I briefly collected autographs of the Rangers players in the mid-60’s and Mark Lazarus was a big hero of mine. Alec Stock first signed Mark in September 1960 and a year later he was transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Things didn’t work out with Stan Cullis and Mark made a swift return to West London. In Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
Cardiff City (2) – QPR (1)
Team: Smithies, Furlong, Onuoha, Caulker (Wszolek), Bidwell, Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Mackie (Sylla), Smith, Washington (Ngbakoto) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Robinson, Baptiste, LuaLua Attendance: 18,520 (including 638 R’s fans) Cardiff City beat Queen’s Park Rangers in a breathless encounter to stay top of the Championship table. Matt Smith nodded QPR in front before their former winger Continue reading
QPR U23 (3) – Barnsley U23 (2)
Team: Lumley, Kakay, Hamalainen, Goss, Paul, Phillips, Petrasso, Manning, Darbyshire, Grego-Cox, Rowe Sub Not Used: Herdman In blazing sunshine, Reece Grego-Cox did really well to set up our first goal after 7 minutes. He chased a ball down the left-wing almost to the bye-line that would have been a lost cause for many. After taking Continue reading
QPR (2) – Hull City (1) – “James Perch did his Knee & I wanted him to come off & he wouldn’t come off”
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Baptiste (Wszolek), Onuoha, Perch, Freeman, Luongo, Scowen, LuaLua (Smith), Mackie (Sylla), Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Manning, Borysiuk Attendance: 12,609 (including 829 Hull fans) Having made hard work of it, I thought we got what we fully deserved. Missed chances in the first-half almost cost us the game. We need a Continue reading
Another Fruitless Journey to Carrow Road in 1960: Norwich (1) – QPR (0)
Team: Drinkwater, Woods, Ingham, Keen, Rutter, Whitfield, Kerrins, Longbottom, Bedford, Andrews, Locke Attendance: 17,053 The following in-depth match report appeared in the local ‘Pink Un’, the ‘Eastern Football News’, later that day: ‘A golden goal by Terry Allcock sent Norwich City off to a winning start on their three-match programme at Carrow Road. But it Continue reading
Sheffield Wednesday (1) – QPR (1) – R’s Produce Impressive Performance
Sheffield Wednesday (1) – QPR (1) – R’s Produce Impressive Performance Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Onuoha, Lynch, Perch, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman (Manning), Wszolek (Furlong), Mackie (LuaLua), Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Baptiste, Borysiuk, Smith Attendance: 25,537 (including 712 R’s fans) Make no mistake this was an excellent performance by the R’s. We played good quality football Continue reading
QPR U23 (4) – Hull City U23 (1)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Lumley, Kakay, Owens, Baptiste, Hamalainen, Paul, Petrasso, Goss, Oteh, Eze, Chair Subs: Herdman, Rowe, Phillips, Grego-Cox The R’s got off to a productive start and within a couple of minutes, captain for the day, Eberechi Eze made his way through midfield and set-up Ilias Chair who saw his low shot Continue reading
QPR (2) – Reading (0): ‘A Perfect Performance. A Perfect Start’
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Bidwell (Robinson), Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman, Mackie (Ngbakoto), Washington (Sylla) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Borysiuk, Smith Attendance: 14,460 (including 2,208 away fans) Reading were poor because we made them look poor. We pressed them from the 18-yard box as the keeper was always playing the ball short. The No.24, Continue reading
Billericay Town (1) – QPR U23 (5)
Team: Dieng, Paul, Hamalainen, Owens, Caulker, Finney, Grego-Cox, Eze, Oteh, Chair, Prohouly Sub Not Used: Herdman ChrisPTenner informed me about this hastily arranged friendly at Billericay. As far as I know QPR had never played there before? Billericay were formed in 1880 and initially played at Archer Hall until 1971 when they moved to their Continue reading
The Stan Hudson Memorial Cricket Match played on 6th August 1951
Former R’s player Stanley Hudson was born in Fulham on 10th February 1923 (and not in 1924 as stated in my previous article on Stan). He later lived in Stebbing Street in Notting Hill. Tragically he passed away on 21st June 1951, aged just 28. A number of fundraising events for Stan’s son later took Continue reading