Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 2021/22 SEASON 

ISSUE 04 £3.50 

v COVENTRY CITY 

SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST, 2021 

KICK-OFF 3PM

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price, but I’ll be there when I say I’ll be there’.” This 

approach worked, and one tipper-grab very soon 

became three tipper-grabs and a tipper. 

“Then Wandsworth banned grabs from taking 

out of skips, and I began to lose work,” remembers 

Louisy. “So we started buying skip lorries too.” 

This was quickly followed by another change 

in direction. “We would arrive at a job only to be 

told we couldn’t load as a concrete lorry was there, 

and that the concrete lorry was more important. 

So we bought a volumetric concrete lorry! So then 

we had a concrete lorry, grabs, tippers and skips,” 

says Louisy. “But then when we turned up with the 

concrete lorry, people were telling us that the pump 

wasn’t there, so we’d have to wait. So we bought a 

A pair of 4x2 grabs were soon added to the 

fast-expanding and increasingly varied fleet, 

allowing Ashville to operate in some of the mews 

and narrow streets of Chelsea. And more recently 

the company made the move into artic tippers, 

with the purchase of a pair of Scania XT R500 6x2 

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SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST 2021 

CLUB DIRECTORY 

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Foundation Stadium, South Africa 

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STAFF 

QPR FC/QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman: 

Amit Bhatia 

QPR Holdings Ltd Vice-Chairmen: 

Tony Fernandes, Ruben Gnanalingam 

Board members: 

Tony Fernandes, 

Ruben Gnanalingam, Amit Bhatia, 

Datuk Kamarudin Meranun 

CEO: Lee Hoos 

Financial Director: Ruban Ghandi 

Director of Football: Les Ferdinand 

First Team Manager: Mark Warburton 

Club Ambassador: Andy Sinton 

Club Historian: Chris Guy 

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21 36 

04 THE GAFFER 

Words from Mark Warburton 

08 NEWS + MESSAGES 

All the latest from W12 

10 THE BIG READ 

Interview with Chris Willock 

19 COLUMNIST 

Sam Taylor has his say 

21 VISITORS 

An in-depth look at Coventry 

30 FREEZEFRAME 

A classic pic from yesteryear 

33 SPONSOR A PLAYER 

Player sponsors 2021/22 

36 1981/82 FEATURE 

A chat with Simon Stainrod 

42 KEY FIXTURE 

A vital clash from 1981/82 

44 ANDY SINTON 

Our ex-winger pens his column 

46 OTHER USES OF LR 

The ground has seen it all 

50 JUNIOR HOOPS 

Test your knowledge 

54 MIKE DONOVAN 

A trip down memory lane 

62 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

Stay updated this season 

65 STAT PACK 

Key facts from the Champ 

66 AIDAN MAGEE 

The view from the press box 

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HOOPS 

The Gaffer 

FIRSTLY, MAY I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MARK 

ROBINS, HIS STAFF, PLAYERS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED 

WITH COVENTRY CITY FOOTBALL CLUB. 

T 

hey arrive here on the back 

of a good home victory 

against Reading and have 

had a very strong start to their 

Championship campaign. Mark has 

built a squad that possesses 

excellent individual quality, a very 

evident team spirit and an 

undeniable work ethic, and there’s 

no doubt that they’ll present a 

tough challenge here this 

afternoon. We look forward to a 

high-quality encounter and to 

sharing a post-game drink with 

Mark and his staff. 

Tuesday night saw us face Oxford 

United in the Carabao Cup with a 

heavily depleted playing squad. 

A combination of sickness and injury 

resulted in eight of our players being 

unavailable. However, the remaining 

squad members stepped up and 

delivered a positive performance 

that saw us progress into the next 

round. It was very pleasing to see 

strong 90-minute displays from the 

likes of Andre Dozzell and 

George Thomas, whilst Charlie 

Kelman similarly benefitted from 

a full game at first-team level. We 

were able to welcome back Sam 

McCallum after his recent illness and 

he enjoyed a good 60 minutes in 

readiness for today’s game against 

his former club. 

It was also good to see three players 

from the B team squad occupy our 

bench and then all contribute to the 

overall team performance. Stephen 

Duke-McKenna, Ody Alfa and Joe 

Gubbins were ready when called 

upon and made a positive impact 

when introduced for the latter 

stages of the game. 

The third-round draw took place on 

Wednesday evening, and we look 

forward to the next challenge. 

As I write these notes, we have six 

days left of the summer transfer 

window and there clearly remains 

significant business still to be 

completed by many clubs. I truly 

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I truly believe that this 

is proving to be one of 

the most difficult transfer 

periods of recent years 


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believe that this is proving to be one 

of the most difficult transfer periods 

of recent years, simply because of 

the financial impact of the pandemic 

combined with certain high-level deals 

that appear to have ‘unsettled’ the 

appropriate player valuations. 

When a player at the top level 

moves for the sum of £100m, it 

immediately changes the price tags of 

players at or just below that highest level. 

