On This Day in 1966, the 1965/66 Season concluded with a 1-0 win at Walsall. (Les Allen)
Springett Hazell Keen Langley Moughton Sanderson Lazarus Allen Marsh Morgan Morgan
QPR finished 3rd, with 57 points (Top two promoted; no playoffs!). New signing Les Allen top scorer with 33 goals..With Rodney Marsh of course arriving a couple of months before the end of the season.
QPR Results for 1965-66
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Third Division
Pos Club P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Hull City 46 31 7 8 109 62 1.758 69
2 Millwall 46 27 11 8 76 43 1.767 65
3 QPR 46 24 9 13 95 65 1.462 57
4 Sc**thorpe Un 46 21 11 14 80 67 1.194 53
5 Workington 46 19 14 13 67 57 1.175 52
6 Gillingham 46 22 8 16 62 54 1.148 52
7 Swindon Town 46 19 13 14 74 48 1.542 51
8 Reading 46 19 13 14 70 63 1.111 51
9 Walsall 46 20 10 16 77 64 1.203 50
10 Shrewsbury Town 46 19 11 16 73 64 1.141 49
11 Grimsby Town 46 17 13 16 68 62 1.097 47
12 Watford 46 17 13 16 55 51 1.078 47
13 Peterborough United 46 17 12 17 80 66 1.212 46
14 Oxford United 46 19 8 19 70 74 0.946 46
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 11 19 67 65 1.031 43
16 Bristol Rovers 46 14 14 18 64 64 1.000 42
17 Swansea Town 46 15 11 20 81 96 0.844 41
18 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 13 12 21 38 56 0.679 38
19 Mansfield Town 46 15 8 23 59 89 0.663 38
20 Oldham Athletic 46 12 13 21 55 81 0.679 37
21 Southend United 46 16 4 26 54 83 0.651 36
22 Exeter City 46 12 11 23 53 79 0.671 35
23 Brentford 46 10 12 24 48 69 0.696 32
24 York City 46 9 9 28 53 106 0.500 27
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965–66_in_English_football
From the Bushman Archives Division 3 1965-66 Season
QPR finished third behind Millwall and the Champions Hull City Played 46, Home Won 16, Draw 3, Lost 4. Away Won 8, Draw 6, Lost 9. Goals For 95. Against 65. Total Points: 57.
Top Goal Scorer:Les Allen 30. Mike Keen & Jim Langley were ever present and played in all 46 matches.
Keith Sanderson signed from 2nd Division Plymouth Argyle. He gained a Soccer Blue at Cambridge University.
Signed by Peter Springett, Brian Bedford & Bobby Nash.
Les Allen finds out after signing from Spurs that we play on a lake
Report from the Sunday Mirror on QPR 7 - 2 York City. January 1st 1966
Les Allen scored 33 goals, John Collins 19 goals and Roger Morgan 15 goals in all competitions.
Roger Morgan became engaged to Miss Marilyn Bond of Chingford in 1966
Marsh (previously with Fulham) & Kelly (previously with Wimbledon) with Jim Gregory (chairman) both signed March 1966
Mark Lazarus taking on and beating the opposing left back.
Alan Glover with Alec stock signed apprentice forms for the club 12th April 1966
By the end of the season the squad looked like this:
Back row:
Colin Moughton, Ron Hunt, Les Allen, Roger Morgan.
Middle row:
Frank Sibley, Mick Leach, Tony Hazell, Ron Springett, Keith Sanderson, Jim Langley, John Collins.
Sitting:
Ian Watson, Rodney Marsh, Mike Keen, Ian Morgan, Mark Lazarus.
Jim Langley became the Supporters Club Player of the Year.