The Official Rangers Hall of Fame

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Rangers: Stuart McCall appointed manager until summer". BBC Sport. 12 March 2015 . Retrieved 9 May 2015. The details are not completely clear, but it is thought that Rangers played their first ever match in May 1872 at Flesher’s Haugh on Glasgow Green where they played out a goalless draw with a team called Callendar. Moses was in that first line-up along with Peter and two other brothers, William and Harry, the latter already a successful player with Queen’s Park who was `borrowed’ for the occasion. In that first match Moses, his brothers and friends simply played in their street clothes. However, in their second game against Clyde — not the Clyde FC we know today — Rangers wore their famous light blue for the first time and won the match 11-0. English holds the record for the most league goals scored in a season for Rangers, with 44 in the 1931–1932 season. 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."

The 2008–09 season saw Rangers recover from an early exit from the UEFA Champions League to FBK Kaunas of Lithuania. [79] The club secured its 52nd league championship on the last day of the season with a 3–0 victory at Dundee United. [80] Rangers also successfully defended the Scottish Cup, defeating Falkirk 1–0 in the final. [81] 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. Official Club Partners – All India Football Federation, [352] Hamburger SV, [353] Bengaluru FC, [354] and Orange County SC. [355] Main articles: Ownership of Rangers F.C. and Administration and liquidation of the Rangers Football Club plc From incorporation to liquidationThe eternal rivalry, known as the Old Firm, between the two Glaswegian city teams, Rangers and Celtic has been ongoing since the first Old Firm match in 1888, in which Rangers lost 5–2 in a friendly against the Celtic team which was largely made up of "guest players" from Hibernians. 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) On the other was a passionate Scottish captain who enjoyed talisman status with the fans and liked to work hard and play hard.

In June 2015 it was announced that Mark Warburton had been appointed manager on a three-year deal. [118] Rangers went on to win the 2015–16 Scottish Championship and automatic promotion to the Scottish Premiership, ending their four-year stint in the lower divisions. The club also reached the 2016 Scottish Cup Final, beating Old Firm rivals Celtic in the semi-final at Hampden, [119] before losing to Hibernian in the final. [120] After a poor first half of the 2016–17 season, Mark Warburton and David Weir left Rangers on 10 February 2017, and Graeme Murty was placed in caretaker control of the Rangers first team. [121] [122] Pedro Caixinha eventually took over as permanent manager.Initially, the club was responsible for selecting the inductees. However, from 2001 onwards, the power to nominate the players was entrusted to the fans of the club. This move was aimed at involving the passionate and loyal supporters of Glasgow Rangers Football Club in the selection process.