After receiving Roger Stokes’ text, I logged on to the Club’s website and their tribute read as follows: ‘The club has been saddened to hear of the passing of supporter and former employee, Malcolm Oakley. Malcolm, 66, worked in the ticket office. He was also an ardent fan who picked up the club’s supporter of Continue reading
Month: December 2014
Swansea City v QPR – ‘We were Close to Hanging on but couldn’t quite do it‚’, said Redknapp
Team: Green, Onuoha, Dunne, Caulker, Suk-Young, Henry, Barton (Hoilett), Vargas, Kranjcar, Fer, Austin. Subs Not Used: McCarthy, Isla, Ferdinand, Mutch, Phillips, Zamora. Attendance: 20,145 (including 609 R’s fans) The goals were a long time coming but Swansea eventually broke QPR’s spirited resistance after 78 minutes as Ki Sung-yueng and Wayne Routledge delivered a deserved victory Continue reading
In Memory of Malcolm Oakley: QPR v Leicester City – More Shots than a Fairground Rifle Range on a Busy Bank Holiday
Team: Green, Suk-Young (Traore), Caulker, Onuoha, Isla, Fer, Henry, Barton, Vargas (Mutch), Kranjcar (Hoilett), Austin. Subs Not Used: McCarthy, Ferdinand, Phillips, Wright-Phillips. Attendance: 18,054 (including 1,841 Leicester fans) Another ‘must win’ game…and we did just that, but as always, we just don’t do easy. It was another cracking atmosphere, and a team selection that looked Continue reading