52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2010 8:03:26 GMT

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Bump....
52 Years ago...

January 2, 1971: QPR exit the FA Cup in the Third Round - (Unbelievable you say) losing 2-1 at home to (same division) Swindon...And a couple of days later, Les Allen was out.

Great guy. Not the greatest manager.

His temporary replacement: Coach, Gordon Jago

And up we went

QPR's team for that final game against Swindon

Parkes
Clement Hunt Sibley Watson
Francis Venables Busby McGovern
Leach Marsh

Photos/Programme via Bushman

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51Years Ago: Loss/Exit

Flashback Les Allen's APPOINTMENT AS QPR MANAGER

(His Appointment as Manager - From Bushman Archives)

Les Allen first game as caretaker manager following Tommy Docherty's departure 2 days before, ended in a 1-0 defeat against Coventry.

Les Allen's final game as manager.

January 2, 1971: QPR exit the FA Cup in the Third Round - (Unbelievable you say) losing 2-1 at home to (same division) Swindon...And a couple of days later, Les Allen was out.

Great guy. Not the greatest manager.

His temporary replacement: Coach, Gordon Jago

And up we went

QPR's team for that final game against Swindon

Parkes
Clement Hunt Sibley Watson
Francis Venables Busby McGovern
Leach Marsh

From Bushman Archives

Last Edit: Jan 2, 2023 9:08:17 GMT by Macmoish

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 7, 2010 23:45:38 GMT

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And the Testimonial Programme

December 7, 1968: Les Allen's First Game in Charge, with QPR at home to Coventry. QPR lost 1-0.
QPR's Team: Springett - Clement Watson Hazell Harris - Morgan Sibley Morgan - Marsh Leach Wilks.

Last Edit: Jan 2, 2011 7:58:04 GMT by Macmoish

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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2011 7:58:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 2, 2011 7:58:16 GMT Bump
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Bushman Administrator QPR Report Archivist Posts: 10,688	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2011 10:09:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bushman on Jan 2, 2011 10:09:18 GMT Taken from Les Allen's Testimonial Programe 1971. Attachments:
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Bushman Administrator QPR Report Archivist Posts: 10,688	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2011 10:20:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bushman on Jan 2, 2011 10:20:27 GMT January 2, 1971: QPR exit the FA Cup in the Third Round - losing 2-1 at home to Swindon. A couple of days later, Les Allen was out. Attachments:
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Bushman Administrator QPR Report Archivist Posts: 10,688	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2011 10:33:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bushman on Jan 2, 2011 10:33:28 GMT Club Announce Allen out. Attachments:
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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2012 7:43:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 2, 2012 7:43:56 GMT Bump. Great player. Great father of players! Great guy! But unfortunately not a great manager
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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2013 7:23:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 2, 2013 7:23:51 GMT Bump...42 Years ago... We didn't know it, but with the appointment of Gordon Jago, QPR were on the cusp of greatness
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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2014 9:19:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 2, 2014 9:19:31 GMT Bump...
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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2014 9:34:01 GMT

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And managers since then....

