U23 Professional Development League Team: Lumley, Kakay, Owens, Baptiste, Hamalainen, Paul, Petrasso, Goss, Oteh, Eze, Chair Subs: Herdman, Rowe, Phillips, Grego-Cox The R’s got off to a productive start and within a couple of minutes, captain for the day, Eberechi Eze made his way through midfield and set-up Ilias Chair who saw his low shot Continue reading
QPR (2) – Reading (0): ‘A Perfect Performance. A Perfect Start’
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Bidwell (Robinson), Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman, Mackie (Ngbakoto), Washington (Sylla) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Borysiuk, Smith Attendance: 14,460 (including 2,208 away fans) Reading were poor because we made them look poor. We pressed them from the 18-yard box as the keeper was always playing the ball short. The No.24, Continue reading
Billericay Town (1) – QPR U23 (5)
Team: Dieng, Paul, Hamalainen, Owens, Caulker, Finney, Grego-Cox, Eze, Oteh, Chair, Prohouly Sub Not Used: Herdman ChrisPTenner informed me about this hastily arranged friendly at Billericay. As far as I know QPR had never played there before? Billericay were formed in 1880 and initially played at Archer Hall until 1971 when they moved to their Continue reading
The Stan Hudson Memorial Cricket Match played on 6th August 1951
Former R’s player Stanley Hudson was born in Fulham on 10th February 1923 (and not in 1924 as stated in my previous article on Stan). He later lived in Stebbing Street in Notting Hill. Tragically he passed away on 21st June 1951, aged just 28. A number of fundraising events for Stan’s son later took Continue reading
QPR1st request for £25 away ticket deal for Ipswich
The Independent R’s support today’s initiative by QPR1st Supporters Trust on away ticket prices. Here is the statement from QPR1st… QPR1st Supporters’ Trust is calling on the club to give travelling supporters a bit of new season – and Christmas – cheer by agreeing to a £25 ticket deal with Ipswich Town for the Boxing Continue reading
The Trip to Berlin & the 12 Minutes, 38 Seconds of Football
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Bidwell, Mackie, Borysiuk, Scowen, Ngbakoto, Washington, Smith Attendance: 12,000 (including approx. 300 R’s fans) As we went through the security scanning process at Heathrow, I looked over (as was everybody else) at the passenger who had removed his trousers and was awaiting further inspection in his y-fronts! We flew out Continue reading
The Summons taken out in 1927 against Harry Kirby, a Bookmaker from Ladbroke Grove
The following article comes from a 1927 daily newspaper: ‘At the West London Police Court yesterday Mr Marshall heard the summons taken out at the instance of the National Anti-Gambling League against a bookmaker named Harry Kirby, of Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, for having on four days in September: “At a certain place at the Continue reading
Bovingdon (0) – QPR U23 (6)
Team: Dieng (Bowman), Kioso, Genovesi (Ribiero), Bettache (Mesais), Kaiser, Noel-McLeod, Corner (Bensal-McNulty), Akinola (Miller), Cardosa (Dauti), Emmanuel-Thomas (Corner), Fanimo (Francis-Adeyinka) I was surprised to see that three games were scheduled for last Saturday. The first team were involved at Peterborough and a U23’s squad were playing Wycombe Wanderers behind closed doors at Harlington. Bovingdon provided Continue reading
Parkes, Shanks and the Farewell to Stan
Paul Finney caught up with Rangers legends Phil Parkes and Don Shanks to talk about 1976, Stan, and the part we can all play in his last goodbye to Loftus Road. Links to the video below: Click here for tickets to the game for Stan, 29 July. https://t.co/3tCKvu2zJo — Paul Finney (@paulfinney1969) 18 July 2017 Continue reading
Tommy Ray’s 1956 Open Letter to the Queen’s Park Rangers Manager
The following letter from Tommy Ray of the Goldhawk Road, appeared in the West London Observer on 14th December 1956: ‘Dear Jack Taylor – What is the future for the Rangers? Gates are down, and floodlighting does not seem to be the answer. At the time of writing your team has only scored 24 goals Continue reading