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Rangers led 2-1 in the third match on April 13 – this time played at Hampden – with Moses scoring the second goal, but the experienced Vale of Leven proved to be too strong and they scored twice more to deny Rangers their first major honour. The Dominant Force". Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Sadly, Wilton was not to enjoy this extraordinary success which saw Rangers take the title 15 times in 21 seasons. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Magpies complete Boumsong signing". BBC Sport. 2 January 2005. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013 . Retrieved 21 December 2012. Boumsong joined Rangers from Auxerre on a free transfer last summer and made just 28 appearances for them before moving to England. Rangers secured one of their most impressive European results in years, as Italian giants Parma crashed to defeat in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier

a b "Rangers FC". UEFA. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012 . Retrieved 19 August 2012. Founded by brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath, Rangers shared their first championship with Dumbarton FC in 1890/91 then beat Celtic FC 3–1 to win their first Scottish Cup in 1894, clinching their first title outright by winning every game of the 1898/99 campaign. Eighteen men (including two repeat appointments) have been manager of Rangers during the club's history. [73] [316] [317] In addition, ten men have taken charge of the side on a caretaker basis, while five served as secretaries choosing the team, prior to the appointment of the club's first full-time manager, William Wilton, in 1899. I have been playing it down but it is such a special moment for myself and I couldn’t have been doing what I do every single day without the people who have been supporting me all the way. I am lost for words for how monumental it is." a b c d "45,000 to see Rangers face blokes coming off night shift". Eurosport. Yahoo!. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012 . Retrieved 18 August 2012. Founded: 1872 Struth, who was appointed his successor, lived to become a legend. He managed the club for 34 years, winning a glittering array of trophies – 18 League Championships, 10 Scottish Cups and two League Cups.In season 1875–76 they moved to Burnbank Park and towards the end of that season Rangers had their first international; Moses McNeil, one of the four founders, who made his Scotland debut in a 4–0 victory over Wales. About Scot Symon". in.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013 . Retrieved 20 December 2012. He returned to Rangers just one year later where he would steer them to six league championships. He also took Rangers into European football for the first time reaching two Cup Winners Cup finals which was a fine achievement by losing in both finals

When Rangers played French sides in 1996–97 and 1997–98, they wore the logo of Center Parcs instead of McEwan's Lager, due to a French ban on alcohol advertising. [182] Later matches in France (when the club was sponsored by Carling) saw the club play with no shirt sponsor, in 2006 [183] and 2007. [184] UEFA Champions League 1992/93: Rangers". UEFA. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012 . Retrieved 26 August 2012. a b "Rangers History". Evening Times. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013 . Retrieved 20 January 2013. Rangers were born in March 1872, after a group of teenage rowing enthusiasts watched a game of football in Glasgow Green. Brothers Peter and Moses McNeil and Peter Campbell and William McBeath got their heads together to give rise to the club, who played just two matches in their first year.

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Moses McNeil, his brother Peter and their friends William McBeath and Peter Campbell were walking in a park, now no longer in existence, in the Kelvinbridge area of Glasgow in the spring of 1872 when Moses suggested starting a football team. He had become excited by the game, pioneered in Scotland by Queen’s Park, and was eager to be a part of it all. He had seen the name ‘Rangers’ in an English rugby football annual and suggested he and his friends adopt it. In a carefree moment, the teenager with the biblical name had given birth to a club which would have an impact of biblical proportions on so many in the years to come.