Les Allen England England 1 December 1968 6 January 1971 4 3 1 1 50.0 – [15]
Gordon Jago England England 6 January 1971 27 September 1974 161 71 55 35 44.1 Football League Division Two runners-up 1972/73 [16]
Dave Sexton England England 16 October 1974 9 July 1977 130 57 32 41 43.8 Football League Division One runners-up 1975/76 [17]
Frank Sibley England England 10 July 1977 29 July 1978 45 9 17 19 20.0 – [18]
Alec Stock England England 30 July 1978 1 August 1978 - - - - - – [12]
Steve Burtenshaw England England 10 August 1978 10 May 1979 41 6 13 22 14.6 – [19]
Tommy Docherty Scotland Scotland 11 May 1979 1 October 1980 51 20 16 15 39.2 – [14]
Terry Venables England England 1 October 1980 24 May 1984 166 84 33 49 50.6 FA Cup runners-up 1981/82
Football League Division Two champions 1982/83 [20]
Gordon Jago England England 28 May 1984 5 June 1984 – – – – – – [16]
Alan Mullery England England 20 June 1984 5 December 1984 26 11 8 7 42.3 – [21]
Frank Sibley England England 5 December 1984 1 June 1985 28 8 6 14 28.6 – [18]
Jim Smith England England 11 June 1985 4 December 1988 167 67 38 62 40.1 Football League Cup runners-up 1985/86 [22]
Trevor Francis England England 14 December 1988 27 November 1989 93 31 30 32 33.3 – [23]
Don Howe England England 28 November 1989 21 May 1991 75 27 21 27 36.0 – [24]
Gerry Francis England England 1 June 1991 11 November 1994 158 59 47 52 37.3 – [25]
Ray Wilkins England England 15 November 1994 4 September 1996 80 31 13 36 38.8 – [26]
Stewart Houston Scotland Scotland 16 September 1996 10 November 1997 63 25 15 23 39.7 – [27]
John Hollins England England 11 November 1997 5 December 1997 4 1 2 1 25.0 – [28]
Ray Harford England England 5 December 1997 28 September 1998 41 5 18 18 12.2 Lowest win percentage of any permanent QPR manager. [29]
Iain Dowie Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 28 September 1998 16 October 1998 2 1 0 1 50.0 – [30]
Gerry Francis England England 16 October 1998 25 February 2001 125 36 42 47 28.8 – [25]
Ian Holloway England England 26 February 2001 2 February 2006 252 100 71 81 39.7 Football League Division Two runners-up 2003/04 [31]
Gary Waddock Republic of Ireland Ireland 6 February 2006 19 September 2006 23 4 8 11 17.4 – [32][33]
John Gregory England England 20 September 2006 1 October 2007 48 13 12 23 27.1 – [34]
Mick Harford England England 1 October 2007 29 October 2007 5 2 2 1 40.2 – [35]
Luigi De Canio Italy Italy 29 October 2007 12 May 2008 35 12 11 12 34.3 First manager from outside UK & Ireland [36]
Iain Dowie Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 14 May 2008 24 October 2008 15 8 3 4 53.3 Highest win percentage of any QPR manager. [30]
Gareth Ainsworth England England 24 October 2008 19 November 2008 7 2 1 4 28.6 – [37]
Paulo Sousa Portugal Portugal 19 November 2008 9 April 2009 26 7 12 7 26.9 – [38]
Gareth Ainsworth England England 9 April 2009 3 May 2009 5 1 1 3 20.0 – [37]
Jim Magilton Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3 June 2009 16 December 2009 24 9 8 7 37.5 – [39]
Steve Gallen
Marc Bircham Republic of Ireland Ireland
Canada Canada 16 December 2009 17 December 2009 1 0 1 0 0.0 – [40]
Paul Hart England England 17 December 2009 15 January 2010 5 1 2 2 20.0 – [41]
Mick Harford England England 15 January 2010 2 March 2010 7 1 0 6 14.3 – [35]
Neil Warnock England England 2 March 2010 8 January 2012 84 33 27 24 39.2 Football League Championship champions [42]
Mark Hughes Wales Wales 10 January 2012 23 November 2012 32 8 6 18 25.0 – [43][44]
Harry Redknapp England England 24 November 2012 Present 38 12 12 14 31.5 – [45][46]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._managers

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2015 10:23:28 GMT

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50 Years Ago: Loss/Exit

Flashback Les Allen's APPOINTMENT AS QPR MANAGER

(His Appointment as Manager - From Bushman Archives)

Les Allen first game as caretaker manager following Tommy Docherty's departure 2 days before, ended in a 1-0 defeat against Coventry.

Les Allen's final game as manager.

January 2, 1971: QPR exit the FA Cup in the Third Round - (Unbelievable you say) losing 2-1 at home to (same division) Swindon...And a couple of days later, Les Allen was out.

Great guy. Not the greatest manager.

His temporary replacement: Coach, Gordon Jago

And up we went

QPR's team for that final game against Swindon

Parkes
Clement Hunt Sibley Watson
Francis Venables Busby McGovern
Leach Marsh

From Bushman Archives

Last Edit: Dec 1, 2018 11:44:53 GMT by Macmoish

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2015 10:29:18 GMT

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And that Final Team

7 Home Grown

3 Bargain Buys

And the only "big" money - Terry Venables at 70,000 (which we got back by selling Alan Glover for the same amount, who'd played 7 games for us).