This, in turn, filters down the pyramid 

and we see the £10m player now quoted 

at £20m, the £5m striker now valued at 

£10m and so forth… 

This creates huge problems for 

various clubs as they struggle to add 

much-needed reinforcements to their 

squads whilst fighting the devastating 

consequences of having had no notable 

revenue for the last 18 months. 

In our own case, we did a lot of early 

business which is hugely beneficial, but 

perhaps still seek an additional striking 

option. Much work is going on to secure 

a suitable option that fits within our own 

financial parameters. 

Finally, and I make no apologies for 

repeating a message from my last set 

of notes, I must make mention of the 

noise made by our supporters and the 

positive impact this has had on each 

and every one of our players. Against 

Barnsley, the support in the second 

half was so strong and the noise that 

followed the equalising goal was the 

loudest I’ve heard at the stadium. Again, 

on Tuesday evening, despite a smaller 

number inside the ground, tremendous 

backing was afforded the players and 

there’s no doubt they responded so 

positively. Please do not underestimate 

the impact such support can have 

throughout the season! As always, it’s 

greatly appreciated and never taken 

for granted! 

Enjoy the game! 

Gaffer 


HOOPS 

LOAN ROUND-UP 

CONOR MASTERSON played the whole game as 

Cambridge United were beaten 3-1 at Millwall in the 

Carabao Cup secound round on Tuesday. 

Elsewhere, Faysal Bettache made his Oldham 

Athletic debut as they lost 2-1 at home to 

Colchester United in League One last weekend. 

Bettache played the full 90 minutes as the Latics 

slumped to a fourth straight league loss. 

Macauley Bonne scored twice as Ipswich Town drew 

2-2 with Milton Keynes Dons in the same division 

last weekend. 

And Niko Hamalainen scored an own goal as LA 

Galaxy lost 2-1 at home to San Jose. Galaxy are 

fourth in the MLS Western Conference table. 

AMOS RETURNS 

LUKE Amos made his first competitive appearance 

in almost a year as QPR Under-23s lost 4-0 to 

Peterborough United on Tuesday. 

Amos has been sidelined with a knee injury since 

last October but played the opening 45 minutes at 

Posh’s training base. 

Goals from Jack Marriott, Sammie Szmodics, Luke 

Harris and Ethan Hamilton saw off the R’s. 

Rangers are back in action on Tuesday when they 

host Barnsley at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. 

QPR: Little, Williams-Lowe, Woollard-Innocent, 

Amos, Kefalas, Mahorn, Ajose, Brown, Armstrong, 

Frailing, Mema. Subs: Salamon, Drewe, Domi, 

Aoraha, Conte, Trialist. 

STADIUM TOURS ARE BACK 

BEHIND-THE-SCENES tours of Kiyan Prince 

Foundation Stadium are back once again. 

Follow in the footsteps of your heroes, through areas 

including the tunnel, pitchside, and trophy displays. 

All tours are currently taking place at 11am 

on Wednesdays and Saturdays but only on 

non-matchdays. 

Priced at just £15 for adults and £7.50 for 

concessions, all profits go to QPR in the 

Community Trust. 

Adults will also be asked to scan in using the 

Government’s track and trace system. Guests will 

also be asked to wear facemasks. 

To book your place, please sign into your ticketing 

linked account at qpr.co.uk or email Justin Stone 

on justins@qpr.co.uk 


HOOPS 

BIRTHDAYS 

KIAN 

Happy 18th birthday to Kian 

O’Leary. Hope you have 

the best day. Love mum, 

dad and Caragh. Kian’s 

best friend Amal Sabir has 

become a season-ticket 

holder for the first time 

and is loving being part of 

the Rangers. 

OLIVER 

Welcome to four-yearold 

Oliver Johnson who’s 

back for his first league 

game after loving it against 

Manchester United. He’s 

joined by his seven-year-old 

brother Lucas and lifelong 

supporter Daddy. Hope you 

have a great day. 

PADDY 

Happy 12th birthday Paddy 

Sheehan. Lots of love from 

Mum and Dad. 

SONNY 

A warm welcome to Sunny 

who’s attending his first 

QPR game this afternoon. 

We hope you enjoy your day. 

ARTHUR 

Wishing Arthur a very 

happy 11th birthday. He is 

a massive Seny Dieng fan 

(being a keeper himself) so 

will be cheering him on from 

the Lower Loft! 

ARYAN 

Happy birthday Aryan. He 

loves watching Chris Willock 

in action. 

BRENDAN 

Wishing Brendan, a lifelong 

QPR supporter, a very happy 

50th birthday. 

OBITUARIES 

PAUL DAVID 

SHEPHERD 

22.08.54-16.07.21 

It is with broken hearts that we 

announce the passing of Paul, a wonderful husband, 

father, grandfather, uncle and brother. A great man 

who was always smiling, dancing and singing. He will 

be greatly missed by all his family and friends. 

Paul was a lifelong supporter of QPR. Some would 

say QPR was his first love, and he always believed no 

matter how bad they got. Maybe you could do it for 

him this season? 

Loftus Road will not be the same without him. We 

will love and miss you always. 

