1926–27 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1926–27 season
Manager	Bob Hewison
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Third Division South	14th
FA Cup	Did not enter
London Challenge Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: George Goddard 23 All: George Goddard 23
Highest home attendance	14,730 (12/3/1927) Vs Millwall
Lowest home attendance	2,954 (13/11/1926) vs Norwich City
Average home league attendance	9,076
Biggest win	5-1 Vs Merthyr Town (23/4/1927)
Biggest defeat	2-6 Vs Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (2/10/1926) & Swindon Town (18/12/1926)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 1926-27 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 36th season of existence and their 7th season in the Football League Third Division. QPR finished 14th in the league. During this campaign, QPR first wore the blue and white kit that has become a mainstay at the club.

League standings

Main article: 1926–27 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	76	73	1.041	40
13	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	60	61	0.984	40
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	9	18	65	71	0.915	39
15	Coventry City [a]	42	15	7	20	71	86	0.826	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	11	19	59	71	0.831	35

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Coventry City was transferred from Third Division North for this season.

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Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

Third Division South

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position	Hebden	Hooper	Young, J.	Collier	Hawley	Gough	Hamilton	Varco	Wilcox	Paterson	Lofthouse	Burgess	Charlesworth	Goddard	Middleton	Waterall	Drew	Pierce	Salt	Bowers	Cable	McAllister	Cunningham	Mustard	Eggleton	Sweetman	Swan
28/8/1926	A	Crystal Palace	L	1-1	1 - 2	Varco	18,261	16	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1/9/1926	A	Gillingham	D	1-2	2 - 2	Lofthouse, Wilcox	6,208	15	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		9	10	11	8
4/9/1926	H	Coventry City	D	0-1	1 - 1	Lofthouse	13,699	14	1	2	3	4	5	6			9	10	11	8	7
11/9/1926	A	Brentford	L	1-3	2 - 4	Paterson, Goddard	17,380	18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	10	11			9
18/9/1926	A	Charlton Athletic	L	0-2	0 - 2		9,189	21	1	2	3			6			8	10	11			9	4	5	7
20/9/1926	A	Aberdare Athletic	W	1-0	2 - 0	Goddard 2	1,864	18	1	2	3			6				10	11	8	7	9	4	5
25/9/1926	H	Bristol City	L	0-1	1 - 2	Middleton (pen)	11,921	20	1	2			5	6				10	11	8	7	9	4			3
30/9/1926	H	Aberdare Athletic	W	0-0	3 - 0	Brophy (og), Lofthouse, Goddard	5,890	14	1	2	3		5	6					11	8	7	9	4				10
2/10/1926	A	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	L	1-4	2 - 6	Young, J. (pen), Goddard	6,342	17	1	2	3			6					11	8	7	9	10				5	4
9/10/1926	H	Plymouth Argyle	W	2-1	4 - 2	Goddard, Lofthouse 2, Middleton	12,699	16	1	2	3		5	6	7				11	8		9	10				4
16/10/1926	H	Bristol Rovers	D	1-1	2 - 2	Burgess, Goddard	11,225	16	1	2	3		5	6	7				11	8		9	10				4
23/10/1926	A	Millwall	L	0-1	1 - 2	Middleton	14,803	17	1	2	3			6	7				11			9	10				4		5	8
30/10/1926	H	Northampton Town	W	1-2	4 - 2	Lofthouse 2, McAllister, Goddard	10,058	14		2	3		5	6	7				11	10		9	4							8	1
