The following article appeared in the Marylebone Mercury on 13th August 1938: ‘After enduring a season of thrills, high expectancy and then the final disappointment of just being behind at the winning post, it was interesting to visit Loftus Road to see what reactions the close season had brought. One found, however, just a bunch Continue reading
The Main Business of the Summer was Preparing for the Move to the White City Stadium’
On 7th May 1931, Rangers beat Bournemouth 3-0 at Loftus Road. During the close season a director of the Club, John Bowman briefly replaced Bob Hewison as manager. However, due to illness he was replaced by fans favourite, Archie Mitchell, before the new season got underway. Promoted as a ‘great step forward for the Club’ Continue reading
Hanwell Town (1) – QPR Development Squad (3)
Team: Salamon, Manufor, Putman, McDowell, trialist, Radojevic, Petrie, Hamid, Strachan, Sutton, Coomes Attendance: 352 On six minutes, it was the home side who came close to opening the scoring at the Powerday Stadium. The ball ended up going behind after two strikes at goal had been successfully blocked. From the resulting corner, Matteo Salamon made Continue reading
1950’s Shepherd’s Bush Skiffle Group – ‘The Sinners’
On 8th March 1957, the West London Observer reported that: ‘A member of local Skiffle group, F. G. Trott, was on his way to his Norbroke Street, Shepherd’s Bush home, one day recently, when he called at the W. G. Stores, Shepherd’s Bush Market, to browse through their gramophone records. Talking to the manager, the Continue reading
QPR (4) – Manchester United (0) – ‘Queen’s Park Rangers Rocked Manchester United with a Goal after just 25 Seconds’
QPR team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Eastoe, Francis, Masson, Kelly, Givens Sub: Abbott Manchester United team: Stepney, Nicholl, Albiston, McIlroy, Greenhoff (B), Houston, Coppell, Greenhoff (J), Pearson, Macari, McCreery Sub: Forsyth Attendance: 28,848 Originally scheduled for the 4th December 1976, the home game against Manchester United was eventually played on Tuesday, 19th April. Continue reading
QPR (3) – Watford (2) – ‘Unbeaten Rangers Hold Out’
Team: Cunningham, Sweetman, Young, McNab, Cockburn, Coward, Armstrong, Goddard, Burns, Rounce, Smith Attendance: 18,263 On 6th October 1928, Rangers took on Watford at Loftus Road. The following match report appeared in the Daily News two days later: ‘The Rangers had something of a shock at Shepherd’s Bush, where they preserved their unbeaten record by defeating Continue reading
Bedford Town (3) – QPR Development Squad (1) & also a Defeat for the U18’s
Heston was the first port of call where the U18’s took on Exeter City in a Friday afternoon friendly. Although they lost 1-3, there were a number of excellent performances. Team: Loades, Street, trialist, Balogun, Adjetey-Brew, Cody, Tarbotton, Hayati, McAvoy, trialist, Hassam Rangers had by far the best of the first-half. One of the trialists Continue reading
Remembering Former R’s Player James Lofthouse
Former Rangers winger, James Lofthouse passed away on this day in 1954. The following article later appeared in the Wokingham Times: ‘The death occurred last week after a short illness of Mr James Lofthouse, High Street, Crowthorne, formerly a well-known professional footballer. Jimmy Lofthouse was a native of St. Helen’s, Lancashire, and started his football Continue reading
Farnham Town (4) – QPR Development Squad (0)
Team: Loades (Jones), Friel (Hamid), Manufor (McDowell), Hawkins (Kemoko), Leahy (Putman), Morgan (Radojevic), trialist, trialist, Coomes (Sutton), trialist, Vaughan (Strachan) Attendance: 1,205 Formed in 1906, I think this could well have been the first time Rangers had taken on Farnham Town? A young R’s squad included a number of trialists, and faced a side who Continue reading
From 1933: ‘Baseball Started in Earnest on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Rangers Ground’
The West London Observer filed the following report on 12th May 1933: ‘The Anglo-American Baseball Club, who have taken the Queen’s Park Rangers’ ground at Loftus Road, Shepherd’s Bush, for the summer, open their season at home on Saturday with a fixture against Oxford University. Alf Mancini, the well-known local boxer will “kick-off” at 3.30pm. Continue reading