This is the second time I’ve featured ‘Tiger and Jag’ in the series and this one is an earlier edition from 1970. ‘Skid Solo’ adorns the cover and then continues inside for a further two pages. Readers were then invited to: ‘Take your seats for the wrestling contest of the year !’ – It looked Continue reading
Month: February 2013
Swansea v QPR – A Very Disappointing Afternoon but Well Done Bobby Zamora
Team: Cesar, Traore, Samba, Hill, Onuoha, Derry (Granero), Taarabt, Jenas (Wright-Phillips), Townsend, Mbia, Mackie (Zamora) Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Park, Bothroyd Attendance: 20,529 A rare positive on Saturday was Bobby Zamora and I don’t just mean his goal. He made an instant impact after the interval and I noticed later that he was Continue reading
Ben Donnelly is Looking for Other QPR Fans to Join him in the Charity Walk from Loftus Road to Upton Park in Aid of the Bobby Moore Fund on Sunday 17th February 2013
Ben Donnelly hopes to lead a QPR tag team for this year’s charity walk in aid of the Bobby Moore Fund on Sunday 17th February, 2013. He expects to set off from Loftus Road at around 5am which would mean that he should arrive at Upton Park sometime around 10am. The following details were included Continue reading
15th September 1979: Swansea City (1) – QPR (2)
Team: Woods, Shanks, Gillard, McCreery, Hazell, Roeder, Bowles, Goddard, Allen, Harkouk (Waddock), Burke Attendance: 16,000 The R’s had lost their first two away league games of the season, but on 15th September 1979 they recorded a 2-1 win at Vetch Field. John Burgum wrote the following match report for the local newspaper: ‘Defender Nigel Stevenson Continue reading
QPR v Norwich City – Stalemate as Taarabt Misses from the Spot
This game at Loftus Road ended frustratingly goalless as neither side could fashion the quality to force a winner. New signings Christopher Samba and Andros Townsend went straight into the starting eleven whilst fellow new boy Jermaine Jenas was handed a place on the bench. Frenchman Loic Remy missed out with a groin strain. Redknapp Continue reading
The 1983 Launch of the QPR /Guinness Sponsorship Deal
The News Release shown below is dated 17th August 1983 and the photo caption reads: ‘A giant bottle of Guinness was signed by both Ernest Saunders (left) Chief Executive of Guinness, and Terry Venables, Manager of Queen’s Park Rangers, to celebrate the launch of their ¬£450,000 sponsorship deal at the club’s Loftus Road ground.’ In Continue reading