Capital Women’s Cup Team: McLean, Curr, Searle, Carolan, Gunn, Jordinson, Hall, Hennessy, Cutler, Akerman, Petit The previous Sunday Steve Quashie’s side had travelled to Bristol to take on Cheltenham Town in a friendly. I heard that Rangers put on a very good performance but had lost the game 1-2. Frankie Webster got the R’s goal. Due Continue reading
In Memory of Keith Sanderson
It was very sad to hear the news that Keith Sanderson, the engine room of the QPR FC 1966-68 golden era, died following a car crash incident. Keith was signed in 1965 from Plymouth for £4,000 and stayed with the R’s until 1970 whereupon he was transferred to Goole Town. During his spell at Loftus Continue reading
They Won – an achievement no other visiting League Team has accomplished since Brentford’s Visit in April 1933- Reading (1) – QPR (2)
Team: Coggins, Russell, Rowe, Allen, Bartlett, March, Abel, Lowe, Cheetham, Samuel, Ovenstone Attendance: 5,123 Rangers travelled to Elm Park on 15th January 1936. J. A. L’s match report appeared in the ‘Reading Standard’ two days later: ‘Shed a tear for Reading’s wonderful home record. It has gone – gone beyond recall, and it is no Continue reading
QPR (2) – Shrewsbury Town (1) – ‘Stan Lifts QPR
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