The Rangers Community is in a state of shock and deeply saddened following the terrible news that Alan McDonald had died. We heard that he had died suddenly after collapsing while playing golf this morning, he was only 48. Sammy McIlroy said: “I’m shell-shocked. Words can’t even enter my head at the moment. Forty-eight is Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.6 – Rover – 10th January 1970
Published by D.C. Thomson, the ‘Rover’ started up as long ago as 1922. It merged with ‘Adventure’ in 1961 and two years later ‘The Wizard’ was discontinued and became the ‘Rover and Wizard’. The Rover is particularly famous for the text stories that later went on to become strips in comics such as the ‘Hornet’ Continue reading
Season Review – December 2011
December opened with a home fixture against West Brom on Saturday 3rd. How did we contrive to not win that match ? We led from yet another Heidar Helguson strike on 20 minutes, but couldn’t turn our superiority into goals. How could Shaun Wright-Phillips’s superb effort have been ruled offside (which TV later showed should Continue reading
‘Yes I Do Dive, But Only to Avoid Injury !’ – Rodney Marsh
The following interview with Rodney Marsh appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine sometime, I would think, during the 1970-71 season: Q: You have a reputation for being a soccer clown. Is this deserved ? A: It used to be. When I was playing for Fulham I made the crowd laugh purely by chance – I had been Continue reading
Would You Like a New Ground With Your Television Money ?
Yesterday the Premier League renewed its television rights deal, with BSkyB and BT, sharing the total of 154 live matches between them (in a 116-38 split). The total paid by the two broadcasters was a staggering ¬£33bn, a rise of more than 70% on the previous arrangement, which was worth ¬£1.773bn. While Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading
The Goal That Meant Everything and Nothing
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