Team: Allen, Rose, Jefferson, Daniels, Ridyard, Farrow, Neary, Mallett, Heathcote, Salmon, Whitehead Attendance: 8,000 On 22nd September 1945, QPR travelled to Port Vale. However, one player missing was goalkeeper, Reg Allen. Originally, manager Dave Mangnall was going to replace him, but when news came that Reg was on his way, ten players took the field Continue reading
Percy Seymour Varco – Twice Elected Mayor of Fowey & QPR Player
“Sea-Bee” wrote the following article, (edited), which appeared in the Cornish Guardian on 29th October 1926: ‘The first game I saw, Queen’s Park Rangers v Plymouth Argyle, I have already alluded to in this column. Plymouth lost, and Varco did not play. The second game was the Rangers v Bristol Rovers. This was a draw, Continue reading
QPR Reserves (3) – Reading Reserves (1) – “Sir, I Am Writing to Explain My Disapproval of the Way Football Combination Matches are Ruined.”
Mid-Week Football Combination Team: Drinkwater, Baker (P), Williams (W), Keen, Rutter, Bedford, McClelland, Collins, Evans, Towers, Barber On the previous Monday, the Rangers Combination side had lost 0-3 to Aldershot at Loftus Road. Seven changes were made for the visit of Reading on 15th January 1962, which provoked Mr Elverson to write the following letter to the Reading Standard: ‘Sir, I am writing Continue reading
Hashtag United Women (4) – QPR FC Women (0)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: McLean, Webster, Carolan, Gunn, Jordinson, Searle, Owen, Pope, Akerman, Petit, Stanley After a bit of a detour, we still managed to arrive at the Parkside Stadium, the home of Aveley FC, in good time. There are two small stands behind each of the goals, plus a larger, seated one on one side of Continue reading
QPR (2) – West Croydon (1) – ‘After the Match the Visitors were Handed Tea & Cake’
London League (Division 2) Team; Hunt, Hughes (F), Tyler, Walburn, Teagle, McKenzie, Wallington, Ward, Hounsell, Hughes (R), Davies Attendance: Between 1,500 & 2,000 On 3rd April 1897, Rangers took on West Croydon at the Kensal Rise Athletic Ground in a London League (Division 2) match. The Croydon Times filed the following match report a week Continue reading
Chesham United Ladies U23 (2) – QPR FC Women U23 (1)
Combined Counties League Women’s Midweek Cup Quarter-Final Team: Francis-Pownall, Wardlaw, Leys, Carolan, Jordinson, Gunn, Akerman, Owen, Nygaard-Parsons, Moore, Hall Following the away win at Penn & Tylers Green, the quarter-final was switched from the Powerday Stadium to Chesham. The first goalscoring attempt fell to the away side when Lauren Jordinson headed Brogan Moore’s free kick wide of the target. Chesham broke away which resulted in Mya Continue reading
From 1905: QPR (2) – Millwall Athletic (1)
Southern Professional Charity Cup 1st Round Team: Collins, Lyon, Newlands, Bowman, Hitch, Cross (J), Downing, Stewart, Rolandson, Bevan, Singleton Attendance: 4,000 For the first round of the Southern Professional Charity Cupin 1904, QPR were drawn against the holders, Millwall. On 26th October, the two sides initially drew 1-1 at Park Royal. This was followed in November by another 1-1 draw in South London. So, it Continue reading
QPR B (1) – Wigan Athletic U21 (5)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Salamon, Pedder, Harrack, Rossi, Woodman, Murphy, Ajose, Talla, Kargbo, Kolli, Bala Subs: Halwax, Sackey, Tuck, Lawrence With just four Rangers subs named on the team sheet, Rafferty Pedder was surprisingly positioned at right wing-back. Also included in the starting line-up was the departing Ivo Rossi. The home side fashioned the first shot on target when Rayan Kolli fired directly at the Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Hashtag United Women (4)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: McLean, Gunn, Carolan, Bishop, Akerman, Johnson, Webster, Searle, Petit, Stanley, Nygaard-Parsons For their final home match of the Season, Ramandeep Dole concluded his programme notes with this: ‘The R’s would like to thank Hanwell Town for their hospitality this season, we could not ask for a better venue to play Continue reading
From February 1945: QPR (2) – Aldershot (1)
League Cup South (Group 3) Team: Brown, Rose, Jefferson, Fitzgerald, Ridyard, Mallett, Abel, Daniels, Heathcote, Burley, Nevins Attendance: 7,700 In their opening League Cup (South) tie the previous week, QPR drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane. Then on 10th February 1945, Rangers took on Aldershot at Loftus Road. The following match report later appeared in the Aldershot News: ‘After Continue reading