Parkes Clement Hunt Sibley Watson Francis Venables Busby McGovern Leach Marsh

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 6, 2015 7:50:41 GMT

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Post by Macmoish on Jan 6, 2015 7:50:41 GMT

On This Day in 1971, Axed. In came Coach Gordon Jago who became Acting Manager and then Manager

Flashback

Les Allen started with Chelsea; joined Spurs and was part of their double-winning team. Subsequently replaced at Spurs by Jimmy Greaves.
Allen joined QPR in July 1965 for a then record fee. Part of the 1966/1967 League Cup Winning/Division III Championship team; the promotion team. Scored QPR's first-ever goal in Division One coming on as sub at home to Leicester. Became player manager in late 1968, replacing Tommy Docherty. Shortly after that stopped playing. Managed QPR from then (the Division One relegation season; the whole next season in Division Two, which saw lots of goals; and then the following season until January 1971 when he was replaced by coach, Gordon Jago. (And arguably, since he brought Jago to QPR, without Allen, probably no Stan Bowles, Dave Thomas, etc...which impacted deeply on QPR!)...As manager, among other players he (and Owner Jim Gregory) bought: Terry Venables and Phil Parkes.

JOINING QPR - (Sunday Times 'Caught in time')
"2 Les Allen (QPR)
A striker in Tottenham's Doublewinning side of 1960-61, Allen moved to QPR for 21,000 pounds in July 1965. "I met Jim Gregory, the chairman, and he laid out the plans about what they wanted to do. I was impressed, even though they were in the Third Division," recalls Allen. "It was quite a change. When I started, we were only getting gates of 3,000 or 4,000 people, but that trebled when we began to get results". Allen became player-manager in December 1968 after the premature departure of Stock and the stormy 28-day reign of the colourful Scot Tommy Docherty. However, the club was relegated, and he moved on to manage Swindon, then spent time in Greece.
He then became a professional model-maker. Allen, who recently underwent hip replacement surgery, is retired and lives in Brentwood." Times

See: Les Allen/Wikipedia

SEE DAVE'S Queesns Park Ranges FC Site's warm Profile of Les Allen - Dave's Les Allen

See Les Allen/Spurs Profile

Match Report/summary from Feb 15, 1969

[Note: This was actually the last game Les Allen played for QPR - appropriately enough against Spurs - And the game in which Roger Morgan made his Spurs debut after having just been sold to Spurs for 100,000 pounds+]

"There was a frosty reception for recently signed Roger Morgan as he returned to Loftus Road, but it was only the freezing conditions that conspired to produce the chill. Most players on both teams wore gloves with Greaves donning fingerless fawn mittens.
Rangers were still near the bottom of the table and although both teams put on a good display of football in difficult conditions, the score was 0-0 at the break. The frosty pitch made errors likely and when Les Allen got past our defence, he put in a cross for Frank Clarke to head QPR into the lead soon after the second half started. It was late in the game that things swung Tottenham's way, with Mullery's free-kick being cleared and Morgan putting the ball back into the area for Jimmy Greaves to knock the ball past the keeper. The home side claimed Greaves had handled in the act of scoring, but the referee waved away their complaints.
Rangers almost won the game at the death with a shot from Ian Morgan (twin of Roger) being kicked off the line by Cyril Knowles to preserve the draw.
Teams :
QPR - , , , , Les Allen, Ian Morgan, Clarke
Spurs - Knowles, Mullery, Roger Morgan, Greaves
Attendance : - 30,013
Referee : -
Report

[The Team: Kelly
Clement Hazell Hunt Watson
Morgan Sibley Allen
Bridges Clarke Marsh

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52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 6, 2015 7:52:50 GMT

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A Couple Days later

January, 9, 1971 -

In his first game in charge as Caretaker manager after the axing of Les Allen, Gordon Jago's QPR drew 0-0 at Luton (with Venables returning in place of Martyn Busby and Ian Morgan replacing Mick McGovern)

Parkes
Clement Hazell Sibley Watson
Ferguson Francis Venables Morgan
Leach Marsh

Sub: McCulloch
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/19259

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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 6, 2016 10:20:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 6, 2016 10:20:47 GMT Stan Bowles and Dave Thomas....1972/73 Promotion...Our 1975/76 almost Title...and 1976/77 March through Europe really began here, with Gordon Jago
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Macmoish Administrator Posts: 60,293	52 Yrs Ago: QPR Lose. Les Allen Axed. Jago Appointed Jan 2, 2017 11:00:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Macmoish on Jan 2, 2017 11:00:04 GMT And the Gordon Jago era began - One of the few times that bumping the #2 to Manager worked for QPR (Also did of course when Don Howe replaced Trevor Francis)
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