💙Happy 58th Birthday Davie Robertson. Joined #Rangers from Aberdeen for £970k in 1991, won 6 Titles in a row, 3 Scottish Cups & 3 League Cups, including a Treble. He played 250 games and scored 6 goals. His last game was winning #9IAR at Tannadice before joining Leeds for £500k
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣7️⃣ : #Rangers sign Richard Gough from Spurs for a record £1m. The Hall of Fame Captain played 427 games, scored 37 goals, led us to #9IAR, won 3 Scottish Cups, 6 League Cups as well as the SPFA Players Player of the Year & SFWA Footballer of the Year Awards.
💙Happy 64th Birthday Mel Sterland. He joined #Rangers on 4yr deal for £800k in March 1989 from Sheffield Wed. His 3 goals in 13 games helped win us the League, especially the 2 in a 4-0 win against Hearts in April to win the 1st Title of #9IAR. He joined Leeds in July for £600k
💙Happy 56th Birthday Gordan Petric. The Serbian Defender joined #Rangers from Dundee Utd the day before his birthday in 1995. He made over 100 appearances, scoring 4 goals and won 2 Titles, including #9IAR, 1 League Cup and 1 Scottish Cup, before joining Crystal Palace in 1998.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ : #Rangers sign Brian Laudrup from Fiorentina for £2.5m. He played 150 games and scored 45 goals, including the #9IAR winning goal. He won 3 Titles, 1 Scottish Cup, 1 League Cup & 2xPotY Awards. He described Ibrox as being “the best 4 years of my career.”
🖤Remembering The Goalie, Andy Goram, who died #OTD in 2022, age 58. In 26 Old Firms he lost only 5 and kept 11 Clean Sheets. Over 260 games for #Rangers, he won #9IAR, 5 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups & 2 League Cups, including 1 Treble & 2 PotY Awards. Voted our greatest ever Goalie.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ : #Rangers sign Davie Robertson from Aberdeen for £1m. Over 6yrs the leftback played 250 games and scored 19 Goals with countless assists. He won 6 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups & 3 League Cups, including 1 Treble & #9IAR, before joining Leeds for £500k in 1997.
🗓 #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ : Andy Goram becomes the 1st #Rangers signing of the Walter Smith era, in a £1m deal from Hibs. Our greatest Goalie won 5 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups, 2 League Cups, including #9IAR & 1 Treble. He said "I hope to be here so long they have to kick me out!"
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣8️⃣ : Joachim Bjorklund's time at #Rangers ends as he joins Valencia for £2.5m. The Swede joined us from Vincenza for £2.2m in 1996. He won #9IAR & a League Cup at Ibrox before moving to Valencia for £2.5m in 1998, where he helped them reach 2 #UCL Finals.
💙Happy 61st Birthday Hall of Fame Inductee, Stuart McCall. Joined #Rangers for £1.3m from Everton in 1991. Over 7yrs the #9IAR Midfield lynchpin scored 20 goals in 265 games and helped us win 6 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups & 2 League Cups, including 4 Doubles and 1 domestic Treble.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ : Days after securing #9IAR, #Rangers fly back to Ibrox from Tynecastle in a helicopter after our final game ended in a 3-1 loss to Hearts. 30k fans, who watched the game on the Ibrox jumbotrons, savoured the party atmosphere as Walter addressed the support
💙Happy 60th Birthday Andy Dibble. Joined #Rangers in 1997, due to Andy Goram suffering a season ending injury. He played 7 games with 3 clean sheets, including a debut 1-0 win over Celtic, which sent us on our way to the Title. He celebrated by getting a #9IAR tattoo on his arm.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ : #9IAR is achieved as #Rangers beat Dundee Utd 1-0 at Tannadice thanks to a rare Brian Laudrup headed goal. The win secured the Championship to go with our 20th League Cup. We finished 5pts clear of Celtic and Brian Laudrup was our topscorer with 21 goals.
🖤Remembering Legendary Kitman Jimmy Bell, who died #OTD in 2022. Over 30yrs at Ibrox he saw the highs of #9IAR, Trebles and a European Final, to the lows of the 3rd division and back again, as we returned to the top and won our 55th Title. Jimmy lived the dream. Simply the Best.
