Rangers Supporters Clubs
More than 600 supporters clubs, from Govan to North America and Australasia.
Rangers have a global fan base organised through more than 600 supporters clubs, in the United Kingdom and as far afield as North America, Australasia and the Middle East. In 2006 the club was estimated to have 1.4 million supporters, among the best-supported in the UK, and in 2012-13, a season spent in the fourth tier, Rangers still recorded the 18th highest average league attendance in Europe.
Quick Facts
- Estimated support
- 1.4 million (2006)
- Shareholder group
- Club 1872
- Fan groups
- Union Bears, Blue Order
- Record league crowd
- 118,567 v Celtic, 2 January 1939
Reader's Guide
The supporters group Club 1872 holds shares in the club. Organised fan groups at Ibrox include the Union Bears and the Blue Order.
Rangers fans hold several attendance records: 118,567 for a domestic league match in the UK, against Celtic on 2 January 1939; crowds above 100,000 at Ibrox through the 1950s and 1960s before the ground was rebuilt after the 1971 disaster; and 104,679 for a friendly, at Hampden Park against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1961. After the Premiership trophy was presented on 15 May 2021, thousands of fans walked from Ibrox to George Square, in breach of pandemic rules, and the celebrations ended in clashes with police.
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