# 1958–59 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1958–59 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division (after regionalised divisions were scrapped) and finished in thirteenth place.

## League standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 84 | 76 | 1.105 | 47 |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 | 46 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 46 |
| 14 | Southampton | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 88 | 80 | 1.100 | 45 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 45 |

## Results

QPR scores given first
Win  Draw  Loss

### Third Division

| Date | Opponent (position start of day) | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | QPR Position end of day |
| 23 August 1958 | Reading (-) | A | 2–2 | Longbottom 2 | 16961 | 13 |
| 25 August 1958 | Tranmere (4) | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 12393 | 12 |
| 30 August 1958 | Colchester (11) | H | 4–2 | Longbottom, Locke, Kerrins 2 | 9852 | 9 |
| 1 September 1958 | Tranmere (11) | A | 0–2 | | 13959 | 12 |
| 6 September 1958 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (9) | A | 0–2 | | 11890 | 19 |
| 9 September 1958 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–2 | | 10725 | 22 |
| 13 September 1958 | Norwich City (4) | H | 2–1 | Longbottom, Kerrins | 10498 | 19 |
| 15 September 1958 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 3–1 | Cameron, Kerrins, Longbottom | 10118 | 9 |
| 20 September 1958 | Southend United (11) | A | 0–4 | | 13524 | 18 |
| 22 September 1958 | Stockport | A | 3–2 | Longbottom 3 | 12162 | 11 |
| 27 September 1958 | Bury | H | 2–1 | Tomkys 2 | 10118 | 9 |
| 29 September 1958 | Stockport | H | 0–0 | | 7458 | 9 |
| 4 October 1958 | Mansfield Town (12) | A | 4–3 | Longbottom, Dawson, Cameron, Angell | 10033 | 8 |
| 7 October 1958 | Rochdale | A | 2–2 | Cameron, Tomkys | 4276 | 8 |
| 11 October 1958 | Chesterfield | H | 2–2 | Kerrins, Tomkys | 9452 | 8 |
| 20 October 1958 | Newport County (18) | A | 1–3 | Cameron | 8410 | 11 |
| 25 October 1958 | Halifax Town (14) | H | 3–1 | Longbottom 3 | 9607 | 7 |
| 1 November 1958 | Accrington Stanley | A | 4–2 | Longbottom, Dawson 2, Tomkys | 6498 | 5 |
| 8 November 1958 | Southampton (6) | H | 2–2 | Longbottom, Petchey | 11287 | 6 |
| 22 November 1958 | Brentford (11) | H | 1–2 | Kerrins | 15123 | 8 |
| 29 November 1958 | Hull City (2) | A | 0–1 | | 11705 | 12 |
| 13 December 1958 | Swindon | A | 0–2 | | 8307 | 16 |
| 20 December 1958 | Reading (6) | H | 2–0 | Kerrins, Pearson | 6909 | 14 |
| 26 December 1958 | Plymouth (1) | A | 2–3 | Angell, Tomkys | 30665 | 15 |
| 27 December 1958 | Plymouth (1) | H | 2–1 | Pearson, Longbottom | 15768 | 12 |
| 3 January 1959 | Colchester (7) | A | 0–3 | | 8719 | 15 |
| 17 January 1959 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (11) | H | 0–4 | | 6041 | 16 |
| 31 January 1959 | Norwich City (19) | A | 1–5 | Longbottom | 16781 | 18 |
| 7 February 1959 | Southend United (3) | H | 1–3 | Petchey | 6361 | 20 |
| 14 February 1959 | Bury | A | 1–3 | Clark | 5072 | 20 |
| 21 February 1959 | Mansfield Town (18) | H | 1–1 | Locke | 5007 | 20 |
| 28 February 1959 | Chesterfield | A | 3–2 | Tomkys, Locke 2 | 8711 | 20 |
| 7 March 1959 | Newport County (19) | H | 4–2 | Longbottom 2, Locke, Angell | 5707 | 17 |
| 14 March 1959 | Halifax Town (11) | A | 1–2 | Locke | 5586 | 20 |
| 16 March 1959 | Bradford City (17) | H | 3–0 | Whitelaw, Pearson 2 | 7578 | 15 |
| 21 March 1959 | Accrington Stanley | H | 3–1 | Anderson, Pearson, Tighe (og) | 8005 | 15 |
| 27 March 1959 | Notts County (23) | H | 2–1 | Whitelaw, Pearson | 12044 | 12 |
| 28 March 1959 | Southampton (10) | A | 0–1 | | 9808 | 13 |
| 30 March 1959 | Notts County (13) | A | 1–0 | Angell (pen) | 6956 | 12 |
| 4 April 1959 | Wrexham | H | 5–0 | Anderson 2, Whitelaw, Angell (pen), Longbottom | 8670 | 11 |
| 8 April 1959 | Wrexham | A | 0–1 | | 5738 | 11 |
| 11 April 1959 | Brentford (3) | A | 0–1 | | 15905 | 12 |
| 18 April 1959 | Hull City (1) | H | 1–1 | Whitelaw | 9325 | 11 |
| 20 April 1959 | Rochdale | H | 3–0 | Angell, Longbottom, Whitelaw | 7280 | 11 |
| 25 April 1959 | Bradford City (11) | A | 0–1 | | 6895 | 14 |
| 27 April 1959 | Swindon | H | 2–1 | Angell, Tomkys | 7628 | 10 |

