Category: History

Team: Brown, Woods, Ingham, Petchey, Powell, Angell, McKay, Smith, Clark, Cameron, Shepherd Attendance: 11,822 Ken Bromfield alerted me recently to a match against Southend United in 1955. The game at Loftus Road against the Shrimpers on 8th October was certainly a feisty affair and full of incident! “I remember a match against Southend in 1955, Continue reading

Team (according to the match programme): Gullan, Poppitt, Ingham, Parkinson, Woodward, Clayton, Waugh, Smith, Hatton, Farrow, Shepherd. La Gantoise visited Loftus Road on Thursday, 10th May 1951. The Belgian side had expressed their interest the previous year in being part of the ‘All Nations Sports & Cultural Association’. The Association was six years old and Continue reading

Team: Saphin, Rose, Heath, Parkinson, Millbank, Dudley, Adams, Mills, Durrant, Gibbons, Pattison. QPR’s reserves took on Watford’s at Loftus Road on 13thNovember 1948. A match report appeared in the local press a week later: ‘Eight goals were scored at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon when QPR Reserves met Watford before a large crowd. It was Continue reading

Team: Springett, Whittaker, Angell, Keen, R. Brady, Gibbs, Lazarus, Bedford, Leary, Collins, Vafiadis Attendance: 8,713 On 30th September 1963, the R’s took on Bristol Rovers at Loftus Road. This, a fixture that has been well lodged in my memory mainly because of my own personal circumstances prior to kick-off. Let me explain… I was tasked Continue reading

Team: Roberts, Bardsley, Brevett, Doyle, Maddix, McDonald, Impey, Wilson, Ferdinand, White (Allen), Meaker Attendance: 13,892 The Canaries arrived at Loftus Road on 6th March 1993 in third position of the Premier League, whilst the R’s were in seventh place and ahead of all the other London sides. Brian Glanville wrote the following match report: “Come Continue reading

On 21st February 1987, Rangers were knocked out of the FA Cup at Elland Road, but even worse for R’s fans were the rumours beginning to filter through that there was a proposed merger with Fulham! A shocking headline appeared three days later on the back page of Mirror Sport: ‘Capital Soccer Shocker – Fulham Continue reading

Rodney Marsh’s final match for the R’s took place at Ashton Gate on 4th March 1972. Rangers lost the game 0-2. The press photo shown below appeared in an Eastbourne newspaper in 1972 and features Rodney Marsh and Gordon Jago. It isn’t dated, but apparently soon after it was taken, Marsh was transferred to Manchester Continue reading

Team: Springett, Watson, Langley, Keen, Hunt, Sibley, Lazarus, Collins, Allen (Hazell), Sanderson, Morgan (R). Attendance: 12,327 On the 19th February 1966, two of the top three Third Division sides met at Loftus Road. The R’s, sitting in third position, met Hull City, one place above them. The following comprehensive match report was written by Brian Continue reading

Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins (Eastoe), McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Francis, Masson, Bowles, Givens Attendance: 48,439 Rangers started their 1976/77 League Cup campaign with a 3-1 away win at Cardiff and followed this up with a 2-1 home win against Bury in Round 3. The R’s then went on to beat West Ham United 2-0 at Continue reading

QPR: Roberts (Dykstra), Ready (McDermott), Brevett, Barker, McDonald, Maddix, Impey, Holloway (Osborn), Dichio (Charles), Gallen, Sinclair. Hibernian: Reid, Willie Miller, Donald, McGinlay, Tweed, Hunter, Weir (Graham Miller), Millen, Harper, Evans (Greg Miller), Jackson (Riley). Attendance: 6,005 QPR have taken on Hibernian on three occasions. Firstly, at Loftus Road on 15th February 1964 when the R’s Continue reading