Editing Queens Park Rangers F.C. (section)

===Rise to Prominence (1920s - 1960s)===

The club joined the Football League in [[1920-21 Football League|1920]], when the Third Division was formed, mainly with [[1919-20 Southern Football League|Southern League clubs]]. When the Third Division was split into North and South [[1921-22 Football League|the following season]], QPR, like most of the former Southern League clubs that had joined the Football League to form the Third Division, were in the Third Division (South).

QPR played their home games in nearly 20 different stadia - a league record - before permanently settling at [[Loftus Road]] in 1917; although the team would briefly attempt to attract larger crowds by playing at the [[White City Stadium]] for two short spells: 1931 to 1933, and the [[1962–63 in English football|1962–63]] season.<ref>{{cite book |first=Simon |last=Inglis |title=Football Grounds of Britain |year=1996 |orig-year=1985 |edition=3rd |publisher=CollinsWillow |location=London |isbn=978-0-00-218426-7 |pages=305–6 }}</ref>

[[File:QPR League Performance.svg|thumb|right|Chart showing the progress of QPR's league finishes from the 1920–21 season up to the present]]

The club were promoted as champions of Division 3 South in the 1947–48 season. [[Dave Mangnall]] was the manager as the club participated in four seasons of the Second Division, being relegated in 1951–52. [[Tony Ingham]] was signed from [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and went on to make the most-ever league appearances for QPR (519). Arguably the club's greatest ever manager,<ref>[http://www.Queensparkrangersfc.com/stock.htm Alec Stock Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025192647/http://www.queensparkrangersfc.com/stock.htm |date=25 October 2008 }} at QueensParkRangersFC.com</ref> [[Alec Stock]], arrived prior to the start of the [[1959–60 in English football|1959–60]] season. The [[1960–61 in English football|1960–61]] season saw QPR achieve their biggest win to date: 9–2 vs [[Tranmere Rovers]] in a Division 3 match. In time, Stock, together with [[Jim Gregory (football chairman)|Jim Gregory]] who arrived as chairman in the mid-1960s, helped to achieve a total transformation of the club and its surroundings.

In [[1966–67 in English football|1966–67]], QPR won the [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] championship and became the first Third Division club to win the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]], on Saturday, 4 March 1967, beating [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] 3–2, after coming back from a two-goal deficit, securing the clubs first and only major trophy. It was also the first League Cup final to be held at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]. After winning promotion in 1968 to the [[Football League First Division|top flight]] for the first time in their history, Rangers were relegated after just one season and spent the next four years in [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]].