Category: Club

The sad news that Brian Nicholas had passed away was reported in a recent match programme. It was noted elsewhere that he had died in October, aged 88. Brian was born in the Welsh mining village of Cwmaman, near Aberdare, on 20th April 1933. When he was aged four-years-old, the family moved to Slough. Although Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: White, Petit, Searle, Jordinson, Grieve, Lewin, Pope, Blodgett, Wardlaw, Moore, Hall The R’s had recorded a much-needed 2-1 away win against Norwich the previous Sunday, with goals from Brogan Moore and Erin Pope. QPR’s next opponents were table-toppers Hashtag United, who had impressively won ten and Continue reading

Women’s FA Cup – 2nd Round Team: Francis-Pownall, Petit, Searle, Jordinson, Grieve, Lewin, Pope, Hennessy, Curr, Moore, Hall On a bright but very cold afternoon at the Powerday Stadium,it was the visitors who provided the first attack, which resulted in their effort hitting the side-netting. This was soon followed by a shot that narrowly evaded Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Petit, Searle (Wardlaw), Lewin, Grieve, Maloney, Pope, Hennessy, Curr (Davies), Moore, Hall On a very cold night at the Powerday Stadium, the R’s met Enfield Town in what was QPR’s first league fixture since the end of September. It was the visitors who provided the Continue reading

Women’s FA Cup – 1st Round Team: Francis-Pownall, Petit (Maloney), Searle, Carolan, Grieve, Lewin, Pope, Hennessy (Blodgett), Moore, Hall, Curr(Nygaard-Parsons), Subs Not Used: White, Jordinson The R’s had reached the 1st round of the FA Cup after knocking out Caversham United in a preliminary tie last month. 16-year-old Mya Francis-Pownall made a further appearance in Continue reading

Women’s FA Cup – Preliminary Round Team: Pope, Petit, Searle, Carolan (Redhead-Ling), Grieve, Jordinson, Blodgett, Akerman (Nygaard-Parsons), Davies (Edwards), Moore, Hall The QPR Women got their FA Cup campaign underway with the arrival at the Powerday Stadium of Caversham United, a side who compete three leagues below the R’s. Lucie White was still unavailable so Continue reading

Premier League Cup Team: Little, Williams-Lowe, Woollard-Innocent, Drewe, Mahorn, Pruti, Armstrong, Aoraha, Adarkwa, Duke-McKenna, Alfa Subs: Roach, Kefalas, Ajose, Aveiro, Mema Under the lights in Ruislip and in the opening minutes it was Stephen Duke-McKenna who provided the first effort of the evening. His powerful shot just evaded the crossbar. But the R’s soon took Continue reading

It was very sad to hear the recent news that Pat Kerrins is deceased. My 1950’s childhood hero. The goalscoring winger with the quasi Teddy Boy haircut, has passed away. Yes, he made an early impression on me in my very first season of supporting the R’s in the 1957/58 Division 3 South campaign. You Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Plate Team: Pope, Grieve, Lewin, Redhead-Ling, Searle, Petit, Hennessy, Blodgett, Hall, Nygaard-Parsons, Moore This was my first visit to Maidenhead’s historic ground. A plaque outside reads: ‘York Road is believed by the FA to be the oldest senior football ground used continuously by the same club. Maidenhead FC played their first Continue reading

U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Barnes, Jude-Boyd, Pitblado, Remy, Woodman, Mahorn, Ajose, Conte, Taylor-Crossdale, Frailing, Mema Subs: Little, Drewe, McLean, Aveiro A trialist at No.5 and another change in goal. There had been three others in recent matches; Max Little, Joe Walsh and Josh Roach (a trialist), respectively. The Hornets started the stronger of Continue reading