Unusually for a football club, Rangers have two different official crests. Today the original scroll crest appears on the club's strips whereas the lion rampant club crest is used by the media, on club merchandise and on official club documents. Both crests have undergone minor variations since their introduction. It is believed that the scroll crest, representing the letters RFC overlapping, has been used since the club's formation in 1872, although the oldest remaining piece of memorabilia containing this crest is from the 1881–82 season. The scroll crest was replaced in 1959 with the lion rampant club crest which featured a lion rampant, an old-style football and the club's motto Ready, which was shortened from Aye Ready (meaning Always Ready in Scots), all surrounded by the team name, Rangers Football Club. The lion rampant club crest was modernised in 1968; the lion rampant, team name, club motto and old style football all remained. It was again updated slightly in the early 1990s and then once more in 2020 to the current version. The modern circular crest is regularly used on club merchandise and by the media; it has never featured prominently on the club strip. In 1968 the scroll crest made a return appearing on the chest of the club shirt for the first time while the modernised club crest was still the club's official logo. The scroll crest first appeared on the teams shorts for the start of the 1978–79 season. [151] [152] A panorama of Rangers supporters at the 2008 UEFA Cup final, in the Piccadilly Gardens fan zone. This picture was taken during the day, before the match against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 14 May 2008. Rivalries Rangers fans (right) at an Old Firm match away to Celtic in 2004 The "Greatest Ever" Rangers 11 chosen by fans in 1999. The manager chosen was Walter Smith. [n 4] [322] Greatest-ever team The Ranger Companies that made up the Ranger Department became the current training units—the 4th, 5th and 6th Ranger Training Battalions. [47] :29 These units conduct the United States Army's Ranger School at various locations at Fort Benning, Georgia, Camp Frank Merrill, near Dahlonega, Georgia, and Camp James Rudder at Eglin Air Force Base's Auxiliary Field No. 6/ Biancur Field, in northwest Florida. As of 2011, the school is 61 days in duration.

Eighteen men (including two repeat appointments) have been manager of Rangers during the club's history. [73] [316] [317] In addition, ten men have taken charge of the side on a caretaker basis, while five served as secretaries choosing the team, prior to the appointment of the club's first full-time manager, William Wilton, in 1899. Ranger Handbook", Ranger Training Brigade, United States Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia (2000) iii-2.The following year Rangers made the breakthrough reaching their first Scottish Cup Final. It took three matches to find a winner, and sadly it was their opponents Vale of Leven. After two drawn games, 0–0 and 1–1, Rangers finally succumbed 3–2 in the second repl David Goggins, former Navy SEAL, ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, motivational speaker, and author. Graduated from Army Ranger School with the distinction of enlisted "Top Honor Man." [52] The club featured on BBC Scotland comedy Scotch and Wry in 1979 in a scene where Manager ( Rikki Fulton) and Chief Scout ( Gregor Fisher) unknowingly sign a young Catholic footballer ( Gerard Kelly) but then try to void his contract to avoid publicly breaking the club's "No Catholic" signing policy after finding out. [291] [292]

The blue half of Glasgow, managed by Walter Smith, also won the Scottish League Cup after a 4-3 victory over Hearts at Celtic Park in a team featuring Paul Gascoigne, Brian Laudrup and Ally McCoist. James Earl Rudder - Commander of the 2nd Ranger Battalion during World War II; later president of Texas A&M University; led the Ranger assault on Pointe du Hoc on D-Day [65] [66] [ circular reference] Rangers to re-form after creditors' deal is rejected". BBC. 12 June 2012 . Retrieved 7 September 2019. John W. Ripley - first U.S. Marine to be inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame; awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in destroying the Dong Ha bridge during the April 1972 North Vietnamese Easter OffensiveInterest badges, awards and skills builders– with your unit and leader you’ll choose where and how to display your badges. women to pass U.S. Army Ranger School gain foothold for followers". CBC News. 20 August 2015 . Retrieved 21 January 2016. Rangers have won the Scottish League title a record 55 times, the Scottish Cup 34 times, the Scottish League Cup a record 27 times and the domestic treble on seven occasions. Rangers won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972 after being losing finalists twice, in 1961 (the first British club to reach a UEFA tournament final) and 1967. The club has lost a further two European finals; they reached the UEFA Cup Final in 2008 and a fourth runners-up finish in European competition came in the UEFA Europa League Final in 2022.

