# 1974–75 Rangers F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was the 95th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1974–75 season. Rangers won the final Scottish Football League Division One title before it was rebranded as the Scottish Premier Division. They also stopped Celtic's quest for ten-in-a-row. The decisive championship match came on 29 March 1975, Rangers needed a point away to Hibernian and that's exactly what they got. The Edinburgh club finished second to Rangers with Celtic back in third, a full eleven points behind.
The cup competitions however, provided little success as Rangers crashed out of the Scottish Cup in the third round to Aberdeen and could not progress past the sectional round in the League Cup.
There was no competitive European football that season. However, Rangers returned to Camp Nou, Barcelona to play for the Joan Gamper Trophy. They defeated Athletic Bilbao but lost 4–1 to the hosts in the final.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 31 August 1974 | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | 20,102 | Jardine (pen.) |
| 7 September 1974 | Partick Thistle | H | 3–2 | 25,356 | Fyfe (2), Young |
| 14 September 1974 | Celtic | A | 2–1 | 65,447 | McDougall, Jackson |
| 21 September 1974 | Dumbarton | H | 3–2 | 22,211 | Johnstone (2), Scott |
| 28 September 1974 | Kilmarnock | A | 6–0 | 19,609 | Young (2), Jardine (pen.), McKean, Johnstone, McLean |
| 2 October 1974 | Morton | H | 2–0 | 25,008 | Forsyth, McLean |
| 12 October 1974 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 6–1 | 18,000 | Parlane (5), Johnstone |
| 19 October 1974 | Clyde | H | 3–1 | 25,954 | Jardine (pen), Fyfe, Johnstone |
| 26 October 1974 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | 29,000 | Jardine (pen.) |
| 2 November 1974 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 13,260 | McLean, Young |
| 9 November 1974 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 25,890 | McKean |
| 16 November 1974 | Motherwell | A | 5–0 | 19,409 | Johnstone, Young, MacDonald, Parlane, McKean |
| 23 November 1974 | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | 31,530 | |
| 30 November 1974 | Dundee United | H | 4–2 | 26,202 | Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Parlane, McLean |
| 7 December 1974 | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 26,000 | Johnstone, McLean |
| 14 December 1974 | Arbroath | H | 3–0 | 24,211 | Parlane (2), Jackson |
| 21 December 1974 | Airdrieonians | A | 3–4 | 19,500 | Jardine (2, 1 (pen.)), Johnstone |
| 28 December 1974 | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | 26,009 | McLean, Jardine (pen.), Parlane |
| 1 January 1975 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–0 | 22,000 | Jackson, McLean, McDougall, Greig |
| 4 January 1975 | Celtic | H | 3–0 | 71,389 | Johnstone, McLean, Parlane |
| 11 January 1975 | Dumbarton | A | 5–1 | 15,800 | McLean (3), Parlane, Johnstone |
| 1 February 1975 | Morton | A | 1–1 | 17,000 | Fyfe |
| 8 February 1975 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–0 | 23,580 | McLean, MacDonald |
| 15 February 1975 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–3 | 27,157 | Parlane (3) |
| 22 February 1975 | Clyde | A | 2–1 | 20,000 | McKean, O'Hara |
| 1 March 1975 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | 40,540 | McKean, McLean |
| 8 March 1975 | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 42,500 | Young |
| 15 March 1975 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 22,700 | McLean, Parlane |
| 22 March 1975 | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | 36,590 | Johnstone (2), Miller |
| 29 March 1975 | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | 38,585 | Stein |
| 5 April 1975 | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | 21,000 | McLean, Johnstone |
| 12 April 1975 | Aberdeen | H | 3–2 | 41,198 | Johnstone, Stein, Miller (pen.) |
| 19 April 1975 | Arbroath | A | 2–1 | 6,393 | Stein, Parlane |
| 26 April 1975 | Airdrieonians | H | 0–1 | 65,121 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 25 January 1975 | R3 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 30,000 | Scott, Miller |
| 10 February 1975 | R3 R | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | 53,106 | McKean |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August 1974 | SR | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | 25,000 | Scott, Jardine, Conn |
| 10 August 1974 | SR | Hibernian | A | 1–3 | 23,539 | Scott |
| 14 August 1974 | SR | St Johnstone | A | 6–3 | 5,800 | Young (2), Jardine (2), Scott, Forsyth |
| 17 August 1974 | SR | Dundee | A | 2–0 | 18,548 | Jardine, Fyfe |
| 24 August 1974 | SR | Dundee | H | 4–0 | 35,268 | Johnstone (2), Jardine (pen.), Scott |
| 28 August 1974 | SR | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | 60,054 | |

### Texaco Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 18 September 1974 | QF L1 | Southampton | H | 1–3 | | |
| 1 October 1974 | QF L2 | Southampton | A | 0–2 | | |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Stewart Kennedy | GK | 42 | 0 |
| Sandy Jardine | DF | 42 | 14 |
| Alex Miller | DF | 25 | 2 |
| Derek Johnstone | DF | 35 | 16 |
| Colin Jackson | DF | 40 | 3 |
| Tom Forsyth | MF | 37 | 1 |
| Tommy McLean | MF | 41 | 14 |
| Quinton Young | MF | 34 | 8 |
| Derek Parlane | FW | 35 | 18 |
| Graham Fyfe | MF | 17 | 5 |
| Ally Scott | FW | 17 | 6 |
| Ian McDougall | DF | 15 | 2 |
| Alex MacDonald | MF | 33 | 2 |
| John Greig | DF | 23 | 1 |
| Bobby McKean | MF | 28 | 6 |
| Jim Denny | DF | 12 | 0 |
| Alex O'Hara | MF | 7 | 1 |
| Johnny Hamilton | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Colin Stein | FW | 8 | 3 |
| Peter McCloy | GK | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mathieson | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Sharp | FW | 1 | 0 |