The film ’28 Days Later’ and the follow up ’28 Weeks Later’ depicted a desolated, post apocalyptic London with a handful of human survivors feeling totally lost whilst they wandered amongst the devastation. For many Rangers fans that was precisely how we felt on 20th April 1986, after the 3-0 Milk Cup Final defeat versus Continue reading
Drama in January 1950 at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire when Madame Kocka was strangled by her 14ft Python
In January 1950 the thrill of the tropics arrived at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire and what a show it must have been! Pete Collins’ exotic “Jungle Fantasy” opened there on Monday 16th January. The complete programme of events were listed as follows: 1. Prologue spoken by Planter Norman Prince 2. The Indian Jungle: (a) From Continue reading
In Memory of Former QPR Winger – Clive ‘Chippy’ Clark
Clive Clark, our very own version of George Best and ‘Will O’ the Wisp’ winger during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s has sadly passed away. Perhaps this recent news was no great shock because he had been in ill health for quite some time and was receiving 24-hour a day medical care. In my Continue reading
QPR v Wigan Athletic – Championship Play-Off Semi-Final – 2nd Leg – ‘We’re the Famous Queen’s Park Rangers and We’re going to Wemberlee’
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill (Suk-Young), Onuoha, O’Neil (Morrison), Barton, Kranjcar, Hoilett, Doyle (Zamora), Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Henry, Benayoun. Attendance: 17,061 (including 1,237 Wigan fans) Monday night will go down as one of the great nights at Loftus Road, but what will stay with me forever is seeing the sheer joy on Continue reading
Wigan Athletic v QPR – Championship Play-Off Semi-Final – 1st Leg
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Onuoha, Traore (Doyle), O’Neil, Barton, Hoilett (Suk-Young), Morrison (Kranjcar), Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Hughes, Henry, Carroll. Attendance: 14,560 (including 3,059 R’s fans) Harry’s tactics and team selection was spot on and while Wigan were there for the taking in the second-half, a clean sheet was the order of the Continue reading
W12 Boy and the Class of ’68 Revisited
The summer of 1967 was a long one for this W12 boy. All I could think of was who Rangers would play in our first game in Division Two? When the fixtures came out I was disappointed that it was Pompey and Bristol City away in the first two games but Norwich at home the Continue reading
‘My 416 Goals in 3 Seasons and the tie that was always a tie’ – From Soldier to Soccer Star by Tom Cheetham – Queen’s Park Rangers’ Centre-Forward
In 2010 Colin Woodley sent me a superb newspaper article that appeared in ‘Football Weekly’ on 14th November 1936. This was part of a series titled: ‘From Soldier to Soccer Star’ and at the end of the article I questioned how many more articles there might have been in the series and whether anyone else Continue reading
Barnsley v QPR
Team: Green, Suk-Young, Donaldson, Onuoha, Hughes, Henry, Traore (Kranjcar), O’Neil, Benayoun (Petrasso), Doyle, Austin (Keane). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Carroll, Hoilett, Gibbons. Attendance: 10,298 (including 988 R’s fans) Queen’s Park Rangers head into the Sky Bet Championship play-offs in good form after a 3-2 victory at relegated Barnsley. Top scorer Charlie Austin’s strike and a Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No. 13 – Roy of the Rovers – 12th August 1978
The Comic Connection – No. 13 – Roy of the Rovers – 12th August 1978 ‘Roy of the Rovers’ has been featured a number of times already in the series and in this issue dated 12th August 1978, Roy Race meets up with John Hollins: Football is a game full of surprises. Nobody can predict Continue reading
QPR v Millwall – Fourth Spot Confirmed and a Valuable Point for the Visitors
Team: Green, Simpson, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Benayoun (Hoilett), Barton, Carroll, Kranjcar (Zamora), Morrison, Austin (Doyle). Subs Not Used: Murphy, Suk-Young, Hughes, Henry. Attendance: 15,725 (including 1,367 visitors in the Upper School End) I think that Rob Green’s original intention was to attempt to push the ball over the bar. The ball did not go high Continue reading