Leeds United - QPR 1973/74

December 1st, 1973. Leeds were indeed superior this season, but in early December QPR had climbed from 14th to 7th place with a nice run. A snowy Elland Road with QPR playing in their all red shirt. Dave Thomas and Stan Bowles got the goals.

[@robertsteveson3497]

Great to watch ! White shirts on a white pitch ! Only in the 70s , Why was Rangers goal disallowed !!!!!!!

[@ewanmacfarlane9195]

I know cracking stuff.Today 2 or 3 divots and they talk about bad pitch endlessly. Pathetic. The dummy for the dissalowed goal was a delight

[@galtongabriel1172]

Great winger was that Dave Thomas..devastating turn of pace & brilliant pin point crosser of the ball..

[@mjh5437]

Best winger I`ve ever seen in 45 years watching football.

[@SEBKAL]

Stan Bowles what a player 👍

[@ewanmacfarlane9195]

Is the game off the frozen pitch?No theres 30.000 people here now put on a pair of trainers and get on with. Players now dont know there born.

[@peterreid9769]

Lucky Leeds. They'd have been 2-0 down but for that dodgy offside decision.

[@danabrahams7892]

nothing wrong with seond goal, we always beat leeds, love it

[@cbak12sg]

To be fair, this Rangers side, while great entertainers, wasn't the team that nearly won the title, but some of the players showed what was to come (Parkes, Clement, Bowles, Thomas, Francis). Terry Venables left within a year of this game, and manager Gordon Jago was replaced by Dave Sexton. This Leeds side won many admirers for being free of what got them many brickbats. They are among the finest teams I've ever seen in the flesh.

[@mikewest1542]

cbak12sg q

[@normanby100]

West Ham had the artistic pretentions but I thought QPR had the genuine artistic accomplishments.

[@mjh5437]

QPR were a joy to watch from 1972 to 1977,but we`ve never been that good again despite an FA Cup Final in 1982,a League Cup Final in 1986 and finishing the season as highest-placed club in London in Division One and the Premier League on numerous occasions.

[@cbak12sg]

Leeds were brilliant that season and worthy champions, and Rangers were supposed to be Southern softies in those conditions, which just shows what a great result this was. Leeds won the return at Loftus Road 1-0, having already won the title. That April day saw a record crowd of 35,353. Oddly, Rangers all time record home attendance is also against Leeds, a crowd of over 41,000 at White City. Alas for that wonderful Rangers team...

[@colinbaker3916]

MIKE J The crowd for the 2-0 win in 1976 was around 31,000.

[@colinbaker3916]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season

[@mjh5437]

@@colinbaker3916 Interesting page,a heartbreaking end to the season for all Rangers players & fans...Devastating.

[@mjh5437]

@@colinbaker3916 I stand corrected....Probably just our spiv Chaiman Jim Gregory fiddling the books again,I was there and there`s no way another 5,000 could have squeezed into Loftus Road for a capacity 36,000 crowd.

[@normanby100]

I'm a Leeds fan but thought Clarke was offside for Bremner's goal. The early momentum of that season was starting to wear off and Leeds struggled to retain their invincibility from now on until the end of the campaign. Mind, QPR were a highly entertaining side to watch in that era. The moment they sold Rodney Marsh, they improved immensely - and Man City went into decline.

[@leedsboy64]

great memories my favourite leeds team ever should have won much more mick jones much better player than he was ever given credit for

[@Lord_Hillcrest01]

All leeds fans respected mick.

[@Sameoldfitup]

Mighty Leeds

[@celticwarrior1365]

Even though this was my era, I cannot seem to remember QPR ever playing in red. They look like Man Utd and seemed to play like them in United's relegation season! Here's hoping that 2018 will see Leeds Utd's return to the top tier of English football! The Premiership needs a rejuvenated Leeds Utd!