1959–60 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1959–60 season
Chairman	Albert Hittinger
Manager	Alec Stock
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Third Division	8th
FA Cup	Second Round
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup	Round One
London Challenge Cup	Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Bedford 25; All: Brian Bedford 27
Highest home attendance	19,532 Vs Brentford 31 October 1959
Lowest home attendance	4,346 Vs Chesterfield 28 March 1960
Biggest win	5–1 Vs Accrington Stanley (23 January 1960), Bradford (5 April 1960)
Biggest defeat	2–4 Vs Brentford (31 October 1959)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

During the 1959–60 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Third Division and finished in eighth place.^[1] The start of the 1959–60 season saw the arrival of arguably the club's greatest ever manager, Alec Stock.

Brian Bedford begin his goal scoring career after signing from Bournemouth for £750

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Brentford	46	21	9	16	78	61	1.279	51
7	Bury	46	21	9	16	64	51	1.255	51
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	13	15	73	54	1.352	49
9	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	83	74	1.122	47
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	13	16	72	72	1.000	47

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division

Date^[3]^[2]	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
22 August 1959	Swindon (-)	H	2–0	Longbottom, Whitelaw	12,206	5
24 August 1959	Southend (16)	A	2–3	Whitelaw 2	12,197	10
29 August 1959	Chesterfield	A	4–0	Pearson 2, Bedford, Whitelaw	8,890	6
31 August 1959	Southend (16)	H	0–0		13,488	5
5 September 1959	Newport County (14)	H	3–0	Longbottom, Bedford 2	10,774	5
7 September 1959	York City	A	1–2	Pearson	10,593	6
12 September 1959	Accrington Stanley	A	2–1	Andrews, Longbottom	5,336	5
14 September 1959	York City	H	0–0		11,857	3
19 September 1959	AFC Bournemouth (8)	H	3–0	Bedford, Nelson (og), Golding	11,410	5
21 September 1959	Coventry City (8)	A	0–0		16,759	3
26 September 1959	Tranmere (14)	A	3–0	Bedford, Golding 2	11,252	4
28 September 1959	Coventry City (6)	H	2–1	Golding 2	16,154	2
3 October 1959	Wrexham	H	2–1	Angell 2	12,732	2
5 October 1959	Grimsby Town (11)	H	0–0		15,257	2
10 October 1959	Mansfield (24)	A	3–4	Petchey, Locke 2	7,526	2
13 October 1959	Grimsby Town (13)	A	1–3	Angell	6,024	2
17 October 1959	Halifax (1)	H	3–0	Longbottom, Whitelaw, Petchey	13,787	2
24 October 1959	Bury	A	0–2		10,079	5
31 October 1959	Brentford (10)	H	2–4	Bedford 2	19,532	8
7 November 1959	Southampton (3)	A	1–2	Bedford	18,169	8
21 November 1959	Shrewsbury (4)	A	1–1	Bedford	10,084	8
28 November 1959	Port Vale (15)	H	2–2	Bedford 2	8,775	8
12 December 1959	Barnsley (14)	A	1–2	Bedford	4,450	10
19 December 1959	Swindon	A	1–2	Andrews	5,798	13
26 December 1959	Colchester (8)	H	3–1	Bedford 2, Angell	6,480	12
28 December 1959	Colchester (8)	A	0–2		9,095	12
16 January 1960	Newport County (10)	A	3–2	Bedford 3	4,194	10
23 January 1960	Accrington Stanley	H	5–1	Andrews 2, Kerrins, Locke, Bedford	4,721	9
30 January 1960	Norwich (4)	A	0–1		17,053	10
6 February 1960	AFC Bournemouth (6)	A	1–1	Bedford	9,855	10
13 February 1960	Tranmere (21)	H	2–1	Andrews, Keen	5,019	10
27 February 1960	Mansfield (23)	H	2–0	Woods (pen), Longbottom	7,834	10
5 March 1960	Halifax Town (17)	A	1–3	Woods (pen)	6,731	10
7 March 1960	Reading (19)	H	2–0	Andrews, Bedford	6,715	7
12 March 1960	Bury	A	2–0	Cini, Andrews	9,088	5
19 March 1960	Port Vale (8)	A	0–0		7,049	6
26 March 1960	Southampton (1)	H	0–1		11,734	7
28 March 1960	Chesterfield	H	3–3	Bedford 2, Petchey	4,346	6
2 April 1960	Reading (20)	A	0–2		8,975	9
9 April 1960	Shrewsbury Town (5)	A	1–1	Bedford	6,831	9
15 April 1960	Bradford (15)	A	5–1	Petchey, Longbottom, Bedford 2, Andrews	6,265	7
16 April 1960	Brentford (6)	A	1–1	Golding	16,025	7
18 April 1960	Bradford (17)	A	1–3	Andrews	6,265	7
23 April 1960	Norwich (2)	H	0–0		15,319	8
30 April 1960	Barnsley (17)	H	1–0	Andrews	5,700	8
4 May 1960	Wrexham	A	1–1	Woods	2,819	8

