Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cigarette cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is the third QPR card to be featured from the first series issued in 1907. The reverse side of the card reads: “Grapnel Mixture2 – A delightfully cool Pipe Tobacco, combining the sweetness & fragrance of the better class Virginia Continue reading
Author: Steve Sayce
Down at the ‘Bush’ in 1957 with Queen’s Park Rangers
The team picture shown below was taken from the cover of that popular national football weekly, ‘Soccer Star’. Dated 14th September 1957, the caption reads: ‘Last season, Queen’s Park Rangers enjoyed one of their most successful post-war campaigns and this season, they have started at a cracking pace. Pride of place on our cover this Continue reading
The Southend Calm after the QPR Storm
QPR put behind them a turbulent week of off-the-field events with a professional yet confident 3-1 victory over League Two Southend United at Roots Hall on a balmy summers evening in Essex. Being a West London born R’s fan now living and working in Basildon, Essex, most of my journeys to watch QPR involve at Continue reading
Letter Dated 6th April 1934 from QPR Manager/Secretary Mick O’Brien to the Football League
This letter is dated 6th April 1934, and was written by the QPR Manager/Secretary to F. Howarth, the Secretary of the Football League. It reads as follows: Dear Sir – Re our claim for compensation for our match versus Northampton from that Club, respecting the game on 27th January last, postponed owing to a FA Continue reading
Peterborough United v QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers played their second first-team friendly in what incredibly was the second Saturday in July. Both sides turned out at London Road in the most punishing of British conditions with shade temperatures topping 30 degrees. (Before kick off) And like the game at Exeter in the previous midweek, it was largely uninspiring fare Continue reading
QPR’s Move to St. Quintin Avenue/Latimer Road in 1901
At the end of the 1900-01 season the club were forced to move from the Kensal Rise Athletic Ground because the landlord terminated the lease. Largely thanks to one of the Club’s Directors, T. R. Eagle, the R’s, or I should say the Royalists as they were then, moved to a new ground somewhere off Continue reading
From 1932 – A Walk Through Shepherd’s Bush Market
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 1st July 1932: “Now Ladies, ‘ere you are, just the very leg you’re looking for, with a pound of sausages thrown in -‘arf a crown the lot.” The ladies looked at one another and then at the butcher who was doing his level best in Continue reading
2012/13 Season Review
How do you write a review of a season that was, in a word, disastrous ? It’s not easy ! There were far too many lows and very few highs. Despite a whole host of so-called “superstars” being signed by Mark Hughes during the close season and what looked like a decent pre-season arranged in Continue reading
A 1907 Taddy & Co. Cigarette Card Featuring QPR Centre-Forward Arthur Walker
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cigarette cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is the second card to be featured from the first series in 1907. No details of Arthur Walker on the reverse side of the card, it reads: ‘Imperial Tobacco’ – A ripe, full flavoured pipe tobacco, fine cut. In a Continue reading
Detailed Minutes from Fan Sites Meeting with QPR, Tuesday 18 June
Representatives from the club’s unofficial websites and members of the club’s media team met at Loftus Road on Tuesday night to discuss all aspects of the club’s media strategy. In attendance: From the club’s media team – Ian Taylor (IT) and Paul Morrissey (PM) From the sites – Matthew Woolf MW (WATRBS), Ian Gamber IG Continue reading