When was qpr established

Their luck finally changed with the arrival of Alec Stock in Now regarded as the club's greatest manager of all time, Stock made his presence known from the get-go; in the season that followed, QPR achieved their record victory by routing Tranmere Rovers But it was not until that Queens Park Rangers really made a name for itself.

The club won a double by placing first in the Third Division and defeating West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup final after being down at halftime. The very next year, QPR managed to earn promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. After winning promotion in to the top flight for the first time in their history, Rangers were relegated after just one season and spent the next four years in Division 2.

In Dave Sexton joined as manager and, in —76 led QPR to the runners-up spot in the First Division, missing out on the Championship by a single point with a squad containing seven England internationals and internationals from the home nations.

After completing their game season, QPR sat at the top of the league, one point ahead of Liverpool who went on to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers to clinch the title. Wolves were relegated to the Second Division that same season.

Following Sexton's departure in the club eventually slipped into the Second Division in In Terry Venables took over as manager and the club installed a 'plastic pitch'. Tottenham won 1—0 in a replay. The following season —83 QPR went on to win the Second Division championship and returned to English football's top division.

After a respectable fifth place finish, and UEFA Cup qualification, the following year, Venables departed to become manager of Barcelona. Over the next seven years, various managers came and went from Loftus Road and the club spent many seasons finishing mid table but avoided relegation. The most successful season during this period was the —88 season in which QPR finished fifth, missing out on a UEFA Cup campaign due to the ban on English clubs in European competition as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster.

They were also runners up in the League Cup, losing to Oxford United. Gerry Francis , a key player in the s QPR side who had proved himself as a successful manager with Bristol Rovers , was appointed manager in the summer of In the —92 First Division campaign they finished mid-table in the league and were founder members of the new Premier League , finishing 5th, as top London club, in the —93 inaugural season.

Midway through the —95 season Francis resigned and very quickly became manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Ray Wilkins was installed as player-manager.

Wilkins led QPR to an eighth place finish in the Premiership. QPR's struggled in the following season and were relegated at the end of the —96 season. QPR then competed in Division 1 until under a succession of managers.

Gerry Francis returned in , however the — season proved to be a disaster, and Francis resigned in early Charismatic former player Ian Holloway became manager but was unable to stop Rangers from being relegated to England's third tier for the first time for more than thirty years. Following the — season QPR returned to Division 1 and struggled for consistent form over the next two campaigns before Holloway was suspended amidst rumours of his departure for Leicester City.

A poor series of results and lack of progress at the club saw Holloway's successors Gary Waddock and later John Gregory both former players fail to hold on to the manager's job. During this same period, QPR became embroiled in financial and boardroom controversy. Although the club had floated on the Alternative Investment Market in , in it entered administration receivership.

John Gregory's reign as manager came to an end in October after a string of poor results left QPR at the bottom of the Championship and he was replaced by Luigi De Canio until the end of the —08 season. Further investment followed in early as the club looked to push for promotion to the Premier League within four years, on the back of greater financial stability.

Jim Magilton left the club by mutual consent on 16 December , along with his assistant John Gorman. They were replaced by Paul Hart and Mick Harford on the next day. The reasons for his leaving the club were unstated. In January , club chairman Tony Fernandes appointed Mark Hughes as team manager 36 hours after the previous incumbent Neil Warnock was sacked. Following a tough start to his Loftus Road career and after a run of 5 straight home wins, Hughes and QPR escaped relegation despite a dramatic 3—2 defeat at Manchester City on the last day of the season.

On 23 November , Mark Hughes was sacked on the back of a poor start to the season [19] , having amassed only 4 points in 12 games and with the club languishing at the bottom of the Premier League despite significant financial investment in new players in the 11 months of Hughes' tenure. A day later, Harry Redknapp was confirmed as the new manager. Rangers have had a somewhat nomadic existence, having played in 16 different locations throughout northwest London since their formation.

The several grounds before are unknown but were probably in the Queens Park area the first being The Queens Park itself. QPR hold the title of having had the most home grounds in football league history: [21]. QPR are planning to move away from Loftus Road the smallest in the Premiership to a new stadium which would have a capacity double that of their existing ground. Potential sites are in North Acton and also the BBC's Television Centre in Wood Lane, which will become vacant for development in once the corporation moves out to new premises in central London.

At the time of purchase the remaining 31 percent of shareholders turned down the offer of 1p a share. As part of the investment Lakshmi Mittal's son-in-law Amit Bhatia took a place on the board of directors. Despite QPR's perilous financial condition in —08, the combined personal wealth of the club's new owners which included the world's then 8th richest man Lakshmi Mittal sparked speculation that QPR would receive significant further investment from their new benefactors drawing parallels to their wealthy West London neighbours Chelsea and Fulham.

It was expected that the ABC loan would be discharged in June on its maturity and that the debt owed to Caliendo would be paid off "in early " in line with a funding strategy which Ecclestone publicly stated would not result in the wealthy owners simply bankrolling the club. The new owners also pledged to refurbish Loftus Road and use their experience in Formula One to increase sponsorship revenues.

In May , billionaire Vijay Mallya was linked with buying into the club, as part of the Ecclestone, Briatore and Mittal consortium. Flavio Briatore's future as QPR chairman came under question in September after he left the Renault F1 team in the midst of race fixing allegations.

Amit Bhatia was restored to his position as Vice-Chairman. Briatore and Ecclestone are no longer involved with the club. More recently the club enjoyed success, winning the npower Championship in the season and winning the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final in the season to be promoted to the top tier of English football.

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