Man about Wokingham, George Evans, told me about an interesting encounter a mate of his had with a Chelsea fan in deepest Essex some years ago. R’s fan Geoff Wallace lives in Colchester and one day he pulled up outside a village shop in Yeldham looking for a place to park his van. He then Continue reading
Queen’s Park Rangers 1975/76: DVD Review
I know we’ve had a lot on our mind recently, but it may have escaped your attention that a new DVD went on sale in the club shop at 10.30am on the morning of the Leeds game. I decided to go and buy a copy the following Monday, but then spent the next three days Continue reading
Flavio & Bernie Couldn’t Care Less About QPR Fans
This personal view from Ben Kosky appeared recently in the Kilburn Times and I would think that many other R’s fans would share his anger and frustration: There can’t be many neutral football fans who felt anything but delight when AFC Wimbledon won promotion to the Football League. It was a triumph for Dons supporters, Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.4 – ‘Bullet’ – 14th August, 1976
‘Bullet’ was another 70’s comic from the D.C. Thomson publishing stable. It was first published on 14th February, 1976 and available for 7p. The comic eventually merged with ‘Warlord’ in December 1978. The main character was…’Is it a Bird ? Is it a Plane ? Is it Tarzan ? No – It’s Fireball.’ Apparently he Continue reading
Why QPR Were Fined Rather Than Deducted Points
The following article was written by David Conn and appeared recently in the Guardian: Details of the Alejandro Faurlin ruling show how lucrative life can be as a football agent. The 86-page document in which the FA-appointed regulatory commission has explained why it did not deduct points from Queen’s Park Rangers over the Alejandro Faurlin Continue reading
The Long Wait to Get Our Hands on the Championship Trophy – 1975/76 Revisited – Part Two
Part One of this article appeared on 17th May and covered the end of Rangers 1975/76 league season, up to the final home game v Leeds United. Here’s the concluding part of the story of that epic season, 35 years ago, when so much was still to occur after Rangers final match of the season. Continue reading
Amit Bhatia’s QPR Offer ‘Insultingly Low’ Say Bernie Ecclestone & Flavio Briatore
As the war of words intensifies, Andy Sims wrote the following article in the Independent following the joint statement put out by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore: Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore have hit out at Amit Bhatia’s “insultingly low” offer to buy QPR outright. Bhatia, the son-in-law of Rangers’ billionaire co-owner Lakshmi Mittal, on Continue reading
An Open Letter to Rangers Fans as Amit Bhatia Resigns
Yesterday’s season ticket news caused uproar within the R’s Community. The Board made a futile attempt to justify these outrageous price increases with the following statement: “The Board are keen to stress that the prices are in line with other London-based clubs, and are encouraged by early sales figures following the release of season ticket Continue reading
R’s Fan Margaret Bunday from Godolphin Road, London, W12
R’s fan Margaret Bunday was featured on 7th November 1953 in the popular football weekly and to give it its full title, ‘Raich Carter’s Soccer Star.’ ‘A familiar sight at Queen’s Park Rangers football ground is pretty Rangers’ supporter Margaret Bunday who lives at Godolphin Road, London W12. Dressed in her blue skirt embroidered with Continue reading
The South East Counties League Cup Final 1st Leg at West Ham in 1994
The following article appeared in issue 4 of ‘The Ranger’ in the summer of 1994: ‘Youth Development Officer Chris Gieler invited ‘The Ranger’ to join the youth team for their South East Counties League Cup Final First Leg at West Ham. 4pm: The Youth team players start to board the executive coach. They’ve already had Continue reading