### London Challenge Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
| 6 October 1958 | First Round | Walthamstow | H | 3–2 |
| 20 October 1958 | Quarter-Finals | Fulham | H | 4–2 |
| 3 November 1958 | Semi final | Tottenham | A | 0–7 |

### Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 13 October 1958 | First Round | Fulham | A | 0–4 | | 8497 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 15 November 1958 | First Round | Walsall | A | 1–0 | Dawson | 15123 |
| 6 December 1958 | Second Round | Southampton | H | 0–1 | | 13166 |

## Squad

| Position | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| GK | Ray Drinkwater | 43 | | 3 | | 46 | |
| GK | Pat Welton | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| DF | Tony Ingham | 46 | | 3 | | 49 | |
| DF | Keith Rutter | 44 | | 3 | | 47 | |
| DF | Pat Woods | 44 | | 3 | | 47 | |
| DF | Walter Colgan | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| MF | Pat Kerrins | 29 | 7 | 3 | | 32 | 7 |
| MF | Stuart Richardson | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| MF | John Pearson | 16 | 5 | | | 16 | 5 |
| MF | Peter Angell | 45 | 6 | 3 | | 48 | 6 |
| MF | Arthur Longbottom | 41 | 20 | 3 | | 44 | 20 |
| MF | Bobby Cameron | 22 | 5 | 3 | | 25 | 5 |
| MF | George Petchey | 46 | 2 | 3 | | 49 | 2 |
| MF | Mike Powell | 4 | | | | 4 | |
| FW | Mike Tomkys | 25 | 8 | 3 | | 28 | 8 |
| FW | Lesley Locke | 25 | 5 | | | 25 | 5 |
| FW | Alec Dawson | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| FW | Tommy Anderson | 10 | 3 | | | 10 | 3 |
| FW | Brian Kelly | 6 | | | | 6 | |
| FW | George Whitelaw | 11 | 5 | | | 11 | 5 |
| FW | Clive Clark | 19 | 1 | | | 19 | 1 |

## Transfers In

| Name | from | Date | Fee |
| John Pearson | Brentford | June 1958 | |
| Mike Keen | Marlow | June 1958 | |
| Clive Clark | Leeds United | September 1958 | |
| Brian Kelly | Dover | November 1958 | |
| Tommy Anderson | Bournemouth | November 1958 | |
| George Whitelaw | Sunderland | March 1959 | £2,000 |

## Transfers Out

| Name | from | Date | Date | Club |
| Tommy Standley | Basildon | May 1957 | November 1958 | Bournemouth |
| Brian Kelly | Dover | November 1958 | July 1959 | Dover |
| Tommy Anderson | Bournemouth | November 1958 | July 1959 | Torquay United |
| Stuart Richardson | Methley United | November 1956 | July 1959 | Oldham Athletic |
| Pat Welton | Leyton Orient | March 1958 | July 1959 | St. Albans City |
| Bobby Cameron | Port Glasgow | June 1950 | July 1959 | Leeds United |
| Mike Powell | QPR Juniors | January 1951 | July 1959 | Yiewsley |
| Mike Tomkys | Fulham | November 1951 | July 1959 | Yiewsley |
| Alec Dawson | Gourock Jnrs | February 1957 | July 1959 | Sittingbourne |
| Tommy Anderson | Bournemouth | November 1958 | July 1959 | Torquay United |
| Brian Kelly | Dover | November 1958 | July 1959 | Dover |