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1971–72 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Queens Park Rangers

| season = 1971–72

| chairman = [[Jim Gregory (football chairman)|Jim

Gregory]]

| chrtitle =

| manager = Gordon Jago

| league = Football League Second Division

| league result = 4th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Fifth round

| cup2 = [[EFL Cup|Football

League Cup]]

| cup2 result = Second round

| cup3 result = Semi-Finals

| cup3 = London Challenge Cup

| league topscorer = Rodney Marsh 20

| season topscorer = Rodney Marsh 23

| pattern_la1 = _blue_hoops

| pattern_b1 = _bluehoops3

| pattern_ra1 = _blue_hoops

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 =

| leftarm1 =

| body1 =

| rightarm1 =

| shorts1 =

| socks1 =

| pattern_la2 =

| pattern_b2 =

| pattern_ra2 =

| pattern_sh2 =

| pattern_so2 = _whitestripe

| leftarm2 = FF0000

| body2 = FF0000

| rightarm2 = FF0000

| shorts2 =

| socks2 = FF0000

| prevseason = 1970–71

| nextseason = 1972–73

| highest attendance = 25,257 Vs Norwich City 3 April 1972

| lowest attendance = 7,616 Vs Carlisle United 29 April 1972

| average attendance = 14,556

| stadium = Loftus Road

| largest loss = 1-3 Vs Oxford United (29 September 1971)

| largest win = 4-1 Vs Carlisle United (11 December 1971)

}}

During the 1971–72 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Second Division

Season summary

Despite a 12-game unbeaten run to finish the season, promotion was not achieved and QPR finished the season in 4th place.{{cite book |last1=Vernon |first1=Leslie |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 71–72 |last2=Rollin |first2=Jack |date=1972-08-17 |publisher=Queen Anne |isbn= 978-0362001075 |pages=306–308}} John O'Rourke was signed from Coventry City in a record fee of £60,000 (an abandoned transfer had failed in 1967 from Middlesbrough) in addition Future Republic of Ireland international Terry Mancini was signed from Leyton Orient.Late in the season wantaway England international Rodney Marsh was sold to Manchester City for a record fee for both clubs of £200,000

Kit

Admiral were QPR's kit manufacturers.

Results

= Second Division =

Table

{{main article|1971–72 Football League#Second Division}}

{{:1971–72 Football League|transcludesection=Second Division|only_totals=y|showteam=QPR}}