6/11/1926	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	L	1-2	1 - 4	Goddard	10,875	16		2			4		7				11	10		9	6			3			5	8	1
13/11/1926	H	Norwich City	W	0-0	4 - 0	Goddard 2, Lofthouse, Varco	2,954	14		2	3				7	8		10	11			9	6						5	4	1
20/11/1926	A	Luton Town	L	0-1	0 - 2		5,075	14		2	3				7	8		10	11			9	6						5	4	1
4/12/1926	A	Merthyr Town	L	0-2	0 - 4		2,330	15			3					8		10	11		7	9	6			2	5			4	1
11/12/1926	A	Plymouth Argyle	L	0-1	0 - 2		10,947	17			3		5			8			11	10		9	6			2				4	1	7
18/12/1926	A	Swindon Town	L	1-3	2 - 6	Goddard 2	6,706	17			3		5						11	10	8	9	6			2				4	1	7
25/12/1926	H	Watford	L	1-2	2 - 4	Young, J. (pen), Mustard	11,833	19	1		3					10			11		8	9	6			2			5	4		7
27/12/1926	A	Watford	W	1-1	2 - 1	Charlesworth, Lofthouse	13,004	17	1		3	4							11		7	9	6			2				8		10	5
1/1/1927	H	Gillingham	D	1-0	1 - 1	Goddard	7,714	18	1		3	4							11		7	9	6			2				8		10	5
8/1/1927	H	Southend United	W	1-0	3 - 2	Middleton, Goddard, Charlesworth	6,726	16	1		3			6					11		7	9	10			2				4		8	5
15/1/1927	H	Crystal Palace	L	0-0	0 - 2		11,506	18	1		3			6					11	8	7	9	10			2				4			5
22/1/1927	A	Coventry City	L	0-0	0 - 1		8,187	18	1					6					11		7	9	10			3				4		8	5	2
5/2/1927	H	Charlton Athletic	W	2-1	2 - 1	Goddard 2	8,744	18	1					6					11		7	9	10			3				4		8	5	2
12/2/1927	A	Bristol City	L	0-1	0 - 1		12,029	18	1					6					11		7	9				3				4		8	5	2	10
19/2/1927	H	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	D	1-0	1 - 1	Lofthouse	6,678	18	1			4		6					11	10	7	9				3						8	5	2
24/2/1927	H	Exeter City	D	0-1	1 - 1	Lofthouse	2,283	18	1			4	5			9	8		11		7		10			3				6				2
5/3/1927	A	Bristol Rovers	L	1-2	1 - 4	Wilcox	4,222	19	1			4					8		11			9	6			3						7	5	2	10
12/3/1927	H	Millwall	D	0-0	1 - 1	Goddard	14,730	19				4					8		11		7	9	6			3					1		5	2	10
19/3/1927	A	Northampton Town	L	0-1	0 - 1		5,369	21				4					8		11		7	9	6			3					1		5	2	10
26/3/1927	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	1-2	2 - 2	Mustard, Lofthouse	8,401	21				4							11			9	6			3				8	1	7	5	2	10
2/4/1927	A	Norwich City	W	1-0	1 - 0	Lofthouse	10,973	20			3	4	5			8			11			9								6	1	7		2	10
9/4/1927	H	Luton Town	W	1-0	1 - 0	Goddard	4,484	19			3		5			8			11		4	9	6								1	7		2	10
15/4/1927	A	Newport County	W	0-0	2 - 0	Goddard, Varco	5,938	15			3	4	5			8			11		7	9								6	1			2	10
16/4/1927	A	Southend United	W	1-0	3 - 0	Charlesworth, Swan, Goddard	7,813	15			3	4	5			8			11		7	9								6	1			2	10
18/4/1927	H	Newport County	W	1-0	2 - 0	Goddard, Young, J. (pen)	9,057	15			3	4	5			8			11		7	9								6	1			2	10
23/4/1927	H	Merthyr Town	W	4-0	5 - 1	Young, J. 2 (2 pens), Varco, Paterson, Goddard	8,406	14			3	4	5			8		7	11			9								6	1			2	10
30/4/1927	A	Exeter City	W	1-0	2 - 0	Lofthouse, Paterson	5,952	14			3	4	5			8		7	11			9								6	1			2	10
5/5/1927	H	Brentford	D	1-1	1 - 1	Hawley	11,355	13			3	4	5			8		7	11			9								6	1			2	10
7/5/1927	H	Swindon Town	L	0-0	0 - 1		10,158	14			3	4	5			8		7	11			9								6	1			2	10

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F A Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Did not Enter - Administrative error

London Professional Charity Fund

Date

Venue

Opponent

Outcome

Half Time Score

Score

Scorers

Attendance

Hooper

Middleton

Hawley

Gough

Goddard

Burgess

Lofthouse

Young, J.

