The following article appeared in the Press in August 1959: ‘David Baker, twenty-year-old Queen’s Park Rangers centre-half, has put forward his wedding an hour so that he can take part in the Club’s public practice match on Saturday. Baker, an Army private stationed at Devizes, marries nineteen-year-old Rita Dezzani at Shepherd’s Bush at 1.30 – Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Actonians Ladies (2)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, Owen, Hill, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hennessy, Stanley, Akerman, Searle Following a bit of a scrappy opening at the Powerday Stadium, the drizzle began to turn into heavy rain. The first real effort of the evening fell to the R’s, when, following a very good move, Continue reading
We Will Remember Them
The following servicemen had at some point in their careers played for Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, and all tragically lost their lives serving their country: Yorkshireman Albert Edward Bonass arrived at Loftus Road in 1939 from Chesterfield. In the early war years, he was attached to the Police War Reserve and played several times Continue reading
QPR U18 (0) – Bristol City U18 (1)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Clark, Manufor, Leahy, Radojevic, Redknapp, Edmonson, Coomes, Young, Yahyaoui, Hamid, Recber Subs: Loades, Hay, Sanyaolu, Hassan, Brobbey At a dry and sunny Heston, training to our left with Chris Ramsey were the likes of Jack Colback and Deon Woodman etc. And despite all the recent heavy rainfall, the pitch Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (1) – Ipswich Town U21 (1)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Cant, Jude-Boyd, Shann, Harrack, Hawkins, Drewe, Murphy, Aoraha, Jeche, Talla, Bala Subs: Clark, Leahy, Manufor, Tuck, Sackey On a fresh afternoon at Loftus Road, it was the R’s who took the lead after just three minutes. Arkell Jude-Boyd floated the ball over from the right for an unmarked Nathan Jeche to head home. Steven Bala directed a lovely cross in from Continue reading
QPR FC Women (1) – Norwich City Women (2)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Curr, Searle, Hill, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hennessy, Stanley, Akerman, McCrea. Attendance: 1,917 As the Loftus Road crowd continued to build, the ball was played through to Renai McCrea. The R’s wing-back then got into a good position, but she shot wide of the target. At Continue reading
QPR (4) – Newport County (2) – ‘Addinall Headed the Ball Down to Shepherd’s Feet for the Winger to Score his Second Goal’
Football League Division 3 (South) Team: Brown, Poppitt, Ingham, Clayton, Spence, Farrow, Gilberg, Smith, Addinall, Quinn, Shepherd Attendance: 14,800 After Rangers had suffered a 0-2 defeat at Brighton. their next opponents were Newport County who travelled to Loftus Road on 18th October 1952: ‘George Mountford, of Stoke, did not play at outside-right, as had been hoped. He will take a few Continue reading
The Morgan Twins: When Roger had to Change his Hair-Style
The image shown below was taken by Ronald Fortune in April 1964 and the caption reads as follows: ‘A league club player changed his hair-style yesterday – to stop anyone thinking that he might be a substitute for his twin during a match tonight. Seventeen-year-old Roger Morgan (right) agreed to the haircut after being told Continue reading
Cambridge City Women (1) – QPR FC Women (2)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South East) Team: Francis-Pownall, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Hill, Nygaard-Parsons, Harris, Stanley, Petit, Webster Subs: Shephard, Cutler, Fatri, Louvier, Cohen We arrived in good time at Cambridge City’s latest temporary home, the New Croft Stadium in Haverhill. On a very blustery afternoon, the Indy R’s flag was secured behind Continue reading
Terry Venables: ‘He’s a Campaigner, Writer, Grocer – and Footballer’
Michael Hart wrote the following article for an Evening Standard supplement in October 1970: “Geoff Bradley is a friend of mine and a former business partner. His five-year-old son Ricky had his sight restored after being blind for three years. Blindness is very personal to Geoff.” Perhaps not quite so personal, though, to Queen’s Park Continue reading