QPR Team: Howes, McLarney, Wassell, McGargill, Taylor, Edwards, Thompson, Fletcher, Brewis, Handford, Bevan(probable line-up?) Chelsea Team: Harmer, Wolff, Miller, Harris, Whiting, Craigie, Toomer, Caswell, O’Hara, Robertson, Donaghy Rangers travelled to Stamford Bridge on 11th November 1905 for a South Eastern League encounter. Headlined: “The Reserves Are Still Unbeaten” – the following match report later appeared Continue reading
QPR (3) – Northampton Town (2) – ‘And with Commendable Coolness he Guided the Ball Past the Advancing Keeper’
Team: Mason, Barrie, Carr, Lowe, Farmer, March, Lumsden, Charlton, Cheetham, Fitzgerald, McMahon Attendance: 3,751 Following a 6-0 win over Cardiff City five days earlier it was Northampton Town who visited Loftus Road next on Thursday, 18th February 1937. Charles Buchan’s match report appeared in the Daily News the next day: ‘With the exception of a Continue reading
QPR (4) – Middlesbrough (2) – ‘Rangers in Paradise’
Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Francis, Masson, Bowles, Givens Sub: Leach Attendance: 24,342 On 10th April 1976, high-flying Rangers took on Middlesbrough at Loftus Road. Ken Montgomery wrote the following match report: ‘Dave Sexton, the man who has moulded the QPR dream machine, still refuses to accept that his side are as Continue reading
Leighton Town (1) – QPR U23 (2)
Team: Salamon, Jude-Boyd, Drewe, Gubbins, Rendall, Masterson, Amos, Bettache, Lloyd, Alfa, Duke-Mckenna. Subs Not Used: Cant, Woodman, Pedder Attendance: 389 Chris Hewitt and I met up with Sammy outside Park Royal Station for the trip to Leighton Town on Saturday. After we had parked up the first thing I noticed was the ‘Bircham & Sons Continue reading
‘Happy Days with QPR’ – Dave Thomas
The following article (edited), appeared in a 1970’s Football Annual: ‘Something happened to me during the season 1972-3. I do not expect that I was the first player to appear for both of the clubs that won promotion from the Second to the First Division during their promotion season but, on the other hand there Continue reading
Morris Nichols – Former QPR Goalkeeper & England Test Cricketer
Morris Stanley ‘Stan’ Nichols was born in Stondon Massey, Essex, on 6th October 1900. The earliest newspaper reference Colin has unearthed so far appeared in the West London Observer on 27th August 1926: ‘In this, only his second season in County cricket, M. Nichols, the young Essex bowler, has taken 100 wickets. Last season he Continue reading
The Old Packhorse, 434 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London W4
Not to be confused with the Packhorse & Talbot further down the road, the Old Packhorse is situated on the corner of Acton Lane and Chiswick High Road. The former was actually called ‘The Packhorse’ until 1811. On a very hot Sunday afternoon recently, I popped in there with my son for some refreshment. The Continue reading
Remembering Peter Angell – “After Arriving at Loftus Road, I made my League Debut against Walsall – on the Left-Wing”
QPR legend Peter Angell sadly passed away on this day in 1979. As a way of remembering him I’ve reproduced an article that he wrote for ‘Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly’ in February 1960: ‘They said that Soccer is devoid of sentiment. But it was a typical goodwill gesture on the part of that gentleman of Continue reading
Crawley Town (3) – QPR (3)
Team: Walsh (Mahoney), Paal (Hamalainen), Clarke-Salter (Gubbins), Dickie (Dunne), Adomah (Kakay), Johansen (Dozzell), Field (Masterson), Thomas (Owens), Chair (Shodipo), Roberts (Kelman), Dykes (Bonne) Attendance: 2,674 (including 1,346+ R’s fans) I met up with Sammy at Park Royal and we then headed off to Victoria Station. Later, I bumped into Ray Marno at Crawley Railway Station Continue reading
Remembering Former QPR Player & North Kensington Boy, Harry Daniels
After R’s fan Lance Hockley had informed me on Facebook that Harry Daniels was his wife’s uncle, with Colin Woodley’s assistance, I began to research his career. Harry was born in North Kensington on 25th June 1920 and probably grew up at 32, Manchester Road, London W10. A lost street which is now buried underneath Continue reading