Editing Rangers F.C. (section)

===Rivalries===
[[File:Oldfirm.jpg|thumb|Rangers fans (right) at an Old Firm match away to Celtic in 2004]]
The club's most distinct rivalry is with Glasgow neighbours [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]; the two clubs are collectively known as the [[Old Firm]]. Rangers' traditional support is largely drawn from the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Unionism in Scotland|Unionist]] community, whilst Celtic's traditional support is largely drawn from the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] community. The first Old Firm match was won by Celtic and there have been over four hundred matches played to date. The Old Firm rivalry has fuelled many assaults, sometimes leading to deaths, on Old Firm derby days; an activist group that monitors [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] activity in Glasgow has reported that on Old Firm weekends, admissions to hospital emergency rooms have increased over normal levels and journalist [[Franklin Foer]] noted that in the period from 1996 to 2003, eight deaths in Glasgow were directly linked to Old Firm matches, as well as hundreds of assaults.<ref name="101 places not to see before you die">{{cite book|title=101 Places Not to See Before You Die|publisher=Harper Collins|author=Price, Catherine|year=2010|isbn=9780061787768|url=https://archive.org/details/101placesnottose00cath|url-access=registration|quote=On Old Firm weekends, admission rates for local hospitals increase ninefold, and the cumulative total for arrests at Old Firm games is the highest in the world.|access-date=24 August 2012|pages=[https://archive.org/details/101placesnottose00cath/page/174 174], 175}}</ref><ref name="old firm dnt need big stars">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/old-firm-dont-need-a-messi-1089843|title=Old Firm don't need a Messi or Ronaldo to be biggest derby in world, says Ali Russell|work=Daily Record|date=18 December 2011|access-date=24 August 2012|author=Haggerty, Anthony|quote=RANGERS operations chief Ali Russell insists the Old Firm rivalry is the biggest in the world – because a billion fans tune in to watch two teams devoid of world stars.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731184909/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/old-firm-dont-need-a-messi-1089843|archive-date=31 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Aberdeen F.C.–Rangers F.C. rivalry|bitter rivalry]] with [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] developed following an incident in the 1979 League Cup final when Rangers' [[Derek Johnstone]] provoked the fury of the Dons support with what they believed was a blatant dive but which resulted in the dismissal of Aberdeen's [[Doug Rougvie]] and a Rangers victory.<ref name="When two tribes go to war">[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/when-two-tribes-go-to-war-1.200148 When two tribes go to war] ''The Herald'' (Glasgow). Retrieved 30 November 2013.</ref> Then, the following season, Aberdeen's [[John McMaster (footballer, born 1955)|John McMaster]] had to be given the [[Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation|kiss of life]] at Ibrox after a stamp on his throat by [[Willie Johnston]].<ref name="When two tribes go to war"/> Relations between fans were further soured during a league match on 8 October 1988, when Aberdeen player [[Neil Simpson]]'s tackle on Rangers' Ian Durrant resulted in Durrant being injured for two years.<ref name="Rangers aberdeen rivalry">{{Cite web|date=2019-02-06|title=Aberdeen v Rangers: a rivalry inflamed by a terrible tackle|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2019/feb/06/aberdeen-rangers-horrific-tackle-changed-rivalry-durrant-souness|access-date=2021-02-10|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Resentment continued and in 1998 an article in a Rangers match programme branded Aberdeen fans "scum", although Rangers later issued a "full and unreserved apology" to Aberdeen and their supporters, which was accepted by Aberdeen.<ref name="Rangers issue apology to Aberdeen">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rangers-apologise-to-aberdeen-1185731.html|title=Rangers apologise to Aberdeen|access-date=28 January 2010|work=The Independent|date=18 November 1998|quote=RANGERS ISSUED a full public apology to Aberdeen last night for labelling a section of the Pittodrie club's support "scum" in last Saturday's Ibrox matchday programme. Stewart Milne, the Aberdeen chairman, protested to Bob Brannan, the Rangers chief executive, yesterday about the anonymous article which also branded the Dons' team as "under-achievers and money-grabbers"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108223605/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rangers-apologise-to-aberdeen-1185731.html|archive-date=8 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="History of bad blood">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1770821.stm|title=A history of bad blood|date=19 January 2002|access-date=28 January 2010|work=BBC Sport|quote=The catalyst for the recent venom between the two sets of supporters was the 1988 incident involving Neil Simpson and Ian Durrant.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709164336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1770821.stm|archive-date=9 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rangers' relaunch in the Third Division in the 2012–13 season led to the club's original rivalry with [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] being renewed for the first time since 1958 in the league. Rangers and Queen's Park first played each other in March 1879, some nine years before the start of the Old Firm rivalry.<ref name="Old rivalry 1">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/sfl-division-three/rangers-v-queen-s-park-renewing-an-age-old-rivalry-1-2575574|title=Rangers v Queen's Park: Renewing an age-old rivalry|work=The Scotsman|author=Smith, Andrew|date=14 October 2012|access-date=14 October 2012|quote=IT HAS been billed by the Ibrox club as the "original Glasgow derby". It might equally be argued that their hosting of Queen's Park in the Third Division on Saturday is the newest Glasgow derby.<br />...<br />Although the teams last met in a League Cup tie 21 years ago and regularly jousted in the Glasgow Cup in the two decades before that, there has not been a league meeting since 1958, the year Queen's Park last played top-flight football. The fact the confrontation has returned to the calendar in a wholly different form was best encapsulated by Rangers ambassador Sandy Jardine.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118161221/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/sfl-division-three/rangers-v-queen-s-park-renewing-an-age-old-rivalry-1-2575574|archive-date=18 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Old rivalry 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/old-rivalry-renewed.19134396?|title=Old rivalry renewed|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=14 October 2012|access-date=14 October 2012|author=Fisher, Stewart|quote=Queen's Park and Rangers, two teams that first met competitively in a Scottish Cup tie in March 1879, some nine years before Celtic were formed, meet in an Irn-Bru Third division encounter at Ibrox.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016233432/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/old-rivalry-renewed.19134396|archive-date=16 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Matches with Queen's Park were advertised as the "[[Original Glasgow derby]]" by Rangers and the Scottish media; and as the "Oldest Derby in the World" by Queen's Park.<ref name="Oldist derby in the world">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9621143/Rangers-and-Queens-Park-ready-to-resurrect-worlds-oldest-derby.html|title=Rangers and Queen's Park ready to resurrect world's oldest derby|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=19 October 2012|access-date=16 January 2013|author=Forsyth, Roddy|quote=The Old Firm collision it most certainly is not – to the relief of Glasgow's constabulary and A&E departments – but Saturday afternoon's visit of Queen's Park to Ibrox will draw the UK's second biggest crowd and resurrect a fixture that first appeared in the records in 1875 when the pair played a charity match in aid of fire victims.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112104214/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9621143/Rangers-and-Queens-Park-ready-to-resurrect-worlds-oldest-derby.html|archive-date=12 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>