David McCallan is one of the most prolific goal scorers in Irish League history, he is also my cousin. During a career spanning the 1980’s and 90’s, David’s goals clinched several important trophies for the many teams he has served with great distinction. He also has a special place in the history of Bangor FC Continue reading
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Memories of QPR winning the Championship Play-Off Final: Part Two – Dundee to Wembley
My Wembley plans started rolling as soon as Charlie Austin scored the winner against Watford, to secure our play-off spot. A bit premature I know, but, what if? The finances were worked out, I had saved enough pound coins to pay for the train and I would ask my wife for a match ticket for Continue reading
A ‘QPR Room‚’ somewhere in Norway: Room with a View – No.2
I have around 50 shirts, 4/5 of them are signed. For me the most special one is the play-off final shirt. I was outside the entrance at Loftus Road after the Chesterfield match the season after (03/04), when Steve Russell introduced me (cheers for that Steve!) to the then Club Director, Nick Blackburn. Blackburn brought Continue reading
Wigan Athletic v QPR – Championship Play-Off Semi-Final – 1st Leg
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Onuoha, Traore (Doyle), O’Neil, Barton, Hoilett (Suk-Young), Morrison (Kranjcar), Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Henry, Carroll. Attendance: 14,560 (including 3,059 R’s fans) Harry’s tactics and team selection was spot on and while Wigan were there for the taking in the second-half, a clean sheet was the order of the Continue reading
W12 Boy and the Class of ’68 Revisited
The summer of 1967 was a long one for this W12 boy. All I could think of was who Rangers would play in our first game in Division Two? When the fixtures came out I was disappointed that it was Pompey and Bristol City away in the first two games but Norwich at home the Continue reading
Barnsley v QPR
Team: Green, Suk-Young, Donaldson, Onuoha, Hughes, Henry, Traore (Kranjcar), O’Neil, Benayoun (Petrasso), Doyle, Austin (Keane). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Carroll, Hoilett, Gibbons. Attendance: 10,298 (including 988 R’s fans) Queen’s Park Rangers head into the Sky Bet Championship play-offs in good form after a 3-2 victory at relegated Barnsley. Top scorer Charlie Austin’s strike and a Continue reading
QPR v Millwall – Fourth Spot Confirmed and a Valuable Point for the Visitors
Team: Green, Simpson, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Benayoun (Hoilett), Barton, Carroll, Kranjcar (Zamora), Morrison, Austin (Doyle). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Hughes, Henry. Attendance: 15,725 (including 1,367 visitors in the Upper School End) I think that Rob Green’s original intention was to attempt to push the ball over the bar. The ball did not go high Continue reading
QPR v Watford – Play-Off Place Secured
Team: Green, Simpson (Hoilett), Traore, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Barton, Carroll, Morrison, Doyle (Zamora), Austin (Henry). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Suk-Young, Keane. Attendance: 16,951 (including 1,773 Watford fans) Harry delivered a curved ball yet again with his system of 3-5-2. Why we have to match Watford’s system is beyond me and for 60+ minutes we Continue reading
Millie at the Goldhawk Club in 1964
The following report was published on the front cover of the Shepherd’s Bush Gazette on the 7th May 1964, and describes a concert given at the Goldhawk Social Club by young Ska singer, Millie (Small), who had a number one hit at the time with ‘My Boy Lollipop’. The language is somewhat archaic but is, Continue reading
Blackburn Rovers v QPR
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Young, Assou-Ekotto (Suk-Young), Hoilett, Benayoun, Henry, Carroll (Maiga), Morrison, Keane (Austin) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Donaldson, O’Neil, Zamora. Attendance: 12,915 (including 410 R’s fans) Well I don’t get the chance to see the R’s a lot, but if Tuesday’s performance was anything to go by then I feel sorry for the Continue reading