Finglasqpr and Geo picked me up in the morning at around 10, and we travelled the 8km to Carton House in Maynooth, Co. Kildare for the R’s training session. It was a beautiful sunny morning and we arrived around half an hour later. I estimate that there were around 500 Rangers fans in attendance, a Continue reading
Month: August 2014
QPR on Tour – Not a Bad Day in Dublin
I arrived at Lotts Bar in Liffey Street on Saturday morning, late as usual. The bar was covered outside and inside with QPR flags; very impressive. Everywhere blue and white hooped jerseys were to be seen, fantastic turnout, many familiar faces and others that I hadn’t met before. The first person I met outside was Continue reading
“Friends and Associates” by Irish Jack
As arranged, I met Martin Gaish and his brother Lee, who was also a Mod, at Hammersmith tube station. It was the very first Tuesday night of the Marquee residency, and the rain was pissing out of the November heavens. It was November 24th, 1964 to be precise. I’d walked down King Street from Dalling Continue reading
QPR on Tour – The Day we went to Dublin
Early start for me at Belfast Central for the 6.50 train to Connolly Station and an uneventful trip down listening to loud Americans telling stories of their holidaying in the Emerald Isle. Upon arrival in Dublin I wandered about in the pouring rain for a while, getting my bearings and scouting for the Lotts Bar. Continue reading
QPR’s last and only Chance of a Long-Term Home in the local Area? The Developing Battle for Old Oak Common by Dave McIntyre
Dave McIntyre wrote the following superb article recently for West London Sport: ‘In the developing battle for Old Oak Common, Cargiant are keen to show they mean business. The car supermarket owns 45 acres of the site of QPR’s would-be sporting and leisure complex between Scrubs Lane – just up the road from Loftus Road Continue reading
‘You Will Score Goals said ‘Psychiatrist’ Alec Stock – and I Did!‚’ – Brian Bedford
I came across the following article written by Brian Bedford, in a copy of Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly from March 1962: ‘Change you clubchange your luck! That’s what they say in soccer and that’s the way it has gone for me. A little over two years ago I was unwanted, had been transferred for the Continue reading