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During the 1959–60 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Third Division and finished in eighth place.[1] Alec Stock had replaced Jack Taylor as manager.
1959–60 season | ||||
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Chairman | Albert Hittinger | |||
Manager | Alec Stock | |||
Stadium | Loftus Road | |||
Football League Third Division | 8th | |||
FA Cup | Second Round | |||
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup | Round One | |||
London Challenge Cup | Quarter-Finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Brian Bedford 25 All: Brian Bedford 27 | |||
Highest home attendance | 19,532 Vs Brentford 31 October 1959 | |||
Lowest home attendance | 4,346 Vs Chesterfield 28 March 1960 | |||
Biggest win | 5–1 Vs Accrington Stanley (23 January 1960), Bradford (5 April 1960) | |||
Biggest defeat | 2–4 Vs Brentford (31 October 1959) | |||
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League standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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6 | Brentford | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 78 | 61 | 1.279 | 51 |
7 | Bury | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 51 | 1.255 | 51 |
8 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 73 | 54 | 1.352 | 49 |
9 | Colchester United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 83 | 74 | 1.122 | 47 |
10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 72 | 72 | 1.000 | 47 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
editQPR scores given first
Win Draw Loss
Third Division
editDate[3][2] | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 August 1959 | Swindon (-) | H | 2–0 | Longbottom, Whitelaw | 12,206 | 5 |
24 August 1959 | Southend (16) | A | 2–3 | Whitelaw 2 | 12,197 | 10 |
29 August 1959 | Chesterfield | A | 4–0 | Pearson 2, Bedford, Whitelaw | 8,890 | 6 |
31 August 1959 | Southend (16) | H | 0–0 | 13,488 | 5 | |
5 September 1959 | Newport County (14) | H | 3–0 | Longbottom, Bedford 2 | 10,774 | 5 |
7 September 1959 | York City | A | 1–2 | Pearson | 10,593 | 6 |
12 September 1959 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–1 | Andrews, Longbottom | 5,336 | 5 |
14 September 1959 | York City | H | 0–0 | 11,857 | 3 | |
19 September 1959 | AFC Bournemouth (8) | H | 3–0 | Bedford, Nelson (og), Golding | 11,410 | 5 |
21 September 1959 | Coventry City (8) | A | 0–0 | 16,759 | 3 | |
26 September 1959 | Tranmere (14) | A | 3–0 | Bedford, Golding 2 | 11,252 | 4 |
28 September 1959 | Coventry City (6) | H | 2–1 | Golding 2 | 16,154 | 2 |
3 October 1959 | Wrexham | H | 2–1 | Angell 2 | 12,732 | 2 |
5 October 1959 | Grimsby Town (11) | H | 0–0 | 15,257 | 2 | |
10 October 1959 | Mansfield (24) | A | 3–4 | Petchey, Locke 2 | 7,526 | 2 |
13 October 1959 | Grimsby Town (13) | A | 1–3 | Angell | 6,024 | 2 |
17 October 1959 | Halifax (1) | H | 3–0 | Longbottom, Whitelaw, Petchey | 13,787 | 2 |
24 October 1959 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 10,079 | 5 | |
31 October 1959 | Brentford (10) | H | 2–4 | Bedford 2 | 19,532 | 8 |
7 November 1959 | Southampton (3) | A | 1–2 | Bedford | 18,169 | 8 |
21 November 1959 | Shrewsbury (4) | A | 1–1 | Bedford | 10,084 | 8 |
28 November 1959 | Port Vale (15) | H | 2–2 | Bedford 2 | 8,775 | 8 |
12 December 1959 | Barnsley (14) | A | 1–2 | Bedford | 4,450 | 10 |
19 December 1959 | Swindon | A | 1–2 | Andrews | 5,798 | 13 |
26 December 1959 | Colchester (8) | H | 3–1 | Bedford 2, Angell | 6,480 | 12 |
28 December 1959 | Colchester (8) | A | 0–2 | 9,095 | 12 | |
16 January 1960 | Newport County (10) | A | 3–2 | Bedford 3 | 4,194 | 10 |
23 January 1960 | Accrington Stanley | H | 5–1 | Andrews 2, Kerrins, Locke, Bedford | 4,721 | 9 |
30 January 1960 | Norwich (4) | A | 0–1 | 17,053 | 10 | |
6 February 1960 | AFC Bournemouth (6) | A | 1–1 | Bedford | 9,855 | 10 |
13 February 1960 | Tranmere (21) | H | 2–1 | Andrews, Keen | 5,019 | 10 |
27 February 1960 | Mansfield (23) | H | 2–0 | Woods (pen), Longbottom | 7,834 | 10 |
5 March 1960 | Halifax Town (17) | A | 1–3 | Woods (pen) | 6,731 | 10 |
7 March 1960 | Reading (19) | H | 2–0 | Andrews, Bedford | 6,715 | 7 |
12 March 1960 | Bury | A | 2–0 | Cini, Andrews | 9,088 | 5 |
19 March 1960 | Port Vale (8) | A | 0–0 | 7,049 | 6 | |
26 March 1960 | Southampton (1) | H | 0–1 | 11,734 | 7 | |
