1960–61 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 1960–61 football season

Queens Park Rangers

1960–61 season

Chairman

Bernard Baker

Manager

Alec Stock

Stadium

Loftus Road

Football League Third Division

3rd

FA Cup

Second Round

Football League Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Brian Bedford 33
All: Brian Bedford 37

Home colours

Away colours

← 1959–60

1961-62 →

Season summary

During the 1960–61 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Third Division and finished in third place.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bury	46	30	8	8	108	45	2.400	68	Division Champions, promoted
2	Walsall	46	28	6	12	98	60	1.633	62	Promoted
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	25	10	11	93	60	1.550	60
4	Watford	46	20	12	14	85	72	1.181	52
5	Notts County	46	21	9	16	82	77	1.065	51

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^[2]

Results

QPR scores given first

Win

Draw

Loss

Third Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
20 August 1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath.	A	0-1		12222	17
25 August 1960	Notts County	A	1-2	Andrews	15174	22
27 August 1960	Bradford City	H	1-0	Bedford	7075	15
29 August 1960	Notts County	H	2-0	Clark 2	8165	7
3 September 1960	Barnsley	A	3-3	Bedford, Whitfield 2	6162	14
5 September 1960	Coventry City	A	4-4	Bedford 2, Andrews, Clark	15,804	11
10 September 1960	Newport County	H	2-0	Whitfield, Barber	7353	8
12 September 1960	Coventry City	H	2-1	Bedford, Woods (pen)	9199	4
17 September 1960	Colchester United	A	1-0	Lazarus	5750	2
19 September 1960	Brentford	H	0-0		12823	3
24 September 1960	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	Andrews, Longbottom	11042	3
27 September 1960	Brentford	A	0-2		15282	6
1 October 1960	Hull City	A	1-3	Bedford	9333	8
3 October 1960	Reading	H	5-2	Bedford 2, Lazarus 2, Barber	8426	6
8 October 1960	Torquay	H	3-3	Bedford, Lazarus 2	7901	7
15 October 1960	Port Vale	A	1-0	Bedford	8802	5
22 October 1960	Southend	H	2-1	Woods (pen), Bedford	6122	3
29 October 1960	Chesterfield	A	1-0	Carey	4474	3
12 November 1960	Walsall	A	3-4	Bedford 2, Lazarus	10044	3
19 November 1960	Shrewsbury	H	1-1	Bedford	7680	3
3 December 1960	Tranmere Rovers	H	9-2	Evans 2, Bedford 2, Clark 2, Lazarus 2, Andrews	4921	3
10 December 1960	Watford	A	3-0	Lazarus, Woods (pen), Clark	15546	3
17 December 1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath.	H	3-1	Bedford 2, Evans	6952	3
26 December 1960	Bristol City	A	1-1	Bedford	10794	3
27 December 1960	Bristol City	H	1-1	Woods (pen)	15391	3
31 December 1960	Bradford City	A	1-1	Evans	8405	3
14 January 1961	Barnsley	H	4-2	Evans, Keen, Bedford, Andrews	8859	3
23 January 1961	Newport County	A	3-1	Evans 2, Bedford	6610	1
28 January 1961	Bury	H	3-1	Bedford 3	14672	1
4 February 1961	Colchester United	H	3-2	Evans, Bedford, Lazarus	10348	1
11 February 1961	Grimsby Town	A	1-3	Bedford	10599	1
18 February 1961	Hull City	H	2-1	Keen, Bedford	12210	2
25 February 1961	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-1	Evans, Woods (pen)	9226	2
4 March 1961	Port Vale	H	1-0	Evans	12711	2
11 March 1961	Southend United	A	0-0		10987	2
18 March 1961	Chesterfield	H	1-2	Bedford	8858	2
25 March 1961	Bury	A	0-1		14701	3
31 March 1961	Swindon	H	3-1	Angell, Barber, Evans	14436	3
1 April 1961	Walsall	H	1-0	Longbottom	14288	2
3 April 1961	Swindon	A	0-1		11568	3
8 April 1961	Shrewsbury Town	A	1-4	Evans	8386	3
15 April 1961	Halifax Town	H	5-1	Bedford 4, Lazarus	9069	3
17 April 1961	Halifax Town	A	1-1	Andrews	4194	3
22 April 1961	Torquay	A	6-1	Evans 3, Lazarus, Bedford, Bettany (og)	5436	3
26 April 1961	Reading	A	1-3	Longbottom	15058	3
29 April 1961	Watford	H	2-1	Evans, Longbottom	10328	3

^[3]^[2]

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
17 October 1960	First Round	Port Vale	H	2-2	Lazarus, Rutter	6,600
19 October 1960	First Round Replay	Port Vale	A	1-3	Bedford	6,800

^[4]

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
05 Nov 1960	First Round	Walthamstow Avenue	H	3-2	Bedford 3	5,373
26 Nov 1960	Second Round	Coventry City	A	1-2	Longbottom	8,927

^[5]

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	League Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals	Notes
GK		Mike Pinner	1					1
GK		Ray Drinkwater	45		4			49
DF		Tony Ingham	46		4			50
DF		Peter Carey	16	1	1			17	1
DF		Keith Rutter	46		4		1	50	1
DF		Pat Woods	33	5	2			35	5
DF		Peter Baker	13					13
MF		Ken Whitfield	12	3	2			14	3
MF		David Cockell	9		1			10
MF		Mike Keen	35	2	2			37	2
MF		Mark Lazarus	31	12	2		1	33	13
MF		Peter Angell	46	1	2			48	1
MF		Arthur Longbottom	26	4	1	1		27	5
FW		Colin Whitaker	8					8
FW		Mike Barber	14	3				14	3
FW		Norman Golding	8					8
FW		Brian Bedford	46	33	2	3	1	48	37
FW		Bernard Evans	27	16				27	16
FW		Clive Clark	23	6	1			24	6	*transferred jan 61 to WBA Fee 20,000 pounds
FW		Jimmy Andrews	33	6	1			34	6

References

^ Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. london: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.
^ ^a ^b Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.

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