18,321 | Parlane |
| 26 December 1976 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 29,236 | O'Hara |
| 1 January 1977 | Partick Thistle | H | 1-0 | 20,946 | |
| 8 January 1977 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | 18,189 | Parlane (2), O'Hara |
| 11 January 1977 | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 49,729 | |
| 19 January 1977 | Aberdeen | A | 3–3 | 22,584 | Miller, MacDonald, Johnstone |
| 22 January 1977 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–2 | 20,966 | MacDonald (2), Johnstone |
| 5 February 1977 | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | 12,895 | Johnstone, McLean |
| 12 February 1977 | Dundee United | H | 2–3 | 18,656 | Jackson, MacDonald |
| 16 February 1977 | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 12,452 | |
| 19 February 1977 | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | 18,882 | Miller (pen) |
| 5 March 1977 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 15,468 | MacDonald, Watson |
| 8 March 1977 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 10,743 | |
| 15 March 1977 | Partick Thistle | A | 3–4 | 8,840 | McLean, Watson, Parlane |
| 19 March 1977 | Celtic | H | 2–2 | 53,743 | Parlane |
| 23 March 1977 | Ayr United | H | 1–1 | 9,212 | Johnstone |
| 26 March 1977 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 8,037 | |
| 2 April 1977 | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | 12,670 | Parlane, Johnstone |
| 9 April 1977 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | 12,021 | Johnstone, Parlane, Jardine (pen) |
| 13 April 1977 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 7,758 | Johnstone, Jardine |
| 16 April 1977 | Ayr United | H | 5–1 | 11,428 | MacDonald (2), Johnstone, Hamilton, Miller |
| 20 April 1977 | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | 8,257 | Johnstone, MacDonald, Parlane, Robertson |
| 23 April 1977 | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | 7,919 | Johnstone |
| 30 April 1977 | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | 14,471 | Johnstone |

### European Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 15 September 1976 | R1 | FC Zurich | H | 1–1 | 35,000 | Parlane |
| 29 September 1976 | R1 | FC Zurich | A | 0–1 | 28,500 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 29 January 1977 | R3 | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | 17,500 | Jardine (pen), Johnstone, MacDonald |
| 26 February 1977 | R4 | Elgin City | H | 3–0 | 18,000 | Jackson, McLean (pen), MacDonald |
| 12 March 1977 | QF | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 35,572 | McKean, Watson |
| 30 March 1977 | SF | Heart of Midlothian | N | 2–0 | 23,222 | Jackson, Jardine (pen) |
| 7 May 1977 | F | Celtic | N | 0–1 | 54,252 | |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 14 August 1976 | SR | St Johnstone | H | 5–0 | 31,000 | Jardine (2), Johnstone, Miller (pen), Henderson |
| 18 August 1976 | SR | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | 26,000 | Munro |
| 21 August 1976 | SR | Montrose | H | 4–0 | 18,500 | Johnstone (2), Jardine, MacDonald |
| 25 August 1976 | SR | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | 45,000 | Miller (pen), Jardine, McLean |
| 28 August 1976 | SR | Montrose | H | 3–0 | 8,000 | Johnstone, Parlane, Jardine |
| 1 September 1976 | SR | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | 4,070 | Jardine |
| 22 September 1976 | QF1 | Clydebank | H | 3–3 | 15,000 | Johnstone, MacDonald, Hamilton |
| 6 October 1976 | QF2 | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Greig |
| 18 October 1976 | QF R | Clydebank | H | 0–0 | 15,000 | |
| 19 October 1976 | QF 2R | Clydebank | N | 2–1 | 14,000 | Parlane, McLean |
| 27 October 1976 | SF | Aberdeen | N | 1–5 | 20,990 | MacDonald |

### Non-competitive
#### Tennent Caledonian Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 2 August 1976 | SF | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | | |
| 3 August 1976 | F | Southampton | H | 1–2 | | |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Davie Armour | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Ally Dawson | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Denny | DF | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Forsyth | MF | 40 | 0 |
| John Greig | DF | 48 | 1 |
| Johnny Hamilton | MF | 31 | 4 |
| Martin Henderson | FW | 12 | 1 |
| Colin Jackson | DF | 40 | 6 |
| Sandy Jardine | DF | 54 | 10 |
| Derek Johnstone | DF | 42 | 21 |
| Stewart Kennedy | GK | 40 | 0 |
| Alex MacDonald | MF | 48 | 14 |
| Peter McCloy | GK | 14 | 0 |
| Ian McDougall | DF | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby McKean | MF | 33 | 3 |
| Tommy McLean | MF | 53 | 4 |
| Alex Miller | DF | 36 | 6 |
| Eric Morris | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Iain Munro | MF | 11 | 1 |
| Alex O'Hara | MF | 5 | 2 |
| Derek Parlane | FW | 50 | 17 |
| Chris Robertson | FW | 13 | 1 |
| Jim Steele | DF | 5 | 0 |
| Colin Stein | FW | 2 | 0 |
| Kenny Watson | MF | 38 | 3 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Rangers | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 46 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 35 | |