Martin Botwright suggested to me that a second John Baines QPR football card was known to exist. Then a few months ago Moreno came across it within a collection of cards that were coming up for auction and kindly forwarded me an image of the card which is shown below. The Lot was estimated at Continue reading
Category: Memorabilia
The 14th Indy R’s Badge is Now Available
Rangers were invited to play in the 1912 Charity Shield match against Blackburn Rovers in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund. As Southern League champions they met the Football League champions at White Hart Lane on 4th May, 1912. Accordingly, the 14th Independent R’s badge commemorates the match and the design is based on the Continue reading
One of Those 1970’s Gola Adverts Featuring Don Givens and Dave Thomas
Following on from the Phil Parkes Cossack Hairspray advert that I featured in February, recently, I came across this one from Gola which includes Dave Thomas and Don Givens. Gola were founded in 1905 and their first advert campaign was in the 1930’s when they displayed their slogan ‘Gola Means Goals’ on the sides of Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.6 – Rover – 10th January 1970
Published by D.C. Thomson, the ‘Rover’ started up as long ago as 1922. It merged with ‘Adventure’ in 1961 and two years later ‘The Wizard’ was discontinued and became the ‘Rover and Wizard’. The Rover is particularly famous for the text stories that later went on to become strips in comics such as the ‘Hornet’ Continue reading
It’s a Game of Two Halves by Fred Hartman
Fred Hartman has been an R’s fan for some 30 years now and has just completed his first book: ‘It’s a Game of Two Halves’. I first met Fred almost exactly a year ago at Paul Farley’s funeral. A month later he wrote his own personal tribute to Paul for our Home Page: ‘In Memory Continue reading
The Independent R’s 1982 FA Cup Final Commemorative Badge
My thirteenth Indy R’s badge commemorates Rangers reaching the FA Cup Final for the first time in 1982. Limited to just 100, at the time of writing, only 27 remain. Also available are a small stock of some of my previous badges. All badges are ¬£3.00 each and postage within the UK is ¬£1.35 for Continue reading
The QPR Miscellany by Ash Rose
‘The QPR Miscellany’ was written by R’s fan Ash Rose and published on 1st February. Accordingly, the Indy R’s received the following promotional release: ‘Ever wondered how many QPR players have scored on their debuts ? Or what R’s stars have worn the famous No.10 shirt ? What about the Super Hoops biggest ever attendances Continue reading
The 1967 League Cup Final as Featured in the Radio Times
Forty five years ago, the Radio Times featured the League Cup Final as ‘Match of the Day from Wembley’. Martin Percival kindly lent me his copy and there on the inside cover, next to ‘Points from the Post’ Kenneth Wolstenholme wrote the following article: ‘The Football League Cup has now been given soccer’s supreme accolade Continue reading
One of Those 1970’s Cossack Hairspray Adverts Featuring QPR Goalkeeper Phil Parkes.
Apart from being the best QPR keeper I’ve ever seen, Phil Parkes is also remembered for those 1970’s Cossack hairspray adverts, and even their kit bag !!! It provoked plenty of banter at the time and apart from the magazine adverts, apparently there was even at least one television commercial featuring him saving a Frank Continue reading
The 1906 Cohen Weenen Cigarette Card Featuring QPR Goalkeeper Arthur Howes.
This cigarette card is the fourth in the series and features one of our goalkeepers from the mid-1900’s.Cohen Weenen & Co. was a small tobacco company based in London. They produced their first set of cards in 1901. Then in 1906, Series No.2 of: ‘Owners, Jockeys, Footballers, Cricketers,’ was issued. This set of 50 cards Continue reading