Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club was originally formed in 1882 by the old boys of Droop Street Board School.
The boys were members of the St. Jude's Institute as they used this as the Club headquarters, and in the early days were known as St. Jude’s.
They obtained the name of Queens Park Rangers when they merged with a team called Christ Church Rangers in 1886. They called themselves Queens Park Rangers because most of the players came from the district of Queen’s Park.
Playing in light and dark blue halves, their first fixtures were all friendly matches, playing teams such as Stanley, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham.
Remarkably, the only equipment the Club owned at this time was four posts and two lengths of tape for the crossbars.
QPR moved to their current ground at Loftus Road in 1963. They were promoted to the Premier League in 2014, however after a difficult year they were relegated back to the Championship for the 2015-16 season. QPR were FA Cup runners-up in 1981-82.