A couple of years ago, my friend John Smith tweeted out a passage from Kevin Drinkell’s autobiography (you remember him: Norwich, Cov, Rangers…Grimsby). He made a point that Drinks book was not a riveting page-turner – but there was this one bit that made his mouth drop open. In the passage, Drinks describes a fancy Continue reading
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In Memory of Roy Bentley
It was very sad to hear last month that Roy Bentley, the star post-war footballer of the West London soccer scene during the 1947-62 era, had passed away at the ripe old age of 93. In his spell as a centre-forward at Chelsea (1947-1956), he was without doubt the crowd favourite and his goals were Continue reading
Ian Gillard: Unsung Hero
If like me, you are old enough to have memories of the great 75/76 League runners-up team, then I’m sure you will hold Stan Bowles as one of the greatest ever players. Perhaps your memory of that team is of Gerry Francis picking up the ball in his own half and driving deep into the Continue reading
Bolton Wanderers (1) – QPR (1) – All Square at the Macron Stadium
Team: Smithies, Baptiste, Lynch, Bidwell, Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Manning (Washington), Sylla (Wheeler), Mackie (Smith), Freeman Subs Not Used: Lumley, Furlong, Cousins, Ngbakoto Attendance: 14,243 (including 848 R’s fans) This was an encounter QPR could ill afford to lose and thankfully in wet and windy conditions, a point was eventually secured. Basement boys Bolton just had Continue reading
Barnsley (1) – QPR (1) – “We’ve only got two points away from home all season and I can see why”
Team: Smithies, Baptiste, Caulker (Smith) Robinson, Bidwell, Luongo, Scowen, Osayi-Samuel (Washington), Freeman, Mackie (LuaLua), Wszolek Subs Not Used: Lumley, Lynch, Manning, Wheeler Attendance: 10,920 (including 335 R’s fans) QPR needed a late equaliser as they secured a deserved point at Barnsley. Harvey Barnes’ stunning goal put gloss on an otherwise drab first-half as he curled Continue reading
QPR (2) – Ipswich Town (1) – A very Impressive Team Performance in W12
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Onuoha, Baptiste, Robinson, Wszolek (Wheeler), Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Washington (Smith), Mackie (LuaLua) Subs Not Used: Lumley, Furlong, Manning, Osayi-Samuel Attendance: 14,060 (including 2,384 Ipswich fans) A well deserved win, with the players getting their just rewards, having put in a very decent shift. The Tractor Boys had little to offer on a Continue reading
7th September 1940
On the night of September 4th 1940, Hitler, in his speech at the Berlin Sportpalast stated amongst the cheers of the partisan audience: “…the people in Britain ask, but why doesn’t he come?” And Hitler gave his reply: “Calm yourselves, be calm, for he is coming!” At the meeting on August 30th with Goring, Hitler Continue reading
Parkes, Shanks and the Farewell to Stan
Paul Finney caught up with Rangers legends Phil Parkes and Don Shanks to talk about 1976, Stan, and the part we can all play in his last goodbye to Loftus Road. Links to the video below: Click here for tickets to the game for Stan, 29 July. https://t.co/3tCKvu2zJo — Paul Finney (@paulfinney1969) 18 July 2017 Continue reading
The Grenfell Tower Fire
We are truly horrified to hear the unfolding news of the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower. Our sincerest thoughts and condolences are with everyone affected. Whilst the full scale of the disaster is yet to be known, we fully support and applaud all efforts by Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club to assist the victims, their Continue reading
Norwich City (4) – QPR (0) – “It could have been a lot worse if I’m being honest”
Team: Smithies, Robinson (Bowler), Onuoha, Lynch, Perch, Wszolek, Doughty, Manning, Luongo, Washington (Grego-Cox), Smith (Freeman) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Goss, Petrasso Attendance: 27,005 (including 1,974 R’s fans) Wes Hoolahan starred to help Norwich City end their Championship season with a thumping victory over QPR. Hoolahan found the bottom corner from the edge of the Continue reading