Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Bidwell, Mackie, Borysiuk, Scowen, Ngbakoto, Washington, Smith Attendance: 12,000 (including approx. 300 R’s fans) As we went through the security scanning process at Heathrow, I looked over (as was everybody else) at the passenger who had removed his trousers and was awaiting further inspection in his y-fronts! We flew out Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
The Summons taken out in 1927 against Harry Kirby, a Bookmaker from Ladbroke Grove
The following article comes from a 1927 daily newspaper: ‘At the West London Police Court yesterday Mr Marshall heard the summons taken out at the instance of the National Anti-Gambling League against a bookmaker named Harry Kirby, of Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, for having on four days in September: “At a certain place at the Continue reading
Bovingdon (0) – QPR U23 (6)
Team: Dieng (Bowman), Kioso, Genovesi (Ribiero), Bettache (Mesais), Kaiser, Noel-McLeod, Corner (Bensal-McNulty), Akinola (Miller), Cardosa (Dauti), Emmanuel-Thomas (Corner), Fanimo (Francis-Adeyinka) I was surprised to see that three games were scheduled for last Saturday. The first team were involved at Peterborough and a U23’s squad were playing Wycombe Wanderers behind closed doors at Harlington. Bovingdon provided Continue reading
Tommy Ray’s 1956 Open Letter to the Queen’s Park Rangers Manager
The following letter from Tommy Ray of the Goldhawk Road, appeared in the West London Observer on 14th December 1956: ‘Dear Jack Taylor – What is the future for the Rangers? Gates are down, and floodlighting does not seem to be the answer. At the time of writing your team has only scored 24 goals Continue reading
QPR U18 (4) – Yeovil Town U18 (0)
Team: 1st half – White (Bowman), not known, Kaiser, not known, Genovesi, Messais, Dauti, Remy, Francis-Adeyinka (trialist), Kendal, not known (Miller) Team: 2nd half – Bowman (Dickinson), Disubi, Orafu, Noel-McCloud, Woodward-Innocent, Kirwasina, Robeiro, Bettache, Lucas (trialist), Platt, Miller (Bansal-McNulty) I bumped into Keith Davies at Acton Town Station and we went on to Hounslow East Continue reading
15th February 1965: Fulham Juniors (0) – QPR Juniors (2)
Southern Junior Floodlight Cup Semi-Final Team: Brooks, Hazell, Finch, Sibley, Moughton, Blake, Morgan (I), Parker, Leach, Bathurst, Morgan (R) Whilst the QPR first team were having another lean season, the Rangers junior sides were on a crest of a wave. Seventeen-year-old Frank Sibley had already made his senior debut a year earlier. The Morgan twins Continue reading
QPR (2) – England Olympic X1 (1)- 10th October 1955
Team: Brown, Woods, Ingham, Crickson, Rutter, Angell, Longbottom, Smith, Clark, Cameron, Shepherd This match against an England Olympic X1, kicked off at 7.30pm on Monday, 10th October 1955. Comments ‘by the Manager’ in the 2d programme, included this preview of the match: ‘This evening we are very pleased to welcome an England Amateur X1to Loftus Continue reading
‘That’s My Boy’ – Proud Mum Jackie Hucker on her Son, Peter
I’m not sure which football magazine this originates from, but the following article on our former goalkeeper, Peter Hucker, dates back to 1983: ‘It was written in the stars that Queen’s Park Rangers goalkeeper Peter Hucker would make a name for himself. The prediction followed a visit by his grandmother to a fortune-teller several years Continue reading
From 1956: QPR Supporters to hold Rally at Hammersmith Town Hall
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 1st June 1956: What’s wrong with QPR? That is the vital question, which will be raised at the annual general meeting and rally of Queen’s Park Rangers Supporters Club on Monday evening at Hammersmith Town Hall. In a letter to all members of the Supporters’ Continue reading
‘A Day in R Life’ – Lynn Wilson (Mrs Clive Wilson)
The following article appeared in issue 4 of the 90’s fans newspaper, ‘The Ranger’ as part of the ‘Behind the Scenes’ series and features Clive Wilson’s wife, Lynn: ‘We get up on a match day around 8.30am. I always leave Clive to his own devices when he’s got a game – I don’t do anything Continue reading