Editing Terry Venables (section)

===Queens Park Rangers===
Venables left Palace, in the top division, for Queens Park Rangers, who were in the Second Division. His departure from [[Selhurst Park]] coincided with a decline in form for Palace, who were relegated at the end of the season and did not regain their top flight status for another eight years. Venables drew a number of players over to Queens Park Rangers which, as reported at the time, gave an additional financial boost to his personal earnings.

Venables took QPR back into the First Division as Second Division champions in 1983.<ref name="Team Coach"/> He also guided Rangers to the [[FA Cup]] final in 1982, whilst still a Second Division side, but lost in a replay against his former club Tottenham.<ref name="Team Coach"/>

His final season as QPR manager, [[1983–84 in English football|1983–84]], brought more success as they finished fifth in the league (their highest finish since they were runners-up in 1976) and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]].<ref name="Team Coach"/> Venables then moved to Spain to take over at [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], while [[Alan Mullery]] took over from him at [[Loftus Road]] in an ill-fated arrangement that lasted just six months.