JOHN KAVANAGH 

With deep sadness we pay 

tribute to John Kavanagh, a 

wonderful Dad, Grandad, Great- 

Grandad, Father-In-Law, brother, 

uncle, and friend to so many. Sadly, John passed away 

quite suddenly on Thursday 19th August. 

John and his late wife Kathleen and their family lived in 

W12 for more than 40 years. He was a regular attendee 

at Loftus Road with his son Edward, a season-ticket 

holder for many years, who is at today’s game. 

John was a true gentleman in every sense of the 

word and the world is a darker place without him in it. 

He was at his happiest when he was surrounded by 

his loving family and friends. 

He will be forever loved and missed by his children 

Philomena, Michael, Kathy, Sean and Edward, 

grandchildren John, Daniel, Roisin, Conor, Shauna, 

Lucy, Katie, Ciara, Sean, Molly, Niamh, Saoirse, 

Caoimhe, Caitlin, Emily, Alannah, Bethan and 

Olivia, great-grandchildren Alexander, Aoife, Eilidh, 

Freya, Artie and Finlay, sons-in-law Pete and Glyn, 

daughters-in-law Anna, Teresa and Jane, grand-inlaws 

Young-Mi, Lee, Ben, Amelia, Blake, Ryan, Jamie, 

Stacey, Paolo, Jake and Tommy, and his many, many 

friends. He was deeply loved. 

DAVID EALES | 17.02.1936-26.03.20 

We lost David Eales to Covid on 26th March 2020. 

He was a season-ticket holder for many years until being 

unable to attend in recent seasons due to ill health. 

David did a charity bike ride to Wycombe in 2001 for 

the Astro Brain Tumour Fund which QPR supporters 

raised 3k towards. RIP Dad. 


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Golden Gaze 

CHRIS WILLOCK 

INTERVIEW: TOM HARVEY 

WITH TWO GOALS IN FOUR 

LEAGUE GAMES THIS TERM, 

CHRIS WILLOCK HAS PLAYED A 

VITAL ROLE IN QPR’S FLYING START 

TO THE SEASON. THE MIDFIELDER 

SAYS HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED… 


HOOPS 

Chris - let’s start with the 

Barnsley game last weekend. It was 

certainly an eventful one. What was 

your take on it? 

It was a difficult test against a good 

team. I thought they dominated the 

ball in the first half and deserved to be 

winning. In the second half we showed 

great character to come back. I had 

mixed emotions at the end, but a draw 

was probably a fair outcome. 

At 2-0 down with 11 minutes, 

did you honestly believe we could still 

get a result? 

In recent matches and towards the end 

of last season, our character has grown. I 

always believed we could come back so I 

wasn’t surprised when we did. 

It was tough for the players who were 

substituted in the first half. Has that 

happened to you before? 

I’ve been subbed at half-time in the 

past and it’s not a nice feeling. But 

these things happen in football. I don’t 

think it was anything against George 

[Thomas] and Andre [Dozzell], it was 

more of a tactical decision. They’re 

two good players and they’ll deal with it 

and move on. 

The match at Middlesbrough when 

you scored the winner was one to 

remember. How good a victory was that 

considering we were down to 10 men? 

And how great did it feel celebrating in 

front of the travelling fans? 

It was terrific. I was buzzing. The team 

did really well that evening. It’s been 

amazing having the supporters back 

and the feeling of celebrating with the 

travelling fans at Middlesbrough was 

incredible. Fans make football. 

You must be pleased with the way this 

season has gone for both yourself and 

the team? Personally, you’ve’ been 


HOOPS 

It was an amazing 

feeling celebrating with 

the travelling fans after I 

scored at Middlesbrough 

getting a lot of plaudits and praise in 

the media… 

I just need to carry on working hard and 

trying to improve. Hopefully I can keep 

helping the team. It’s an upbeat dressing 

room right now after our unbeaten 

start. We’ve got a lot of confidence at 

the moment. We believe in ourselves, 

and we feel we can push on to even 

better things. 

Were you confident we could have a 

good season given the way we finished 

last term and our summer recruitment? 

Definitely. We’ve got a good mix of 

experience and youth. With the way we 

finished last season, I’m confident we 

can do big things this term. 

What were your personal ambitions 

at the start of the season? A certain 

number of games, goals or assists? 

I do have a figure in my head of how many 

goals I want to score but I don’t really 

want to share it! I’m trying to get more 

goals but really just improve my all-round 

game and help the team as much as I 

can. If that’s by scoring goals or more 

assists, then I’ll take it. 

Last season was your first at the club. 

Were you pleased with how you did? 

It took me a bit of time to find my feet 

after I joined in October, but I got better 

as the season went on. You could see 

towards the end that I was used to my 

teammates and really started to push on. 

Overall, I was pleased. 

The manager often speaks about 

the four senior professionals he can 


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HOOPS 

It’s an upbeat dressing 

room right now. We feel 

we can push on to even 

better things 

call upon in Charlie Austin, Stefan 

Johansen, Albert Adomah and Lee 

Wallace. Are they players you can go to 

for advice? 