Hamilton

Cunningham

McAllister

LPCF

Nov 1st 1925

Brentford

W

2-2

5-3

Goddard 4, Burgess

1,000

2

4

5

6

9

10

11

3

7

1

8

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Hebden	Hooper	Pierce	Middleton	Hawley	Gough	Charlesworth	Wilcox	Goddard	Burgess	Lofthouse	Young, J.	Young, H.	Salt	Hamilton
LCC 1	September 27th 1925	A	Barnet	W	1-0	2-1	Lofthouse (pen), Wilcox	2,000	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
LCC 2	Oct 18th 1925	H	Crystal P	L	0-1	0-1		1,000	1	2		10		6			9	8	11	3	4	5	7

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	Div 3 South Appearances	Div 3 South Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Joey Cunningham	19		19
GK		George Hebden	23		23
GK		Joe Woodward
DF		Jimmy Armstrong
DF		Tom Nixon
DF		Bill Pierce	19		19
DF		Sid Sweetman	18		18
DF		John Young	32	5	32	5
DF		Norman Crompton
DF		Harry Hooper	16		16
DF		Alf Bowers	1		1
DF		Cecil Gough	19		19
DF		Jack Middleton	28	4	28	4
MF		Billy Coward
MF		Andy Neil
MF		Jock McNab
MF		Cyril Foster
MF		Jimmy Eggleton	12		12
MF		Ollie Thompson
MF		Jock Collier	20		20
MF		Bill Turner
MF		Fred Hawley	22	1	22	1
MF		Mike Gilhooley
MF		John Duthie
MF		Eddie Beats
MF		Billy McAllister		1		1
MF		Tommy Cable	5		5
MF		Harry Salt	6		6
MF		Albert Waterall	2		2
MF		John Hamilton	10		10
MF		Bill Drew	1		1
MF		George Charlesworth	26	3	26	3
FW		Thomas Kellard
FW		George Goddard	38	23	38	23
FW		George Rounce
FW		Ernie Whatmore
FW		Jackie Burns
FW		Steve Smith
FW		Jack Johnson
FW		Hugh Vallance
FW		Lew Price
FW		Jack Swan	14	1	14	1
FW		Jimmy Lofthouse	42	14	42	14
FW		Jack Mustard	14	2	14	2
FW		Jock Paterson	14	3	14	3
FW		Joe Roberts
FW		Jimmy Stephenson
FW		Percy Varco	16	4	16	4
FW		Dick Burgess	14	1	14	1
FW		Joe Wilcox	9	2	9	2

