in april 2009, after an extended hotel drinking session with rangers teammate allan mcgregor after scotland's defeat to the netherlands, followed by both players making inappropriate gestures while on the bench during the next match against iceland, ferguson was stripped of the captain's armband for both club and country. he recovered from this setback to help rangers win the 2009 scottish cup final against falkirk (his last match for the club, having not started since the scotland incident). rangers also won the spl title but missed out on another treble with a defeat in the 2009 scottish league cup final.