Team: Crowther, Coyne, Ford, Harris, Brown, O’Brien, Davenport, Arthur, Morgan-Cummings, German, Parker. Subs Used: Fernandez for Morgan-Cummings (62), Sutherland for Davenport (72), Wright for Coyne (82) Subs Not Used: Goodchild, Smith Goal scorers: Coyne (pen) 26, Parker 45, Ford 71, Parker (pen) 90 Youth Team Boss Steve Brown continued with his preferred 4-3-3 formation and Continue reading
Month: February 2008
Goodbye And Good Luck To Liam O’Brien
The Official Portsmouth Website made the following announcement today: Pompey have completed the signing of goalkeeper Liam O’Brien from QPR. The Blues have paid the Championship side an undisclosed fee for the 16 year old. O’Brien, who has signed as a schoolboy, has also agreed a two-year scholarship, which begins next Season. The 6ft 2ins Continue reading
QPR Rev Up For Tilt At The Big Boys
The following article appeared in the ‘Telegraph’ over the weekend and was written by Derick Allsop -Steve Russell Flavio Briatore had that countenance of any football fan when his team run out of ideas and almost out of luck. But then, as he says, it has to be a step at a time and at Continue reading
Peterborough United U18’s (1) – QPR U18’s (5)
Puma Youth Alliance Cup Quarter Final Team: Crowther, Coyne, Brown, O’Brien, Ford, Harris, Morgan-Cummings, Davenport, German, Rose, Arthur. Subs Used: Vanterpool, Wright, Smith Subs Not Used: Goodchild, Lawrence Pat Harrison phoned to say that the kick-off time had been brought forward by 30 minutes and would now start at 6.30pm as severe weather was again Continue reading
Saturday 11th May 1968
This is the first in a new series of personal accounts to commemorate that historic day at Villa Park 40 years ago. Thanks also to Bernard for scanning some of the pics from his West London Observer souvenir supplement. The clarity isn’t the best but the images are wonderful and I will use as many Continue reading
No More Heroes Any More ?
Always lots of interesting stuff in ‘The Football Supporter’ (the magazine of the Football Supporters Federation) and the December/January issue included a wonderful article about Lee Cook which really warms the heart. Well done to Jez Robinson and thanks to the FSF for giving us permission to use it – Steve Russell I’m in a Continue reading
The Club Census 40 Years Ago
On the 6th April 1968, our opponents at Loftus Road were Carlisle United and in the match programme that day were the results of a census taken of the QPR fan base. How extensive this sample was I don’t know but it would have certainly been very different if there had been one taken ten Continue reading
‘The Rodney’
Although it was almost 40 years ago, the Shepherd’s Bush and White City areas of West London had already been shrouded in darkness for many years. The Manager Alec Stock, forlornly wandered the pitch at the empty stadium. Although the floodlights were fully on, little, if any light made its way through the gloom and Continue reading
The President’s 17th International Cup Tournament
This annual Korean Tournament started in 1971. Originally, the participating national and club teams were mainly invited from Asia. The R’s represented Great Britain in June 1988 and the other fifteen teams were made up of Olympic, national and club sides from:- Mexico, Zambia, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Peru, Yugoslavia, USA, USSR, Nigeria, Iraq, Argentina, Hungary Continue reading