They’re always speaking to us youngsters 

to help us with our game. I try to get 

advice off them all the time. A lot of 

the players do. They’ve got so much 

experience and it’s great to be able to 

have them as a sounding board. It’s a no 

brainer to tap into their knowledge. 

You’re famously one of three footballing 

brothers with Joe at Newcastle and 

Matty at Salford. How do your family 

decide who to go and watch if you’re all 

in action? 

It’s quite difficult when there’s three of us! 

My dad tends to rotate it. He’s used to it 

as he’s been doing it for a long time. Last 

weekend, he recorded my game as it was 

on Sky and drove to Birmingham to watch 

Joe play for Newcastle at Aston Villa. My 

mum and dad made massive sacrifices to 

help me and my brothers get to where we 

are and we’re incredibly grateful. Hopefully 

we’re making them proud. 


HOOPS 

My mum and dad made 

massive sacrifices to help 

me and my brothers get to 

where we are. Hopefully 

we’re making them proud 

Was that your mum dancing on the telly 

when Joe was watching Newcastle’s 

game with West Ham just after signing? 

[Laughs]. Yeah, I don’t think she realised 

the cameras were on her! 

How much would you love to win 

promotion and come up against Joe in 

the Premier League? 

It’s my dream to play in the Premier 

League and hopefully I can do that 

with QPR. I’ve never played against my 

brothers in a senior game. I played with 

Joe for Arsenal’s Under-23s, and we 

came up against Matt when he was at 

Manchester United. That was a weird 

one, but it was an amazing feeling to be 

on the same pitch as them both. 

You moved to Portugal with Benfica at a 

young age. How did you find that? 

It was difficult at the start. My mum 

came with me for a bit so I wasn’t on 

my own. She helped me settle in. I got 

a grasp of the language where I could 

have a conversation. It was a really good 

experience for me, and I learned a lot. I 

grew in that time as a player and a person. 

We face Coventry today, a side you 

scored against last season in QPR’s 3-0 

home win. A repeat of that would be 

nice, wouldn’t it? 

They’re a good team. Like us, they 

like to play football so it’s going to be 

a hard challenge. I feel like we have 

enough quality and ability to beat them. 

Hopefully we can get the win for the fans 

and go home with the three points. 


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THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF QPR FANSITE ‘R’ GENERATION 

DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS ON IN W12… 

R 

esilient. 

That’s a word that for once in my 

19 years of supporting QPR, completely 

sums up this year’s QPR squad. 

It’s important to be resilient. I myself would 

say I’m quite resilient. I sat through the whole 

of Doctor Who Season 13, something that 

required an insane amount of resilience on top 

of a hole in the ground to scream into (it really 

isn’t good). 

Not only that but QPR fans are naturally 

resilient; we’re not a very easy-going side to 

say the least. So, it’s really lovely to finally have 

a squad who truly embody that inherently QPR 

character trait. 

Our victory over Middlesbrough and our draw 

with Barnsley were both great examples of how 

crucial perseverance is in this division. If you’d 

forgotten just how mental this league was, we’re 

four games in (as of writing) and we’ve already 

had about four injuries, had a man sent off and 

scored nine goals. What a league. 

But, to stay in the right half of the league, you 

have to have a certain mentality. Step up Mark 

Warburton. Recently on our site - ‘R’ Generation 

- we spoke to Rangers centre-back Yoann 

Barbet. When asked about what it’s like working 

under a man like Mark, Yoann swiftly noted just 

how much the players enjoy playing and training 

under him; how he’s very technical and very 

pragmatic and how his experience working in the 

City of London translates into decisiveness on 

the pitch. 

Despite some really brilliant moments in that 

Barnsley game - Chair’s solo strike, Charlie’s 

final clincher, Dom Ball’s entire appearance - the 

moment that really stood out to me was a little 

clip of Mark fist pumping, as if at a Djibril Cisse 

DJ set in Ibiza (yes, he’s a DJ now), after the 

equaliser went in. 

That moment of joy from Mark was completely 

deserved. He won that point for us. He had no 

shame in changing the game plan so early on in 

the first half after it evidently wasn’t working. He 

chose those subs and pondered how we were 

going to turn the game around. He was the one 

with the level head maintaining our resilience 

and instructing our determination. That’s not to 

take away any credit from the boys who executed 

their instructions so well. But, after a somewhat 

lacklustre performance in that first half, the 

management decisions were really crucial. 

Behind every great team is a great manager 

and if this side is going to go from good to 

great, then the transition will be achieved by Mr 

Warburton. Our squad has an excellent blend 

of youth and experience and I believe we’ll keep 

pushing at the top end of the table this season. 

We’re not lying down and dying after setbacks. 

In fact, we’re doing the polar opposite! It’s really 

exciting to see, and I can’t wait to find out what 

the rest of the season holds for us all... 


