Category: History

Team: Shaw, Fidler, Pullen, Ovens, Mitchell, Wake, Thompson, Birch, Whyman, Revill, Barnes On 11th January 1913, Rangers had beaten Halifax Town 4-2 in the First Round of the FA Cup. They then travelled to Dean Court the following Saturday to take on Bournemouth in a friendly. A match report appeared in the Bournemouth Guardian a Continue reading

Team: Howes, Lyon, Wassell, White, Taylor, Edwards, Thompson, Coates, Brewis, Roberts, Cowan. Chelsea had been founded on 10th March 1905 and six months later the two sides met for the first time. This reserve match on 23rd September was a South Eastern League fixture, which kicked off at 3.45pm at the Agricultural Showground, Park Royal. Continue reading

Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Francis, Masson, Bowles, Givens Sub: Leach Attendance: 31,002 On this day in 1976, the R’s took on Leeds in their final game of an historic season. Ron Phillips’ ‘Bush Telegraph’ programme notes included the following: ‘In any normal season Rangers’ superb winning run from January to April Continue reading

The following article was written by Eric Nicholls and appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine on 4th August 1973: ‘When your brother is a well-known footballer, it’s difficult not to attract attention when you go out to show off your own Soccer skills. That’s the problem Susan Francis faces every time she pulls on the No.3 jersey Continue reading

Team: Hill, Marsden, Bain, John, Vigrass, Gregory (J), Edgley, Birch, Parker, Davis, Chandler Attendance: 23,454 Rangers defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 in the FA Cup 1st Round on the 13th January 1923. For the 2nd Round, the R’s travelled to Wigan for the very first time. Ahead of the match the Daily Herald reported: ‘Thirteen players Continue reading

Team: A. J. Kips, H. Teagle, F. Tyler, A. Knight, T. Harvey, A. McKenzie, C. Davies, A. Gilmour, B. Carr, W. Ward, E. Wallington. QPR’s 1895/96 season was made up of various cup competitions and a number of friendlies. On 15th February, Rangers travelled to Harrow Athletic. A comprehensive match report, (and interesting references to Continue reading

I had thought that QPR’s first overseas tour had been to France and Germany in 1912, but it has now come to light that the Rangers travelled to Belgium four years earlier. A Reuters telegram was circulated to the Press on Sunday 3rd May reporting that QPR had defeated Brussels Racing Club 5-2: ‘The excellent Continue reading

A few days after the friendly match at Ruislip’s Breakspear Road ground on the 10th March 1986, the Hayes & Harlington Gazette reported that: ‘First Division Queen’s Park Rangers drew a bumper crowd of 1,500 to Breakspear Road on Monday evening for a special match against Ruislip to officially switch on the local club’s new Continue reading

The following article appeared in the Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Gazette on 11th April 1968: ‘Home matches are recognised throughout sport to be beneficial to the host club, where they are considered to have a better chance of coming out on top. Queen’s Park Rangers have shown how much “home” means to them by their Continue reading

Team: Brown, Powell (G), Ingham, Gilberg, Spence, Farrow, Muir, Hold, Addinall, Smith (C), Waugh Attendance: 41,706 On 15th March 1952, bottom-placed QPR travelled to high-flying Sheffield Wednesday. Fred Walters wrote the following (amended) match report for a local newspaper: ‘Wednesday’s narrow victory over Queen’s Park Rangers, bottom club in the Second Division, kept them well Continue reading