Sheffield Wednesday (1) – QPR (3) – ‘Reject Stainrod Shoots Down Boyhood Heroes’ 

Steve Russell

Football League Division Two  Team: Burridge, Gillard, Gregory, Fenwick, Howe, Roeder, Waddock, Micklewhite, Allen, Stainrod, Flanagan  Sub: Hazell  Attendance: 17,024  On 14th November, 1981, the R’s travelled to Hillsborough. John Osborne’s match report later followed:  ‘Simon Stainrod demolished Sheffield Wednesday – the Club he watched from the Spion Kop as a boy – with a Continue reading

QPR FC Women (0) – Real Bedford Ladies (2)     

Steve Russell

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East)  Team: Wiggins, Hennessy, Searle, Hill, Blodgett, Lewin, Ward-Chambers, Munro, Stanley, Goddard, McCrea  Subs: Curr, Owen, Brooks, Kennedy, Hoile  On an extremely hot afternoon at the Matrade Loftus Road Stadium, it was the home side who forced Darcy Buy into making a save at the near-post, and the ball Continue reading

QPR FC Women (1) – AFC Wimbledon Women (0) – ‘Courtnay Ward-Chambers Stepped Up & Belted the Ball into the Back of the Net’ 

Steve Russell

FAWNL League Cup Team: Wiggins, Hennessy, Searle, Blodgett, Lewin, Curr, Munroe, Sampson, Hoile, Stanley, McCrea Subs: Melling, Owen, Goddard, Kennedy, Ward-Chambers  Attendance: 179  Last Wednesday evening saw the first home appearance for QPR FC Women at the SkyEx Community Stadium. Following a fairly even opening 15 minutes, Grace Stanley broke away a minute later, and her Continue reading

Luton Town (1) – QPR (1) – ‘When the Interval Arrived, what a Rush there was to get Refreshments!’ 

Steve Russell

Southern League Division One  Team: Howes, White, Newlands, Yenson, McLean, Downing, Green, O’Donnell, Anderson, Ryder, Blake  Attendance: Nearly 7,000  Rangers kicked off the 1906/07 season with a visit to Luton on 1 September. The Bedford Record filed the following match report:  Before close on 7,000 spectators, in sultry weather, this match at Luton on Saturday Continue reading

London Bees (2) – QPR FC Women (2) 

Steve Russell

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East)  Team: Melling, Hennessy, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, McCrea, Ward-Chambers, Stanley, Kennedy, Sampson  The Club announced last month that Danny Harrigan had been appointed head coach and that Steve Quashie would become Women & Girls technical lead.  It was also confirmed that home games would now be played at Hayes & Yeading’s SkyEx Community Stadium.   The first game of Continue reading

QPR (1) – Plymouth Argyle (0) – ‘But for Ron Springett, Plymouth would have had this Game Firmly Tucked Away by Half-Time’ 

Steve Russell

Team: Springett, Woods, Ingham, Petchey, Rutter, Angell, Dawson, Cameron, Smith, Locke, Kerrins  Attendance: 11,354  After a heavy 0-5 defeat at the Den the previous Monday, on 5th October 1958, the R’s took on Plymouth Argyle at Loftus Road. The following match report later appeared in the West London Observer:  ‘Plymouth Fiddle While QPR Do Victory Continue reading

QPR U18 (1) – Hull City U18 (2) 

Steve Russell

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Jones, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Keita-Turay, Balogun, Radojevic, Kennedy, Tarbotton, Hassan, Neill, Neziri  Subs: Fitall, Street, Trujillo, Skeete, Hayati  The temperature was beginning to head towards the mid-20s by the time I arrived at the TSG Elite Training Centre.  Ridwan Hassan’s superb long ball out to the right-wing was then crossed Continue reading