The following excellent article was written by ChrisPTenner and originally appeared in a recent issue of the German sports magazine ’11 Freunde’: I first met Pete Doherty when he was a gangly 14-year-old kid. We nicknamed him ‘Young Pete’ for obvious reasons. It’s well known that he is a Queen’s Park Rangers supporter despite being Continue reading
QPR (1) – Ipswich Town (0)
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Phillips, Luongo, Faurlin (Tozser), Hoilett (Mackie), Washington (El Khayati), Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Angella, Chery, Petrasso Attendance: 17,044 Matt Phillips’ late strike helped QPR to a well-deserved first home win under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink against Ipswich in the Championship. Ipswich keeper Bartosz Bialkowski made three good saves from Continue reading
Portrait of a Chairman…Jim Gregory, the Millionaire Boss of QPR
The following article was written by John Anthony and appeared in a football monthly, dated September 1968: ‘Fifteen minutes after Queen’s Park Rangers had won the match which put them in the First Division, I met Jim Gregory in a tiny corridor behind the main stand at Villa Park. I offered him the clumsy congratulations Continue reading
An Emotional but Happy Return for Michael Doughty
The following interview with Michael Doughty appeared in the Forest match day programme last month: ‘The year 2012 heralded perhaps the saddest news in our long history – that our owner and lifelong supporter Nigel Doughty had died aged 54. Doughty’s passing hit everyone hard – none more so than members of his family, who Continue reading
Enfield Town Ladies (0) – QPR Ladies (4)
Capital Women’s Cup Quarter-Final. Team: Cheadle (Caldwell), Read (Hayes), Fogarty, Denny, Rackham, Cooper, Maggs, Layton, Wilson, Puddefoot, Richardson (Whitter) Enfield Town FC were awarded a grant of ¬£81,504 in 2010 towards the first phase of work on their new ground and they relocated there in November 2011. I met up with Clive Kingham at Acton Continue reading
Nottingham Forest (0) – QPR (0)
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Luongo, Faurlin, Phillips (Chery), Hoilett (Washington), Fer, Polter Subs Not Used: Ingram, Angella, Henry, Tozser, Mackie Attendance: 17,030 (including 349 R’s fans) Nottingham Forest extended their unbeaten run to 13 matches, but they were shut out by QPR. Ben Osborn struck the left-hand post for Forest before Robert Tesche Continue reading
QPR (1) – Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Henry (Chery), Luongo, Phillips, Hoilett (Washington), Fer, Polter Subs Not Used: Lumley, Angella, Hill, Faurlin, Mackie Attendance: 15,266 (including 1,356 Wolves fans) James Henry’s deflected effort gave Wolves a deserved point against QPR at Loftus Road in the Championship. German striker Sebastian Polter had put Rangers ahead after two Continue reading
Ambitious alterations were proposed for the White City Stadium in 1937
The following article was written by ‘The Ranger’ and comes from the Portsmouth Evening News, dated the 10th December 1937: ‘Irrespective of whether it will be used for staging the Cup Final or the Olympic Games, one of the greatest sports stadiums in the world is to be constructed in London. Pictures have already been Continue reading
On this Day in 1905 – A 5-0 Win over Bristol Rovers at Park Royal
On 21st January 1905, Rangers recorded an emphatic victory over Bristol Rovers at Park Royal. Two days later the Western Daily Press filed the following comprehensive match report: ‘The Rovers did not look upon their visit to Park Royal with any degree of confidence. Their dismay was justified, for they sustained the heaviest defeat of Continue reading
Rotherham United (0) – QPR (3) – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Secures his First Win as QPR Manager
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Henry, Luongo, Phillips (Chery), Fer, Hoilett (Mackie), Polter Subs Not Used: Lumley, Angella, Sandro, Tozser, Petrasso Attendance: 9,594 (including 1,286 plus at least 3 in hospitality} My mission was accomplished and it was a very enjoyable day all round. Due to the harsh weather on Friday night we had Continue reading