This part contains, in no chronological order, some reflections on the life and times of being an R’s supporter in the 50’s and 60’s. One aspect of Loftus Road which today is alien to supporters not so long in the tooth as yours truly and a certain Kerrins (!), is the condition of the pitch. Continue reading
Month: January 2008
QPR Screen References: No.8 – ‘Minder’
Episode: ‘Don’t Tell Them That Willie Boy Was Here’ This is the eighth in the series and the second so far to feature ‘Minder’. This Episode was the fourth in Series 2 and was first transmitted on 9th October 1980, Paul Barber plays Willie Reynolds, a boxer known as ‘The Mersey Mouth’ who retired as Continue reading
We Shouldn’t Lose Sight Of Who We Are (A Fan’s View Of The Club’s Move Into Billionaire’s Row)
Rangers fan Paul Finney, who runs the independent supporters website: www.indyrs.co.uk talks to Gazette Sports editor Yann Tear about the need for the club to retain its valued traditions. Our sudden change in financial status is both exciting and bewildering. Things like this don’t really happen to QPR. With us it’s one extreme to the Continue reading
The Latest Independent R’s Badge
Despite the denials of a fourth badge for 2007, the final one arrived in time to still commemorate the Tour of Iceland sixty years ago. The idea was to ‘twin’ the crest of one of the R’s opponents with something based on the QPR badge that was issued as a souvenir at the time. This Continue reading
QPR U18’s (2) – Northampton Town U18’s (1)
Team: Goodchild, Coyne, Brown, O’Brien, Ford, Harris, Parker, Davenport, German, Rose, Arthur Subs Used: Lawrence for Harris, Trialist for Davenport and Morgan-Cummings for German. Subs Not Used: Wright and Vanterpool This was the first 18’s match for three weeks and the R’s started the game very slowly and almost paid the price after 8 minutes Continue reading
My 50 Years Of Support For QPR FC (7th September 1957 to 7th September 2007) Final Part
Forward to 1980Mrs Thatcher was Prime Minister and some months earlier had made that famous speech on the steps 10 Downing StreetWhere there is Chelsea may there be Rangers. Where there is Fulham may there be QPR. Where there is Brentford may there be the R’s. I am sure it went something like that !!! Continue reading
Roma (Alec Stock’s Italian Adventure) Final Part
There were other complications too. I had little idea of the form and background of my own players, and I knew next to nothing about our opposition. I could not go out and take a look at them either, because football was played only on Sundays in Rome and our next opposition was always playing Continue reading
Family Links To Loftus Road
A copy of my book, Loftus Road Legacy – The History Of Shepherd’s Bush Football Club, came up for auction recently at Graham Budd Auctions in association with Sotheby’s. The price guide was ¬£300-400. But if you do have a copy, don’t turn your house upside down to find it. The book accompanied a 1914 Continue reading