Following the departure of Mark Hughes on Friday the club issued the following statement prior to our match at Old Trafford: ‘Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Harry Redknapp as the club’s manager. The 65-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road and will watch his new Continue reading
Manchester United v QPR – A Question of Pride
For those who read my wake, ahem…report, on the Southampton game, I’m pleased to inform you that it is much easier to write about a positive performance than an utterly abject one. Unless you’d been under a rock for the last few days before the game you will fully understand why the build-up to the Continue reading
Hughes Loses his Spark as QPR Axe Yet Another Boss
No sooner had it been confirmed that Queen’s Park Rangers manager Mark Hughes had been sacked, than reports were springing up on television, social media and the internet that Harry Redknapp was being interviewed by the club. It is hard to avoid the feeling that the dismissal of Hughes has been a week-long affair. On Continue reading
A Deluded Mark Hughes is Finally Shown the Door
Mark Hughes arrived in January and during his 10 month reign at the club failed to secure a single away victory. Furthermore, crucially after 12 games this season the R’s are currently rooted at the bottom of the table without a league win. Unrest had been growing amongst Rangers fans for some time and the Continue reading
The Irish R’s Experience
My opening post on this site was: “are there any Irish R’s on here ?” It led to me leaving my house in Waterford at 4.30am for the one hour drive to Wexford to meet the rest of the South East brotherhood. My Waterford comrade Tramorehoop decided to take the 36hr round trip on the Continue reading
QPR v Southampton – Staring into the Abyss
“This lot look like they couldn’t care less if they tried” – Steve Froggatt BBC London 94.9FM Driving home from Loftus Road on Saturday I reflected that I’ve picked an absolutely corking time to agree to write some match reports for the Indy R’s; Arsenal away, Reading home and now this one. Plus I’ve offered Continue reading
Are Things Coming Up Rosie 47 ?
I commented, as last season ended how worried I was that a season of mid-table mediocrity, compared to our narrow escape from relegation last season and winning the Championship the season before, would be quite boring. So imagine my relief now ! We’re bottom in the table, without a win to our name and there’s Continue reading
No, Please, Just One More Game….
In a week or so, Queen’s Park Rangers gaffer Mark Hughes may well be flexing his managerial muscles on the latest edition of Football Manager rather than sending his players out to flatter to deceive at home and away. The computer series, known for its ability to imitate real life with a terrifying degree of Continue reading
Stoke City v QPR
Team: Cesar, Traore, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Diakite, Taarabt, Granero, Faurlin (Zamora), Cisse, Hoilett Subs Not Used: Green, Hill, Onuoha, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Mackie Attendance: 27,529 I went to Stoke full of my usual optimism (if I wasn’t optimistic about QPR before every single match, I wouldn’t bother to go at all). This game could be a Continue reading
We Will Remember Them
Recently, I came across this quite remarkable story via the BBC News website: ‘A pub in south-west London has been dedicated to a local soldier who became known as the “Footballer of Loos”. The Rifleman’ in Twickenham unveiled its sign honouring Rifleman Frank Edwards, who fought in the Battle of Loos in France during World Continue reading