THE STORY OF THE BLUES

Rangers are one of the most famous clubs in world soccer. The Rangers family are based at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. We are the most successful, domestic club side in the world, and last May, we won our one hundredth major domestic honour. We have fans in every corner of the globe.

Rangers FC are one of sports great romantic tales. A real rags to riches story. The Club was formed by four young boys in 1872 (not 1873 as is often claimed) Moses and Peter McNeill, Peter Campbell and William McBeath. The date of 1873 is recognised because that was the year when the club had their first annual meeting and officers were elected. Rangers were becoming businesslike. The players had formal training sessions and a fixture list was drawn up.

Four youths that got caught up in the tidal wave of enthusiasm for association football, which swept through Great Britain in the latter part of the 19th Century. Young boys who formed a football club, purely out of a love of the game.
Who would have thought, all those years ago, that these four lads, who were so hard up they had to pool together to buy a leather ball, laid the foundations for what is now a major multi million pound institution?

 

League Championships. 50- World Record

Major Domestic Trophies 103 - World Record

1999/2000. Title won by 21 points. - New Scottish record

Scottish League Cup 22 - Scottish Record

Glasgow Cup 44 - A Record

Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup - 32 - a Record
 

Those are Rangers FC's origins and to take you through the trials and tribulations of those far off times through till the present day, would take forever.
The last eleven years under our Chairman, David Murray, have been the most successful in the club's history. His reign as Chairman has seen an unprecedented period of domestic success for the Club. With no less than 20 major successes in the trophy cabinet.

His story is as remarkable as that of the club's - as a young man he was involved in a road accident which cost him the use us of his legs; undeterred he went on to build his business into one of the biggest in Britain, selling steel throughout the world. In fact, he was so successful that he is Scotland's richest self-made man - there may be others with more cash but they depended upon inheritance. It's that spirit of proud self-reliance which marks him and our club out from the others.