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          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font size="1"><b><a name="1975"></a>History 
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            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">In 1975/76 QPR were Division One 
              Runners-up - one point behind Liverpool.<br>
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            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> In 1976/77 QPR reached the UEFA 
              Cup Quarter Finals at their first attempt, and reached the Semi 
              Final of the Football League Cup. In July 1977 Frank Sibley became 
              manager.<br>
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              In 1977/78 QPR avoided relegation by just one point from West Ham 
              United, finishing in 19th place, and winning only one of their away 
              matches.<br>
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              In July 1978 Frank Sibley resigned. Alec Stock became manager until 
              Steve Burtenshaw took over in August. Phil Parkes was sold to West 
              Ham for �565,000 - a record for a goalkeeper - having played 406 
              games for the club. QPR ended the season in 20th place, and were 
              relegated to the Second Division. Steve Burtenshaw left the club 
              after only one season, and was replaced by Tommy Docherty from Derby 
              County in May 1979. Tony Currie was bought from Leeds United for 
              a record club fee of �390,000. 19 year old Clive Allen was sold 
              to Arsenal for a fee of �1,000,000 - the first teenager to merit 
              the million pound price.<br>
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            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> In the 1980/81 season the new School 
              End double-decker stand was built, and Terry Venables was appointed 
              manager on 14th October 1980.<br>
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              In 1981/82 QPR became the first League club to replace grass with 
              an artificial playing surface. QPR reached the FA Cup Final against 
              Tottenham Hotspur. The game went to a replay which QPR were unlucky 
              to lose.<br>
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            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> In 1982/83 Terry Venables took 
              QPR back in to the First Division again, and Rangers lost only two 
              of their home League matches.<br>
              <br>
              In 1983/84 QPR completed their fourth and last stand and thus had 
              seating on all four sides of the ground. QPR finished fifth in their 
              first season back in Division One.<br>
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              In 1984/85 Terry Venables left to join Barcelona. Alan Mullery was 
              manager until December. Frank Sibley became caretaker manager for 
              the rest of the season. QPR had again qualified for the UEFA Cup 
              competition and went through to the Second Round. In July 1985 Jim 
              Smith became QPR's new manager.<br>
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              In the 1985/86 season QPR were defeated finalists in the Milk Cup 
              competition at Wembley.<br>
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              In the 1986 close season QPR had two major signings, Alan Brazil 
              from Coventry City and David Seaman (England under-21 international 
              goalkeeper) from Birmingham City.</font></p>
            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">In May 1987, Jim Gregory ended his 
              record 22-year Chairmanship of QPR and became Life President. David 
              Bulstrode became Chairman of the club. Over �700,000 was spent on 
              new players in a major rebuilding of the team.<br>
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              In 1987/88 QPR finished fifth in the First Division, having for 
              some months been top of the table. In April the artificial playing 
              surface was removed after seven seasons, and was replaced by natural 
              grass. In September 1988 David Balustrade tragically died and later 
              that month Richard Thompson was appointed Chairman of QPR, becoming 
              the youngest in the Football League. Following in his predecessor's 
              footsteps, over �2.5 million was spent on new players. In December 
              1988 Jim Smith left to join Newcastle United and Peter Shreeve was 
              appointed caretaker manager with Trevor Francis subsequently being 
              appointed player/manager on 14th December.<br>
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            <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> During the 1988/89 season the major 
              signings included Nigel Spackman from Liverpool, Peter Reid from 
              Everton and Andy Sinton from Brentford. In November 1989 Trevor 
              Francis left to be replaced by Don Howe as Head Coach. The club 
              reached the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup, being beaten by Liverpool. 
              It was a hectic season in the transfer market, with many players 
              leaving Loftus Road. The major signings were Kenny Sansom, David 
              Bardsley and Roy Wegerle (the club's first �1 million player). </font></p>
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            <p><b><font size="1">QPR Match Results 2000-2001</font></b></p>
            <p><b><font size="1"><a href="../../kensington/sports-qpr-match28-04/#match">28/04/01 
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              QPR 2 - Tranmere Rovers 0</a></font></b></p>
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              Portsmouth 1 - QPR 1</a></font></b></font></p>
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              Notts Forest 1 - QPR 1</a></b></font></p>
            <p><font size="1"><a href="../../kensington/sports-qpr-match24-10/#match">24/03/01 
              <b>Burnley 2 - QPR 1</b></a><b><br>
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            <p><font color="#000000" size="1"><font color="#FFFFFF"><a href="../../kensington/sports-qpr-match17-10/#match">17/03/01 
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            <p><font size="1"><a href="../../kensington/sports-qpr-match3-10/#match">10/03/01 
              <b> Fulham 2 - QPR 0</b></a></font></p>
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