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Alan Spratley: Born June 5, 1949
Perhaps not one of the best known of ex-QPR players - and certainly he didn't play that many league games for the club (about 30 games) but in the late 1960s and very early 1970s - including in some of QPR's ill-fated Division one games, Spratley was the back goalie first to Mike Kelly and then to Phil Parkes.
Spratley eventually signed for Swindon in the 1973/74 Season - Swindon
Among the games he played for QPR:
March 19, 1969 - Manchester United 8 QPR 1
Spratley
Clement Hazell Hunt Watson
Glover I.Morgan Sibley
Clarke Marsh Leach
Sub: Keetch for Clarke
Manchester United
Willie Morgan 3, George Best 2, John Aston, Brian Kidd and Nobby Stiles got the goals.
Man Ut's Team included: Stepney, Fitzpatrick, Dunne, Crerand, James, Stiles, Morgan, Kidd, Aston, Law, Best
Date: Chelsea vs QPR 19th April 1969 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41263
Chelsea 2 QPR 1 Scorers: Baldwin (2); Bridges
Chelsea: Peter Bonetti, David Webb, Eddie McCreadie, Ron Harris, John Dempsey, Peter Osgood (Charlie Cooke), Tommy Baldwin, Alan Birchenall, Ian Hutchinson, Bobby Tambling, Peter Houseman
QPR: Alan Spratley, Dave Clement, Alan Harris, Ian Watson, Ron Hunt, Tony Hazell, Ian Morgan, Mike Leach, Frank Clarke, Rodney Marsh, Barry Bridges
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy) Record
And in the 1970/71 season: Spratley played in the opening game a 2-1? loss at Birmingham? (Mike Kelly had just been sold and Spratley was preferred to Parkes)
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