Post by QPR Report on Jul 27, 2009 7:31:25 GMT
A few lookbacks....
In 1949/1950... (The year Phil Parkes was born
]
QPR were in their second season in Division II (for the first time ever)
QPR's Results for 1949/1950
www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2093&seasonid=79
QPR finished third from bottom and just stayed up
QPR Manager Dave Magnall (1944-1952)
Playing for QPR: Reg Allen.
Sufering a goal scoring problem, top scorer: Bert Addinall with 11.
From the online Club History
"[O]n 26th April 1948 won promotion for the first time to the Second Division.
QPR spent four years in the Second Division, before they were relegated back to Division Three in 1952. Dave Mangnall left the club and his place was taken by Jack Taylor. In 1953 the first floodlights were installed at Loftus Road at a cost of £5,000, the first floodlit match being against Arsenal on 5th October...."
www.qpr.co.uk/page/History/0,,10373,00.html
"W.J.Heath, A.Parkinson, H.Woodward, R.Allen, E.Reay, G.Wardle, W.Pointon, F.Ramscar, C.Hatton, S,Hudson & J.Pattison"
Wikipedia coverage of the 1949/1950 Football Season
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_in_English_footballFinal League Table -
Second Division
P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 42 27 7 8 81 35 2.314 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 42 18 16 8 67 48 1.396 52
3 Sheffield United 42 19 14 9 68 49 1.388 52
4 Southampton 42 19 14 9 64 48 1.333 52
5 Leeds United 42 17 13 12 54 45 1.200 47
6 Preston North End 42 18 9 15 60 49 1.224 45
7 Hull City 42 17 11 14 64 72 0.889 45
8 Swansea Town 42 17 9 16 53 49 1.082 43
9 Brentford 42 15 13 14 44 49 0.898 43
10 Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 41 44 0.932 42
11 Grimsby Town 42 16 8 18 74 73 1.014 40
12 Coventry City 42 13 13 16 55 55 1.000 39
13 Barnsley 42 13 13 16 64 67 0.955 39
14 Chesterfield 42 15 9 18 43 47 0.915 39
15 Leicester City 42 12 15 15 55 65 0.846 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 10 18 55 60 0.917 38
17 Luton Town 42 10 18 14 41 51 0.804 38
18 Bury 42 14 9 19 60 65 0.923 37
19 West Ham United 42 12 12 18 53 61 0.869 36
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 12 19 40 57 0.702 34
21 Plymouth Argyle 42 8 16 18 44 65 0.677 32
22 Bradford Park Avenue 42 10 11 21 51 77 0.662 31
In 1949/1950... (The year Phil Parkes was born
]QPR were in their second season in Division II (for the first time ever)
QPR's Results for 1949/1950
www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2093&seasonid=79
QPR finished third from bottom and just stayed up
QPR Manager Dave Magnall (1944-1952)
Playing for QPR: Reg Allen.
Sufering a goal scoring problem, top scorer: Bert Addinall with 11.
From the online Club History
"[O]n 26th April 1948 won promotion for the first time to the Second Division.
QPR spent four years in the Second Division, before they were relegated back to Division Three in 1952. Dave Mangnall left the club and his place was taken by Jack Taylor. In 1953 the first floodlights were installed at Loftus Road at a cost of £5,000, the first floodlit match being against Arsenal on 5th October...."
www.qpr.co.uk/page/History/0,,10373,00.html
"W.J.Heath, A.Parkinson, H.Woodward, R.Allen, E.Reay, G.Wardle, W.Pointon, F.Ramscar, C.Hatton, S,Hudson & J.Pattison"
Wikipedia coverage of the 1949/1950 Football Season
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_in_English_footballFinal League Table -
Second Division
P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 42 27 7 8 81 35 2.314 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 42 18 16 8 67 48 1.396 52
3 Sheffield United 42 19 14 9 68 49 1.388 52
4 Southampton 42 19 14 9 64 48 1.333 52
5 Leeds United 42 17 13 12 54 45 1.200 47
6 Preston North End 42 18 9 15 60 49 1.224 45
7 Hull City 42 17 11 14 64 72 0.889 45
8 Swansea Town 42 17 9 16 53 49 1.082 43
9 Brentford 42 15 13 14 44 49 0.898 43
10 Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 41 44 0.932 42
11 Grimsby Town 42 16 8 18 74 73 1.014 40
12 Coventry City 42 13 13 16 55 55 1.000 39
13 Barnsley 42 13 13 16 64 67 0.955 39
14 Chesterfield 42 15 9 18 43 47 0.915 39
15 Leicester City 42 12 15 15 55 65 0.846 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 10 18 55 60 0.917 38
17 Luton Town 42 10 18 14 41 51 0.804 38
18 Bury 42 14 9 19 60 65 0.923 37
19 West Ham United 42 12 12 18 53 61 0.869 36
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 12 19 40 57 0.702 34
21 Plymouth Argyle 42 8 16 18 44 65 0.677 32
22 Bradford Park Avenue 42 10 11 21 51 77 0.662 31
