Posted on April 19, 2013 by Finney
Should they lose against Stoke City on Saturday, and all the relegation-threatened sides currently above them in the table win over the weekend, QPR’s descent back to the Championship would be confirmed with fully four weeks of the season remaining. The financial impact on a club that have consistently outspent their natural resources will be vast. This is a business that, at the last count, was £89 million in debt and running at an annual loss of £23 million. Since … Continue reading →
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Posted on April 11, 2013 by Saycey
The Soccerbilia website states that ‘Sports Reporter’ started life as a small format magazine. It first appeared on 21st August 1948 and continued up until at least 15th February 1950. However this particular edition is slightly later than that, dated 18th March 1950. The illustrated weekly was available every Saturday and by now had gone up from 4d to 6d. Interestingly, it describes itself as ‘the paper that supports the Man who supports football.’ That leads me into the letters … Continue reading →
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Posted on April 3, 2013 by Finney
Team: Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill (Onuoha), Traore (Mackie), Jenas, Mbia, Townsend, Taarabt (Hoilett), Remy, Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Granero, Park Attendance: 25,117 (including over 3,000 R’s fans) (The view from the back of the Putney End) The way the first-half was going it looked like a repeat of last season was on the cards. Terrible defending resulted in the home side taking a 3-0 lead with Chris Samba having a nightmare ! Our midfield appeared cluttered with … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 19, 2013 by Saycey
The last time I went to Villa Park was nearly twenty years ago. To be precise it was Saturday 13th August 1993, the first game of the season. It was a forgettable game and a forgettable score-line. Ron Atkinson’s side mullered us 4-1 that day. A brace from Dalian Atkinson, and goals from Dean Saunders and Steve Staunton, were met with a single reply from Les Ferdinand. The back-line that day included Tony Witter, who was visibly out of his … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 8, 2013 by Saycey
Back in the summer of last year, a number of us travelled to Germany for the pre-season friendly in Augsburg. We were surprised to meet several German Rangers fans who had travelled considerable distances to be at the game. Since then several of them have travelled to the UK to attend both home and away games. Paul Finney and I discussed recently about running a feature on them for the Indy R’s site so I then mailed some of them … Continue reading →
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Posted on March 1, 2013 by Finney
Writing this guest piece for the Indy R’s site is difficult. Everything that needs to be said seems to have already been said, and we are staring down the barrel at relegation. A handful of people believe there is still hope of staying up. It is, literally, a handful. The bookies, not known for their generosity, have us at long-on odds to go down. And yet thousands of us are still making our way down to the temple of Loftus … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 28, 2013 by Saycey
A long and detailed read from a good meeting. IndyRs wishes to express its thanks to Neil Dejyothin for typing and distributing these minutes Fans Sites Meeting Date: Tuesday 26th February 2013 Venue: Loftus Road Stadium In attendance: From the club: Ian Taylor & Paul Morrissey From the fan sites: Steve Sayce (Indy Rs – http://www.indyrs.co.uk) Matthew Woolf (WATRB – http://www.wearetherangersboys.com) Colin Henderson (QPR Report – http://www.qprreport.com) Ron Norris (QPRnet – http://www.qprnet.com) Neil Dejyothin (LoftForWords – http://www.loftforwords.co.uk) David Fraser (QPR … 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 December 18, 2012 by Saycey
On a recent trip to the Hammersmith archive, the following pre-Who article was uncovered whilst Colin, Bernard and I were researching various newspapers on micro-film for future QPR articles. There, within a local Gazette dated 21st November 1963, was the headline: ‘The Detours are Finding Their Way to Fame’. Wonderful article and the rest, as they say, is history: ‘Are you getting fed-up with the Beatles ? Then try screaming for a home grown group: The Detours. I’m sure they … Continue reading →
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