1983–84 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 1983–84 football season

Queens Park Rangers

1983–84 season

Manager

Terry Venables

FA Cup

League Cup

Top goalscorer

League: Clive Allen (14)
All: Simon Stainrod (16)

Highest home attendance

27,140 (v Liverpool, 22 October 1983)

Lowest home attendance

8,911 (v Crewe Alexandra, 4 October 1983)

Average home league attendance

15,560

Home colours

Away colours

← 1982–83

1984–85 →

During the 1983–84 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the First Division, having been promoted as the Second Division champions the previous season.

Season summary

QPR enjoyed a solid season upon their return to the First Division, finishing fifth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. At the end of the season, their manager Terry Venables left to manage Barcelona; he was replaced by the Crystal Palace manager Alan Mullery.

Kit

QPR's kits were manufactured by Adidas, who introduced a new kit for the season.^[1] The kits also bore sponsorship for the first time, with Rangers receiving sponsorship from Guinness.

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Position
27 August 1983	Manchester United	A	1–3	48,742	Allen	20
29 August 1983	Southampton	A	0–0	19,522		17
3 September 1983	Aston Villa	H	2–1	16,922	Stainrod, Withe (o.g.)	13
6 September 1983	Watford	H	1–1	17,111	Stainrod	13
10 September 1983	Nottingham Forest	A	2–3	14,607	Dawes, Stainrod	17
17 September 1983	Sunderland	H	3–0	12,929	Fenwick (pen), Stainrod, Allen	13
24 September 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–0	11,511	Allen (2), Gregory, Stainrod	9
1 October 1983	Arsenal	H	2–0	26,293	Gregory, Neill	5
15 October 1983	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	17,959	Stainrod, Gregory	3
22 October 1983	Liverpool	H	0–1	27,140		6
29 October 1983	Norwich City	A	3–0	16,532	Fenwick (2; 1 pen), Stainrod	3
5 November 1983	Luton Town	H	0–1	15,853		6
12 November 1983	Coventry City	A	0–1	11,755		9
19 November 1983	Birmingham City	H	2–1	10,824	Stainrod, Fenwick	7
26 November 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	38,789	Stainrod, Fenwick (pen)	10
3 December 1983	Notts County	H	1–0	10,217	Waddock	8
10 December 1983	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	11,717	Fenwick, Stainrod	5
17 December 1983	Everton	H	2–0	11,608	Charles (2)	4
24 December 1983	Leicester City	A	1–2	17,440	Fenwick (pen)	8
31 December 1983	Aston Villa	A	1–2	19,978	Charles	9
2 January 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	12,875	Wicks, Gregory	8
13 January 1984	Manchester United	H	1–1	16,309	Fenwick	7
17 January 1984	Stoke City	H	6–0	9,320	Charles (2), Stainrod, Gregory, Stewart, Fillery	4
4 February 1984	Arsenal	A	2–0	31,014	Stewart, Fenwick	5
7 February 1984	West Ham United	H	1–1	20,102	Stainrod	5
11 February 1984	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	16,692		5
14 February 1984	Norwich City	H	2–0	12,901	Dawes, Waddock	5
25 February 1984	Liverpool	A	0–1	32,206		6
3 March 1984	Luton Town	A	0–0	11,922		6
7 March 1984	Sunderland	A	0–1	13,538		6
10 March 1984	Coventry City	H	2–1	10,284	Stainrod, Allen	6
17 March 1984	Watford	A	0–1	18,645		6
24 March 1984	Southampton	H	4–0	15,407	Wicks, Micklewhite, Allen, Waddock	6
31 March 1984	West Ham United	A	2–2	21,099	Allen (2)	6
7 April 1984	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	12,251	Allen	4
14 April 1984	Birmingham City	A	2–0	10,255	Gregory, Fenwick	4
21 April 1984	Leicester City	H	2–0	12,360	Allen, Fereday	4
23 April 1984	Stoke City	A	2–1	15,735	Allen, Fereday	3
28 April 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	24,937	Fereday, Gregory	3
5 May 1984	Notts County	A	3–0	7,309	Allen (3)	3
7 May 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	14,418	Fereday	2
12 May 1984	Everton	A	1–3	20,679	Micklewhite	3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	8	12	76	45	+31	74	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Manchester United	42	20	14	8	71	41	+30	74
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	7	13	67	37	+30	73
6	Arsenal	42	18	9	15	74	60	+14	63
7	Everton	42	16	14	12	44	42	+2	62	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]

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

^ Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1983–84 FA Cup winners.

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1984	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	11,924	Gregory

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	4 October 1983	Crewe Alexandra	H	8–1	8,911	Stainrod (3), Waddock, Allen, Stewart, Micklewhite, McDonald
R2 2nd leg	25 October 1983	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–3 (won 8–4 on agg)	3,662
R3	9 November 1983	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	12,341	Stewart, Gregory

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Graham Benstead
—	GK	ENG	Peter Hucker
—	DF	ENG	Ian Dawes
—	DF	ENG	Terry Fenwick
—	DF	ENG	Steve Wicks
—	DF	NIR	Alan McDonald
—	DF	ENG	Warren Neill
—	MF	ENG	Wayne Fereday
—	MF	ENG	Mike Fillery


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	John Gregory
—	MF	ENG	Gary Micklewhite
—	MF	IRL	Gary Waddock
—	FW	ENG	Clive Allen
—	FW	ENG	Gary Bannister
—	FW	ENG	Simon Stainrod
—	FW	WAL	Jeremy Charles
—	FW	NIR	Ian Stewart

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Bob Hazell (Leicester City)
—	MF	ENG	Steve Burke (on loan to Millwall)
—	MF	ENG	Glenn Roeder (Newcastle United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Tony Sealy (on loan to Fulham)
—	FW	ENG	Mike Flanagan (Charlton Athletic)

Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	David Kerslake


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Martin Allen

Douglas McClure

References

^ "Queen's Park Rangers - Historical Football Kits".
^ "Queens Park Rangers - Squad 1983/1984".

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) 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) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One North, One South) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) 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) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

European competitions

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