Team: Hunt, Keeps, Tyler, Walborn, Mason, McKenzie, Davies, Edginton, Smith, Ward, Witheridge Attendance: 500 (although one report claims that there were around 2,000 spectators present, but maybe many had decided to leave before kick-off?) This match played on 23rd January 1897 should have been a London League fixture but due to the inclement weather Mr Continue reading
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Wallingford (2) – QPR (1) – ‘A Heavy Storm now came on & the Spectators were Scattered to all Parts of the Field’
Team: Jows, Sturgess, Saunders (T), Ridout, Woosnam, Saunders (W), Druett, Stroud, Mackenzie, Teagle, Squires Mr A. Turner acted as umpire (linesman) for the home side and Mr Allnatt likewise for the Rangers. On Bank Holiday Monday, 30th March 1891, Rangers travelled to Wallingford, in Oxfordshire, for an end of season friendly. Two days earlier, Rangers had been beaten,1-4 in the semi-final of the West Continue reading
Fulham (1) – QPR (2) – ‘Some Eight Minutes Afterwards the Visitors Equalised through Hitch’
Southern League (Division One) Team: Howes, Archer, Lyon, Downing, Hitch, Cross (J), Singleton, Ryder, Bevan, Milward, Murphy Attendance: 12,000 On 15th April 1905, Rangers travelled to Craven Cottage. The following match report later appeared in the West London Observer: ‘About 12,000 spectators assembled at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, when the Cottagers had Queen’s Park Rangers as visitors, Continue reading
When Members of the QPR Squad Met ‘The Slaygirls’
‘The Silencers’ was released in the UK on 25th April 1966. On that same day, Rangers lost 1-3 to Gillingham at Loftus Road. Later, some of the players met up with ‘The Slaygirls’ as part of the film’s promotion. The caption to the pic shown below reads as follows: ‘Taking time off from duty, some of the Queen’s Park Rangers team pose with six American girls over here to publicise the Continue reading
From 1908: QPR (3) – West Ham United (0) – ‘It was a Good Bustling Game, but the Rangers were at the Top of their Form’
Southern League (Division One) Team: Shaw, McDonald, Fidler, Duff, Lintott, Downing, MacDonald, Rogers, Skilton, Drake, Barnes Attendance: 6,000 On 17th October 1908, Rangers took on West Ham United at Park Royal. The following match report later appeared in the Reynolds’s Newspaper: ‘Playing at home yesterday before about 6,000 people, Queen’s Park Rangers gained a very meritorious victory over West Ham by 3-0. They were good value for their win, too, Continue reading
From 1913: QPR (3) – Crystal Palace (0)
Southern League (Division One) Team: Nicholls, Higgins, Pullen, Ovens, Mitchell, Wake, Thompson, Birch, Miller, Gregory, Ives Attendance: 10,000 On 22nd November 1913, Rangers took on Crystal Palace at Park Royal. This introduction to the match, appeared a week later in the Sydenham Gazette: ‘The Queen’s Park Rangers have greeted their new manager James Howie, with the best performance of the Continue reading
QPR (2) – Luton Town (2) – ‘After 31 Minutes Goddard Pounced Again….’
Football League Division Two Team: Woods, Shanks, Gillard, McCreery, Hazell, Wicks, Roeder, Goddard, Allen, Currie, Burke Sub: Harkouk Attendance: 15,054 On 22nd March 1980, Luton Town were the visitors to Loftus Road. Peter Gorman later filed the following match report: ‘An angry Tommy Docherty waded into his team and skipper Glenn Roeder in particular, after Rangers had tossed away a Continue reading
Watford (2) – QPR (5) ‘Lazarus Laid on a Perfect Cross for Brian Bedford to Head Home’
Football League Division Three Team: Smith, Taylor, Ingham, Malcolm, Williams, Keen, McClelland, Bedford, Leary, Lazarus, Barber Scorers: Lazarus 2, Bedford 2, Malcolm Attendance: 10,618 On Saturday, 23rd March 1963, Rangers travelled to Vicarage Road. Starting for the Hornets was former R’s keeper, Dave Underwood. Jimmy Guthrie later filed the following match report: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers chief Alec Stock had a hunch before his club’s game at Watford – and with the Continue reading
‘Why Reg Allen had Stayed’
This article (partial) appeared in ‘The Star’ in 1949: ‘The girl who does not want Reg Allen, the Queen’s Park Rangers goalkeeper, to transfer to the North, was at home today knitting him a pair of socks. When I met her, I could well understand why for her sake, Reg Allen has turned down offers from Middlesbrough Continue reading
QPR (2) – Blackburn Rovers (1) – ‘The Ball Flew Past the Astonished Patterson’
Football League Division 2 Team: Brown, Poppitt, Powell (G), Clayton, Heath, Gilberg, Waugh, Smith, Addinall, Cameron, Shepherd Attendance: 13,291 On Monday, 3rd September 1951, the R’s kicked off at 6.30pm against Blackburn Rovers at Loftus Road. Charles Buchan filed his match report the following day for ‘The Chronicle’. ‘Five minutes from the end, when lights from the adjoining flats brightened the gloom and Rangers’ supporters were giving the Continue reading