1986–87 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1986–87 season
Chairman	Jim Gregory (Until Feb 1987) / David Bulstrode
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Loftus Road
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Bannister (15); All: Bannister (15)
Highest home attendance	24,045 (v Liverpool, 8 November 1986)
Lowest home attendance	9,834 (v Norwich City, 28 March 1987)
Average home league attendance	14,016
Biggest win	5-2 Vs Leicester City (10 January 1987)
Biggest defeat	1-7 Vs Sheffield Wednesday (2 May 1987)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

During the 1986–87 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the First Division for the fourth season after their promotion in 1983.

Season summary

Jim Smith Steered QPR to 16th place in the First Division. The R's had been sitting second in the league in september.but fell away as the season progressed . Overall the season was mostly a mid table affair but only one win in the last twelve games placed Qpr precariously close to the relegation places.

Chairman Jim Gregory sold Qpr to Marler Estates, a property company that already owned Fulham's Craven Cottage and Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, for a sum of £5,865,510, with David Bulstrode becoming the new Chairman

In March plans for a merger between Fulham were scrapped after the Football League vetoed the proposal with Qpr Fans Staging protests to stop the merger.

A year after reaching the Milk Cup final they could only reach the third round of the League Cup and reached the fifth round of the FA Cup.^[1]

England goalkeeper whilst at Qpr was signed from relegated Birmingham in August for £225,000

A winner of 14 trophies in his career at Liverpool, England International Sammy Lee found there was no longer a place for him at Liverpool and was transferred in August , joining Queens Park Rangers for £175,000

Future Qpr Legend, Les Ferdinand was signed from Hayes for £50,000 in March . making his QPR debut on 20th April.

Kit

Adidas remained as QPR's kit manufacturers. With Blue Star Garages (owned by Jim Gregory (football chairman) as kit sponsors.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	53	64	−11	52
15	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	52	67	−15	52
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	48	64	−16	50
17	Newcastle United	42	12	11	19	47	65	−18	47
18	Oxford United	42	11	13	18	44	69	−25	46

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Position
23 August 1986	Southampton	A	1–5	14,711	Allen	22
26 August 1986	Watford	H	3–2	14,021	Bannister, Fereday, Allen	12
30 August 1986	Aston Villa	H	1–0	13,003	Bannister	5
29 August 1986	Newcastle United	A	2–0	23.080	Bannister, Byrne	2
6 September 1986	Everton	A	0–0	30,173		4
13 September 1986	West Ham United	H	2–3	19,257	Byrne, James	6
20 September 1986	Manchester City	A	0-0	17,774		10
27 September 1986	Leicester City	H	0–1	10.021		11
4 October 1986	Norwich City	A	0–1	15.894		15
11 October 1986	Wimbledon	H	2–1	14,112	McDonald, Bannister	12
18 October 1986	Nottingham Forest	A	0–4	17,199		13
25 October 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	21,579	Byrne, Allen	11
1 November 1986	Luton Town	A	0–1	9,085		13
8 November 1986	Liverpool	H	1–3	24,045	Bannister	15
15 November 1986	Oxford United	H	1–1	12,967	Byrne	14
22 November 1986	Manchester United	A	0–1	42,235		15
29 November 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2	10,241	Bannister, McDonald	15
6 December 1986	Arsenal	A	1–3	34,049	Bannister	15
13 December 1986	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	10,299		16
20 December 1986	West Ham United	A	1–1	7,229	Fenwick	17
26 December 1986	Coventry City	H	3–1	10,053	Bannister, Byrne, Allen	16
27 December 1986	Oxford United	A	1–0	11,082	James	13
1 January 1987	Chelsea	A	1–3	20,982	Byrne	15
3 January 1987	Everton	H	0–1	19,287		15
24 January 1987	Southampton	H	2–1	10,200	Bannister, Byrne	14
7 February 1987	Aston Villa	A	1–0	11,512	Byrne	14
14 February 1987	Newcastle United	H	2–1	10,731	Byrne, Fillery	13
28 February 1987	Manchester City	H	1–0	12,739	Allen	11
7 March 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	21,071		12
14 March 1987	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	11,896	Bannister, Fereday, McDonald	11
18 March 1987	Liverpool	A	1–2	29,988	Fillery	11
21 March 1987	Wimbledon	A	1–1	6,938	Rosenior	12
25 March 1987	Leicester City	A	1–4	7,384	Rosenior	12
28 March 1987	Norwich City	H	1–1	9,834	Rosenior	13
6 April 1987	Watford	A	3–0	13,039	Bannister 3	12
11 April 1987	Luton Town	H	2–2	11,164	Byrne 2	10
18 April 1987	Chelsea	H	1–1	18,081	Byrne	11
20 April 1987	Coventry City	A	1–4	20,925	Bannister	12
25 April 1987	Manchester United	H	1–1	17,414	Byrne	12
2 May 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–7	16,501	Gavin Peacock	13
4 May 1987	Arsenal	H	1–4	13,287	McDonald	15
9 May 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	7,769	Rosenior	16

