QPR became the first competitive visitors to the ground and 11, 000 people saw them lose 1 – 0 to Tottenham.

In 1966 – 67, QPR won the Division Three championship and became the first Third Division club to win the League Cup on Saturday, 4 March 1967, beating West Bromwich Albion 3 – 2, ( coming back from a two goal deficit ).

During this same period, QPR became embroiled in financial and boardroom controversy.

" During the time that Loftus Road had the Omniturf pitch installed, QPR reached two cup finals and became Second Division champions, something that critics claimed was caused by the advantage the pitch presented, and QPR's home games in the 1984 – 85 UEFA Cup were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium.

Allen scored a hat trick on his full debut against Coventry City in a 5-1 win, but QPR were relegated at the end of that season and Allen became a first-choice striker in their quest to return to the top flight, scoring a phenomenal 28 goals in 1979-80, though QPR failed to win promotion.

He briefly became Director of Football at QPR before beginning his second spell as manager of Bristol Rovers in June 2001.

After regaining his place in the starting XI, scoring 13 goals as Rangers won the Championship in the 2010 / 11 season including a late winner against London rivals Crystal Palace at Loftus Road .. Helguson featured regularly under Neil Warnock for QPR in the Premier League, Heiðar became a Rangers legend by scoring the winning goal from a penalty in a 1 – 0 victory against arch rivals Chelsea.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club ( usually referred to as QPR ) is an English professional football club, based in White City, London.

Loftus Road was home to professional rugby union team London Wasps from September 1996 to the end of the 2001 – 02 season, having moved from their home in Sudbury, Middlesex, as part of the deal in which Chris Wright took control of both Wasps and QPR.

Michael Christopher Fillery ( born September 17, 1960 in Mitcham, London ) is an English former professional footballer who played for Chelsea and QPR as a midfielder during the 1970s and 1980s.

QPR were formed in 1882, when a team known as St Jude's merged with Christchurch Rangers.

On Wednesday, 19 November 2008, QPR named former Portugal midfielder Paulo Sousa as their new first team coach.

Flavio Briatore's future as QPR chairman came under question in September 2009 after he left the Renault F1 team in the midst of race fixing allegations.

The team did come close :- FA Cup semi finalists 1978 ( Ipswich ) & 1982 ( QPR ) and League Cup Semi Finalists ( 1982 ).

Dowie then moved across London to Queens Park Rangers ( QPR ), where he ended his days playing in defence, and being player-manager of QPR's reserve team.

Rugby union team London Wasps shared the ground with QPR between 1996 until Premier League side Fulham replaced them in 2002, when Fulham's Craven Cottage was closed for reconstruction.

QPR moved out of Loftus Road at the start of the 1931-32 season, moving nearby to White City Stadium, but after a loss of £ 7, 000, the team moved back.

This is not the first time that an owner has suggested moving out of Loftus Road, with director Antonio Caliendo suggesting a location near BBC Television Centre as a potential site for a new shopping and leisure development in March 2006, and then QPR manager Luigi De Canio suggesting in 2008 that the team needs to leave the stadium in order to fulfil its ambitions.

A testimonial match for Simon Barker saw QPR lose to the Jamaican national team by 2-1 in May 1998, with the national team returning to Loftus Road in 2002 to play Nigeria where they lost 1-0.

QPR themselves played the Iranian national team in a pre-season friendly on 23 July 2005.

Rehman had turned down a chance to move to Luton Town and team up with Mick Harford, who was previously the assistant manager at QPR, and said he was only prepared to drop down to League Two if he joined Bradford City, whose new ambassador Omar Khan helped to engineer the move.

However, after the sacking of John Gregory, Curtis ' first team opportunities dried up and his contract was terminated by QPR in December 2007.

QPR had been the first team to install an artificial pitch at their stadium in 1981, but were the first to remove it when they did so in 1988.

By the end of his first season at the Manor Ground, Houghton had helped to steer Oxford clear of the relegation places, ( just staying up with a win on the final day of the season ), but most notably scored the second goal in the club's 3 – 0 League Cup final victory over Jim Smith's new team QPR at Wembley.

At QPR, Roeder captained the team in the 1982 FA Cup Final but missed the replay due to suspension.

The QPR team contained Vinnie Jones, who had a violent reputation and played using the axiom " if their top geezer gets sorted out early doors, you win ".

On 13 May, the final day of the season, Kompany captained the team that won the Premier League of the 2011 – 2012 season, which ended in a 3 – 2 win to City, helping Manchester City win the trophy, with their win against QPR. In the same match Joey Barton attempted to headbutt Kompany.

It was believed that QPR offered the player, team mate Zesh Rehman on loan, as well as £ 250, 000 in return for highly-sought after Blackpool defender Kaspars Gorkss.

After retiring from playing, Armstrong moved into coaching, and worked for a variety of clubs, including Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, QPR and Enderby Town ( as manager ), as well as FK Mjølner in Norway and was manager of the Kuwaiti national team between 1988 and 1989.

After the resignation of Paul Hart after 5 games, Harford stepped up to take charge of first team affairs at QPR.

Parkes was part of the QPR team that reached the last eight of the FA Cup in 1974 and were League runners-up to Liverpool in 1976.

The BBC sitcom My Family features lead character Ben Harper ( played by Robert Lindsay ) as a QPR fan.

He is a retired Canadian footballer who played for QPR.

As a player, he was a versatile midfielder who started his career at Northampton Town and later played for Brighton & Hove Albion, QPR, Derby and Aston Villa.

Jensen played on for 18 months before he left Highbury in the summer of 1996, with only the solitary goal against QPR to his name from 138 competitive appearances for the club.

On 19 January 2011, Woodgate played his first game in 14 months in a friendly match with QPR.

Manager Bryan Robson, " I always liked Nigel when he played for QPR, Portsmouth and Southampton.

Sligo native Paul ' Ski ' McGee played a big part in the title win and was transferred to English side QPR at the end of the season and would go on to have a successful time in England as well as earning 16 caps for the Ireland national side.

Stevens was replaced by Parker, who played so well ( despite being more usually a central defender for QPR ) that he kept his place up to and including England's dramatic semi-final exit on penalties against West Germany, the eventual winners.

A striker, Vine has previously played for Portsmouth, Brentford, Colchester United, Luton Town, Birmingham City, QPR, Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons and Exeter City.

Francis " Frank " McLintock MBE ( born 28 December 1939 ) is a Scottish former football defender who played for Leicester City, Arsenal and QPR.

Prior to his QPR debut, he played on loan at Barnet and Welling United.

He played Premier League for them between 2005 and 2007, and Bolton until 2009, before transferring to Championship side QPR in 2009.

After a return to Watford on loan in the 2009 – 10 season, Helguson played regularly for QPR in 2010 – 11, as they secured promotion to the Premier League as champions.

Hulse played 22 times, during the 2010 – 11 season, scoring twice as QPR won the Championship title and secured a return to the top flight for the first time in the clubs history since the 1995 – 96 season.

Touré played the full first half before coming off due to injury as City defeated QPR 3-2 on the final day of the season, assisting Pablo Zabaleta's opening goal in the 39th minute, to secure the first league championship for the Sky Blues in 44 years.

* John Byrne ( footballer born 1961 ), played for QPR, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland, among others in the 80s and 90s

In all King played 30 league games for QPR scoring 9 goals before a transfer to West Bromwich Albion in September 1981.

He played nine times for the Potters before joining QPR in February 2004, who were driving towards promotion from Division Two.

Returning to QPR F. C., he was unable to regain his place and he was released at the end of the season having not played another game for the London club.