1994–95 Rangers F.C. season explained

Club:	Rangers
Season:	1994–95
Manager:	Walter Smith
Chairman:	David Murray
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Ibrox Stadium
League:	Scottish Premier Division
League Result:	1st (Champions)
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3 Result:	Qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Mark Hateley (13)
Season Topscorer:	Mark Hateley (15)
Prevseason:	1993–94
Nextseason:	1995–96
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The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The club won the Premier Division with a commanding sixteen point lead over nearest challengers Motherwell.

The cup competitions were not so successful as the side crashed out the Scottish Cup in the fourth round to Hearts, losing 4–2. In the League Cup the side was defeated 2–1 by Falkirk.

The European campaign was over as soon as it began, the club was knocked out the UEFA Champions League in the first round by AEK Athens, losing 3–0 on aggregate.

Rangers made three expensive signings at the start of the season in shape of defenders Basile Boli and Alan McLaren, as well as forward Brian Laudrup. On his way out of the club was striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.3million deal after two months on loan in Merseyside, handing the Ibrox club a small profit on the then UK transfer record fee they originally paid for him.

The club's successful season was overshadowed by the death in March of club legend Davie Cooper at the age of 39.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
15 June 1994			£2,300,000^[1]
28 June 1994			£2,700,000^[2]
27 July 1994			£25,000
25 October 1994			£1,250,000 plus Dave McPherson^[3]
26 January 1995			£750,000 joint deal^[4] ^[5]
26 January 1995	Gary Bollan

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
30 June 1994			£200,000
28 July 1994			Free
28 July 1994			Free^[6]
4 October 1994			Loan ^[7]
12 October 1994			£350,000 ^[8]
19 October 1994			£600,000 ^[9]
25 October 1994			Part-exchange swap^[10]
1 December 1994			£150,000 ^[11]
13 December 1994			£4,300,000 ^[12]
15 January 1995			£500,000 ^[13]
10 March 1995			£50,000 ^[14]
24 March 1995			Free

• Expenditure: £7,025,000
• Income: £6,150,000
• Total loss/gain: £875,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

See main article: 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1994	Motherwell	H	2–1	43,750	Hateley, D.Ferguson
20 August 1994	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	15,030	Hateley, Byrne (o.g.)
27 August 1994	Celtic	H	0–2	45,466
11 September 1994	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	41,041	Hateley (2), Durie
17 September 1994	Falkirk	A	2–0	12,419	Boli, Laudrup
24 September 1994	Aberdeen	A	2–2	19,191	Hateley, Moore
1 October 1994	Dundee United	H	2–0	43,030	Hateley, Laudrup
8 October 1994	Hibernian	A	1–2	12,118	Boli
15 October 1994	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	44,099	Miller, Robertson
22 October 1994	Motherwell	A	1–2	11,160	Philliben (o.g.)
30 October 1994	Celtic	A	3–1	32,171	Hateley (2), Laudrup
5 November 1994	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	43,696	Miller, Hateley, Laudrup
9 November 1994	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	12,347	Hateley
19 November 1994	Falkirk	H	1–1	44,018	Hateley
25 November 1994	Aberdeen	H	1–0	45,072	McCoist
4 December 1994	Dundee United	A	3–0	10,692	Laudrup, Huistra, Durrant
10 December 1994	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	17,283	McLaren, Laudrup
26 December 1994	Hibernian	H	2–0	44,892	Hateley, Gough
31 December 1994	Motherwell	A	3–1	11,269	McCall, Laudrup, Durie
4 January 1995	Celtic	H	1–1	45,794	I.Ferguson
7 January 1995	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	19,351	Robertson
14 January 1995	Falkirk	A	3–2	13,495	Huistra (2, 1 (pen.)), McCall
21 January 1995	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	44,231	Miller
4 February 1995	Dundee United	H	1–1	44,197	Robertson
12 February 1995	Aberdeen	A	0–2	18,060
25 February 1995	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	44,859	Durie, Laudrup, Durrant
4 March 1995	Hibernian	A	1–1	12,059	McCall
11 March 1995	Falkirk	H	2–2	43,359	Brown, Laudrup
18 March 1995	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	9,806	Laudrup
1 April 1995	Dundee United	A	2–0	11,035	Durie, McLaren
8 April 1995	Aberdeen	H	3–2	44,460	Durrant, Murray, Hateley
16 April 1995	Hibernian	H	3–1	44,193	Durie, Durrant, Mikhailichenko
20 April 1995	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	16,086	Mikhailichenko
29 April 1995	Motherwell	H	0–2	43,576
7 May 1995	Celtic	A	0–3	31,025
13 May 1995	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	45,280	Moore

Scottish League Cup

See main article: 1994–95 Scottish League Cup.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1994	R2	Arbroath		A	6–1	4,665	D.Ferguson (3), Hateley (2), McCall
31 August 1994	R3	Falkirk	H	1–2	40,697	Laudrup

Scottish Cup

See main article: 1994–95 Scottish Cup.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 February 1995	R3	Hamilton Academical	A	3–1	18,379	Steven, Boli, Laudrup
20 February 1995	R4	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–4	12,375	Laudrup, Durie

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1994	QR	AEK Athens	A	0–2	30,000
24 August 1994	QR	AEK Athens	H	0–1	44,789

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
		22	0
		14	0
		4	0
		5	0
		31	3
		6	0
		16	1
		1	0
		11	0
		31	1
		25	2
		12	0
		25	2
		3	0
		28	3
		1	0
		4	0
		31	4
		20	1
		2	0
		15	3
		36	4
		1	0
		9	2
		23	3
		38	13
		22	1
		1	0
		13	1
		25	6
		7	4
		28	15
		9	1
		1	0

See also

• 1994–95 in Scottish football
• Nine in a row

Notes and References

1. News: Rangers line up another Dane as Laudrup signs. The Herald. 16 June 1994.
2. News: Boli turns down money for a chance of glory: Rangers signing opts for another tilt at Champions Cup. The Herald. 29 June 1994.
3. News: Rangers get their man but Robinson blames Mercer for departure. The Herald. 26 October 1994.
4. Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750,000 deal
5. News: Rangers' double swoop. The Herald. 27 January 1995.
6. Web site: No Headline Present. HeraldScotland. 9 April 2023.
7. News: Everton fail to play ball by signing Durrant and Ferguson only on loan . The Herald. 4 October 1994 .
8. Web site: No Headline Present. HeraldScotland. 9 April 2023.
9. Web site: There's more to McLaren than meets the eye, says Levein. HeraldScotland. 9 April 2023.
10. Part exchange for Alan McLaren in a deal valued at £2m
11. Web site: Jamieson, Hagen hope to be stars in the East. HeraldScotland. 9 April 2023.
12. Web site: Everton sign up their #4.3m loan star Ferguson now in good shape to face Greeks. HeraldScotland. 9 April 2023.
13. News:
    1. 500,000 Huistra off to the unknown No-go Mo is first problem for new 'queen' of Hearts
    . The Herald. 30 December 1994 .
14. News: Mackay still all Hearts . The Herald . 11 March 1995 .