On 1 June 2012, after four months in administration, a failure to reach a CVA agreement with creditors led to The Rangers Football Club plc (since renamed RFC 2012 plc) [91] entering the process of liquidation. [92] The administrators completed a sale of the business and assets to a new company, Sevco Scotland Ltd (which later renamed itself The Rangers Football Club Ltd), though most first-team players refused to transfer across. [93] [94] The new company failed to secure the transfer of Rangers' previous place in the Scottish Premier League, [95] but were later accepted into the Scottish Football League. Rangers were awarded associate membership and placed in the lowest division, the Third, rather than the First Division as the SPL and SFA had sought. [96] The transfer of Rangers' SFA membership was agreed by the SFA upon acceptance of a number of conditions, including a one-year transfer ban, in time for the club to begin the 2012–13 season. [97] Rangers sign Novo". BBC Sport. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013 . Retrieved 21 December 2012. Rangers have completed the signing of Nacho Novo from Dundee but manager Alex McLeish insists his summer spending spree is not yet over.Rangers complete Treble". BBC Sport. 31 May 2003. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012 . Retrieved 16 October 2007. Rangers capped a fabulous season with a hard-earned Scottish Cup win over Dundee at Hampden Park to seal the seventh domestic Treble in the club's history. In 2003, a Scottish television documentary series filmed by BBC Scotland, Blue Heaven, followed aspiring young footballers at Rangers as they tried to forge a career in football. [287] The series was originally broadcast in the winter of 2003 with a follow-up episode in 2011. [288] In 2022, Rangers also took the largest ever travelling support abroad when an estimated 100,000 fans arrived in Seville for the UEFA Europa League Final. [204] No arrests were made in Seville as Rangers supporters impressed the Spanish police with their good behaviour. [205] Winter, Henry (15 May 2008). "Rangers run out of steam as Zenit lift Uefa Cup". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Zenit St Petersburg (0) 2 Rangers (0) 0 a b "THE IRN-BRU SCOTTISH THIRD DIVISION". Sky Sports. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012 . Retrieved 22 December 2012. IBROX STADIUM (ATT 49,913)

The 1890–91 season saw the inception of the Scottish Football League, and Rangers, by then playing at the first Ibrox Stadium, were one of ten original members. The club's first-ever league match, on 16 August 1890, resulted in a 5–2 victory over Heart of Midlothian. After finishing joint-top with Dumbarton, a play-off held at Cathkin Park finished 2–2 and the title was shared for the only time in its history. Rangers' first-ever Scottish Cup win came in 1894 after a 3–1 final victory over rivals Celtic. By the start of the 20th century, Rangers had won two league titles and three Scottish Cups. [17] [19] [24] [25] During William Wilton's time as match secretary and then team manager, Rangers won ten league titles. During 32Red's sponsorship, Rangers faced NK Osijek in 2018–19 wearing unsponsored training gear due to Croatia's ban on gambling advertising. [156] Team Talk, an arm of the Rangers Charity Foundation, appeared on the shirts on two occasions in 2021–22: away in Leipzig, as Unibet hold no licence for Germany; and in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt, as gambling advertisements are banned in Spain. [185] Mascot Playing in the Scottish Championship in season 2014–15 provided Rangers with a more difficult challenge, with the club losing home and away to both Hibernian [108] [109] and Hearts [110] [111] and also losing away to Queen of the South [112] in the first half of the season. Rangers also failed to beat Alloa either home or away in the league before losing 3–2 to Alloa in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup. [113] Amid mounting criticism, [114] McCoist submitted his resignation intending to honour his 12 months notice period but was placed on gardening leave and replaced by Kenny McDowall on a caretaker basis. [115] McDowall remained in charge for just three months before resigning in March 2015. During his time in charge, Rangers won just three matches. Rangers then named former player Stuart McCall as their third manager of the season for the remaining fixtures. [116] Under McCall, Rangers finished third in the league and then reached the Premiership play-off final, which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to Motherwell. [117] Warburton, Premiership return, Caixinha and MurtyMcGregor, 41, was similarly honoured to be celebrated and said, “It’s a club that I love and so when I am finished and go to games, to walk up that marble staircase and see my name there is definitely something I’ll treasure forever.” Rangers to re-form after creditors' deal is rejected". BBC. 12 June 2012 . Retrieved 7 September 2019. In 1989, Rangers signed Mo Johnston, "their first major Roman Catholic signing". [220] Johnston was the first high-profile Catholic to sign for the club since the World War I era, though other Catholics had signed for Rangers before. [216] [221] Since Johnston's signing, an influx of overseas footballers has contributed to Catholic players becoming commonplace at Rangers. [222] In 1999, Lorenzo Amoruso became the first Catholic captain of the club. [223] Murray, Ewan (15 December 2006). "Hutton sends Rangers clean through to Old Firm match". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011 . Retrieved 22 April 2011. Paul Le Guen is satisfied his Rangers players will enter Sunday's Old Firm match in as positive a frame of mind as possible after they sealed the top qualifying position from Group A and secured a second consecutive clean sheet. Chapter XX.—Queen's Park and Glasgow Charity cup, History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 – 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland