1940–41 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1940–41 season
ChairmanCharles W Fielding
ManagerTed Vizard
StadiumLoftus Road
South Regional Championship26th
Football League War CupRound 4
London War Cup3rd place
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Dave Mangnall 31
Highest home attendance5,700 v Leicester City
(29 March 1941)
Lowest home attendance500 v Reading
(21 December 1940)
Average home league attendance2,368

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

South Regional Championship

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

[1]

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

[edit]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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