This full page cartoon strip by R. Bond appeared in Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly in July 1967. It features Les Allen who had arrived from White Hart Lane in the summer of 1965 for what was then a record club fee of ¬£21,000. With Jim Gregory at the helm, there were a number of other Continue reading
QPR v Chelsea
FA Cup 4th Round Team: Kenny, Hill, Young, Hall, Ferdinand, Mackie, Buzsaky (Hulse), Barton, Smith, Wright-Phillips, Helguson (Macheda) Subs Not Used: Cerny, Orr, Derry, Ephraim, Onuoha Attendance: 15,728 (including 3,114 visitors) Not a great performance from the R’s and I had the feeling that Chelsea did not really get out of second gear. I’d have Continue reading
Brann Bergen (0) – Queen’s Park Rangers (7) – 29th September 1976 – Brann Stadium, Bergen
Team: Phil Parkes, Dave Clement, Ian Gillard, John Hollins, Frank McLintock, Dave Webb, Dave Thomas, Mick Leach (sub Martyn Busby), Don Masson, Stan Bowles, Don Givens. Attendance: 11,527 Rangers had won the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie at Loftus Road two weeks earlier 4-0, in the clubs first ever competitive game in Europe, Continue reading
QPR v Wigan Athletic – Revitalised Rangers Rip Wigan Apart
QPR hauled themselves out of the bottom three with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 win over bottom placed Wigan at Loftus Road. A penalty from Heidar Helguson was followed by two sublime strikes by firstly Akos Buzsaky and then Tommy Smith, either of which will no doubt feature in the running for the ‘Match of the Continue reading
QPR U18 (3) – Northampton Town U18 (1)
Team: Deane, Downes, Monthe, Champion, Brown, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Simmonds, Henry-Francis, Monakana, Webb. This fixture was due to be played last Saturday at Harlington, but was re-arranged because of the FA Youth Cup tie on Thursday. The game kicked off slightly late at 12.10pm and the trialist from Arsenal, Jeffrey Monakana, was in the starting line-up. Continue reading
QPR v MK Dons – The Monkey is Finally off our Back
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay A solitary Danny Gabbidon goal was enough to see QPR scrape past a plucky MK Dons side and set up a home tie with neighbours Chelsea in the 4th Round. In doing so QPR got rid of one of the most unwanted losing streaks that saw no win in this Continue reading
Newcastle United v QPR
Team: Kenny, Hill, Gabbidon, Ferdinand, Young, Derry, Buzsaky (Macheda), Mackie, Wright-Phillips, Bothroyd, Helguson (Smith). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Orr, Hall, Ephraim, Campbell Attendance: 49,865 (including 1,300 R’s fans) This was my first visit to Newcastle since Rangers lost there in the 1995/96 first Keegan era. In the interim the ground has been extensively rebuilt and Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Everton U18 (0)
FA Youth Cup 4th Round Team: Deane, Downes, Walker, Champion, Browne, Sendles-White, Sutherland, Simmonds, Henry-Francis, Andrade, Webb Subs: Lumley, Monakana, Monthe, Hubble, Daly Everton have a very impressive record in the FA Youth Cup having appeared in seven finals and winning three of them. They had defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the previous Round courtesy Continue reading
The 1906 Ogden’s QPR Cigarette Card
This card was No.14 in a set of 50 depicting ‘Football Club Colours’. Issued by Ogden’s in 1906, the reverse side of the card reads: ‘Formed in 1885 as the amateur St Jude’s Institute, they became the Queen’s Park Rangers in 1889, and adopted professionalism in 1898, joining the Southern League in 1899-1900. Formerly the Continue reading
Mark Hughes Wants to Build QPR Legacy after being Appointed Manager
Mark Hughes is determined to build a legacy at Queen’s Park Rangers after replacing Neil Warnock as the club’s manager. Hughes is targeting a place in the Europa League next year, if he is successful in avoiding relegation this season. Hughes, who will be joined by Mark Bowen as assistant manager, Eddie Niedzwiecki as first-team Continue reading