Results

QPR scores given first

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

= Second Division =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Date

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Opponents

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Venue

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Half time score

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Full Time Score

F – A

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Scorers

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Attendance

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Position

|Parkes

|Clement

|Gillard

|Venables

|Hunt

|Hazell

|Busby

|Francis

|McCulloch

|Marsh

|Leach

|Salvage

|Saul

|Seary

|McGovern

|Morgan

|Mancini

|O'Rourke

|Ferguson

|Evans

|Watson

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|14 August 1971

|Sheffield Wednesday

|H

|3-0

|3-0

|Francis, Marsh 2

|13,270

|2

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|21 August 1971

|Middlesbrough

|A

|1-2

|2-3

|McCulloch, Marsh

|20,574

|9

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|11

|12

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|28 August 1971

|Millwall

|H

|1-0

|1-1

|Marsh

|16,730

|10

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|31 August 1971

|Fulham

|A

|0-0

|3-0

|Saul, McCulloch, OG

|21,187

|4

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|4 September 1971

|Swindon Town

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|15,915

|6

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|

|9

|10

|

|8

|11

|12

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|11 September 1971

|Preston North End

|H

|1-1

|2-1

|Saul, McCulloch

|13,578

|4

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|12

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|18 September 1971

|Burnley

|A

|0-1

|0-1

|

|13,770

|7

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|25 September 1971

|Watford

|H

|1-0

|3-0

|McCulloch, Marsh 2

|15,698

|3

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|12

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|29 September 1971

|Oxford United

|A

|1-1

|1-3

|Busby

|11,670

|8

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|2 October 1971

|Norwich City

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|22,950

|8

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|

|8

|9

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|7

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|9 October 1971

|Birmingham City

|H

|1-0

|1-0

|Marsh

|16,039

|6

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|12

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|16 October 1971

|Sheffield Wednesday

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|16,716

|7

|1

|2

|3

|8

|5

|6

|7

|

|9

|10

|12

|

|11

|

|

|

|4

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|19 October 1971

|Luton Town

|H

|1-0

|1-0

|Leach

|15,858

|5

|1

|2

|3

|4

|12

|6

|7

|

|

|10

|8

|

|11

|

|

|

|5

|9

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|23 October 1971

|Blackpool

|H

|1-1

|1-1

|Marsh

|16,471

|6

|1

|3

|

|4

|5

|2

|7

|

|9

|10

|8

|

|11

|

|

|

|6

|

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|30 October 1971

|Portsmouth

|H

|0-0

|1-1

|Morgan

| 15,934

|6

|1

|3

|

|4

|5

|2

|7

|8

|

|10

|

|

|11

|

|

|12

|6

|9

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|6 November 1971

|Cardiff

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|16,892

|4

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|11

|10

|

|

|12

|

|

|7

|6

|9

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|13 November 1971

|Bristol City

|H

|1-0

|3-0

|Merrick OG, Marsh, O'Rourke

|14,898

|3

|1

|2

|

|

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|4

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|20 November 1971

| Hull City

|H

|1-1

|2-1

| O'Rourke, Morgan

|12,627

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|12

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|27 November 1971

|Charlton Athletic

|A

|0-2

|1-2

|Clement

|16,268

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|12

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|4 December 1971

|Sunderland

|A

|2-0

|2-1

|Marsh, O'Rourke

|13,576

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|11 December 1971

|Carlisle United

|A

|3-0

|4-1

|Marsh 2, O'Rourke, Leach

|9,243

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|12

|10

|9

|

|

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|18 December 1971

|Swindon Town

|A

|3-0

|3-0

|Venables, Marsh 2

| 13,517

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|27 December 1971

|Orient

|A

|0-2

|0-2

|

|19,081

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|12

|10

|9

|

|

|

|

|7

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1 January 1972

|Burnley

|H

|1-0

|3-1

|Leach 2, Marsh

|14,614

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|7

|

|

|

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|8 January 1972

|Millwall

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|24,376

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|7

|

|

|

|6

|11

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|22 January 1972

|Oxford United

|H

|2-0

|4-2

|Leach, Marsh 2, Saul

|13,283

|2

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|7

|

|

|

|6

|

|11

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|27 January 1972

|Luton Town

|A

|1-1

|1-1

|Francis

|17,280

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|7

|

|

|

|6

|

|11

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|12 February 1972

|Blackpool

|H

|0-1

|0-1

|

|13,690

|3

|1

|2

|

|4

|5

|3

|12

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|7

|

|

|

|6

|

|11

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|19 February 1972

|Portsmouth

|A

|0-0

|0-1

|

|15,583

|3

|1

|2

|

|

|5

|3

|4

|8

|

|10

|9

|

|

|

|

|

|6

|7

|11

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|4 March 1972

|Bristol City

|A

|0-0

|0-2

|

|11,105

|6

|1

|2

|3

|

|5

|4

|11

|8

|9

|10

|12

|

|

|

|

|

|6

|7

|

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|11 March 1972

|Birmingham City

|A

|0-0

|0-0

|

|35,557

|6

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|9

|

|12

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|10

|7

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|18 March 1972

|Middlesbrough

|H

|0-0

|1-0

|Clement

|11,467

|5

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|9

|

|

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|25 March 1972

|Preston North End

|A

|0-1

|1-1

|O'Rourke

|12,304

|5

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|12

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|31 March 1972

|Watford

|A

|1-0

|2-0

|Evans, Salvage

|14,719

|5

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1 April 1972

|Orient

|H

|0-0

|1-0

|O'Rourke

|12,042

|4

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|3 April 1972

|Norwich City

|H

|0-0

|0-0

|

|25,257

|4

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|8 April 1972

|Hull City

|A

|0-1

|1-1

|O'Rourke

|12,830

|5

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|12

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|15 April 1972

|Charlton Athletic

|H

|1-0

|2-0

|Leach, Francis

|12,976

|4

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|12

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|7

|10

|5

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|22 April 1972

|Sunderland

|A

|1-0

|1-0

|Busby

|13,751

|4

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|5

|7

|10

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|25 April 1972

|Fulham

|H

|0-0

|0-0

|

|20,605

|4

|1

|2

|3

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|12

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|5

|7

|10

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|29 April 1972

|Carlisle United

|H

|1-0

|3-0

|Clement, Leach, O'Rourke

|7,616

|4

|1

|2

|

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|5

|7

|10

|

|3

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|2 May 1972

|Cardiff City

|H

|0-0

|3-0

|Leach, O'Rourke, Ferguson

|8,430

|4

|1

|2

|

|

|

|6

|4

|8

|

|

|9

|11

|

|

|

|

|5

|7

|10

|

|3

|

= London Challenge Cup =

class="wikitable"

!Date{{Cite web |date=14 February 2022 |title=nonleaguematters |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forums/threads/london-challenge-cup-results-only.6585/ |website=Non league Matters}}

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|28 September 1971

|First Round

|Wimbledon

|A

|1-1

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|4 October 1971

|First Round Replay

|Wimbledon

|H

|4-1

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|11 October 1971

|Quarter-Final

|West Ham

|A

|1-0

|

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|25 October 1971

|Semi final

|Orient

|A

|2-3

|

|

= Football League Cup =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Half time score

