1957–58 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1957-58 season
Chairman	Albert Hittinger
Manager	Jack Taylor
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Third Division South	10th
FA Cup	First Round
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup	Round One
London Challenge Cup	Round One
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Longbottom 17; All: Arthur Longbottom 18
Highest home attendance	15,734 Vs Brentford (24 August 1957)
Lowest home attendance	6,093 Vs Torquay (14 December 1957)
Biggest win	5-1 Vs Northampton Town (23 November 1957)
Biggest defeat	0-6 Vs Southend United (31 August 1957)
	← 1956–57 1958-59 →

Season summary

During the 1957-58 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in tenth place therefore qualifying for the following season's football league merge of division three north and south teams into divisions three and four.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Norwich City	46	19	15	12	75	70	1.071	53
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	21	9	16	81	74	1.095	51
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	14	14	64	65	0.985	50
11	Newport County	46	17	14	15	73	67	1.090	48
12	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	77	79	0.975	47

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division South

Date	Opponents position prior to match (*)	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	QPR's Position (End of day)
24 August 1957	Brentford (-)	H	1-0	Petchey	15,734	9
26 August 1957	Colchester (3)	H	1-0	Cameron	12,328	2
31 August 1957	Southend (1)	A	0-6		15,883	8
2 September 1957	Colchester (10)	A	1-2	Finney	8,992	9
7 September 1957	Brighton and Hove Albion (2)	H	0-1		11,139	15
11 September 1957	Swindon (8)	A	1-1	Angell	10,730	17
14 September 1957	Southampton (5)	A	0-5		15,965	20
16 September 1957	Swindon (13)	H	2-1	Locke 2	8,413	14
21 September 1957	Newport County (12)	H	1-1	Woods	9,187	17
23 September 1957	Millwall (6)	H	3-0	Locke 3	11,325	11
28 September 1957	Port Vale (5)	H	1-2	Locke	12,616	17
30 September 1957	Millwall (9)	A	0-5		12,784	18
5 October 1957	Plymouth Argyle (1)	H	1-0	Locke	11,354	13
12 October 1957	Norwich City (4)	A	0-2		19,460	19
19 October 1957	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (10)	H	3-0	Angell, Woods, Woollard (og)	9,007	14
26 October 1957	Walsall (22)	A	2-1	Longbottom 2	7,560	10
2 November 1957	Coventry City (19)	H	3-0	Kerrins 2, Locke	9,246	8
9 November 1957	Shrewsbury Town (17)	A	1-2	Longbottom	8,514	11
23 November 1957	Northampton Town (20)	A	5-1	Longbottom 4, Smith	7,525	10
30 November 1957	Watford (16)	H	3-0	Ingham, Longbottom, Petchey	10,236	8
14 December 1957	Torquay (23)	H	1-1	Woods	6,093	8
21 December 1957	Brentford (3)	A	1-1	Cameron	12,084	10
25 December 1957	Gillingham (21)	A	1-1	Standley	7,233	12
26 December 1957	Gillingham (21)	H	1-1	Woods	8,658	12
28 December 1957	Southend United (8)	H	1-1	Woods	10,072	14
11 January 1958	Brighton and Hove Albion (1)	A	1-1	Longbottom	13,322	13
18 January 1958	Southampton (5)	H	3-2	Longbottom 2, Woods (pen)	8,611	12
25 January 1958	Reading (4)	A	0-3		11,455	12
1 February 1958	Newport County (7)	A	2-4	Dawson, Longbottom	7,543	12
8 February 1958	Port Vale (7)	H	2-1	Cameron, Longbottom	7,594	12
15 February 1958	Plymouth Argyle (3)	A	1-3	Cameron	17,068	14
22 February 1958	Norwich City (5)	H	1-1	Cameron	7,935	13
1 March 1958	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (12)	A	1-4	Dawson	12,711	13
3 March 1958	Aldershot (18)	H	0-1`		7,744	13
8 March 1958	Walsall (22)	H	1-0	Cameron	6,548	13
15 March 1958	Coventry City (23)	A	1-1	Locke	7,673	13
17 March 1958	Reading (2)	H	3-0	Woods, Longbottom, Petchey	8,838	12
22 March 1958	Northampton Town (17)	H	1-0	Longbottom	7,531	12
29 March 1958	Torquay (24)	A	1-3	Locke	5,172	12
4 April 1958	Exeter City (24)	H	1-1	Cameron	10,223	11
7 April 1958	Exeter City (23)	A	0-0		7,078	13
12 April 1958	Watford (17)	A	0-0		8,022	12
16 April 1958	Crystal Palace (15)	A	3-2	Longbottom, Kerrins, Locke	18,712	11
19 April 1958	Crystal Palace (15)	H	4-2	Kerrins, Longbottom, Cameron, Locke	11,868	11
23 April 1958	Aldershot (19)	A	1-1	Kerrins	4,058	10
28 April 1958	Shrewsbury Town (17)	H	3-0	Kerrins 2, Locke	6,193	10

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London Challenge Cup^[4]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 October 1957	First Round	Leyton Orient	H	3-4*aet

Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 October 1957	First Round	Reading	H	0-0		*
6 November 1957	First Round Replay	Reading	A	2-5	Kerrins, Locke	6377

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FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 November 1957	First Round	Clapton	A	1-1	Dawson	8,000
18 November 1957	First Round Replay	Clapton	H	3-1	Longbottom, Locke, Walsh (og)	12,786
7 December 1957	Second Round	Hereford	A	1-6	Smith	14,000

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Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Ron Springett	34		4			38
GK	Ray Drinkwater	11					11
GK	Bob Fry	1		1			2
DF	Tony Ingham	46	1	5			51	1
DF	Keith Rutter	46		5			51
DF	Pat Woods	44	6	5			44	6
DF	Walter Colgan	2					2
MF	Pat Kerrins	31	7	5		1	36	8
MF	Cecil Andrews	12		2			14
MF	Peter Angell	45	2	4			49	2
MF	Arthur Longbottom	40	17	4	1		44	18
MF	Bobby Cameron	37	8	4			41	8
MF	George Petchey	46	3	5			51	3
MF	Tom Standley	14	2				14	2
MF	Mike Powell	1					1
FW	Mike Tomkys	5					5
FW	Lesley Locke	22	13	3	1	1	36	15
FW	Alec Dawson	33	2	5	1		38	2
FW	Doug Orr	5					5
FW	Albert Allum	1					1
FW	Terry Peacock	2					2
FW	Eddie Smith	18		3	1		18	1

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Tommy Standley	Basildon United	May 1957
Doug Orr	Hendon	June 1957
Albert Allum	Dover	June 1957
Eddie Smith	Colchester United	July 1957	£1,050
Bob Fry	Bath City	August 1957
Ray Drinkwater	Portsmouth	February 1958
Pat Welton	Leyton Orient	March 1958

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Albert Allum	Dover	June 1957			Dover
Ron Springett	Victoria United	February 1953		March 1958	Sheffield Wednesday	£10,000
Bob Fry	Bath City	August 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

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References

^ {{cite book |last1=Macey |first1=Gordon |title=Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record |date=1993 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=978-1873626405 |location=london}}
^ ^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.
^ "in-memory-of-john-poppitt". indyrs.co.uk. 7 March 2014.

[1] {{cite book |last1=Macey |first1=Gordon |title=Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record |date=1993 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=978-1873626405 |location=london}}

[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.

[7] "in-memory-of-john-poppitt". indyrs.co.uk. 7 March 2014.

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