Personalised Queens Park Rangers Football Books
Enjoy a Newspaper History of QPR
Queens Park Rangers FC was founded in 1882. Although the club started slowly, the team rapidly improved in the late 1950s following the appointment of Alec Stock as manager. Rangers won the League Cup in 1967 and played top flight football for the first time in 1968. QPR finished as runners-up of the First Division in 1976, missing out on the title to Liverpool by just a single point. Queens Park Rangers reached the League Cup semi-final and the European Cup quarter-final over the next few years. Although QPR was relegated in 1979, Rangers reached the FA Cup final as a Second Division side in 1982. Terry Venables was the manager of the team at the time. He led QPR to the Second Division title in 1983 and a fifth place finish in the First Division in 1984. Rangers had gone from relegation to qualification for European competition in just five years. QPR reached the League Cup final in 1986, but lost to Oxford United. This would be the last major achievement at the club for a number of years, as financial difficulties hit Queens Park Rangers in the 1990s. Investment led to more stability at the club in the new millennium and QPR has since been building towards a return to the Premier League.
Personalised QPR Football Books - Inspired Gifts
A Queens Park Rangers Gift Book can be an inspired present for a fan of QPR. It is unique, smartly presented and filled with fascinating newspaper reports on the history of the club. Being able to personalise this Queens Park Rangers Football Book makes the gift even more special and shows the thought that has gone into buying it. The present will also prove to be a terrific addition to a supporter’s QPR memorabilia collection.
Queens Park Rangers Football Book Coverage
This Queens Park Rangers Football Book opens with a spectacular picture of the QPR goalkeeper making a brave save against Birmingham City in a 1914 FA Cup-tie. It goes on to cover a selection of great games through the decades of the 20th Century and highlights of the present era.
Some of the memorable early games in this Queens Park Rangers Football Book include beating Sheffield United in the 1923 FA Cup quarter-final, gaining promotion to Division Two in 1948 and thrashing Crystal Palace 5-2 in 1961. The Gift Books also report on QPR rising to prominence in the 1960s; newspaper coverage includes Rangers beating West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at Wembley Stadium to win the League Cup in 1967, winning promotion to Division Three in the same year and clinching promotion to Division One in 1968. Relive the glory days of the 1970s when Queens Park Rangers were pipped to the title by Liverpool in their last match of the 1976 season. The QPR Football Books additionally feature the stunning 4-0 win over Manchester United in 1977 and the 6-1 pounding of West Ham in 1978. Read about the FA Cup final of 1982, becoming Division Two champions in 1983, the fabulous 6-0 win over Chelsea in 1986 and, of course, the Milk Cup final of the same season. Top European games are also covered in this special Gift Book, as articles are included on wins over Cologne, AEK Athens and Partizan Belgrade.
The Queens Park Rangers Football Books contain newspaper coverage of the appointments as manager of Dave Sexton in 1974 and Terry Venables in 1980, plus the takeover of QPR in 2007 by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore.
Newspaper coverage continues right up to the end of last season. This unique insight into QPR’s history makes these books truly memorable gifts and a great addition for a collector of Queens Park Rangers memorabilia.
QPR Memorabilia
If you are a collector of Queens Park Rangers memorabilia or looking for other Rangers gifts, why not consider our QPR Calendar or QPR Diary? Each month features a newspaper headline on one of Rangers’ key games. The presents can be personalised with the recipient’s name to make them even more special and both items make great gifts for Queens Park Rangers fans. Other QPR presents include Framed Newspaper Reprints and unique QPR T-Shirts.
Finally – Did You Know?
- Queens Park Rangers was founded in 1882 following the merger of St. Jude’s and Christchurch Rangers FC.
- QPR played in almost twenty different grounds before settling at Loftus Road in 1917.
- Tony Ingham played for Rangers 519 times. This is a club appearance record.
- Terry Venables installed a ‘plastic pitch’ when he became the QPR manager in 1980.
- QPR was ranked as one of the top ten richest sports clubs in the world following the ownership take-over in 2007.