Robert Sinclair Grant was born on 14th April 1932 and grew up in Hammersmith at 20 Rivercourt Road. His family also had local connections with Wolverton Gardens and Weltje Road. Best known for his role as Jack Harper, the scheming and lecherous clippie in ‘On the Buses’, a label that he tried to shrug off Continue reading
QPR (2) – Charlton Athletic (1)
Team: Smithies, Perch (Kpekawa), Onuoha, Hall, Robinson, Henry, Luongo, Phillips (Gladwin), Chery, Hoilett (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Petrasso, Faurlin, Washington Attendance: 15,834 (including 1,106 Charlton fans) I guess the old saying that a win is a win no matter what and above everything else. But that only tells you half the true Continue reading
Leeds United (1) – QPR (1)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall, Angella, Perch, Luongo, Faurlin, Phillips, Mackie (Polter), Hoilett (Chery), Washington (El Khayati) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Robinson, Henry, Gladwin, Attendance: 17,388 (including 342 R’s fans) Tjaronn Chery’s late penalty helped Queen’s Park Rangers rescue a point against Leeds at Elland Road. Leeds, who are now without a win in four games, Continue reading
QPR Ladies (0) – Coventry United Ladies (5)
FA Women’s Premier League (Southern Section) Team: Coles, Lopes (Manzi), Odeniyi, Nicholson, Denny, Layton, Maggs, Engels (Colepio), Albert, Puddefoot, Netschova (Sseninde) Sub Not Used: Hayes Coventry came into this final home match situated in fifth place and with an impressive goal difference of 40 from just 17 games! The Rangers squad had been heavily depleted Continue reading
From 1979: QPR (4) – Charlton Athletic (0)
Team: Woods, Shanks, Wallace, McCreery, Hazell, Wicks, Bowles, Roeder, Allen, Waddock, Goddard (Burke) Attendance: 13,003 On the 24th November 1979, the R’s took on struggling Charlton Athletic at Loftus Road. Rangers sat in second place behind Luton Town (and above Chelsea). Bernard Joy wrote the following match report: ‘Despite the absence of internationals Tony Currie, Continue reading
QPR (2) – Middlesbrough (3)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall, Angella, Perch, Mackie (El Khayati), Henry, Faurlin (Washington), Phillips (Hoilett), Chery, Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Robinson, Luongo, Petrasso Attendance: 16,058 (including 2,089 Middlesbrough fans) We had some mad defending, I am not sure what it is but without Clint Hill we are a mess at the back. However, Alex Smithies Continue reading
FA Cup 2nd Round – 5th December 1964: QPR (3) – Peterborough United (3)
Team: Smith, Hazell, Angell, Malcolm, Brady (R)), Keen, Morgan (I), Collins, Bedford, Leary, Morgan (R) Attendance: 6,502 Rangers had previously defeated non-league Bath City 2-0 and then received another home tie in Round Two. Peterborough had thrashed the R’s 6-1 in the league encounter the week before. Dennis Signy wrote the following match report: ‘Peterborough Continue reading
QPR Defeated 1-0 at Tottenham in 1899 and over 3,000 Fans Travel from North-West London
Team: Clutterbuck, Knowles, McConnell, Crawford, Tennant, Keech, Smith (T), Haywood, Bedingfield, Turnbull, Cowie Attendance: 16,000 Rangers had successfully joined the Southern League (Division 1) for the 1899/1900 season. They had won the first league match on 2nd September 6-0 against Brighton United. However, the result was later expunged as Brighton later resigned from the league. Continue reading
QPR U21 (3) – Sheffield Wednesday U21 (2)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Hudnott, McMahon (Folkes), Lobjoit, Diakite, Wise, Kpekawa (Matthews), Prohouly (Butler), Akinola, N’Guessan, Corkery, Shodipo Sub Not Used: Brzozowski For the final U21’s game of the season at Loftus Road, Paul Hall made five changes to the starting line-up from last Friday, which included a trialist at right back, Josh Continue reading
Sammy Shields ‘put in some very apposite references’ to QPR at the Willesden Hippodrome in 1926
The following newspaper review of ‘The Greatest of all Burlesque Shows’ appeared in ‘The Era’ on 10th February 1926: ‘An item of much interest was provided for the Willesden patrons last week by the presence on the programme of Mr Arthur Hands, the eminent flautist from the Covent Garden Opera, etc. Mr Hands’ impeccable techniques Continue reading