U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Clark, Manufor, Leahy, Radojevic, Redknapp, Edmonson, Coomes, Young, Yahyaoui, Hamid, Recber Subs: Loades, Hay, Sanyaolu, Hassan, Brobbey At a dry and sunny Heston, training to our left with Chris Ramsey were the likes of Jack Colback and Deon Woodman etc. And despite all the recent heavy rainfall, the pitch Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (1) – Ipswich Town U21 (1)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Cant, Jude-Boyd, Shann, Harrack, Hawkins, Drewe, Murphy, Aoraha, Jeche, Talla, Bala Subs: Clark, Leahy, Manufor, Tuck, Sackey On a fresh afternoon at Loftus Road, it was the R’s who took the lead after just three minutes. Arkell Jude-Boyd floated the ball over from the right for an unmarked Nathan Jeche to head home. Steven Bala directed a lovely cross in from Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Norwich City Women (2)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Curr, Searle, Hill, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hennessy, Stanley, Akerman, McCrea. Attendance: 1,917 As the Loftus Road crowd continued to build, the ball was played through to Renai McCrea. The R’s wing-back then got into a good position, but she shot wide of the target. At Continue reading
QPR (4) – Newport County (2) – ‘Addinall Headed the Ball Down to Shepherd’s Feet for the Winger to Score his Second Goal’
Football League Division 3 (South) Team: Brown, Poppitt, Ingham, Clayton, Spence, Farrow, Gilberg, Smith, Addinall, Quinn, Shepherd Attendance: 14,800 After Rangers had suffered a 0-2 defeat at Brighton. their next opponents were Newport County who travelled to Loftus Road on 18th October 1952: ‘George Mountford, of Stoke, did not play at outside-right, as had been hoped. He will take a few Continue reading
The Morgan Twins: When Roger had to Change his Hair-Style
The image shown below was taken by Ronald Fortune in April 1964 and the caption reads as follows: ‘A league club player changed his hair-style yesterday – to stop anyone thinking that he might be a substitute for his twin during a match tonight. Seventeen-year-old Roger Morgan (right) agreed to the haircut after being told Continue reading
Cambridge City Women (1) – QPR FC Women (2)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Hill, Nygaard-Parsons, Harris, Stanley, Petit, Webster Subs: Shephard, Cutler, Fatri, Louvier, Cohen We arrived in good time at Cambridge City’s latest temporary home, the New Croft Stadium in Haverhill. On a very blustery afternoon, the Indy R’s flag was secured behind Continue reading
Terry Venables: ‘He’s a Campaigner, Writer, Grocer – and Footballer’
Michael Hart wrote the following article for an Evening Standard supplement in October 1970: “Geoff Bradley is a friend of mine and a former business partner. His five-year-old son Ricky had his sight restored after being blind for three years. Blindness is very personal to Geoff.” Perhaps not quite so personal, though, to Queen’s Park Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Worthing FC Women (4)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Curr, McCrea, Hill, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hennessy, Stanley, Akerman, Nygaard-Parsons In the opening minutes, after the ball had bounced over Mya Francis-Pownall’s head, Renai McCrea was quick off the mark to chase back and put it behind. The ball was then belted just over the crossbar from the resulting Continue reading
Leeds United (0) – QPR (1) – ‘It was a Goal which Breathed New Life & Fervour into Rangers’
League Division One Team: Parkes, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Gillard, Francis, Masson, Kelly, Eastoe, Givens, Thomas Attendance: 22,226 After losing 0-2 at the Baseball Ground the previous Wednesday, the R’s then travelled to Elland Road on 14th May 1977. Peter Slingsby later filed the following match report: ‘Tony Currie’s showmanship and trickery almost qualified him for Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (3) – Swansea City U21 (1)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Salamon, Jude-Boyd, Larkeche, Harrack, Hawkins, Drewe, Richards, Aoraha, Lloyd, Dixon-Bonner, Kolli The team sheet revealed the welcome inclusion of Taylor Richards in the Rangers line-up. And it was he, in the early stages, who, after winning the ball, shot low at goal and the follow-up ended up just wide of the target. The Swans broke away after 12 Continue reading