1940–41 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1940–41 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 50th season of existence and their first in the South Regional Championship, part of the Wartime League. QPR finished 20th in the league, were eliminated in the fourth round of the Football League War Cup, and third in the London War Cup.

Season summary QPR were included in the rather expansive League South that had no less than 34 teams all playing varying numbers of games. There was no structure and, at best, these games were all ostensibly friendlies. There were two Cup competitions, the London War Cup and the League War Cup. The London War Cup consisted of six teams with QPR finishing 3rd and the League War Cup was basically just a home and away set against four other opponents. There is no table for the League War Cup though QPR finished the eight matches with six wins and two losses.

League standings

South Regional Championship

NB: ranking according to goal average PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGR25Stoke City36981876960.79226Queens Park Rangers23831247600.78327Brighton & Hove Albion25871051750.680

Results League South

League South DateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendancePosition 31 August 1940 Fulham A L 1–3 Swinfen300027 7 September 1940 Clapton Orient H D 3–3 Bott 2, Ridyard100023 21 September 1940 Charlton Athletic H W 2–0 Bott, Swinfen200018 28 September 1940 Arsenal H W 3–2 Swinfen 2, Lowe250013 5 October 1940 Tottenham Hotspur H D 1–1 Lowe150010 12 October 1940 Chelsea H L 2–3 Daniels, Bott150013 19 October 1940 Chelsea A L 1–3 Swinfen150020 26 October 1940 Charlton Athletic A L 2–6 Mangnell, OG50026 2 November 1940 Clapton Orient A W 3–0 McCarthy 2, Mangnell20022 16 November 1940 Fulham H L 2–5 Mangnell, Daniels100022 23 November 1940 Millwall A L 1–3 Lowe5002630 November 1940MillwallHW2–1Mangnell, Lowe40022 7 December 1940 Tottenham Hotspur A W 3–2 Mangnell 2, Mallett136722 14 December 1940 Arsenal A L 2–3 Bott, Ridyard130024 21 December 1940 Reading H W 4–1 Mangnell 2, Lowe, Mallett5002225 December 1940BrentfordAL1–2Mangnell120023 28 December 1940 Reading A L 0–2 20002329 March 1941Crystal PalaceHpp11 April 1941WatfordHpp14 April 1941WatfordApp 10 May 1941 Aldershot A L 1–5 Ling200026 17 May 1941 Watford H W 4–2 Ling 2, Mangnell 215002624 May 1941WatfordAD3–3Ling, Davie, Mangnell20002531 May 1941West Ham UnitedHL1–5Mangnall2000262 June 1941FulhamHL2–3Bonass, Halford2500267 June 1941West Ham UnitedAW3–2Compton 2, Mills210026

Football League War Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance 15 February 1941 Crystal Palace A W 1–0 Joe Mallett3700 22 February 1941 Crystal Palace H W 3–2 OG, Dave Mangnall, Reg Swinfen3500 1 March 1941 Aldershot A L 1–2 Dave Mangnall (Pen)2500 8 March 1941 Aldershot H W 4–2 Dave Mangnall, Adam, Lowe2733 15 March 1941 Chelsea H W 2–0 Dave Mangnall 25575 22 March 1941 Chelsea A W 4–2 Joe Mallett Dave Mangnall 2 (1 pen), Webb7232 29 March 1941 Leicester City H W 2–1 Dave Mangnall 25700 5 April 1941 Leicester City A L 1–6 Joe Mallett10000

London War Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance 4 January 1941 Fulham A L 1–4 Mangnall1000 11 January 1941 Fulham H L 5–7 Lowe, Moffat, Bonass, Bott, Mangnall225618 January 1941AldershotAPP 25 January 1941 Aldershot H L 2–3 Mallett 21000 1 February 1941 Chelsea H W 5–2 Lowe, McEwan 2, Bott, Mangnall1900 8 February 1941 Aldershot A W 4–2 Mangnall, Daniels, Adam, Mallett20001 March 1941Crystal PalaceAPP15 March 1941BrentfordApp22 March 1941BrentfordHpp5 April 1941ChelseaApp 12 April 1941 Crystal Palace A W 2–1 Mangnall, Fitzgerald5000 14 April 1941 Brentford A L 2–4 Mangnall, Daniels 19 April 1941 Crystal Palace H W 2–1 Davie (2)2300 25 April 1941 Brentford H D 0–0 6000 3 May 1941 Chelsea A W 3–2 Mangnall 2, Davie4000

Friendlies 24 August 1940Possibles v Probables (H)H14 September 1940Norwich CityaCancelled

Squad PositionNationalityNameLeague South Appearances *16 games data missingLeague South GoalsLondon War Cup AppsLondon War Cup Goals!Football League War Cup Apps*4 games data missing Football League War Cup GoalsTotal AppearancesTotal GoalsGKReg Allen11GKBill Mason79338DFArthur Jefferson23316DFTed Reay134DFSid Bacon12DFJohn Dumsday11DFLeslie Lievesley1DFJohnny Mortimer11DFLaurence Scott1DFLeslie Compton1212DFRobert Griffiths1DFE Edwards25MFJohn Hillard1MFWilf Whitfield24MFAlf Ridyard42103372MFHarry Daniels32121114MFIvor Powell1MFJoe Mallett121423159MFAlec Farmer38228MFDicky March710433MFAlf Fitzgerald13141MFRichard Armstrong112MFCharlie Adam1313192MFCampbell11MFJ. Webb811201MFAlan Fowler22MFJack Mahon1FWBilly McEwan12`62FWJohnny Pattison112FWReg Swinfen35521236FWDave Mangnall513884103231FWAlbert Bonass5131192FWLen McCarthy22112FWSamuel Abel77337FWHarry Lowe7510241398FWWilf Bott3542207FWJock Davie313374FWDavid Halford21361FWJames Jackson1FWL Ling1454FWGeorge Mills1111J Smith1K Wilson1

Transfers in NamefromDateFeeChapman, Reg *R.A.F.27 August 1940 Bacon, Stan *7 October 1940 Webb, Ron *15 October 1940 Ling, Leonard *15 October 1940 Webb, Jack *15 October 1940 Edwards, Ernest *24 October 1940 Libby, Jack *13 December 1940 Armstrong, DickBristol CApr 1941 Loan

Transfers out [edit] NamefromDateFeeDateClubFeeFitzgerald, AlfReading5 May 1936 Free Sep 40Hearts

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