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Today , s Opposition: 

COVENTRY 

CITY 

IN THE CABINET: 

CLUB FACTS: 

STADIUM: 

[ Coventry Building 

Society Arena ] 

OPENED: 

[ 2005 ] 

CURRENT CAPACITY: 

[ 32,609 ] 

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 

[ 31,407 ] 

v Chelsea 

FA Cup quarter-final 07.03.2009 

CLUB COLOURS: 

[ Sky Blue & White ] 

SECOND TIER 

Runners up: 1966/67 

THIRD TIER 

Winners (2): 1963/64, 2019/20 

FOURTH TIER 

Promoted: 1958/59 

Play-off winners: 2017/18 

FA CUP 

Winners: 1986/87 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY 

Winners: 2016/17 

C O V E N T R Y C I T Y F A C T F I L E 


HOOPS 

COVENTRY CITY 

OPPOSITION 

OVERVIEW 

O P P O S I T I O N O V E R V I E W 

Maybe it’s because they’re playing matches back in their 

home city rather than down the road in Birmingham, but 

whatever it is, Coventry have certainly made a bright start to 

the new season. 

A mainstay of the top flight for 34 years, the Sky Blues have had a 

prolonged period of upheaval in recent times until their summer 

return to the renamed Coventry Building Society Arena. 

On the field, the appointment of former Manchester United 

striker Mark Robins in 2017 for a second stint has also 

produced grounds for optimism. 

A Football League Trophy victory in 2017 within Robins’ first 

month in the job was followed up by League Two play-off glory 

soon after. A League One title in 2019/20 then saw City back in 

the Championship, eight years after their relegation from the 

second tier. 

Coventry, FA Cup winners in 1987, finished 16th last season 

and have started the new campaign in impressive fashion, with 

three wins from their opening four league fixtures. 


HOOPS 

[ THE GAFFER ] 

M 

MARK ROBINS 

Age: 51 

Nationality: English 

Year Appointed: 2017 

Succeeded: Russell Slade 

The departure of Russell 

Slade in March 2017 saw 

Mark Robins appointed 

manager of Coventry for 

a second time. 

Despite City’s muchpublicised 

off-the-field 

issues, a Football 

League Trophy victory 

and League Two play-off 

success were rapidly 

achieved, before Robins 

led Coventry to the 

Championship as 

League One winners in 

2019/20. 

After a 16th-place finish 

last term, the Sky Blues 

returned home in the 

summer having played 

recent campaigns 

outside of the city. 

Former Manchester 

United striker Robins 

famously scored the 

goal which kept Alex 

Ferguson in a job at Old 

Trafford in 1990, before 

numerous spells with a 

host of different clubs, 

most noticeably 

Norwich City, Leicester 

City and Rotherham 

United. 

Robins began his 

coaching career with the 

Millers in 2007, heading 

to Barnsley two years 

later. After a brief spell 

with the Sky Blues in 

2012/13, stints at 

Huddersfield Town and 

Scunthorpe United were 

to follow before Robins 

returned to the West 

Midlands in 2017. 

C O V E N T R Y C I T Y T H E G A F F E R 


HOOPS 

C O V E N T R Y C I T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T 

# 

1 

[ SAFE HANDS ] 

SIMON MOORE 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 31 


Signed From: Sheffield Utd 

SIMON MOORE 

arrived at Coventry in 

the summer, penning 

a three-year deal 

following his 

departure from 

Sheffield United. 

Moore began his 

career at Brentford, 

joining newly 

promoted Cardiff City 

in 2013. He spent time 

on loan at Bristol City, 

before a permanent 

switch to the Blades 

in 2016. 

An impressive first 

campaign saw him 

named in the PFA 

League One Team of 

the Year, but regular 

minutes proved 

elusive thereafter and 

the shot-stopper will 

be bidding to kickstart 

his career with the 

Sky Blues. 

[ THE ROCK ] 

VETERAN defender Kyle 

McFadzean has become a key 

part of the Coventry backline 

following his arrival from 

Burton Albion in 2019. 

The centre-half began his 

career at boyhood club Sheffield 

United but failed to make a 

league appearance for the 

Blades, heading to non-League 

Alfreton Town in 2007. 

Stints at Crawley Town, Milton 

Keynes Dons and Burton 

followed prior to his switch to 

the Sky Blues. 

The older brother of Crewe 

Alexandra’s Callum McFadzean, 

Kyle helped City win promotion 

in his first season and played 

every Championship game 

last term. 

CLASSIC KIT 

DAVE 

BENNETT 

1986/87 

# 

5 

KYLE McFADZEAN 

DEFENDER 

Age: 34 


Signed From: Burton Albion 


HOOPS 

# 

9 

[ GOAL THREAT ] 

DODGY BARNET 

IAN 

WALLACE 

1977/78 

14 

# 

14 

BEN SHEAF 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 23 


Signed From: Arsenal 

[ THE ENGINE ] 

BEN SHEAF began his career in 

West Ham United’s academy 

prior to moving to Arsenal and 

turning professional in 2015. 

He made his debut for the 

Gunners two years later in a 

Europa League tie, before 

heading out on loan to 

Stevenage and Doncaster 

Rovers. 

The midfielder joined Coventry, 

initially on loan, in September 

2020, making 30 appearances in 

their first season back in the 

Championship. 

The move was made permanent 

in the summer, with Sheaf 

penning a three-year deal. 

