Category: History

Alan McDonald sadly passed away five years ago today. As a way of commemorating him, I’ve reproduced part of an article, which was written by Michael Wale for a January 1987 match programme: ‘And so it is with Alan McDonald. Just at the time the increasingly putrid tabloid press encircles our players like vultures, spreading Continue reading

Team: Seaman, Channing, Sansom, Parker, McDonald, Spackman, Gray, Reid, Clarke, Wright, Sinton Subs: Johns, Maddix, Barker, Kerslake, Allen Attendance: 1,600 The R’s previous encounter with St Mirren was on 13th August 1983. Rangers lost that game 3-2, with goals from Clive Allen and Simon Stainrod. QPR’s next visit to Love Street was six years later Continue reading

The following article appeared in Shoot/Goal magazine sometime around the mid 1970’s: ‘QPR defender Dave Clement came under attack from his team mate and ‘keeper Phil Parkes during a shopping break at the famous London toy store Hamleys, a few days ago. Dave was playing Subbuteo Table Soccer, and found out just what it was Continue reading

  It was Keith Davies who got me interested into researching former Rangers player Derrick Razzell. I knew that he hadn’t played for the QPR first team, so I started asking around. Colin Woodley then alerted me to a newspaper cutting that he had spotted up on ebay. ‘Plumber turns soccer pro’ – A 23-year-old Continue reading

European Championship: Windsor Park, Belfast, on Wednesday, 17th November 1982. The following article appeared in ‘Match Weekly’ on 11th December 1982: ‘Northern Ireland’s young hero Ian Stewart dreamed as a boy of scoring the winning goal for his country against a top footballing nation. And last month that dream came true to life when the Continue reading

Team: Springett, Watson, Langley, Sanderson, Keen, Moughton, Lazarus, Morgan (I), Allen, Marsh, Morgan (R) Attendance: 4,732 This 5-0 thumping of Bournemouth on 21st May 1966 was the R’s final home league game of the season. Sean Kilfeather wrote the following match report: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers gave their supporters a pleasant parting gift in their last Continue reading

On 1st December 1979, Stan scored what was to be his final goal for the R’s. His outstanding goal in the 1-2 defeat at Cambridge United was later featured in ‘Match Weekly’: ‘Stan Bowles’ last goal in the colours of Queen’s Park Rangers was a brilliant solo effort…and ‘Match Weekly’ was there to record the Continue reading

The 2-1 Defeat at Norwich in 1931 – ‘Lewis, the Amateur International, did not Journey down with the Rangers, but he was expected off the 3 o’clock Train, Dressed, Ready for Play’ Team: Cunningham, Nixon, Hall, Sales, Armstrong, Vango, Wyper, Lewis, Goddard, Wilson, Cribb Attendance: 13,165 Ahead of our trip to Carrow Road on Sunday, Continue reading

Team: Kelly, Finch, Harris, Keen, Keetch, Hazell, Morgan (I), Leach, Clarke, Marsh, Morgan (R) Sub: Allen Attendance: 28,000+ This was the start of the final run-in of the 1967/68 Division 2 campaign. What a nail biter! With Ipswich, QPR and Blackpool all battling it out for the two promotion places to the top flight with Continue reading

Tony Ingham sadly passed away seven years ago today. Dennis Signy wrote the following tribute to the QPR legend for issue 13 of the Club newspaper, ‘Bush Ranger’ in 1989: ‘When Tony Ingham joined Leeds United in 1947, he was earning the princely sum of £6 a week. And the original contract for the Yorkshireman Continue reading