The following article was No. 7 in the series, ‘Soccer Sketch Presents Your Team’, and appeared on the 16th October 1954: ‘Like Frank, my brother, who’s now managing Stoke City, I’m a Buckley Boy. Like Frank, I’m proud of it. Both of us were lucky enough to work as players under one of the greatest Continue reading
Author: Steve Russell
Born on this Day in 1917 – QPR Legend, Alec Stock
Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St. John, Somerset, on 30th March 1917. As a player, Alec had previously played for Tottenham Hotspur and Charlton Athletic before joining the R’s in February 1938. Later that month he made his debut against Reading at Loftus Road and scored one of the goals in the 3-0 win. Continue reading
A 1908 Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card from Series 2 – Frank Cannon
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series; 1907, 1908 and finally in 1913. The first series has already been featured and this particular card is the fourth from the second series that was issued during 1908. Once again the series included two different back designs, ‘Imperial Tobacco’ and ‘Grapnel Continue reading
24th February 1906: QPR (0) – Norwich City (0)
Team: Kingsley, White, Newlands, Yenson, Hitch, Ryder, Thompson, Sugden, Bevan, Fletcher, Roberts Attendance: 12,000 On 17th February 1906, Rangers had drawn the derby match at Brentford 2-2 and the following week took on Norwich City at the Agricultural Showground in Park Royal. The Sporting Life reported on the game two days later: ‘There was a Continue reading
The Pirates (1) – QPR Supporters’ Club (2) – 29th April 1967
Team: Paradise (?), B. Martin, G. Temple, B. Miller, P. Dale, D. McKenna, B. Steel, D. Samuels, G. Wiles, K. Davies, P. Jackson Prior to the QPR league game at Eastville on 29th April 1967, the Rangers Supporters’ Club side took on the Bristol Rovers Supporters’ Club team, known as ‘The Pirates’, at the King Continue reading
50 Years Ago Today: ‘Roaring Rangers! – Wonder Men Wipe out Albion Goals’
What a wonderful headline that is! The following match report was written by Reg Drury and appeared in the ‘News of the World’ the day after our historic win at Wembley in 1967: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers made a mockery of their Third Division status with a magnificent fighting comeback to win Wembley’s first League Cup Continue reading
“I’m not too Small for England” – Paul Parker
The following article appeared in a football periodical in 1987: ‘Paul Parker believes he faces a tall order to convince Bobby Robson that he fits the bill as an England centre-half. Parker, a diminutive five foot seven inches in height, has earned rave reviews for his central defensive performances since joining Queen’s Park Rangers for Continue reading
QPR U23 (2) – Cardiff City U23 (0)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Petrasso, Robinson, Finney, Wallen (Chair), Paul, Bowler (Clarke), Rowe, Oteh, Eze, Hamalainen (Williams) Sub Not Used: Herdman The first batch of team sheets included the Charlton Athletic line-up for some reason, but the correct player’s details were distributed soon after. Captain for the day was No.4 Josh Wallen, and Continue reading
11th March 1972: Birmingham City (0) – QPR (0)
Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Busby, Evans, Hazell, Francis, McCulloch, O’Rourke (Leach), Ferguson, Salvage Attendance: 35,557 Ahead of Saturday’s trip to St. Andrews, I’m featuring the game played there on 11th March 1972. Tom Duckworth wrote the following comprehensive match report for a local newspaper: ‘Blues found goals hard to come by against Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading
From February 1962: Southend United Reserves (2) – QPR Reserves (0)
Football Combination Team: Slack, Baker, Morgan (P), Selkirk, Taylor, Angell, Barber, Cockell, Pattison, Grace, Hobbs Earlier in the season the R’s had beaten Southend 1-0 at Loftus Road. This return reserve match was played at Roots Hall on Wednesday, 7th February 1962. The Southend line-up included former Rangers player, Pat Kerrins at No.6. The following Continue reading