# 1962–63 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
## Season summary

During the 1962-63 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Third Division and finished in Thirteenth place having positioned well before the big freeze of winter 1963 . QPR experimented once again with a move to White City Stadium.but returned to Loftus Road the following season.
On the last game of the season Club stalwart Tony Ingham made his 548th and final Qpr appearance.

## League standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 58 | 1.172 | 47 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 73 | 93 | 0.785 | 47 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 85 | 76 | 1.118 | 45 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 100 | 92 | 1.087 | 45 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 83 | 81 | 1.025 | 44 |

## Results

QPR scores given first
Win  Draw  Loss

### Third Division

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance | Position |
| 18 August 1962 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 2-2 | Lazarus, Bedford | 12,022 | 12 |
| 20 August 1962 | Halifax Town | H | 5-0 | Bedford 2, McClelland, Keen, Lazarus | 11,143 | 1 |
| 24 August 1962 | Carlisle United | A | 5-2 | Lazarus 2 (1 pen), Bedford 2, Evans | 8,116 | 1 |
| 27 August 1962 | Halifax Town | A | 4-1 | McClelland, Angell (pen), Bedford, Lazarus | 7,353 | 1 |
| 1 September 1962 | Swindon Town | H | 2-2 | McClelland, Large | 12,573 | 3 |
| 3 September 1962 | Crystal Palace | H | 4-1 | Bedford 2, Angell (pen), Large | 16,853 | 2 |
| 8 September 1962 | Peterborough United | A | 2-1 | McClelland, Bedford | 14,481 | 1 |
| 12 September 1962 | Crystal Palace | A | 0-1 | | 21,958 | 2 |
| 15 September 1962 | Barnsley | H | 2-1 | Large 2 | 11,246 | 2 |
| 17 September 1962 | Wrexham | H | 1-2 | Lazarus | 13,175 | 2 |
| 22 September 1962 | Northampton Town | A | 0-1 | | 15,469 | 2 |
| 29 September 1962 | Southend United | A | 3-1 | McClelland, Barber, Lazarus | 12,597 | 2 |
| 6 October 1962 | Notts. County | H | 0-1 | | 15,594 | 4 |
| 10 October 1962 | Wrexham | A | 1-3 | Lazarus | 15,417 | 6 |
| 13 October 1962 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | A | 1-2 | Bedford | 11,678 | 10 |
| 22 October 1962 | Hull City | H | 4-1 | Bedford 3, Lazarus | 18,281 | 7 |
| 27 October 1962 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 3-0 | McClelland 3 | 8,552 | 6 |
| 10 November 1962 | Bristol City | A | 4-2 | Bedford 2, Barber, McClelland | 13,262 | 5 |
| 17 November 1962 | Reading | H | 3-2 | Large, Collins, Malcolm | 10,313 | 4 |
| 1 December 1962 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 0-0 | | 10,347 | 4 |
| 8 December 1962 | Millwall | A | 0-0 | | 13,763 | 4 |
| 15 December 1962 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2-2 | Bedford, Lazarus | 11,529 | 5 |
| 22 December 1962 | Carlisle United | H | 2-2 | Lazarus 2 | 9,733 | 5 |
| 12 January 1963 | Swindon Town | A | 0-5 | | 7,625 | 9 |
| 9 February 1963 | Northampton Town | H | 1-3 | Bedford | 14,238 | 9 |
| 12 February 1963 | Notts. County | A | 2-3 | Lazarus, Bedford | 8,268 | 10 |
| 2 March 1963 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | H | 1-0 | Bedford | 8,393 | 10 |
| 9 March 1963 | Coventry City | A | 1-4 | Leary | 15,029 | 10 |
| 16 March 1963 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 1-2 | Malcolm | 7,355 | 12 |
| 23 March 1963 | Watford | A | 5-2 | Lazarus 2 (1 pen), Bedford 2, Malcolm | 10,597 | 11 |
| 30 March 1963 | Bristol City | H | 3-1 | Collins, Leary, Barber | 5,716 | 10 |
| 1 April 1963 | Colchester United | H | 1-2 | Malcolm | 7,688 | 10 |
| 5 April 1963 | Reading | A | 1-1 | Bedford | 7,946 | 10 |
| 8 April 1963 | Southend United | H | 1-0 | Lazarus | 7,552 | 8 |
| 12 April 1963 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3-5 | Bedford, Leary, Lazarus | 10,169 | 11 |
| 13 April 1963 | Port Vale | H | 3-1 | Leary 2, Collins | 5,690 | 6 |
| 15 April 1963 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0-0 | | 10,954 | 7 |
| 20 April 1963 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 3-0 | Lazarus, Malcolm, Leary | 3,890 | 6 |
| 22 April 1963 | Colchester United | A | 1-2 | McClelland | 6,556 | 7 |
| 25 April 1963 | Hull City | A | 1-4 | Leary | 5,894 | 9 |
| 27 April 1963 | Millwall | H | 2-3 | Leary, McClelland | 8,583 | 9 |
| 29 April 1963 | Port Vale | A | 2-3 | Leary, Sproson (og) | 5,974 | 10 |
| 10 May 1963 | Barnsley | A | 0-0 | | 4,934 | 12 |
| 13 May 1963 | Watford | H | 2-2 | Barber, Collins | 5,052 | 12 |
| 18 May 1963 | Peterborough United | H | 0-0 | | 5,977 | 12 |
| 22 May 1963 | Coventry City | H | 1-3 | Collins | 3,261 | 13 |

