Today marks the 80th anniversary of: ‘Victory in Europe Day’. I spoke to my sister Shirley recently and she told me that on that day in 1945, Dad was still in the Army in the South of France, and recalled attending a street party in Bassein Park Road, around the corner from our home in Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (2) Ipswich Town U21 (3)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Loades, Friel, Shann, Manufor, Cuthbert, trialist, trialist, Neill, Vaughan, Neziri, Sutton Subs: Da Silva, Talla, Sanyaolu, O’Brien With dark clouds looming at the TSG Elite Training Performance Centre, Callum Loades advanced to just outside the box to head away the ball and Jamie Mauge’s follow-up attempt then flew over Continue reading
Dulwich Hamlet Women (0) – QPR FC Women (1)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Wiggins, Cooper, Searle, Lewin, Brooks, Hill, Owen, D’Santos, Ward-Chambers, Leach, Dzyadyk Subs: Hennessy, McCrea, Makowska, Munro, Stanley Attendance: 663 After a fairly even opening 15 minutes, Chrissie Wiggins was forced into action when she did well to get down at the near post to push away Lesha Continue reading
QPR (4) – Bolton Wanderers (0) – ‘Marsh the Master Grabs Hat-Trick’
League Division Two Team: Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Venables, Hunt, Hazell, Ferguson, Francis, Leach, Marsh, Salvage Sub: McCullough Attendance: 8,613 On 3rd April 1971, Rangers took on struggling Bolton Wanderers at Loftus Road. Roy Horobin later filed the following match report: ‘A sizzling hat-trick from Rodney Marsh, the idol of Loftus Road, left poor Bolton in Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (0) – Watford U21 (0)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Shepperd, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Cuthbert, Wilkie, Wiles, trialist, Neill, Sanyaolu, O’Brien, Coomes Subs: Loades, Friel, Radojevic, Neziri, Vaughan On a very warm afternoon at Loftus Road, it was the hosts who had the first attempt at goal when Fraser Neill got the ball to Jakes Coomes, but the R’s No. Continue reading
QPR U18 (5) – Colchester United U18 (1)
U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Loades, Street, Adjetey-Brew, Sandiford, Cuthbert, Wiles, Coomes, Neill, Sanyaolu, Neziri, McAvoy Subs: Fittall, Boddy, Wright, Gbemre-McLean, Kennedy At an overcast TSG Elite Training Centre, and with intermittent spots of rain, it was the R’s who fashioned the first attempt at goal. After receiving Jake Coomes’ cross from the right, Continue reading
London Seaward (0) – QPR FC Women (5)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Hennessy, Searle, Brooks, Lewin, Blodgett, Owen, Ward-Chambers, Stanley, D’Santos, Cooper Included in the Rangers’ squad was new signing, striker, Jessica Leach. The first goalscoring opportunity of the afternoon fell to the home side just three minutes in, after their No.27 got close to the bye-line, but Continue reading
QPR (0) – Leyton Orient (1) – ‘Rangers though, did Earn Sympathy for they Played the whole of the Second-Half without Waugh…’
Football League Division 3 (South) Team: Brown, Poppitt, Ingham, Crickson, Powell (M), Clayton, Mountford, Smith, Tomkys, Cameron, Waugh Attendance: 10,880 Following the 1-3 defeat at Loftus Road against Millwall on11th April 1953, the R’s were home again five days later, this time to take on Leyton Orient. Three short uncredited reports were attached to the Continue reading
QPR Development Squad (1) – AFC Bournemouth U21 (4)
U21 Professional Development League 2 Team: Halliday, Friel, Da Silva, Manufor, trialist, Talla, Petrie, Neill, Dillon, O’Brien, Sutton Subs: Loades, Shann, Cuthbert, Murphy, Kennedy The R’s got off to a decent start, enjoying good possession and forcing a couple of corners in the first 15 minutes. But it was the visitors who produced the first Continue reading
Real Bedford Ladies (5) – QPR FC Women (0)
FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Wiggins, Miaki, Brooks, Lewin, Cooper, Hill, Blodgett, D’Santos, Ward-Chambers, Stanley, Dzyadyk Subs: McCrea, Sampson, Owen My first trip to the Ledger Stadium and I must say well done to them for producing such an excellent (with its very distinctive cover) match programme. I knew that Real Beford were Continue reading