The following article appeared in the Daily Mirror on Thursday, 1st November 1917: “Did you notice that they served us like mother would, but that they never took their gloves off!” Thus remarked a little boy when the Queen served him yesterday with a dinner at a communal kitchen off the Uxbridge Road, London. The Continue reading
Queen’s Park Rangers Celebrated at Frascati’s in Oxford Street after Winning the Southern League Championship
Rangers won the Southern League (Division One) title in 1908, after finishing two points ahead of second-placed Plymouth Argyle. A dinner was held at Frascati’s in Oxford Street, a restaurant described as ‘beautiful and sophisticated and known for its excellent international cuisine.’ The following article appeared in the Sporting Life on 28th May: ‘The Queen’s Continue reading
Ellerslie Road Resident, Mrs Emily Wood, ordered to return all the Footballs from her Garden to QPR FC
It still gets a cheer when a ball is kicked out of the ground, but in 1940 Mrs Emily Wood, a resident of Ellerslie Road, refused to return a number of footballs to the Club. In a match against Arsenal one of the players kicked a ball high over the stand and into her garden, Continue reading
QPR (3) – Windsor & Eton (0): FA Cup Preliminary Round – 18th September 1897
Team: Hunt, Hughes (F), Tyler, Walburn, Musselwhite, Blyth, McKenzie, Evans (W), Hughes (R), Wallington (A), Wallington (E) Queen’s Park Rangers faced Windsor & Eton at Harvist Road on 18th September 1897. The following match report appeared in the Windsor and Eton Express a week later: ‘Windsor and Eton did not defeat Queen’s Park Rangers on Continue reading
Charlie Allum: The Legendary Notting Hill Boxer who lost his Life in the Great War
Charlie Allum is a Notting Hill legend, a boxing champion who tragically lost his life in WW1 serving his country in France. Son of Mrs Rose Ellen Allum of 296 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, husband of Millicent Maud Allum of 189 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill. Colin Woodley contacted Chris Allum via his Ancestry family tree, Continue reading
“Ignorant Beasts!” – Bill West of the Goldhawk Road wasn’t very Happy with some Rangers fans!
The following letter from Bill West of the Goldhawk Road appeared in the West London Observer on 12th April 1957: ‘Sir, An open letter to the so-called supporters of Queen’s Park Rangers: As a keen and loyal fan of the Rangers, one of the hard core of 5,000 or so who would go and see Continue reading
When Ron & Peter Springett Swapped Clubs in 1967
A unique exchange deal took place in May 1967 when Peter Springett moved to Sheffield Wednesday and his older brother Ron, returned to Loftus Road. The following article later appeared in Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly magazine: ‘A unique transfer deal involving £56,000 took place in May 1967, between Sheffield Wednesday and Queen’s Park Rangers, a Continue reading
In Memory of Roy Bentley
It was very sad to hear last month that Roy Bentley, the star post-war footballer of the West London soccer scene during the 1947-62 era, had passed away at the ripe old age of 93. In his spell as a centre-forward at Chelsea (1947-1956), he was without doubt the crowd favourite and his goals were Continue reading
‘Whatever Happened to Reg Allen?’ by Vic Gibbons
Despite never seeing him play, Reg Allen is a legend of mine, and arguably, Queen’s Park Rangers’ greatest ever goalkeeper. Vic Gibbons’ long awaited book: ‘Whatever Happened to Reg Allen?’ was published recently and he kindly forwarded me a copy. Vic begins his introduction as follows: ‘Whatever happened to Reg Allen? This has been a Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Den Haag U20 (8)
Team: Bowman, Da Silva, Pitblado, Bettache, Carlyle, Orafu, Khaliq, Remy, Adams, Bansal-McNulty, Brooks No team sheet for this friendly at Heston against the Dutch U20 side, but eventually we made out that the Rangers starting line-up included one trialist, at least two U16’s and 20 year-old Brandon Adams. Brandon had recently been released following his Continue reading