In a copy of New Penny Magazine, dated 1st February 1902, there is a wonderful article by A. Wallis Myers on some of the well known first-class referees at the time, including one who happened to come from the Bush. C.D. Crisp is described as ‘one of the most eminent authorities on the game’. So Continue reading
Author: Steve Sayce
Tony Fernandes Reveals Being Shocked by Players’ Attitudes
With QPR finally relegated on Sunday, Fernandes unloaded yesterday with his true feelings on the embarrassing performances this season of a squad who, collectively, are estimated to have the eighth highest wage bill in the Premier League. “It has shocked me,” Fernandes said. “It’s an alien concept to me that someone takes someone’s salary, doesn’t Continue reading
A Testing Two Years
Following a testing two years in the Premier League, Queen’s Park Rangers have become a club that many supporters barely recognise. The top flight adventure has come at a heavy price indeed. On Tuesday, a photograph circulated on social network Instagram, which showed goalkeeper Julio Cesar posing with fellow Brazilian and Chelsea defender David Luiz Continue reading
QPR v Stoke City – Going through the Motions
So it really is all over bar the shouting down at Loftus Road. Not even the most rose-tinted of spectacles could enable the wearer to entertain that there is any hope left in this moribund Premier League campaign. Once again our beloved Hoops meekly capitulated to a poor Stoke side that had the feel of Continue reading
Notting Hill to Wembley – Milk Cup Final Day 1986
The run-up to the Milk Cup Final in 1986 was fantastic, beating the South-West London side and singing: ‘Michael Robinson from the Half-Way Line’ and: ‘Thank You Very Much for the Milk Cup Chel$ea, Thank You Very, Very Much (the old Scaffold hit and Cadbury Roses TV advert). Then a very drunken night in Liverpool Continue reading
Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo – ‘Street Life’ Article from June 1976 – Final Part
This is the final part of an article/interview by Roger Hutchinson, titled: ‘Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo’, which first appeared in No.17 (Volume 1) of ‘Street Life’ and was dated June 12 – 23, 1976: ‘Perhaps the absence of Ron Harris from the First Division contributed to Bowles’ consistent excellence last season. More Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Millwall U18 (1)
Team: Lumley, Furlong, Monthe, Comley, Downs, Kpekwa, Petrasso, Mitchell, Skapetis, Hunt-Laurent, Fitzpatrick It’s always windy in the wide open spaces of the Harlington training ground. This time, we are informed, the polar jet stream is responsible for the current cold snap. The R’s almost conceded early on when a Joe Lumley clearance came off a Continue reading
From 1950: Queen’s Park Rangers on Parade – Sports Reporter Magazine
The Soccerbilia website states that ‘Sports Reporter’ started life as a small format magazine. It first appeared on 21st August 1948 and continued up until at least 15th February 1950. However this particular edition is slightly later than that, dated 18th March 1950. The illustrated weekly was available every Saturday and by now had gone Continue reading
QPR v Wigan Athletic – Rangers on the Verge of all three Points, but Suffer Heartache at the Death
Team: Cesar, Traore (Onuoha), Samba, Hill, Bosingwa, Jenas, Hoilett (Taarabt), Townsend, Mbia, Remy (Mackie), Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Park, Granero Attendance: 16,658 It was a game marked by a number of ridiculous events. A 4.10pm kick-off time (why ?). Wigan striker Arouna Kone wearing gloves on a cool but hardly freezing spring Continue reading
QPR in the Community – Gareth Dixon Nominated for Local Award
I met Gareth last September at the launch of Peter Trott’s book: ‘Wormholt Park – The First Hundred Years’. He told me a bit about his work and that he’s also an R’s fan. He’s now been nominated for one of the first Agilisys H & F Heroes Awards. Emma Heseltine wrote the following article Continue reading