1958–59 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Queens Park Rangers
| season = 1958–59
| chairman = Albert Hittinger
| manager = Jack Taylor (resigns May 18th ), Alec Stock From June '59
| league = Football League Third Division
| league result = 13th
| cup1 = FA Cup
| cup1 result = Third Round
| cup2 = Southern Professional Floodlight Cup
| cup2 result = Round One
| cup3 result = Semi-Finals
| cup3 = London Challenge Cup
| league topscorer = Arthur Longbottom 20
| season topscorer = Arthur Longbottom 20
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| prevseason = 1957–58
| nextseason = 1959–60
| highest attendance = 15768 vs Plymouth 27 December 1958
| lowest attendance = 5007 vs Mansfield 21 February 1959
| stadium = Loftus Road
| largest loss = 1–5 Vs Norwich (31 January 1959)
| largest win = 5–0 Vs Wrexham (4 April 1959)
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During the 1958–59 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division (after regionalised divisions were scrapped) and finished in thirteenth place.{{cite book |last1=Macey |first1=Gordon |title=Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record |date=1993 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd
|isbn=978-1873626405 |location=london}} on May 18th Jack Taylor resigns to become Leeds manager, Alec Stock appointed June '59
League standings
{{main|1958–59 Football League}}
{{:1958–59 Football League|transcludesection=Third Division|only_totals=y|showteam=QPR}}
Results
QPR scores given first
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= Third Division =
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! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Opponent ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |H / A ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Half time score ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Result F–A ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Scorers ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Attendance ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |QPR Position end of day |Drinkwater |Woods |Ingham |Petchey |Rutter |Angell |Dawson |Longbottom |Kerrins |Cameron |Locke |Pearson |Clark |Tomkys |Anderson |Kelly |Richardson |Powell |Welton |Whitelaw |Colgan | |
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|23 August 1958 |Reading (-) |A |2-0 |2–2 |Longbottom 2 |16961 |10 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|25 August 1958 |Tranmere (4) |H |1-1 |1–1 |Cameron |12393 |8 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|30 August 1958 |Colchester (11) |H |2-1 |4–2 |Longbottom, Locke, Kerrins 2 |9852 |6 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|1 September 1958 |Tranmere (11) |A |0-0 |0–2 | |13959 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | |11 | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|6 September 1958 |Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (9) |A |0-1 |0–2 | |11890 |18 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | |11 | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|9 September 1958 |Doncaster Rovers |A |0-1 |0–2 | |10725 |19 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|13 September 1958 |Norwich City (4) |H |1-0 |2–1 |Longbottom, Kerrins |10498 |19 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |9 |10 |11 | | |7 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|15 September 1958 |Doncaster Rovers |A |1-0 |3–1 |Cameron, Kerrins, Longbottom |10118 |13 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|20 September 1958 |Southend United (11) |A |0-1 |0–4 | |13524 |20 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|22 September 1958 |Stockport |A | |3–2 |Longbottom 3 |12162 |13 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|27 September 1958 |Bury |H |1-1 |2–1 |Tomkys 2 |10118 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 | |10 | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|29 September 1958 |Stockport |H |0-0 |0–0 | |7458 |10 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|4 October 1958 |Mansfield Town (12) |A |1-0 |4–3 |Longbottom, Dawson, Cameron, Angell |10033 |8 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|7 October 1958 |Rochdale |A |0-2 |2–2 |Cameron, Tomkys |4276 |9 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|11 October 1958 |Chesterfield |H |1-1 |2–2 |Kerrins, Tomkys |9452 |8 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|20 October 1958 |Newport County (18) |A |0-0 |1–3 |Cameron |8410 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|25 October 1958 |Halifax Town (14) |H |1-1 |3–1 |Longbottom 3 |9607 |8 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|1 November 1958 |Accrington Stanley |A |0-0 |4–2 |Longbottom, Dawson 2, Tomkys |6498 |6 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|8 November 1958 |Southampton (6) |H |0-1 |2–2 |Longbottom, Petchey |11287 |7 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|22 November 1958 |Brentford (11) |H |0-1 |1–2 |Kerrins |15123 |9 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|29 November 1958 |Hull City (2) |A |0-0 |0–1 | |11705 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |9 |10 | | | |11 |7 | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|13 December 1958 |Swindon |A |0-1 |0–2 | |8307 |15 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |11 |10 | | | |7 | |9 | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|20 December 1958 |Reading (6) |H |0-0 |2–0 |Kerrins, Pearson |6909 |12 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |11 | | |10 | |7 | |9 | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|26 December 1958 |Plymouth (1) |A |1-1 |2–3 |Angell, Tomkys |30665 |14 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |11 | | |10 | |7 | |9 | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|27 December 1958 |Plymouth (1) |H |0-1 |2–1 |Pearson, Longbottom |15768 |13 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |11 | | |10 | |7 | |9 | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|3 January 1959 |Colchester (7) |A |0-2 |0–3 | |8719 |14 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | | |8 |11 | | |10 | |7 | |9 |6 | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|17 January 1959 |Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (11) |H |0-1 |0–4 | |6041 |16 |1 | |3 |4 |2 |6 | |8 |11 | | |10 | |7 | |9 | |5 | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|31 January 1959 |Norwich City (19) |A |0-1 |1–5 |Longbottom |16781 |18 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 |7 |9 |10 | |11 | | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|7 February 1959 |Southend United (3) |H |0-3 |1–3 |Petchey |6361 |20 | |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 | | |10 |11 | | | | | |1 | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|14 February 1959 |Bury |A |0-2 |1–3 |Clark |5072 |20 | |2 |3 |4 | |6 |7 | | | |10 |8 |11 |9 | | | |5 |1 | | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|21 February 1959 |Mansfield Town (18) |H |0-1 |1–1 |Locke |5007 |20 | |2 |3 |4 | |6 |7 |8 | | |10 | |11 |9 | | | |5 |1 | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|28 February 1959 |Chesterfield |A |2-1 |3–2 |Tomkys, Locke 2 |8711 |20 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 | | |10 | |11 |9 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|7 March 1959 |Newport County (19) |H |1-0 |4–2 |Longbottom 2, Locke, Angell |5707 |19 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 | | |10 | |11 |9 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|14 March 1959 |Halifax Town (11) |A |1-1 |1–2 |Locke |5586 |20 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 | | |10 | |11 |9 | | | | | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|16 March 1959 |Bradford City (17) |H |1-0 |3–0 |Whitelaw, Pearson 2 |7578 |16 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | | | | |10 |8 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|21 March 1959 |Accrington Stanley |H |2-0 |3–1 |Anderson, Pearson, Tighe (og) |8005 |14 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | | | | |10 |8 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|27 March 1959 |Notts County (23) |H |1-0 |2–1 |Whitelaw, Pearson |12044 |12 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | | | | |10 |8 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|28 March 1959 |Southampton (10) |A |0-1 |0–1 | |9808 |15 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | | | | |10 |8 |11 |7 | | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|30 March 1959 | Notts County (13)
|A |1-0 |1–0 |Angell (pen) |6956 |12 |1 | |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | |11 |10 | | |7 | | | | |9 |2 |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|4 April 1959 |Wrexham |H |3-0 |5–0 |Anderson 2, Whitelaw, Angell (pen), Longbottom |8670 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | | |10 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|8 April 1959 |Wrexham |A |0-1 |0–1 | |5738 |11 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | | |10 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|11 April 1959 |Brentford (3) |A |0-1 |0–1 | |15905 |13 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | | |10 |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|18 April 1959 |Hull City (1) |H |0-0 |1–1 |Whitelaw |9325 |14 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | |10 | |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|20 April 1959 |Rochdale |H |0-0 |3–0 |Angell, Longbottom, Whitelaw |7280 |12 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | |10 | |11 | |7 | | | | |9 | | |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|25 April 1959 |Bradford City (11) |A |0-0 |0–1 | |6895 |16 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | |10 | |11 |7 | | | |9 | | | | |
bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|27 April 1959 |Swindon |H |1-1 |2–1 |Angell, Tomkys |7628 |13 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | |8 | | |10 | |11 |7 | | | | | |9 | |
{{Cite book |last1=Laschke |first1=Ian
|title=Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79
|date=1979 |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |isbn=978-0-354-08552-6
= London Challenge Cup =
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!Round !Opponents !H / A !Result !Scorers !Attendance |
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|6 October 1958 |First Round |Walthamstow |H |3–2 | | |
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|20 October 1958 |Quarter-Finals |Fulham |H |4–2 | | |
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|3 November 1958 |Semi final |Tottenham |A |0–7 | | |
= Southern Professional Floodlight Cup =
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!'''Date{{Cite book |last1=Laschke |first1=Ian |title=Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79 |date=1979 |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |isbn=978-0-354-08552-6 |location=London}}''' !Round !Opponents !H / A !Half time score !Result F–A !Scorers !Attendance |Drinkwater |Woods |Ingham |Petchey |Rutter |Angell |Dawson |Longbottom |Kerrins |Cameron |Tomkys |
