The team struggled and narrowly avoided relegation in 2012 but the following year they went down to the Championship for one season, returning to the top tier via the play-offs in 2014. It's a good job they had a blue and white hooped one then. as the fixture list had already been drawn up. Have been better efforts. Green shirts, like orange shirts, are a no-no in football. From October the hoops were noticeably more narrow and the crew neck was in blue. Le Coq's final effort after more than 10 years service. Going back to 1882 would be rather time consuming and difficult to be precise about, so this blog starts in 1973/74 when QPR kits started to get more interesting and varied. A third kit was introduced in March - another stab at green and white hoops, yuck. With rationing still in force, the club appealed policy. Having reached the FA Cup final in 1982, QPR introduced a new crest to mark their achievement and their centenary in 1982-83. After Rangers were bought by Formula One tycoons, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore in 2007, their finances stabilised and, as a symbol of what they hoped would be a new era, the crest was replaced with an heraldic design that incorporated the club's traditional broad hoops. In 1996 the club was relegated from what was now the Premier League and Sort By Date Added Year Price Set Ascending Direction Rushed designs for our long-awaited return to the Premier League, no surprise with the club changing owners. Horrible mess - ghastly new badge, new sponsor (which you can barely make out), grey collar, blue shorts at home. qpr Vintage and retro Queens Park Rangers Football Club shirts and training kit, featuring home, away and original match worn player editions from QPR's history to present day. A bit more thought here with the home kit, which looks much better without the stick-on sponsor. Here they are, below, with descriptions of the designs from RequestAKit. The result was overwhelmingly in favour of the traditional hoops. A look back at the various kits QPR have worn through the years, starting in season 1973/74. Ownership passed to Malaysian businessman, Tony Fernandes in August 2011 for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £35m. The following season, Rangers joined the Football In 1976 Rangers turned out in Adidas (without a crest): for the first match they wore narrow hoops from Adidas' stock before a more traditional width was delivered in time for their second game. 5th generation black and red hoops - always looks good. We have enlisted the help of RequestAKit, who have designed concept strips for the home, away and third strips for the 2020-21 campaign. In 1973 they were promoted back to the top flight. At the time, Adidas were expanding and had started to produce football strips in addition to their traditional business of football boots. Pacific Antenna strives to offer the best quality, affordable, antennas and kits The plastic Loftus Road pitch proved deeply unpopular Cup beating West Bromwich Albion 3-2 after trailing 0-2 at half-time. Buy the new QPR Home & Away Football Shirts with Official Shirt Printing! The away designs won't be remembered for long. No official logo from Gulf Air either, just their web address. In 1974 Rangers adopted Admiral as their kit supplier, beginning a period of bewildering variations: the contract with Admiral lasted for half the season before unbranded shirts, with white collars replaced them. The hoops were back to to the right size in an otherwise unmemorable kit. of Chrysalis Records took a controlling interest in the club. Wasps RUFC and relocating them to Loftus Road, Wright restructured the Controversy over financial arrangements made by previous owners continued to plague the club and legal action from previous investors remain unresolved at the time of writing. Each season will be updated over time - if you've got a rare match worn shirt or something we've missed out altogether, please. with visiting sides and in 1988 it was replaced with turf. In 1931 the club moved to the White City but this proved a financial disaster League when the old Southern League Division One was incorporated as Division Otherwise, great efforts all round. I couldn't even begin to describe what colour the away shirt is meant to be, simply awful. Boardroom scandals in 2005-06 and the tragic deaths of two young players in 2006 and 2007 threatened to overwhelm the club. the Institute where they had their headquarters. hooped shirts that have become firmly associated with the club were adopted. Best effort so far from Lotto. In March 2011 Bernie Ecclestone indicated he might be interested in selling his 69% stake in the club for £100m. Faced with their top players being poached by other clubs, Nice job with the away kit, but hardly used. Third kit unmemorable. Throw all that into the mix and this is what you end up with. This revived the popular circular design and the font from the 1983 version to create an emblem of elegant simplicity. The club crest, based on the coat of arms of the London Borough of Hammersmith, featured on these shirts but was dropped when hoops were reinstated in 1959. In March 1949 the club obtained a set of sample hooped shirts and these were worn in a match against Bury. On the pitch, however, results The green and white hoops were still in play as well. QPR’s new kits for the 2019/20 season have been unveiled – and are exclusively on sale today (Saturday) to all our Season Ticket Holders and Members in store and online! Black and red was retained for the away colours, but not in hopped form - a nondescript effort. electronic component, for the life of the product, for any reason. A strange offering for the change of kit. season they were admitted to the Southern League. When Tottenham Hotspur For some reason, Nike insist that all clubs entering into a partnership with them, have to use their generic shirts for the first season. favour of plain white shirts.