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GLASGOW RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP WINNERS 1971/72
ON THE NIGHT OF 24th MAY 1972 IN BARCELONA'S NOU CAMP STADIUM RANGERS FC FACED THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN SIDE MOSCOW DYNAMO IN THE FINAL OF THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP .
RANGERS HAVING PLAYED IN AND LOST TWO EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP FINALS IN 1960/61 WHEN THEY LOST TO ITALIAN SIDE FIORENTINA 4 -1 OVER TWO GAMES AND 1966/67 WHEN THEY LOST 1 - 0 TO BAYERN MUNICH AFTER EXTRA TIME , THIS DEFEAT HURT EVEN MORE BECAUSE CELTIC HAD WON THAT YEARS EUROPEAN CUP FINAL AGAINST INTER MILAN.
BUT THIS TIME IT WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, RANGERS WERE DETERMINED TO FINALLY BRING SOME EUROPEAN SILVERWARE BACK TO IBROX.
IN THE FINAL RANGERS STARTED THE BETTER TEAM AND FOUND THEMSELVES 3 - 0 UP IN THE FIRST 49 MINUTES TROUGH GOALS FROM COLIN STEIN AFTER HALF AN HOUR, WILLIE JOHNSTON PUT RANGERS TWO UP A FEW MINUTES LATER JOHNSTON SCORED HIS SECOND AND RANGERS THIRD SHORTLY AFTER HALF TIME,BUT AN ELEMENT OF CARELESSNESS CREPT IN TO RANGERS PLAY AND THEY LOST 2 GOALS BEFORE THE REFEREE FINALLY ENDED THE MATCH , IT WAS TIME TO CELEBRATE.
RANGERS ROAD TO BARCELONA 1971/72
15th SEPTEMBER 1971
FIRST ROUND,FIRST LEG
RENNES 1 V 1 RANGERS
RANGERS SCORER :JOHNSTON
ATTENDANCE 20,000
28th SEPTEMBER 1971
FIRST ROUND,SECOND LEG
RANGERS 1 V 0 RENNES
RANGERS SCORER : MacDONALD
ATTENDANCE 40,000
20th OCTOBER 1971
SECOND ROUND,FIRST LEG
RANGERS 3 V 2 SPORTING LISBON
RANGERS SCORERS ; STEIN 2, HENDERSON
ATTENDANCE 50,000
3rd NOVEMBER 1971
SECOND ROUND,SECOND LEG
SPORTING LISBON 4 V 3 RANGERS (after extra time)
RANGERS SCORERS ; STEIN 2, HENDERSON
ATTENDANCE 60,000
8th MARCH 1972
QUARTER FINAL,FIRST LEG
TORINO 1 V 1 RANGERS
RANGERS SCORERS : JOHNSTON
ATTENDANCE 35,000
22nd MARCH 1972
QUARTER FINAL,SECOND LEG
RANGERS 1 V 0 TORINO
RANGERS SCORERS ; MacDONALD
ATTENDANCE 65,000
5th APRIL 1972
SEMI FINAL, FIRST LEG
BAYERN MUNICH 1 V 1 RANGERS
RANGERS SCORERS : ZOBAL O,G,
ATTENDANCE 40,000
19th APRIL 1972
SEMI FINAL,SECOND LEG
RANGERS 2 V 0 BAYERN MUNICH
RANGERS SCORERS ; JARDINE , PARLANE
ATTENDANCE 80.000
24th MAY
FINAL
RANGERS 3 V 2 MOSCOW DYNAMO
RANGERS SCORERS : STEIN , JOHNSTON 2
ATTENDANCE 35.00
JOHN GREIG WITH THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP
SOUVENIRS OF BARCELONA 1972
MATCH TICKET
COACH TICKET
CUP WINNERS CUP
TRAVEL PACK
THE NOU CAMP STADIUM
BARCELONA