Congratulations to Northern Ireland on reaching the European Finals in France next summer! Alan – your boys done you proud… Always with us, captain, leader, legend and proud Ulsterman.
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Norma Print was the R’s Fan now leaving on Platform Four
In 1970/71, the Football League Review featured long-distance Rangers season ticket holder, Norma Print: ‘Match day for Norma Print kicks off at nine on a Saturday morning and ends at 10 the same evening.if British Rail run on time. For Norma is one of the football-commuters who travels by train to support her favourite team. Continue reading
The Bundesliga shows that fans can come first – so why aren’t we furious?
Significantly lower prices. Far better atmospheres. Safe standing. Being able to have a (decent) pint while watching the game. When you start to list the ways in which watching German football trumps watching English football, it is no surprise that the Bundesliga has become a well-run stick with which to hit the gluttonous Premier League. Continue reading
Visitor preview Q&A – Nottingham Forest
Ahead of this Saturday’s early kick off at Loftus Road, we spoke to blogger and Forest fan Christian Brown (@Chris78901) for his take on the clash… Q. Under former R Dougie Freedman Forest achieved a 14th place finish last term. How did the fans respond to the team’s performance over the season? View image | Continue reading
Visitor preview Q&A – Rotherham United
Ahead of ‘Stan Bowles Day’, the home fixture with Rotherham United, we spoke to budding writer and Millers fan George Sanders (@GeorgeyRUFC). Here’s what he told us… Q. The Millers secured their Championship status on the penultimate day of last season. How did survival feel? A. It felt amazing, it was the same kind of Continue reading
Visitor preview Q&A – Cardiff City
To kick off this season’s visitor previews, we spoke this week to Bluebirds fan Adar Gleison (@AdarGleision) who also runs the @CCFC_Central Twitter account. Here is what he had to say… Source: Jon Candy / Creative Commons Q. Former Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade has been in charge of the Bluebirds for ten months. What Continue reading
‘The QPR Advertiser’
There have been a number of periodicals issued by the Club/Supporters Club since the 1940’s. The first one I featured in this series was ‘The Superhoop’ from the 1970’s, which was followed by the ‘Bush Ranger’ and ‘The News-Letter’ respectively. Life expectancy was usually just a few years and it’s doubtful whether ‘The QPR Advertiser’ Continue reading
QPR Podcast Live – At the Good Ship Kilburn 26 May 2015
The world’s most popular QPR Podcast will be holding its traditional end-of-season party in front of a live audience at a not-to-be-missed event on May 26th The podcast regulars will also be joined on stage by Lee Cook and Kevin Gallen who’ll be on hand to give their take on the season and answer questions Continue reading
When R’s fans offered assistance to the Club Photographer
Issue No.5 of the Club Newspaper, the ‘Ranger’, dated Jan/Feb 1984, reported on the occasion when a group of R’s fans came to the assistance of Club photographer Keith Creckendon, who had broken down on the motorway, en route to the match at Leicester: Headlined: ‘Motorway rescue fans keep ‘Ranger’ in the picture!’ it reads: Continue reading
Competition: Win A Signed Trevor Sinclair Print!
We are running a competition with Art of Football to win one of our “Head over Heels” prints signed by Trevor Sinclair. Trevor Sinclair’s 20-yard bicycle kick – audacious, acrobatic and accurate – left the Tykes’ defence in a state of disbelief and ensured him a place in every compilation of great FA Cup goals. Continue reading