Category: Memorabilia

The 21st Indy R’s badge is now available and is a designated fundraiser for the QPR Tiger Cubs. I am asking for £5.00 per badge in order to raise £500.00 for them. Also available are a very limited number of a few of the previous issues. I’m always happy to do mail order and for Continue reading

Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series; 1907, 1908 and finally in 1913. The first series has already been featured and this particular card is the fourth from the second series that was issued during 1908. Once again the series included two different back designs, ‘Imperial Tobacco’ and ‘Grapnel Continue reading

What turned into a bit of a series (honest!), so far I’ve included a 1980’s Hoover advert featuring Alan McDonald, and then there was Phil Parkes’ endorsement of Cossack Hairspray. Also Dave Thomas and Don Givens were used in a campaign by Gola in the 70’s. This latest one, which appeared in September 1967 for Continue reading

Team: T. Wall, N. Sells, J. Buller, J. Payne, P.W. Dale, P. Dale, B. Sheridan, P. Wall, B. Hunt, D. Dobson, D. Samuels Reserves: P. Jackson, J. Forsyth The Queen’s Park Rangers Supporters Club team took on a Charlton side in the Falkland Cup Final on Sunday, 1st May 1966 at Ilford FC. The game Continue reading

Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series: 1907, 1908 and finally 1913. The first series has already been featured and this particular card is the third from the second series that was issued in 1908. Once again the series included two different back designs, ‘Imperial Tobacco’ and ‘Grapnel Mixture’. Continue reading

My 20th Indy R’s badge has been available for a while, and at the time of writing around half the stock has been sold. Limited to just 100, the badge commemorates the pre-season friendly against FC Groningen, on Monday 11th July. They are priced at ¬£3.00 each and can also be purchased via mail order. Continue reading

In 1930, the Topical Times issued a four-booklet illustrated collection of the top 100 footballers of the day. The legendary R’s player, George Goddard, was featured on page 11 in Part 2 alongside; H. McLenahan of Manchester United, G. Reed of Leeds United and M. McGregor of Falkirk. The players were displayed on one side Continue reading

In April 1974, ‘Shoot’ magazine were giving away in a competition, 15 copies of the latest QPR single: ‘As you may know, Queen’s Park Rangers players have just released a record “Give ‘Em The ‘Ol One Two” which looks like being a real hit. Well, they’ve given us 15 copies of the disc to offer Continue reading

Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series: 1907, 1908 and finally 1913. The first series has already been featured and this particular card is from the second series that was issued in 1908. Once again the series included two different back designs, ‘Imperial Tobacco’ and ‘Grapnel Mixture’. Samuel Morris Continue reading

I met up with Clive Roberts recently and amongst the items he kindly passed on, was an unusual mid-70’s QPR silk scarf. In the 1970’s, many R’s fans used to tie their silk scarves to their wrists. This particular scarf was described in the Supporters Club section of a November 1975 home programme as the: Continue reading