Glasgow Rangers were founded in the early 1870's by four men comprising of brothers Moses McNeil and Peter McNeil, along with Peter Campbell and William McBeath. The name Glasgow Rangers originated from an English Rugby team and in their first year, they took part in two friendly matches, finishing 0-0 with Callandar F.C and overwhelming Clyde 11-0. It was clost to two decades after their formation in the year 1888 when they encountered Celtic F.C. in the first Old Firm clash; sadly Rangers were defeated 5-2 to a Celtic side that had only just formed as a team.

In 1890, Rangers took part in the first season of the Scottish Football League, along with an additional 9 teams and faced Heart of Midlothian in their first game, beating them comfortably 5-2. Rangers proved to be a team to be reckoned with and at the end of the 1890-1891 campaign they ended up equal first with Dumbarton. As a result of this a play-off was held but the two sides still couldn't be separated and the final score was 2-2 so the title of champions was shared for the first time in its history.

During 1919 Rangers really grew as a significant footballing team scoring over 100 goals and winning 31 of the 42 games played. Regrettably the celebrations were eclipsed, due to the team's manager William Wilton dying in 1920 after a boating accident. The Struth years soon followed from 1920 until 1939 which saw Rangers dominate Scottish football with 14 league titles, benchmarking a new era for Rangers F.C.

Moving on to recent times, and more specifically the years 1988 to 1997, saw Rangers acquire 9 consecutive league titles, equalling Celtics record and proving themselves as an leading team in the Scottish Premier League.