The following letter was written by Kevin Conlon to Ron Phillips and appeared in its entirety in the Ipswich Town match programme on 12th April 1974. One of the things I love about it is how Kevin describes student writing paper exactly how he became an R’s fan after a chance meeting with a bus Continue reading
Month: October 2013
Burnley v QPR – Unbeaten league record goes on a frustrating Lancashire afternoon
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Henry (Jenas), O’Neil (Chevanton), Barton, Kranjcar (Phillips), Hoilett, Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Onyewu, Traore, Faurlin. Attendance: 16,074 This was the only QPR league fixture this season where I have not seen the R’s dominate play. Right from the kick-off we were never really in it. Overall Rangers lacked Continue reading
‘It Ain’t all Lavender’ – The Life Story of a very Ordinary Professional Footballer by F. B. Pentland
Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland was a colourful character and certainly no ordinary footballer. He later serialised his career over a number of weeks in ‘All Sports Weekly’. I only have part of this one edition which is dated 3rd December 1921: ‘I concluded last week by remarking that footballers who took things cosy during the close Continue reading
Millwall v QPR – Rangers Denied Victory in Added Time
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, O’Neil, Kranjcar (Faurlin) – (Jenas), Barton, Henry, Hoilett (Phillips), Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Traore, Ehmer, Cheventon. Attendance: 13,727 On a day when I’d taken a draw before the game, we got just that, but it felt like a loss. Given that we were in control for the vast Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Nottingham Forest U18 (1)
The U18’s came into this match with a magnificent unbeaten start to the season. The latest opponents, Nottingham Forest, were one of the sides that had been added to the fixture list last month. Rangers lined up as follows: Smith, Furlong, Kakay, Comley, Wise, Kpekawa, Young, Mitchell, Butler, Shodipo, Grego-Cox. Within minutes, Cole Kpekawa was Continue reading
Independent R’s named by Londonist.com as ‘best QPR blog‚’
We are both surprised and honoured to be named by the Londonist.com website in a list of the best London football blogs http://londonist.com/2013/10/londons-best-football-bloggers.php The article, entitled “London’s Best Football Bloggers”, cited one blog / website per London league club. It praised the Independent R’s site as follows: The writing standard on the site is excellent Continue reading
QPR on World-Wide TV Documentary
Just a short time ago at the National Football Museum in Manchester, a select gathering of guests representing football, the media and major Christian organisations attended the launch of my DVD about famous football clubs of church origin, one of which, of course, is QPR. The DVD is based on my book ‘Thank God for Continue reading
The Fourth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – Joseph Fidler
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is the fourth QPR card I have featured from the first series in 1907. On the reverse side of the card it reads: “These cards are issued with Taddy’s ‘Myrtle Grove’ medium cigarettes”. Joseph Fidler was born in Sheffield in 1885. Continue reading
The Irish R’s Meet-Up on 9th November 2013 will now be held at Breathnachs Bar in Kilkenny City
The venue for the Irish R’s meet-up on 9th November for the live screening of our away match against Reading has had to be changed. It was going to be held in O’Driscolls Bar in the village of Graiguenamanagh, but because of the numbers now wishing to attend Eamonn has had to find somewhere else. Continue reading
R’s Fan Andy Morley Runs a Hotel & Activities Company in Blackpool
Andy Morley has helped many R’s fans over the years with accommodation etc. in Blackpool and with our forthcoming match there on 14th December, he put up the following message on Facebook:- ‘I have put together some packages as I run a hotel activities company. I have booked Rangers fans in Blackpool previously and I Continue reading