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 January 1987	Leicester City	H	5–2	9,684	Fenwick (2), Byrne, James, Lee
R4	31 January 1987	Luton Town	A	1–1	12.707	Fenwick
R4 Replay	4 February 1987	Luton Town	H	2–1	15,848	Fenwick, Byrne
R5	21 February 1987	Leeds United	A	1–2	31,324	O.G.

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	23 September 1986	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	6,316	Byrne, Brazil
R2 2nd leg	7 October 1986	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–2 (won 4–3 on agg)	5,100	Bannister, Walker
R3	28 October 1986	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	6,926

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	ENG	David Seaman	41		7			48
GK	ENG	Paul Barron	1					1
DF	ENG	Terry Fenwick	21	1	4		4	26	5
DF	NIR	Alan Mcdonald	39	4	5			44	4
DF	ENG	Warren Neill	29		3			32
DF	ENG	Ian Dawes	23		3			26
DF	ENG	Justin Channing	2					2
MF	ENG	Gary Chivers	23		4			27
MF	ENG	David Kerslake	2					3
MF	ENG	Gavin Peacock	7	1				13	1
MF	ENG	Martin Allen	32	5	6			38	5
MF	ENG	Gavin Maguire	13		1			16
MF	IRE	Gary Waddock	4		1			5
MF	ENG	Mike Fillery	17	2	3			21	2
FW	ENG	Gary Bannister	34	15	7	1		41	16
FW	WAL	Robbie James	37	2	7		1	46	3
FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand						2
FW	ENG	Wayne Fereday	36	2	7			44	2
FW	ENG	Leroy Rosenior	15	4	1			26	4
FW	SCO	Alan Brazil	1		1	1		6	1
FW	ENG	Sammy Lee	29		4		1	35	1
FW	IRE	John Byrne	37	11	6	1	2	45	14
FW	ENG	Clive Walker	11		6	1		23	1
FW	IRE	Michael Robinson	8		1			13

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Steve Burke	Nottingham Forest	September 1979	£125,000	August 1986	Doncaster Rovers
Paul Barron	West Bromwich Albion	August 1985	£40,000	December 1986	Reading	loan
Peter Hucker	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1977		February 1987	Oxford United
Michael Robinson	Liverpool	December 1984	£100,000	January 1987	Osasuna
Leroy Rosenior	Fulham	August 1985	£100,000	June 1987	Fulham
Mike Fillery	Chelsea	August 1983	£200,000	July 1987	Portsmouth
Robbie James	Stoke	October 1984	£100,000	July 1987	Leicester City
Sammy Lee	Liverpool	August 1986	£175,000	July 1987	CA Osasuna
Alan Brazil	Coventry City	June 1986	Free	July 1987

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
David Seaman	Birmingham City	August 1986	£225,000
Justin Channing	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	August 1986
Sammy Lee	Liverpool	August 1986	£175,000
Les Ferdinand	Hayes	March 1987	£50,000
John O'Neill	Leicester City	July 1987	£150,000
Mark Dennis	Southampton	May 1987
Dean Coney	Fulham	June 1987	£200,000
Paul Parker	Fulham	July 1987	£400,000
Danny Maddix	Tottenham Hotspur	July 1987	Free

References

^ Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers: The Complete Record. Malta: Gutenberg Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6.

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[1] Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers: The Complete Record. Malta: Gutenberg Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6.

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