The run-up to the Milk Cup Final in 1986 was fantastic, beating the South-West London side and singing: ‘Michael Robinson from the Half-Way Line’ and: ‘Thank You Very Much for the Milk Cup Chel$ea, Thank You Very, Very Much (the old Scaffold hit and Cadbury Roses TV advert). Then a very drunken night in Liverpool Continue reading
QPR Project may not be Derailed by Relegation
Should they lose against Stoke City on Saturday, and all the relegation-threatened sides currently above them in the table win over the weekend, QPR’s descent back to the Championship would be confirmed with fully four weeks of the season remaining. The financial impact on a club that have consistently outspent their natural resources will be Continue reading
Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo – ‘Street Life’ Article from June 1976 – Final Part
This is the final part of an article/interview by Roger Hutchinson, titled: ‘Stan the Man: A Footballer in Limbo’, which first appeared in No.17 (Volume 1) of ‘Street Life’ and was dated June 12 – 23, 1976: ‘Perhaps the absence of Ron Harris from the First Division contributed to Bowles’ consistent excellence last season. More Continue reading
Everton v QPR
Team: Cesar, Onuoha, Hill, Samba, Bosingwa, Park (Taarabt), Jenas, Granero (Diakite), Townsend, Hoilett, Remy. Subs Not Used: Green, Fabio, Ben Haim, Mackie, Bothroyd. Attendance: 34,876 Harry Houdini remains tightly buckled into a straitjacket at Loftus Road, showing little sign he is capable of wriggling free. Defeat for Queen’s Park Rangers at Everton effectively means this Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Millwall U18 (1)
Team: Lumley, Furlong, Monthe, Comley, Downs, Kpekwa, Petrasso, Mitchell, Skapetis, Hunt-Laurent, Fitzpatrick It’s always windy in the wide open spaces of the Harlington training ground. This time, we are informed, the polar jet stream is responsible for the current cold snap. The R’s almost conceded early on when a Joe Lumley clearance came off a Continue reading
From 1950: Queen’s Park Rangers on Parade – Sports Reporter Magazine
The Soccerbilia website states that ‘Sports Reporter’ started life as a small format magazine. It first appeared on 21st August 1948 and continued up until at least 15th February 1950. However this particular edition is slightly later than that, dated 18th March 1950. The illustrated weekly was available every Saturday and by now had gone Continue reading
QPR v Wigan Athletic – Rangers on the Verge of all three Points, but Suffer Heartache at the Death
Team: Cesar, Traore (Onuoha), Samba, Hill, Bosingwa, Jenas, Hoilett (Taarabt), Townsend, Mbia, Remy (Mackie), Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Park, Granero Attendance: 16,658 It was a game marked by a number of ridiculous events. A 4.10pm kick-off time (why ?). Wigan striker Arouna Kone wearing gloves on a cool but hardly freezing spring Continue reading
QPR in the Community – Gareth Dixon Nominated for Local Award
I met Gareth last September at the launch of Peter Trott’s book: ‘Wormholt Park – The First Hundred Years’. He told me a bit about his work and that he’s also an R’s fan. He’s now been nominated for one of the first Agilisys H & F Heroes Awards. Emma Heseltine wrote the following article Continue reading
Fulham go like the Clappers against Clapped-Out QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers are rather like a used British-made car. Spluttering into life briefly and intermittently, they are a fleeting joy on the odd weekend, but tend to need expensive repairs at regular intervals and often fail to start at all. Fulham, the opponents on Monday night, can be likened to a BMW from the Continue reading
Steve Gallen – ‘Westside Story’
Thanks to Declin for alerting me to a wonderful article by Rob Brennan that appeared recently in the ‘Irish Post’: ‘Outside of Donegal, the name of Gallen isn’t that common. But if you’re Irish, support QPR, live in West London or have an interest in soccer – it is familiar to you – it’s been Continue reading