The Best Ever Rangers Shirts
When I think of Rangers shirts. I think of 90s. McEwan's Lager across the chest, adidas Equipment stripes down the shoulders, nine titles in a row, McCoist, Laudrup and Gascoigne.
We've sold 57 authentic Rangers shirts since 2016, and the names on the back tell the story. Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne are level on seven each, and Ronald de Boer is right behind them on six. Nobody runs away with it. That's quite a squad.
"It was the late eighties and it was a Rangers away strip. My grandpa bought me it and it was through him that I developed my love for football." Scott Johnston
For this one we went back to the people we've talked to. That includes Scott Johnston of The Footy Blog, whose favourite goal ever came in a Rangers shirt, and Adam Hurrey, who got a Rangers shirt handed down from his big brother and one given to him by his grandpa. We also lean on our own Phil Delves, who reckons the first McEwan's shirt is one of the best the club ever wore.
What you need to know about the best Rangers shirts
- We've sold 57 authentic Rangers shirts, from the 1987 Umbro home to the Hummel years.
- The 1992/94 adidas Equipment home is our best-selling single design, and McCoist #9 is on seven of the ten we've sold.
- The 2002/03 Diadora shirts from the treble season are our best-selling era, with 12 sold.
- McCoist and Gascoigne are tied as the most popular names (7 each), with De Boer on 6.
- Every shirt is hand-checked and comes with our no-fakes guarantee - browse the full Rangers collection.
Authentic Rangers shirts
Vintage Rangers shirts go fast. Here's what's in our archive right now, every one hand-checked and guaranteed genuine:
1992/94 McCoist #9 Rangers adidas Equipment Home
Genuine adidas — £199.99
1995/96 Gascoigne #8 Rangers adidas Away
Genuine adidas — £159.99
1997/98 Goram #1 Rangers Nike Goalkeeper Shirt
Genuine Nike — £129.99
1998/99 Albertz #11 Rangers Nike Away
Genuine Nike — £119.99
The Best Ever Rangers Shirts, Ranked
1987/88 Home (Umbro) - The First McEwan's Shirt
Graeme Souness had arrived as player-manager in 1986 and turned Scottish football upside down. He stopped selling Rangers' best players to England and started buying England's best players instead: Butcher, Woods, Wilkins, Francis. The club needed a shirt to match, and in 1987 it got one. Our own Phil Delves wrote about it, and he didn't hold back:
"It would be the start of one of the most iconic team x sponsor combinations in world football." - Phil Delves, Football Shirt Collective
"Umbro's typical brilliance was on full display, with an all-over subliminal check pattern being the star of the show."
Look closely and the fabric is covered in that tonal check. Add the grandad collar and the red and white trim, and you've got a shirt that looks expensive even now. Phil's verdict is about as clear as it gets:
"The 1987 design, the first of the McEwan's era, is without a doubt one of the best." - Phil Delves
Late-80s Away (Umbro) - A First Shirt
Not every great shirt is great because of what happened on the pitch. Some are great because of who bought them for you. Scott Johnston told us about his first:
- Scott Johnston, The Footy Blog
1990/92 Home (Admiral) - The Admiral Interlude
Admiral had a brief second spell as Rangers' kit maker at the start of the 90s, with McEwan's still on the front. Mark Hateley arrived in 1990, and the McCoist–Hateley partnership that would terrorise Scottish defences for years started here. This one doesn't get talked about enough. Plenty of fans skip straight from Umbro to adidas, but Admiral home and away shirts have sold steadily for us (five so far).
1992/94 Home (adidas Equipment) - Super Ally
This is the one. It's our best-selling Rangers shirt, and seven of the ten we've sold have McCoist #9 on the back.
In 1992/93 Rangers won the treble and went ten games unbeaten in the first-ever Champions League, finishing one point short of the final. McCoist won the European Golden Boot. And on 4 November 1992, at Elland Road, he scored the goal Scott Johnston still can't get over:
"Then came my favourite ever goal... there was Ally McCoist free from his marker at the back post to score an absolutely wonderful diving header. Super Ally was my favourite player... The goal still gives me goose pimples!" - Scott Johnston
The shirt was in other households too. Football Clichés writer Adam Hurrey told us it was one of his hand-me-downs growing up, and he wasn't exactly a Rangers fan:
"After a string of hand-me-downs from my older brother – including, unfathomably, the Rangers home shirt of 1992/93 – the first shirt I can say I truly owned was Brazil's 1994 World Cup effort." - Adam Hurrey, Football Clichés
Royal blue, three Equipment stripes across the shoulders, McEwan's Lager in the middle.
1994/95 Away (adidas) - Laudrup Arrives
Brian Laudrup came to Ibrox in 1994 and made Scottish football look easy. He was named Scotland's player of the year in his first season. Laudrup #11 shirts from this era are still some of the most searched-for in our Rangers archive. We've sold three from the 1994/95 season, including the European version.
1995/96 Away (adidas) - Gazza Lands
Paul Gascoigne signed from Lazio in the summer of 1995. By April he'd scored a hat-trick against Aberdeen to clinch the title, nine-in-a-row was one season away, and Ibrox had a new favourite. This away shirt is from his first season, and it's one of the shirts our customers ask about most.
1996/97 Home (adidas) - Nine in a Row
The one every Rangers fan of a certain age measures the others against. In May 1997 a Brian Laudrup header at Tannadice made it nine league titles in a row, equalling Celtic's record. The shirt sticks to the same adidas formula, with a little more detail around the collar, and it was the last adidas home shirt before Nike took over. Gascoigne #8 versions are the ones collectors chase. We've sold four, and we'd love more.
