The summer of 1966 was a big one for this 11 year old W12 Boy, the World Cup, leaving a Rangers Coverdale Road Primary School to go to a Chelscum Holland Park Comprehensive and little did I know that the next nine months would put my beloved Rangers on the same stage as the big Continue reading
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Charlton Athletic v QPR
Team: Green, Hughes, Dunne, Hill, Onuoha, Traore, Carroll (Benayoun), Jenas, Hoilett (Keane), Morrison, Doyle (Maiga). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Henry, O’Neil Attendance: 17,333 (including 3,267 R’s fans) Not just another poor performance, but nothing to suggest this will get any better. Another game, another punt from Harry, another bucket load spent, but still not Continue reading
QPR v Reading
Team: Green, Hughes, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto (Benayoun), Traore, Barton, Kranjcar, Hoilett, Doyle, Keane (Zamora). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Onuoha, Henry, Jenas, Maiga. Attendance: 16,522 (including 1,279 away fans) Queen’s Park Rangers’ aspirations of automatic promotion suffered another setback as they lost despite their fellow Premier League hopefuls Reading playing the last 20 minutes with ten Continue reading
Derby County v QPR
Team: Green, Hughes, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, O’Neil (Hoilett), Carroll (Jenas), Barton, Kranjcar, Johnson (Maiga), Doyle. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Traore, Onuoha, Henry. Attendance: 23,495 (including 541 R’s fans) The Derby manager, Steve McClaren, said his jubilant players had only enough energy left to muster a satisfied smile of success, such were their exertions in victory Continue reading
The First Day of Irish Spring in West London
The first of February is, as every school child in Ireland knows, St. Brigid’s Day, the first day of spring and almost every infant school class will have kids making St. Brigid’s crosses from rushes or straw over the past week. This time around those good people in Ryanair chipped in with a e40 (¬£35) Continue reading
Warren Farm – ‘Campaigners taking fight for Green Space to Court’
The following article was written by James Gates and appeared in this week’s’Ealing & Acton’Gazette: ‘Campaigners are taking Ealing Council to court over allegations it has acted unlawfully over the Warren Farm sports site. Papers were lodged at the High Court yesterday asking for a judicial review into the council’s decision to sign over 61 Continue reading
QPR v Bolton Wanderers – Injury to Charlie Austin Mars Rangers Victory
Team: Green, Traore, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Phillips, Carroll, Henry, Kranjcar (Wright-Phillips), Johnson, Austin (Zamora). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Ehmer, Diakite, O’Neil, Hoilett Attendance: 15,097 Tuesday night’s performance in the first 45 and last 15 minutes was not good enough and showed that what looks to be a strong side on paper is way off the Continue reading
One Hundred Years an ‘R’
Despite being a regular reader, I’ve never contributed to the Indy R’s website before, but following a chat with Indy R’s stalwart Paul Finney about my family background and its long term love affair with QPR, I was coaxed to share. So spare me the indulgence if you will. Edward Evans, my great-grandfather, was a Continue reading
In Memory of Andy Malcolm
In Memory of Andy Malcolm It is sad to have to report the recent death of Andy Malcolm, the ex-West Ham, Chelsea and QPR pro-footballer. He was a busy, energetic quality half-back who played 94 first team games for the R’s and scored 6 goals. Although the prime of his playing career was spent with Continue reading
Everton (4) – QPR (0)
FA Cup 3rd Round Team: Cesar, Simpson, Onuoha, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Traore (Kranjcar), Barton, Henry (Johnson), O’Neil, Phillips, Austin (Benayoun). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Dunne, Onyewu, Zamora Attendance: 32, 283 Harry Redknapp left Goodison Park well beaten but with the consolation of a five-star scouting report on a striker he may sign. Everton’s Nikica Jelavic could Continue reading