Team: Green, Perch (Angella), Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Sandro (Henry), Faurlin, Phillips, Fer (Polter), Hoilett, Austin Subs Not Used: Smithies, Tozser, Chery, Emmanuel-Thomas Attendance: 15,268 (including 2,360 Brighton fans) Absolutely cracking atmosphere at Loftus Road, you can’t buy that anywhere. At 2-0 down, the crowd just kept on going. Now playing with far more composure and Continue reading
Celebrating Christmas and Changing Lives in Zimbabwe
For one QPR fan, Greg Sangwine, his wife Sophie and young child Jack this Christmas will be unlike anyone else’s. They live in Harare and work on a very special project to improve the lives of children in Zimbabwe. However they will still be following the fortunes of our beloved Hoops over the festive fixtures. Continue reading
QPR Ladies (3) – West Ham United Ladies (1)
FA Women’s Premier League (Southern Section) Team: Cheadle, Read, Fogarty, Nicholson, Denny (Wilson), Whitter (Albert), Rackham, Puddefoot, Layton, May (Richardson), Maggs Sub Not Used: Caldwell I met up with Clive Kingham at Hayes & Harlingon Station last Sunday for my first visit to Honeycroft in West Drayton, the home of Uxbridge FC. Admission was just Continue reading
QPR (0) – Burnley (0): ‘The Performance was the most Important thing‚’ – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink‚’
Team: Green, Perch, Hall, Onuoha, Konchesky, Henry (Emmanuel-Thomas), Faurlin, Sandro, Fer, Hoilett (Austin), Phillips Subs Not Used: Smithies, Angella, Tozser, Luongo, Chery Attendance: 16,576 (including 1,590 Burnley fans) A very impressive first-half, where we played it on the ground, at pace, without fear, albeit with few clear-cut chances and no cutting edge. Second-half, we simply Continue reading
QPR fans in charity boxing event
Two QPR season ticket holders Danny Allen & Jamie Orsmond are fighting in a charity ‘white collar’ boxing event this Christmas. It takes place at the Woodside Leisure Centre, Watford on Sunday 20th December to raise money for Cancer Research. Since they both entered the event they have been training for 8 weeks and both Continue reading
QPR U21 (0) – Charlton Athletic U21 (1)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Lumley, Furlong, Kakay, Diakite, Dieng, Haran (Wise), Manning, Rosenthal, Grego-Cox, Corkery (O’Sullivan), Ismaji (N’Guessan) Sub Not Used: Brzozowski A Charlton player was booked in the opening minutes. Joe Lumley has been in superb form of late and he went down to make a great save to deny the visitors. Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Charlton Athletic U18 (1)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Brzozowski, Eales, Fox, Donnellan, Matthews, Arthur, Alfa, Clarke, Adams, Darbyshire, Crichlow Charlton were the current league leaders and back in August had defeated the R’s 9-0! In goal for the R’s was Marcin Brzozowski who made his debut last month for Poland’s U18’s and had kept a clean sheet Continue reading
Stan Bowles Fundraising Raffle
QPR have been blessed with a wealth of talented players who pulled on the blue and white hoops, but none were as gifted as Stan Bowles. Stan lit up Loftus Road for the best part of a decade, where his silky skills and brilliant rapport with the crowd earned him legendary status long before his Continue reading
Reading (0) – QPR (1): ‘It was Emotional, the Fans Chanting my Name. I have a Special Relationship with this Club‚’ – Neil Warnock
Team: Green, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Sandro, Faurlin, Petrasso (Austin), Hoilett (Chery), Fer, Phillips Subs Not Used: Smithies, Angella, Henry, Tozser, Luongo Attendance: 16,365 (including 1,367 R’s fans) Nedum Onuoha hit the late winner to make Reading pay for profligacy in front of goal as QPR recorded a 1-0 win at the Madejski Stadium. Jimmy Continue reading
Player 47
In July 2008 the band ‘Wire’ released a CD titled ‘Object 47’. The band confessed they were stuck for ideas for an album title so drew inspiration from the fact that it was their 47th release in a then 32 year long career. Similarly I was stuck for a title for this piece on the Continue reading