Team: Green, Onuoha, Traore, Assou-Ekotto, Dunne, Hill, Hoilett (O’Neil), Barton, Jenas, Morrison (Carroll), Doyle (Keane) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Henry, Benayoun. Attendance: 14,500 (including 1,348 R’s fans) I enjoyed the performance on Saturday, what a difference when we move the ball with purpose, attack in numbers and get behind defences, must be a new Continue reading
Month: March 2014
In Memory of John Poppitt
John Poppitt sadly passed away on 12th February 2014 at the age of 91. He was born in West Sleekburn on 20th January 1923. A junior athletics champion, but when he joined Derby County in 1942 he was no longer eligible to take part in amateur running events so he turned professional. John signed for Continue reading
QPR v Leeds United
Team: Green, Hughes, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Hoilett (Keane), Jenas (Carroll), Henry, Traore, Morrison (Benayoun), Doyle. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Sendles-White, Maiga. Attendance: 16,448 (including 1,794 Leeds fans) Leeds were typical of teams coming to Loftus Road, get bodies behind the ball, defend narrow, press high, make us play long balls from the back and Continue reading
Wembley 1967 – W12 Boy and the Magic of the Cup
The summer of 1966 was a big one for this 11 year old W12 Boy, the World Cup, leaving a Rangers Coverdale Road Primary School to go to a Chelscum Holland Park Comprehensive and little did I know that the next nine months would put my beloved Rangers on the same stage as the big Continue reading