Growing up in the Bush, Ravenscourt Park holds many childhood memories for me, and my family. The following article appeared in the Framlingham Weekly News on 1st August 1885: ‘Travellers to Kew Gardens and Richmond must have noticed, immediately after passing the Shaftesbury-road Railway Station, a very beautiful park with a fine avenue of trees. Continue reading
QPR’s first Overseas Tour was to Belgium in 1908
I had thought that QPR’s first overseas tour had been to France and Germany in 1912, but it has now come to light that the Rangers travelled to Belgium four years earlier. A Reuters telegram was circulated to the Press on Sunday 3rd May reporting that QPR had defeated Brussels Racing Club 5-2: ‘The excellent Continue reading
In 1986 QPR pulled in nearly 1,500 to light-up Ruislip
A few days after the friendly match at Ruislip’s Breakspear Road ground on the 10th March 1986, the Hayes & Harlington Gazette reported that: ‘First Division Queen’s Park Rangers drew a bumper crowd of 1,500 to Breakspear Road on Monday evening for a special match against Ruislip to officially switch on the local club’s new Continue reading
QPR’s New £150,000 Stand in 1968
The following article appeared in the Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Gazette on 11th April 1968: ‘Home matches are recognised throughout sport to be beneficial to the host club, where they are considered to have a better chance of coming out on top. Queen’s Park Rangers have shown how much “home” means to them by their Continue reading
Shepherd’s Bush Musician Johnny Weider who grew up in Ashchurch Terrace
The following article is from the Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Gazette and appeared in John Brunel’s ‘Diary’ on 17th February 1966: ‘Take a group of good musicians, an original sound and a good song and you can’t go wrong. You’ve got a hit record! The name of the group is “Jimmy Winston’s Reflections,” the name Continue reading
Rangers make ‘Owls’ Fight: Sheffield Wednesday (2) – QPR (1)
Team: Brown, Powell (G), Ingham, Gilberg, Spence, Farrow, Muir, Hold, Addinall, Smith (C), Waugh Attendance: 41,706 On 15th March 1952, bottom-placed QPR travelled to high-flying Sheffield Wednesday. Fred Walters wrote the following (amended) match report for a local newspaper: ‘Wednesday’s narrow victory over Queen’s Park Rangers, bottom club in the Second Division, kept them well Continue reading
QPR U23 (2) – Bristol City U23 (2)
U23 Professional Development League 2 Team: Barnes, Kakay, Woollard-Innocent, Bettache, Gubbins, Mahorn, Clarke, Amos, Oteh, Frailing, Shodipo Sub Not Used: Brzozowski A cold breeze blew across the Harlington Sports Ground, but at least it managed to stay dry. It was good to see U18’s centre-back Trent Mahorn make his U23’s debut and as Chris Hewitt Continue reading
QPR’s 1922 Charity Match against a Side from the Adelphi Theatre
On Thursday 30th March 1922, QPR took on a “Golden Moth” X1 at Loftus Road. The stage production, described as a ‘musical play’, was running at the Adelphi Theatre in the Strand. Rangers fielded their full league eleven with the exception of Harry Edgley, who was replaced by Robert Faulkner at outside-right. The match was Continue reading
Enfield Town Ladies (1) – QPR Women (0)
Capital Women’s Cup Team: White, Peacock, Redhead-Ling, Perez, Grieve, Blodgett, Dench, Skiverton, Cutler, Hall, Petit I met up with Steve Bullard outside Turnpike Lane Station before taking the 217 bus, which took us close to the Queen Elizabeth 11 Stadium. We were handed a programme prior to kick-off and I noted that the Rangers starting Continue reading
Watched by about 500 Spectators & two Dogs, QPR’s first Competitive Match was against Tottenham Hotspur in 1890.
QPR’s first competitive match was played on 1st November 1890, when they took on Tottenham Hotspur at Brondesbury Park in the 2nd round of the London Senior Cup. Around 500 attended the game and the Rangers side lined-up as follows: A. Schneidan, T. Saunders, H. Sturges, J. Spurr, W. Ridout, J. McKenzie, A. Druett, F. Continue reading