1966–67 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1966–67 season
Chairman	John Lawrence
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	2nd P34 W24 D7 L3 F92 A31 Pts58
Scottish Cup	First round
League Cup	Runners-up
Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Smith (19) All: Alex Smith (23)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was the 87th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1966–67 season. The team suffered an infamous cup upset, when they lost 1–0 to Berwick Rangers in the first round of the 1966–67 Scottish Cup.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
10 September 1966	Partick Thistle	H	6–1	26,559
17 September 1966	Celtic	A	0–2	61,333
24 September 1966	Aberdeen	H	3–0	33,206
1 October 1966	Dundee United	A	3–2	14,323
8 October 1966	Falkirk	H	5–0	19,627
15 October 1966	Hearts	A	1–1	27,828
2 November 1966	St Mirren	A	6–1	9,849
5 November 1966	Motherwell	H	5–1	24,481
9 November 1966	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	28,839
12 November 1966	St Johnstone	A	1–1	11,807
19 November 1966	Ayr United	H	4–0	19,265
26 November 1966	Hibernian	A	2–1	25,798
3 December 1966	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–3	18,079
10 December 1966	Stirling Albion	H	4–0	19,797
17 December 1966	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	14,570
31 December 1966	Dundee	H	2–2	26,898
2 January 1967	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	25,663
14 January 1967	Dundee United	H	3–1	33,085
18 January 1967	Aberdeen	A	2–1	31,294
21 January 1967	Falkirk	A	1–0	14,182
4 February 1967	Hearts	H	5–1	33,087
8 February 1967	Clyde	A	5–1	19,574
11 February 1967	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	31,551
25 February 1967	St Mirren	H	3–0	21,875
4 March 1967	Motherwell	A	5–1	17,907
7 March 1967	Airdrieonians	A	1–0	13,869
18 March 1967	Ayr United	A	4–1	11,374
25 March 1967	Hibernian	H	1–0	33,095
29 March 1967	St Johnstone	H	4–3	19,667
1 April 1967	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	29,528
8 April 1967	Stirling Albion	H	1–0	8,402
22 April 1967	Clyde	H	1–1	19,880
29 April 1967	Dundee	A	1–1	16,851
6 May 1967	Celtic	H	2–2	78,790

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
27 September 1966	R1 1	Glentoran	A	1–1	40,000
5 October 1966	R1 2	Glentoran	H	4–0	33,473
23 November 1966	R2 1	Borussia Dortmond	H	2–1	65,299
6 December 1966	R2 2	Borussia Dortmond	A	0–0	40,000
1 March 1967	QF 1	Real Zaragoza	H	2–0	65,203
22 March 1967	QF 2	Real Zaragoza	A	0–2	40,000
19 April 1967	SF 1	Slavia Sofia	A	1–0	48.000
3 May 1967	SF 2	Slavia Sofia	H	1–0	71,110
31 May 1967	F	Bayern Munich	N	0–1	69,509

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1967	R1	Berwick Rangers	A	0–1	13,283

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
13 August 1966	SR	Hibernian	H	1–0	41,154
17 August 1966	SR	Stirling Albion	A	8–0	13,561
20 August 1966	SR	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	51,765
27 August 1966	SR	Hibernian	A	2–3	32,913
31 August 1966	SR	Stirling Albion	H	1–1	13,631
3 September 1966	SR	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	29,743
14 September 1966	QF1	Ayr United	A	1–1	14,071
21 September 1966	QF2	Ayr United	H	3–0	23,691
19 October 1966	SF	Aberdeen	N	2–2	38,332
24 October 1966	SFR	Aberdeen	N	2–0	38,104
29 October 1966	F	Celtic	N	0–1	94,532

Appearances

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References

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup Final European Cup Winners' Cup Final Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1968 qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

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