Category: History

Team: Spence, Newcombe, Colgan, Keen, Whitfield, Brown, Barber, Pearson, Keeble, Baten, Kerrins (Turner) Attendance: 1,560 A QPR X1 played Chelmsford City on 2nd January 1960 in a hastily arranged friendly after their game against Barry Town was postponed because of their involvement in a Welsh Cup tie. J. C. Chaplin wrote the following match report Continue reading

Very sad to report that Malcolm Graham, the former Barnsley, Bristol City, Leyton Orient and QPR forward has passed away at the age of 81. I saw him play a number of times for the R’s during the 1963/64 campaign including the bizarre 4-4 draw at Luton Town on the 23rd November 1963 when he Continue reading

Team: Denoon, Rev. Loney, Draper, Grendon, Mitchell, Broster, Lewis, Hassan, Dale, Whyman, Crossley Attendance: 3,000 This match was played at Kensal Rise on 7th April 1917 and the following match report appeared in the Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle five days later: ‘Luton were fortunate in securing the services of J. W. Nicholas, the Derby Continue reading

Team: Roberts, McDermott, Brevett, Ready, McDonald, Barker, Brazier, Peacock, Sinclair, Spencer, Dichio Attendance: 10,718 The R’s travelled to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium on 21st December 1996 and Robert Gledhill’s match report appeared two days later: ‘Lack of strength in depth rather than controversial refereeing decisions is the major factor behind Huddersfield Town being sucked towards Continue reading

I was, back in November 2001, lucky enough to spend an evening with QPR legend and ex-England international, Stan Bowles, my all-time sporting hero. During the course of our conversation, after I had almost flattened him rushing in to the pub where we had arranged to meet, I asked him about his time at the Continue reading

  This rare press pic from my collection is dated 17th September 1947 and the text on the reverse side reads as follows: ‘The schoolboys of St. Joseph’s College near London, are fortunate – they pride themselves in their soccer prowess – and rightly so, for they are coached by a first-class instructor, in the Continue reading

On a recent short holiday break in Northern Ireland, I took the opportunity to pay a visit to Billy Hamilton’s Sports Trophy shop. The premises are situated right in the heart of Bangor town centre, located at 4 Bingham Mall, Off Main Street. It’s a specialist trophy and engraving establishment, and quite impressive in my Continue reading

The following article was written by Ray Bradley and appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine in 1969: ‘On top of the world again, that’s Terry Venables, the Tottenham discard, now the driving force behind Second Division pace-setters Queen’s Park Rangers. Rangers and Venables have much in common. Both endured agony and frustration last season in the First Continue reading

The following article was written by Gerry Francis and appeared sometime in the mid-1970’s: I suppose I’m unusual in the way I started off on the wrong foot because I nearly became a rugby star. It happened like this: ‘I played soccer at junior school in Chiswick in West London. Then I went to a Continue reading

The following snippet comes from an article titled, ‘Keeping a Sharp Look-Out’, by “Ranger”, which appeared in a 1950 home programme: ‘The trials and tribulations of a scout are often not appreciated by the average supporter who is inclined to think in terms of the talent the scout produces. It is very rarely that a Continue reading