Editing Rangers F.C. (section)

==Popular culture==
In 2002, former Rangers striker Ally McCoist starred in [[Robert Duvall]]'s film ''[[A Shot at Glory]]'' as Jackie McQuillan, where he would play against Rangers in the Scottish Cup Final for "Kilnockie F.C.", a fictional side.

In 2003, a Scottish television documentary series filmed by [[BBC Scotland]], ''[[Blue Heaven (2003 TV series)|Blue Heaven]]'', followed aspiring young footballers at Rangers as they tried to forge a career in football.<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://sport.scotsman.com/rangersfc/Rangers-homegrown-hopefuls-make-for.2474119.jp | title=Rangers' homegrown hopefuls make for engaging talent show | location=Edinburgh|work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Press | date=29 October 2003}}</ref> The series was originally broadcast in the winter of 2003 with a follow-up episode in 2011.<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13030260.Heavenly_beginnings_show_how_Rangers_starlets_have_fallen_from_grace/ | title=Heavenly beginnings show how Rangers starlets have fallen from grace| location=Edinburgh|work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Press | date=19 May 2011}}</ref>

In 2008, celebrity chef and former Rangers youth player [[Gordon Ramsay]] returned to the club to teach them how to cook in Series 4, Episode 12 of ''[[The F Word (British TV series)|The F Word]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gordon-ramsays-f-word/on-demand/44977-012|title=Gordon Ramsay's F Word – On Demand – All 4|website=www.channel4.com}}</ref>

Owing to the notoriety of the "Rangers Inter City Firm", a [[List of hooligan firms|football firm]] associated with the club, Rangers have also featured in television documentaries and books about football hooliganism, including Series 1, Episode 5 of ''[[The Real Football Factories]]'' presented by English actor [[Danny Dyer]] on [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] in 2006, during which he visits his first Old Firm match and meets football casuals from Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen, Hibernian, Dundee United and Dundee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/kicking-off-934116|title=Kicking off|work=Daily Record|date=6 May 2006|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>

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 [[Rangers F.C. signing policy|"No Catholic" signing policy]] after finding out.<ref name = "scotch n wry">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/nations/scotland/scpiwk51.pdf |title=This Week's Highlights. Scotland: BBC weeks 51 and 52 |publisher=BBC |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref><ref>[https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/old-firm-facts-footballs-greatest-14500791.amp Old Firm Facts on football's greatest sitcom moments], Glasgow Live, 6 April 2018.</ref>

Rangers have appeared in theatre a number of times in shows such as ''Follow Follow: The Rangers Story'' at the [[King's Theatre, Glasgow|King's Theatre]] in 1994 starring Scottish actors [[Barbara Rafferty]], [[Alexander Morton]], [[Jonathan Watson]], [[Iain Robertson]], [[Ronnie Letham]] and [[Stuart Bowman (actor)|Stuart Bowman]]; ''Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim'' at the Pavilion Theatre in 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/09/im-no-a-billy-hes-review|title=Singin' I'm No a Billy He's a Tim|work=The Guardian|date=9 June 2009|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/performing-arts/singin%E2%80%99-i%E2%80%99m-no-billy-he%E2%80%99s-tim|title=Singin' I'm No a Billy, He's a Tim|publisher=[[Culture Northern Ireland]]|date=16 September 2009|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163354/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/performing-arts/singin%E2%80%99-i%E2%80%99m-no-billy-he%E2%80%99s-tim|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Divided City]]'' at the [[Citizens Theatre]] in 2011; and, more recently, ''Billy and Tim and the Wee Glesga Ghost'' in 2015, and ''Rally Roon the Rangers'' in 2019 and 2022, both at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17792697.pavilion-s-rally-roon-rangers-opens-spectacular-start/|title=The Pavilion's Rally Roon the Rangers opens with a spectacular start |work=Evening Times|date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

[[William Orcutt Cushing]]'s [[hymn]] "[[Follow On (hymn)|Follow On]]", also known as "Down in the Valley with My Saviour I Would Go" or "I Will Follow Jesus", has been adopted as the anthem of Rangers in their club song "[[Follow Follow]]". The club has also played the [[Tina Turner]] song "[[The Best (song)|The Best]]"  when the teams exit the tunnel before kick off.<ref name="thebest">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/04/21/rangers-fans-launch-bid-to-get-tina-turner-hit-simply-the-best-to-no-1-as-team-close-in-on-spl-title-86908-22201242/ |title=Rangers fans launch bid to get Tina Turner hit Simply The Best to No.1 |newspaper=The Daily Record |date=21 April 2010 |access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>

In October 2023, [[K-pop]] girl group [[STAYC]] went viral when during a concert in Dallas, Texas, US, they wore cropped 1996–97 season Rangers shirts instead of uniforms from the local [[Major League Baseball]] team, the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Auryn |title=STAYC - K-pop group in Rangers top 'mix-up' at Texas gig |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67204915 |website=BBC Scotland |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=24 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1=Ally |last1=McCoist |author-link1=Ally McCoist |first2=Alan |last2=Brazil |author-link2=Alan Brazil |first3=Phil |last3=Spencer |title=McCoist in stitches at K-Pop band's Rangers wardrobe malfunction: 'They wore it better' |url=https://talksport.com/football/1615626/ally-mccoist-rangers-k-pop-stayc-wardrobe-malfunction/ |publisher=[[TalkSPORT]] |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en-gb |date=25 October 2023}}</ref> A club spokesman said that the moment had "triggered nostalgia for the Light Blues". When the group traveled to the UK the following month for the Korea On Stage show at Wembley, the club welcomed them to Ibrox Stadium and their adjoining event facility, Edmiston House.<ref>{{cite AV media |author1=Rangers Football Club |author2=STAYC |author-link2=STAYC |title=K-Pop Group STAYC Visit Ibrox And Edmiston House |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfqBSlUmFdo |publisher=Rangers Football Club |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=8 November 2023 |language=en |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |format=Short video |author=STAYC |author-link=STAYC|title=Rangers FC Broxy Bear 와 함께한 #TeddyBear_Challenge |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yEaU_kCJFeU |publisher=High Up Entertainment |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=6 November 2023 |location=Ibrox Stadium |language=en |via=[[YouTube]]}} Also shared by the group on Instagram and TikTok.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=K-Pop group STAYC tell Ibrox crowds 'we love Rangers' after top 'mix-up' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67340158 |work=BBC Scotland |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=6 November 2023}}</ref>