Posted on March 11, 2014 by Steve Russell
The following article appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine in the late 60’s: ‘As many full-backs know, Queen’s Park Rangers raider Barry Bridges has quite a turn of speed. And now he may put it to effective use outside football…by competing in the big professional New Year’s Day sprint at Powderhall. The potential of Bridges as a possible sprinter – a handicap event over 120 yards – was first noticed by Ron Jones, who captained the British Olympic Games team in Mexico. … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 11, 2014 by Site Admin
Team: Green, Onuoha, Traore, Assou-Ekotto, Dunne, Hill, Hoilett (O’Neil), Barton, Jenas, Morrison (Carroll), Doyle (Keane) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Henry, Benayoun. Attendance: 14,500 (including 1,348 R’s fans) I enjoyed the performance on Saturday, what a difference when we move the ball with purpose, attack in numbers and get behind defences, must be a new way of playing! Well done to Harry and co. The return of Joey Barton was key to a better performance. He never stopped working and … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 7, 2014 by Steve Russell
John Poppitt sadly passed away on 12th February 2014 at the age of 91. He was born in West Sleekburn on 20th January 1923. A junior athletics champion, but when he joined Derby County in 1942 he was no longer eligible to take part in amateur running events so he turned professional. John signed for the R’s on 6th September 1950. He was introduced to the Rangers fans In the Cardiff City match programme on 16th September 1950 as follows: ‘It’s … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 5, 2014 by Site Admin
Team: Green, Hughes, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Hoilett (Keane), Jenas (Carroll), Henry, Traore, Morrison (Benayoun), Doyle. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Sendles-White, Maiga. Attendance: 16,448 (including 1,794 Leeds fans) Leeds were typical of teams coming to Loftus Road, get bodies behind the ball, defend narrow, press high, make us play long balls from the back and hit us on the break. So Harry and coaching team, no surprises there then and why are we not set up to deal with/counter the … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 4, 2014 by Site Admin
The summer of 1966 was a big one for this 11 year old W12 Boy, the World Cup, leaving a Rangers Coverdale Road Primary School to go to a Chelscum Holland Park Comprehensive and little did I know that the next nine months would put my beloved Rangers on the same stage as the big boys – coverage on TV, featured in Charlie Buchan’s Football Monthly, headlines on the back pages of all the Daily’s and the Shepherd’s Bush Gazette’s … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 28, 2014 by Steve Russell
The next stage of the ‘No Merger’ campaign was to demonstrate on the pitch and stop the home game against Manchester City from kicking-off. The signal to go on was to be triggered by the appearance of the referee, linesmen and the two teams. I normally stood in the Loft, but I and many others decided to buy tickets for the Ellerslie Road Stand. As soon as the referee was sighted, hundreds of Rangers fans clambered on to the pitch. … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 26, 2014 by Steve Russell
Team: Mason, Barrie, Ashman, March, Goodier, Blake, Emmerson, Eaton, Blackman, Langford, Brown. Attendance: 9,701 On 18th January 1934, the R’s travelled to Coventry in a top of the table encounter. The following match report was written by “Fieldsman” and appeared in the Midlands press the next day: ‘Coventry City lost a great opportunity of greatly strengthening their position in the promotion race as a result of their home match with Queen’s Park Rangers yesterday. But they let it slip, for … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 25, 2014 by Site Admin
Team: Green, Hughes, Dunne, Hill, Onuoha, Traore, Carroll (Benayoun), Jenas, Hoilett (Keane), Morrison, Doyle (Maiga). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Henry, O’Neil Attendance: 17,333 (including 3,267 R’s fans) Not just another poor performance, but nothing to suggest this will get any better. Another game, another punt from Harry, another bucket load spent, but still not even close and gone on for too long. No real vision, no youth, no legs, no hunger, just a punt, pass the ball all day … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 21, 2014 by Finney
MP: What was the story behind you being on the front cover of the Radio Times Dave in August 1974 with Tom Finney? DT: Well it was when Don Revie had left Leeds United to become the new England manager, after Sir Alf Ramsey. The BBC wanted to run an article and I was contacted. I had not made my England debut yet, but I had played for the England schoolboys, Youth and the Under-23’S. The photo was taken and … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 20, 2014 by Steve Russell
The following article must have appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine sometime in 1979: “Hey, that was really something,” smiled top Radio One disc jockey Kid Jensen. “I’ll remember this morning for a long time to come.” Kid had accepted an invitation to train with his QPR heroes – and had the time of his life! David McCreery, Gordon Hill, Bob Hazell and Tony Currie had all given him expert advice. And when the really hard work started, Kid came through the … Continue reading →
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