1940–41 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1940–41 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Ted Vizard
Stadium	Loftus Road
South Regional Championship	26th
Football League War Cup	Round 4
London War Cup	3rd place
Top goalscorer	League: All: Dave Mangnall 31
Highest home attendance	5,700 v Leicester City (29 March 1941)
Lowest home attendance	500 v Reading (21 December 1940)
Average home league attendance	2,368
Home colours Away colours
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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. ^[1]

League standings

NB: ranking according to goal average

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR
25	Stoke City	36	9	8	18	76	96	0.792
26	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	3	12	47	60	0.783
27	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	8	7	10	51	75	0.680

Results

League South

  Win  Draw  Loss

League South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Mason	Abel	Jefferson	Lowe	Ridyard	March	Bott	Swinfen	Mangnall	McCarthy	Bonass	Mallett	Daniels	Farmer	Bacon	Wilson	Webb, J.	Ling	Pattison	Edwards	Halford (G)	Davie (G)	Dumsday	Whitfield (G)	Campbell (G)	Fowler (G)	Jackson (G)	Scott (G)	Griffiths (G)	Lievesley (G)	Mahon (G)	Smith (G)	Compton (G)	Mills (G)
August 31, 1940	Fulham	A	L	1-1	1-3	Swinfen	3000	27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
September 7, 1940	Clapton Orient	H	D	1-3	3-3	Bott 2, Ridyard	1000	23	1	2	3	4	5	6	9	7		10	11	8
September 21, 1940	Charlton Athletic	H	W	1-0	2-0	Bott, Swinfen	2000	18	1	2		4	5	6	9	7			11	8	10	3
September 28, 1940	Arsenal	H	W	2-2	3-2	Swinfen 2, Lowe	2500	13	1	2	3	8	5	4	9	7		10	11			6
October 5, 1940	Tottenham Hotspur	H	D	1-0	1-1	Lowe	1500	10	1	2	3	8	5		9	7		10	11			6	4
October 12, 1940	Chelsea	H	L	1-3	2-3	Daniels, Bott	1500	13	1	2		8	5		9	7		10	11		4	6		3
October 19, 1940	Chelsea	A	L	1-1	1-3	Swinfen	1500	20	1	2	3	4	5		9	7		10	11	8		6
October 26, 1940	Charlton Athletic	A	L	1-3	2-6	Mangnell, OG	500	26	1				5	6	7	2	9	10	11		8	3	4
November 2, 1940	Clapton Orient	A	W	3-0	3-0	McCarthy 2, Mangnell	200	22	1	3		4	5	6		2	9	10		8	11				7
November 16, 1940	Fulham	H	L	0-1	2-5	Mangnell, Daniels	1000	22	1	3		4	5	6		2	9			8	10				7	11
November 23, 1940	Millwall	A	L	1-2	1-3	Lowe	500	26	1	3		8	5	4		2	9		11			6			7	10
November 30, 1940	Millwall	H	W	0-1	2-1	Mangnell, Lowe	400	22	1	3		8	5	4	10	2	9		11			6			7
December 7, 1940	Tottenham Hotspur	A	W	2-1	3-2	Mangnell 2, Mallett	1367	22	1	3		4	5		11	2	9	10		8		6			7
December 14, 1940	Arsenal	A	L	1-2	2-3	Bott, Ridyard	1300	24	1	2	3	4	5		10	8	9		11			6			7
December 21, 1940	Reading	H	W	0-0	4-1	Mangnell 2, Lowe, Mallett	500	22	1	3		4	5		11	2	9	10		8		6			7
December 25, 1940	Brentford	A	L	0-1	1-2	Mangnell	1200	23	1	3			5		4	2	9	10	11	8		6			7
December 28, 1940	Reading	A	L	0-1	0-2		2000	23	1	3		8	5	4	10	2	9		11			6			7
May 10, 1941	Aldershot	A	L	1-2	1-5	Ling	2000	26	1	3		7	5	4			8			10		6			11	9					2
May 17, 1941	Watford	H	W	1-0	4-2	Ling 2, Mangnell 2	1500	26	1	2		7		4			8		11			5				10		3		9		6
May 24, 1941	Watford	A	D	1-3	3-3	Ling, Davie, Mangnell	2000	25	1	2		7	5	4			8		11			3				10				9		6
May 31, 1941	West Ham United	H	L	1-2	1-5	Mangnall	2000	26	1	2		10		4			7		3										11	9		6	5	8
June 2, 1941	Fulham	H	L	2-1	2-3	Bonass, Halford	2500	26	1	3		4		2			5		7								11		10	9		6		8
June 7, 1941	West Ham United	A	W	2-1	3-2	Compton 2, Mills	2100	26		3		4																	11						1	2	5	6	7	8	9	10

Football League War Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Mason	Abel	Jefferson	Lowe	Ridyard	March	Bott	Swinfen	Mangnall	Mallett	Daniels	Farmer	Webb, J.	McEwan	Adam (G)	Powell
Feb 15th 1941	Crystal Palace	A	W		1-0	Joe Mallett	3700	1	3	2	10	5	6	11		9	8		4		7
Feb 22nd 1941	Crystal Palace	H	W		3-2	OG, Dave Mangnall, Reg Swinfen	3500	1	3	2	10	5	6		7	9		11	4		8
Mar 1st 1941	Aldershot	A	L		1-2	Dave Mangnall (Pen)	2500	1	3	2	8	5	6	10		9			4		7	11
Mar 8th 1941	Aldershot	H	W		4-2	Dave Mangnall, Adam, Lowe	2733	1	2	3	8	5	6			9		10	4	7		11
Mar 15th 1941	Chelsea	H	W		2-0	Dave Mangnall 2	5575	1	2	3	4	5	6			9	8	10		7		11
Mar 22nd 1941	Chelsea	A	W		4-2	Joe Mallett Dave Mangnall 2 (1 pen), Webb	7232	1	2	3	4	5	6			9	8	10		7		11
Mar 29th 1941	Leicester City	H	W		2-1	Dave Mangnall 2	5700	1	2	3	4	5	6			9	8	10			7	11
April 5, 1941	Leicester City	A	L		1-6	Joe Mallett	10000	1	2	3	10	5	6			9	8				7	11	4

