1981–82 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1981–82 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Second Division and finished in 5th position. They also reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their history, losing in a replay to Tottenham Hotspur.[1]

Queens Park Rangers
1981–82 season
ChairmanJim Gregory
ManagerTerry Venables
Second Division5th
FA CupRunners-up
Milk CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Simon Stainrod (17)
All: Simon Stainrod (24)
Highest home attendance24,653 v Crystal Palace (FA Cup sixth round, 6 March 1982)
Lowest home attendance8753 v Grimsby Town (Second Division, 6 February 1982)
Average home league attendance12,574

Season summary

During the summer of 1981, Rangers installed an artificial Omniturf pitch at their Loftus Road ground. The opening match on the new surface - the first of its kind in British professional football - was a 2–1 defeat to Luton Town, who would install a synthetic pitch of their own a few years later. Despite this setback, Rangers proved difficult to beat at home, but away results were indifferent by comparison and they ultimately fell two points short of the third promotion spot.[2]

In the FA Cup, Rangers beat Middlesbrough, Blackpool, Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion en route to the final at Wembley, where their opponents were holders Tottenham. Terry Fenwick's header salvaged a 1–1 draw after Glenn Hoddle had put Spurs in front, both goals coming in the second half of extra-time,[3] but Hoddle converted a penalty in the sixth minute of the replay which proved decisive despite Rangers enjoying much of the possession for the remainder of the game.[4]

Squad
Substitute appearances indicated in brackets
Pos. Nat. Name League Milk Cup FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Graham Benstead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK  ENG John Burridge 20 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
GK  ENG Peter Hucker 22 0 0 0 9 0 31 0
DF  ENG Ian Dawes 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DF  ENG Terry Fenwick 36 5 4 0 8 1 48 6
DF  ENG Ian Gillard 33(2) 1 4 0 9 0 46(2) 1
DF  JAM Bob Hazell 23(1) 2 4 0 4 0 31(1) 2
DF  ENG Ernie Howe 16 0 1 0 5 1 22 1
DF  NIR Alan McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Warren Neill 11 0 0 0 3(1) 1 14(1) 1
DF  ENG Glenn Roeder 41 2 4 0 8 0 53 2
DF  ENG Steve Wicks 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
MF  ENG Tony Currie 20 1 1 0 7 0 28 1
MF  ENG Martin Duffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  ENG Gerry Francis 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF  ENG John Gregory 34 9 4 2 7 0 45 11
MF  ENG Andy King 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
MF  ENG Gary Micklewhite 24(2) 2 3(1) 3 4(1) 0 31(4) 5
MF  IRE Mark O'Connor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF  IRE Gary Waddock 35 0 3 0 9 0 47 0
MF  ENG Dean Wilkins 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0
FW  ENG Clive Allen 36(1) 13 2 1 7 7 45(1) 21
FW  ENG Steve Burke 2(10) 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 3(12) 0
FW  ENG Martyn Busby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Wayne Fereday 2(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2(3) 0
FW  ENG Mike Flanagan 36(1) 10 3 2 9 0 48(1) 12
FW  ENG Ian Muir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Tony Sealy 4(3) 0 1 0 0 0 5(3) 0
FW  ENG Simon Stainrod 39 17 4 2 9 5 52 24
FW  NIR Ian Stewart 2(1) 0 0(2) 0 1(1) 0 3(4) 0

[5]

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Norwich City (P) 42 22 5 15 64 50 +14 71 Promotion to the First Division
4 Sheffield Wednesday 42 20 10 12 55 51 +4 70
5 Queens Park Rangers 42 21 6 15 65 43 +22 69
6 Barnsley 42 19 10 13 59 41 +18 67
7 Rotherham United 42 20 7 15 66 54 +12 67
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted

Results

Second Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
29 August 1981 Wrexham A 3–1 King, Allen 2 4661
1 September 1981 Luton Town H 1–2 King 18,703
5 September 1981 Newcastle United H 3–0 King, Roeder, Stainrod 14,176
12 September 1981 Grimsby Town A 1–2 Gregory 9490
19 September 1981 Crystal Palace H 1–0 Stainrod 17,039
22 September 1981 Oldham Athletic A 0–2 6421
26 September 1981 Derby County A 1–3 Gregory 11,246
3 October 1981 Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 Gregory, Allen 9541
10 October 1981 Norwich City H 2–0 Gregory, Stainrod 11,806
18 October 1981 Orient A 1–1 Gillard 8192
24 October 1981 Leicester City H 2–0 Stainrod, Gregory 12,419
31 October 1981 Charlton Athletic A 2–1 Stainrod, Allen 11,333
7 November 1981 Rotherham United H 1–1 Flanagan 10,949
14 November 1981 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–1 Stainrod 3 17,024
21 November 1981 Shrewsbury Town A 1–2 Flanagan 4765
24 November 1981 Oldham Athletic H 0–0 9477
28 November 1981 Cardiff City H 2–0 Stainrod 2 10,225
5 December 1981 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 6076
12 December 1981 Barnsley H 1–0 Flanagan 10,972
26 December 1981 Chelsea H 0–2 22,022
16 January 1982 Wrexham H 1–1 Stainrod 10,066
30 January 1982 Crystal Palace A 0–0 15,267
6 February 1982 Grimsby Town H 1–0 Gregory 8753
9 February 1982 Cambridge United A 0–1 4822
16 February 1982 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 Allen 6884
20 February 1982 Derby County H 3–0 Hazell, Fenwick, Flanagan 8890
27 February 1982 Norwich City A 1–0 Roeder 15,928
9 March 1982 Watford A 0–4 16,862
13 March 1982 Leicester City A 2–3 Currie, Stainrod 17,821
20 March 1982 Charlton Athletic H 4–0 Fenwick, Allen 3 13,118
27 March 1982 Rotherham United A 0–1 10,472
29 March 1982 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–0 Flanagan, Stainrod 11,710
6 April 1982 Orient H 3–0 Hazell, Flanagan, Stainrod 10,531
10 April 1982 Chelsea A 1–2 Gregory 18,365
12 April 1982 Watford H 0–0 22,091
17 April 1982 Shrewsbury Town H 2–1 Flanagan, Allen 11,148
24 April 1982 Cardiff City A 2–1 Allen, Micklewhite 5979
1 May 1982 Bolton Wanderers H 7–1 Gregory, Micklewhite, Flanagan 2, Fenwick (pen), Stainrod, Allen 10,002
5 May 1982 Newcastle United A 4–0 Gregory, Allen, Flanagan, Stainrod 10,670
8 May 1982 Barnsley A 0–3 10,579
11 May 1982 Luton Town A 2–3 Fenwick, Stainrod 16,657
15 May 1982 Cambridge United H 2–1 Allen, Fenwick (pen) 10,467

[6]

Milk Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
6 October 1981 Second Round First Leg Portsmouth H 5–0 Ellis (og), Gregory 2, Micklewhite 2 13,502
27 October 1981 Second Round Second Leg Portsmouth A 2–2 Flanagan, Micklewhite 7677
10 November 1981 Third Round Bristol City H 3–0 Flanagan, Stainrod, Allen 9215
1 December 1981 Fourth Round Watford A 1–4 Stainrod (pen) 18,276

[7]

FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2 January 1982 Third Round Middlesbrough H 1–1 Stainrod 12,100
18 January 1982 Third Round Replay Middlesbrough A 3–2 (aet - 2–2 at 90 mins) Stainrod 2, Neill 14,819
23 January 1982 Fourth Round Blackpool A 0–0 10,227
26 January 1982 Fourth Round Replay Blackpool H 5–1 Allen 4, Stainrod (pen) 11,712
13 February 1982 Fifth Round Grimsby Town H 3–1 Stainrod, Allen, Howe 13,344
6 March 1982 Sixth Round Crystal Palace H 1–0 Allen 24,653
3 April 1982 Semi-Final West Bromwich Albion N 1–0 Allen 45,015
22 May 1982 Final Tottenham Hotspur N 1–1 (aet - 0–0 at 90 mins) Fenwick 100,000
27 May 1982 Final Replay Tottenham Hotspur N 0–1 90,000

[8]

References
  1. "Dreams Can Come True – The 1982 FA Cup Semi-Final at Highbury". Independent R's.
  2. "When El Tel's QPR installed Britain's first artificial pitch". PressReader.
  3. "Tottenham Defeat QPR To Win 1982 FA Cup Final". Hotspur HQ.
  4. "FA Cup 1982". My Eyes Have Seen The Glory.
  5. Rothmans 1982-83, pp. 306–308
  6. Rothmans 1982-83, pp. 306
  7. Rothmans 1982-83, pp. 449, 451 & 453–454
  8. Rothmans 1982-83, pp. 473–477
Bibliography
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982-83 (Editor: Jack Rollin). London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-07888-4.
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