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1956–57 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season


Queens Park Rangers
1956-57 season
ChairmanBernard Baker
ManagerJack Taylor
StadiumLoftus Road
Football League Third Division South10th
FA CupThird Round
Southern Professional Floodlight CupRound Two
Top goalscorerLeague: Arthur Longbottom 14
All: Arthur Longbottom 15
Highest home attendance14211 Vs Watford (13 October 1956)
Lowest home attendance5307 Vs Crystal Palace (25 December 1956)
Biggest win5-0 Vs Gillingham (29 April 1957)
Biggest defeat1-5 Vs Coventry City (15 September 1956)

Season summary

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During the 1956-57 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in tenth place.[1]

League standings

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Main article: 1956-57 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
8 Brentford 46 16 16 14 78 76 1.026 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 15 18 13 72 79 0.911 48
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 18 11 17 61 60 1.017 47
11 Watford 46 18 10 18 72 75 0.960 46
12 Newport County 46 16 13 17 65 62 1.048 45
Source: [citation needed]

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Results

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QPR scores given first

  Win   Draw   Loss



Third Division South

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Date Opponents position prior to match (*) H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance QPR's Position (End of day)
18 August 1956 Reading (-) A 0-1 11417 13
20 August 1956 Plymouth Argyle (22) A 2-1 Angell, Longbottom 15718 13
25 August 1956 Newport County (4) H 1-1 Hellawell 7863 13
27 August 1956 Plymouth Argyle (24) H 3-0 Quigley 2, Hellawell 8450 3
1 September 1956 Colchester United (4) A 1-1 Quigley 8179 10
6 September 1956 Northampton (14) A 0-3 7591 15
8 September 1956 Norwich City (1) H 3-1 Angell, Locke, Quigley 12631 13
10 September 1956 Northampton (5) H 1-0 Longbottom 10785 5
15 September 1956 Coventry City (7) A 1-5 Quigley 18160 12
19 September 1956 Swindon A 0-1 8705 13
22 September 1956 Southampton (2) H 1-2 Hellawell 12792 15
24 September 1956 Swindon H 3-0 Quigley 2, Temby 9526 13
29 September 1956 Exeter City (21) A 0-0 7312 15
6 October 1956 Aldershot (16) A 2-4 Cameron, Hellawell 5609 15
13 October 1956 Watford (6) H 3-1 Hellawell, Balogun, Brown (og) 14211 12
20 October 1956 Shrewsbury Town (9) A 0-0 8463 12
27 October 1956 Walsall (20) H 1-0 Kerrins 9461 9
3 November 1956 Ipswich Town (16) A 0-4 12278 11
10 November 1956 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (5) H 2-1 Petchey, Locke 8554 9
24 November 1956 Millwall (14) H 0-0 10427 9
1 December 1956 Brighton (12) A 0-1 9770 13
15 December 1956 Reading (7) H 1-1 Peacock 5472 12
22 December 1956 Newport County (3) A 1-1 Peacock 7638 11
25 December 1956 Crystal Palace (21) A 1-2 Peacock 9988 14
26 December 1956 Crystal Palace (18) H 4-2 Cameron 2, Kerrins 2 5307 12
29 December 1956 Colchester (3) H 1-1 Kerrins 8801 11
12 January 1957 Norwich City (23) A 2-1 Longbottom, Pointer (og) 11722 10
19 January 1957 Coventry City (20) H 1-1 Petchey 7863 10
2 February 1957 Southampton (2) A 2-1 Hellawell, Longbottom 17074 9
9 February 1957 Exeter (20) H 5-3 Longbottom 3, Kerrins, Andrews 8639 9
16 February 1957 Aldershot (17) H 0-1 10525 9
23 February 1957 Watford (14) A 4-2 Temby, Cameron, Balogun, Shipwright (og) 4428 9
2 March 1957 Shrewsbury (11) H 2-1 Balogun, Temby 9984 6
9 March 1957 Gillingham A 1-0 Kerrins 7581 6
16 March 1957 Ipswich Town (3) H 0-2 12339 8
23 March 1957 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (9) A 0-1 12552 9
25 March 1957 Southend (18) H 3-0 Hellawell, Peacock, Longbottom 6412 6
30 March 1957 Torquay H 0-1 9605 7
6 April 1957 Millwall (13) A 0-2 10834 9
13 April 1957 Brighton (5) H 0-0 6957 8
15 April 1957 Southend (17) A 0-3 6052 8
19 April 1957 Brentford (11) A 0-2 13841 10
20 April 1957 Walsall (12) A 2-0 Longbottom 2 10924 8
22 April 1957 Brentford (7) H 2-2 Longbottom, Dargie (og) 9661 9
27 April 1957 Torquay A 0-3 8630 10
29 April 1957 Gillingham H 5-0 Longbottom 3, Kerrins, Cameron 6237 7

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Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
8 October 1956 First Round Millwall H 5-2 Balogun 2, Locke 2, Woods (pen) 5000
26 November 1956 Second Round Reading H 1-2 McLaren (og) 3012

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FA Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
17 November 1956 First Round Dorchester H 4-0 Hellawell, Locke, Balogun, Cameron 9764
8 December 1956 Second Round Tooting & Mitcham United A 2-0 Balogun, Longbottom 11450
5 January 1957 Second Round Sunderland A 0-4 30577

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Squad

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Position Nationality Name League

Appearances

League Goals Cup Appearances F.A.Cup Goals Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals Total

Appearances

Total Goals
GK   Ron Springett 46 5 51
DF   Peter Lay 1 1
DF   Tony Ingham 46 5 51
DF   Keith Rutter 44 5 49
DF   Pat Woods 45 5 1 50 1
DF   Albert Rhodes 1 1
MF   Pat Kerrins 31 3 34
MF   Cecil Andrews 46 1 5 51 1
MF   Peter Angell 16 2 2 18 2
MF   Bobby Cameron 31 5 4 1 35 6
MF   George Petchey 43 2 5 48 2
MF   Jobey Dean 4 4
MF   Mike Powell 1 1
FW   Arthur Longbottom 35 14 3 1 38 15
FW   Teslim Balogun 14 4 2 1 2 16 7
FW   Mike Hellawell 44 7 5 49 7
FW   Lesley Locke 20 2 3 1 2 23 5
FW   Alec Dawson 1 1
FW   Gordon Quinn 4 4
FW   Tom Quigley 16 7 1 17 7
FW   Terry Peacock 13 3 2 1 15 4
FW   Bill Tenby 4 3 4 3


References

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  1. ^ Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. london: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ 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.
  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.
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