London Challenge Cup

Date^[4]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
30 September 1959	First Round	Millwall	H	3–1
19 October 1959	Quarter-Finals	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2

Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

Date^[5]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
26 Oct 1959	First Round	Leyton Orient	H	1–2	Longbottom	5,758

FA Cup

Date^[6]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 November 1959	First Round	Colchester	A	3-2	Petchey, Bedford, Angell	8866
5 December 1959	Second Round	Port Vale	H	3–3	Longbottom 2, Bedford	11143
7 December 1959	Second Round Replay	Port Vale	A	1–2	Andrews	9513

Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Ray Drinkwater	28		1			29
GK	Mike Pinner	18		3			21
DF	Tony Ingham	46		4			50
DF	Keith Rutter	46		4			50
DF	Pat Woods	46	3	4			50	3
MF	Ken Whitfield	7		2			9
MF	Pat Kerrins	7	1				7	1
MF	Mike Keen	27	1	3			30	1
MF	John Pearson	5	3				5	3
MF	Peter Angell	33	4	4	1		37	5
MF	Arthur Longbottom	37	6	4	2	1	41	9
MF	John Collins	2					2
MF	George Petchey	41	4	2	1		43	5
FW	Joe Cini	7	1				7	1
FW	Lesley Locke	9	3				9	3
FW	Paddy Hasty	1					1
FW	Norman Golding	22	6	2			28	6
FW	Brian Bedford	44	25	4	2		48	27
FW	George Whitelaw	15	5	1			16	5
FW	Clive Clark	19		2			21
FW	Jimmy Andrews	46	10	4	1		50	11

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Jimmy Andrews	Leyton Orient	June 1959
Mike Pinner	Corinthian-Casuals	July 1959
Ken Whitfield	Brighton & Hove Albion	July 1959
Brian Bedford	Bournemouth	July 1959	£750
John Collins	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	August 1959
Joe Cini	Hibernians, Malta	August 1959
Norman Golding	Tonbridge	August 1959
Paddy Hasty	Leyton Orient	October 1959
Mike Barber	Arsenal	December 1959

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club
George Whitelaw	Sunderland	March 1959	£2,000	December 1959	Halifax Town
George Petchey	West Ham United	August 1953		May 1960	Crystal Palace
Walter Colgan	Leeds Ashley Road	July 1954		July 1960
Joe Cini	Hibernians, Malta	August 1959			Sliema Wanderers
Paddy Hasty	Leyton Orient	October 1959		July 1960	Tooting & Mitcham United
Pat Kerrins	QPR Juniors	December 1953		June 1960	Crystal Palace
John Pearson	Brentford	June 1958		July 1960	Kettering Town
Les Locke	Bromley	May 1956		July 1960	Guildford City

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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