1962–63 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 1962-63 football season

Queens Park Rangers

1962-63 season

Chairman

Albert Hittinger

Manager

Alec Stock

Stadium

Loftus Road & White City Stadium (from November 1962)

Football League Third Division

13th

FA Cup

Third Round

Football League Cup

Second Round

London Challenge Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Brian Bedford 23
All: Brian Bedford 26

Highest home attendance

18,281 Vs Hull City 22 October 1962

Lowest home attendance

3,261 Vs Coventry City 22 May 1963

Average home league attendance

9,979

Biggest win

7-2 Hinckley Athletic (24 Nov 1962)

Biggest defeat

0-5 Vs Swindon Town (2 January 1963)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

Season summary

During the 1962-63 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Third Division and finished in Thirteenth place.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Crystal Palace	46	17	13	16	68	58	1.172	47
12	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	73	93	0.785	47
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	85	76	1.118	45
14	Bristol City	46	16	13	17	100	92	1.087	45
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	12	18	83	81	1.025	44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^[2]

Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
18 August 1962	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-2	Lazarus, Bedford	12,022	12
20 August 1962	Halifax Town	H	5-0	Bedford 2, McClelland, Keen, Lazarus	11,143	1
24 August 1962	Carlisle United	A	5-2	Lazarus 2 (1 pen), Bedford 2, Evans	8,116	1
27 August 1962	Halifax Town	A	4-1	McClelland, Angell (pen), Bedford, Lazarus	7,353	1
1 September 1962	Swindon Town	H	2-2	McClelland, Large	12,573	3
3 September 1962	Crystal Palace	H	4-1	Bedford 2, Angell (pen), Large	16,853	2
8 September 1962	Peterborough United	A	2-1	McClelland, Bedford	14,481	1
12 September 1962	Crystal Palace	A	0-1		21,958	2
15 September 1962	Barnsley	H	2-1	Large 2	11,246	2
17 September 1962	Wrexham	H	1-2	Lazarus	13,175	2
22 September 1962	Northampton Town	A	0-1		15,469	2
29 September 1962	Southend United	A	3-1	McClelland, Barber, Lazarus	12,597	2
6 October 1962	Notts. County	H	0-1		15,594	4
10 October 1962	Wrexham	A	1-3	Lazarus	15,417	6
13 October 1962	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath.	A	1-2	Bedford	11,678	10
22 October 1962	Hull City	H	4-1	Bedford 3, Lazarus	18,281	7
27 October 1962	Bradford Park Avenue	A	3-0	McClelland 3	8,552	6
10 November 1962	Bristol City	A	4-2	Bedford 2, Barber, McClelland	13,262	5
17 November 1962	Reading	H	3-2	Large, Collins, Malcolm	10,313	4
1 December 1962	Shrewsbury Town	H	0-0		10,347	4
8 December 1962	Millwall	A	0-0		13,763	4
15 December 1962	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2-2	Bedford, Lazarus	11,529	5
22 December 1962	Carlisle United	H	2-2	Lazarus 2	9,733	5
12 January 1963	Swindon Town	A	0-5		7,625	9
9 February 1963	Northampton Town	H	1-3	Bedford	14,238	9
12 February 1963	Notts. County	A	2-3	Lazarus, Bedford	8,268	10
2 March 1963	Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath.	H	1-0	Bedford	8,393	10
9 March 1963	Coventry City	A	1-4	Leary	15,029	10
16 March 1963	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-2	Malcolm	7,355	12
23 March 1963	Watford	A	5-2	Lazarus 2 (1 pen), Bedford 2, Malcolm	10,597	11
30 March 1963	Bristol City	H	3-1	Collins, Leary, Barber	5,716	10
1 April 1963	Colchester United	H	1-2	Malcolm	7,688	10
5 April 1963	Reading	A	1-1	Bedford	7,946	10
8 April 1963	Southend United	H	1-0	Lazarus	7,552	8
12 April 1963	Bristol Rovers	H	3-5	Bedford, Leary, Lazarus	10,169	11
13 April 1963	Port Vale	H	3-1	Leary 2, Collins	5,690	6
15 April 1963	Bristol Rovers	A	0-0		10,954	7
20 April 1963	Shrewsbury Town	A	3-0	Lazarus, Malcolm, Leary	3,890	6
22 April 1963	Colchester United	A	1-2	McClelland	6,556	7
25 April 1963	Hull City	A	1-4	Leary	5,894	9
27 April 1963	Millwall	H	2-3	Leary, McClelland	8,583	9
29 April 1963	Port Vale	A	2-3	Leary, Sproson (og)	5,974	10
10 May 1963	Barnsley	A	0-0		4,934	12
13 May 1963	Watford	H	2-2	Barber, Collins	5,052	12
18 May 1963	Peterborough United	H	0-0		5,977	12
22 May 1963	Coventry City	H	1-3	Collins	3,261	13

