When news broke in 1987 of the proposed merger with Fulham, R’s fans quickly organised themselves. A number of meetings took place upstairs at McQueens (now the Springbok) and prior to the home game on 28th February against Manchester City plans were made to invade the pitch later that day. It was also decided to Continue reading
Why QPR are no better off under Harry Redknapp than Mark Hughes
Broaching the subject of Harry Redknapp in anything other than a positive light is often considered to be sacrilege by journalists. For this is Harry Houdini, the man that brought Portsmouth back from the brink and recaptured former glories at Tottenham Hotspur. Redknapp is a media darling, there can be no doubting this, and with Continue reading
QPR v Manchester United – The Sky Falls in at Loftus Road
This week’s big marketing earner at half-time on the pitch at Queen’s Park Rangers was the home video launch of the latest franchise spy flick ‘Skyfall’. It left many fans wondering if an unlikely escape from peril such as that regularly pulled off by James Bond was any longer a possibility from the blue and Continue reading
German R’s Vox Populi – Part One
Back in the summer of last year, a number of us travelled to Germany for the pre-season friendly in Augsburg. We were surprised to meet several German Rangers fans who had travelled considerable distances to be at the game. Since then several of them have travelled to the UK to attend both home and away Continue reading
When Phil Parkes was Tempted by the Reigning Miss BBC Golden Girl !
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