1976–77 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1976–77 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the First Division

Queens Park Rangers

1976–77 season
Chairman	Jim Gregory
Manager	Dave Sexton
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi Finalist
Uefa Cup	Quarter Finalist
Top goalscorer	League: Don Givens (10) All: Don Givens (19)
Highest home attendance	29,832 vs Liverpool (7 May 1977)
Lowest home attendance	13,069 vs Bury (21 September 1976)
Average home league attendance	21,085
Biggest win	4-0 Vs Manchester United (19 April 1977)
Biggest defeat	0-4 Vs Everton (21 August 1976)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

In Division 1, QPR struggled to match the previous season's near-championship-winning season. In other competitions there was an early exit in the FA Cup, although the semi-finals of the League Cup were reached, whilst in QPR's first foray into European competition, free-scoring QPR eventually bowed out on penalties in the quarter finals of the Uefa Cup.

Kit

Adidas remained QPR's kit manufacturers.

Final league table

Main article: 1976–77 Football League First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Middlesbrough	42	14	13	15	40	45	−5	41
13	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	63	61	+2	38
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	12	17	47	52	−5	38
15	Derby County	42	9	19	14	50	55	−5	37
16	Norwich City	42	14	9	19	47	64	−17	37

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

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
21 August 1976	Everton	H	0–4		24,449	21
23 August 1976	West Ham United	A	0–1		31,668	22
28 August 1976	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	Masson, Givens	24,491	21
4 September 1976	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	Gillard	18,876	18
11 September 1976	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Masson, Clement	23,602	10
18 September 1976	Leicester City	A	2–2	Givens, Hollins	18,439	12
25 September 1976	Stoke City	H	2–0	Bowles, Givens	21,621	8
2 October 1976	Arsenal	A	2–3	Thomas, McLintock	39,442	13
5 October 1976	Norwich City	H	2–3	Webb, Masson	16,086	13
16 October 1976	Manchester City	A	0–0		40,751	15
23 October 1976	Sunderland	H	2–0	Bowles, McLintock	22,408	13
30 October 1976	Birmingham City	A	1–2	Eastoe	31,471	15
6 November 1976	Derby County	H	1–1	Givens	22,527	16
9 November 1976	Coventry City	A	0–2		16,190	16
20 November 1976	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	Givens, Masson, Bowles	16,037	15
27 November 1976	Newcastle United	A	0–2		39,013	15
11 December 1976	Liverpool	A	1–3	Eastoe	37,154	15
27 December 1976	Norwich City	A	0–2		27,343	18
11 January 1977	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	Clement, Bowles	24,266	17
22 January 1977	Everton	A	3–1	Masson, Leach, Bowles	26,875	15
12 February 1977	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	Francis	18,364	15
26 February 1977	Leicester City	H	3–2	Givens, Blockley OG, Francis	20,356	16
5 March 1977	Stoke City	A	0–1		15,454	17
8 March 1977	Leeds United	H	0–0		20,386	17
12 March 1977	Arsenal	H	2–1	Hollins, Francis	26,191	15
5 March 1977	Bristol City	A	0–1		22,441	15
22 March 1977	Manchester City	H	0–0		17.619	17
2 April 1977	Sunderland	A	0–1		27,550	16
4 April 1977	West Ham United	H	1–1	Eastoe	24,930	16
9 April 1977	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3		32,680	17
11 April 1977	Coventry City	H	1–1	Masson	15,445	17
16 April 1977	Middlesbrough	A	2–0	Abbott, Masson	14,500	16
19 April 1977	Manchester United	H	4–0	Eastoe 2, Kelly, Givens	28,848	15
23 April 1977	Newcastle United	A	1–2	Givens	20,544	15
26 April 1977	Bristol City	H	0–1		14,576	15
30 April 1977	Manchester United	A	0–1		50,788	15
7 May 1977	Liverpool	H	1–1	Givens	29,832	16
11 May 1977	Derby County	A	0–2		21,312	19
14 May 1977	Leeds United	A	1–0	Eastoe	22,226	15
16 May 1977	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	Givens	19,171	15
20 May 1977	Aston Villa	A	1–1	Abbott	28,056	15
23 May 1977	Birmingham City	H	2–2	Webb, Masson	14,976	14

