Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland was a colourful character and certainly no ordinary footballer. He later serialised his career over a number of weeks in ‘All Sports Weekly’. I only have part of this one edition which is dated 3rd December 1921: ‘I concluded last week by remarking that footballers who took things cosy during the close Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
QPR U18 (0) – Nottingham Forest U18 (1)
The U18’s came into this match with a magnificent unbeaten start to the season. The latest opponents, Nottingham Forest, were one of the sides that had been added to the fixture list last month. Rangers lined up as follows: Smith, Furlong, Kakay, Comley, Wise, Kpekawa, Young, Mitchell, Butler, Shodipo, Grego-Cox. Within minutes, Cole Kpekawa was Continue reading
The Fourth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – Joseph Fidler
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is the fourth QPR card I have featured from the first series in 1907. On the reverse side of the card it reads: “These cards are issued with Taddy’s ‘Myrtle Grove’ medium cigarettes”. Joseph Fidler was born in Sheffield in 1885. Continue reading
The Irish R’s Meet-Up on 9th November 2013 will now be held at Breathnachs Bar in Kilkenny City
The venue for the Irish R’s meet-up on 9th November for the live screening of our away match against Reading has had to be changed. It was going to be held in O’Driscolls Bar in the village of Graiguenamanagh, but because of the numbers now wishing to attend Eamonn has had to find somewhere else. Continue reading
R’s Fan Andy Morley Runs a Hotel & Activities Company in Blackpool
Andy Morley has helped many R’s fans over the years with accommodation etc. in Blackpool and with our forthcoming match there on 14th December, he put up the following message on Facebook:- ‘I have put together some packages as I run a hotel activities company. I have booked Rangers fans in Blackpool previously and I Continue reading
From 1954 – Eric Linden Spots a Winning QPR Team
The following article was written by Eric Linden and appeared in ‘Soccer Star’ on 6th March 1954:- ‘Queen’s Park Rangers can’t score goals. Everybody said it, and no wonder. Hadn’t Rangers just gone through a spell of ten games during which they had failed to hit the back of the net on nine (actually eight Continue reading
Leslie Thomas – Once a Ranger (Not) Always a Ranger ?
The following article, titled: ‘On With the Show’, was written by the author Leslie Thomas and appeared in the match programme dated 9th March 1974 (FA Cup 6th Round against Leicester City): ‘There are times when I truly wish I supported an ordinary team. Staggering away from yet another Loftus Road melodrama with Coventry City, Continue reading
QPR’s First Southern League Match at St. Quintin Avenue/Latimer Road on 7th September 1901
Team: Collins, Newlands, Aston, Freeman, Bowman, Edwards, King, Pryce, Millar, McQueen, Seeley. Attendance: 5,000 The following match report appeared in the Kensington News: Disappointment was written on the faces of the majority of those four or five thousand who witnessed the meeting between the Queen’s Park Rangers and Watford representatives at Notting Hill on Saturday. Continue reading
An 1899 Interview with the QPR Secretary – Mr G. H. Mousell at 89 Lancefield Street, Queen’s Park
This article with the then QPR Secretary, Mr G. H. Mousell, appeared in the Willesden Chronicle on 14th July 1899 and gives a wonderful insight into the early development of the Club: With cricket in full swing, and a visitation of tropical heat about us that makes any suggestion of violent exertion objectionable, the football Continue reading
QPR v Ipswich Town – U21 Professional Development League 2
Team: Lennox, Gibbons, Monthe, Ehmer, Sendles-White, Magri, Sharif, Ephraim, Hitchcock, Kranjcar, Andrade Subs Not Used: Lumley, Brown, Kpekawa The first decent chance of the afternoon came within a couple of minutes following a corner awarded to the visitors. A good ball into the box was headed over the bar by their No.6, Jonny Leddy. However, Continue reading