man Oleg Kuznetsov. Souness was never to win a Scottish Cup with Rangers, as the team went down 2–0 to Celtic at Parkhead. The 1990 Scottish League Cup Final ended in victory, however. Smith's tenure (1991–1998) Walter Smith was appointed the ninth manager of Rangers on 19 April 1991, the eve of a crucial Scottish Premier Division match at St Mirren. Smith guided the side to a single-goal victory, and followed that with a similar result at home to Dundee United, before a 3–0 loss at Motherwell nearly derailed the side's championship hopes. The final league game of the season was at home to fellow title challengers Aberdeen, with a draw being all that was needed by the Dons to be crowned champions. A tense match ensued, but a Mark Hateley brace in front of a 37,652-strong Ibrox crowd gave Rangers the win and the league championship. In his first full season in charge, Smith began to make changes. He brought in Archie Knox from Manchester United as his assistant, and also altered the playing personnel. Out went Trevor Steven for a fee of £5.58 million to Olympique Marseille. Amongst those who also left were Chris Woods, Mo Johnston and Mark Walters. Smith, with the financial backing of David Murray, signed Andy Goram, Alexei Mikhailichenko, Stuart McCall, David Robertson, Dale Gordon and Paul Rideout. A fourth-successive championship was secured that season, for the first time in over sixty years. Rangers topped the division with a total of seventy-two points, nine ahead of second-placed Hearts. The side scored 101 goals and were victorious in nineteen of their twenty-two away fixtures. The success continued into the Scottish Cup as Rangers won the 1992 final, beating Airdrieonians 2–1 to win the trophy for the first time in eleven years. The 1992–93 season was arguably one of the most successful in the club's history, and the best European campaign since 1972. Not only did the team win the domestic treble but they also came to within one match of the 1993 UEFA Champions League Final. Rangers saw off English First Division champions Leeds United in a tie dubbed the Battle of Britain. Then, in the group stage, Rangers won two matches and drew four but, despite remaining undefeated, went out to Marseille, who were later found guilty of match fixing. No foul play was found with regards to the Rangers matches, however. Duncan Ferguson