The following article appeared in ‘The Bystander’ section of the Graphic on 20th March 1909: ‘Curly Bartlett, the window tapper of Notting Hill, is employed by many whose callings compel them to start work in the small hours. He starts work about 2am and continues till 8am. He goes his rounds on a tricycle, and Continue reading
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Tiger Feet 6 – The Sponsored Walk from Loftus Road to Upton Park in Aid of the QPR Tiger Cubs
The sixth Tiger Feet walk takes place on Sunday 5th October to coincide with the best writing paper Rangers Premier League fixture against West Ham United. Andy Watkins forwarded the following details: The countdown to Tiger Feet 6 continues to gather pace when QPR midfielder Leroy Fer attended the Down’s Syndrome Tiger Cubs weekly training Continue reading
The Ninth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – Charlie Shaw
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is now the ninth QPR card that I have featured from the first series in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘Imperial Tobacco – A ripe, full flavoured pipe tobacco, fine cut. In a good well-seasoned Continue reading
The Wonderful Growth of Queen’s Park Rangers FC. and Loftus Road in 1920.
The following gem was plucked from the archives recently by Colin (ESSEXURs) and Bernard (Kerrins). The article appeared in the West London Observer on 20th August 1920 and provides such fascinating and interesting detail: The wonderful growth of Queen’s Park Rangers FC was illustrated on Tuesday when the new grandstand – which is able to Continue reading
The 16th Independent R’s Badge – Latest News
The 16th Indy R’s badge commemorates our magnificent victory at Wembley in the play-off final in May. Of the 102 badges that were produced, currently just ten remain. Also available are the final two of the famous QPR pub, the Crown & Sceptre, and very limited numbers of some of my previous badges. These badges Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Charlton Athletic U18 (4)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Herdman, Arthur, Kakay, Williams, Garnett, Matthews, Komodikis, Butler, Grego-Cox, Darbyshire, Shodipo. Subs: O’Sullivan, Bowles, Mitford, Adams, Donnellan. Paul Furlong’s U18’s side had come into this match at the Concorde Club on the back of a 0-2 home defeat to Sheffield United the previous week. It was the Addicks who Continue reading
Burton Albion v QPR – How Predictable it all was!
Capital One Cup 2nd Round Team: Murphy, Simpson, Dunne, Onuoha, Hill, Henry (Mutch), Faurlin (Fer), Wright-Phillips (Zamora), Hoilett, Phillips, Taarabt. Subs Not Used: Green, Harriman, Ehmer, Doughty. Attendance: 3,999 Burton Albion FC was formed as recently as 1950, but prior to this the town has had various football clubs, namely; Burton Wanderers who were formed Continue reading
In Memory of a QPR Legend – Mrs Daphne Biggs
Daphne sadly passed away twelve years ago today. One of her many roles during her long association with our club included her involvement with the Supporter’s Club Ladies Section. The following article appeared in the 1951-52 Handbook: ‘The Queen’s Park Rangers Supporters Club Ladies’ Section was formed last November as a result mainly of the Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.15 – Roy of the Rovers – 21st March 1981
The R’s were featured numerous times in ‘Roy of the Rovers’ and on the 21st March 1981, Simon Stainrod was included as their ‘Star Portrait’. ‘Mighty Mouse!’ is first up – Kevin Mouse, known as ‘Mighty’ Mouse on the football field, was a student at St Victor’s Hospital and a part-timer with Tottenford Rovers in Continue reading
Keith Friend’s 1977 Interview with Peter Eastoe for the ‘Superhoop’
Issue No.7 of the Supporters Club magazine, ‘The Superhoop’ included an interview with Peter Eastoe. Keith Friend recorded the interview at Rangers Stadium on the afternoon of the League Cup Semi-Final on 1st February 1977: KF: Right, Peter, would you like to outline your career so far. PE: Yes, well I was spotted by a Continue reading