That could well have been written recently! The following letter was written by F. E. Perry and appeared in the Kensington Post on 23rd August 1935: ‘Sir, it was with feelings of uneasiness I left Loftus Road on Saturday, after having watched Queen’s Park Rangers first trial game of the season. To say I was Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Crewe Alexandra U18 (0)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Cooper, Drewe, Pitblado, Remy, McLean, Carlyle, Raymond-Callender, Douglas, Kendall, Conte, Grant. Sub Not Used: Middlehurst Jake Frailing had picked up an injury two weeks previously in the 1-0 defeat at Ipswich, but he had made it to the bench. Aaron Drewe captained the side. In very blustery conditions on Continue reading
QPR’s 1900 FA Cup Replay against Watford
Team: Clutterbuck, Bellingham, McConnell, Newlands, Hitch, Skinner, Gray, Newbigging, Goldie, Humphrey, Foxhall. Attendance: 2,000 Following the 1-1 draw at Cassio Road four days earlier, the replay was played on a Wednesday afternoon, which might be one of the reasons for the low attendance, along with the weather conditions? A match report appeared in the Sporting Continue reading
QPR U23 (2) – Hull City U23 (1)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Brzozowski, Felix, Domi, Wells, Carlyle, Gubbins, Tilt, Bettache, Walker, Mesias, Bansal-McNulty Subs Not Used: Bowman, Kefalas Genovesi, Platt Lewis Walker captained the Rangers side and at left-back was 18-year-old Franklin Domi. I later learned that he had been signed up until the summer after previously being with Enfield Borough. The Continue reading
QPR’s first FA Cup Tie against Watford
Team: Clutterbuck, Newlands, McConnell, Keech, Hitch, Skinner, Gray, Newbigging, Goldie, Humphries, Foxall. Attendance: 4,000 Following the recent FA Cup defeat at Loftus Road, QPR had first been drawn against Watford on 17th November 1900. Rangers had previously thrashed Fulham 7-0 two weeks earlier and then travelled to Cassio Road for the 4th qualifying round. The Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Bristol City U23 (4)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Bowman, Felix, Genovesi, Wells, Kefalas, Fox, Tilt, Owens, Walker, Barton, Shodipo Sub Not Used: Brzozowski On a cold, damp afternoon at Harlington, the visitors took an early lead with the QPR defence all over the place. Myles Bowman, on a rare appearance, made two blocks before Ricardo Rees put away Continue reading
QPR U18 (3) – Watford U18 (2)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Cooper, Williams-Lowe, Woollard-Innocent, Remy, Mahorn, Empochontsif, Raymond-Callender, Douglas, Babajide, Frailing, De Silva. Sub Not Used: Conte The young R’s got off to a flying start when a burst of pace from Khaliq Raymond-Callender down the right-wing took him beyond the Watford defender ahead of him, on to the bye-line Continue reading
Seven R’s Fans were injured on their way to the Watford Home Game in 1931
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 25th September 1931: ‘Seven passengers in a van, on their way to watch Queen’s Park Rangers’ match on Saturday, were injured when the van came into collision with a tramcar in High Road, Willesden. The accident occurred when the van swerved to avoid a child. Continue reading
QPR U23 (3) – Charlton Athletic U23 (6)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Brzozowski, Williams-Lowe, Genovesi, Bettache, Fox, Omar, Tilt, Mesias, Platt, Bansal-McNulty, Shodipo. Sub Not Used: Bowman Faysal Bettache was appointed captain and Paul Hall made two changes to his starting line-up, including 18-year-old full-back, Kayden Williams-Lowe. Not sure exactly who we were waiting for, but I overhead the ref comment that Continue reading
‘How to Face up to 6-Months Rest’ – Rodney Marsh
Peter Barnard wrote the following article in 1968 for ‘Goal’ magazine: ‘Epsom Station on any weekday morning displays its share of bowler-hatted City types waiting for the 8.16, and if one of them happens to break an ankle mowing the lawn he’ll still be on the platform next day, albeit sporting crutches. But the stockbroker Continue reading