London War Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Mason	Abel	Jefferson	Lowe	Ridyard	March	Bott	Swinfen	Mangnall	Bonass	Mallett	Daniels	Farmer	Webb, J.	Ling	Allen	Mortimer (G)	Pattison	McEwan	Hillard (G)	Adam (G)	Powell	Edwards	Fitzgerald (G)	Halford (G)	Armstrong	Reay	Davie (G)
January 4, 1941	Fulham	A	L	1-2	1-4	Mangnall	1000	1	3		8	5	4	10	2	9	11			6	7
January 11, 1941	Fulham	H	L	3-1	5-7	Lowe, Moffat, Bonass, Bott, Mangnall	2256	1	3		8	5	4	10	2	9	11			6	7
January 25, 1941	Aldershot	H	L	2-0	2-3	Mallett 2	1000				4	5	6	9	2		10	8			7		1	3	11
February 1, 1941	Chelsea	H	W	2-1	5-2	Lowe, McEwan 2, Bott, Mangnall	1900	1	2	3	10	5	6	11	4	9					7					8
February 8, 1941	Aldershot	A	W	2-1	4-2	Mangnall, Daniels, Adam, Mallett	2000	1	3		8	5	4		2	9			10	6							7	11
April 12, 1941	Crystal Palace	A	W	0-0	2-1	Mangnall, Fitzgerald	5000	1	2		8	5	4			9				6	7									3	10	11
April 14, 1941	Brentford	A	L	2-1	2-4	Mangnall, Daniels		1	2		8	5	4			9				3	7									11	10		6
April 19, 1941	Crystal Palace	H	W	2-0	2-1	Davie (2)	2300	1	3		8	5	4							6	7										10	11		2	9
April 25, 1941	Brentford	H	D	0-0	0-0		6000	1		3	10	5	4			8				6	7							11						2	9
May 3, 1941	Chelsea	A	W	1-0	3-2	Mangnall 2, Davie	4000	1		3	7	5	4			8				6								11				10		2	9

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Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League South Appearances *16 games data missing	League South Goals	London War Cup Apps	London War Cup Goals	!Football League War Cup Apps*4 games data missing	Football League War Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Reg Allen			1				1
GK		Bill Mason	7		9		3		38
DF		Arthur Jefferson	2		3		3		16
DF		Ted Reay	1				3		4
DF		Sid Bacon	1						2
DF		John Dumsday	1						1
DF		Leslie Lievesley							1
DF		Johnny Mortimer			1				1
DF		Laurence Scott							1
DF		Leslie Compton	1	2					1	2
DF		Robert Griffiths							1
DF		E Edwards			2				5
MF		John Hillard							1
MF		Wilf Whitfield	2						4
MF		Alf Ridyard	4	2	10		3		37	2
MF		Harry Daniels	3	2	1	2	1		11	4
MF		Ivor Powell							1
MF		Joe Mallett	1	2	1	4	2	3	15	9
MF		Alec Farmer	3		8		2		28
MF		Dicky March	7		10		4		33
MF		Alf Fitzgerald	1		3	1			4	1
MF		Richard Armstrong	1		1				2
MF		Charlie Adam	1		3	1	3	1	9	2
MF		Campbell	1						1
MF		J. Webb			8		1	1	20	1
MF		Alan Fowler	2						2
MF		Jack Mahon							1
FW		Billy McEwan			1	2	`		6	2
FW		Johnny Pattison	1		1				2
FW		Reg Swinfen	3	5	5		2	1	23	6
FW		Dave Mangnall	5	13	8	8	4	10	32	31
FW		Albert Bonass	5	1	3	1			19	2
FW		Len McCarthy	2	2					11	2
FW		Samuel Abel	7		7		3		37
FW		Harry Lowe	7	5	10	2	4	1	39	8
FW		Wilf Bott	3	5	4	2			20	7
FW		Jock Davie	3	1	3	3			7	4
FW		David Halford	2	1	3				6	1
FW		James Jackson							1
FW		L Ling	1	4					5	4
FW		George Mills	1	1					1	1
		J Smith							1
		K Wilson							1

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Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Chapman, Reg *	R.A.F.	Aug 27, 1940
Bacon, Stan *		Oct 7, 1940
Webb, Ron *		Oct 15, 1940
Ling, Leonard *		Oct 15, 1940
Webb, Jack *		Oct 15, 1940
Edwards, Ernest *		Oct 24, 1940
Libby, Jack *		Dec 13, 1940
Armstrong, Dick	Bristol C	Apr 1941	Loan

Transfers out

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Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Fitzgerald, Alf	Reading	May 5, 1936	Free	Sep 40	Hearts

References

1. Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record (Complete Record Series) First Edition (1st ed.). London: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN   9781873626405.
2. "historicalkits". Historicalkits.co.uk.
3. "barryhugmansfootballers". barryhugmansfootballers.

^[1]

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