QPR v Wigan Athletic – Revitalised Rangers Rip Wigan Apart
QPR hauled themselves out of the bottom three with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 win over bottom placed Wigan at Loftus Road. A penalty from Heidar Helguson was followed by two sublime strikes by firstly Akos Buzsaky and then Tommy Smith, either of which will no doubt feature in the running for the ‘Match of the [...]
QPR U18 (3) – Northampton Town U18 (1)
Team: Deane, Downes, Monthe, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Simmonds, Henry-Francis, Monakana, Webb. This fixture was due to be played last Saturday at Harlington, but was re-arranged because of the FA Youth Cup tie on Thursday. The game kicked off slightly late at 12.10pm and the trialist from Arsenal, Jeffrey Monakana, was in the starting line-up. [...]
QPR v MK Dons – The Monkey is finally off our Back
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay A solitary Danny Gabbidon goal was enough to see QPR scrape past a plucky MK Dons side and set up a home tie with neighbours Chelsea in the 4th Round. In doing so QPR got rid of one of the most unwanted losing streaks that saw no win in this [...]
Newcastle United v QPR
Team: Kenny, Hill, Gabbidon, Ferdinand, Young, Derry, Buzsaky (Macheda), Mackie, Wright-Phillips, Bothroyd, Helguson (Smith). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Orr, Hall, Ephraim, Campbell Attendance: 49,865 (including 1,300 R’s fans) This was my first visit to Newcastle since Rangers lost there in the 1995/96 first Keegan era. In the interim the ground has been extensively rebuilt and [...]
QPR U18 (1) – Everton U18 (0)
FA Youth Cup 4th Round Team: Deane, Downes, Walker, Champion, Browne, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Simmonds, Henry-Francis, Andrade, Webb Subs: Lumley, Monakana, Monthe, Hubble, Daly Everton have a very impressive record in the FA Youth Cup having appeared in seven finals and winning three of them. They had defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the previous Round courtesy [...]
The 1906 Ogden’s QPR Cigarette Card
This card was No.14 in a set of 50 depicting ‘Football Club Colours’. Issued by Ogden’s in 1906, the reverse side of the card reads: ‘Formed in 1885 as the amateur St Jude’s Institute, they became the Queen’s Park Rangers in 1889, and adopted professionalism in 1898, joining the Southern League in 1899-1900. Formerly the [...]
Mark Hughes Wants to Build QPR Legacy after being Appointed Manager
Mark Hughes is determined to build a legacy at Queen’s Park Rangers after replacing Neil Warnock as the club’s manager. Hughes is targeting a place in the Europa League next year, if he is successful in avoiding relegation this season. Hughes, who will be joined by Mark Bowen as assistant manager, Eddie Niedzwiecki as first-team [...]
Independent R’s Statement
In some ways the news of Neil Warnock’s departure wasn’t a total surprise, opinions had been very mixed recently and last week Tony Fernandes had also reportedly stated that: ‘nobody’s job was safe’. However, the expectation was that Neil Warnock would still have significant funding at his disposal to strengthen the squad. Neil Warnock will [...]
QPR Part Company with Neil Warnock – Club Statement
Tony Fernandes had more than hinted last week that Neil Warnock’s departure could be forthcoming and the Club then issued the following statement yesterday: ‘Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today (Sunday 8th January 2012) parted company with Manager Neil Warnock. Warnock joined the Club in March 2010, overseeing 84 matches in charge, winning 33, [...]
MK Dons v QPR
FA Cup 3rd Round Team: Cerny, Young, Hill, Hall, Gabbidon, Derry (Buzsaky), Faurlin, Mackie, Smith, Campbell (Helguson), Macheda (Bothroyd). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Orr, Connolly, Andrade Attendance: 19,506 (Stadium record and including over 5,000 R’s fans) I thought that it was another inept, and at times diabolical performance. Helguson managed to get us out of [...]
