Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Angella, Hill, Perch, Henry, Faurlin, Mackie (Luongo), Chery (Hall), Hoilett (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Tozser, Petrasso, Washington Attendance: 11,322 (including 675 R’s fans) My young lad and I had a great trip on Saturday to Preston (a home game for us!). We left Dundee at 8.30, and after changing Continue reading
QPR U21 (2) – Watford U21 (1) – Eusesbio’s Brace Sinks the Hornets
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Hudnott, Butler, Traore, Wise, Kpekawa, Robinson (Hamalainen), Manning, Diakite, N’Guessan, Grego-Cox (Shodipo), Prohouly (Bancessi) Sub Not Used: Brzozowski I was really pleased to see Jack Robinson’s name amongst an interesting starting line-up that also included Armand Traore and Samba Diakite. Six minutes in, Rangers had two efforts on target Continue reading
QPR Ladies (1) – C&K Basildon Ladies (0)
FA Women’s Premier League (Southern Section) Team: Caldwell, Denny, Odeniyi, Dempster, Maggs, Layton, Puddefoot (Rackham), Wilson, Fogarty (Lopes), Whitter (Albert) Sub Not Used: Andersson The QPR Ladies had recorded a 2-1 win at Lewes the previous Sunday. Today’s visitors at Honeycroft were sitting in 7th place and six points ahead of the Rangers. Five minutes Continue reading
The Rise of a Ranger
Back on a cold Christmas Eve night in 1969 I came into the world at the world’s best hospital, and so my love for West London was born. My first memories are from Wendell Road, just off the Askew Road. My Dad worked at Claridges and my Mum worked part-time. We went to Ravenscourt Park Continue reading
QPR (3) – Brentford (0)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Angella, Hill, Perch, Faurlin, Henry (El Khayati), Phillips, Chery (Luongo), Hoilett, Polter (Mackie) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Kpekawa, Tozser, Washington Attendance: 17,894 (including 3,026 Brentford fans) The key to yesterday’s win against Hounslow United was playing the same team and system as Tuesday night – Jimmy didn’t tinker and hey-ho success! I Continue reading
R’s Fan James Mills is Running in the London Marathon in Aid of Cancer Research & in his Dad’s Honour
James dad, Tony Mills, sadly has terminal cancer and James will be running the London Marathon in aid of Cancer Research. He wrote to me recently to explain why he is doing it: ‘So we was hit with the worst ever news in 2012 when we found out that my dad had terminal cancer. He Continue reading
QPR (2) – Derby County (0) – ‘That’s more like it’
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Angella, Hill, Perch, Phillips, Henry, Faurlin, Hoilett (Petrasso), Chery (Mackie), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Konchesky, Tozser, El Khayati, Washington Attendance: 14,049 (including 1,295 Rams fans) Floyd Hasselbaink’s impersonation of a Tinker man is wearing thin, now I know he wants to look at all the players, BUT don’t tinker with the Continue reading
MK Dons (2) – QPR (0)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall (Konchesky), Angella, Perch, Henry, Tozser (Phillips), Chery (Polter), Luongo, El Khayati, Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Diakite, Faurlin, Petrasso Attendance: 14,796 (including 3,664 R’s fans) Good trip, good food, and a nice pint preceded what turned out to be more of the same dross served up to the travelling faithful, who Continue reading
‘The Day Rangers Struck a Blow for League Football’
The Football League Review dated 1st April 1967, declared that our historic League Cup Final victory at Wembley was: ‘The day Rangers struck a blow for league football.’ The article goes on as follows: ‘Desmond Hackett summed it up in the Daily Express, “Queen’s Park Rangers would have beaten the greatest sides in England with Continue reading
QPR (2) – Birmingham City (0)
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Hall, Angella, Perch, Luongo, Henry, Phillips (Washington), Chery (Tozser), Hoilett (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Konchesky, Faurlin, Petrasso Attendance: 17,110 A dominant QPR won for the first time in four games to land a blow to Birmingham City’s play-off hopes. Tjaronn Chery scored the first, drilling the ball low in Continue reading