B Team/U23 Friendly at Jersey Road Team: Dieng, Springer-Downes, Manning, Akinola (Eales), Arthur, Fox, trialist (Paul), trialist (Alfa), Derbyshire, Bowler, Prohouly Sub Not Used: Herdman Tim Seny Dieng made a very good save with his legs in the early stages of the game. However, the home side took the lead after 13 minutes following a Continue reading
Burton Albion (1) – QPR (1) – Rangers’ first League Goal of the Season from Open Play
Team: Smithies, Bidwell (Lynch), Hall, Caulker, Onuoha, Henry, Borysiuk (Polter), Luongo, Wszolek, Chery, Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Kakay, Sandro, El Khayati, Shodipo Attendance: 3,725 (including 638 R’s fans) Sebastian Polter scored QPR’s first goal from open play in the Championship this season to earn a draw at Burton. In a tame first-half, Jon McLaughlin Continue reading
QPR (1) – Birmingham City (1)
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Hall, Caulker, Onuoha, Borysiuk, Cousins (Wszolek), Luongo, Chery, Shodipo (Polter), Sylla Subs Not Used: Ingram, Lynch, Henry, El Khayati, Washington Attendance: 13,693 (including 1,616 away fans) To coin old clich√©s…a game of two halves…just another **** ref, and stewards acting the ********!!! A first-half albeit the last 15 minutes, we looked clueless, Continue reading
From 1973: QPR (2) – Birmingham City (2) – ‘Rangers Ace Blows up after Goal Taunt’
Team: Parkes, Clement, Hazell, Venables, Mancini, McLintock, Thomas, Francis, Leach (Abbott), Bowles, Givens Attendance: 18,701 The following newspaper report was written by Terry McNeill: ‘Stan Bowles, controversial Rangers star, was involved in a brawl with Birmingham’s Tony Want in the tunnel at the finish of this messy four-goal match. Bowles was then dragged away to Continue reading
QPR (1) – Sunderland (2)
EFL Cup 3rd Round Team: Ingram, Kakay, Lynch, Caulker, Hamalainen, Cousins (Chery), Sandro, Wszolek, El Khayati, Washington (Luongo), Sylla (Polter) Subs Not Used: Smithies, Onuoha, Paul, Borysiuk Attendance: 14,301 (including 2,214 away fans) Watching fairly high up in R Block, I had a good view of all the goalmouth action (our goalmouth!) in the first-half; Continue reading
QPR U23 (1) – Sheffield United U23 (4)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Lumley, Barzey, Williams, Manning (Bowler), Arthur, Frost (Fox), Prohouly (Alfa), Folkes, Adams, Eze, Darbyshire Sub Not Used: Dieng The first chance of the afternoon fell to the visitors inside 5 minutes when Caolan Lavery spun in the box and forced Joe Lumley down to smother the ball. The R’s custodian Continue reading
Huddersfield Town (2) – QPR (1) – Rangers are Second Best
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Caulker, Hall, Bidwell, Henry (Borysiuk), Luongo, Cousins, Chery, Shodipo (Sylla), Washington (Polter) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Lynch, Wszolek, El Khayati Attendance: 20,595 (including 732 R’s fans) Do not let the close score line fool you. For well over the first three quarters of this encounter we were virtually hardly ever in the Continue reading
QPR (0) – Newcastle United (6) – A Record Home League Defeat for the R’s!
Team: Smithies, Onuoha, Caulker (Lynch), Hall, Bidwell, Perch (Wszolek), Cousins, Henry, Ngbakoto (Sylla), Chery, Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Borysiuk, El Khayati, Shodipo Attendance: 17,404 (including 3,005 Newcastle fans) Jonjo Shelvey scored twice as second-placed Newcastle pummelled QPR to earn a fifth consecutive Championship win. Shelvey’s deflected shot rewarded early Magpies dominance and, with the Continue reading
Bolton Wanderers U23 (6) – QPR U23 (1)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Campbell-Young, Barzey, Paul, Hamalainen, Arthur, Darbyshire, Akinola, Adams, Eze, Alfa Subs: Springer-Downes, Voss, Klass, Bowler, Folkes Perhaps the 1-6 score-line was slightly harsh, but nevertheless we were well and truly turned over by a group of Bolton U23 players, some of which held first team experience. Tim Seny Dieng Continue reading
QPR Ladies (2) – Norwich City Ladies (3)
FA Women’s Premier League Cup 1st Round Team: Caldwell, Lopes. Hennessey, Thompson, Hester, Searle (Smith), Critchley, Anu, Godden, Peck, Engels Upon arrival, Ron Hill informed us that, unfortunately, no match programme had been issued. We realised that Lauren Peck wasn’t going to make the starting line-up as she was limping in the pre-match warm-up. Also, Continue reading