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
Fulham v QPR – Taarabt Sparks a Rangers Revival after Defensive Nightmare, but Leave with Nothing
Team: Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill (Onuoha), Traore (Mackie), Jenas, Mbia, Townsend, Taarabt (Hoilett), Remy, Zamora Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Granero, Park Attendance: 25,117 (including over 3,000 R’s fans) (The view from the back of the Putney End) The way the first-half was going it looked like a repeat of last season was on Continue reading
“With a Goal in Mind” – BBC TV Documentary Aired on 30th March 1988
In this day of wall-to-wall football, with every conceivable game from almost every country on dozens of channels and all the other associated programming that goes with it, it seems weird that 25 years ago this very weekend there was great excitement about a football related programme on our television screens. Especially in our little Continue reading
Interview With David Bardsley
SR: Dave, growing up in Manchester in the 60’s, were you a City or United fan and did you have any footballing heroes at the time ? DB: Well I was a schoolboy with Coventry City for a long time, but in the end they decided that I was not good enough. When I began Continue reading
Tony Currie’s Sentimental Journey
The following article appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine in 1979: ‘It had been quite a day for Tony Currie. After putting in a hard morning’s training with Tommy Docherty and his new mates at QPR, he went back to the London streets he knew as a boy for a sentimental journey. “It was always my dream Continue reading
Detailed Minutes from the Recent Supporters Group Meeting with QPR Representatives
Date: Monday 18th March 2013 Time: 5.45pm In attendance: From the club: Philip Beard, Mark Donnelly and Andy Rees From the supporter groups: Neil Dejyothin (QPR 1st – http://www.qpr1st.com) John Reid & Joe Hylton (QPR LSA – http://wwwqprlsa.co.uk) Paul Finney & Jonathan McKee (Independent R’s – https://www.indyrs.co.uk) Paul Moore (QPR DSA – http://www/facebook.com/pages/QPR-diab…99?fref=ts) Apologies: Dave Continue reading
The Sun – 120 Askew Road, London W12
The Sun – 120 Askew Road, London W12 ‘The Sun’ was one of the oldest pubs in the Borough and was included on a list in 1716. Although there may well be some confusion with another establishment in the Borough with the same name ? On 13th March, 1715 at the ‘Kings Arms’ in Fulham, Continue reading