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|13 October 1958 |First Round |Fulham |A |0-0 |0–4 | |8497 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 |
= FA Cup =
class="wikitable"
!'''Date{{Cite book |last1=Laschke |first1=Ian |title=Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79 |date=1979 |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |isbn=978-0-354-08552-6 |location=London}}''' !Round !Opponents !H / A !Half time score !Result F–A !Scorers !Attendance |Drinkwater |Woods |Ingham |Petchey |Rutter |Angell |Dawson |Longbottom |Kerrins |Cameron |Tomkys |
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|15 November 1958 |First Round |Walsall (Fourth Division) |A |0-0 |1–0 |Dawson |15123 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 |
bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|6 December 1958 |Second Round |Southampton (Third Division) |H |0-1 |0–1 | |13166 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |11 |10 |9 |
Squad
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style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| Position
! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| Nationality ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|Name ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|League Appearances ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|League Goals ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|Cup Appearances ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|F.A.Cup Goals ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|Total Appearances ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|Total Goals |
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GK
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |43 | |3 | | |46 | |
GK
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |3 | | | | |3 | |
DF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |46 | |3 | | |49 | |
DF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |44 | |3 | | |47 | |
DF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |44 | |3 | | |47 | |
DF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |1 | | | | |1 | |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |29 |7 |3 | | |32 |7 |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |Stuart Richardson |1 | | | | |1 | |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |16 |5 | | | |16 |5 |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |45 |6 |3 | | |48 |6 |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |41 |20 |3 | | |44 |20 |
MF
|{{flagicon|SCO}} |22 |5 |3 | | |25 |5 |
MF
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |46 |2 |3 | | |49 |2 |
MF
|{{flagicon|NIR}} |Mike Powell |4 | | | | |4 | |
FW
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |25 |8 |3 | | |28 |8 |
FW
|{{flagicon|SCO}} |25 |5 | | | |25 |5 |
FW
|{{flagicon|NIR}} |25 |4 |3 |1 | |28 |5 |
FW
|{{flagicon|SCO}} |10 |3 | | | |10 |3 |
FW
|{{flagicon|NIR}} |6 | | | | |6 | |
FW
|{{flagicon|SCO}} |11 |5 | | | |11 |5 |
FW
|{{flagicon|ENG}} |19 |1 | | | |19 |1 |
Transfers In
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! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Name ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |from ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee |
Ken Blakeway
| |July ?1958 | |
Brian Kelly
|Dover |July1958 | |
Tony Bantock
|Fulham |July ?1958 | |
Terry Robinson *
|Northampton |July ?1958 | |
Clive Clark
|Leeds United |September 1958 | |
Graham Hopkins *
| |Sep ?1958 | |
George Wright *
| |Oct ?1958 | |
Brian Kelly
|Dover |November 1958 | |
Tommy Anderson
|Bournemouth |November 1958 | |
John Hutchins
|Sittingbourne |Feb 2,1959 | |
George Whitelaw
|Sunderland |Mar 12,1959 |£2,000 |
Jimmy Andrews
|June 1959 | |
Joe Cini *
|Hibernians (Mlt) |June1959 | |
Keith Spence
| |June 23,1959 | |
Transfers Out
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! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Name ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |from ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Club ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee |
Bob Fry
|Bath City |Aug 16,1957 | |July 1958 |Bexleyheath & Welling | |
Doug Orr
|Hendon |June 1957 | |July 1958 |Queens Park | |
Eddie Smith
|July 1957 |£1,050 |July 1958 | |
Cecil Andrews
|Crystal Palace |June 1956 | |July 1958 | |
Albert Rhodes
|Workshop Town |Dec 15,1954 | |July? 58 |Tonbridge | |
Peter Lay
|Nottingham |July 13,1956 | |July? 58 |King's Lynn | |
Bill Temby
|Rhyl |Feb 14,1955 | |July 58 |Dover | |
Cecil (Archie) Andrews
|Crystal P |June 25,1956 | |July 58 |Sittingbourne | |
John Crabb *
| |May 9,1957 | |July? 58 |Fulham | |
Terry Peacock
|Hull |Aug 2,1956 | |July 58 |Sittingbourne | |
Bill Finney
|Birmingham |May 15,1957 | |July 58 |Crewe | |
Graham Hopkins *
| |Sep ?1958 | |Oct? 58 | | |
Tom Standley
|Basildon |May 18,1957 | |Nov 58 |Bournemouth | |
George Wright *
| |Oct ?1958 | |Nov? 58 | | |
Ken Blakeway
| |July ?1958 | |June? 59 | | |
Tony Bantock
|Fulham |July ?1958 | |June? 59 |Redhill | |
References
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{{Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons}}
{{1958–59 in English football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1958-59 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season}}