League Division Two Team: Royce, Forbes, Shittu, Palmer, Williams, Doudou, Bircham, Rose, Thomas, Furlong, Gallen Attendance: 14,001 Plymouth Argyle were the visitors to Loftus Road on 31stAugust 2002. The match programme was dedicated to the memory of Daphne Biggs. Mike Berry wrote the following match report for the Telegraph: ‘Plymouth are making a splash on their return to Division Continue reading
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QPR (6) – Blackpool (1) – ‘And Finally, Marsh gave the 19,000 Crowd the Climax they Demanded by Swerving Past Two Men for a Brilliant Sixth’
League Division Two Team: Kelly, Watson, Clement, Venables, Hunt, Hazell, Bridges, Sibley, Leach, Marsh, Clark Attendance: 19,277 Following a 3-2 win over Millwall at Loftus Road three days earlier, Rangers’ next opponents on 26th August 1969, were Blackpool. Brian James wrote the following match report: ‘QPR took their record to nine points from a possible ten last night when Blackpool were driven Continue reading
QPR (2) – Southampton (1) – ‘Rangers Won a Controversial Penalty a Minute after the Interval when the Ball was Flicked over Richard Hall’s Head’
FA Carling Premiership Team: Roberts, Ready, Wilson, Wilkins, Peacock, Yates, Impey, Barker, Ferdinand, Penrice (White), Sinclair (Brevett) Attendance: 10,613 On 21st August 1993, the R’s took on Southampton at Loftus Road. Don Howe later provided the following match report: ‘Les Ferdinand, one of England’s hopes for goals in next month’s World Cup qualifier against Poland, Continue reading
QPR (4) – Luton Town (1) – ‘The Rangers Started as if the Result was a Forgone Conclusion’
League Division 3 Team: Hill, Blackman, Grimsdell, Grant, Mitchell, O’Brien, Faulkner, Birch, Smith, Gregory, Middlemiss After a goalless draw at Reading the previous week, it was Luton Town who travelled to Loftus Road on 25th September 1920. A match report, from a Luton perspective, appeared in the Beds & Herts Pictorial three days later: ‘It was the first time I had seen the Town Continue reading
QPR (3) – Arsenal (2) – ‘It was Soon Evident that Our Lads were Bent on Winning’
Football League South Team: Gregory, Rose, Abel, Forsyth, Ridyard, Attwell, Sibley, Daniels, Heathcote, Mallett, Darragon Attendance: 10,000 On 6th January 1945, QPR took on Arsenal at Loftus Road. The Rangers side included four guest players, namely; Gregory, Forsyth, Attwell and Sibley. An appeal on behalf of the Red Cross Prisoners-of-War Fund was made in the match programme: ‘You are earnestly asked to be as generous as Continue reading
‘They are the Rangers, the Gallant Rangers, the Men Who Lead the Way’
Towards the end of a newspaper article from October 1898, “TRABBOTS” mentioned: ‘That the song written by Mr Dibsdale about Queen’s Park Rangers is very popular.’ Unfortunately, no other information about it has come to light, but I then remembered something that appeared in the ‘Club Notes’ of the Bristol City match programme in March Continue reading
Watford (0) – QPR (2) – ‘And Brown had little difficulty in putting the Ball into the Net’
Southern League (Division One) Team: Collins, Newlands, White, Bowman, Hitch, Freeman, Hamilton, Mayes, Brown, Blackwood, Wilson Attendance: 4,000 On 6th December 1902, Rangers travelled to Watford. The following match report appeared in the Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette a week later: ‘This game was played at Watford on Saturday before a sprinkling of spectators, and in fine Continue reading
Port Vale (0) – QPR (0) – When Reg Allen Missed the Train & Frank Neary Started in Goal
Team: Allen, Rose, Jefferson, Daniels, Ridyard, Farrow, Neary, Mallett, Heathcote, Salmon, Whitehead Attendance: 8,000 On 22nd September 1945, QPR travelled to Port Vale. However, one player missing was goalkeeper, Reg Allen. Originally, manager Dave Mangnall was going to replace him, but when news came that Reg was on his way, ten players took the field Continue reading
Percy Seymour Varco – Twice Elected Mayor of Fowey & QPR Player
“Sea-Bee” wrote the following article, (edited), which appeared in the Cornish Guardian on 29th October 1926: ‘The first game I saw, Queen’s Park Rangers v Plymouth Argyle, I have already alluded to in this column. Plymouth lost, and Varco did not play. The second game was the Rangers v Bristol Rovers. This was a draw, Continue reading
QPR Reserves (3) – Reading Reserves (1) – “Sir, I Am Writing to Explain My Disapproval of the Way Football Combination Matches are Ruined.”
Mid-Week Football Combination Team: Drinkwater, Baker (P), Williams (W), Keen, Rutter, Bedford, McClelland, Collins, Evans, Towers, Barber On the previous Monday, the Rangers Combination side had lost 0-3 to Aldershot at Loftus Road. Seven changes were made for the visit of Reading on 15th January 1962, which provoked Mr Elverson to write the following letter to the Reading Standard: ‘Sir, I am writing Continue reading