The Club’s plans for the formation of what was to be known for some time as, ‘The Boy’s Pen’, were laid out in the West Ham reserve programme on 4th September 1948: ‘The main complaint, however, was the slow rate of entry at the South Africa Road entrance and the danger to which boys were Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
“I didn’t get to show what I can actually do!”- Paul Smyth
It came as no surprise when news came through that Paul Smyth had been released at the expiry of his contract. Paul had joined the R’s in 2017 initially on a two-year deal. I will never forget his 72nd minute winner on New Year’s Day, 2018 against Cardiff City and remember a similar goal later Continue reading
‘So far as Shepherd’s Bush was concerned, undoubtedly from the Decorative Standpoint, the Brightest Part of the District on the Night of Coronation Day, was Askew Road’
The Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary took place on this day in 1911 at Westminster Abbey. The two following articles later appeared in the West London Observer: Here, the traders, with enthusiastic goodwill, had vied with each other to make the road as bright as possible after dark, and they succeeded. Numbers Continue reading
A Life-Long R’s Fan was Responsible for Compiling the 1969/70 Season’s Fixtures
As we await the 2021/22 Championship fixtures next week, the following article appeared in the Torbay Express & South Devon Echo on 5th June 1969: ‘For the second season running, the fixture lists for the four divisions of the Football League have been compiled by International Computing Services Limited on a KDF9 computer at the Continue reading
“I thought Dave Clement played well, Mr Jago”
The following article was written by Paul Bennett and appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine in December 1971: ‘The Scene: The Queen’s Park Rangers Press Room 20 minutes after the final whistle. Manager Gordon Jago is holding his usual post-match conference. Rangers have won a tense game 2-1 after conceding an early goal and the talk is Continue reading
When Barry McGuigan was Crowned World Featherweight Champion at Loftus Road
The news that Barry McGuigan would fight in London for the World Featherweight title was all over the press and the media in April 1985. Not only was the fight with Panama’s Eusebio Pedroza in London but it was to be staged at Loftus Road. The fight was shown live on BBC TV and also Continue reading
The 1963 Supporters Club Sunday Football League “Lewis” Cup Final – QPR SCFC v Manchester United SCFC (London Branch)
Dennis Samuels kindly copied the match programme for me but unfortunately, he didn’t participate in the match because he had been injured earlier in the season. He was advised by the team manager and Supporters Club Committee Member, Bill Waddon, to go to Loftus Road to see the R’s trainer, Alec Farmer. After examining him Continue reading
QPR Women FC – Winners of the FA Capital Women’s Cup 2021
Team: White, Johnson, (Carolan), Grieve, Redhead-Ling, Searle, Cutler, Akerman (Hennessy), Moore (Davies), Petit (Skiverton), Pope (Hall), Edwards On their road to the final, QPR Women FC firstly knocked out Leyton Orient in a penalty shoot-out and Steve Quashie’s side then beat Denham United 6-1 in the quarter-finals. The R’s met Dulwich Hamlet in the semi-final Continue reading
Out of every Window there hung a Rangers Supporter with a Blue & White Scarf, Flag, Favour etc’
Michael Wale concluded his ‘Report’ in the Cambridge United match programme with his memories of the 1982 FA Cup Final replay: ‘But back to the replay itself – on this occasion, I travelled to Wembley on a coach from the Rangers stadium with the players’ wives. This was not a good idea. Charming though they Continue reading
The 1982 FA Cup Final: ‘All I Remember of that Equaliser was grabbing the Man in Front…’
Michael Wale’s ‘Report’ in the Cambridge United match programme at the start of the 1982/83 season, included some of his memories of the FA Cup Final the previous May: ‘On the morning of the Cup Final itself, I paced myself steadily, having been offered a lift to the match on a QPR officials’ bus at Continue reading