| Club: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Season: | 1957–58 |
| Chairman: | Albert Hittinger |
| Manager: | Jack Taylor |
| League: | Football League Third Division South |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| Cup2: | Southern Professional Floodlight Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Round One |
| Cup3 Result: | Round One |
| Cup3: | London Challenge Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Arthur Longbottom 17 |
| Season Topscorer: | Arthur Longbottom 18 |
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| Prevseason: | 1956–57 |
| Nextseason: | 1958–59 |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,734 Vs Brentford (24 August 1957) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,093 Vs Torquay (14 December 1957) |
| Stadium: | Loftus Road |
| Largest Loss: | 0–6 Vs Southend United (31 August 1957) |
| Largest Win: | 5–1 Vs Northampton Town (23 November 1957) |
During the 1957–58 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in tenth place therefore qualifying for the following season's football league merge of division three north and south teams into divisions three and four.[1]
QPR scores given first
| Date[3] | Opponents position prior to match (*) | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | QPR's Position (End of day) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1957 | Brentford (-) | H | 1–0 | Petchey | 15,734 | 9 | |
| 26 August 1957 | Colchester (3) | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 12,328 | 2 | |
| 31 August 1957 | Southend (1) | A | 0–6 | 15,883 | 8 | ||
| 2 September 1957 | Colchester (10) | A | 1–2 | Finney | 8,992 | 9 | |
| 7 September 1957 | Brighton and Hove Albion (2) | H | 0–1 | 11,139 | 15 | ||
| 11 September 1957 | Swindon (8) | A | 1–1 | Angell | 10,730 | 17 | |
| 14 September 1957 | Southampton (5) | A | 0–5 | 15,965 | 20 | ||
| 16 September 1957 | Swindon (13) | H | 2–1 | Locke 2 | 8,413 | 14 | |
| 21 September 1957 | Newport County (12) | H | 1–1 | Woods | 9,187 | 17 | |
| 23 September 1957 | Millwall (6) | H | 3–0 | Locke 3 | 11,325 | 11 | |
| 28 September 1957 | Port Vale (5) | H | 1–2 | Locke | 12,616 | 17 | |
| 30 September 1957 | Millwall (9) | A | 0–5 | 12,784 | 18 | ||
| 5 October 1957 | Plymouth Argyle (1) | H | 1–0 | Locke | 11,354 | 13 | |
| 12 October 1957 | Norwich City (4) | A | 0–2 | 19,460 | 19 | ||
| 19 October 1957 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (10) | H | 3–0 | Angell, Woods, Woollard (og) | 9,007 | 14 | |
| 26 October 1957 | Walsall (22) | A | 2–1 | Longbottom 2 | 7,560 | 10 | |
| 2 November 1957 | Coventry City (19) | H | 3–0 | Kerrins 2, Locke | 9,246 | 8 | |
| 9 November 1957 | Shrewsbury Town (17) | A | 1–2 | Longbottom | 8,514 | 11 | |
| 23 November 1957 | Northampton Town (20) | A | 5–1 | Longbottom 4, Smith | 7,525 | 10 | |
| 30 November 1957 | Watford (16) | H | 3–0 | Ingham, Longbottom, Petchey | 10,236 | 8 | |
| 14 December 1957 | Torquay (23) | H | 1–1 | Woods | 6,093 | 8 | |
| 21 December 1957 | Brentford (3) | A | 1–1 | Cameron | 12,084 | 10 | |
| 25 December 1957 | Gillingham (21) | A | 1–1 | Standley | 7,233 | 12 | |
| 26 December 1957 | Gillingham (21) | H | 1–1 | Woods | 8,658 | 12 | |
| 28 December 1957 | Southend United (8) | H | 1–1 | Woods | 10,072 | 14 | |
| 11 January 1958 | Brighton and Hove Albion (1) | A | 1–1 | Longbottom | 13,322 | 13 | |
| 18 January 1958 | Southampton (5) | H | 3–2 | Longbottom 2, Woods (pen) | 8,611 | 12 | |
| 25 January 1958 | Reading (4) | A | 0–3 | 11,455 | 12 | ||
| 1 February 1958 | Newport County (7) | A | 2–4 | Dawson, Longbottom | 7,543 | 12 | |
| 8 February 1958 | Port Vale (7) | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Longbottom | 7,594 | 12 | |
| 15 February 1958 | Plymouth Argyle (3) | A | 1–3 | Cameron | 17,068 | 14 | |
| 22 February 1958 | Norwich City (5) | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 7,935 | 13 | |
| 1 March 1958 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (12) | A | 1–4 | Dawson | 12,711 | 13 | |
| 3 March 1958 | Aldershot (18) | H | 0–1` | 7,744 | 13 | ||
