1987–88 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 1987–88 football season

Queens Park Rangers

1987–88 season

Manager

Jim Smith

Stadium

Loftus Road

FA Cup

League Cup

Top goalscorer

League: Gary Bannister (8)
All: Bannister (10)

Highest home attendance

23,171 (v Liverpool, 5 March 1988)

Lowest home attendance

7,229 (v Coventry City, 18 December 1987)

Average home league attendance

16,049

Biggest win

3-0 Vs West Ham (15 August 1987), Norwich City (19 March 1988) , Southampton (1 January 1988) ,Yeovil Town (9 January 1988)

Biggest defeat

0-4 Vs Liverpool (17 October 1987), Nottingham Forest (13 December 1987)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1986–87

1988–89 →

During the 1987–88 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the First Division for the fifth season after their promotion in 1983.

Season summary

Jim Smith led QPR to fifth place in the First Division, matching their position in the 1983–84 season. They had led the table in October after winning eight of their first ten League matches. They suffered a surprise defeat to Bury in the third round of the League Cup and reached the fifth round of the FA Cup.^[1]

Kit

Adidas continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Airline KLM became new kit sponsors.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Nottingham Forest	40	20	13	7	67	39	+28	73
4	Everton	40	19	13	8	53	27	+26	70
5	Queens Park Rangers	40	19	10	11	48	38	+10	67
6	Arsenal	40	18	12	10	58	39	+19	66
7	Wimbledon^[a]	40	14	15	11	58	47	+11	57	Disqualified from European Cup Winners' Cup^[2]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Wimbledon would have qualified as FA Cup winners.

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
15 August 1987	West Ham United	A	3–0	Stewart (o.g.), Bannister, Brock	22,882	1
19 August 1987	Derby County	H	1–1	Bannister	11,561	4
22 August 1987	Arsenal	H	2–0	Byrne, McDonald	15,981	1
29 August 1987	Southampton	A	1–0	Brock	15,532	1
2 September 1987	Everton	H	1–0	Allen	15,380	1
5 September 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	Coney	7,726	1
12 September 1987	Chelsea	H	3–1	Bannister (3)	22,583	1
19 September 1987	Oxford United	A	0–2		9,800	1
26 September 1987	Luton Town	H	2–0	Coney, Fenwick (pen)	11,175	1
3 October 1987	Wimbledon	A	2–1	Bannister, Fenwick (pen)	8,552	1
17 October 1987	Liverpool	A	0–4		43,735	2
24 October 1987	Portsmouth	H	2–1	Byrne, Fenwick	13,170	2
31 October 1987	Norwich City	A	1–1	Allen	14,522	2
7 November 1987	Watford	H	0–0		12,101	3
14 November 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Coney	28,113	3
21 November 1987	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Wharton (o.g.)	11,794	3
28 November 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	Bannister	16,933	3
5 December 1987	Manchester United	H	0–2		20,632	3
13 December 1987	Nottingham Forest	A	0–4		18,130	6
18 December 1987	Coventry City	H	1–2	Falco	7,229	6
26 December 1987	Chelsea	A	1–1	Kerslake	18,020	6
28 December 1987	Oxford United	H	3–2	Falco (2), Allen	9,125	6
1 January 1988	Southampton	H	3–0	Bannister, Falco, Fereday	8,631	5
2 January 1988	Arsenal	A	0–0		28,271	6
16 January 1988	West Ham United	H	0–1		14,909	7
6 February 1988	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	Falco, Byrne	11,512	5
13 February 1988	Everton	A	0–2		24,724	6
27 February 1988	Wimbledon	H	1–0	Byrne	9,080	6
5 March 1988	Liverpool	H	0–1		23,171	6
16 March 1988	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	Coney, Fereday	8,316	6
19 March 1988	Norwich City	H	3–0	Channing, Coney, Fereday	9,032	6
26 March 1988	Portsmouth	A	1–0	Coney	13,041	4
1 April 1988	Watford	A	1–0	McDonald	16,083	4
4 April 1988	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Kerslake (2)	14,783	5
9 April 1988	Newcastle United	A	1–1	Kerslake (pen)	18,403	5
13 April 1988	Derby County	A	2–0	Allen, Fereday	14,214	3
19 April 1988	Luton Town	A	1–2	Kerslake (pen)	6,735	4
23 April 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	Coney	12,541	4
30 April 1988	Manchester United	A	1–2	McDonald	37,733	4
7 May 1988	Coventry City	A	0–0		16,089	5

