Marking QPR's First League Championship Title

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QPR's 1967 Triumph has been well commemorated. And among the anniversaries that could be being marked this season: The Fourtieth Anniversary of QPR's 1967/1968 Division Two Promotion, under Alec Stock; the thirty-fifth anniversary of QPR's 1972/73 promotion, under Gordon Jago; and the quarter-century mark since the club won the Division Two Championship, under Terry Venables.

There is one additional anniversary: The sixtieth Anniversary of QPR's First League promotion - and the first time they left the old Division 3 South: The 1947/1948 Season.

In 1947-1948, QPR under the managership Dave Mangall (who managed QPR from 1944- 1952)and playing at Loftus Road, won the Divisional Championship after 28 years of trying and went on to play in Division Two for their first time in their history. (They lasted four years in that division, before relegation put them down for another 15 years until 1966/67)

1947/1948 Table
and QPR's 1947/1948 Results The club also had a great cup run reaching the Quarter Finals before losing in the replay at Derby. (Again, this was their best cup year till it was equalled in 1969/70)
See 1948 Video of QPR vs Derby
1948 Programme

QPR had Reg Allen in goal (who went on to join Manchester United for a record 10,000 pound fee and play for England. Among the other players that season: Top scorer Hatton with 25 goals from 41 games; Durrant 12 goals from 27 games; Boxshall 13 goals from 23 games; Bert Adinall 2 goals from 3 games; George Smith 38 games; George Powell 29 games and Ivor Powell 47 games;

From "The Official History of Queens Park Rangers FC" (@2000)
"Rangers made two costly signings. They paid their record fee of 2,000 for George Smith the Brentford center-half and the same figure to Wolverhampton Wonderers for Fred Ramscar.
"...Gates had increased dramatically during the season with over 450,000 people watching the home league games...This increased revenue enabled the club to make a very important purchase, that of thee freehold of the ground together with the thirty-nine houses adjoining in Ellersie and Loftus Roads. The cost of £26,250 was met by the issue of shares...."

1947-1948: DIVISION 3 SOUTH
P W D L F A Pts
Queens Park Rangers 42 26 9 7 74 37 61
Bournemouth 42 24 9 9 76 35 57
Walsall 42 21 9 12 70 40 51
Ipswich Town 42 23 3 16 67 61 49
Swansea Town 42 18 12 12 70 52 48
Notts County 42 19 8 15 68 59 46
Bristol City 42 18 7 17 77 65 43
Port Vale 42 16 11 15 63 54 43
Southend 42 15 13 14 51 58 43
Reading 42 15 11 16 56 58 41
Exeter City 42 15 11 16 55 63 41
Newport County 42 14 13 15 61 73 41
Crystal Palace 42 13 13 16 49 49 39
Northampton Town 42 14 11 17 58 72 39
Watford 42 14 10 18 57 79 38
Swindon Town 42 10 16 16 41 46 36
Leyton Orient 42 13 10 19 51 73 36
Torquay United 42 11 13 18 63 62 35
Aldershot 42 10 15 17 45 67 35
Bristol Rovers 42 13 8 21 71 75 34
Norwich City 42 13 8 21 61 76 34
Brighton & Hove Albion 42 11 12 19 43 73 34

QPR's 1947/1948 Results