MARTYN WAGHORN 

FORWARD 

Age: 31 


Signed From: Derby County 

FRONTMAN Martyn 

Waghorn will add 

some valuable 

experience to a 

relatively young 

Coventry side 

following his arrival 

from Derby County in 

the summer. 

The 31-year-old has 

enjoyed a series of 

spells around British 

football, including a 

stint at Glasgow 

Rangers under QPR 

boss Mark 

Warburton. 

The hard-working 

forward, who started 

his career at 

Sunderland, joined 

Coventry in the 

summer when his 

Derby contract 

expired but is still 

looking for his first 

goal for his new side. 

C O V E N T R Y C I T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T 


HOOPS 

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watch exclusive live matches, highlights, 

interviews and behind-the-scenes videos. 

Scan the ‘QPR code’ below or head to Recast.app to sign up 

Recast rewards fans for their engagement which allows 

you to watch videos for free. Unlike on other platforms, 

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HOOPS 

[ DANGER MAN ] 

COVENTRY snapped up 

Callum O’Hare from Aston 

Villa in the summer of 2020 

following the midfielder’s 

impressive loan spell as the 

Sky Blues clinched 

promotion from League One. 

Solihull-born O’Hare, who 

made nine appearances but 

never started a league game 

for Villa, scored four times 

and contributed six assists to 

help City return to English 

football’s second tier for the 

first time since 2012. 

O’Hare continued to shine 

last season. He found the 

net three times in 48 games, 

scoring City’s second in 

their 3-2 win over QPR in 

November. Indeed, he 

played in every league 

fixture as City secured their 

highest finish since 2006. 

O’Hare’s performances saw 

him named the Players’ 

Player, Young Player and 

Player of the Season. 

10 

# 

10 

C O V E N T R Y C I T Y D A N G E R M A N 

CALLUM O’HARE 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 23 


Signed From: Aston Villa 


HOOPS 

COVENTRY CITY FAMILIAR FACE 

FAMILIAR FACE: 

ROY 

WEGERLE 

AMERICAN international Roy Wegerle is fondly remembered 

by fans of both QPR and Coventry. 

Having initially arrived on these shores with Chelsea in 

1986, Wegerle joined Rangers for a fee of £1m following a 

stint at Luton Town. 

The striker made an instant impression in W12 as Rangers 

finished third in the top flight. His eventual haul of 29 strikes 

in 65 league games included a wonderful solo effort against 

Leeds United that was voted ITV’s Goal of the Season in 1990. 

Wegerle then joined Blackburn Rovers, before making the 

switch to Coventry in 1993 where he helped the Sky Blues 

reach the newly formed Premier League. He returned to his 

homeland in 1996. 

QPR Apps: 65 | Gls: 29 

1990-92 

CCFC Apps: 53 | Gls: 9 

1993-95 


HOOPS 

LAST TIME IN W12: 

QPR 3 

COVENTRY 0 

QUEENS Park Rangers clinched a comfortable 3-0 victory over 

Coventry City at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. 

First-half strikes from Chris Willock and an own goal from Michael 

Rose set Rangers on their way before Ilias Chair’s effort midway 

through the second period wrapped up an enjoyable Good Friday 

in W12. 

QPR: Lumley; Kakay, Dickie, Cameron, Barbet, Wallace; Field, 

Johansen; Chair, Willock; Austin 

COVENTRY: Marosi; Da Costa, Rose, Ostigard, Hyam, McCallum; 

Hamer, James; Allen, Shipley; Godden 

DATE: 

02.04.2021 

VENUE: 

KIYAN PRINCE 

FOUNDATION 

STADIUM 

COVENTRY CITY LAST TIME IN W12 


HOOPS 


HOOPS 

FREEZEFRAME 

A PICTORIAL LOOK BACK AT A PREVIOUS 

CLASH WITH TODAY’S OPPONENTS… 

Les Ferdinand has his eyes on the prize during QPR’s 

top-flight clash with Coventry City in February 1993. 

The R’s won 2-0. 


HOOPS 

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HOOPS 

THIS SEASON MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE 

QPR REACHED THE 1981/82 FA CUP FINAL. 

IN EACH MATCHDAY PROGRAMME, WE 

SPEAK TO A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WHO 

PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT UNFORGETTABLE 

JOURNEY TO THE TWIN TOWERS. NEXT UP, IT’S 

SIMON STAINROD… 

INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO 


HOOPS 

SIMON STAINROD 

Striker 

YEARS AT QPR: 1980-85 

APPS: 177 

GOALS: 65 


HOOPS 

SIMON, you were a skilful striker 

in our run to the 1981/82 FA Cup 

final. It was 40 years ago now, but it 

only seems like yesterday, doesn’t it? 

The older you get, the faster time goes 

by. And time is really flying by at the 

moment. Yes, it’s 40 years. I keep in 

touch with one or two people who 

were involved in that run to the cup 

final and we’re all as sick as you can get 

that we can’t still play! 

We were drawn at home to 

Middlesbrough in the third round. 

They were in the top flight and 

Rangers were in Division Two. So, we 

started our cup run as underdogs, 

didn’t we? 

