Team: Green, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Traore (Ephraim), Mackie (Johnson), Park (Derry), Fabio, Wright-Phillips (Doughty), Taarabt (Dyer), Cisse (Zamora) Subs Not Used: Murphy, Ehmer, Connolly, Harriman Attendance: 3,787 Gary Waddock had said ahead of the game: “QPR is a great football club and I had a number of years there and it was a big part Continue reading
Hanwell Town (0) – QPR U18 (0)
Team: Joe Lumley, Darnell Furlong, Jordan Buck, Brandon Comley, Harly Wise, Cole Kpekawa, Conor Hubble, Abdul Adegbola, Michael Petrasso, Petros Skapetis, David Fitzpatrick. Looking down the team sheet I noticed that the Hanwell squad included our ex-Youth team player, Terry Smith who was listed at No.6. Of the 21 named R’s players I knew around Continue reading
Heidar Helguson – Portrait of a Flawed Club Legend
The news broke on Wednesday evening that Heidar Helguson had departed Queen’s Park Rangers to join Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee. Given the enmity existing between the two sides – following Rangers Championship win two years ago and Cardiff’s play-off final success – it would be akin to treason to wish for the Icelandic Continue reading
Season Review – April 2012
We headed north on Sunday 8th April for an Easter weekend fixture at Old Trafford which was, once again, to be shown on Sky Sports at lunchtime. (I am certain we were being punished by all these lunchtime kick-offs way up north !) That we lost the game 0-2 after spending the vast majority of Continue reading
I Had a Dream (Growing Up In the Bush Saga)
I have produced various items for this site which have covered my growing up period from 1946 (from 1950 in Shepherd’s Bush). Several contributors of more tender years than I have commented on the uncluttered (but deprived !) times we lived in. For those of you who grew up from the late 60’s onwards I Continue reading
Aldershot Town (1) – QPR X1 (0)
EBB Stadium: Tuesday 24th July 2012 Attendance: 851 Rangers fielded a side that was a mixture of last year’s successful U18 side and experienced 1st team players. They lined up in a fluid formation of; Lennox in goal, defenders Simmonds, Brown, Parmenter, Sharif; midfield of Andrade, Sutherland, Smith and Campbell; with Hitchcock just behind Hulse Continue reading
Woking (1) – QPR X1 (2)
Team: Lennox, Monthe, Simmonds, Albert, Brown, Parmenter, Sharif, Hitchcock, Hulse, Garcia, Andrade. Attendance: 739 Rangers had won the previous encounter 4-3 on 3rd August 2011. My previous trip to the Kingfield Stadium had been for a Reserve fixture with Roger Stokes about 6 years ago. It was a hot, humid afternoon, but it managed to Continue reading
Season Review – March 2012
March opened with a home game against Everton on Saturday 3rd. A 1-1 draw stopped the rot (having lost 3 on the spin last month) but did not improve our league position. Everton took the lead after sloppy play from Adel Taarabt, just inside our half, had resulted in him easily losing the ball to Continue reading
The 14th Indy R’s Badge is Now Available
Rangers were invited to play in the 1912 Charity Shield match against Blackburn Rovers in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund. As Southern League champions they met the Football League champions at White Hart Lane on 4th May, 1912. Accordingly, the 14th Independent R’s badge commemorates the match and the design is based on the Continue reading
QPR v Blackburn Rovers – The 1912 Kinnaird Shield Match in Aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund
Team: Shaw, MacDonald, Pullen, Whyman, Mitchell, Wake, Smith (A.R.), Revill, McKie, Thornton, Barnes As Southern League champions again in 1912, Rangers were invited to play in another Charity Shield match. This time they met the Football League champions Blackburn Rovers at White Hart Lane on 4th May, 1912. The match was played in continuous rain Continue reading