🗓 #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ : #Rangers are crowned Champions for the 39th time as we secure the 1st Title of the #9IAR era with a 4-0 win over Hearts at Ibrox[42.8k]. Mel Sterland & Kevin Drinkell both scored twice to wrap up the title with 3 games left. It was our 5th Trophy in 3yrs
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣5️⃣ : Party time as #Rangers clinch #7IAR after beating Hibs 3-1 at Ibrox [44.1k]. Gordon Durie, Ian Durrant & Alexei Mikhailichenko scored. Walter Smith urged the team to maintain standards and go for #9IAR, "We're a step closer to equalling it now" he said.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ : #Rangers beat Raith Rovers 6-0 at Stark’s Park. Gordan Petric, Gordon Durie (2), Davie Robertson, MotM Brian Laudrup & Ally McCoist scored to relegate Raith. We clinched #9IAR in our next away game at Tannadice, Laudrup sealed it with a rare headed goal.
🖤Remembering Andy Goram, voted #Rangers greatest Goalie, born #OTD in 1964. Andy was Walter Smiths' 1st signing and went onto play in 26 Old Firms, losing only 5, with 11 Clean Sheets. In 260 games he won #9IAR, 5 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups, 2 League Cups, a Treble & 2 PotY Awards.
💙Happy 49th Birthday Charlie Miller. Joined #Rangers as a youth in 1991, made his debut at 17 in 1993, and won PFA Young PotY at 19. He played 116 games, scored 16 goals, won 4 Titles & 1 League Cup. Never tasted defeat in 10 Old Firm games and assisted the goal that won #9IAR.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ : #Rangers go 8pts clear with 6 games to go, beating Celtic 1-0 at Parkhead. Brian Laudrup scored. Mark Hateley was sent off. Ian Ferguson triggered a DiCanio implosion. Triumphant huddles occurred with Parkhead in meltdown as we edged closer to #9IAR.
💙Happy 58th Birthday Hall of Fame Inductee Ian Ferguson. Joined #Rangers from St.Mirren for £800k in 1988. Over 12yrs he played 336 games, scored 42 goals, won 10 Titles, including every #9IAR Title & 2 Trebles, 5 League Cups & 3 Scottish Cups before joining Dunfermline in 2000.
💙Happy 54th Birthday Joachim Bjorkland. The Swedish International joined #Rangers from Vincenza for £1.7m in 1996. He'd play 83 games in all competions, winning #9IAR & a League Cup before moving to Valencia for £2.5m in 1998, where he ended up a #UCL Finalist on 2 occasions.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ : #Rangers sign Mel Sterland for £800k from Sheffield Wed on a 4yr deal. He scored an important 3 goals in 13 games, notably the 2 he scored in the 4-0 win over Hearts to clinch the 1st of our #9IAR Titles, before Souness sold him to Leeds in July for £600k
🖤Remembering Walter Smith, born #OTD in 1948. The Gaffer joined #Rangers as Assistant in 1986 before becoming Manager in 1991 and leading us to #9IAR. Over 2 spells and 11yrs he won 10 Titles, 5 Scottish Cups & 6 League Cups, including a Treble & guiding us to a UEFA Cup final
💙Happy 56th Birthday Brian Laudrup. The former Bayern Munich player joined #Rangers in 1994 for £2.3m from Fiorentina. Over 4yrs the Hall of Famer played 150 games, scored 44 goals, including the goal that won #9IAR, and won 3 Titles, 1 Scottish Cup, 1 League Cup & 3 PotY Awards
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ : #Rangers sign future Hall of Fame Inductee Ian Ferguson from St Mirren, for a reported £850k fee. Over the next 12yrs he went onto score 42 goals, play 336 games, win 18 Trophies, including 10 Titles, #9IAR, and he was a part of 2 Treble winning teams.
💙Happy 47th Birthday Barry Ferguson MBE. The 3xPotY Captain joined #Rangers as a youth in 1994 and debuted in #9IAR season. In 2 spells and 10yrs at Ibrox, he played 432 games, scored 60 goals, was part of 2 Treble squads, a UEFA Final & won 5 Titles, 5 Scottish & 5 League Cups.
💙Happy 54th Birthday to Jorg Albertz. 'Der Hammer' joined #Rangers for £4m from Hamburg in 1996 and over the next 5 years the Hall of Fame Inductee went onto play 229 games, scored 82 goals and won 3 Titles, 2 Scottish Cups & 2 League Cups, including #9IAR and a Treble.
💙Happy 63rd Birthday John Brown. 'Bomber' joined his boyhood heroes in 1988 for £350k from Dundee. Over the next 9yrs at #Rangers, he played 278 games, scored 18 goals, won 8 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups & 3 League Cups, including a Treble. He retired from playing after winning #9IAR
🗓️ #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ : #Rangers sign John Brown from Dundee for £350k. 'Bomber' made 278 appearances, scored 18 goals, won 8 Titles, 3 Scottish Cups & 3 League Cups, including a Treble. He retired after winning #9IAR but still works for the Club he's supported all his life.
