1960–61 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1960–61 season
Chairman	John Wilson
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P34 W23 D5 L8 F88 A46 Pts51
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	Winners
European Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: All: Ralph Brand (40)

The 1960–61 season was the 81st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers won the Scottish League Cup.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 65 competitive matches during the 1960–61 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 1960	Partick Thistle	H	6–3	22,693
10 September 1960	Celtic	A	5–1	29,789
17 September 1960	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	76,198
24 September 1960	St Johnstone	A	5–2	21,451
1 October 1960	Third Lanark	A	4–2	15,599
8 October 1960	Dundee	H	0–1	22,160
15 October 1960	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	37,288
26 October 1960	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	19,046
2 November 1960	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	10,503
5 November 1960	Clyde	A	3–1	20,189
12 November 1960	Dundee United	H	4–0	28,697
26 November 1960	Kilmarnock	H	2–3	33,225
3 December 1960	Aberdeen	H	4–0	15,409
10 December 1960	Hibernian	A	2–1	22,204
17 December 1960	St Mirren	H	5–1	13,212
24 December 1960	Ayr United	A	0–1	31,003
26 December 1960	Motherwell	A	2–1	19,783
31 December 1960	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	58,445
2 January 1961	Celtic	H	2–1	79,278
7 January 1961	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	14,935
14 January 1961	St Johnstone	H	1–0	18,870
21 January 1961	Third Lanark	H	4–3	27,569
28 January 1961	St Mirren	A	1–1	17,305
8 February 1961	Dundee	A	2–4	8,706
18 February 1961	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0	38,571
4 March 1961	Raith Rovers	A	3–2	25,372
8 March 1961	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	14,815
11 March 1961	Clyde	H	2–1	12,421
18 March 1961	Dundee United	H	1–1	19,535
25 March 1961	Motherwell	H	2–2	16,387
1 April 1961	Kilmarnock	A	0–2	13,927
8 April 1961	Aberdeen	A	1–6	11,175
11 April 1961	Hibernian	H	1–0	19,817
29 April 1961	Ayr United	H	7–3	10,606

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 February 1961	R2	Dundee	A	5–1	32,000
25 February 1961	R3	Motherwell	A	2–2	31,958
1 March 1961	R3 R	Motherwell	H	2–5	85,000

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1960	SR	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	51,000
17 August 1960	SR	Third Lanark	A	1–2	35,000
20 August 1960	SR	Celtic	H	2–3	60,000
27 August 1960	SR	Partick Thistle	A	4–1	35,000
31 August 1960	SR	Third Lanark	H	3–2	40,000
3 September 1960	SR	Celtic	A	2–1	60,000
14 September 1960	QF1	Dundee	H	1–0	45,000
21 September 1960	QF2	Dundee	A	4–3	32,000
19 October 1960	SF	Queen of the South	N	7–0	17,000
29 October 1960	F	Kilmarnock	N	2–0	82,063

European Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 September 1960	QRL1	Ferencvaros	H	4–2	36,024
12 October 1960	QRL2	Ferencvaros	A	1–2	25,000
15 November 1960	QFL1	Borussia Monchengladbach	A	3–0	50,000
30 November 1960	QFL2	Borussia Monchengladbach	H	8–0	38,174
29 March 1961	SFL1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	79,229
19 April 1961	SFL2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	45,163
17 May 1961	FL1	Fiorentina	H	0–2	80,000
27 May 1961	FL2	Fiorentina	A	2–1	50,000

See also

• 1960–61 in Scottish football
• 1960–61 Scottish Cup
• 1960–61 Scottish League Cup
• 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup