Team: Green, Traore, Hill, Onuoha, Harriman, Derry, Park (Hoilett), Townsend, Mbia, Remy (Granero), Zamora (Mackie) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Fabio, Ehmer, Bothroyd Attendance: 44,792 I was pleased to see 20-year-old Michael Harriman start and relieved that Jose Bosingwa didn’t. Max Ehmer was named as one of the substitutes and I would of liked to have Continue reading
QPR U18 v Huddersfield Town U18
Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final Team: Lumley, Furlong (Downs), Monthe, Hunt-Laurent, Wise, Kpekawa, Young (Fitzpatrick), Mitchell, Skapetis, Carreiro, Petrasso Subs Not Used: Smith, Comley, Beckles The U18’s league campaign saw Rangers winning 16 of their 20 matches and finishing runners-up to Charlton Athletic. This sealed them a place in the semi-final play-off and the Continue reading
When Gerry Francis Fell Foul of the Law at a Photo-Shoot in 1976
The pic shown below was taken on 27th February 1976 and shows Gerry Francis being questioned by the police during a photo-shoot: ‘England soccer captain Gerry Francis is booked‚ by the law. The incident happened after the Queen’s Park Rangers’ star went to buy an airgun from a shop in Redhill, Surrey. He agreed to Continue reading
QPR v Newcastle United – The Final Home Game of the Season, Nothing to Celebrate, Nothing to Treasure
Team: Green, Traore, Hill, Onuoha, Bosingwa (Fabio), Jenas, Hoilett (Taarabt), Townsend, Mbia (Derry), Remy, Zamora Subs Not Used: Murphy, Park, Granero, Mackie Attendance: 17,278 What more can you say about this most rotten of football seasons ? The home atmosphere was the most angry that I have witnessed in my two decades of following Rangers. Continue reading
QPR Diary: Relegation, Rumours and Recriminations
After Queen’s Park Rangers were finally relegated at the Madejski Stadium, it looked as though the cameras, reporters and tabloids would turn their attentions elsewhere. For the story was over: Rangers had sleepwalked into the Championship, squandering vast sums of money in the process, and a private disintegration was about to begin. Except this is Continue reading
18th January 1919: QPR (3) – Millwall (0)
London Combination (Principal) Team: Denoon, Mitchell, Whyman, Grendon, Wake, Baldock, Jefferson, Smith, Dale, Gregory, Fox Attendance: 6,500 The West London Observer reported on the game as follows: ‘Rangers gained a highly creditable victory at Shepherd’s Bush on Saturday, when they defeated Millwall by three goals to nil. In the absence of Wingrove, Mitchell had to Continue reading
QPR v Arsenal – Please God Let it be Over
So it was the first return to Loftus Road after the hammer came down on QPR’s Premier League tenure last weekend. The mood was understandably sombre and subdued in the warm May sunshine. Fans were, to varying degrees, trying to come to terms with the welter of interviews and press statements coming out of the Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.9 – Roy of the Rovers – 7th January 1978
This is the fourth time a ‘Roy of the Rovers’ issue has been featured in the series. Mark Dickinson of Accrington won ¬£2 for successfully requesting a picture of Leighton James scoring the first goal in a 2-0 win over Liverpool. ‘Leighton Lashes Home the First Against Liverpool’ ! The caption reads: ‘Leighton James won’t Continue reading
C.D. Crisp – The Shepherd’s Bush Referee who was once pursued across River by an Angry Mob!
In a copy of New Penny Magazine, dated 1st February 1902, there is a wonderful article by A. Wallis Myers on some of the well known first-class referees at the time, including one who happened to come from the Bush. C.D. Crisp is described as ‘one of the most eminent authorities on the game’. So Continue reading
Tony Fernandes Reveals Being Shocked by Players’ Attitudes
With QPR finally relegated on Sunday, Fernandes unloaded yesterday with his true feelings on the embarrassing performances this season of a squad who, collectively, are estimated to have the eighth highest wage bill in the Premier League. “It has shocked me,” Fernandes said. “It’s an alien concept to me that someone takes someone’s salary, doesn’t Continue reading