U23 Professional Development League Team: Ingram, Kakay, Arthur, Finney, Robinson (Williams), Paul, Sandro, El Khayati, Shodipo, Eze, Darbyshire (Prohouly) Subs Not Used: Herdman, Manning Paul Hall once again included the trialist centre-back Alex Finney in his starting line-up. Twenty-year-old Finney left Bolton Wanderers by mutual consent back in August after making a couple of 1st Continue reading
Month: October 2016
50 Years Ago Today: QPR (4) – Leicester City (2)
Football League Cup 4th Round Team: Springett, Hazell, Langley, Keen, Hunt, Sibley, Lazarus, Sanderson, Allen, Marsh, Morgan (R) Attendance: 20,735 Rangers had knocked out Swansea Town in the previous round of the League Cup and were then drawn against Leicester City, who included in their side the England World Cup goalkeeping hero, Gordon Banks. There Continue reading
QPR (1) – Bristol City (0) – A much-improved Rangers Performance that was Positive, Refreshing and Entertaining
Team: Smithies, Perch, Caulker, Onuoha, Lynch (Hamalainen), Borysiuk, Cousins (Gladwin), Luongo, Washington, Chery, Sylla (Polter) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Henry, Wszolek, Shodipo Attendance: 12,552 (including 1,083 visiting fans) Until he scored, you wouldn’t have known Sylla was on the pitch. Ditto Cousins when he went off injured. The goal gave Sylla a lot of confidence Continue reading
QPR (1) – Reading (1) – Man-of-the-Match (by a Mile): Alex Smithies
Team: Smithies, Perch, Hall (Caulker), Onuoha, Lynch, Henry, Wszolek (Sylla), Shodipo (Washington), Borysiuk, Chery, Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Hamalainen, Gladwin, Luongo Attendance: 15,048 (including 1,675 Reading fans) QPR’s win-less home run continued as Danny Williams’ equaliser earned Reading a deserved point. Polish winger Pawel Wszolek netted his first goal for the Hoops from close Continue reading
The 20th Independent R’s Badge
My 20th Indy R’s badge has been available for a while, and at the time of writing around half the stock has been sold. Limited to just 100, the badge commemorates the pre-season friendly against FC Groningen, on Monday 11th July. They are priced at ¬£3.00 each and can also be purchased via mail order. Continue reading
QPR U23 (0) – Nottingham Forest U23 (5)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Lumley, Kakay, Hamalainen, Manning (Crichlow), Arthur (Williams), Lynch, Prohouly, Akinola (Adams), Darbyshire, Eze, El Khayati Sub Not Used: Dieng First chance of the afternoon fell to Danny Darbyshire, whose effort was comfortably smothered by Jordan Smith. This was soon followed by a superb long ball way over to the right Continue reading
Fulham (1) – QPR (2) – Rangers’ First Win at Craven Cottage Since 1980
Team: Smithies, Lynch (Hamalainen), Hall, Caulker, Onuoha, Chery, Henry, Wszolek (Shodipo), Luongo, Washington, Polter (Sylla) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Kakay, Sandro, El Khayati Attendance: 19,609 (including 3,302 R’s fans) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink admitted the 2-1 win over Fulham – his side’s first win at Craven Cottage since 1980 – was the perfect tonic after a Continue reading
Memories of Paddington
Born and brought up in Paddington, with family connections that go back well over a hundred years, ‘Paddington Paul’ was an obvious choice for me for a user name on this site. The first mention of Paddington is as ‘Paddintun’. ‘Tun’ being the Saxon word for a fortified farm. It is mentioned in documents that Continue reading
In Memory of George James McLeod: Pro-Footballer, Luton, Brentford & QPR
It was sad to hear the news of the passing of our one-time left-winger of the 1960’s, George McLeod. Originally from Scottish Highlands football, George moved south in the 1950’s to provide decent service for English clubs; Luton Town, Brentford and QPR. The bulk of his playing days were spent at Brentford (1958 – January Continue reading
Brentford B (3) – QPR U23 (0)
B Team/U23 Friendly at Jersey Road Team: Dieng, Springer-Downes, Manning, Akinola (Eales), Arthur, Fox, trialist (Paul), trialist (Alfa), Derbyshire, Bowler, Prohouly Sub Not Used: Herdman Tim Seny Dieng made a very good save with his legs in the early stages of the game. However, the home side took the lead after 13 minutes following a Continue reading