^[3]^[2]^[4]

London Challenge Cup^[5]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
26 September 1962	First Round	West Ham United	H	3-3
2 October 1962	First Round Replay	West Ham United	A	1-7

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 Sep 1962	First Round	Preston North End	H	1-2	Collins	11005

^[6]

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
03 Nov 1962	First Round	Newport County	H	3-2	Barber 2, Large	12252
24 Nov 1962	Second Round	Hinckley Athletic	H	7-2	Bedford 3, McClelland, Collins, Lazarus, Large	13008
26 Jan 1963	Third Round	Swansea Town	A	0-2		12500

^[4]

Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	League Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Ray Drinkwater	27		3			30
GK	Frank Smith	17		1			18
GK	Peter Springett	2					2
DF	Tony Ingham	41		3			44
DF	Keith Rutter	17		1			18
DF	Roy Bentley	16		2			18
DF	Peter Baker	6					6
DF	Brian Taylor	14					14
MF	John McClelland	33	11	4	1		37	12
MF	Jimmy Dugdale	10		3			13
MF	Mike Keen	41	1	2			43	1
MF	Mark Lazarus	42	18	4	1		46	19
MF	Bill Williams	25		1			26
MF	John Collins	33	5	3	1	1	36	7
MF	Peter Angell	30	2	4			34	2
MF	Andy Malcolm	31	6	3			34	6
FW	Stuart Leary	24	9	1			25	9
FW	Mike Barber	28	4	1	2		29	6
FW	Frank Large	18	4	4	2		22	6
FW	Brian Bedford	43	23	3	3		46	26
FW	Bernard Evans	8	1	1			9	1

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Frank Large	Halifax Town	June 1962
Jimmy Dugdale	Aston Villa	October 1962
Andy Malcolm	Chelsea	October 1962	£10,000
Stuart Leary	Charlton Athletic	December 1962
Seth Vafiadis	Chelsea	November 1962
Ron Hunt	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	May 1963
George Jacks	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	January 1964

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Jim Towers	Brentford	May 1961	£8,000*	August 1962	Millwall	£5,000
Bernard Evans	Wrexham	October 1961		December 1962	Oxford United
Keith Rutter	Methley United	July 1954		February 1963	Colchester United
Frank Large	Halifax Town	June 1962		March 1963	Northampton Town
Jimmy Dugdale	Aston Villa	October 1962		May 1963	Retired (injury)
John McClelland	Lincoln City	September 1961		May 1963	Portsmouth	£10,000
Bill Williams	Portsmouth	July 1961		June 1963	West Bromwich Albion
Ray Drinkwater	Portsmouth	February 1958		July 1963	Bath City.
Peter Baker	Sheffield Wednesday	March 1961		July 1963	Romford
Roy Bentley	Fulham	June 1961		July 1963	Reading (manager)
Mike Barber	Arsenal	December 1959		July 1963	Notts County

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.
^ ^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.
^ "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.

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