Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Early history (1882–1920s)

The club was formed in 1886, when a team known as St Jude's (formed in 1884) merged with Christchurch Rangers (formed in 1882). The resulting team was called Queens Park Rangers and their official formation date is considered to be 1882, which is the original founding date of Christchurch Rangers. The club's name came from the fact that most of the players came from the Queen's Park area of North- West London. St Jude's Institute on Ilbert Street W10 is still in use as a community hall and in July 2011 club icon Stan Bowles unveiled a plaque celebrating its place in QPR history. 1882: QPR was founded as Queens Park Rangers by a group of schoolboys from the area of Queen's Park in North-West London. The club initially played in local leagues and was part of the amateur football movement. QPR became a professional team in 1889. The club was elected into the Southern Football League in 1899. In 1899–1900 they put themselves on the map after qualifying for the first round proper of the FA Cup by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers on their own ground 1–0. The Guardian said "the hitherto unknown Queens Park Rangers, a team hailing from the north-west suburbs of London...upset all calculations." At this time the club's core support, as indicated by its marketing area, was an area of West London, to the west of the A5 Road (Roman Watling Street), in and around the former boroughs of Paddington and Willesden. As London extended further west, the…

Note: the leagues and divisions of English football have changed somewhat over time, so here they are grouped into their relative levels on the English football league system at the time they were won to allow easy comparison of the achievement Source: League

First Division (level 1) Runners-up: 1975–76 Second Division / Championship (level 2) Champions: 1982–83, 2010–11 2nd place promotion: 1967–68, 1972–73 Play-off winners: 2014 Third Division South / Third Division / Second Division (level 3) Champions: 1947–48, 1966–67 2nd place promotion: 2003–04 Southern League Champions: 1907–08, 1911–12 Western League Champions: 1905–06 Cup

FA Cup Runners-up: 1981–82 League Cup Winners: 1966–67 Runners-up: 1985–86 FA Charity Shield Runners-up: 1908, 1912 Minor

Bruges Matins: 1977 Division Three South (North Region): 1945–46 Wartime League South B: 1939–40 West London Challenge Cup runners-up: 1890–91 West London Observer Cup: 1891–92, 1892–93 London Cup: 1895 London Challenge Cup Winners: 1932–33, 1938–39, 1955–56, 1965–66 Southern Charity Cup: 1913 Copa De Ibiza: 2005 Trofeo Bortolotti: 2011 Dryworld Cup: 2016 Premier League Cup: 2024–25 London Senior Cup: 2025–26