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October 8, 1968: Thirty-Eight years ago today: QPR - after playing 12 games and two months, in the old first division without a win (7 losses and 5 draws including a humiliating 0-4 home defeat against Chelsea) -finally won a game in the old-first Division.
In a midweek game at Loftus Road (at a time, when QPR always played their midweek games on Tuesdays), QPR beat Ipswich 2-1. Bridges and Roger Morgan scoring for QPR.
QPR's team against Ipswich:
Mike Kelly:
Harris Hazell Keetch Watson
Keen Morgan Allen
Leach Bridges Wilks
[Three days later,QPR defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 at Loftus Road, with Wilks, Bridges and Leach scoring, and QPR seemed to be surging.(Unfortuantely QPR lost their next 3 games 3-2 at Newcastle 3-2 at home to Man United and 3-4 at West Ham...and in fact won only two other games the rest of the season as they were relegated with a then record-lowest number of points in the First Division: 18 points!)
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