Team: Kenny, Orr (Connolly), Hill, Shittu, Hall, Derry, Taarabt, Buzsaky (Ephraim), Faurlin, Routledge, Helguson (Hulse). Subs Not Used: Cerny, Gorkss, Vaagan Moen, Miller. Attendance: 16,972 (including 797 R’s fans) After last week’s running out of petrol episode, I thought that I’d give the train a go. So I headed off on my journey to Middlesbrough Continue reading
QPR Won 4-0 At Highbury in 1966 to Lift the London Challenge Cup Again.
On Tuesday 10th May 1966, Rangers won the London FA Challenge Cup Final for the fourth time. The R’s lifted the trophy at Highbury after an emphatic 4-0 victory. The game kicked off at 7pm and oddly, apart from the line-up, there was no other mention of QPR inside the four page programme ! Sean Continue reading
QPR v Ipswich Town & the Return of Big Dan.
QPR ground out a precious win to maintain their 5 point lead at the top on a night that saw the return of a Rangers hero and the emergence of an unsung hero. Goals by Clint Hill and Heidar Helguson will take all the headlines, but all fans eyes were on QPR’s No.4 on his Continue reading
Preston North End v QPR
Team: Kenny, Hill, Orr, Gorkss, Connolly, Derry, Faurlin, Routledge, Taarabt, Miller, Helguson. Subs: Cerny, Hall, Shittu, Chimbonda, Buzsaky, Vaagan Moen, Hulse. Attendance: 10,521 Well, I was dreading the journey to Preston as snow had been forecast and I had flashbacks to Leeds away where I must’ve had twelve layers on, brrrrrrr, cold. So I set Continue reading
Friendly Scottish Opposition – QPR v Clyde In 1951.
This Loftus Road fixture was the first of many post-war friendly matches played against Scottish clubs. Subsequent encounters have included matches against the likes of; Kilmarnock, Ayr, Glasgow Rangers, Celtic, Hibernian, Hearts, Arbroath, St Johnstone, both Dundee clubs, Raith Rovers, Motherwell, St Mirren and also Nairn County from the Highland League. This Monday night game Continue reading
QPR v Nottingham Forest – A Missed Opportunity ?
QPR extended their lead at the top to 6 points with a draw against the Championship’s in-form team, Nottingham Forest, who played for 70 minutes with 10 men. So was it a missed opportunity ? Certainly for Forest it was. Like the game at the City ground, if the visitors had been more adventurous then Continue reading
QPR U18 (3) – Stevenage U18 (0)
Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, Parmenter, O’Donnell, Bewick, Sutherland, Gibbons, Graham, Sharif. “Don’t let him shoot” screamed the Stevenage keeper, but it was too late, Bagasun Graham’s shot from 20 yards skimmed along the ground and found the corner of the net. The visitors were having a fair amount of possession, but they didn’t really Continue reading
‘The Superhoop – The Official Magazine of the Queens Park Rangers Supporters Club.’
There have been a number of periodicals issued by the Club/Supporters Club since the 1940’s. The average life of any particular edition would be just a few years.’The Superhoop’ was the Official magazine of the Supporters Club and was launched at the start of the 1975/76 season and this featured issue is No.2 and dates Continue reading
Reading v QPR: Groundhog Day ? Not Quite..
Ten-man QPR broke their duck at the Madejski Stadium with a hard fought win. Wayne Routledge scored the winner, but there were heroes in every position on Friday night. The similarities with last season’s game at the same ground were uncanny. Six players remained from our team that lost to an eccentric refereeing performance last Continue reading
The Reverend Charles Gordon Young & The Birth of Queen’s Park Rangers.
In Spring 1886 St Jude’s Institute FC played local rivals Christ Church Rangers in a friendly. After the match, George Wodehouse, a founder member of Christ Church Rangers, suggested on the advice of a friend that the two clubs should merge. He felt that a combined team would be much stronger than either team separately. Continue reading