1997/99 Home (Nike) - The First Nike Shirt
Nike took over in 1997, and the shirt went cleaner and plainer. That season was supposed to bring ten in a row, but it didn't, and Walter Smith's great side broke up that summer. There are still plenty of names on the back worth owning. Italian striker Marco Negri started the season scoring at a ridiculous rate, Andy Goram was still in goal, and Gascoigne's final months at the club were spent in this shirt. We've sold six shirts from this set, more than any other era bar two.
1998/99 Away (Nike) - Advocaat's Treble
Dick Advocaat arrived, spent big, and won the treble at the first attempt. Jörg Albertz, nicknamed "The Hammer" for his left foot, was the free-kick man. This away shirt is one of the cleanest Nike made for the club.
2002/03 Home (Diadora) - The Treble, by a Single Goal
Our best-selling Rangers era: 12 sold, and Ronald de Boer #14 on half of them. Alex McLeish's side won the treble, and the league came down to the last day, settled on goal difference by a single goal. Diadora's first Rangers shirt was a bold one for a club that usually plays it safe. The European version with De Boer on the back is the one our customers buy most. We don't have one in stock right now, but we're looking.
2002/03 Away (Diadora)
The away from the same treble season, and one of the best-value vintage Rangers shirts out there.
2003/04 Home (Diadora) - Arteta Before Arsenal
Before Everton, before Arsenal and long before he was a Premier League manager, Mikel Arteta spent two seasons at Ibrox. It's a cult shirt now, and Arsenal fans have started buying it too.
2004/05 Home (Diadora) - Helicopter Sunday
22 May 2005. The SPL trophy was in a helicopter heading for Motherwell, where Celtic were about to win the league. Then Celtic conceded twice in the last few minutes, Nacho Novo's goal at Easter Road made the difference, and the helicopter turned around. It's one of the great final days in British football, and Novo #10 shirts from that season still sell for exactly that reason.
2007/08 Home (Umbro) - The Road to Manchester
Walter Smith's second spell took Rangers to the UEFA Cup final in Manchester, played in front of one of the biggest travelling supports in the competition's history. Umbro was back as kit maker, and the shirts from this run are starting to be seen as modern classics.
Most Popular Rangers Shirts We've Sold
| Shirt / era | Units sold |
|---|---|
| 2002/03 Diadora home, European home, away and third (De Boer #14, Ferguson #6) | 12 |
| 1992/94 adidas Equipment home (McCoist #9) | 10 |
| 1997/99 Nike home, goalkeeper and European away (Gascoigne #8, Negri #9) | 6 |
| 1990/92 Admiral home and away | 5 |
| 1996/97 adidas home (Gascoigne #8) | 4 |
| 1994/95 adidas away and European (Laudrup #11) | 3 |
| 1992/94 adidas away | 2 |
| 1995/96 adidas away (Gascoigne #8) | 2 |
| 2003/05 Diadora (Ricksen #2) | 2 |
| 2004/05 Diadora UEFA Cup home (Novo #10) | 2 |
By maker, adidas leads with 22 sales, then Diadora (16), Nike (9), Admiral (5) and Umbro (4).
Most Popular Rangers Shirts By Player
| Player | Units sold |
|---|---|
| Ally McCoist | 7 |
| Paul Gascoigne | 7 |
| Ronald de Boer | 6 |
| Brian Laudrup | 2 |
| Nacho Novo | 2 |
| Marco Negri, Claudio Caniggia, Fernando Ricksen, Barry Ferguson, Steven Davis | 1 each |
It's a dead heat at the top. Count McCoist's Scotland shirts as well (we've sold four more) and Super Ally edges it. Just under half of our Rangers shirts, 28 of the 57, had no name on the back at all, bought for the badge and the era.
Who Orders The Most Rangers Shirts?
| Country | Units sold |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 45 |
| United States | 2 |
| Australia, Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand | 1 each |
| Not recorded | 4 |
Rangers shirts mostly stay close to home: 85% of the orders with a recorded country went to UK addresses. The ones that travel go a long way, as far as Australia and Singapore.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Rangers shirt of all time?
Our pick is the 1992/94 adidas Equipment home, worn by McCoist in the treble season and the first Champions League. It's also our best-selling single Rangers design. Going by era, the 2002/03 Diadora treble shirts have sold the most.
When did McEwan's Lager sponsor Rangers?
McEwan's Lager first appeared on the Rangers home shirt in 1987, on the Umbro shirt our own Phil Delves rates as one of the best the club has worn. It stayed through the Admiral and adidas years.
Who made Rangers shirts in the 1990s?
Umbro made them until 1990, then Admiral (1990–92), adidas (1992–97) and Nike from 1997. Diadora took over in 2002.
Which Rangers shirt was worn when they won nine in a row?
The 1996/97 adidas home. Rangers clinched the ninth straight title at Tannadice in May 1997.
Are Football Shirt Collective's vintage Rangers shirts authentic?
Yes. Every shirt is hand-checked before it's listed and photographed in detail, and comes with our no-fakes guarantee. We're rated Excellent on Trustpilot.
Why Buy Your Rangers Shirt From Football Shirt Collective
McCoist and Gascoigne shirts are among the most copied Rangers shirts out there, and adidas Equipment fakes are getting better. Every shirt we sell is hand-checked before it's listed and comes with plenty of photos, so you know exactly what you're getting. Every one carries our no-fakes guarantee, and we're rated Excellent on Trustpilot. Where we can, we stock shirts with official name sets rather than aftermarket printing. Want to check one yourself? Read our guides to spotting a fake adidas, Nike or Umbro shirt, or send it to our Fake Shirt Checker.
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