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If you are a football fan, you will undoubtedly know a lot about Glasgow Rangers FC, but I am sure there are many more things you do not know about this Scottish Premier League team! Get to know the Gers better with these soccer facts!
Did you know?
The rangers were first established in 1873 by the Moses brothers, William McBeath, Peter Campbell, and Peter McNeil.
His team’s name was copied from an English rugby club with the same name after it was found in a book.
Rangers’ first game was against Callander FC at Glasgow Green. It was a friendly and neither of them scored goals.
Their second game scored a momentous victory, with the Rangers defeating Clyde (not Clyde’s current team) 11-0.
The Rangers were one of the first ten teams to join the Scottish Football League in the 1890-91 season. Their first league game was played on August 16, 1890.
Its stadium is the Ibrox and has the capacity to host more than 50,000 rowdy soccer fans.
Rangers won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972 when they beat Dynamo Moscow 3-2.
The Rangers with the most games played was Ally McCoist, who had 57 games for Scotland.
Ally McCoist was also the top goal scorer in Rangers history, scoring 335 spectacular goals.
The Glasgow Rangers are not to be confused with the Glasgow Celtic, formed in 1888 by brother Walfrid Kerins, which was created to give something back to the Irish immigrants in the community.
Average home attendance at a Rangers game is around 49,000 fans.
The Rangers’ team mascot is Broxi Bear, a brown teddy bear with blue ears and nose.
Sir Alex Ferguson played for Glasgow Rangers between 1967 and 1969, where he scored 44 goals.
Rangers Stadium was the site of the Ibrox disaster on April 5, 1902 when the West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rain, killing 25 people and injuring more than 500.
From the 1988-89 season to the 1996-7 season, the Rangers won the league title every year, with a staggering nine in a row at the end. The team was led by Graham Souness and Walter Smith.
The Rangers stripe is light blue and white.
The current president of Rangers FC Glasgow offices is David Murray.
Famous Rangers fans include chef Gordon Ramsey, Ultravox star Midge Ure, news anchor Kirsty Young, golfer Colin Montgomerie, and actors Kenneth Branagh and Robert Carlyle.