‘All In A Day’s Work’ is a profusely-illustrated 250 page book centred around 100 oral history interviews conducted by the Britain At Work London Group (of which I am a member). It covers an area stretching from Paddington to the outer West and North-West London suburbs. It recalls, for instance, the days when the Park Continue reading
QPR U21 (5) – Crystal Palace U21 (2)
U21 Professional Development League 2 (South) Team: Lumley, Furlong, Suk-Young, Wise (Jones), Kpekawa, Comley, Shodipo, Sutherland, Crichlow (Corkery), Mitchell (Manning), Gladwin. Sub Not Used: Hudnott Palace had started their season with two draws followed by an emphatic 6-2 victory against Watford the previous week. Yun Suk-Young and Ben Gladwin made their return from injury in Continue reading
Huddersfield Town (0) – QPR (1)
Team: Green, Konchesky, Hall, Onuoha, Perch, Phillips, Luongo, Faurlin, Doughty, Chery, Austin Subs Not Used: Smithies, Kpekawa, Furlong, Comley, Emmanuel-Thomas, Blackwood Attendance: 11,189 (including 836 R’s fans) Tjaronn Chery’s late winner ensured Queen’s Park Rangers left Huddersfield with all three points. The Dutchman side-footed home Massimo Luongo’s cross at the far post, after it had Continue reading
From December 1996: Huddersfield Town (1) – QPR (2)
Team: Roberts, McDermott, Brevett, Ready, McDonald, Barker, Brazier, Peacock, Sinclair, Spencer, Dichio Attendance: 10,718 The R’s travelled to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium on 21st December 1996 and Robert Gledhill’s match report appeared two days later: ‘Lack of strength in depth rather than controversial refereeing decisions is the major factor behind Huddersfield Town being sucked towards Continue reading
QPR (1) – Carlisle United (2)
Capital One Cup 2nd Round Team: Smithies, Furlong, Hall, Hill, Kpekawa, Doughty, Gobern (Comley), Emmanuel-Thomas, Grego-Cox (Chery), Hoilett, Polter Subs Not Used: Lumley, Perch, Phillips, Blackwood Attendance: 5,501 (including 458 Carlisle fans) Jason Kennedy scored a late winner as League Two Carlisle United shocked QPR and set up a League Cup trip to face Liverpool. Continue reading
QPR U21 (0) – Brentford U21 (3)
U21 Professional Development League 2 (South) Team: Lumley, Shodipo (Wise), Kakay, Jones, Haran, Mitchell, Mulraney, Diakite (Sutherland), Best, Manning, Prohouly (Crichlow) Sub Not Used: Hudnott On a very overcast afternoon at Harlington, the hope was that the windy conditions would help keep the rain at bay. As we took up our positions on pitch ‘number Continue reading
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) – QPR (3)
Team: Green, Perch, Onuoha, Hall, Konchesky, Henry, Faurlin (Polter), Phillips, Luongo, Chery (Doughty), Austin Subs Not Used: Lumley, Hill, Gladwin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Hoilett Attendance: 21, 032 (including 766 R’s fans) Matty Phillips underlined his value to QPR as their rousing recovery stunned Wolves. The winger scored a second-half double to inspire a fight-back from 2-0 down Continue reading
Visitor preview Q&A – Rotherham United
Ahead of ‘Stan Bowles Day’, the home fixture with Rotherham United, we spoke to budding writer and Millers fan George Sanders (@GeorgeyRUFC). Here’s what he told us… Q. The Millers secured their Championship status on the penultimate day of last season. How did survival feel? A. It felt amazing, it was the same kind of Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Hull City U18 (1)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Todd, Matthews, Williams, Donnellan (Bettache), Arthur, Fox (Eales), Crichlow, Folkes, Darbyshire, Clarke (Alfa), Bowler Subs Not Used: Mesias, Dauti I was informed upon arrival at the gate that I couldn’t access the training ground until 10.30am. Find all this nonsense totally unnecessary. The U18’s had lost their opening game Continue reading
QPR U21 (5) – Huddersfield Town U21 (5)
U21 Professional Development League 2 (South) Finished 5-5 – somehow? Incredibly it was 4-2 at half-time and the score flattered Huddersfield as we ran the show with the visitors scoring with their only ventures into our box. Writing this I’m still wondering how we didn’t win? We took the lead after about four minutes with Continue reading