Team: Collins, Newlands, Edwards (J), Bowman, Hitch, Skinner, Colvin, Hamilton, Abbott, Busby, Wilson Attendance: 13,000 Rangers had won their opening Southern League game of the 1902/03 season at Kensal Rise on 3rd September with a 2-0 victory over Wellingborough. Three days later QPR travelled to the home of Tottenham Hotspur. The following match report later Continue reading
Ipswich Town (0) – QPR (1) – ‘Ferdinand kept the Dream Alive with his 21st Goal of the Season’
Team: Roberts, Wilson, Brevett, McDonald, Ready, Barker(Maddix), Impey, Holloway, Ferdinand, Gallen (Penrice), Sinclair. Sub Not Used: Dykstra Attendance: 11,767 Following a superb 3-1 win over Arsenal at Loftus Road three days earlier, the R’s travelled to Portman Road on 11th April 1995. Tony Kell’s match report follows: ‘QPR boss Ray Wilkins was talking about Europe Continue reading
QPR (3) – Blackburn Rovers (1) – ‘Marsh Magic Thrills Fans’
Team: Springett, Clement, Harris, Keen, Keetch, Hazell, Morgan (I), Sanderson, Wilks, Marsh, Morgan (R). Attendance: 12,917 The match against Blackburn Rovers in 1967 was originally scheduled for the 4th November but was postponed. It was then re-arranged for Tuesday, 12th December and the following match report later appeared in the local Gazette: ‘Rangers jumped right Continue reading
The Home Fixture in 1962 against Watford: ‘At the Final Whistle Dave Underwood Dropped his Shorts & Bared his Backside!’
Team: Drinkwater, Bentley, Ingham, Keen, Rutter, Anderson, McClelland, Towers, Evans, Collins, Barber Attendance: 11,142 The R’s were expected to win the home fixture against mid-table Watford on 10th February 1962 and keep themselves up and running with the rest of the promotion pack.Sadly, however, as ‘Sods Law’ would have it the unexpected happened and Rangers Continue reading
QPR (1) – Southend United (2) – ‘Tempers became frayed, Football was forgotten…’
Team: Brown, Woods, Ingham, Petchey, Powell, Angell, McKay, Smith, Clark, Cameron, Shepherd Attendance: 11,822 Ken Bromfield alerted me recently to a match against Southend United in 1955. The game at Loftus Road against the Shrimpers on 8th October was certainly a feisty affair and full of incident! “I remember a match against Southend in 1955, Continue reading
From May 1951: ‘QPR & La Gantoise Share the Honours’
Team (according to the match programme): Gullan, Poppitt, Ingham, Parkinson, Woodward, Clayton, Waugh, Smith, Hatton, Farrow, Shepherd. La Gantoise visited Loftus Road on Thursday, 10th May 1951. The Belgian side had expressed their interest the previous year in being part of the ‘All Nations Sports & Cultural Association’. The Association was six years old and Continue reading
Manchester United v QPR on 12th October 1985 – The 10.32 from Euston
The Supporters Club organised rail travel for the Division One league match at Old Trafford on 12th October 1985. Departure from Euston was at 10.32am and arrival atWarwick Road Station was scheduled for 13.55pm. The train fare was £10.50 in advance or £11.00 on the day. Match seats were available at £4.80 and terrace tickets Continue reading
In Memory of Glenn Roeder
Glenn sadly passed away on 28th February, aged just 65, after battling a long illness. He was born in Woodford in Essex on 13th December 1955 and began his football career at Arsenal, but it was while he was at Leyton Orient that he made his league debut. Rangers paid £250,000 for his services in Continue reading
‘Broken Homes’ (Live from the Bunker) – The Latest EP from the Goldborns
Robert Elms summed up the sound of the Goldborns perfectly recently: “They have a sound, that for me, really does capture that bit of kinda of rather vanishing working-class West London, from Ladbroke Grove, Golborne Road and the Trellick Tower. Their sound is a mix for me of all these elements.” Their long awaited second Continue reading
QPR Reserves (4) – Watford Reserves (4) – ‘Gibbons Notched QPR’s Final Goal Two Minutes from the End’
Team: Saphin, Rose, Heath, Parkinson, Millbank, Dudley, Adams, Mills, Durrant, Gibbons, Pattison. QPR’s reserves took on Watford’s at Loftus Road on 13thNovember 1948. A match report appeared in the local press a week later: ‘Eight goals were scored at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon when QPR Reserves met Watford before a large crowd. It was Continue reading