1973–74 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1973–74 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the First Division

Queens Park Rangers

1973–74 season
Chairman	Jim Gregory
Manager	Gordon Jago
Football League First Division	8th
FA Cup	Quarter Final
Football League Cup	Fourth round
London Challenge Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Stan Bowles (19) All: Stan Bowles (22)
Highest home attendance	35.353 v Leeds United
Lowest home attendance	12,427 v Norwich City
Average home league attendance	22,867
Biggest win	8–2 Vs Sheffield Wednesday (6 November 1973)
Biggest defeat	0–4 Vs Birmingham City (23 April 1974)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

Qpr returned to the first division but after placing 5th with 1 win in the last nine games fell away to 8th place.

In the League cup after an 8–2 win over Sheffield Wednesday, there was a home defeat to Plymouth Argyle.

Qpr's run in the Fa Cup ended in defeat at home to Leicester City in the Quarter finals.

Kit

Admiral were QPR's kit manufacturers.

Table

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Burnley	42	16	14	12	56	53	1.057	46
7	Everton	42	16	12	14	50	48	1.042	44
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	17	12	56	52	1.077	43
9	Leicester City	42	13	16	13	51	41	1.244	42
10	Arsenal	42	14	14	14	49	51	0.961	42

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

QPR scores given first

  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
25 August 1973	Southampton	H	1–1	Givens	18.602	10
29 August 1973	Norwich City	A	0–0		24,860	14
1 September 1973	Manchester United	A	1–2	Francis	44.156	16
4 September 1973	West Ham United	H	0–0		28.360	15
8 September 1973	Stoke City	H	3–3	Leach, Mancini, Venables	18.118	16
10 September 1973	West Ham United	A	3–2	Abbott, Givens 2	28.360	11
15 September 1973	Everton	A	0–1		30.795	15
22 September 1973	Birmingham City	H	2–2	Hynd OG, Bowles	18.701	15
29 September 1973	Newcastle United	A	3–2	Francis, Thomas, Leach	26.173	13
6 October 1973	Chelsea	H	1–1	Bowles	31.009	13
13 October 1973	Burnley	A	1–2	Thomas	18.297	15
20 October 1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–2	Bowles 2, Francis, Leach	19.350	14
27 October 1973	Arsenal	H	2–0	Bowles, Givens	29.115	10
3 November 1973	Derby County	A	2–1	Bowles, Francis	30.647	9
10 November 1973	Coventry City	H	3–0	Bowles, Venables, Francis	20.416	8
17 November 1973	Manchester City	A	0–1		23.339	8
24 November 1973	Liverpool	H	2–2	McLintock, Bowles	26.254	8
1 December 1973	Leeds United	A	2–2	Thomas, Bowles	32.194	8
8 December 1973	Sheffield United	H	0–0		15.843	9
15 December 1973	Leicester City	A	0–2		17.614	11
22 December 1973	Newcastle United	H	3–2	Clement, Bowles, Givens	15.757	11
26 December 1973	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0		30.762	10
29 December 1973	Stoke City	A	1–4	Leach	18,910	12
1 January 1974	Manchester United	H	3–0	Bowles 2, Givens	32.339	9
12 January 1974	Everton	H	1–0	Givens	19.051	7
19 January 1974	Southampton	A	2–2	Thomas, Francis	22.689	8
2 February 1974	Leicester City	H	0–0		22,646	7
5 February 1974	Norwich City	H	1–2	Bowles	12.427	7
23 February 1974	Chelsea	A	3–3	Bowles 2, Givens	34.264	10
27 February 1974	Burnley	H	2–1	Givens	21.306	6
2 March 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	Givens, Francis, Bowles	25.775	5
16 March 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		21.209	6
23 March 1974	Coventry City	A	1–0	Francis	18.804	5
30 March 1974	Derby County	H	0–0		19.795	6
6 April 1974	Liverpool	A	1–2	Thomas	54.027	6
9 April 1974	Manchester City	H	3–0	Leach 2, Bowles	20.461	5
12 April 1974	Ipswich Town	H	0–1		27.567	6
15 April 1974	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		26.100	7
20 April 1974	Sheffield United	A	1–1	Givens	17.933	8
23 April 1974	Birmingham City	A	0–4		39.160	8
27 April 1974	Leeds United	H	0–1		35.353	8
19 April 1974	Arsenal	A	1–1	Bowles	40.396	8

London Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 September 1973	First Round	Millwall	A	1–0
15 October 1973	Quarter-Final	Brentford	A	0–0*aet
31 October 1973	Quarter-Final Replay	Brentford	H	2–1
13 November 1973	Semi-Final	Hayes	H	0–0
	Semi-Final Replay	Hayes	A	0–2

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
8 October 1973	Second Round	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Givens	23,353
6 November 1973	Third Round	Sheffield Wednesday	H	8–2	Francis, Givens 2, Bowles, Leach 2, Mullen OG, Cameron OG	16,043
20 November 1973	Fourth Round	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–3		19,072

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
5 January 1974	Third Round	Chelsea	A	0–0		31,540
15 January 1974	Third Round Replay	Chelsea	H	1–0	Bowles	28,573
26 January 1974	Fourth Round	Birmingham City	H	2–0	Leach, Givens	23,367
16 February 1974	Fifth Round	Coventry City	A	0–0		30,081
19 February 1974	Fifth Round Replay	Coventry City	H	3–2	Givens, Thomas, Bowles	28,010
18 March 1974	Quarter Final	Leicester City	H	0–2		21,209

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances (substitute)	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	League Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Phil Parkes	42	9				51
GK		Richard Teale
DF		Ron Abbott	3(4)		1			7	1
DF		Dave Clement	38	7	2			45	2
DF		Tony Hazell	29(3)	5				37
DF		Ian Gillard	23	6				29
DF		Frank McLintock	26	9	1			35	1
DF		Terry Mancini	40	9	1			49	1
DF		Ian Evans	5					5
DF		Ian Watson	6					6
MF		John Beck	2(3)					5
MF		Martyn Busby	5(3)	1				9
MF		Gerry Francis	40	9	8		1	49	9
MF		Mick Leach	39(1)	8	6	1	2	48	9
MF		John Delve	3(4)					7
FW		Terry Venables	36	9	2			45	2
FW		Stan Bowles	42	9	19	2	1	51	22
FW		Don Givens	42	9	10	2	3	51	15
FW		Dave Thomas	41	9	6	1		50	7

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Ian Morgan	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	September 1964		October 1973	Watford	£10,000
John O'Rourke	Coventry City	October 1971	£60,000	January 1974	Bournemouth	£40,000
Ray Seary	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	September 1970		March 1974	Cambridge United
Ian Watson	Chelsea	July 1965		July 1974	Retired (injury)
John Delve	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1971		July 1974	Plymouth Argyle	£30,000

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Danny Westwood	Billericay Town	July 1974
David Webb	Chelsea	July 1974	£120,000