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Miller, Rev	Chesham U	July 14, 1926
Thompson, Edward *		July 26, 1926
Northcote, Stanley *		July 22, 1926
Nichols, Stan *	Bostall Heath	July 26, 1926
Robinson, Jimmy *	Nunhead	July 30, 1926
Beckworth, Arthur *	Guildford U	Aug 4, 1926
Margetts, William *	Leytonstone	Aug 5, 1926
Bowers, Alf	Bristol R	Aug 9, 1926
Bill Drew	Barnet	Aug 11, 1926
Hooper, Harry	Leicester	Aug 17, 1926
Waterall, Albert	Stockport	Sep 13, 1926
Bush, Arthur *		Oct 7, 1926
Eggleton, Jimmy	Lincoln City	Oct 22, 1926	£500
Young, Harry *	Southall	Oct 1926
McAllister, Billy	Middlesbrough	Oct 21, 1926	£250
Rounce, George *	Uxbridge Town	Oct 8, 1926
Wodehouse, George *	Leytonstone	Oct 8, 1926
Young, Harry *	Southall	Oct 1926
Jack Mustard	Crawcrook Albion	Oct 13, 1926
Adams, Samuel *	Clapton	Jan 7, 1927
Jack Swan	Watford	Feb 9, 1927	£300
Burr, John *		Mar 16, 1927
Rogers, Bert *	Southall	Mar 25, 1927
Tom Nixon	Crawcrook Albion	Apr 6, 1927
Mike Gilhooley	Bradford C	May 26, 1927
Andy Neil	Brighton	May 10, 1927	Free
Jack Burns	Crypto	May 14 1927
Joe Roberts	Watford	May 18, 1927	Free
Jack Johnson	Swindon	May 26, 1927

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Field, Bill	Oxford City	Nov 22, 1922		cs 26	Hinckley U
Barr, Billy *	London Caledonians	Sep 10, 1925		cs 26	London Caledonians
Avey, Victor *		Nov 19, 1924		cs 26	Metropolitan Police
Richmond, Hugh	Coventry	May 8, 1925		July 26	Blyth Spartans	Free
John, Reg	Crystal P	Aug 28, 1920		July 26	Charlton
Pigg, Bill	Ashington	July 31, 1924		July 26	Carlisle
Johnson, Harry	Southampton	Feb 14, 1924		July 26	Cradley Heath
Brown, Charlie	Southampton	May 25, 1924		July 26	Poole
Plunkett, Adam	Bury	July 1, 1925		Aug 26	Guildford U
Ford, Ewart	Hinckley U	June 6, 1924		Aug 26	Hinckley U	£50
Symes, Ernie	Aberdare Athletic	May 20, 1924		Sep 26	Margate
Waterall, Albert	Stockport	Sep 13, 1926		Oct 26	Clapton Orient
Northcote, Stanley *		July 22, 1926		Nov 26
Wodehouse, George *	Leytonstone	Oct 8, 1926		Nov 26	Leytonstone
Cable, Tommy *	Leyton	Nov 13, 1925		Jan 27	Leyton
Adams, Samuel *	Clapton	Jan 7, 1927		Apr 27	Kettering Town
John Hamilton	Blackpool	June 11, 1926		Apr 27	Sutton Town
Toseland, Ernie *	Higham Town	May 28, 1925		May 27	Coventry
George Hebden	Leicester	May 5, 1925		May 27	Gillingham
Harry Hooper,	Leicester	Aug 17, 1926		May 27
Beckworth, Arthur *	Guildford U	Aug 4, 1926		Mar 27	Guildford U
Cecil Gough	Clapton Orient	June 14, 1926		June 27	Torquay
Miller, Rev	Chesham U	July 14, 1926		cs 27
Miller, Ted *	Clapton	Sep 10, 1925		cs 27
Birnie, David *	Acton	Aug 28, 1925		cs 27	Summerstown
Alf Bowers	Bristol R	Aug 9, 1926		cs 27
Burr, John *		Mar 16, 1927		cs 27	Leyton
Bush, Arthur *		Oct 7, 1926		cs 27
Chick, Albert *		Feb 19, 1926		cs 27
Robinson, Jimmy *	Nunhead	July 30, 1926		cs 27
Rogers, Bert *	Southall	Mar 25, 1927		cs 27	Southall
Rounce, George *	Uxbridge Town	Oct 8, 1926		cs 27	Tilbury
Harry Salt	Peterborough & Fletton U	May 10, 1926		cs 27	Grays Thurrock U
Surridge, Edward *	Chalfont St.Giles	Dec 2, 1925		cs 27	Uxbridge Town
Thompson, Edward *		July 26, 1926		cs 27

References

1. Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899-2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN   9781780914091.
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.

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1. "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-27.