FA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1977	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	18,285	Bowles, Givens
R4	29 January 1977	Manchester United	A	0–1	57,422

League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	1 September 1976	Cardiff City	A	3–1	23,618	Bowles, Thomas, Clement
R3	21 September 1976	Bury	H	2–1	13,069	McLintock, Givens
R4	27 October 1976	West Ham United	A	2–0	24,565	Bowles, Clement
QF	1 December 1976	Arsenal	H	2–1	27,621	Masson, Webb
SF 1st leg	1 February 1977	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,739
SF 2nd leg	16 February 1977	Aston Villa	A	2–2* AET	48,429	Francis, Eastoe
SF 2nd leg	22 February 1977	Aston Villa	Highbury	0–3	40,438

Uefa Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
15 September 1976	1st Round 1st leg	Brann Bergen	H	4–0	Masson, Bowles 3	14,698
29 September 1976	1st Round 2nd leg	Brann Bergen	A	7–0	Webb, Bowles 3, Givens 2, Thomas	11,527
20 October 1976	2nd Round 1st leg	Slovan Bratislava	A	3–3	Bowles 2, Givens	40,000*
3 November 1976	2nd Round 2nd leg	Slovan Bratislava	H	5–2	Bowles, Givens 3, Clement	22,001
24 November 1976	3rd Round 1st leg	FC Koln	H	3–0	Bowles, Givens, Webb	21,143
8 December 1976	3rd Round 2nd leg	FC Koln	A	1–4 * won on away goals	Masson	50,000*
3 March 1977	QF 1st leg	AEK Athens	H	3–0	Bowles, Francis 2	23,009
16 March 1977	QF 2nd leg	AEK Athens	A	0–3 * lost 6–7 penalties		35,000

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances (Substitutes)	League Goals	Domestic Cup Appearances	League Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	UEFA Cup Appearances	UEFA Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	ENG	Phil Parkes	40		9			8		57
GK	ENG	Derek Richardson	2							2
DF	SCO	Frank McLintock	36	2	9	1		8		53	3
DF	ENG	Dave Clement	32(1)	2	7	2		6	1	46	5
DF	ENG	Ian Gillard	41	1	9			8		58	1
DF	ENG	David Webb	38	2	9	1		8	2	55	5
DF	ENG	Don Shanks	6(5)		2			1		14
MF	ENG	Thomas Cunningham	3(2)							5
MF	ENG	Eddie Kelly	28	1	3			2		33	1
MF	ENG	Ron Abbott	10(2)	2						12	2
MF	ENG	Gerry Francis	11	3	2	1		1	2	14	6
MF	ENG	John Hollins	40	2	8			8		56	2
MF	ENG	Martyn Busby	1					1		2
FW	ENG	Phil Nutt	(1)							1
FW	SCO	Don Masson	41	8	9	1		8	2	58	11
FW	IRE	Don Givens	41(1)	10	8	1	1	8	7	58	19
FW	ENG	Dave Thomas	30(1)	1	7	1		7	1	45	3
FW	ENG	Peter Eastoe	24(5)	6	3	1		2		34	7
FW	ENG	Mick Leach	16(7)	1	4			6		33	1
FW	ENG	Stan Bowles	22	5	9	2	1	8	11	39	19

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Frank McLintock	Arsenal	June 1973	£25,000	May 1977	Retired
Tony Tagg	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	March 1975		July 1977	Millwall
Eddie Kelly	Arsenal	September 1976	£50,000	July 1977	Leicester City
Phil Nutt	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1975		July 1977	Hounslow Town

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Eddie Kelly	Arsenal	September 1976	£50,000
Brian Williams	Bury	July 1977
Steve Perkins	Chelsea	June 1977
Paul Goddard	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1977
Peter Hucker	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1977