Team: Bowman, Disubi, Woollard-Innocent, Mahorn, Gubbins, Bettache, Kifwasima, Dauti (Francis-Adeyinka), Bansal-McNulty (Mesias), Ribeiro (Grant), Platt Sub Not Used: Dickinson Courtney Watson gave the visitors the lead on a damp, overcast morning at Heston after 4 minutes. His looping shot curled just over Myles Bowman and under the crossbar. A Palace cross, knocked over from the Continue reading
Category: Youth Team
QPR U18 (4) – Yeovil Town U18 (0)
Team: 1st half – White (Bowman), not known, Kaiser, not known, Genovesi, Messais, Dauti, Remy, Francis-Adeyinka (trialist), Kendal, not known (Miller) Team: 2nd half – Bowman (Dickinson), Disubi, Orafu, Noel-McCloud, Woodward-Innocent, Kirwasina, Robeiro, Bettache, Lucas (trialist), Platt, Miller (Bansal-McNulty) I bumped into Keith Davies at Acton Town Station and we went on to Hounslow East Continue reading
15th February 1965: Fulham Juniors (0) – QPR Juniors (2)
Southern Junior Floodlight Cup Semi-Final Team: Brooks, Hazell, Finch, Sibley, Moughton, Blake, Morgan (I), Parker, Leach, Bathurst, Morgan (R) Whilst the QPR first team were having another lean season, the Rangers junior sides were on a crest of a wave. Seventeen-year-old Frank Sibley had already made his senior debut a year earlier. The Morgan twins Continue reading
Beggars can’t be choosers
Mansion, Betway, UK-K8.com, Dafabet, Bet365, BETEAST, SportPesa, 138.com…. gambling companies are everywhere in football. That list is just some Premier League sponsors from last season. Throw in the companies who sponsor the stadiums, the leagues, the electronic animated hoardings and the television coverage, Bet365, Skybet, BetVictor, Betfair… a football world soon appears which is saturated Continue reading
Tuesday 15th March 1966: QPR (Under 19) v England Youth X1
Teams: Spratley, Inkpen, Finch, Moughton, Clement, Parker, Morgan (I), Davies (A), Leach, Wilks, Morgan (R) Used Subs: Daniels, Adams, Andrews England Youth: Wicks, Craggs, Bentley, Sibley, Hazell, Lindsay, Barton, Bernard, Reynolds, Piper, Berkeley? I attended the match, but unusually for that time, I didn’t add any notes to my programme. I do remember that we Continue reading
Chasing rainbows, learning lessons, rewriting history
Queen’s Park Rangers co-chairman Tony Fernandes has given an interview to North American-based website Vice Sports in which he talks about the club and the near six years of ownership by him and his Malaysian business partners. https://sports.vice.com/en_uk/article/ive-learnt-the-hard-way-tony-fernandes-on-football-fandom-and-attempting-to-build-the-new-qpr It’s a wide-ranging, if unchallenging, piece where Fernandes talks about lessons learned, his passion for the club Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Huddersfield Town U18 (2)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Dickinson, Springer-Downes, Antwi, Orafu, Noel-McLeod, Gubbins, Goather-Braithwaite, Akinola, Francis-Adeyinka, Dauti, Ribeiro This final league game of a disappointing season, kicked off at Harlington in splendid sunshine at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am. Romeo Akinola captained the Rangers side and Tyla Dickinson had to replace Myles Bowman in goal. Continue reading
You Raise Me Up – QPR Fans Forum 16 March 2017
The latest instalment of the QPR fans forum gave us “The Hoos and Holloway Show”, a rib-tickling side-splitting cornucopia of family entertainment that would put Morecambe & Wise to shame. Okay, maybe not… but this was perhaps the most convincing fans forum event staged under the current set of owners. Not only are Lee Hoos Continue reading
Just the ticket for Rangers fans?
So we’ve just had another ‘big reveal’ from the club regarding season ticket prices for next season. And in all fairness for existing holders renewing before 31 May it’s pretty good news. In summary: • Renewal prices frozen • Interest-free direct debit installments • ‘Bounty’ of £20 QPR Cash when you ‘refer a friend’ who Continue reading
Are plans for a new stadium at Old Oak Scrubbed?
Last week QPR responded to newspaper speculation that the club would be turning its attentions away from a planned new stadium and wider complex at Old Oak. Instead it confirmed it was looking at “…a potential partnership with an athletics club such as Thames Valley Harriers to create a new community stadium” at the Linford Continue reading