The 1991 Open Day was held at the Guinness Sports and Social Club. It also featured a cricket match between a Guinness Club X1 and a QPR FC X1. Supporters Club Manager, the late Neil Roberts, wrote the following programme notes: ‘Before going any further, on behalf of QPR FC, I extend thanks to Guinness Continue reading
Category: Memorabilia
The 14th Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – John MacDonald (McDonald)
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This latest one is the 14th QPR card that I have featured from the first series issued in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘A ripe, full flavoured Pipe Tobacco, fine cut. In a good well-seasoned briar Continue reading
The 13th Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – William Yenson
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This latest one is the 13th QPR card that I have featured from the first series issued in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘A delightfully cool pipe tobacco, combining the sweetness and fragrance of the better Continue reading
The 1977 7” Single: ‘Queens Park Rangers’ b/w ‘Drive Me Down to QPR’
In 1977, Gama Records Ltd of 153 Percy Road, Shepherd’s Bush, released the 7″ single: ‘Queens Park Rangers’. The press release read as follows: ‘The Loftus Road Runners Kick Off Mention football records and the most likely reaction is a groan – not surprisingly, because since ‘Back Home’ helped us lose the World Cup in Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No. 18 – Rover and Wizard – 23rd November 1968
Published by D. C. Thomson, ‘The Wizard’ was launched as long ago as the 22nd September 1922. Then in September 1963, it merged with ‘The Rover’. This particular issue is dated 23rd November 1968 and qualifies for this series because among the footballers featured on the front cover was R’s goalkeeper, Ron Springett. Whilst inside, Continue reading
The 12th Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – Evelyn Henry Lintott
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This latest one is the 12th QPR card that I have featured from the first series issued in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘A ripe, full flavoured pipe tobacco, fine cut. In a good well-seasoned briar Continue reading
The 11th Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – Samuel Downing
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This latest one is the 11th QPR card that I have featured from the first series issued in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘A delightfully cool Pipe Tobacco, combining the sweetness & fragrance of the better Continue reading
The 1967 League Cup Final Souvenir Ashtray
Nearly three weeks after our historic victory at Wembley, the Darlington match programme announced that: ‘In response to the continuing demand for souvenirs of this fantastically successful season, we have now obtained a special order of souvenir ashtrays which bear the club’s crest in blue and white and carry the inscription “Football League Cup Winners Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No. 17 – Roy of the Rovers – 18th December 1976
This edition of ‘Roy of the Rovers’ is dated 18th December 1976 and features across the centre pages: ‘The Big Action’ – QPR v Stoke. The caption reads: ‘Loftus Road, home of last season’s First Division runner’s up, Queen’s Park Rangers, is the setting of our super action picture this week. The scene shows several Continue reading
The Tenth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette card – Sidney Sugden
Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is now the tenth QPR card that I have featured from the first series issued in 1907. On the reverse side of this original card it reads: ‘Grapnel Mixture – A delightfully cool pipe tobacco, combining the sweetness and fragrance of Continue reading