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	9 January 1988	Yeovil Town	A	3–0	9,717	Falco (2), Brock
R4	30 January 1988	West Ham United	H	3–1	23,651	Pizanti, Bannister, Allen
R5	20 February 1988	Luton Town	H	1–1	15,356	Neill
R5 replay	24 February 1988	Luton Town	A	0–1	10,854

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	23 August 1987	Millwall	H	2–1	11,865	Bannister, McDonald
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1987	Millwall	A	0–0 (won 2–1 on agg)	11,225
R3	27 October 1987	Bury	A	0–1	5,384

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	ENG	David Seaman	32		4			36
GK	ENG	Nicky Johns	7		4			11
GK	ENG	Tony Roberts	1					1
DF	ENG	Kevin Brock	26	2	7		1	33	3
DF	ENG	Terry Fenwick	22	3	4			26	3
DF	WAL	Brian Law						1
DF	NIR	Alan Mcdonald	36	3	8	1		44	4
DF	ENG	Paul Parker	40		8			48
DF	ENG	Warren Neill	25		6		1	33	1
DF	ENG	Ian Dawes	28		6			35
DF	ENG	Danny Maddix	6		3			9
DF	NIR	John O'Neill	2					2
DF	ENG	Justin Channing	7	1	1			15
DF	ENG	Mark Dennis	10		2			13
MF	ENG	Mark Fleming						2
MF	ENG	David Kerslake	16	5	5			21	5
MF	ISR	David Pizanti	3		2		1	9	1
MF	ENG	Gavin Peacock						5
MF	ENG	Martin Allen	38	4	8		1	46	5
MF	ENG	Gavin Maguire	13		4			22
FW	ENG	Gary Bannister	24	8	6	1	1	30	10
FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand	1		1			2
FW	ENG	Wayne Fereday	33	4	6			43	4
FW	ENG	Trevor Francis	8		1			9
FW	IRE	John Byrne	22	4	5			34
FW	ENG	Mark Falco	15	5	5		2	24	7
FW	ENG	Dean Coney	25	7	2			36	7

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Gary Chivers	Swansea City	February 1984		September 1987	Watford	free
Clive Walker	Sunderland	December 1985	£75,000	October 1987	Fulham
Gavin Peacock	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	November 1984		October 1987	Gillingham
Gary Waddock	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1979		December 1987	Charleroi SC
Terry Fenwick	Crystal Palace	December 1980	£110,000	December 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	£550,000
John O'Neill	Leicester City	July 1987	£150,000	December 1987	Norwich City
Gary Bannister	Sheffield Wednesday	August 1984	£200,000	March 1988	Coventry City	£300,000
Les Ferdinand	Hayes	March 1987	£50,000	March 1988	Brentford	Loan
John Byrne	York City	October 1984	£100,000	May 1988	Le Havre	£200,000
Warren Neill	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	September 1980		July 1988	Portsmouth

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Kevin Brock	Oxford United	August 1987	£260,000
Brian Law	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	August 1987
David Pizanti	FC Köln	September 1987
Nicky Johns	Charlton Athletic.	December 1987
Mark Falco	Rangers F.C.	December 1987	£350,000
Mark Fleming	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	January 1988
Trevor Francis	Rangers F.C.	March 1988	Free
Roberto Herrera	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	March 1988
Mark Stein	Luton Town	June 1988	£300,000
Simon Barker	Blackburn Rovers	July 1988	£400,000

References

^ Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers: The Complete Record. Malta: Gutenberg Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6.
^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985–86 until 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster.

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1987–88 in English football

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National teams

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final) Football League Centenary Tournament

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Crystal Palace Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Middlesbrough Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Rotherham United Southend United Sunderland Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Newport County Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham