Jim Magilton was manager of QPR from June 2009 to December 2009. His time at the club was short, typical of those turbulent days, but many Rangers fans still remember his time in charge as being positive and credit him with playing some of the best football seen from the team in recent years. These Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
QPR U23 (1) – Coventry City U23 (0) – Olamide Shodipo’s strike puts the R’s on Top
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Kakay, Hall, Caulker, Fox, Tilt, Borysiuk, Goss, Rowe, Shodipo, Oteh Sub Not Used: Herdman The eagerly awaited team sheets revealed an interesting starting line-up that included; Steven Caulker, Grant Hall, and Olamide Shodipo who had been off the radar for quite some time. Aramide Oteh captained the R’s and Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Crystal Palace U18 (2)
Team: Bowman, Disubi, Woollard-Innocent, Mahorn, Gubbins, Bettache, Kifwasima, Dauti (Francis-Adeyinka), Bansal-McNulty (Mesias), Ribeiro (Grant), Platt Sub Not Used: Dickinson Courtney Watson gave the visitors the lead on a damp, overcast morning at Heston after 4 minutes. His looping shot curled just over Myles Bowman and under the crossbar. A Palace cross, knocked over from the Continue reading
Riotous Scenes in the Askew Road in 1915
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 14th May 1915: Probably the most riotous doings in the district were those which were enacted in Askew Road, where the smashing up of the facades of two different establishments went on simultaneously. The premises in question were both bakers’ shops. One, which was carried Continue reading
QPR (0) – Burton Albion (0) – “We’re notoriously rubbish at QPR at beating anyone we’re expected to beat”
Team: Smithies, Furlong (Smith), Bidwell, Baptiste, Robinson, Scowen, Wszolek, Ngbakoto (Osayi-Samuel), Freeman, Mackie (Sylla), Washington Subs Not Used: Lumley, Lynch, Caulker, Manning Attendance: 12,500 (including 315 Burton fans) A poor result against a poorer side. It showed that we have very little in depth regarding our squad. The players that came in….simply not good enough Continue reading
Eastbourne (1) – QPR (2) – 8th October 1902
Team: Collins, Newlands, White, Freeman, Hitch, Skinner, King, Hamilton, Jones, Abbott, Wilson This friendly match against Eastbourne was played on Wednesday, 8th October 1902. The following match report later appeared in the local Gazette: ‘Only a moderate ring of spectators encircled the Saffrons on Wednesday afternoon, when a match took place between Eastbourne and the Continue reading
Emily Capell’s Video Shoot at the Dublin Castle: 10th September 2017
When I arrived at the Dublin Castle, Emily was still warming up on stage with her new band. She eventually came out and informed me that they would be ready soon after 3pm. I got chatting to Nick (a Port Vale fan) on the next table who had come down from Stoke. Emily opened the Continue reading
QPR (2) – Millwall (2) – ‘We fought back well. We don’t know when we’re beaten which was a real Positive’
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Baptiste, Onuoha (Smith), Robinson, Wszolek, Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Washington (Sylla), Mackie (LuaLua) Subs Not Used: Lumley, Furlong, Manning, Wheeler Attendance: 12,600 (including 1,543 Millwall fans) We got rattled early on, by a side who closed us down, got at us and took no prisoners. We lost our composure and never really recovered, Continue reading
QPR U23 (5) – Bolton Wanderers U23 (0) – ‘We just like watching Clint Hill’
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Kakay, Williams, Goss, Paul, Hill, Petrasso, Borysiuk, Oteh, Chair, Grego-Cox Subs: Herdman, Hamalainen, Tilt, Rowe The big pre-match news was the confirmation that Clint Hill was indeed in the starting line-up! The visitors also included an over-age player, 35-year-old former Brazilian international Julio Baptista. Bolton could well have taken Continue reading
The 100th Anniversary of QPR’s First Ever Game at Loftus Road
Team: Denoon, White, Draper, Grendon, Mitchell, Wright, Lewis, Gregory, Baldock, Dale, Fox Attendance: 5,000 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Rangers’ first ever game at Loftus Road, when QPR took on West Ham United in a London Combination League fixture. The following match report appeared in the Illustrated Police News (!) a few days Continue reading