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In 1914 Mr Cowan, who had been manager
since the club turned professional, left and Mr Hewie took over.
In 1914/15, because the First World War had started, the arms took
over QPR's ground at Park Royal, and QPR played the rest of their
fixtures at Harvest Road.
1917 Harvest Road was used as allotments, and QPR took over the
ground of the amateur club Shepherd's Bush - who played at Loftus
Road.
In 1920/21 QPR were elected to the newly-formed Third Division.
They also had a new manager, Mr Ned Liddell. They finished third
in the table behind Crystal Palace and Southampton.
In 1923/24 they received a then record fee for a player when they
sold Arthur Chandler to Leicester for £3,000. However, they finished
the season at the bottom of the table with 31 points from 42 matches,
and had to apply for re-election.
In 1925/26 they finished bottom again, with only 21 points, the
lowest ever for the Third Division. They had a new manager called
Bob Hewison
In 1926/27, after successfully applying for re-election for the
second time, they also changed the colours of their shirts to blue
and white hoops. This season they signed George Goddard, who was
to score 186 goals for QPR in seven seasons. They also forgot to
enter for the FA Cup this season.
In 1927/28 George Goddard set up a new club record by scoring 37
League goals. They also beat Merthyr Town 8-0 - a record score for
the club.
John Bowman started the 1931/32 season as manager but had to resign
due to ill health and Archie Mitchell took over. QPR moved to the
White City this season and a record crowd of 41,097 saw them beat
Leeds United in the Third Round of the Cup.
In 1933/34 QPR moved back to Loftus Road, having made a loss of
£7,000 whlst they were at the White City. Mick O'Brien became their
new manager and QPR finished fourth in the League.
In 1935/36 Billy Birrell became the new manager and he signed Tommy
Cheetham, who established a new club record by scoring in nine consecutive
matches at Loftus Road.
In 1938/39 Ted Vizard became the new manager. During the war Dave
Mangnall became manager.
In 1945/46 QPR finished top of the
League they were in. They also got through to the Fifth Round of
the Cup - the only time it was played on a two-leg basis.
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