### London Challenge Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 26 September 1962 | First Round | West Ham United | H | 3-3 | | |
| 2 October 1962 | First Round Replay | West Ham United | A | 1-7 | | |

### Football League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 24 Sep 1962 | First Round | Preston North End | H | 1-2 | Collins | 11005 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 03 Nov 1962 | First Round | Newport County | H | 3-2 | Barber 2, Large | 12252 |
| 24 Nov 1962 | Second Round | Hinckley Athletic | H | 7-2 | Bedford 3, McClelland, Collins, Lazarus, Large | 13008 |
| 26 Jan 1963 | Third Round | Swansea Town | A | 0-2 | | 12500 |

## Squad

| Position | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | League Cup Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| GK | Ray Drinkwater | 27 | | 3 | | | 30 | |
| GK | Frank Smith | 17 | | 1 | | | 18 | |
| GK | Peter Springett | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| DF | Tony Ingham | 41 | | 3 | | | 44 | |
| DF | Keith Rutter | 17 | | 1 | | | 18 | |
| DF | Roy Bentley | 16 | | 2 | | | 18 | |
| DF | Peter Baker | 6 | | | | | 6 | |
| DF | Brian Taylor | 14 | | | | | 14 | |
| MF | John McClelland | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | | 37 | 12 |
| MF | Jimmy Dugdale | 10 | | 3 | | | 13 | |
| MF | Mike Keen | 41 | 1 | 2 | | | 43 | 1 |
| MF | Mark Lazarus | 42 | 18 | 4 | 1 | | 46 | 19 |
| MF | Bill Williams | 25 | | 1 | | | 26 | |
| MF | John Collins | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 |
| MF | Peter Angell | 30 | 2 | 4 | | | 34 | 2 |
| MF | Andy Malcolm | 31 | 6 | 3 | | | 34 | 6 |
| FW | Stuart Leary | 24 | 9 | 1 | | | 25 | 9 |
| FW | Mike Barber | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | 29 | 6 |
| FW | Frank Large | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | 22 | 6 |
| FW | Brian Bedford | 43 | 23 | 3 | 3 | | 46 | 26 |
| FW | Bernard Evans | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | 9 | 1 |

## Transfers In

| Name | from | Date | Fee |
| Frank Large | Halifax Town | June 1962 | |
| Jimmy Dugdale | Aston Villa | October 1962 | |
| Andy Malcolm | Chelsea | October 1962 | £10,000 |
| Stuart Leary | Charlton Athletic | December 1962 | |
| Seth Vafiadis | Chelsea | November 1962 | |
| Ron Hunt | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | May 1963 | |
| George Jacks | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | January 1964 | |

## Transfers Out

| Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee |
| Jim Towers | Brentford | May 1961 | £8,000* | August 1962 | Millwall | £5,000 |
| Bernard Evans | Wrexham | October 1961 | | December 1962 | Oxford United | |
| Keith Rutter | Methley United | July 1954 | | February 1963 | Colchester United | |
| Frank Large | Halifax Town | June 1962 | | March 1963 | Northampton Town | |
| Jimmy Dugdale | Aston Villa | October 1962 | | May 1963 | Retired (injury) | |
| John McClelland | Lincoln City | September 1961 | | May 1963 | Portsmouth | £10,000 |
| Bill Williams | Portsmouth | July 1961 | | June 1963 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| Ray Drinkwater | Portsmouth | February 1958 | | July 1963 | Bath City. | |
| Peter Baker | Sheffield Wednesday | March 1961 | | July 1963 | Romford | |
| Roy Bentley | Fulham | June 1961 | | July 1963 | Reading (manager) | |
| Mike Barber | Arsenal | December 1959 | | July 1963 | Notts County | |
| Tony Ingham | Leeds United | June 1950 | £5,000 | May 1963 | Retired | |