Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall (Konchesky), Angella, Perch, Henry, Tozser (Phillips), Chery (Polter), Luongo, El Khayati, Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Diakite, Faurlin, Petrasso Attendance: 14,796 (including 3,664 R’s fans) Good trip, good food, and a nice pint preceded what turned out to be more of the same dross served up to the travelling faithful, who Continue reading
Month: March 2016
‘The Day Rangers Struck a Blow for League Football’
The Football League Review dated 1st April 1967, declared that our historic League Cup Final victory at Wembley was: ‘The day Rangers struck a blow for league football.’ The article goes on as follows: ‘Desmond Hackett summed it up in the Daily Express, “Queen’s Park Rangers would have beaten the greatest sides in England with Continue reading
QPR (2) – Birmingham City (0)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall, Angella, Perch, Luongo, Henry, Phillips (Washington), Chery (Tozser), Hoilett (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Konchesky, Faurlin, Petrasso Attendance: 17,110 A dominant QPR won for the first time in four games to land a blow to Birmingham City’s play-off hopes. Tjaronn Chery scored the first, drilling the ball low in Continue reading
Richmond Association v QPR in 1898 – Rangers Ground Closed for 14 Days after Referee Attacked
FA Cup Preliminary Round Team: Leather, Allen, Hughes (F), Knight, Musslewhite (J), Blyth, Wallington (A), Evans, Brooks, Jones, Wallington (E) QPR’s change from amateur status was most certainly due to the circumstances following various incidents that had occurred during the FA Cup tie at Richmond on 24th September 1898. Sammy Brooks was sent off, the Continue reading