On This Day: QPR's Two Consequential Cup Games: Les Allen's Departure/Gordon Jago's Arrival and Start of Wembley Cup Run

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Thirty-seven Years ago:January 2nd 1971, FA Cup Third Round at Loftus Road QPR 1 Swindon 2 (Marsh)
The Swindon defeat led to the departure of QPR Manager Les Allen, after two years as QPR manager. By the time QPR played Luton the following Saturday, Allen was gone. Allen's replacement - initially as caretaker, and then as permanent manager, was Gordon Jago, who of course played a massive part in building QPR's "Championship" Team.
QPR's team against Swindon
Parkes
Clement Hunt Sibley Watson
Francis Venables Busby McGovern
Leach Marsh


Twenty-Six Years Ago: January 2, 1982: FA Cup Third Round at Loftus Road: QPR 1 Middlesbrough 1 (Stainrod)
QPR's team (With Peter Hucker making his debut replacing John Burridge)

Hucker
Fenwick Hazell Roeder Neil
Stewart Gillard Waddock Micklewhite
Flanagan Stainrod

[In the replay ten dys later, QPR defeated Middlebsrough 3-2 (Stainrod 2 and Neil) and the Cup run started.
Hucker
Fenwick Hazell Roeder Gregory
Flanagan Gillard Waddock Currie
Allen Stainrod - Neil, Sub