| 8 March 1958 | Walsall (22) | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 6,548 | 13 | |
| 15 March 1958 | Coventry City (23) | A | 1–1 | Locke | 7,673 | 13 | |
| 17 March 1958 | Reading (2) | H | 3–0 | Woods, Longbottom, Petchey | 8,838 | 12 | |
| 22 March 1958 | Northampton Town (17) | H | 1–0 | Longbottom | 7,531 | 12 | |
| 29 March 1958 | Torquay (24) | A | 1–3 | Locke | 5,172 | 12 | |
| 4 April 1958 | Exeter City (24) | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 10,223 | 11 | |
| 7 April 1958 | Exeter City (23) | A | 0–0 | 7,078 | 13 | ||
| 12 April 1958 | Watford (17) | A | 0–0 | 8,022 | 12 | ||
| 16 April 1958 | Crystal Palace (15) | A | 3–2 | Longbottom, Kerrins, Locke | 18,712 | 11 | |
| 19 April 1958 | Crystal Palace (15) | H | 4–2 | Kerrins, Longbottom, Cameron, Locke | 11,868 | 11 | |
| 23 April 1958 | Aldershot (19) | A | 1–1 | Kerrins | 4,058 | 10 | |
| 28 April 1958 | Shrewsbury Town (17) | H | 3–0 | Kerrins 2, Locke | 6,193 | 10 |
| Date[5] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 1957 | First Round | Reading | H | 0–0 | |||
| 6 November 1957 | First Round Replay | Reading | A | 2–5 | Kerrins, Locke | 6377 |
| Date[6] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 November 1957 | First Round | Clapton | A | 1–1 | Dawson | 8,000 | |
| 18 November 1957 | First Round Replay | Clapton | H | 3–1 | Longbottom, Locke, Walsh (og) | 12,786 | |
| 7 December 1957 | Second Round | Hereford | A | 1–6 | Smith | 14,000 |
| Position | Nationality | Name | LeagueAppearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals | TotalAppearances | Total Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ron Springett | 34 | 4 | 38 | ||||||
| GK | Ray Drinkwater | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| GK | Bob Fry | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| DF | Tony Ingham | 46 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 1 | ||||
| DF | Keith Rutter | 46 | 5 | 51 | ||||||
| DF | Pat Woods | 44 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 6 | ||||
| DF | Walter Colgan | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| MF | Pat Kerrins | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 8 | |||
| MF | Cecil Andrews | 12 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| MF | Peter Angell | 45 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 2 | ||||
| MF | Arthur Longbottom | 40 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 18 | |||
| MF | Bobby Cameron | 37 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 8 | ||||
| MF | George Petchey | 46 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 3 | ||||
| MF | Tom Standley | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | |||||
| MF | Mike Powell | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| FW | Mike Tomkys | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| FW | Lesley Locke | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 15 | ||
| FW | Alec Dawson | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 2 | |||
| FW | Doug Orr | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| FW | Albert Allum | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| FW | Terry Peacock | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| FW | Eddie Smith | 18 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Name | from | Date | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Standley | Basildon United | May 1957 | ||
| Doug Orr | Hendon | June 1957 | ||
| Albert Allum | Dover | June 1957 | ||
| Eddie Smith | Colchester United | July 1957 | £1,050 | |
| Bob Fry | Bath City | August 1957 | ||
| Ray Drinkwater | Portsmouth | February 1958 | ||
| Pat Welton | Leyton Orient | March 1958 |
| Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Allum | Dover | June 1957 | Dover | ||||
| Ron Springett | Victoria United | February 1953 | March 1958 | Sheffield Wednesday | £10,000 | ||
| Bob Fry | Bath City | August 1957 | July 1958 | Bexleyheath & Welling | |||
| Doug Orr | Hendon | June 1957 | July 1958 | Queens Park | |||
| Eddie Smith | Colchester United | July 1957 | £1,050 | July 1958 | |||
| Cecil Andrews | Crystal Palace | June 1956 | July 1958 | Sittingbourne |