Youth Alliance Cup Quarter Final – Southern Section Team: Bulmer, Cox, Bailey, Ehmer, Waters, Olley, Sutherland, Doughty, Nanetti, Molloy, Sterling. Subs: Parmenter, Perring, Bewick, Abdellah, Henry-Smith. Earlier in the week the U18’s had an emphatic 4-0 victory at Harlington over Barnet with goals from Sterling (2), Nanetti and Ehmer. Michael Harriman had picked up an Continue reading
Month: February 2010
QPR v Doncaster Rovers
Team: Ikeme, Ramage (Taarabt), Stewart, Gorkss, Hill, Connolly (Borrowdale), Buzsaky, Faurlin, Cook, Simpson, German (Vine). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Oastler, Quashie, Balanta. Attendance: 11,178 I was so pleased that Antonio was starting, well deserved in my opinion. We knew that with the team low on confidence and Doncaster’s reputation as a good footballing side that Continue reading
All Change In The Boardroom Or Is It ?
There had been many rumours flying around regarding the intentions of Flavio Briatore and exactly what was going to happen to Gianni Paladini ? The Club Statement last Friday evening in some ways came as a surprise but nobody has actually departed and it’s not exactly a major reshuffle is it ? So a new Continue reading
Thorpebank Road, Shepherds Bush & The QPR Connection
If I mention Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, older supporters will immediately think of the quirky BBC series ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’. Amongst the most famous sketches from the show were the ‘New Gas Cooker’ sketch and the ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ sketch. Both of these were Continue reading
Coventry City v QPR
Team: Ikeme, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss, Hill, Buzsaky (Taarabt), Connolly, Faurlin, Cook, Simpson, Priskin (German). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Borrowdale, Vine, Quashie, Balanta. Attendance: 15,247 Poor atmosphere and a poor crowd gave for a poor match. At times, the silence was deafening and it was two sides who deserved a share of the points. We started Continue reading
QPR v Ipswich Town
Team: Ikeme, Stewart, Gorkss, Connolly, Hill, Cook, Faurlin, Quashie (Taarabt), Ephraim (Buzsaky), Simpson, Bent (Vine). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Borrowdale, Balanta, German. Attendance:10,940 The first half will go down as the worst I have ever seen. It summed up the state of QPR at the moment as in they looked like a bunch of overpaid Continue reading
FA Asked To Investigate QPR Sale To Flavio Briatore
The Football Association has been asked to investigate the circumstances of Flavio Briatore’s takeover of Queen’s Park Rangers by Antonio Caliendo, the club’s former majority shareholder bought out by the Formula One tycoon. Flavio Briatore bought QPR from Antonio Caliendo together with Bernie Ecclesstone. Caliendo has written to Lord Triesman, the FA Chairman, to ask Continue reading
Derek Buxton In Memoriam
The name Derek Buxton is familiar to many QPR fans who are old enough to have read the match programmes in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. A couple of weeks ago, we received the sad news that Derek had passed away on Saturday, 23rd January, 2010 at the age of 74, following a short struggle Continue reading
‘Just Talk To Us’, Say Rangers Fans – Ben Kosky In The Kilburn Times
Supporters’ groups have urged the QPR Board to re-open dialogue with them in the wake of Saturday’s heated demonstration outside Loftus Road. Hundreds of Rangers fans gathered outside the main entrance after their team’s 1-0 defeat by Scunthorpe to voice their discontent with majority shareholder Flavio Briatore and his fellow Directors. Lack of stability on Continue reading
QPR v Scunthorpe United
Team: Ikeme, Hill, Gorkss, Connolly, Leigertwood, Buzsaky (Balanta), Quashie, Faurlin, Taarabt (Cook), Vine (German), Simpson. Subs Not Used: Cerny, Ramage, Stewart, Ephraim, Balanta. Attendance: 13,105 It was another shockingly poor performance on the pitch and another embarrassing defeat. In front of something around 8,000 paying fans (13,000 announced and 3,000 complimentary tickets given out to Continue reading