Jim was born in Sheffield on 17th October 1940. He grew up as a Wednesday fan, but his first professional club was Sheffield United in 1959. Jim went on to play for the likes of; Halifax, Aldershot, Boston United and Colchester United, where he finished his playing career. It was whilst Jim was at Boston Continue reading
Edward (Ned) Anderson: ‘Death of Veteran QPR Footballer’ The following article appeared in the Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Gazette on 24th April 1975: ‘A link with soccer history disappeared this week with the death of 91-year-old Ned Anderson who had been the oldest living Queen’s Park Rangers player. Ned died peacefully in his sleep at Continue reading
On 2nd May 1964 West Ham took on Preston North End in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. Whilst at Loftus Road at 10.30 that morning the Rangers Juniors faced Chelsea in a South East Counties League title decider. A match report titled: ‘The Kings are dead! Long live the Kings’ appeared in the Hammersmith Continue reading
Earlier this month I published Bill Hodge’s 1976 letter to the local Gazette, titled: ‘Rangers – Don’t let Greed Ruin your chances of being a Great Club’. This prompted the following response on 1st April from Club Secretary, Ron Phillips: ‘I hope you will allow Queen’s Park Rangers to reply to the letter recently published Continue reading
The following article appeared in the Kilburn Times on 19th August 1905: ‘The Kensal Rise Athletic Ground, until last year the home of the Queen’s Park Rangers, has now changed hands again, and since it has come into the possession of that well-known promoter of sports meetings, Mr W. Ecclestone, of the “Coach and Horses,” Continue reading
Back in the early 60’s a visit Colchester United’s old ground in Layer Road was a regular feature of our season. As usual we would go by train and then walk to the ground, which was situated in South Colchester. This was no joy because after you leave Colchester Station you are faced with the Continue reading
In 2004 I purchased a copy of Frances Trinder’s excellent book: ‘Loftus Road Legacy – The History of Shepherd’s Bush Football Club.’ She writes in detail about events leading up to the Club’s move to Loftus Road and includes a short report of their first match on 22nd October 1904 against long-standing rivals, Old Malvernians. Continue reading
Team: Clutterbuck, Knowles, McConnell, Crawford (capt), Tennant, Keech, Smith (T), Haywood, Bedingfield, Turnbull, Cowie Attendance: 4,000 QPR’s eagerly awaited opening match in the Southern League (Division 1) took place against Brighton United at Kensal Rise on 2nd September 1899. The Kilburn Times reported on the game the following week: ‘Last Saturday’s match between Queen’s Park Continue reading
A couple of years ago, my friend John Smith tweeted out a passage from Kevin Drinkell’s autobiography (you remember him: Norwich, Cov, Rangers…Grimsby). He made a point that Drinks book was not a riveting page-turner – but there was this one bit that made his mouth drop open. In the passage, Drinks describes a fancy Continue reading
Nothing can prepare you for a day like today. Losing my Dad has been the hardest thing I have gone through in my life. My Dad was absolutely everything to me. He was a person who I looked up to and just never wanted to let down. As you all know he had been through Continue reading