Team: Cesar, Traore, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Diakite, Taarabt, Granero, Faurlin (Zamora), Cisse, Hoilett Subs Not Used: Green, Hill, Onuoha, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Mackie Attendance: 27,529 I went to Stoke full of my usual optimism (if I wasn’t optimistic about QPR before every single match, I wouldn’t bother to go at all). This game could be a Continue reading
Month: November 2012
We Will Remember Them
Recently, I came across this quite remarkable story via the BBC News website: ‘A pub in south-west London has been dedicated to a local soldier who became known as the “Footballer of Loos”. The Rifleman’ in Twickenham unveiled its sign honouring Rifleman Frank Edwards, who fought in the Battle of Loos in France during World Continue reading
What a QPR Exile is Really Missing in Brazil
As I write this, exactly one year ago my wife, children and I embarked on a new adventure to live a life abroad in my wife’s native homeland, Brazil. We were due to fly out on the Monday morning (24th October) and I had only just come out of hospital the previous Friday after a Continue reading
Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo – ‘Street Life’ Article from June 1976 – Part Two
This article/interview titled: ‘Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo’ first appeared in ‘Street Life’ in issue No. 17, Volume 1 and was dated June 12 – 23, 1976: ‘In such good company, Bowles had a wonderful first season in the top division. He scored 19 goals, Rangers finished comfortably in the middle of the Continue reading
QPR v Reading – Another Nightmare for the Dream Factory
November ushered in several firsts at Loftus Road; the appearance of the yellow ball, the first truly ‘taters’ day at hoops headquarters, and the first game that by common consensus QPR had to win. The changes to the R’s line-up were generally approved by the fans. Ferdinand replaced the banned Mbia and Djibril Cisse came Continue reading
Alan McDonald Tribute Game at Seaview, Belfast – 10th September 2012
Northern Ireland X1 v Queen’s Park Rangers X1 When I heard that a game was to be played in tribute to Alan McDonald in Belfast I knew it was a match I had to be at – a game for one of my all-time favourite players. My old school friend Darren Clark and I booked Continue reading
My Thoughts on the Season So Far
We are nearly one quarter of the way through the current Premier League season and I’m reminded of the immortal words of Mark Hughes almost daily – uttered after a nail-biting climax to the 2011/12 season which saw us retain our Premier League status courtesy of Stoke beating Bolton on the final day. Hughes vowed Continue reading