Taddy & Co. produced three sets of cigarette cards in their Prominent Footballer series. This is the second card to be featured from the first series in 1907. No details of Arthur Walker on the reverse side of the card, it reads: ‘Imperial Tobacco’ – A ripe, full flavoured pipe tobacco, fine cut. In a Continue reading
Alan McDonald – In Memory of a True QPR Legend
One year ago today we learnt that QPR legend Alan McDonald had passed away in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. On Friday, 11th May 1990, there was a Testimonial game for Macca at Loftus Road against a Chelsea X1. Michael Wale paid tribute to him in the match programme: ‘Someone asked me the other day: “Alan McDonald’s Continue reading
Detailed Minutes from Fan Sites Meeting with QPR, Tuesday 18 June
Representatives from the club’s unofficial websites and members of the club’s media team met at Loftus Road on Tuesday night to discuss all aspects of the club’s media strategy. In attendance: From the club’s media team – Ian Taylor (IT) and Paul Morrissey (PM) From the sites – Matthew Woolf MW (WATRBS), Ian Gamber IG Continue reading
Queen’s Park Rangers 2012/13 Season Review
“It started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle and the less said about the end, the better, but apart from that it was excellent.” The famous words of Edmund Blackadder sum up perfectly the cacophony of misery that last season has been. Characterised by a slow, inevitable disintegration of morale at the Continue reading
QPR v Ipswich Town – 16th March 1957: Referee Attacked and then Bombarded with Apples
Team: Springett, Woods, Ingham, Petchey, Rutter, Andrews, Hellawell, Longbottom, Balogun, Cameron, Kerrins Attendance: 12,303 The following match report appeared in the Willesden Chronicle on 22nd March 1957: ‘It took 5 policemen to lead an irate fan off the pitch at Loftus Road on Saturday after he had hit referee Mr B. A. Buckle of Peterborough Continue reading
Danny Maddix Did Like to be Beside the Seaside
The following article must be from 1988 and I think, appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine: ‘To paraphrase the song, Danny Maddix, the 21-year-old Queen’s Park Rangers central defender, did like to be beside the seaside. The player who Tottenham did not want reckons his few weeks by the sea with Southend United two years ago were Continue reading
Hammersmith Ram: 81 King Street, London W6
The pub was first known as the ‘Great Angell’ and may date back to before 1786 when it was a booking house for stage coaches. An admission of 1846 refers to the pub as the ‘Angel Inn’ with its stables, outbuildings, workshops and also a garden. The site was at one time part of Pingsworth Continue reading
Supporters are ‘Life Blood’ of Football – Letter to the Acton Gazette in December 1963
The following letter was written by Neil Gunner of Summerlands Avenue in Acton and appeared in the Acton Gazette in December 1963: ‘As an ardent follower of Queen’s Park Rangers for many years, and in the light of the recent stormy annual general meeting, I , in common with a great many supporters of the Continue reading
From 1889 and 1896 – Murder and Affray in Greenside Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W12
Colin Woodley (ESSEXURs) kindly sent me the following two articles relating to two separate incidents in Greenside Road in the late 19th Century. The first one appeared in the ‘Illustrated Police News’ on 23rd February 1889: ‘At the Hammersmith Police Court Walter Clarke, who was described as a barman, was finally examined on a charge Continue reading
QPR v Amsterdam: ‘Another Five for Rangers’ – 15th March 1954
Team: Brown, Taylor, Ingham, Nicholas, Powell (M), Angell, Pounder, Cameron, Clark, Smith, Kerrins Following the opener against Arsenal in October, a series of friendly matches were played under the newly-installed floodlights throughout the 1953-54 season. On 15th March 1954, Amsterdam FC were the visitors to Loftus Road and A.S.W. wrote the following report for one Continue reading