Team: Woods, Shanks, Gillard, McCreery, Hazell, Roeder, Bowles, Goddard, Allen, Harkouk (Waddock), Burke Attendance: 16,000 The R’s had lost their first two away league games of the season, but on 15th September 1979 they recorded a 2-1 win at Vetch Field. John Burgum wrote the following match report for the local newspaper: ‘Defender Nigel Stevenson Continue reading
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West Bromwich Albion v QPR
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay Team: Green, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Ben Haim. Derry, Faurlin, Bothroyd (Mbia), Park, Mackie (Taarabt), Cisse (Wright-Phillips) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Ehmer, Ephraim, Hulse Attendance: 11,184 Jay Bothroyd headed QPR into the fourth round of the FA Cup – and a home tie against MK Dons – but the visitors were Continue reading
When a Broken Jaw was a Blessing in Disguise for Mike Kelly
The following article was written by Chris Coles and appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers star Mike Kelly is today rated among the game’s most useful keepers. Yet only last season he was wondering if he had any future in the Football League. When QPR went from Third to First Divisions in successive seasons Continue reading
To Spend or Not to Spend ? That is the Question
Queen’s Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp may well be mulling over this very conundrum after his side pulled off an extraordinary 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Fresh from humiliation against Liverpool on Sunday, QPR turned from a disorganised, inept rabble into a side capable of ending the Blues’ four-game winning streak. Ryan Nelsen was once Continue reading
Chelsea v QPR: ‘Oh My God the Ball is Actually in the Net !‚’
Team: Cesar, Hill, Onuoha, Nelsen, Fabio, Derry, Taarabt (Dyer), Granero (Park), Mbia, Mackie, Hoilett (Wright-Phillips) Subs Not Used: Green, Ferdinand, Faurlin, Cisse Attendance: 41,634 (including 3,015 R’s fans) We didn’t stop singing from the very 1st minute to the last. We had a lot of fun too – like teasing the Chelski fans by “celebrating” Continue reading
Newcastle United v QPR
Team: Green, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Hill, Fabio, Mackie, Mbia, Faurlin (Derry), Granero (Wright-Phillips), Taarabt, Cisse (Hoilett) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Diakite, Traore, Onuoha Attendance: 50,180 (including 922 R’s fans) Shola Ameobi came on to the pitch to the sound of boos and left to a standing ovation after his magnificent, curling shot secured a victory that Continue reading
Christmas Greetings from the Indy R’s
We would like to ‘officially’ welcome Steve Sayce to the Indy R’s and to thank him for his immediate input. Also, our thanks to Martin Percival and to everyone else that has contributed to the website over the past 12 months, It was another dramatic year for the R’s which pretty much started with the Continue reading
A QPR Christmas Miracle – Starring Adel Taarabt
Having spent the last four months rightly panning Queen’s Park Rangers for making the worst ever start to a Premier League season, pundits were forced to eat their words on Saturday. The fear was that, having entirely outplayed Fulham, but conceded late on, the R’s’ 2-1 win would appear scrappy, hard-thought, battling and all the Continue reading
QPR v Fulham – Adel Taarabt Weaves his Magic and the R’s Finally Have Lift Off
Team: Green, Traore, Nelsen, Hill, Onuoha, Mbia, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips (Fabio), Mackie, Taarabt, Cisse (Ferdinand) Subs Not Used: Cesar, Diakite, Derry, Granero, Hoilett Attendance: 18,233 I think that most of us over the years have said that once Adel plays with his head in the right place he is virtually unplayable, and he is. He cut Continue reading
Hammersmith Bridge 2006 – West London is R’s
It was six years ago when Mo Fitzgerald came up with the idea of displaying Rangers flags across Hammersmith Bridge as part of a fundraising initiative. So we decided to meet up outside the Rutland Arms pub, on I think, a Friday evening ? A group of us then set off to unfurl a number Continue reading