1958–59 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1958–59 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division (after regionalised divisions were scrapped) and finished in thirteenth place.^[1] on May 18th Jack Taylor resigns to become Leeds manager, Alec Stock appointed June '59

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Bradford City	46	18	11	17	84	76	1.105	47
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	12	17	69	69	1.000	46
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	8	19	74	77	0.961	46
14	Southampton	46	17	11	18	88	80	1.100	45
15	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	59	57	1.035	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division

Date	Opponent	H / A	Half time score	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	QPR Position end of day	Drinkwater	Woods	Ingham	Petchey	Rutter	Angell	Dawson	Longbottom	Kerrins	Cameron	Locke	Pearson	Clark	Tomkys	Anderson	Kelly	Richardson	Powell	Welton	Whitelaw	Colgan
23 August 1958	Reading (-)	A	2-0	2–2	Longbottom 2	16961	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
25 August 1958	Tranmere (4)	H	1-1	1–1	Cameron	12393	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
30 August 1958	Colchester (11)	H	2-1	4–2	Longbottom, Locke, Kerrins 2	9852	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 September 1958	Tranmere (11)	A	0-0	0–2		13959	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11
6 September 1958	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (9)	A	0-1	0–2		11890	18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10			11
9 September 1958	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	0–2		10725	19	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
13 September 1958	Norwich City (4)	H	1-0	2–1	Longbottom, Kerrins	10498	19	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	9	10	11			7
15 September 1958	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-0	3–1	Cameron, Kerrins, Longbottom	10118	13	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
20 September 1958	Southend United (11)	A	0-1	0–4		13524	20	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
22 September 1958	Stockport	A		3–2	Longbottom 3	12162	13	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
27 September 1958	Bury	H	1-1	2–1	Tomkys 2	10118	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		10			11
29 September 1958	Stockport	H	0-0	0–0		7458	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
4 October 1958	Mansfield Town (12)	A	1-0	4–3	Longbottom, Dawson, Cameron, Angell	10033	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
7 October 1958	Rochdale	A	0-2	2–2	Cameron, Tomkys	4276	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
11 October 1958	Chesterfield	H	1-1	2–2	Kerrins, Tomkys	9452	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
20 October 1958	Newport County (18)	A	0-0	1–3	Cameron	8410	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
25 October 1958	Halifax Town (14)	H	1-1	3–1	Longbottom 3	9607	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
1 November 1958	Accrington Stanley	A	0-0	4–2	Longbottom, Dawson 2, Tomkys	6498	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
8 November 1958	Southampton (6)	H	0-1	2–2	Longbottom, Petchey	11287	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
22 November 1958	Brentford (11)	H	0-1	1–2	Kerrins	15123	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11
29 November 1958	Hull City (2)	A	0-0	0–1		11705	11	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	9	10				11	7
13 December 1958	Swindon	A	0-1	0–2		8307	15	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	11	10				7		9
20 December 1958	Reading (6)	H	0-0	2–0	Kerrins, Pearson	6909	12	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	11			10		7		9
26 December 1958	Plymouth (1)	A	1-1	2–3	Angell, Tomkys	30665	14	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	11			10		7		9
27 December 1958	Plymouth (1)	H	0-1	2–1	Pearson, Longbottom	15768	13	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	11			10		7		9
3 January 1959	Colchester (7)	A	0-2	0–3		8719	14	1	2	3	4	5			8	11			10		7		9	6
17 January 1959	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (11)	H	0-1	0–4		6041	16	1		3	4	2	6		8	11			10		7		9		5
31 January 1959	Norwich City (19)	A	0-1	1–5	Longbottom	16781	18	1	2	3	4	5	6		8	7	9	10		11
7 February 1959	Southend United (3)	H	0-3	1–3	Petchey	6361	20		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			10	11						1
14 February 1959	Bury	A	0-2	1–3	Clark	5072	20		2	3	4		6	7				10	8	11	9				5	1
21 February 1959	Mansfield Town (18)	H	0-1	1–1	Locke	5007	20		2	3	4		6	7	8			10		11	9				5	1
28 February 1959	Chesterfield	A	2-1	3–2	Tomkys, Locke 2	8711	20	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			10		11	9
7 March 1959	Newport County (19)	H	1-0	4–2	Longbottom 2, Locke, Angell	5707	19	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			10		11	9
14 March 1959	Halifax Town (11)	A	1-1	1–2	Locke	5586	20	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8			10		11	9
16 March 1959	Bradford City (17)	H	1-0	3–0	Whitelaw, Pearson 2	7578	16	1	2	3	4	5	6					10	8	11		7					9
21 March 1959	Accrington Stanley	H	2-0	3–1	Anderson, Pearson, Tighe (og)	8005	14	1	2	3	4	5	6					10	8	11		7					9
27 March 1959	Notts County (23)	H	1-0	2–1	Whitelaw, Pearson	12044	12	1	2	3	4	5	6					10	8	11		7					9
28 March 1959	Southampton (10)	A	0-1	0–1		9808	15	1	2	3	4	5	6					10	8	11	7						9
30 March 1959	Notts County (13)	A	1-0	1–0	Angell (pen)	6956	12	1		3	4	5	6		8			11	10			7					9	2
4 April 1959	Wrexham	H	3-0	5–0	Anderson 2, Whitelaw, Angell (pen), Longbottom	8670	11	1	2	3	4	5	6		8				10	11		7					9
8 April 1959	Wrexham	A	0-1	0–1		5738	11	1	2	3	4	5	6		8				10	11		7					9
11 April 1959	Brentford (3)	A	0-1	0–1		15905	13	1	2	3	4	5	6		8				10	11		7					9
18 April 1959	Hull City (1)	H	0-0	1–1	Whitelaw	9325	14	1	2	3	4	5	6		8			10		11		7					9
20 April 1959	Rochdale	H	0-0	3–0	Angell, Longbottom, Whitelaw	7280	12	1	2	3	4	5	6		8			10		11		7					9
25 April 1959	Bradford City (11)	A	0-0	0–1		6895	16	1	2	3	4	5	6		8			10		11	7				9
27 April 1959	Swindon	H	1-1	2–1	Angell, Tomkys	7628	13	1	2	3	4	5	6		8			10		11	7						9

