My latest badge features the ‘Moroccan Magician’, Adel Taarabt. Limited to just 100, they are priced at £3.00 each and can also be purchased via mail order, within the UK only. This time the profit from sales, plus donations, will go to the Club’s “Extra Time” project. Andy Evans sent me this: ‘The “Extra Time” Continue reading
QPR (0) – Leicester City (2) – “Go Home & Forget about this Defeat. It was no Disgrace”
FA Cup 6th Round Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Venables, Mancini, McLintock, Thomas, Francis, Leach, Bowles, Givens Sub: Hazell Attendance 34,078 After disposing of Chelsea, Birmingham City and Coventry, the R’s then faced Leicester City in the FA Cup 6th Round on 9th March 1974 at Loftus Road. Ken Montgomery’s match report appeared in the Sunday Continue reading
Chesham United FC Women (0) – QPR FC Women (0)
FA Women’s National League One (South-East) Team: Wiggins, Cooper, Searle, Randall, Lewin, Blodgett, Goddard, Hill, Stanley, Dzyadyk, McCrea Attendance: 115 On a sunny afternoon at the Meadow, it was Gemma Fraser who forced a save from the Rangers keeper after eight minutes. Whilst for the R’s, Jo Blodgett’s pass out to Annie Dzyadyk resulted in Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (7) – Colchester United U21 (0)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Halliday, Putman, trialist, Manufor, McDowell, Tuck, Bennie, Talla, Vaughan, trialist, Petrie Subs: Clark, Leahy, Sutton, Murphy, Dillon In a blustery, rain-swept afternoon at the TSG Training Centre, it was one of the QPR trialists who forced a flying save from Dandre Abraham. Then, after 15 minutes, a good move Continue reading
Sheffield United (0) – QPR (0) – ‘Rangers so Near – just .080 of a Goal Behind’
Football League Division One Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Leach, Masson, Bowles, Givens Sub: Beck Attendance: 21,949 On the 28th February 1976, the R’s travelled to Bramall Lane. Alan Hoby later filed the following match report: ‘As the furious charge on the championship continues, Rangers have the same points as Liverpool, but Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Tottenham Hotspur WSL Academy (1) – But the R’s go out 4-5 on Penalties
Capital Women’s Cup Team: Wiggins, Cooper, McCrea, Randall, Blodgett, Lewin, Ward-Chambers, D’Santos, Stanley, Kennedy, Dzyadyk Subs: Baravik, Sampson, Owen, Munro The first attempt at goal was provided by the visitors, but Jhanaie Pierre’s shot went wide of the target. At the other end, Courtnay Ward-Chambers’ stretched to meet Annie Dzyadyk’s cross, but she couldn’t quite Continue reading
Peter Springett – ‘A Chip off the Brotherly Block!’
The following article was written by Maurice Weedon and appeared in ‘Soccer Star’: ‘I recall that about this time last year I wrote that the form of Peter Springett in Queen’s Park Rangers’ junior sides was such that he could one day rival his brother Ron, who has to date won over 30 caps as Continue reading
Arsenal U18 (3) – QPR U18 (3) – Despite an Emmerson Sutton Hat-Trick, Rangers were Knocked Out after Extra Time & Penalties
FA Youth Cup 4th Round QPR Team: Loades, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Keita-Turay, Street, Neill, Coomes, Tarbotton, Hassan, Neziri, Sutton Subs: Jones, Friel, Cuthbert, Wiles, Kennedy, Ashamu, Sanyaolu Arsenal Team: Porter, Julienne, Sweet, Onyekachukwu, Clarke, Ibrahim, Dowman, Copley, Harriman-Annous, Casey, O’Neill Subs: Salmon, Ranson, Chapman, Murisa, Marciniak, Zecevic-John, Oyetunde After knocking out Swindon Town, the R’s then Continue reading
‘How I Began’…Mick Leach
The following article appeared in ‘Scorcher & Score’ in the early 1970’s: ‘Mick Leach has spent the whole of his professional soccer career with Queen’s Park Rangers. In that time, he has seen the club rise from the Third Division – to the Second Division – to the First Division – and back to the Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (0) – Millwall U21 (2)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Salamon, Santos, Leahy, Manufor, McDowell, Dixon-Bonner, Bennie, Talla, Vaughan, Murphy, Sutton Subs: Halliday, Putman, Neill, Coomes, Ashamu Kevin Nugent’s side included a number of first-team players. As the temperature hovered around the freezing mark, it was the visitors who went close to opening the scoring on two minutes. Jaiden Continue reading