Paul Finney caught up with Rangers legends Phil Parkes and Don Shanks to talk about 1976, Stan, and the part we can all play in his last goodbye to Loftus Road. Links to the video below: Click here for tickets to the game for Stan, 29 July. https://t.co/3tCKvu2zJo — Paul Finney (@paulfinney1969) 18 July 2017 Continue reading
Tommy Ray’s 1956 Open Letter to the Queen’s Park Rangers Manager
The following letter from Tommy Ray of the Goldhawk Road, appeared in the West London Observer on 14th December 1956: ‘Dear Jack Taylor – What is the future for the Rangers? Gates are down, and floodlighting does not seem to be the answer. At the time of writing your team has only scored 24 goals Continue reading
QPR U18 (4) – Yeovil Town U18 (0)
Team: 1st half – White (Bowman), not known, Kaiser, not known, Genovesi, Messais, Dauti, Remy, Francis-Adeyinka (trialist), Kendal, not known (Miller) Team: 2nd half – Bowman (Dickinson), Disubi, Orafu, Noel-McCloud, Woodward-Innocent, Kirwasina, Robeiro, Bettache, Lucas (trialist), Platt, Miller (Bansal-McNulty) I bumped into Keith Davies at Acton Town Station and we went on to Hounslow East Continue reading
15th February 1965: Fulham Juniors (0) – QPR Juniors (2)
Southern Junior Floodlight Cup Semi-Final Team: Brooks, Hazell, Finch, Sibley, Moughton, Blake, Morgan (I), Parker, Leach, Bathurst, Morgan (R) Whilst the QPR first team were having another lean season, the Rangers junior sides were on a crest of a wave. Seventeen-year-old Frank Sibley had already made his senior debut a year earlier. The Morgan twins Continue reading
QPR (2) – England Olympic X1 (1)- 10th October 1955
Team: Brown, Woods, Ingham, Crickson, Rutter, Angell, Longbottom, Smith, Clark, Cameron, Shepherd This match against an England Olympic X1, kicked off at 7.30pm on Monday, 10th October 1955. Comments ‘by the Manager’ in the 2d programme, included this preview of the match: ‘This evening we are very pleased to welcome an England Amateur X1to Loftus Continue reading
‘That’s My Boy’ – Proud Mum Jackie Hucker on her Son, Peter
I’m not sure which football magazine this originates from, but the following article on our former goalkeeper, Peter Hucker, dates back to 1983: ‘It was written in the stars that Queen’s Park Rangers goalkeeper Peter Hucker would make a name for himself. The prediction followed a visit by his grandmother to a fortune-teller several years Continue reading
From 1956: QPR Supporters to hold Rally at Hammersmith Town Hall
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 1st June 1956: What’s wrong with QPR? That is the vital question, which will be raised at the annual general meeting and rally of Queen’s Park Rangers Supporters Club on Monday evening at Hammersmith Town Hall. In a letter to all members of the Supporters’ Continue reading
‘A Day in R Life’ – Lynn Wilson (Mrs Clive Wilson)
The following article appeared in issue 4 of the 90’s fans newspaper, ‘The Ranger’ as part of the ‘Behind the Scenes’ series and features Clive Wilson’s wife, Lynn: ‘We get up on a match day around 8.30am. I always leave Clive to his own devices when he’s got a game – I don’t do anything Continue reading
Forever in our Hearts: Alan McDonald – QPR & Northern Ireland Legend
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
Beggars can’t be choosers
Mansion, Betway, UK-K8.com, Dafabet, Bet365, BETEAST, SportPesa, 138.com…. gambling companies are everywhere in football. That list is just some Premier League sponsors from last season. Throw in the companies who sponsor the stadiums, the leagues, the electronic animated hoardings and the television coverage, Bet365, Skybet, BetVictor, Betfair… a football world soon appears which is saturated Continue reading