28 March 1960 | Chesterfield | H | 3–3 | Bedford 2, Petchey | 4,346 | 6 |
2 April 1960 | Reading (20) | A | 0–2 | 8,975 | 9 | |
9 April 1960 | Shrewsbury Town (5) | A | 1–1 | Bedford | 6,831 | 9 |
15 April 1960 | Bradford (15) | A | 5–1 | Petchey, Longbottom, Bedford 2, Andrews | 6,265 | 7 |
16 April 1960 | Brentford (6) | A | 1–1 | Golding | 16,025 | 7 |
18 April 1960 | Bradford (17) | A | 1–3 | Andrews | 6,265 | 7 |
23 April 1960 | Norwich (2) | H | 0–0 | 15,319 | 8 | |
30 April 1960 | Barnsley (17) | H | 1–0 | Andrews | 5,700 | 8 |
4 May 1960 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | Woods | 2,819 | 8 |
London Challenge Cup
editDate[4] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 September 1959 | First Round | Millwall | H | 3–1 | ||
19 October 1959 | Quarter-Finals | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–2 |
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup
editDate[5] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 Oct 1959 | First Round | Leyton Orient | H | 1–2 | Longbottom | 5,758 |
FA Cup
editDate[6] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 November 1959 | First Round | Colchester | A | 3-2 | Petchey, Bedford, Angell | 8866 |
5 December 1959 | Second Round | Port Vale | H | 3–3 | Longbottom 2, Bedford | 11143 |
7 December 1959 | Second Round Replay | Port Vale | A | 1–2 | Andrews | 9513 |
Squad
editPosition | Nationality | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Ray Drinkwater | 28 | 1 | 29 | |||||
GK | Mike Pinner | 18 | 3 | 21 | |||||
DF | Tony Ingham | 46 | 4 | 50 | |||||
DF | Keith Rutter | 46 | 4 | 50 | |||||
DF | Pat Woods | 46 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 3 | |||
MF | Ken Whitfield | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||
MF | Pat Kerrins | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
MF | Mike Keen | 27 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 1 | |||
MF | John Pearson | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||
MF | Peter Angell | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 5 | ||
MF | Arthur Longbottom | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 9 | |
MF | John Collins | 2 | 2 | ||||||
MF | George Petchey | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 5 | ||
FW | Joe Cini | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
FW | Lesley Locke | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||
FW | Paddy Hasty | 1 | 1 | ||||||
FW | Norman Golding | 22 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 6 | |||
FW | Brian Bedford | 44 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 27 | ||
FW | George Whitelaw | 15 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | |||
FW | Clive Clark | 19 | 2 | 21 | |||||
FW | Jimmy Andrews | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 11 |
Transfers In
editName | from | Date | Fee |
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Jimmy Andrews | Leyton Orient | June 1959 | |
Mike Pinner | Corinthian-Casuals | July 1959 | |
Ken Whitfield | Brighton & Hove Albion | July 1959 | |
Brian Bedford | Bournemouth | July 1959 | £750 |
John Collins | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | August 1959 | |
Joe Cini | Hibernians, Malta | August 1959 | |
Norman Golding | Tonbridge | August 1959 | |
Paddy Hasty | Leyton Orient | October 1959 | |
Mike Barber | Arsenal | December 1959 |
Transfers Out
editName | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Whitelaw | Sunderland | March 1959 | October 1959 | Halifax Town | ||
George Petchey | West Ham United | August 1953 | May 1960 | Crystal Palace | ||
Walter Colgan | Leeds Ashley Road | July 1954 | July 1960 | |||
Joe Cini | Hibernians, Malta | August 1959 | Sliema Wanderers | |||
Paddy Hasty | Leyton Orient | October 1959 | July 1960 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
Pat Kerrins | QPR Juniors | December 1953 | June 1960 | Crystal Palace | ||
John Pearson | Brentford | June 1958 | July 1960 | Kettering Town | ||
Les Locke | Bromley | May 1956 | July 1960 | Guildford City |
References
edit- ^ Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. london: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.
- ^ a b Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ "nonleaguematters". Non league Matters. 14 February 2022.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.