1986: The Rangers Revolution: The Year Which Changed the Club Forever

by Jeff Holmes

Glasgow Rangers began the year in the doldrums—and they stayed there for a good few months, struggling to make fifth spot in a 10-team league. That was until the dramatic events of Tuesday, 8 April 1986. From that day forward, the Glasgow Rangers changed forever; Graeme Souness saw to that. Fresh from Serie A—which at that time was almost certainly the toughest league in the world—Souness came home to Scotland to become Rangers' player/manager; he took the club by the scruff of the neck and didn't stop shaking until he'd made them the best team in Scotland—and by some distance. He reversed the trend of the best Scottish players heading south to ply their trade in England, and encouraged the English trio of Terry Butcher, Chris Woods, and Graham Roberts to head to Ibrox. It was the year Souness gave Rangers supporters back their swagger. With new insightful interviews with the key players, chief protagonists, and those who were at the heart of the turnaround, 1986: The Rangers Revolution tells the full story of what happened at Ibrox in 1986—quite a year to be a Ranger!

256 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book covers the year of 1986 for Rangers Football Club, month by month, and features some interviews from some of the key players.

It’s very insightful to some of the mechanics of how things worked as well as what was going on in the background at the time during one of the most important years in the clubs existence.

There’s something quite poetic about the journey from Celtic 2-0 Rangers at Parkhead on 1st January 1986 to Rangers 2-0 Celtic at Ibrox on 1st January 1987 and this book takes you there to help give an understanding of how it was done.

[Neil Kinnin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember the Rangers Revolution as it happened, the excitement surrounding Souness coming on board and the signings that followed was amazing. Was fantastic to be able to read about what was going on behind the scenes during that time. Highly recommended for any Rangers fan.