I had been staying with JJ and his good lady in beautiful Co. Mayo for a few days before setting off in good time for the pre-match gathering in the Bounty Bar in Athlone. Paul Finney had flown over to Dublin earlier in the day and had been picked up by Eamonn Kenny. Also in Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
The QPR Open Training Day at their Carton House Base in Co. Kildare
Finglasqpr and Geo picked me up in the morning at around 10, and we travelled the 8km to Carton House in Maynooth, Co. Kildare for the R’s training session. It was a beautiful sunny morning and we arrived around half an hour later. I estimate that there were around 500 Rangers fans in attendance, a Continue reading
Bray Wanderers v QPR U21’s
Team: Aaron Lennox, Darnell Furlong, Osman Kakay, Brad Spencer, Harly Wise, Cole Kpekawa, Brandon Comley, Josh Hunt-Laurent (captain), Olamide Shodipo, Reece Grego-Cox, Shpat Ismaji. Subs: Aaron Mitchell, David Raise, James Harran, George Butler, Ben Pattie. A day out by the sea they said. A day in the sunshine they said. After all, the country’s been Continue reading
‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ – Dusty Springfield’s Early Duet with Peter Miles: Rehearsed in West Ealing and Recorded in a Studio in Queensway.
The following article was written by Michael Russell and appeared in the Ealing Gazette on 27th August 2010: ‘A jazz singer and actor who duetted with Dusty Springfield is to have his track released by a major record company more than 50 years after they first sang together. Peter Miles, of Bradley Gardens, West Ealing, Continue reading
In Memory of Norman (Jimmy) Golding
Sadly the march of time has caught up with Norman Golding and another ex-QPR player of the 1959/61 era is no longer with us. Norman Golding burst upon the Loftus Road scene during the early stages of the 1959/60 Division 3 season. He was one of several fresh faces installed into the first team squad Continue reading
From 1904 – Park Royal from a Football Aspect (Its Possibilities as regards the Future)
The following fascinating article was written by J.V.A. Kelly and appeared in the Great Western Railway magazine in 1904: ‘Park Royal sprang into prominence like a streak of lightning as the permanent head-quarters of the Royal Agricultural Society and with equal suddenness it seemed likely to disappear from notoriety when in June last that society’s Continue reading
A New Era of Luxury for the Fans as QPR Move into London’s White City
In November 1962, QPR manager Alec Stock was the guest writer in Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly: ‘Now it has happened and we are on our way. Right now I should say that the switch from Loftus Road to the fabulous White City Stadium for the rest of the season’s games is just about the most Continue reading
The 1979 QPR Open Day at the West London Sports Stadium, Du Cane Road, W12
The 1979 Open Day was held at the West London Sports Stadium, Du Cane Road, W12 and admission was by programme (50p). The Secretary of the Supporters Club, Daphne Biggs, welcomed Rangers fans to this summer event: ‘This afternoon you will be able to meet the players, watch them train, ask for their autographs, even Continue reading
Introduction and Part One of – “Let’s have Dinner” by Irish Jack
Just over eight years ago on Monday 22nd May 2006, I sat down in front of a camera on the floor of the Goldhawk Social Club, to an inch of the very spot I had sweated through my Mod clothes high on energy tablets and danced ‘The Dog’ to the Who’s rendition of ‘Heatwave’. Behind Continue reading
The Formation of Queen’s Park Old Boys by ‘Old Johnny’ Wrightson and his naming of the ‘Rangers‚’
Gordon Macey and Peter Lupson are among those that have uncovered fascinating information on the origins of our club; Christ Church Rangers, Droop Street School, St Jude’s Institute and also the likes of the Rev. Sidney Bott and the Rev. Charles Gordon Young. Whilst re-reading through my 1973/74 home programmes recently another name jumped out Continue reading