Introduction By Cos Ataliotis To Alec Stock’s Italian Adventure So, what do you know about Alec Stock as a Manager ? Almost certainly, you’ll know that he ranks amongst the best Managers in the history of Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, responsible for back to back promotions to the top flight and our famous League Continue reading
Category: History
QPR Screen References: No.7 – ‘Home To Roost’
Episode: ‘Crime Watch’ I didn’t know anything at all about this series until very recently. John Thaw plays Henry Willows, a middle aged divorcee who lives alone with the assistance of a ‘Home Help’. Then one day, much to his amazement, his 18 year old son Matthew turns up after falling out with his mum. Continue reading
QPR In Iceland
On 18th September 1984, Rangers played K.R. Reykjavik in the UEFA Cup. The R’s won this first leg 3-0 in front of a crowd given as 1,600. Nigel Clarke wrote in the ‘Daily Mirror”Simon Stainrod the striker who gives Rangers such style and swagger, last night hit two goals to tie up this European adventure. Continue reading
The Hammersmith Badge
Despite the Club dispensing with it in the early 70’s, I had wondered when the old Borough Coat of Arms had been adopted. Some time ago, Michael Benwell asked me to contact the Shepherd’s Bush Historical Society for an explanation as to what it all actually means ? Then by chance, I happened to come Continue reading
Rodney’s Return
In this modern day and age it would have probably been called a damaged metatarsal but way back then in the 67/68 Season, medical jargon was more primitive and it was merely known as a broken foot. The midweek Reserve team fixture against Southend United at Roots Hall on the 8th November 1967 was to Continue reading
We Will Remember Them
Evelyn Henry Lintott was the most famous player associated with the R’s to sadly lose his life during the Great War. He was a Schoolmaster and was also the first Rangers player to play a full international for England. Lintott made 35 appearances for QPR including two Charity Shield games against Manchester United after the Continue reading
Saturday 4th March 1967 – Eighth Account
My first trip to Wembley and it was to see the Rangers, in a major Cup Final of all things. This wasn’t supposed to be my first trip there and the R’s weren’t really supposed to be there for the first time either ! You see, I had a ticket for the World Cup Final Continue reading
QPR Screen References: No.6 – ‘On The Buses’ – Episode: ‘Self Defence’
There were seven series of ‘On The Buses’ containing 74 episodes which ran from 1969 until 1973 and also three films. The main characters were, ‘Stan’, who was played by East End born Reg Varney. He was the bus driver and still lived at home with his Mum, Sister and Brother-in-law. Doris Hare wasn’t the Continue reading
The 1967 ‘Olive Tournament’ And The Goal Scored At Ten To One In The Morning
Alec Stock wrote the following article for the August/September issue of ‘Rangers Roar’ about the trip to Spain in 1967 and a goal scored at ten to one in the morning:- As a result of winning the Football League Cup and Division Three, we found that certain pleasant things happen. One of them is that Continue reading
Saturday 4th March 1967 – Seventh Account
For the semi – final, second leg at Loftus Road, my Dad took me and my Brother to the game on the Metropolitan Line. We had moved to the East End by then but I was born in Paddington. Anyway,we were all fully engrossed, talking away when suddenly my Brother pipes up, “We Are Here”, Continue reading