I wrote about Neil’s sad passing in 2002 and now ten years on this is in his memory: We had heard the very sad news in December 2002 that Neil Riordan had died at his home on the Queen’s Park Estate in North Paddington. Neil was born on 12th May 1947 in Warwick Crescent in Continue reading
A QPR Christmas Miracle – Starring Adel Taarabt
Having spent the last four months rightly panning Queen’s Park Rangers for making the worst ever start to a Premier League season, pundits were forced to eat their words on Saturday. The fear was that, having entirely outplayed Fulham, but conceded late on, the R’s’ 2-1 win would appear scrappy, hard-thought, battling and all the Continue reading
The Detours Did Find their Way to Fame
On a recent trip to the Hammersmith archive, the following pre-Who article was uncovered whilst Colin, Bernard and I were researching various newspapers on micro-film for future QPR articles. There, within a local Gazette dated 21st November 1963, was the headline: ‘The Detours are Finding Their Way to Fame’. Wonderful article and the rest, as Continue reading
QPR v Fulham – Adel Taarabt Weaves his Magic and the R’s Finally Have Lift Off
Team: Green, Traore, Nelsen, Hill, Onuoha, Mbia, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips (Fabio), Mackie, Taarabt, Cisse (Ferdinand) Subs Not Used: Cesar, Diakite, Derry, Granero, Hoilett Attendance: 18,233 I think that most of us over the years have said that once Adel plays with his head in the right place he is virtually unplayable, and he is. He cut Continue reading
In Memory of Ivor Powell: 5th July 1916 – 5th November 2012
Ivor Verdun Powell was born in Bargoed in South Wales on 5th July 1916. He was the seventh son in a family of ten. He worked down the coal mines with his father and brothers until a QPR scout spotted him playing for his local side. Ivor arrived as an amateur, but didn’t initially make Continue reading
Hammersmith Bridge 2006 – West London is R’s
It was six years ago when Mo Fitzgerald came up with the idea of displaying Rangers flags across Hammersmith Bridge as part of a fundraising initiative. So we decided to meet up outside the Rutland Arms pub, on I think, a Friday evening ? A group of us then set off to unfurl a number Continue reading
Boss Jago Won’t Let Rangers Slip This Time
The following article was written by Eric Nicholls and appeared in ‘Goal’ magazine on 7th July 1973: ‘Gordon Jago leads promoted Queen’s Park Rangers into their second season in the First Division in five years with a brand of honesty that would surprise those who look at football through cynical eyes. Last time in, Rangers Continue reading
Wigan Athletic v QPR: Three on the Bounce – Draws that is…..
Queen’s Park Rangers continued their search for the first elusive win of the season up at a chilly and damp DW Stadium. This was against a Wigan side missing a number of first team regulars, including Gary Caldwell, Maynor Figueroa and former R’s loanee Ben Watson who broke his leg in a challenge with former Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.7 – Roy of the Rovers – 29th January 1983
‘Roy of the Rovers’ has been featured twice before in this series and this particular edition is dated 29th January 1983. Graham Beach of Worcester Park, Surrey won ¬£3.00 for successfully requesting Mike Flanagan’s ‘goal’ in the 4-0 defeat of Shrewsbury Town earlier in the season. Elsewhere, the first character to be featured is ‘Mighty Continue reading
Recollections of Alan McDonald from his Friends and Team Mates
Sharon Smith worked in the QPR club shop in the 1980’s and regularly watched the youth team, reserves and first team play, home and away. She now lives in Ireland and works for the Irish PFA and travelled up to Belfast for the tribute game for Macca on 10th September. “When I heard that Alan Continue reading