The 1974–75 season was the 95th season of competitive
football
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by
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1974–75 season. Rangers won the final
Scottish Football League Division One title before it was rebranded as the
Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system. It lay above the Scottish Football League First, Second and (from 1994) Th ...
. They also stopped
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
's quest for
ten-in-a-row. The decisive championship match came on 29 March 1975, Rangers needed a point away to
Hibernian and that's exactly what they got. The
Edinburgh club finished second to Rangers with Celtic back in third, a full eleven points behind.
The cup competitions however, provided little success as Rangers crashed out of the
Scottish Cup in the third round to
Aberdeen and could not progress past the sectional round in the
League Cup.
There was no competitive European football that season. However, Rangers returned to
Camp Nou
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, Barcelona to play for the
Joan Gamper Trophy. They defeated
Athletic Bilbao
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but lost 4–1 to
the hosts in the final.
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Cup
League Cup
Texaco Cup
Appearances
See also
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1974–75 in Scottish football
The 1974–75 season was the 102nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 78th season of Scottish league
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotl ...
*
1974–75 Scottish Cup
The 1974–75 Scottish Cup was the 90th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Airdrieonians in the final.
First round
Replays
Second round
Replay
Third round
Replays
...
*
1974–75 Scottish League Cup
The 1974–75 Scottish League Cup was the twenty-ninth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Celtic, who defeated Hibernian in the Final.
First round
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
...
References
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Rangers F.C. seasons
Rangers
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
Scottish football championship-winning seasons