Yes. I remember that day. The weather 

conditions weren’t great. We went a 

goal down, but we really dominated as I 

recall. I have no idea who played a ball 

through to me, but I wasn’t going to 

miss. My goal secured a 1-1 result. 

Then there’s a complicated story 

coming up! The replay against Boro 

was postponed in midweek due to bad 

weather and the following Saturday I 

scored again when we played 

Wrexham. After that game, QPR 

chairman Jim Gregory was so pleased 

with my form that he told me he’d 

reserved four places for dinner at his 

favourite Italian restaurant near his 

company offices in Roehampton. He 

said, ‘Take your wife and a couple of 

friends tonight and have a nice dinner!’ 

We went to the restaurant, and I can 

tell you exactly what I had to eat 

because I wasn’t very well afterwards. I 

had a seafood spaghetti. The next day 

was a Sunday and the team were due 

to travel up to Middlesbrough for the 

replay which had been rescheduled for 

the Monday night. At 12 noon I rang R’s 

boss Terry Venables to say, ‘Listen, I 

can’t come in. I’m dying!’ I lost around 

two stone in two days just from 


HOOPS 

Jim Gregory was so 

pleased with my form, he 

reserved me four places at his 

favourite Italian restaurant. I 

wasn’t well afterwards and lost 

around two stone from sickness 

and diarrhoea 

sickness and diarrhoea. I had terrible 

food poisoning, so I didn’t travel up 

with the team. But on the Monday, 

Venners was ringing me saying, ‘Can 

you come up? Can you come up?’ I got 

a train from Kings Cross to Darlington 

where someone picked me up and 

drove me to the team hotel. Everyone 

had finished lunch there when I walked 

in, and I must have looked terrible. 

Venners said, ‘Oh, you won’t be able to 

play Simon.’ I replied, ‘Just get me 

something to eat and then I’ll see how I 

feel.’ It was the first thing I’d had to eat 

since the Saturday night. At first, I 

didn’t believe I could play. But I’m one 

of these people that thinks, ‘If I’m 

going to play, then we’re going to win.’ I 

was always a bit like that. I told 

everyone I was okay, and I played. 

Rangers won 3-2 with you scoring 

the first two goals and Warren Neill 

grabbing the winner for us in 

extra-time. It was a stunning victory, 

wasn’t it? 

I grabbed two decent goals and it was a 

hard match. The old Ayresome Park 

was a tough place to go for an evening 

game when it was freezing cold. They 

had their crowd right behind them, but 

we did it in extra-time. I was right to 

pick myself to play! 

In the fourth round we were drawn 

away to Blackpool who were in 

Division Four. We nearly lost that 

game, but it finished 0-0. Then the 

replay took place at Loftus Road with 

Clive Allen scoring four and you 

slotting home a penalty as we ran 

out 5-1 winners… 

The 0-0 draw was a horrible, horrible 

match. But if you’re ever going to win 

anything in football then you have to 

get through games like that. It was 

awful. Blackpool had a couple of big 

men up front who were difficult to 

handle and they played quite direct 

football. It was a bumpy pitch and 

windy. Everything was against a team 

like us who liked to get the ball down 

and play. And we got away with murder! 

I was back in my own box defending a 

set-play when it got played in towards 

their centre-forward Dave Bamber 

who was a huge lad. I wouldn’t swear to 


HOOPS 

I can’t remember my goal 

against Grimsby. Probably a 

world beater like all of them! 

this, but I am pretty sure my teammate 

Tony Currie stuck his hand up and just 

managed to get the ball off Bamber’s 

head! We couldn’t have argued if 

there’d been a penalty, but we got 

away with a draw. Then in the replay, we 

battered them. Clive at home, on form. 

He was quite bright was Clive, so if he 

thought he was up against opponents 

who were a bit easier, then he fancied 

himself to score three or four to keep 

his average up! 

In the fifth round, we beat Grimsby 

3-1 at Loftus Road and again you 

scored. They were several places 

below us in the Division Two table 

and it was a comprehensive victory, 

wasn’t it? 

Grimsby were quite a solid team 

back then. They had a decent manager 

and they played good football. But it 

was an excellent performance by us, 

although I can’t remember my goal 

from that game, to be honest. 

Probably a world beater like all of 

them! Seriously, though, we were 

starting to get a run going in the 

cup and we were performing quite 

well in the league while playing nice 

football. You do start to get a good 

feeling when you reach that stage 

of the cup. We’d seen off Grimsby 

and we were really interested in who 

we were going to draw next and 

what was going to happen. There 

was a little bit of anticipation 

building and a bit of hope and 

desire. Training brightened up too 

as everyone was excited and 

everyone wanted to play. 


HOOPS 

Do you remember listening to the 

radio on a Monday lunchtime for the 

live FA Cup draws back in those days? 

Definitely. After training, we’d all get 

together in the café at Greenford 

where we used to train. And next out 

of the hat for us was Crystal Palace. 

