Category: Youth Team

U21 Professional Development League Two – South Team: Lennox, Harriman, Magri, Parmenter, Ehmer, Sutherland, Andrade, Doughty, Hewitt, Balanta, Sharif After losing their first game in this league 0-1 against Charlton, Rangers bounced back to win their next two against Millwall and Cardiff City respectively. On Saturday, the R’s lined up as above, with no over-age Continue reading

Team: Lumley, Downes, Buck, Hubble, Wise, Kpekawa, Comley, Mitchell, Petrasso, Skapetis, Fitzpatrick. The temperature was still rising at Harlington as the R’s first match in the U18’s Professional Development League 2 (South) got underway. David Fitzpatrick captained the side and the match officials wore florescent bibs in contrast to Charlton’s black away kit. Rangers got Continue reading

Team: Joe Lumley, Darnell Furlong, Jordan Buck, Brandon Comley, Harly Wise, Cole Kpekawa, Conor Hubble, Abdul Adegbola, Michael Petrasso, Petros Skapetis, David Fitzpatrick. Looking down the team sheet I noticed that the Hanwell squad included our ex-Youth team player, Terry Smith who was listed at No.6. Of the 21 named R’s players I knew around Continue reading

Ian Cooper reported recently on some very exciting news for Steve Gallen and the Club: QPR Youth Development Manager Steve Gallen hailed a ‘huge step forward’ for the club after the Premier League confirmed they will be granted category two status next season. Gallen’s youth set-up will complete their move from Harlington to the Park Continue reading

Two weeks ago the U18’s took on Crawley Town at Harlington and lined up as follows:- Trani, McDonnell, Walker, Champion, Downes, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Comley, Andrade, Monthe, Webb With Gareth Deane still unavailable, it was an opportunity for Tommaso Trani to finally make his debut, all six foot seven inches of him. Although Crawley had lost Continue reading

Team: Lumley, McDonnell, Walker, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Comley, Gibbons, Monthe, Webb. Frankie Sutherland was back after playing for the Irish U19’s against Turkey. Bruno Andrade was apparently unwell and Gareth Deane, Marcel Henry-Francis and Bradley Simmonds were still nursing injuries. Prior to kick-off we watched the start of the U16’s game against AFC Wimbledon Continue reading

Team: Lumley, McDonnell, Walker, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Fitzpatrick, Daly, Gibbons, Monthe, Webb This was a re-arranged league match which kicked off at 1pm last Tuesday. Gareth Deane was nursing an injury, Frankie Sutherland was away on international duty and Petros Skapetis was in attendance, but seemingly not one of the substitutes. Once again Manny Monthe Continue reading

Team: Lumley, McDonnell, Walker, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Comley, Hubble, Gibbons, Monthe, Webb. There were a number of players missing from the starting line-up for various reasons. Emmanuel Monthe had already played in a number of positions throughout the season and this time he started upfront. Despite his imposing stature, Monthe is deceptively quick and has Continue reading

The following article was written by Ian Cooper and appeared in this week’s Brent & Kilburn Times: ‘The Premier League’s new Elite Player Performance Plan promises to change the face of youth football in England, and nowhere more so than at QPR. The EPPP scheme, which was voted through by the Football League in October, Continue reading

Team: Deane, Downes, Monthe, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Simmonds, Henry-Francis, Monakana, Webb. This fixture was due to be played last Saturday at Harlington, but was re-arranged because of the FA Youth Cup tie on Thursday. The game kicked off slightly late at 12.10pm and the trialist from Arsenal, Jeffrey Monakana, was in the starting line-up. Continue reading