FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Webster, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Petit Subs: Cohen, Ward-Chambers, Shephard, Nygaard-Parsons Sammy collected me from outside Park Royal Station, and we arrived in good time at the Premier Plus Stadium, the home of St. Neots Town. The U’s took the lead within Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
In Memory of Terry Venables
We knew that Terry had been unwell for some time, but his passing at the age of 80 last month still came as a great shock! Terry was born in Dagenham on 6th January 1943. In 1958 at the age of 15, he signed for Chelsea before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 1966. Terry was transferred Continue reading
“Rising Star” – QPR’s GWR Locomotive Mascot
Dennis Signy wrote the following in his 1969 book on the history of the Club, (which then prompted me to find out more): ‘The fervour of the Rangers supporters, then as now, reached its peak on the occasion of notable 1914 FA Cup victories away from home. By the time the team arrived at Paddington Continue reading
Dorking Wanderers FC Women (4) – QPR FC Women (5)
Capital Women’s Cup Team: Merrett, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Searle Subs: Carolan, Shephard, Cohen, Webster, Nygaard-Parsons After meeting up with Sammy, we made our way to Waterloo before heading on to Dorking Main Station. The walk to the Meadowbank Stadium was then a good 20/25 minutes. Into the game and Continue reading
QPR: 1907-1908 – Champagne & Shenanigans’ by Francis Peacock
Francis’ latest book was launched earlier this month at the Hull City game. The book has 300 pages and includes over 100 photographs. Francis’ introduction poses two questions: ‘Why QPR? Both sides of my family hailed from the part of West London that provides the focus for our story. My grandfathers were born at either Continue reading
AFC Sudbury Women (0) – QPR FC Women (4)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Searle Subs: Carolan, Shephard, Webster, Cohen, Nygaard-Parsons AFC Sudbury took the place of Sudbury Wanderer’s in Division Two of the Eastern Region Women’s Football League in 1999. They dropped out of the league a couple of years Continue reading
Watford (0) – QPR (3) – ‘Finally, almost in Injury Time, Clark Broke Away to Lob a Surprise Third Past an Advancing Linton’
Team: Drinkwater, Woods, Ingham, Keen, Rutter, Angell, Lazarus, Bedford, Evans, Andrews, Clark Attendance: 15,606 On 10th December 1960, Rangers travelled to Vicarage Road. The following match report later appeared in the local press: ‘While Rotherham, Watford’s cup opponents, were finding their scoring boots in slamming Luton 5-2 on Saturday, the Hornets were making an awful mess Continue reading
The 1964 QPR Home Game v Walsall was abandoned following a Fire at Battersea Power Station
On 20th April 1964, QPR took on Walsall at Loftus Road. The match kicked off at 7.30pm but it was abandoned after just 26 minutes. A fire at Battersea Power Station caused power failures throughout parts of London. The BBC were due to launch BBC Two that night, but it had to be delayed until the Continue reading
Haywards Heath Town Women (3) – QPR FC Women (0)
Vitality Women’s FA Cup 3rd Round Qualifying Team: Francis-Pownall, Shephard, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Webster, Hill, Stanley, Petit, McCrea Subs: Carolan, Fatri, Nygaard-Parsons After meeting up with Sammy at Park Royal, we proceeded to Waterloo Station to take the train to Haywards Heath. We bumped into Chris Hewitt outside the station, and we then shared Continue reading
In Memory of Arthur Longbottom
Arthur Longbottom (he later changed his name to Langley), stalwart QPR inside-forward of the mid-1950’s/60’s sadly passed away in September. He played 218 first-team games for the R’s and scored 68 goals during his spell at Loftus Road from 1955 to 1961. I first saw Arthur play when I started supporting the R’s as a Continue reading