Queen's Park Rangers Ladies Football Club was a leading women's football team in England. The club was founded in 1969, and in 1970 joined the new

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. In 1975/76, it reached the final of the

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, losing 2-1 to

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after extra time. Paddy McGroarty scored the team's goal, and it was the first time highlights of the match were shown on

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. In 1976/77, it again played Southampton in the cup final, and on this occasion, defeated them 1-0, to become the first London team to take the trophy. The

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saw them again reach the final against Southampton, but suffer an 8-2 defeat. The team dissolved before the end of the decade. A new Queen's Park Rangers Women's Football Club was later established, which in 2001 merged into a new Queen's Park Rangers L.F.C.

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