1976–77 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1976-77 season
Chairman	Rae Simpson
Manager	Jock Wallace
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division	2nd P36 18 D10 L8 F62 A37
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Semi-finals
European Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Parlane (16) All: Derek Johnstone (21)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season is the 80th 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.

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

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 Robinson	FW	13	1
Jim Steele	DF	5	0
Colin Stein	FW	2	0
Kenny Watson	MF	38	3

See also

• 1976–77 in Scottish football
• 1976–77 Scottish Cup
• 1976–77 Scottish League Cup
• 1976–77 European Cup