FA Cup 3rd Round Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Masson, Leach, Bowles, Eastoe, Givens Attendance: 18,285 Rangers took on Shrewsbury Town in an FA Cup tie at Loftus Road on 8th January 1977. Denis Compton later filed the following match report: ‘QPR were given the fright of their lives before going through into Continue reading
The Sounds of West London: No.5 – ‘Notting Hill’ or ‘The Dodger’s Lament for his Lost Love’
This Music Hall song was written by J. B. Geoghegan during the 1860’s and performed by Harry Liston: ‘Oh! I loved her & I love her still, And her absence I bewail, They caught her picking pockets in a bus at Notting Hill, And carried her to Newgate Gaol’ (The above illustration was by popular Continue reading
30th December 1899: Thames Ironworks (1) – QPR (2)
Southern League Division One Team: Clutterbuck, Knowles, McConnell, Tennant, Hitch, Keech, Turnbull, White, Bedingfield, Haywood, Hannah Attendance: 4,000 QPR had already beaten Thames Ironworks 2-0 at Kensal Rise on Christmas Day 1899. Five days later Rangers travelled to East London for the reverse fixture at the Memorial Grounds in West Ham. The following match report Continue reading
Tottenham Hotspur U18 (1) – QPR U18 (3)
FA Youth Cup 3rd Round Team: Cant, Siqueira, Leahy, Brown, McDonald, McCann, Sackey, Lawrence, Kolli, Talla, Petrie Subs: Zapieraczynski, Luzinda, Bagan, Christmas, Tuck Attendance: 505 Arriving at Stevenage Railway Station nice and early, I set-off for the mile-long trek to the Lamex Stadium. The walk to the ground meant negotiating a number of subways and Continue reading
Askew Road – ‘Once Upon a Time it was a Quiet Village Street’
The following article was written by Richard Wells and appeared in the local Gazette on 15th July 1971: ‘Askew Road…the busy, bustling shopping area which belongs neither to Hammersmith or Shepherd’s Bush, was once a quiet “village street” type shopping centre with a pond at the far end. It is one of the few North/South Continue reading
QPR (6) – Portsmouth (1) – ‘Queen’s Park Rangers Score Two Goals in the First Two Minutes’
Southern League (Division One) Team: Collins, Archer, Newlands, Bowman, Hitch, Downing, Hamilton, Milward, Murphy, Blackwood, Wilson Attendance: 8,000 After recording a 3-1 win at Brighton the previous week, Rangers then took on Portsmouth on 19th December 1903. The following match report appeared later that day: ‘Played at Kensal Rise, the weather was anything but pleasant. Continue reading
QPR (3) – Crouch End Vampires (1) – ‘A Moment later the Last Named (McDavid) was again allowed to Romp through & Score, a Deed he Executed with much Gusto’
Team: Hunt, Teagle, Hughes, Brooks, Musslewhite, McKenzie, Hadwick, Evans, Ward, McDavid, Wallington Apart from competing (briefly), in the London League (Division One) at the start of the 1897/98 season, the Rangers were also involved in the FA Cup, London Charity Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup and the London Senior Cup. That aside, there were also a Continue reading
QPR FC Women (3) – Portishead Town Women (2)
FA Women’s National League Plate 2nd Round Team: McLean, Curr, Searle, Carolan, Jordinson, Gunn, Pope, Blodgett, Cutler, Akerman, Petit To alleviate any doubts about playing the re-scheduled Cup fixture at the Powerday Stadium, it was decided that the match would be switched to Harlington. On a very cold afternoon, it was the visitors who took Continue reading
Liverpool (3) – QPR (2) – ‘Ferdinand had to be restrained by Players from both Sides’
FA Carling Premiership Team: Stejskal, Bardsley, Wilson, Impey, Barker, Wilkins, Peacock, Allen (B), Meaker, (Penrice), Ready, Ferdinand Attendance: 24,561 Rangers travelled to Anfield on 8th December 1993 following a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa at Loftus Road four days earlier. Colin Wood filed his match report the next morning: ‘Liverpool completed a dramatic victory over Continue reading
QPR B (0) – Derby County U21 (2)
Premier League Cup Team: Halwax, Anthony (E), Pitblado, Angelov, Rossi, Woodman, Ajose, Murphy, Dougui, Bala, Anthony (M) Subs: Salamon, Cotter, Talla, Petrie As we gathered in Hanwell’s Clubhouse pre-match, the hot topic was the confirmation of Michael Beale’s departure. Then, speculating who may replace him, in walked Kenny Jackett, right on cue! The rain had Continue reading