Category: History

European Championship: Windsor Park, Belfast, on Wednesday, 17th November 1982. The following article appeared in ‘Match Weekly’ on 11th December 1982: ‘Northern Ireland’s young hero Ian Stewart dreamed as a boy of scoring the winning goal for his country against a top footballing nation. And last month that dream came true to life when the Continue reading

Team: Springett, Watson, Langley, Sanderson, Keen, Moughton, Lazarus, Morgan (I), Allen, Marsh, Morgan (R) Attendance: 4,732 This 5-0 thumping of Bournemouth on 21st May 1966 was the R’s final home league game of the season. Sean Kilfeather wrote the following match report: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers gave their supporters a pleasant parting gift in their last Continue reading

On 1st December 1979, Stan scored what was to be his final goal for the R’s. His outstanding goal in the 1-2 defeat at Cambridge United was later featured in ‘Match Weekly’: ‘Stan Bowles’ last goal in the colours of Queen’s Park Rangers was a brilliant solo effort…and ‘Match Weekly’ was there to record the Continue reading

The 2-1 Defeat at Norwich in 1931 – ‘Lewis, the Amateur International, did not Journey down with the Rangers, but he was expected off the 3 o’clock Train, Dressed, Ready for Play’ Team: Cunningham, Nixon, Hall, Sales, Armstrong, Vango, Wyper, Lewis, Goddard, Wilson, Cribb Attendance: 13,165 Ahead of our trip to Carrow Road on Sunday, Continue reading

Team: Kelly, Finch, Harris, Keen, Keetch, Hazell, Morgan (I), Leach, Clarke, Marsh, Morgan (R) Sub: Allen Attendance: 28,000+ This was the start of the final run-in of the 1967/68 Division 2 campaign. What a nail biter! With Ipswich, QPR and Blackpool all battling it out for the two promotion places to the top flight with Continue reading

Tony Ingham sadly passed away seven years ago today. Dennis Signy wrote the following tribute to the QPR legend for issue 13 of the Club newspaper, ‘Bush Ranger’ in 1989: ‘When Tony Ingham joined Leeds United in 1947, he was earning the princely sum of £6 a week. And the original contract for the Yorkshireman Continue reading

Team: Springett, Hazell, Langley, Keen, Hunt, Sibley, Morgan (I), Sanderson, Allen, Wilks, Morgan (R) Sub: Watson Attendance: 14,359 The R’s were confirmed as the Third Division Champions after the 1-0 win at Oldham on 15th April 1967. The following match report appeared in the ‘Green Final’, the Sports edition of the Oldham Evening Chronicle: ‘Queen’s Continue reading

The following article was No. 7 in the series, ‘Soccer Sketch Presents Your Team’, and appeared on the 16th October 1954: ‘Like Frank, my brother, who’s now managing Stoke City, I’m a Buckley Boy. Like Frank, I’m proud of it. Both of us were lucky enough to work as players under one of the greatest Continue reading

Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St. John, Somerset, on 30th March 1917. As a player, Alec had previously played for Tottenham Hotspur and Charlton Athletic before joining the R’s in February 1938. Later that month he made his debut against Reading at Loftus Road and scored one of the goals in the 3-0 win. Continue reading

Team: Kingsley, White, Newlands, Yenson, Hitch, Ryder, Thompson, Sugden, Bevan, Fletcher, Roberts Attendance: 12,000 On 17th February 1906, Rangers had drawn the derby match at Brentford 2-2 and the following week took on Norwich City at the Agricultural Showground in Park Royal. The Sporting Life reported on the game two days later: ‘There was a Continue reading