The North Pole is an historic pub on the corner of Latimer Road and North Pole Road, but now, it is sadly boarded up. There had been rumours for some time that firstly Sainsbury ‘s were interested in the site, but now there are plans to turn the pub into a Tesco Express store. The Continue reading
QPR U21 (3) – Barnet U21 (2)
U21 Professional Development League Two – South Team: Lennox, Harriman, Magri, Parmenter, Ehmer, Sutherland, Andrade, Doughty, Hewitt, Balanta, Sharif After losing their first game in this league 0-1 against Charlton, Rangers bounced back to win their next two against Millwall and Cardiff City respectively. On Saturday, the R’s lined up as above, with no over-age Continue reading
QPR (0) – Chelsea (0) – A Draw That Felt Like a Win
Team: Cesar, Bosingwa, Nelsen, Ferdinand, Fabio (Onuoha), Wright-Phillips (Cisse), Park, Granero, Faurlin, Zamora, Johnson (Mackie) Subs Not Used: Green, Taarabt, Dyer, Hoilett Attendance: 18,271 On a day when HQ was simply buzzing, we almost got what we deserved…3 points. Before a ball was even kicked and to the delight of the fans, Anton Ferdinand did Continue reading
In Memory of Pat Woods
Pat Woods was a good full-back and a wonderful club servant for QPR FC. He played over 300 games for Rangers during the 1950’s and early 1960’s, nearly all at right-back and scored in excess of 14 goals in all competitions. He was one of my Loftus Road heroes. In my early days of supporting Continue reading
Mike Rigg’s New Structure is Almost in Place – Dave McIntyre Explains All
Mike Rigg’s major re-structuring of the club is reportedly almost complete. Dave McIntyre explains all in his recent comprehensive article for West London Sport (I wonder what Alec Stock would have made of all this ?) – Steve Russell ‘Four-and-a- half months since his appointment as technical director, the basic model which Mike Rigg has Continue reading
Rangers’ Recruitment Raises Eyebrows
One has to feel sorry for Robert Green. Castigated in the wake of England’s diabolically poor World Cup two years ago, centring on his terrible mistake against the United States of America, he was a national joke for a while. Green endured relegation with West Ham United and remained under the footballing radar for a Continue reading
October 1952: An Outbreak of Malicious Damage at Loftus Road & the QPR v Newport County Match
Team: Brown, Poppitt, Ingham, Clayton, Spence, Farrow, Gilberg, Smith, Addinall, Quinn, Shepherd Attendance: 14,800 ‘Behind the Scenes’ -The Editor begins his programme notes with not one, but two stern warnings: ‘A WARNING – The amount of malicious damage being done at this ground has reached such proportions that drastic steps have to be taken to Continue reading
‘The Club is Delighted with its Continued Positive Relationship with the OSC’
News appeared on the official website recently of a meeting between the club and the Official Supporters Club last month: ‘The club met with the QPR Official Supporters Club (OSC) in August and since the meeting both parties have been in contact to follow up key points that were raised. The first action that came Continue reading
The Second John Baines QPR Football Card
Martin Botwright suggested to me that a second John Baines QPR football card was known to exist. Then a few months ago Moreno came across it within a collection of cards that were coming up for auction and kindly forwarded me an image of the card which is shown below. The Lot was estimated at Continue reading
Manchester City v QPR
Team: Green, Bosingwa, Fabio, Ferdinand (Onuoha), Nelsen, Granero (Cisse), Wright-Phillips, Park, Faurlin (Dyer), Johnson, Zamora Subs Not Used: Murphy, Derry, Mackie, Hoilett Attendance: 45,579 I thought that we got better and that there were some positives to take from the game, not least of which was seeing Faurlin starting his first league game in just Continue reading