U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Walsh, Drewe, Domi, Kefalas, Dunne, Gubbins, Duke-McKenna, Amos, Taylor-Crossdale, Thomas, Alfa Stephen Duke-McKenna captained the side and it was good to see Luke Amos at No.8 after getting 45 minutes under his belt at Peterborough the previous week. Amos was instrumental in starting the move which led to the Continue reading
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QPR Women (1) – Billericay Town Women (3)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: McLean, Lewin, Grieve (Moore), Jordinson, Maloney, Searle, Kumaning (Akerman), Hennessy, Hall, (Edwards), Pope (Blodgett), Curr (Petit) Steve Quashie’s side had recorded both a win and a defeat in their previous two matches on the road. Namely, a 3-1 victory in Kent, which was then followed by Continue reading
QPR U23 (4) – Hull City U23 (3)
U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Little, Drewe, Pitblado, Carlyle, Mahorn, Frailing, De Silva, Duke-McKenna, Armstrong, Bansal-McNulty, Mema Andy Impey’s young U23’s side opened their league campaign with a home game against Hull City at the KiyanPrince Foundation Stadium. Dillon De Silva supplied the first goalscoring attempt of the afternoon when his beautifully curled- shot Continue reading
QPR Women (6) – Stevenage FC Women (0)
Team: White, Redhead-Ling (Cutler), Lewin, Grieve (Jordinson), Maloney, Searle, Blodgett, Kumaning, Hennessy (Pope), Hall (Edwards), Curr (Moore) Following their magnificent Capital Cup victory in May, the QPR Women also achieved promotion to the FA Women’s National League and it was confirmed that home games for the 2021/22 season would be played at the Powerday Stadium, Continue reading
Hayes & Yeading United (4) – QPR U23 (1)
Team: Parker, Jude-Boyd, Pitblado, Pitts-Eckerson, Mahorn, Iaehen, Mema, Duke-McKenna, Kendall, Bansal-McNulty, Ajose Attendance: 210 Rangers created the first real chance of the match after five minutes following good work by Bansal-McNulty on the right-flank. His pass into the box set up Charley Kendall, but the R’s striker’s effort hit the side netting. QPR continued to Continue reading
Harrow Borough (0) – QPR U23 (4)
Team: Little (Salamon), Williams-Lowe (McLean), Trialist (Carlyle), Gubbins (Domi), Woollard-Innocent (Woodman), Drewe (Jude-Boyd), Conte (Aoraha), Mema (Frailing), Trialist (Pitblado), Adomah (Kendall/Armstrong), Adarkwa(Mahorn) Albert Adomah entered the field to a guard of honour and rapturous applause from all around the ground. Albert had played for Borough between 2006 and 2008 prior to his departure to Barnet. Continue reading
Hampton & Richmond Borough (4) – QPR U23 (2)
Team: Little (Salamon), Kane (Williams-Lowe), Mahorn, Kefalas (Domi), Woollard-Innocent (Drewe), Jude-Boyd (Conte), Duke-McKenna (Mema), Frailing (Aoraha), Alfa (Armstrong), De Silva (Kendall), Adarkwa (Kargbo) Attendance: 495 I met up with Sammy at Park Royal and we then made our way to Hounslow East Station before taking the 111 bus to Hampton. The match attendance had been Continue reading
In Memory of Keith Rutter
Keith Rutter, stalwart centre-half for QPR FC, has sadly passed away at the age of 89. During his near-nine-year period with the R’s, Keith was a reliable rock steady, no nonsense defender. He was rarely injured and certainly in my own personal recollection from 1957 onwards, he never dropped from the first team. You hardly Continue reading
“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
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