Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Mancini, McLintock, Venables (Hazell), Thomas, Francis, Leach, Bowles, Givens Attendance: 21,209 The previous Saturday Joe Waters’ two goals knocked us out of the 6th Round of the FA Cup. Looking at his Leicester City career, Waters only scored one league goal in his 13 appearances! Next up was the visit of Continue reading
Bolton Wanderers (1) – QPR (1) – All Square at the Macron Stadium
Team: Smithies, Baptiste, Lynch, Bidwell, Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Manning (Washington), Sylla (Wheeler), Mackie (Smith), Freeman Subs Not Used: Lumley, Furlong, Cousins, Ngbakoto Attendance: 14,243 (including 848 R’s fans) This was an encounter QPR could ill afford to lose and thankfully in wet and windy conditions, a point was eventually secured. Basement boys Bolton just had Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Ipswich Town U23 (2)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Petrasso, Caulker, Paul, Hamalainen, Smyth, Stylianides, Goss, LuaLua, Akinola, Oteh Sub Not Used: Herdman The match kicked off late due to the Ipswich Town players’ coach being held up in traffic. The young R’s side also included Steven Caulker and Kazenga LuaLua, with Chris Paul taking the captain’s armband. Continue reading
QPR Draw 3-3 with Watford in the first Reserve Home Game of the 1939/40 Season
Team: Mason, Byrom, Abel, Powell, Barr, Farmer, Kelly, Devine, Stock, McCarthy, Pattison The Rangers Reserves had finished as runners-up to Arsenal the previous season. On the 2nd September 1939, the R’s took on Watford at Loftus Road in the first Reserve home game of the season. The following match report appeared in the Marylebone Mercury Continue reading
Charlton Athletic U23 (4) – QPR U23 (5) – Goals Galore as Rangers fightback after being 3-0 down
Interview with ex-QPR Manager Jim Magilton
Jim Magilton was manager of QPR from June 2009 to December 2009. His time at the club was short, typical of those turbulent days, but many Rangers fans still remember his time in charge as being positive and credit him with playing some of the best football seen from the team in recent years. These Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Coventry City U23 (0) – Olamide Shodipo’s strike puts the R’s on Top
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Kakay, Hall, Caulker, Fox, Tilt, Borysiuk, Goss, Rowe, Shodipo, Oteh Sub Not Used: Herdman The eagerly awaited team sheets revealed an interesting starting line-up that included; Steven Caulker, Grant Hall, and Olamide Shodipo who had been off the radar for quite some time. Aramide Oteh captained the R’s and Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Crystal Palace U18 (2)
Team: Bowman, Disubi, Woollard-Innocent, Mahorn, Gubbins, Bettache, Kifwasima, Dauti (Francis-Adeyinka), Bansal-McNulty (Mesias), Ribeiro (Grant), Platt Sub Not Used: Dickinson Courtney Watson gave the visitors the lead on a damp, overcast morning at Heston after 4 minutes. His looping shot curled just over Myles Bowman and under the crossbar. A Palace cross, knocked over from the Continue reading
Riotous Scenes in the Askew Road in 1915
The following article appeared in the West London Observer on 14th May 1915: Probably the most riotous doings in the district were those which were enacted in Askew Road, where the smashing up of the facades of two different establishments went on simultaneously. The premises in question were both bakers’ shops. One, which was carried Continue reading
Barnsley (1) – QPR (1) – “We’ve only got two points away from home all season and I can see why”
Team: Smithies, Baptiste, Caulker (Smith) Robinson, Bidwell, Luongo, Scowen, Osayi-Samuel (Washington), Freeman, Mackie (LuaLua), Wszolek Subs Not Used: Lumley, Lynch, Manning, Wheeler Attendance: 10,920 (including 335 R’s fans) QPR needed a late equaliser as they secured a deserved point at Barnsley. Harvey Barnes’ stunning goal put gloss on an otherwise drab first-half as he curled Continue reading