The following servicemen had at some point in their careers, played for Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, and all tragically lost their lives serving their country: Albert Edward Bonass, Corporal Albert ‘Ben’ Butler, Frank Cannon, Charlie Clarke, Joseph Dines, Albert Edwards, Alan Fowler, Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson, Evelyn Henry Lintott, Robert McLaren Law, John H. Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Coventry City U23 (1)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Ingram, Furlong, Kakay, Goss, Hall, Hamalainen, Smyth, Cousins, Oteh, Chair, Osayi-Samuel Sub Not Used: Dickinson On a very mild afternoon at Harlington, Sean Goss captained a strong QPR side to face Coventry City. In goal for the visitors was former Rangers player, Liam O’Brien. Liam was enrolled into the Supporters Continue reading
Sign Please – No. 3 – Stuart Leary & Peter Angell
The pic shown below was taken from a local newspaper and loaned to me by Keith Davies. It must date from around 1963 and shows Stuart Leary and Peter Angell signing a football. Both players have signed Keith’s pic. Peter Angell was signed from Slough Town in 1953 and went on to make 457 appearances Continue reading
1907: Southall (4) – QPR Reserves (3)
Team: Webb, Smith, Ainsworth, Handford, Mitchell, Philpot, Perry, Skilton, Hitchcock, Theobald, Stagg. A Rangers reserve side travelled to Southall on 21st September 1907. The following match report appeared in the Middlesex & Surrey Express the following week: ‘Played at Western-road, Southall, on Saturday when the homesters achieved a brilliant victory. The visitors brought a strong Continue reading
The 1910 Gallaher’s QPR Cigarette Card featuring William Barnes
In 1910 Gallaher’s Ltd of Belfast/London, issued a series of 100 cards in their Association Football Club Colours series and number 68 featured QPR winger, William Barnes. On the reverse side of the card it reads: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers became a Southern League Club in 1899, and did fairly well before winning the championship in Continue reading
Films Showing in October 1957 at the Classic Cinema, Notting Hill…
Previously a restaurant, the building situated at 87 Notting Hill Gate, dates back to 1861. In 1911 it opened as the Electric Palace. Later known as the Embassy Cinema, it was badly damaged during a World War 2 bombing raid. It was renamed as the Classic in 1957 and in October of that year the Continue reading
QPR U23 (2) – Ipswich Town U23 (2)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Brzozowski, Felix, Williams, Owens, Rowan, Wells, Tilt, Bansal-McNulty, Walker, Oteh, Dalling. Subs Not Used: Dickinson, Omar. On a blustery afternoon in West London, Ipswich Town arrived at Loftus Road as league leaders and unbeaten in seven matches. The R’s starting line-up included 20-year-old defender, Charlie Rowan who had been released Continue reading
The QPR Match in Hamburg on 24th April 1946 against a Combined Services X1
The Bournemouth home match programme dated 1st May 1946, stated that: ‘The team were called upon to play four vital league matches in six days, pack their bags and leave by air for Hamburg the following day to play the B.A.O.R. (British Army of the Rhine) side on Wednesday, returning by air Thursday. (Shown above Continue reading
Brentford B (3) – QPR U23 (2)
B Team/U23 Friendly at Jersey Road Team: Brzozowski, Felix, Genovesi, Orafu, Noel-McLeod, Wells, Tilt, Mesias, Walker, Bansal-McNulty, Alfa Subs Not Used: Bettache, Kefalas, Omar, Oteh ChrisPTenner alerted me to this midweek friendly at the Brentford training ground in Jersey Road. The match was initially scheduled to kick-off at 12 o’clock, but ended up being put Continue reading
‘Off Day for QPR – Derby Spoil it with Petty Fouls’ – The 0-0 Draw in 1974
Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Venables (Busby), Mancini, McLintock, Thomas, Francis, Leach, Bowles, Givens Attendance: 19,795 Rangers took on Derby County at Loftus Road on 30th March 1974. John Oakley wrote the following match report for the ‘Evening News’: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers and Derby, both with their eyes on Europe, failed to produce the good football Continue reading
