The following servicemen had at some point in their careers, played for Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, and all tragically lost their lives serving their country. Albert Edward Bonass: In June 1939, Albert arrived at Loftus Road from Chesterfield. He went on to make 61 appearances for the R’s. He was one of the RAF crew who lost their lives when their Stirling bomber crashed Continue reading
QPR (4) – London Welsh (2) – ‘From a return kick by Mills, Tom Smith obtained & sent in a Low Shot & Scored Goal Number One’
FA Cup Preliminary Round Team: Clutterbuck, Knowles, McConnell, Crawford, Tennant, Keech, Smith (T), Haywood, Bedingfield, Turnbull, Cowie Attendance: 4,987 On 23rd September 1899, Rangers met London Welsh at Kensal Rise in a FA Cup preliminary round tie. The London Welsh side included; J. F. Jones of Manchester City, H. Hughes of Hammersmith, Welsh international, W. Nock and former QPR player, H. E. Edwards. The following match report later Continue reading
Cambridge United Women (1) – QPR FC Women (3)
FA Women’s National League One (South-East) Team: Clarke, Searle, Lewin, Wellesley-Davies, Gotch, Hill, Ali, Dzyadyk, Mehmet, Stanley, Orchard Subs: Brooks, Blodgett, Owen, Doyle, Adebowale-Arimoro, Leach Attendance: 1,074 It was the away side who had the best of the opening stages at the Cledara Abbey Stadium. And following a good run by Ellie Searle, the Rangers full-back’s cross was kicked behind for the R’s first corner. Then, seven minutes in, Grace Stanley’s strike went just wide Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (1) – Watford U21 (1)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Warren, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Balogun, Majesty, Dyke, Neill, O’Brien, Kennedy, Hassan, Neziri Subs: Halliday, Moore, Sandiford, Oluwabusola, McAvoy Watford came close to opening the scoring at Loftus Road, after Zavier Massiah-Edwards had reached the ball before the advancing keeper, but his chip went wide of the target. At the other end, a cross from the left found Ridwan Hassan in the box, but Continue reading
Dartford FC Women (1) – QPR FC Women (1) – The Hosts Progressed to the First Round Proper 4-1 on Penalties
FA Cup Third Qualifying Round Team: Clarke, Doyle, Gotch, Searle, Hill, Wellesley-Davies, Ali, D’Santos, Dzyadyk, Adebowale-Arimoro, Leach Subs Not Used: Sampson, Owen On an overcast afternoon at the Princess Park Stadium, Rangers got off to a good start in this FA Cup tie. Some excellent defending from Emily Hill, when the R’s captain, under pressure from two opponents, evaded their challenges before laying the ball off safely. The first Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Mansfield Town (U18) (2)
U18 Professional Development League Cup Team: Fittall, trialist, trialist, Cuthbert, Sandiford, Wiles, McAvoy, Whitehead, Oluwabusola, Trujillo, Kennedy Subs: Scarlett, Edouard-Marisson, Majesty, Brunson, Gnanalingam It’s always windy at the training ground, but prior to kick-off it had certainly gone up to strong gusty proportions! A great pass in the early stages found James McAvoy, and as he moved forward, Milla Shore advanced before diving to put the ball behind. Then, Gabriel Oluwabusola, through on goal, screwed the Continue reading
QPR (4) – Fulham (2) – ‘Rangers’ Hero was Outside-Right John Pearson who Scored a Hat-Trick’
London Challenge Cup – 2nd Round Team: Welton, Colgan, Newcombe, Keen, Powell, Stanbrook, Pearson, Kelly, Hopkins, Locke, Wright Attendance: 4,000 After knocking out Walthamstow Avenue in the first round, on 20th October 1958, the R’s then took on Fulham at Loftus Road. The following match report later appeared in the local Gazette: ‘Fulham’s goalkeeper, Ken Hewkins, claimed he was blinded by a photographer’s flashlight exploding in his face as John Pearson completed his hat-trick in scoring Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (0) Swansea City U21 (4)
U21 Professional League 2 Team: Salamon, Agbude, Putman, Wilkie, Clarke-Salter, Alemayehu, Coomes, Aoraha, Hassan, Dyke, O’Brien Subs: Halliday, Akindileni, Neziri, Oluwabusola, Neill With the arrival of the team sheets, the pre-match chat then reverted to the return of Jake Clarke-Salter to the starting line-up. Also surprising was that the R’s keeper was wearing a similar dark shirt as the visitors? Four minutes in, and as Ridwan Hassan and Continue reading
QPR FC Women (0) – Watford Women (6)
FAWNL League Cup Team: Clarke, Sampson, Brooks, Gotch, Searle, Hill, Owen, Mehmet, Orchard, Stanley, Dzyadyk Subs: Blodgett, Wellesley-Davies, Ali, Makowska, D’Santos, Adebowale-Arimoro, Leach Watford came into this Cup tie unbeaten in the National League Southern Premier Division, which is one level higher than their opponents. The Hornets took the lead on 72 seconds when Ava Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Cardiff City U18 (2)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Fittall, McAvoy, Moore, Cuthbert, Majesty, Neill, Kennedy, Neziri, Oluwabusola, Scarlett, Trujillo Subs: Wright, Boddy, Brunson, Whitehead, trialist We noticed that there were only three subs on the bench, and that the other two would most probably make their way over from the U16’s match which was taking place on Continue reading