Category: History

The following article appeared in the Kensington Post on 23rd August 1947. ‘At the sixth annual general meeting of Queen’s Park Rangers Supporters’ Club held at Hammersmith Town Hall on Monday evening, Mr Hittinger, the chairman of QPR directors, revealed that some £30,000 worth of shares may be issued to the public this autumn. Shares Continue reading

Team: Clutterbuck, Bellingham, McConnell, Newlands, Hitch, Skinner, Gray, Newbigging, Goldie, Humphrey, Foxhall. Attendance: 2,000 Following the 1-1 draw at Cassio Road four days earlier, the replay was played on a Wednesday afternoon, which might be one of the reasons for the low attendance, along with the weather conditions? A match report appeared in the Sporting Continue reading

Team: Clutterbuck, Newlands, McConnell, Keech, Hitch, Skinner, Gray, Newbigging, Goldie, Humphries, Foxall. Attendance: 4,000 Following the recent FA Cup defeat at Loftus Road, QPR had first been drawn against Watford on 17th November 1900. Rangers had previously thrashed Fulham 7-0 two weeks earlier and then travelled to Cassio Road for the 4th qualifying round. The Continue reading

Peter Barnard wrote the following article in 1968 for ‘Goal’ magazine: ‘Epsom Station on any weekday morning displays its share of bowler-hatted City types waiting for the 8.16, and if one of them happens to break an ankle mowing the lawn he’ll still be on the platform next day, albeit sporting crutches. But the stockbroker Continue reading

Titled, ‘Gordon Jago gets the Third Degree’, the press photo shown below is from 1974. The caption reads as follows: ‘Gordon Jago, Queen’s Park Rangers manager, hails new signings, the American singing trio ‘The Three Degrees’ who were at the club to shoot pictures for their new LP cover.’ ‘Left to right: Sheila, Fayette and Continue reading

The following article appeared in the Birmingham Daily Post on 20th October 1972: ‘Dave Thomas moved from Burnley to Queen’s Park Rangers for £165,000 in a lightning transfer deal yesterday, and afterwards both club managers expressed their satisfaction at the way the move had been handled. Jimmy Adamson, the Burnley manager, said: “This deal between Continue reading

Team: Kingsley, Lyon, Newlands, Whyte, Hitch, Downey, Thompson, Sugden, Yenson, Ryder, Roberts Attendance: 4,000 On 30th October 1905, Rangers took on Southampton at Park Royal in a Western League fixture. The following match report appeared in the Bournemouth Daily Echo the next day: ‘The Saints, with the team that drew at Fulham on Saturday, played Continue reading

I kicked off this series in September 2017 and No. 4 once again features Mark Lazarus. The pic comes from the local Gazette and must date from the first week of March 1962. . The caption reads: ‘It was a wonderful welcome back for Mark Lazarus at Loftus-road on Saturday after a four months’ stay Continue reading

The following article appeared in the Kilburn Times on 17th September 1897: ‘On Saturday last the attendance at the Harvist-road enclosure, West Kilburn, showed a still further increase. The official return gave nearly 6,000 as being present. With glorious surroundings, a grand afternoon’s sport was witnessed. Although the local players sustained defeat, all who saw Continue reading

The following article appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine in 1968: ‘Not much doubt from the way that champagne bottle is being held that the man on the right is an expert with his hands. Ron Springett’s his name. The Queen’s Park Rangers and former England goalkeeper was doing the honours for some of his team-mates at Continue reading