On a bright spring day, the meet was in the Earl of Derby, Kilburn High Road, with my Dad, his mates and copious amounts of the black stuff. A pub that was renowned for its Guinness, the Irish, and a small group of Rangers fans. Too much drink early doors, and it was off to Continue reading
Category: History
Dreams Can Come True – The 1982 FA Cup Semi-Final at Highbury – Part Two
1982 FA Cup Semi-Final, QPR v WBA. Venue: Highbury. The date: 3rd April 1982. What a great day even though I had to watch the match sitting next to a Fulham supporter, my Dad !!! I was lucky to get seat tickets. By that time I was residing in Manchester and must confess that I Continue reading
Dreams Can Come True – The 1982 FA Cup Semi-Final at Highbury
Is it really 30 years ago since that never to be forgotten FA Cup run ? A hell of a lot has happened to our club in the years since. Some of it, if it appeared in a film would be deemed to be too unbelievable. The 1981-82 season had commenced with Terry Venables about Continue reading
Dave Clement – The Complete Player
31st March 2012, is the 30th anniversary of Dave Clement’s sad and untimely death. For many younger Rangers fans his name is associated with the never to be forgotten 1975-76 team that came so agonizingly close to winning the League Championship but, for those of us old enough to have seen Dave play regularly, he Continue reading
Turkish Acrobatics Were a Delight – QPR v Galatasaray in 1950
The R’s had toured Turkey twice just after the War and had played Galatasaray on both occasions. There was the 1-1 draw in May 1948 when Cyril Hatton converted a penalty and this was followed in June 1949 with a 4-2 victory. The scorers were Duggan, Addinall, Muir and Pointon. In 1950 it was the Continue reading
Brann Bergen (0) – Queen’s Park Rangers (7) – 29th September 1976 – Brann Stadium, Bergen
Team: Phil Parkes, Dave Clement, Ian Gillard, John Hollins, Frank McLintock, Dave Webb, Dave Thomas, Mick Leach (sub Martyn Busby), Don Masson, Stan Bowles, Don Givens. Attendance: 11,527 Rangers had won the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie at Loftus Road two weeks earlier 4-0, in the clubs first ever competitive game in Europe, Continue reading
We Were There When Jensen Scored….and Gallen, Allen and Impey !
Highbury – Saturday 31st December 1994 – Arsenal 1 Queen’s Park Rangers 3 Attendance: 32,393 Arsenal: Bartram, Dixon, Winterburn, Jensen, Bould, Keown, Campbell, Wright, Smith (Clarke 75 minutes), Schwarz, Parlour Rangers: Roberts, Bardsley, Wilson, Barker, McDonald, Maddix, Impey, Hodge, Ferdinand (Allen 47 minutes), Gallen, Meaker Referee: G. Willard – Worthing Rangers fans of a certain Continue reading
Attacking is his Game: An Appraisal of QPR’s Legendary Manager – Alec Stock
This article appeared in the popular football weekly, ‘Soccer Star’ on 14th July 1967. It was written by Tom Jagger and was the eighth in the series, ‘Great Managers of Today’ and featured the legendary Alec Stock: ‘There was quite a flutter backstage of the soccer scene when it was known that Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading
Corporal Albert ‘Ben’ Butler – QPR Player & the First Professional Footballer in the Ranks of the 17th Middlesex to be Killed in Action
Gordon Macey refers to a ‘J. Butler’ who made his debut for the R’s against Arsenal on Boxing Day, 1916 and went on to make 7 appearances. Dennis Signy had previously mentioned a player named ‘Butler’ in his book as ‘being a victim of the Great War’. Colin Woodley recently lent me a copy of, Continue reading
16th December 1944: Queen’s Park Rangers (4) – Fulham (4)
Team: Gregory, Rose, Dawes, Daniels, Ridyard, Attwell, Sibley, Shaw, Heathcote, Mallett, Darragon Attendance: 10,000 The previous Saturday Rangers had recorded a 5-4 win at Southampton which amazingly was a reversal of a 4-5 defeat in September ! This line-up against Fulham included a number of guest players which was common practice during the War years. Continue reading