Mark Hughes arrived in January and during his 10 month reign at the club failed to secure a single away victory. Furthermore, crucially after 12 games this season the R’s are currently rooted at the bottom of the table without a league win. Unrest had been growing amongst Rangers fans for some time and the Continue reading
Author: Finney
The Irish R’s Experience
My opening post on this site was: “are there any Irish R’s on here ?” It led to me leaving my house in Waterford at 4.30am for the one hour drive to Wexford to meet the rest of the South East brotherhood. My Waterford comrade Tramorehoop decided to take the 36hr round trip on the Continue reading
QPR v Southampton – Staring into the Abyss
“This lot look like they couldn’t care less if they tried” – Steve Froggatt BBC London 94.9FM Driving home from Loftus Road on Saturday I reflected that I’ve picked an absolutely corking time to agree to write some match reports for the Indy R’s; Arsenal away, Reading home and now this one. Plus I’ve offered Continue reading
Are Things Coming Up Rosie 47 ?
I commented, as last season ended how worried I was that a season of mid-table mediocrity, compared to our narrow escape from relegation last season and winning the Championship the season before, would be quite boring. So imagine my relief now ! We’re bottom in the table, without a win to our name and there’s Continue reading
No, Please, Just One More Game….
In a week or so, Queen’s Park Rangers gaffer Mark Hughes may well be flexing his managerial muscles on the latest edition of Football Manager rather than sending his players out to flatter to deceive at home and away. The computer series, known for its ability to imitate real life with a terrifying degree of Continue reading
Stoke City v QPR
Team: Cesar, Traore, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Diakite, Taarabt, Granero, Faurlin (Zamora), Cisse, Hoilett Subs Not Used: Green, Hill, Onuoha, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Mackie Attendance: 27,529 I went to Stoke full of my usual optimism (if I wasn’t optimistic about QPR before every single match, I wouldn’t bother to go at all). This game could be a Continue reading
We Will Remember Them
Recently, I came across this quite remarkable story via the BBC News website: ‘A pub in south-west London has been dedicated to a local soldier who became known as the “Footballer of Loos”. The Rifleman’ in Twickenham unveiled its sign honouring Rifleman Frank Edwards, who fought in the Battle of Loos in France during World Continue reading
What a QPR Exile is Really Missing in Brazil
As I write this, exactly one year ago my wife, children and I embarked on a new adventure to live a life abroad in my wife’s native homeland, Brazil. We were due to fly out on the Monday morning (24th October) and I had only just come out of hospital the previous Friday after a Continue reading
Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo – ‘Street Life’ Article from June 1976 – Part Two
This article/interview titled: ‘Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo’ first appeared in ‘Street Life’ in issue No. 17, Volume 1 and was dated June 12 – 23, 1976: ‘In such good company, Bowles had a wonderful first season in the top division. He scored 19 goals, Rangers finished comfortably in the middle of the Continue reading
QPR v Reading – Another Nightmare for the Dream Factory
November ushered in several firsts at Loftus Road; the appearance of the yellow ball, the first truly ‘taters’ day at hoops headquarters, and the first game that by common consensus QPR had to win. The changes to the R’s line-up were generally approved by the fans. Ferdinand replaced the banned Mbia and Djibril Cisse came Continue reading