The news this week that Ivor Powell had finally decided to retire as probably the world’s oldest football coach at the tender age of 93, reminded me of an article that he wrote for the Rangers 1946-47 handbook. He joined the R’s in September, 1937 and later enlisted into the R.A.F. and served as a […]

Back in 1967, I was going through the turnstiles at the Loft End and saw Ron Phillips standing by the wall. He then waved to me and I pointed to myself. That’s how I came to be the 250,000th spectator as reported in the Shepherds Bush Gazette:-
‘Colin Vine had a pleasant surprise waiting for him […]

It was four years ago today that we heard the terrible news about 15-year-old Kiyan Prince. I wrote the following article after attending his funeral in North London:-
The Service for Kiyan was held last Thursday at the 7th Day Adventist Church in the Holloway Road.    I arrived quite early and the Church Hall began to […]

Well, only time will tell, but let’s hope that our recent Cup victory will help the Board sit up and take notice. Ben Kosky’s article in ‘The Kilburn Times’ follows on - Steve Russell
Elated Steve Gallen is confident that his team’s stirring victory in the Youth Alliance League Cup Final can be the launch pad […]

Tony Ingham’s funeral took place on Friday 7th May. The funeral cortege was set to depart at 11.40am for the Requiem Mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady and St. Thomas of Canterbury on Harrow-on-the-Hill. The opening Hymn was ‘Abide With Me’ and closed with ‘Jerusalem’.
He died on 21st April, aged 85 and we […]

Youth Alliance National League Cup Final
Team: Butler, Harriman, Waters, Ehmer, Fitzsimons, Sutherland, Parmenter, Doughty, Andrade, Fernandez, Nanetti.
Subs: Bailey, Bewick, Graham, Henry-Francis, Cox.
After the disappointment of losing to Grimsby Town in the previous year’s final, again, we knew very little about our opponents. We knew that they had defeated Colchester United in the 2007 Final and […]

Team: Cerny, Tosic, Ramage, Gorkss, Leigertwood, Cook (Parker), Faurlin, Buzsaky, Ephraim (Rose), Simpson, Priskin.
Subs Not Used: Putnins, Brown, Oastler, Balanta, German.
Attendance: 16,819
A wet day in West London, and the match was subject to a pitch inspection beforehand. Fortunately, it got the go-ahead, and we lined up against a Newcastle side that were already champions, chasing […]

In March, the Independent R’s  were pleased to make a further donation of £500.00 to ‘QPR in the Community Trust’. Representing the Indy R’s was Sam Phillipps who made the presentation to Andy Evans during the very wet interval of the Derby County match. Also featured below is Matteo Alberti. Thanks to him for stepping […]

The following article was written by James Olley and appeared recently in the London Evening Standard – Steve Russell
The Championship season may be drawing to a close but at Loftus Road there’s a sense of a new dawn. Queens Park Rangers have represented something of a calamity to those who assumed the arrival of Flavio […]