30 Years: The 1979-1980 Season (Allen & Goddard)

[QPR Report]

1979-1980: Clive Allen & Paul Goddard

Newly-relegated QPR (Thanks Steve Burtenshaw )

Tommy Docherty in...and doing what he did best (No. Not actually managing the club to success!) Buying and selling....

IN: Tony Currie, Dave Mcreery, Chris Woods, Bob Hazell, Steve Wicks, Gordon Hill, Steve Burke...

Out: Gerry Francis, John Hollins (Shame we didn't keep him)..STAN BOWLES ( )

And a forward line of an 18 year Clive Allen (who was top scorer with 30 goals) and Paul Goddard...
Garry Waddock given his chance...Ditto Dean Neal. In the reserves, Fereday...
Glen Roeder in midfied/defense...

And then before the start of the following season: Docherty sacked...Docherty reinstated....BOTH Clive Allen and Paul Goddard sold...(Tommy Langley and Andy King brought in...and a few weeks later. Docherty out...Venables in.


From a Potted History of QPR
"...Steve Burtenshaw left the club after only one season, and was replaced by Tommy Docherty from Derby County in May 1979. Tony Currie was bought from Leeds United for a record club fee of £390,000. 19 year old Clive Allen was sold to Arsenal for a fee of £1,000,000 - the first teenager to merit the million pound price..."
www.qpr.co.uk/page/History/0,,10373,00.html


1979/1980 Results
(included 7-0 win over Burnley...slow start...then a surge...Then a poor finish (with a run of home games without a win)
www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2093&seasonid=109


1979/1980 League Table - Finished 5th (top 3 automatically promoted) - Leicester, Sunderland, Birmingham - Then Chelsea and QPR [Still two points for a win)
www.footballstatisticsresults.co.uk/english_1979_division_2_table.html


QPR Stats in 1979-1980
www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/1979-1980

The 1979/1980 English Football Season in Review
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_in_English_football

[QPR Report]

Video: QPR 7 Burnley 0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6v-D-24BzI

[QPR Report]

And the other "Five Year Lookbacks" 1949/50, 1959/60, 1964/65, 1969/70, 1974/75

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[Lonegunmen]

I was there when Dean Neal scored 2 on his debut.

[Markqpr]

Ah, my first season going to games.

Sat in the Ellerslie, block V, row R, seat 117 for the next 23 years, or around there as I couldn't afford a season ticket until I was 19 and employed so had to pay on the day!

(I have since moved to SAR to get some sun)

Remember it very well, perhaps better than most seasons since then, bar '82 and getting promoted!

Thanks for this.

Will live off the memories until 3pm next Sat.
Then it's back down to business!