Football League South Team: Brown, Rose, Abel, Smith, Ridyard, Mallett, Jones, Sibley, Heathcote, Fitzgerald, Burley Attendance: 8,000 On 9th September 1944, QPR travelled to Craven Cottage. Included in the Rangers line-up were two guest players. Jones at No.7 was a West Brom player and Sibley at No.8 was attached to Southend United. Ben Burley has Continue reading
Peterborough United Reserves (1) – QPR Reserves (1)
Football Combination Team: Spence, Woods, Newcombe, Cockell, Jones (A), Walker, Barber, Bottoms, Razzell, Collins, Bateson Attendance: 6,754 On Monday, 22nd August 1960, the Rangers reserves travelled to London Road to take on Peterborough United. This is from the ‘Club Chatter’ section of the match programme: ‘Tonight, we play our first ever Football Combination home match Continue reading
QPR Development Squad – Premier League Cup Winners after a 3-1 Win Over Brentford
Premier League Cup Final Team: Salamon, Putman, Da Silva, McDowell, Wilkie, Tuck, Dillon, Morgan, Bennie, Murphy, Sutton Subs: Halliday, McCann, Petrie, O’Brien, Vaughan After disposing of Burnley in the semi-final, Paul Furlong’s side then faced Brentford at Loftus Road. With many fans still taking their seats, the first shot of the evening was provided by Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (2) – Peterborough United U21 (0)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Salamon, Putman, Da Silva, McCann, Wilkie, Tuck, Petrie, Morgan, Bennie, Murphy, Vaughan Subs: Halliday, Leahy, McDowell, Sutton, Dillon Following a big drop in the temperature, but on a bright afternoon at Loftus Road, it was Kieran Petrie’s pass to Harry Murphy that provided the first goal attempt in the Continue reading
QPR (2) – New Brompton (1) – ‘Unpleasant Game at Park Royal’
Southern League Division One Team: Shaw, McDonald, Fidler, Mitchell, Lintott, Downing, Rogers, Cannon, MacDonald, Drake, Barnes Attendance: 2,000 On 26th October 1908, Rangers took on New Brompton at Park Royal. The following report appeared four days later in the: ‘St. Pancras Guardian & Camden & Kentish Town Reporter’ ‘The meeting of New Brompton and the Rangers Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (2) – Burnley U21 (0)
QPR Development Squad (2) – Burnley U21 (0) Premier League Cup Semi-Final Team: Shepperd, Putman, Da Silva, McDowell, Wilkie, Tuck, Bennie, Morgan, Kolli, Murphy, Sutton Subs: Halliday, Leahy, Dillon, Petrie, O’Brien After knocking out West Brom in the previous round, Rangers then faced Burnley in the semi-final at Loftus Road. Ninety seconds or so in Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (1) – Brentford U21 (5)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Halliday, Leahy, Da Silva, Manufor, McDowell, Talla, Petrie, Neill, Vaughan, O’Brien, Sanyaolu Subs: Clark, Balogun, Coomes, Neziri, trialist On a very warm afternoon at the TSG Training Centre, the team sheet revealed that the strong Brentford starting line-up included the likes of £10m signing Gustavo Nunes, South Korean international Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Barnsley U18 (2) – And on the Adjacent Pitch it was a 2-1 Win for the Development Squad over Cardiff City
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Fittall, Friel, Majesty, Street, Cuthbert, Tarbotton, Neziri, Neill, Sanyaolu, trialist, Strachan Subs: Radojevic, Keita-Turay, Hamid, Ikoroha, Moore Most of the regulars had decided to watch the Development Squad take on Cardiff City, whilst Chris Hewitt and I opted for the U18’s game on the adjacent pitch. In the opening Continue reading
Norwich City Women (3) – QPR FC Women (0)
FA Women’s National Leaue One (South-East) Team: Wiggins, Cooper, Searle, Brooks, Blodgett, Lewin, Ward-Chambers, Hill, Stanley, D’Santos, Dzyadyk Subs: Hennessy, Owen, Makowska, Munro, Leach Attendance: 3,160 Good to bump into Philip Cross pre-match, who had made his way over from Dungannon in Northern Ireland. The hosts created their first attempt at goal six minutes into Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Cardiff City U18 (7)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Taylor, Skeete, Majesty, Street, Cuthbert, Tarbotton, Scarlett, trialist, Sanyaolu, Brunson, Neziri Subs: Fittall, Sandiford, Boddy, Edouard-Marisson On an overcast, blustery afternoon at the TSG Elite Training Centre it was the hosts who provided the first attempt on goal. The Rangers trialist’s strike from over 20-yards was parried behind by Continue reading