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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Football Club | Official Name = Queens Park Rangers Football Club | Year Founded = 1882 | Nickname = The Hoops | Stadium = <a href="/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Loftus Road (page does not exist)">Loftus Road</a>&lt;br /&gt;18,489 (All Seater) | Ch...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Football Club<br /> | Official Name = Queens Park Rangers Football Club<br /> | Year Founded = 1882<br /> | Nickname = The Hoops<br /> | Stadium = [[Loftus Road]]&lt;br /&gt;18,489 (All Seater)<br /> | Chairman = [[Tony Fernandes]]<br /> | Manager = [[Harry Redknapp]]&lt;br /&gt; (2012 - present)<br /> | Current League = [[English Premier League]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Queens Park Rangers Football Club''' (also referred to as QPR) is an English football club based in the area of White City in London, England. QPR currently competes in the [[English Premier League]], with a blue and white hooped shirt as their home kit. Due to the clubs kit type, they are known as ''The Hoops''.<br /> <br /> QPR's foundation dates back to 1882, when Christchurch Rangers were formed. In 1884, another local team, St. Judes, was formed. Within a couple of years of both clubs operating in the same area, they decided to merge. The merger took place in 1886, which created Queens Park Rangers. QPR had a slow start to their history in terms of major honours, but did win both the [[Western League]] and [[Southern League]] titles before 1910.<br /> <br /> The club has played the majority of its history at [[Loftus Road]]. Before 1917, the club played at as many as 13 different home grounds. Since 1917, the club has played at [[Loftus Road]], but had two short spells away from the ground in the 1930s and 1960s for 3 season in total. QPR will move into a new home in 2018, called the [[New Queens Park]]. The ground will be over twice the capacity of [[Loftus Road]], holding up to 40,000 spectators. <br /> <br /> QPR are seen as one of the larger [[London football club]]s, however they have never had a long period of success in England's top-tier. Until the mid-1960s the club was a prominent club in the 3rd tier of English football, before climbing fairly rapidly to the top tier. They spent the majority of the next 30 years as a top-tier club, only falling into the second-tier on a couple of occasions. They finished runners-up during this period in both [[Division 1]] and in the [[FA Cup]].<br /> <br /> [[Alec Stock]] is the clubs longest serving manager, from 1959 to 1968, taking charge of 439 games. [[Full-back]] [[Tony Ingham]] played 555 games for the club and is the record appearance holder. [[George Goddard]] is the clubs leading goalscorer with 186 goals in 260 appearances. [[Rodney Marsh]] and [[Les Ferdinand]] also had a great goal returns for the club, both averaging around a goal every other game.<br /> <br /> QPR's main rivals are said to be [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], following a 2003 poll. Other clubs they have a local rivalry with include [[Fulham F.C.]] and [[Brentford F.C.]]. Games between any of the four clubs are referred to as [[West London Derby|West London Derbies]]. <br /> <br /> The clubs only major honour came in 1966–67 when they won the [[League Cup]]. Other achievements include finishing runners-up in the [[FA Cup]] and also the [[Division 1]] in 1982 and 1975 respectively. They have also been runners-up in the [[FA Charity Shield]] twice in 1909 and 1913.</div>

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