Queens Park Rangers’ legendary former forward Stan Bowles has died at the age of 75.

Bowles, who was capped five times at international level for England, enjoyed a 17-year playing career across the top divisions of English football.

He was most closely associated with QPR, where he scored 70 league goals across over seven seasons at the west London club.

Bowles joined QPR in 1972 and inherited the No 10 shirt vacated by fan favourite Rodney Marsh, but such was his success at Loftus Road that the shirt number became synonymous with his name.

Bowles was a forward who established himself as somewhat of a non-conformist, and was the star player in arguably QPR’s greatest ever side during the 1970s.

Having helped QPR secure promotion to England’s top-flight in his debut season, Bowles was influential as the club established themselves at the top level and finish a club-best second place in 1976 — missing out on the title to Liverpool by one point.

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