Queen's Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherd's Bush, London. The team currently plays in the Football League Championship after finishing second in the Second Division. They beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 on May 8th 2004.
Known as QPR and nicknamed Super Hoops, because of the team's kit of blue and white hoops, with white shorts. Home stadium is Loftus Road, which has a capacity of 19,148. Fulham shared the ground in the 02/03 and 03/04 seasons during the renovation of its Craven Cottage ground.
Formed in 1886 when a team known as St Jude's (formed 1882) merged with a team called Christchurch Rangers. The resulting team was called Queen's Park Rangers, because most of the players came from Queens Park. QPR became professional in 1889 and played in many different stadia before permanently settling in Loftus Road in 1933-34.
In 1966-67, QPR won Division Three and became the first Third Division club to win the League Cup, beating West Bromwich Albion 3-2, coming back from 0-2. This is the only time QPR have won a cup competition.
QPR's best ever season was 1975-76, when manager Dave Sexton led a QPR team containing a combination of great players playing Total Football. They were unbeaten at home all season, winning thirteen of the last fifteen games. On the last game of the season, Liverpool had to beat Wolves to finish top and were losing 1-0 with less than a quarter of an hour remaining. They ended up scoring three goals and QPR had to make do with second place in the First Division.
QPR were one of the founder members of the Premier League and competed well in this division for a number of years, finishing as high as fifth in 1992-93, the highest placed London club that season. In recent years, following relegation from the Premier Division in 1995-96, the club has struggled financially, culminating in entering receivership in 2001. The club has since placed itself on a firmer financial footing and concentrated on getting back up the divisions.
The team is occasionally mistaken for the less well known Queens Park Football Club of the Scottish Third Division.
Honours
- Division Three (South) Champions 1947-48.
- Division Three Champions 1966-67.
- League Cup Winners 1966-67.
- Division Two Runners-up 1967-68, 1972-73.
- Division One Runners-up 1975-76.
- FA Cup finallists 1981-82.
- Milk Cup finalists 1985-86.
- Nationwide Division Two Runners-up 2003-04.
Famous Players
- Evelyn Lintott (QPR's first England international)
- Stanley Bowles
- Rodney Marsh
- Gerry Francis
- Don Givens
- Phil Parkes
- Clive Allen
- Alan McDonald
- Les Ferdinand
- Trevor Sinclair
- David Seaman
