Category: History

QPR spending part of the pre-season in Sweden was a common feature during the 80’s and especially during the first half of the 90’s. But the first visit actually dates back to 1973, when two friendlies were played. Further visits followed in ’81, ’82, ’86 and ’88, with four friendlies being played each time. From Continue reading

The following article appeared in a 1983 football magazine: Tony Sealy starts the 1983-84 season as a hero only a year after he seemed to be heading for the soccer scrapheap. His 16 league goals last season helped Queen’s Park Rangers clinch the Second Division Championship. Sealy, born in London on May 7th, 1959, was Continue reading

Team: Allen, Powell (G), Jefferson, Powell (I), Smith (G), Daniels, McEwan, Ramscar, Gibbons, Adams, Hartburn. QPR took on Rotherham United in a return friendly at Loftus Road on 13th December 1947. Two weeks earlier the R’s had been beaten 0-1 at Millmoor in front of 13,000 spectators. L. R. Hall’s match report appeared in the Continue reading

Team: Hucker, Chivers, Dawes, Fenwick, Wicks, Fillery, Charles, Gregory, Micklewhite, Allen, Bannister. Subs: Stainrod for Charles & Fereday for Allen QPR’s first trip to Drogheda was in 1979, which was then followed by another visit there three years later. Rangers’ third visit to United Park was on Sunday, 29th July 1984. A match report appeared Continue reading

Team: Mason, Abel, Jefferson, Powell, Farmer, March, McEwan, Mallett, Mangnall, McCarthy, Bonass Attendance: 4,000 Germany invaded Poland on Friday 1st September 1939 and after Britain had declared war two days later the FAabandoned the football season and the results were expunged from the records. However, on 21st October, QPR took on Reading in their first Continue reading

After knocking out Barry Town and Ashford Town, QPR then travelled to Turf Moor on 6th January 1962 to take on Burnley in the FA Cup Third Round. Bill Ward wrote the following article, which appeared in the Daily Herald on the morning of the match: ‘Bill Hooper, the official who runs Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading

Team: Allen, Dudley, Jefferson, Smith, Ridyard, Powell, McEwan, Mallett, Hatton, Mills, Pattison Attendance: 10,000 Rangers took on Swindon Town at Loftus Road on 21stDecember 1946. The following match report later appeared in the West London Observer: ‘Abandoning their train at Ealing Broadway and completing their journey by trolley-bus, Swindon Town finished their “Cook’s tour” by Continue reading

Ahead of QPR’s visit to Highbury on 2nd October 1976, the following article titled, ‘Big Match – Cross Talk’, appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine: ‘When Arsenal play Queen’s Park Rangers at Highbury on Saturday, Malcolm McDonald and Stan Bowles will come face to face for the first time since Supermac was signed from Newcastle for £333,000. Continue reading

Team: Shaw, Fidler, Pullen, Ovens, Mitchell, Wake, Thompson, Birch, Whyman, Revill, Barnes On 11th January 1913, Rangers had beaten Halifax Town 4-2 in the First Round of the FA Cup. They then travelled to Dean Court the following Saturday to take on Bournemouth in a friendly. A match report appeared in the Bournemouth Guardian a Continue reading

Team: Howes, Lyon, Wassell, White, Taylor, Edwards, Thompson, Coates, Brewis, Roberts, Cowan. Chelsea had been founded on 10th March 1905 and six months later the two sides met for the first time. This reserve match on 23rd September was a South Eastern League fixture, which kicked off at 3.45pm at the Agricultural Showground, Park Royal. Continue reading