Micky was born in Harrow on 11th January 1939. He played for Harrow Town during the 1950’s and following the Club’s best run in the Amateur Cup he joined the R’s at the end of the 1958/59 season. Interestingly, also moving with him to W12 were manager Tom Loftus-Tottenham and coach Derek Healey, to take Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Barnsley U23 (2)
U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Walsh, Drewe, Domi, Kefalas, Dunne, Gubbins, Duke-McKenna, Amos, Taylor-Crossdale, Thomas, Alfa Stephen Duke-McKenna captained the side and it was good to see Luke Amos at No.8 after getting 45 minutes under his belt at Peterborough the previous week. Amos was instrumental in starting the move which led to the Continue reading
Reading (0) – QPR (1) – ‘And but for Crawford in the Home Goal, Reading might have been Completely Flattened’
Team: Hill, Marsden, Blackman, Grant, Read, O’Brien, Bradshaw, Gregory, Smith (J), Clayton, Edgley Attendance: 12,000 On 17th September 1921, QPR beat Norwich City 2-0 at Loftus Road and the following Saturday the Rangers travelled to Elm Park. A match report later appeared in the Kensington Post: ‘The Rangers proved themselves to be a fine team Continue reading
QPR Women (1) – Billericay Town Women (3)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: McLean, Lewin, Grieve (Moore), Jordinson, Maloney, Searle, Kumaning (Akerman), Hennessy, Hall, (Edwards), Pope (Blodgett), Curr (Petit) Steve Quashie’s side had recorded both a win and a defeat in their previous two matches on the road. Namely, a 3-1 victory in Kent, which was then followed by Continue reading
In Memory of Michael ‘Mick’ Ellicott
Mick was born on 19th June 1954 and grew up in Yew Tree Road on the Flowers Estate, London W12. He sadly passed away on 20th July. Mick was well known to many R’s fans. I would have first bumped into him in the Loft in the 1970’s and then regularly all over the country Continue reading
QPR U23 (4) – Hull City U23 (3)
U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Little, Drewe, Pitblado, Carlyle, Mahorn, Frailing, De Silva, Duke-McKenna, Armstrong, Bansal-McNulty, Mema Andy Impey’s young U23’s side opened their league campaign with a home game against Hull City at the KiyanPrince Foundation Stadium. Dillon De Silva supplied the first goalscoring attempt of the afternoon when his beautifully curled- shot Continue reading
In Memory of Paul Shepherd
I first remember Paul from the old Loft days in the 1960’s and sadly, the last time was to be two years ago in St. Mellitus Church for Emily Capell’s gig there as part of the Hanwell Hootie Music Festival. It was at the Cambridge pre-season away game in July that I learned of Paul’s Continue reading
QPR (3) – Coventry City (0) – ‘No Attack City Lucky to Escape so Lightly’
Team: Springett, Woods, Ingham, Petchey, Rutter, Angell, Dawson, Longbottom, Smith (E), Locke, Kerrins Attendance: 9,246 Following a 2-1 win at Walsall the previous Saturday, the R’s took on Coventry City at Loftus Road on 2nd November 1957. This match report appeared in the Coventry Evening Telegraph two days later: ‘For almost 90 minutes Graham Spratt Continue reading
QPR Women (6) – Stevenage FC Women (0)
Team: White, Redhead-Ling (Cutler), Lewin, Grieve (Jordinson), Maloney, Searle, Blodgett, Kumaning, Hennessy (Pope), Hall (Edwards), Curr (Moore) Following their magnificent Capital Cup victory in May, the QPR Women also achieved promotion to the FA Women’s National League and it was confirmed that home games for the 2021/22 season would be played at the Powerday Stadium, Continue reading
‘Friday Night is Rangers Night’ and a Hat-Trick for Brian Bedford against Barnsley
Team: Smith, Brady (P), Nash, Malcolm, Brady (R), Hazell, Morgan (I), Keen, McAdams, Bedford, McLeod Attendance: 3,364 On the 9th December 1964, the R’s lost an FA Cup replay 1-2 at Peterborough. At the time the Club were experimenting with Friday night home games (‘Friday Night is Rangers Night’). So, two days later, on a Continue reading