The Ranger of Hall of Fame features a digital kiosk with over 200 biographies and portraits of inductees. [51] Notable Rangers [ edit ] Colonial period [ edit ]Every year from the 1988–89 season until the 1996–97 season, Rangers won the league title. This nine-in-a-row achievement equalled Celtic's record, set prior to the forming of the Scottish Football League Premier Division, subsequent to which competing teams met four times a season. The first three of these seasons the club was managed by Graeme Souness; the latter six under the stewardship of Walter Smith. [42] Scoggins, Chip. "Former Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson still working with kids after messy departure from university". Star Tribune . Retrieved 1 July 2019. (subscription required) Broxi Bear is the official mascot of Rangers. Its name is derived from Rangers' home stadium, Broxi being an anagram of Ibrox. Broxi is a brown bear with blue inner ears and nose, wearing a Rangers strip. [186] He made his first appearance in a 2–2 draw against Raith Rovers on 13 November 1993. [187] Broxi was later accompanied by his "wife" Roxi and their "son" Boris [186] although from 2001 Roxi and Boris no longer made any on-field appearances at Ibrox. [188] Roxi and Boris did continue to appear on some club merchandise. [186] On 9 September 2017, Roxi and Boris were re-introduced before a 4–1 win against Dundee. All Rangers should have a uniform top. You can wear it with any bottoms that suit the occasion or event.

From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs’ names wrong?, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023. The eternal rivalry, known as the Old Firm, between the two Glaswegian city teams, Rangers and Celtic has been ongoing since the first Old Firm match in 1888, in which Rangers lost 5–2 in a friendly against the Celtic team which was largely made up of "guest players" from Hibernians. Medal of Honor Recipients Vietnam (A-L)". United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009 . Retrieved 16 July 2010. The Americans played in red, white and blue uniforms, with their name stitched horizontally across the jersey. First Graduating Class". Ranger School Graduation Gallery. United States Army. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013 . Retrieved 19 March 2010.Ranger Handbook", Ranger Training Brigade, United States Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia (2000) iii-4-6. On 1 June 2012, after four months in administration, a failure to reach a CVA agreement with creditors led to The Rangers Football Club plc (since renamed RFC 2012 plc) [91] entering the process of liquidation. [92] The administrators completed a sale of the business and assets to a new company, Sevco Scotland Ltd (which later renamed itself The Rangers Football Club Ltd), though most first-team players refused to transfer across. [93] [94] The new company failed to secure the transfer of Rangers' previous place in the Scottish Premier League, [95] but were later accepted into the Scottish Football League. Rangers were awarded associate membership and placed in the lowest division, the Third, rather than the First Division as the SPL and SFA had sought. [96] The transfer of Rangers' SFA membership was agreed by the SFA upon acceptance of a number of conditions, including a one-year transfer ban, in time for the club to begin the 2012–13 season. [97] Apart from being defeated 2–1 by Forfar Athletic in the first round of the League Cup on 3 August, season 2013–14 got off to an excellent start with Rangers winning maximum league points in their first 15 games in League One, before being held to a draw at home by Stranraer on Boxing Day 2013. Rangers secured the League One title and promotion to Scottish football's second tier on 12 March 2014 and went on to end the season unbeaten in league football. [106] Rangers also reached the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which they lost to Raith Rovers [107] and the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, in which they lost 3–1 at Ibrox to Dundee United.