Last month there was a new addition to my daily routine, my list of basic tasks to complete each day is now; get out of bed, turn my alarm off, shower, brush teeth, go to work, come back from work and watch Jamie Mackie’s goal versus Man City from the last day of the season Continue reading
Season Review – November 2011
We didn’t have much time to draw breath as November dawned and, on Bonfire Night, we faced Manchester City in yet another Sky Sports TV firecracker of a match ! City arrived full of confidence as league leaders yet QPR showed no fear and a full house witnessed City falling behind for the first time Continue reading
It’s a Game of Two Halves by Fred Hartman
Fred Hartman has been an R’s fan for some 30 years now and has just completed his first book: ‘It’s a Game of Two Halves’. I first met Fred almost exactly a year ago at Paul Farley’s funeral. A month later he wrote his own personal tribute to Paul for our Home Page: ‘In Memory Continue reading
The Five Year Plan for a ‘Global‚’ Brand
Queen’s Park Rangers will take part in a pre-season tour of Malaysia and Thailand, beginning in Bangkok on 10th June. Courtesy of owner Tony Fernandes’ connections, which have already brought in the sponsorship of Air Asia, the tour is somewhat of an upgrade on the trips to the south-west of England that were commonplace during Continue reading
Who Was On the Phone ? It was None Other than the Rangers Chairman Jim Gregory !
We followed our memorable semi-final victory over West Brom with a league match three days later versus Orient at Loftus Road, as they were simply called then. They were dispatched by three goals to nil in front of a very disappointing crowd of 10,531. This seemed to be a trend around about the time of Continue reading
Season Review – September/October 2011
September opened with a Monday night home game against Newcastle United, beamed live by Sky Sports. Interest focused on our new acquisitions, notably ex-Toon, Joey Barton; whose first game for the Hoops was destined to be against the team he had just left to join us ! Despite a great amount of huffing and puffing Continue reading
The 1982 FA Cup Final Replay: QPR (0) – Tottenham Hotspur (1)
Team: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock, Hazell, Neill, Currie, Flanagan, Micklewhite (Burke), Stainrod, Gregory Attendance: 92,000 Glenn Roeder was suspended and was replaced by Warren Neill. Tony Currie took over the captaincy. Unfortunately Clive Allen was still injured so Gary Micklewhite started in his place. Albert Sewell wrote the following programme notes: ‘The continuation tonight of Continue reading
Season Review – August 2011
After winning the Championship last season – and with it the glory of promotion – we have finally finished what has been a long, long season. A season that began with great hope, but was, if I’m honest, filled with more downs than ups; has ended at last ! And what an ending it turned Continue reading
The 1982 FA Cup Final: QPR (1) – Tottenham Hotspur (1)
Team: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock, Hazell, Roeder, Currie, Flanagan, Allen (Micklewhite), Stainrod, Gregory Attendance: 100,000 Clive Allen’s goal at Highbury secured our place at Wembley and Tottenham had defeated Leicester City 2-0 at Villa Park so the FA Cup Final was to be an all-London affair. Elsewhere, the campaign to re-take the Falklands was still Continue reading
Rangers Can Expect Top-Half Next Season
The 2-3 defeat to Manchester City at the weekend was, incidentally, the second time Queen’s Park Rangers have been denied a share of the spoils by a late Citizens goal. The first occurrence of this was back in November, where a 74th minute header from Yaya Toure secured all three points following a spirited, aggressive Continue reading