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

|Parkes

|Clement

|Gillard

|Venables

|Hunt

|Hazell

|Busby

|Francis

|McCulloch

|Marsh

|Salvage

|Saul

|Morgan

|Evans

|Ferguson

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|7 September 1971

|Second Round

|Birmingham City (Second Division)

|H

|0-0

|2-0

|Marsh, Francis

|15,032

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|11

|

|

|

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|5 October 1971

|Third Round

|Lincoln City (Fourth Division)

|H

|2-1

|4-2

|Marsh, McCulloch, Saul, Morgan

|12,723

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

|6

|

|8

|9

|10

|

|11

|7

|

|

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|26 October 1971

|Fourth Round

|Bristol Rovers (Third Division)

|H

|0-1

|1-1

|Marsh

|17,045

|1

|3

|

|4

|5

|2

|7

|8

|9

|10

|

|11

|12

|6

|

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|2 November 1971

|Fourth Round Replay

|Bristol Rovers (Third Division)

|A

|0-0

|0-1

|

|24,373

|1

|2

|

|4

|6

|3

|

|8

|

|10

|12

|9

|7

|5

|11

= FA Cup =

class="wikitable"

!Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Half time score

!Result

F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

|Parkes

|Clement

|Venables

|Hunt

|Hazell

|Francis

|McCulloch

|Marsh

|Leach

|Saul

|Mancini

|O'Rourke

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|15 January 1972

|Third Round

|Fulham (Second Division)

|H

|0-1

|1-1

|Mancini

|23,707

|1

|2

|4

|5

|3

|8

|12

|10

|9

|7

|6

|11

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|18 January 1972

|Third Round Replay

| Fulham (Second Division)

|A

|0-1

|1-2

|Clement

|24,181

|1

|2

|4

|5

|3

|8

|

|10

|9

|7

|6

|11

= Preseason =

class="wikitable"

!Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|31 July 1971

|Swansea City

|A

|2-1

|Marsh, McCulloch

|3,000

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|6 August 1971

| West Ham United

|H

|2-0

|Leach, Marsh

|7,030

Squad

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:90%;"
style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Position

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Nationality

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Name

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| League Appearances

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| League Goals

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Cup Appearances

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| F.A.Cup Goals

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| League.Cup Goals

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Total Appearances

! style="background:#0000FF; color:white; text-align:center;"| Total Goals

GK

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|Phil Parkes

|42

|6

|

|

|

|48

|

GK

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|Alan Spratley

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

DF

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|Dave Clement

|42

|6

|3

|1

|

|48

|4

DF

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|Tony Hazell

|42

|6

|

|

|

|42

|6

DF

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|Ian Gillard

|24

|2

|

|

|

|26

|

DF

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|Ron Hunt

|29(1)

|6

|

|

|

|36

|

DF

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|Terry Mancini

|23

|2

|

|1

|

|25

|1

DF

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|Ian Evans

|8

|2

|1

|

|

|10

|1

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Ian Watson

|2

|

|

|

|

|2

|

MF

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|Michael McGovern

|(1)

|

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

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|Martyn Busby

|28(1)

|2

|2

|

|

|31

|

MF

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|Mike Ferguson

|16

|1

|1

|

|

|17

|1

MF

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|Gerry Francis

|38

|6

|3

|

|1

|44

|4

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Mick Leach

|28(3)

|2

|7

|

|

|33

|7

MF

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|Ray Seary

|(1)

|

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

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|Terry Venables

|27

|6

|

|

|

|33

|

FW

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|Frank Saul

|18(3)

|6

|2

|

|1

|27

|3

FW

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|Andy McCulloch

|17(7)

|3

|4

|

|1

|27

|5

FW

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|John O'Rourke

|26

|2

|8

|

|

|28

|8

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Rodney Marsh

|30

|6

|17

|

|3

|36

|20

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Barry Salvage

|13(3)

|

|1

|

|

|16

|1

FW

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|Ian Morgan

|9(3)

|2

|2

|

|1

|14

|3

Transfers In

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:90%;"

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Name

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |from

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee

Paul Everest

|

|July 12,1971

|

Alan Mayes

|

|July 12,1971

|

John Delve

|Queens Park Rangers Juniors

|July 12,1971

|

Ron Abbott

|Queens Park Rangers Juniors

|July 12,1971

|

Terry Mancini

|Leyton Orient

|Oct 10,1971

|£25,000

John O'Rourke

|Coventry City

|Oct 16,1971

|£60,000

John Beck

|Queens Park Rangers Juniors

|May 1972

|

Don Givens

|Luton Town

|July 1972

|£35,000

Transfers Out

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:90%;"

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Name

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |from

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Date

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Club

! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Fee

Alan Wilks

|Chelsea

|May 1965

|Free

|July 1971

|Gillingham

|£3,000

Frank Sibley

|Queens Park Rangers Juniors

|Dec 7,1964

|

|Sep 71

|Retired (Injury) (QPR Coach)

|

Frank Saul

|Southampton

|May 13,1970

|£40,000

|March 1972

|Millwall

|23,000

Rodney Marsh

|Fulham

|Mar 16,1966

|£15,000

|March 1972

|Manchester City

|£200,000

Notes and references

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{{Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons}}

{{1971–72 in English football}}

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Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons

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