A Long Way From Moscow
Rangers entered Matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage having taken part in two Premier Division matches. The first of which was a routine victory over newly promoted Partick Thistle, a match in which Gary McSwegan continued his goal scoring form by adding to a Trevor Steven opener and a rare Dave McPherson winner […]
It’s His First Touch in Europe
Rangers entered Matchday 1 of the Champions League group stage in fine form having taken maximum points from three Premier Division matches. On Saturday 7th November Rangers would travel to Parkhead to take on a Celtic side which sat in 4th place and was coming off the back of a UEFA Cup exit at the […]
Group A Preview
On Friday 6th November 1992 in Geneva, Switzerland Rangers entered into the draw for the group stages of the Champions League as British football’s first ever representative. In a completely open draw Rangers would be placed into Group A alongside Marseille, Club Brugge and CSKA Moscow, three teams who had ventured along very different journeys […]
Marching On Together
Since our last update Rangers would take part in two domestic matches, the first of which being the League Cup Final against Aberdeen at Hampden Park. Rangers would open the scoring after only 14 minutes with a goal best remembered for Theo Snelders chesting the ball into the path of Stuart McCall. With the new […]
A Visit From Sgt Wilko
Since our last update Rangers would motor through the start of October in devastating form, with Ally McCoist a central figure in what was a team shifting through the gears. To kick off October Rangers faced Falkirk at Ibrox in a match where McCoist would score all four in a 4-0 win. This was followed […]
Scandinavian Skirmish
The draw for the opening rounds of the Champions League would take place in Geneva, Switzerland on the 15th of July 1992, at which point Rangers learned of their 1st round opponents the Danish Champions Lyngby. With the match set to take place in mid-September Rangers would have to navigate no fewer than nine matches […]
The Origin Story
What had started as a burgeoning riptide under Graeme Souness in 1986 was now a fully formed tidal wave by 1992. Its genesis can be traced back to the stewardship of Chief Executive David Holmes in the mid-80s and the purchase of the club in 1988 by an enigmatic young businessman by the name of […]
The Revolution
For most British football fans looking back at the 90s, years that end in odd numbers usually represent summers without international tournament football that would otherwise bridge the gap between League campaigns. The summer of 1995 is remembered rather more fondly in the town of Blackburn, as their football club had just completed its […]
Marseille vs AC Milan
We covered both sides route to the final in this preview piece, which provides a greater context of how how each team was formulated as well as how their season had progressed prior to qualifying for the Champions League Final. Starting Line Ups Marseille Line Up: An injury concern had left Franck Sauzee out of […]
Manchester United vs Arsenal
The back story to this particular match begins in the summer of 1995 when Alex Ferguson embarked upon remodeling his United side for the future. Soon would come the departure of first team regulars such as Andrei Kanchelskis, Mark Hughes and Paul Ince, and in their place Ferguson would promote a group of exciting home […]