Team: Ingram, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Kpekawa, Luongo, Faurlin, Gladwin (El Khayati), Chery (Washington), Phillips (Petrasso), Polter Subs Not Used: Lumley, Hill, Diakite, Hoilett, Attendance: 16,225 (including 1,633 Reading fans) At the end of the match I was thinking that I wouldn’t like to have to do a report on that game! I turned to Geo Continue reading
Month: April 2016
In Memory Of Martin Fitzmaurice: 3rd June 1940 – 14th April 2016
It was sad to hear the recent news that the famous professional darts scorer/announcer/Master of Ceremonies and one time QPR supporter, Martin Fitzmaurice, had passed away. Martin was well known for that elongated announcement: “One hundred…AND EIGHTY’ which belted out at darts championship tournaments. But he was also equally responsible for a chant when he Continue reading
Les Ferdinand Supports Fundraising for Baby Bleu
Les Ferdinand has donated a signed shirt to help the fundraising for newborn baby Bleu Saunders from Hanworth who is in hospital fighting for his life after being born with a brain tumour. http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/brave-newborn-baby-bleu-fights-11214207 Les’s signed shirt will be one of the lots in a silent auction this Saturday (30 April) from 1pm – 6pm Continue reading
Stan Bowles Print and T Shirts now available
Now available from the Art of Football are these prints and T shirts of Stan Bowles. 20% of every sale will be donated to the Alzheimers Association. http://art-of-football.com/collections/qpr
Brighton & Hove Albion (4) – QPR (0)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall, Hill (Chery), Perch, Henry, Faurlin, Phillips, Luongo, Hoilett (Polter), Washington (El Khayati) Subs Not Used: Gladwin, Kpekawa, Petrasso, Gladwin Attendance: 25,411 (including 1,109 R’s fans) Anthony Knockaert inspired Brighton to an easy victory over QPR, leaving them only outside the automatic promotion places on goal difference. The Frenchman curled home a Continue reading
Cardiff City (0) – QPR (0)
Team: Ingram, Onuoha, Hall, Hill, Konchesky, Luongo, Faurlin, Henry, Chery (El Khayati), Phillips (Washington), Polter (Gladwin) Subs Not Used: Lumley, Kpekawa, Petrasso, Hoilett Attendance: 27,874 (including 840 R’s fans) Cardiff City’s Championship play-off hopes took a big hit as they failed to beat QPR at the Cardiff City Stadium. A poor first-half saw both sides Continue reading
QPR U21 (1) – Birmingham City U21 (4)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Hall, Eales (Folkes), Lobjoit, Manning, Wise, Hamalainen, Crichlow, Akinola, N’Guessan, Corkery (Paul), Bowler Subs Not Used: Hudnott, Barzey The R’s starting line-up included 19-year-old Matthew Hall a trialist goalkeeper, who I presume had been released by West Brom? QPR’s first real effort ended up just wide of the Birmingham Continue reading
West Ham United Ladies (0) – QPR Ladies (0)
Team: Caldwell, Denny, Lopes, Nicholson, Hayes, Layton, Maggs, Engels, Albert, Rackham, Netschova I met up with Clive Kingham at Acton Town and we set off on the District Line to Upminster Bridge Station. The West Ham Ladies play at the home of AFC Hornchurch, who also share the stadium with Havering Athletics Club, hence the Continue reading
Bob Grant: Born on this Day and Grew up in Hammersmith
Robert Sinclair Grant was born on 14th April 1932 and grew up in Hammersmith at 20 Rivercourt Road. His family also had local connections with Wolverton Gardens and Weltje Road. Best known for his role as Jack Harper, the scheming and lecherous clippie in ‘On the Buses’, a label that he tried to shrug off Continue reading
QPR (2) – Charlton Athletic (1)
Team: Smithies, Perch (Kpekawa), Onuoha, Hall, Robinson, Henry, Luongo, Phillips (Gladwin), Chery, Hoilett (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Petrasso, Faurlin, Washington Attendance: 15,834 (including 1,106 Charlton fans) I guess the old saying that a win is a win no matter what and above everything else. But that only tells you half the true Continue reading