It was Pancake Day of course last week and it reminded me that somewhere in my collection was a Press photo of Phil Parkes being tempted with a pancake by the reigning BBC Golden Girl. It’s dated 24th February 1974 and under the title of ‘Tempting Dish’ it reads: ‘Pat Keeling, the reigning Miss BBC Continue reading
QPR’s First Continental Tour in 1912: Part Two – Germany
On Thursday 9th May, the QPR party set off from Paris at 8 o’clock in the morning and arrived in Saarbrucken in time for dinner. Apart from the pics in the French magazine: “La Vie Au Grand Air” that I included in part one, I also managed to pick up around the same time a Continue reading
Gary Bannister: The Rarely Mentioned Legend – Part Two
The less said about “Black Sunday” at Wembley in the Milk Cup Final against Oxford United the better ! Rangers had done all the hard work in beating Hull City, Watford, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Liverpool on the way to the Twin Towers, but didn’t show up on the day. Bannister was totally ineffective, disillusioned Continue reading
QPR Screen References: No.18 – ‘Red Dwarf’ – Episode: ‘Pete – Part 1’
‘Red Dwarf’ is a sort of science fiction based sitcom which first hit the screens on BBC Two in 1988. Later, the TV Channel ‘Dave’ decided to resurrect the show in 2008 when they commissioned the production of three episodes which were screened the following year. Although I’m not a fan of the show I Continue reading
Gary Bannister: The Rarely Mentioned Legend – Part One
The spring of 1984 was not the best of times in Great Britain. The miners were at loggerheads with Maggie Thatcher’s government over pit closures, leading to violence between striking miners and the police at picket lines, WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed during a siege at the Libyan Embassy and unemployment reached a Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.8 – Tiger and Jag – 2nd May 1970
This is the second time I’ve featured ‘Tiger and Jag’ in the series and this one is an earlier edition from 1970. ‘Skid Solo’ adorns the cover and then continues inside for a further two pages. Readers were then invited to: ‘Take your seats for the wrestling contest of the year !’ – It looked Continue reading
Swansea v QPR – A Very Disappointing Afternoon but Well Done Bobby Zamora
Team: Cesar, Traore, Samba, Hill, Onuoha, Derry (Granero), Taarabt, Jenas (Wright-Phillips), Townsend, Mbia, Mackie (Zamora) Subs Not Used: Green, Ben Haim, Park, Bothroyd Attendance: 20,529 A rare positive on Saturday was Bobby Zamora and I don’t just mean his goal. He made an instant impact after the interval and I noticed later that he was Continue reading
Ben Donnelly is Looking for Other QPR Fans to Join him in the Charity Walk from Loftus Road to Upton Park in Aid of the Bobby Moore Fund on Sunday 17th February 2013
Ben Donnelly hopes to lead a QPR tag team for this year’s charity walk in aid of the Bobby Moore Fund on Sunday 17th February, 2013. He expects to set off from Loftus Road at around 5am which would mean that he should arrive at Upton Park sometime around 10am. The following details were included Continue reading
15th September 1979: Swansea City (1) – QPR (2)
Team: Woods, Shanks, Gillard, McCreery, Hazell, Roeder, Bowles, Goddard, Allen, Harkouk (Waddock), Burke Attendance: 16,000 The R’s had lost their first two away league games of the season, but on 15th September 1979 they recorded a 2-1 win at Vetch Field. John Burgum wrote the following match report for the local newspaper: ‘Defender Nigel Stevenson Continue reading
QPR v Norwich City – Stalemate as Taarabt Misses from the Spot
This game at Loftus Road ended frustratingly goalless as neither side could fashion the quality to force a winner. New signings Christopher Samba and Andros Townsend went straight into the starting eleven whilst fellow new boy Jermaine Jenas was handed a place on the bench. Frenchman Loic Remy missed out with a groin strain. Redknapp Continue reading