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Posted on May 17, 2013 by Finney
The pic shown below was taken on 27th February 1976 and shows Gerry Francis being questioned by the police during a photo-shoot: ‘England soccer captain Gerry Francis is “booked” by the law. The incident happened after the Queen’s Park Rangers’ star went to buy an airgun from a shop in Redhill, Surrey. He agreed to pose outside the shop with the shotgun for the benefit of photographers, but the police blew the whistle on the move before it had fully … Continue reading →
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Posted on May 8, 2013 by Saycey
London Combination (Principal) Team: Denoon, Mitchell, Whyman, Grendon, Wake, Baldock, Jefferson, Smith, Dale, Gregory, Fox Attendance: 6,500 The West London Observer reported on the game as follows: ‘Rangers gained a highly creditable victory at Shepherd’s Bush on Saturday, when they defeated Millwall by three goals to nil. In the absence of Wingrove, Mitchell had to partner Whyman at full-back, and he gave a wonderfully fine display while Wake , at centre half-back, proved to be a tower of strength to … Continue reading →
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Posted on April 17, 2013 by Saycey
This is the final part of an article/interview by Roger Hutchinson, titled: ‘Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo’, which first appeared in No.17 (Volume 1) of ‘Street Life’ and was dated June 12 – 23, 1976: ‘Perhaps the absence of Ron Harris from the First Division contributed to Bowles’ consistent excellence last season. More likely, the uncanny accuracy of Don Masson’s passes from midfield gave him more time to think on the ball, and allowed him to spread wider … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 30, 2013 by Finney
In this day of wall-to-wall football, with every conceivable game from almost every country on dozens of channels and all the other associated programming that goes with it, it seems weird that 25 years ago this very weekend there was great excitement about a football related programme on our television screens. Especially in our little corner of West London for our Queen’s Park Rangers were to feature in a documentary on BBC1, the nation’s most watched channel, of which … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 25, 2013 by Saycey
The following article appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine in 1979: ‘It had been quite a day for Tony Currie. After putting in a hard morning’s training with Tommy Docherty and his new mates at QPR, he went back to the London streets he knew as a boy for a sentimental journey. “It was always my dream to become a professional footballer,” Tony said. “That was my ambition right from the start. I used to watch Hendon, the local amateur side. They … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 15, 2013 by Saycey
The following article dates from the 1950’s and I think it appeared in ‘Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly’: ‘Can you remember your sixth birthday ? I can. My home was in Greenock, and the local Well Park was a favourite childhood haunt. One day I walked into the park and asked a group of older boys if I could join them in their kick-about. “You’re too young to play with us,” they said. “But I’m six years old today,” I protested. … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 21, 2013 by Saycey
On Thursday 9th May, the QPR party set off from Paris at 8 o’clock in the morning and arrived in Saarbrucken in time for dinner. Apart from the pics in the French magazine: “La Vie Au Grand Air” that I included in part one, I also managed to pick up around the same time a 1912 copy of the German magazine: “Fussball und Olympischer Sport”, which includes some quite detailed match reports. Martin Percival told me that a mate of … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 19, 2013 by Saycey
The less said about “Black Sunday” at Wembley in the Milk Cup Final against Oxford United the better ! Rangers had done all the hard work in beating Hull City, Watford, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Liverpool on the way to the Twin Towers, but didn’t show up on the day. Bannister was totally ineffective, disillusioned upfront and given no service. The chance of a lifetime for many of those players to win a winners medal at Wembley was wasted. As … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 14, 2013 by Saycey
The spring of 1984 was not the best of times in Great Britain. The miners were at loggerheads with Maggie Thatcher’s government over pit closures, leading to violence between striking miners and the police at picket lines, WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed during a siege at the Libyan Embassy and unemployment reached a record of 3,260,000. By contrast, things couldn’t be much better for fans of Queen’s Park Rangers as we were coming off one of the most … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 5, 2013 by Finney
Team: Woods, Shanks, Gillard, McCreery, Hazell, Roeder, Bowles, Goddard, Allen, Harkouk (Waddock), Burke Attendance: 16,000 The R’s had lost their first two away league games of the season, but on 15th September 1979 they recorded a 2-1 win at Vetch Field. John Burgum wrote the following match report for the local newspaper: ‘Defender Nigel Stevenson made two critical errors of judgement and they were enough to send Swansea City crashing to another defeat against Queen’s Park Rangers at Vetch Field. … Continue reading →
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