Team: Green, Bosingwa, Fabio, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Park, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips (Traore), Hoilett (Dyer), Johnson, Zamora (Cisse) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Onuoha, Derry, Mackie Attendance: 6,129 (including 436 visiting fans) Great display from Faurlin on Tuesday night and so pleased for the fella. I thought Zamora had a good one as well. And whisper it quietly, but Continue reading
Month: August 2012
Norwich City v QPR – First Away Point Since 1st February
Team: Green, Fabio, Ferdinand, Hill (Onuoha), Traore (Bosingwa), Mackie, Park, Diakite (Derry), Hoilett, Zamora, Cisse Subs Not Used: Murphy, Taarabt, Wright-Phillips, Johnson Attendance: 26,317 Unfortunately Jimmy was still unwell so Paul Finney volunteered to drive us up to Norwich. I met up with him at Stanmore station and we later picked up Mark and Jamie. Continue reading
In Memory of Mrs QPR – Daphne Biggs
Daphne Biggs was born on 29th July 1925 and today marks the tenth anniversary of her death in 2002. She contributed so much to the Club and to generations of R’s fans in over 50 years dedicated service. She really must of had blue and white blood flowing through her veins. The article reproduced below Continue reading
QPR v Swansea City – And Then it Happened….
Team: Green, Onuoha, Hill (Wright-Phillips), Fabio, Ferdinand, Park, Diakite (Derry), Taarabt, Mackie, Hoilett, Cisse (Johnson) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Nelsen, Dyer, Zamora Attendance: 18,072 Anyone remember this from the recent Augsburg trip article ? ‘My only worries were the way we were carved open time and again in the first 30 minutes. Fabio at left-back Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Charlton Athletic U18 (3)
Team: Lumley, Downes, Buck, Hubble, Wise, Kpekawa, Comley, Mitchell, Petrasso, Skapetis, Fitzpatrick. The temperature was still rising at Harlington as the R’s first match in the U18’s Professional Development League 2 (South) got underway. David Fitzpatrick captained the side and the match officials wore florescent bibs in contrast to Charlton’s black away kit. Rangers got Continue reading
July 1978 – Rangers’ Previous First Team Visit to Germany
As part of a series of articles where the Indy R’s look back at previous QPR visits to Germany, I interviewed Robin Haldane about the last visit that the first team made to Germany – 34 years ago in 1978 when Robin attended the first three matches of five games played in total. 1978/79 was Continue reading
‘Tis the Season to be Joey
It was November 2011. Everyone thought Bradley Wiggins was a character from a Charles Dickens book, Kim Jong-il was feeling “alright, thanks – can’t complain” and Queen’s Park Rangers were playing well. It’s hard to think that these events even happened, let alone less than a year ago. It seems so long and inaccurate it Continue reading
The Trip to Augsburg
After landing at Munich Airport, Martin Percival and I headed immediately to one of the local beer gardens before taking the train to Augsburg. ChrisPTenner met us outside the station and we walked the short distance to the hotel. After checking in, we sat outside for a very welcome beer with Ron Hill and Chris. Continue reading
Season Review: Final Part – May 2012
We are now facing the moment of truth – two games left ! One is a home game on Saturday 6th May against gritty Stoke. The other is the little matter of an away trip, on Sunday 13th May, to title hopefuls Manchester City. Will we have enough in the locker so that, as the Continue reading
Wycombe Wanderers (0) – QPR (3)
Team: Green, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Traore (Ephraim), Mackie (Johnson), Park (Derry), Fabio, Wright-Phillips (Doughty), Taarabt (Dyer), Cisse (Zamora) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Ehmer, Connolly, Harriman Attendance: 3,787 Gary Waddock had said ahead of the game: “QPR is a great football club and I had a number of years there and it was a big part Continue reading