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London Challenge Cup

Date^[4]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A
6 October 1958	First Round	Walthamstow	H	3–2
20 October 1958	Quarter-Finals	Fulham	H	4–2
3 November 1958	Semi final	Tottenham	A	0–7

Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

Date^[5]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Half time score	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Drinkwater	Woods	Ingham	Petchey	Rutter	Angell	Dawson	Longbottom	Kerrins	Cameron	Tomkys
13 October 1958	First Round	Fulham	A	0-0	0–4		8497	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

FA Cup

Date^[6]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Half time score	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Drinkwater	Woods	Ingham	Petchey	Rutter	Angell	Dawson	Longbottom	Kerrins	Cameron	Tomkys
15 November 1958	First Round	Walsall (Fourth Division)	A	0-0	1–0	Dawson	15123	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
6 December 1958	Second Round	Southampton (Third Division)	H	0-1	0–1		13166	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	11	10	9

Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Ray Drinkwater	43		3		46
GK	Pat Welton	3				3
DF	Tony Ingham	46		3		49
DF	Keith Rutter	44		3		47
DF	Pat Woods	44		3		47
DF	Walter Colgan	1				1
MF	Pat Kerrins	29	7	3		32	7
MF	Stuart Richardson	1				1
MF	John Pearson	16	5			16	5
MF	Peter Angell	45	6	3		48	6
MF	Arthur Longbottom	41	20	3		44	20
MF	Bobby Cameron	22	5	3		25	5
MF	George Petchey	46	2	3		49	2
MF	Mike Powell	4				4
FW	Mike Tomkys	25	8	3		28	8
FW	Lesley Locke	25	5			25	5
FW	Alec Dawson	25	4	3	1	28	5
FW	Tommy Anderson	10	3			10	3
FW	Brian Kelly	6				6
FW	George Whitelaw	11	5			11	5
FW	Clive Clark	19	1			19	1

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Ken Blakeway		July ?1958
Brian Kelly	Dover	July1958
Tony Bantock	Fulham	July ?1958
Terry Robinson *	Northampton	July ?1958
Clive Clark	Leeds United	September 1958
Graham Hopkins *		Sep ?1958
George Wright *		Oct ?1958
Brian Kelly	Dover	November 1958
Tommy Anderson	Bournemouth	November 1958
John Hutchins	Sittingbourne	Feb 2,1959
George Whitelaw	Sunderland	Mar 12,1959	£2,000
Jimmy Andrews	Leyton Orient	June 1959
Joe Cini *	Hibernians (Mlt)	June1959
Keith Spence		June 23,1959

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club
Bob Fry	Bath City	Aug 16,1957		July 1958	Bexleyheath & Welling
Doug Orr	Hendon	June 1957		July 1958	Queens Park
Eddie Smith	Colchester United	July 1957	£1,050	July 1958	Chelmsford City
Cecil Andrews	Crystal Palace	June 1956		July 1958	Sittingbourne
Albert Rhodes	Workshop Town	Dec 15,1954		July? 58	Tonbridge
Peter Lay	Nottingham	July 13,1956		July? 58	King's Lynn
Bill Temby	Rhyl	Feb 14,1955		July 58	Dover
Cecil (Archie) Andrews	Crystal P	June 25,1956		July 58	Sittingbourne
John Crabb *		May 9,1957		July? 58	Fulham
Terry Peacock	Hull	Aug 2,1956		July 58	Sittingbourne
Bill Finney	Birmingham	May 15,1957		July 58	Crewe
Graham Hopkins *		Sep ?1958		Oct? 58
Tom Standley	Basildon	May 18,1957		Nov 58	Bournemouth
George Wright *		Oct ?1958		Nov? 58
Ken Blakeway		July ?1958		June? 59
Tony Bantock	Fulham	July ?1958		June? 59	Redhill

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.
^ "nonleaguematters". Non league Matters. 14 February 2022.
^ 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.

[1] Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. london: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.

[auto-2] 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.

[auto2-3] 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.

[4] "nonleaguematters". Non league Matters. 14 February 2022.

[auto4-5] 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.

[auto3-6] 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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