What a classic response that was from the current Home Secretary ! Thanks to Julia for spotting this Q and A with Alan Johnson in the Guardian recently. I wasn’t certain that he was an R’s fan and I didn’t know that he grew up in North Kensington, Southam Street to be precise which Roger Continue reading
Month: October 2009
QPR U18 (3) – Northampton Town U18 (1)
Team: Bulmer, Harriman, Sanderson, Bailey, Ehmer, Doughty, Sutherland, Perring, Cox, Molloy, Sterling Subs Included: Andrade and Nanetti Mild, no wind and the threatened downpour didn’t materialise thankfully. Niki-Lee Bulmer returned in goal from injury after 15 year-old Jack Middleton had made his debut the previous week in the 4-1 victory over Barnet. Sam Bewick and Continue reading
The Night Alan Wilks Scored A Record Five Goals
On the night of Tuesday 10th October 1967, Alan Wilks scored a record five goals in the 5-1 League Cup drubbing of Oxford United. He was born in Slough on the 5th October, 1946 and arrived in May 1965 from Chelsea. Despite that amazing five-goal feat, he was never a First team regular and was Continue reading
QPR v Reading
Team: Cerny, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss, Borrowdale, Routledge, Faurlin, Watson, Buzsaky (Mahon), Simpson (Vine), Taarabt (Agyemang) Subs Not Used: Heaton, Hall, Alberti, Ainsworth. Attendance: 11,900 Wow, Wow, Wow. It was another fantastic performance last night. You can’t really blame Watson for his sending off. The second yellow card was for taking a free kick too quickly Continue reading
QPR v Preston North End
Team: Cerny, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss, Borrowdale, Routledge (Ainsworth), Mahon, Faurlin, Buzsaky (Agyemang), Taarabt,Simpson (Vine) Subs Not Used: Heaton, Hall, Harris, Alberti. Attendance: 12,810 One word: PERFECT. Not a bad player wearing the hoops today. Some of the football was sublime and the third goal summed us up, with about eight passes of one-touch (or two Continue reading
An Essential Purchase – ‘QPR – The Complete Record’ By Gordon Macey
If you are in a hurry and feel that you don’t have time to read all of this, all you really need to know is that if you are a QPR fan, then you should go and buy yourself a copy of Gordon Macey’s latest book. For those of you that do have a little Continue reading
Flavio Briatore Urged To Stand Firm At QPR
Flavio Briatore was encouraged to fight for his football life last night, threatening to tip the Football League into a damaging and costly confrontation with the flamboyant Chairman of Queen’s Park Rangers. Briatore has been called to defend himself in front of the Football League Board, which could throw him out of the game after Continue reading
QPR Screen References: No.15 – ‘Boys From The Bush’ – Episode: ‘Our Rellos’
Thanks to Declin for unearthing nearly all of the ‘Boys From The Bush’ episodes that he recorded on video. I did manage to find three episodes on ebay recorded on a DVD a few years ago which were then reviewed as number 3 in this series. There has been nothing released commercially and as far Continue reading
A Night On The Toon
The first person I met at Heathrow before my rendezvous with Jimmy, was one of the Hayes mob, Steve with the missus. After a security check which still includes removal of belt, jacket and shoes plus most of your possessions for scanning. There were loads of Rangers fans waiting to board the plane including Mark Continue reading