Team: Cesar, Traore (Onuoha), Samba, Hill, Bosingwa, Jenas, Hoilett (Taarabt), Townsend, Mbia, Remy (Mackie), Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Park, Granero Attendance: 16,658 It was a game marked by a number of ridiculous events. A 4.10pm kick-off time (why ?). Wigan striker Arouna Kone wearing gloves on a cool but hardly freezing spring Continue reading
Month: April 2013
QPR in the Community – Gareth Dixon Nominated for Local Award
I met Gareth last September at the launch of Peter Trott’s book: ‘Wormholt Park – The First Hundred Years’. He told me a bit about his work and that he’s also an R’s fan. He’s now been nominated for one of the first Agilisys H & F Heroes Awards. Emma Heseltine wrote the following article Continue reading
Fulham go like the Clappers against Clapped-Out QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers are rather like a used British-made car. Spluttering into life briefly and intermittently, they are a fleeting joy on the odd weekend, but tend to need expensive repairs at regular intervals and often fail to start at all. Fulham, the opponents on Monday night, can be likened to a BMW from the Continue reading
Steve Gallen – ‘Westside Story’
Thanks to Declin for alerting me to a wonderful article by Rob Brennan that appeared recently in the ‘Irish Post’: ‘Outside of Donegal, the name of Gallen isn’t that common. But if you’re Irish, support QPR, live in West London or have an interest in soccer – it is familiar to you – it’s been Continue reading
Fulham v QPR – Taarabt Sparks a Rangers Revival after Defensive Nightmare, but Leave with Nothing
Team: Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill (Onuoha), Traore (Mackie), Jenas, Mbia, Townsend, Taarabt (Hoilett), Remy, Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Granero, Park Attendance: 25,117 (including over 3,000 R’s fans) (The view from the back of the Putney End) The way the first-half was going it looked like a repeat of last season was on Continue reading