U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Fittall, Sandiford, Moore, Cuthbert, Balogun, Neill, Scarlett, Neziri, Oluwabusola, Boddy, Trujillo Subs: Taylor, Ikoraha, Edouard-Marisson, Majesty, McAvoy A good start by the young R’s at a cloudy, but very warm Heston, commenced with a lovely deft touch by Leon Scarlett, which then found Harvey Boddy, but the move broke Continue reading
Milton Keynes Dons Women (0) – QPR FC Women (7) – ‘And Four Goals for Grace Stanley’
FA Women’s National League One (South-East) Team: Clarke, Searle, Brooks, Gotch, Lewin, D’Santos, Hill, Mehmet, Orchard, Stanley, Dzyadyk Subs: El-Bergui, Makowska, Blodgett, Owen, Wellesley-Davies, Ali, Leach, Attendance: 312 Sammy collected Ron Hill and I from Park Royal for the opening league match of the season at the Stadium MK. With a good number of R’s Continue reading
Watford (0) – QPR (1) – ‘Frank Clarke Headed on Mike Kelly’s Kick into the Watford Half & Bridges…’
Football League Division Two Team: Kelly, Watson, Clement, Venables, Hunt, Hazell, Bridges, Sibley, Clarke, Marsh, Leach Sub: Harris Attendance: 26,698 On Wednesday, 20th August 1969, Rangers travelled to Vicarage Road. David Miller’s match report appeared the following morning: ‘Watford, with one point from three games, are discovering in the Second Division what Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading
AFC Wimbledon Women (1) – QPR FC Women (0)
Pre-Season Friendly Team: Clarke, Searle, Brooks, Lewin, Doyle, Owen, Ali, Mehmet, Stanley, trialist, Dzyadyk Subs: Blodgett, Wellesley-Davis, Gotch, Leach, Munro, Makowska QPR FC Women’s final pre-season friendly took place against AFC Wimbledon on the pitch adjacent to Tooting & Mitcham’s Imperial Sports Fields Stadium. On a very hot afternoon in Morden, the R’s starting line-up Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (3) – Coventry City U21 (4)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Fittall, Petrie, Adjetey-Brew, Balogun, Majesty, Dyke, Scarlett, Neziri, Oluwabusola, trialist, Coomes Subs: Taylor, Cuthbert, Boddy, Neill, O’Brien After the U18’s had lost 1-2 earlier in the day, we waited in the car park again for the commencement of the Development Squad game at 2pm. With no Paul Furlong and Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Crewe Alexandra U18 (2)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Taylor, Skeete, Moore, Mitchell-Abadom, Sandiford, Ikoroha, McAvoy, Whitehead, Edouard-Marrison, McCormack, Poku Subs: McKenna, Liverpool, McNeil On an extremely hot morning at Heston, it was the Railwaymen who created the first opportunity of the match. A long ball from Ethan Roberts into the box was headed wide of the target. Continue reading
Swindon Town (0) – QPR (3) – ‘The Spectators then Closed Round the Referee, Hooting & Booing’
Southern League (Division One) Team: Collins, White, Aston, Newlands, Bowman, Freeman, Seeley, McQueen, King, Wheldon, Stewart Attendance: 4,000 On 18th January 1902, Rangers travelled to Wiltshire to take on Swindon Town in a Southern League match and a Kilburn Times journalist went with them: ‘The Rangers are improving by degrees and are going steadily forward. Continue reading
Survivor of the Titanic – Mrs Ellen Barber of 113, Wendell Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London W12
My thanks to Dougie Gray for alerting me to this amazing story on Facebook. The article had appeared in the Acton Gazette on 11th July 1958: ‘A little grey-haired woman of 73, who survived the Titanic disaster, this week broke a 46-year silence when she spoke to me about the night 1,500 people perished in Continue reading
Wealdstone (6) – QPR Development Squad (2)
Pre-Season Friendly – July 29, 2025 Team: Salamon, trialist, Friel, McCann, Balogun, trialist, Petrie, Dixon-Bonner, trialist, Pearman, Coomes Used Subs: Cuthbert, Neziri, Scarlett, Boddy, Dillon Sub Not Used: Halliday Attendance: 615 The kick-off was originally set for 7.45, but this was changed to 7.30 a couple of days before the match. Wealdstone, who included former Continue reading
In Memory of Gordon Jago MBE
Gordon Jago was born on 22nd October 1932 in Poplar, East London. After playing for non-league Dulwich Hamlet, Gordon then moved to Charlton Athletic in 1954. He coached Fulham at the end of his playing days before managing Eastbourne United. In 1967, Gordon then began what was to be his long association with coaching/managing in Continue reading