The theatre dominates the right-hand side of the postcard (circa 1907) shown below, with the tower and right-hand spire and the elaborate gable bearing the name ‘Ealing Theatre’ in the centre. A hall of variety was Ealing’s sole place of entertainment in 1832. It stood next to the New Inn in St. Mary’s Road and Continue reading
Month: August 2016
QPR (2) – Rochdale (1)
EFL Cup 2nd Round Team: Ingram, Bidwell, Onuoha, Hall, Perch, Kakay (Polter), Borysiuk (Luongo), Sandro, El Khayati (Chery), Shodipo, Washington Subs Not Used: Smithies, Comley, Paul, Grego-Cox Attendance: 3,928 (including 211 Rochdale fans) We won despite Hasselbaink’s team selection, not because of it. He was forced into making an early change as El Khayati came Continue reading
QPR U23 (3) – Crewe Alexandra U23 (3)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Brzozowski, Akinola, Hamalainen, Comley, Arthur, Kpekawa, Prohouly, Manning, Darbyshire, Eze, Adams On a hot, humid and overcast afternoon, the Harlington Crew also included; Clive Kingham, ChrisPTenner, Ray Marno (who had travelled up from Eastbourne), Roger Stokes and Sammy. Brandon Comley put a good ball into the box from the left Continue reading
QPR (0) – Preston North End (2) – ‘It was Obvious from the Word Go that it wasn’t going to Work!’
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Onuoha, Caulker, Perch, Cousins, Henry (Washington), Luongo, Ngbakoto (Khayati), Chery, Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Kakay, Paul, Shodipo, Grego-Cox. Attendance: 13,307 (including 835 Preston fans) It was an unbelievable pedestrian performance that shocked me. Second best in every tackle (the second goal summed it up), no quality and reduced to pumping pointless Continue reading
London’s Smallest Houses in 1926 were situated in Notting Hill and off the Bayswater Road
The following article appeared in an issue of ‘Wonderful London’ magazine in 1926. ‘At No.10, Hyde Park Place, a street off the Bayswater Road near Lancaster Gate Tube Station, the quaint dwelling seen in the upper photograph is to be found. No one seems to know how it got there. Tradition says it was built Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Bolton Wanderers U18 (2)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Brzozowski, Springer-Downes (Ribeiro), Barzey, Klass, Eales, Dupray, Goather-Braithwaite (Bettache), Folkes, Platt, Akinola, Cardoso (Martin) Sub Not Used: Harvey White (GK) This 10.30am fixture was switched to Heston because the first team was training at Harlington, ahead of the match at Cardiff the following day. Within the first minute, the Continue reading
“I’d love Polter in a North End shirt” – PNE next at Loftus Road
This week I spoke to Preston North End fan Stephanie Lambert to get her insight on Saturday’s game at Loftus Road. Stephanie runs the PNEFansForum Twitter and Facebook accounts, and gave me an honest assessment of her hopes for the game… Q. Former Leeds player and manager Simon Grayson has been in the hotseat at Continue reading
The Topical Times 100 Football Stars of 1930 Album (issued in 4 parts), featuring George Goddard
In 1930, the Topical Times issued a four-booklet illustrated collection of the top 100 footballers of the day. The legendary R’s player, George Goddard, was featured on page 11 in Part 2 alongside; H. McLenahan of Manchester United, G. Reed of Leeds United and M. McGregor of Falkirk. The players were displayed on one side Continue reading
QPR (2) – Swindon Town (2) aet – Historic Penalty Shoot-Out Success for the R’s
EFL Cup 1st Round Team: Ingram, Furlong, Lynch (Polter), Onuoha, Perch, Shodipo (Chery), Henry, Cousins, Ngbakoto (Kpekawa), El Khayati, Washington Subs Not Used: Smithies, Hall, Kakay, Gladwin Attendance: 5,440 (including 866 Swindon fans) Championship QPR beat League One side Swindon Town 4-2 on penalties to avoid a shock EFL Cup first-round exit. After 120 minutes, Continue reading
QPR (3) – Leeds United (0) – An Impressive Start for the R’s
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Hall, Caulker, Onuoha, Gladwin (Cousins), Luongo, Henry, Shodipo (Khayati), Chery (Perch), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Lynch, Kpekawa, Washington Attendance: 16,764 (including 3,213 Leeds fans) A good way to start the season, plenty to enjoy and be optimistic about, albeit, against a Leeds side that were poor and hardly threatened. Gladwin didn’t Continue reading