Yes, it was Palace at home in the 

quarter-final. They were also in 

Division Two and it was a huge 

needle game as a number of QPR 

men like Venables, Terry Fenwick, 

Mike Flanagan and Allen had 

previously been at Palace. It was a 

very tight affair with chances at both 

ends. But Allen scored the only goal 

with a couple of minutes left to give 

us a 1-0 victory… 

That game was one of the hardest, 

toughest battles I ever played in. There 

were players like Jim Cannon and Steve 

Wicks up against us. Palace were a 

good team at that stage. Wicksy is a 

pal of mine and was a really dominant 

centre-half, but I used to quite like 

playing against him. I could wind him up 

a bit and draw him into false positions 

to get him one on one. He knocked me 

around a bit in that game to be fair to 

him. He tried to bully me. Then Clive 

scored. It was a good finish and right at 

the end of the game. Clive ran the full 

length of the pitch to celebrate in front 

of the Palace fans who’d been giving 

him a lot of stick all afternoon. It’s one 

of the best goal celebrations you’ll ever 

see! You’d get fined if you did it 

nowadays. And when the final whistle 

sounded, thousands of Rangers fans 

ran on to celebrate. In fact, I came off 

that pitch wearing just a pair of 

underpants. The supporters had 

ripped everything off me! Socks went, 

boots went, shirt was off, shorts went! 

I’ve never experienced anything quite 

like it. And the atmosphere was 

buzzing in the dressing room 

afterwards. We had a really good set of 

lads, and we were all strong characters 

who liked a laugh. We would have had a 

great night out after that win. 

We had the plastic Omniturf pitch at 

Loftus Road during the cup run. 

Critics used to say that it gave us a 

big advantage, but we also enjoyed a 

very good away record in that period, 

didn’t we? 

Our away record was often better than 

the home one. That was down to 

having very disciplined defenders 

organised to perfection by Venners. 

He created a way of playing that made 

it very difficult for other teams to play 

through us. 

Read the second part of Tony’s 

interview with Simon in the next 

matchday programme 


HOOPS 

1981/82 

QPR 2 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 

DATE: 3rd October 1981 

COMPETITION: Division Two 

QPR SCORERS: Gregory, Allen 

ATTENDANCE: 9,541 

THE PROGRAMME: 16 pages, price 40p 

TWO nicely worked goals cemented an 

entertaining display by Queens Park Rangers in 

their fourth home league game of the season. 

On a cool and damp afternoon which 

caused slippery conditions atop the Omniturf 

plastic pitch, Rangers opened the scoring after 

12 minutes. Teenage man of the match Gary 

Waddock latched on to a poor clearance and 

stormed through stationery visiting defenders 

before crossing for John Gregory to convert 

at the far post. 

QPR went on to dominate 80 per cent of the play 

and racked up a host of good chances in a classy 

performance that was witnessed by club legend 

Rodney Marsh in the South Africa Road Stand. 

But they had to wait until 10 minutes before the 

end to seal matters. 

It was a truly brilliant goal that was well worth 

waiting for. R’s captain Glenn Roeder picked up 

possession in his own penalty area and set off on 

a pitch-length run full of audacious double 

shuffles. He then picked out Clive Allen who 

finished with deadly accuracy. 

Hoops boss Terry Venables was a delighted 

man afterwards. He said: “We were brilliant today. 

It was our best performance so far on the new 

playing surface. 

“We had the right balance in midfield. Tony 

Currie, Gary Waddock and John Gregory all had 

outstanding games.” 

The Sunday Mirror match report read: “Flamehaired 

Eire international Gary Waddock gave a 

superb performance. Venables had special 

words of praise for 19-year-old Waddock whose 

non-stop industry and abundant skill gave 

Rangers added bite.” 

RANGERS: Burridge, Gregory, Fenwick, 

Waddock, Hazell, Roeder, Micklewhite, Stainrod, 

Allen, Currie, Gillard. Sub (not used): Burke. 


HOOPS 

PROGRAMME SNIPPETS: R’s secretary/ 

programme editor Ron Phillips wrote: 

“The new three-point system still 

seems to be fulfilling its early promise of 

encouraging clubs to use attacking 

football and forcing visiting teams to go 

for a win (and not ‘shut up shop’ after 

scoring an early opening goal!). 

“One minor disadvantage of the system, 

however, is that it tends to distort the 

gap between, say, teams in the middle of 

the table and those at the top. When 

three points a game is available, it’s quite 

easy to open up a formidable looking gulf 

which, from a psychological point of view, 

may seem almost unbridgeable. 

“In these circumstances, it’s fortunate 

that this rather misleading situation 

doesn’t apply to the Second Division 

where all the leaders have been losing 

with clockwork regularity. 

“Rangers, although having lost their last 

two away games, are still only four points 

from the promotion zone and there’s no 

reason why they cannot move towards 

the top of the table in a very short space 

of time. Today’s game, however, is a 

crucial one - we have to make certain of 

collecting those three points!” 


HOOPS 

OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S 

VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR… 

G 

ood afternoon everyone and 

welcome to the Kiyan Prince 

Foundation Stadium for today’s 

game against Coventry City. 

Coventry have enjoyed a very good start 

to the season, taking nine points from 

their opening four games and building 

on the strong finish they had last term. 

They have a good squad and an excellent 

manager and will prove a tough opponent 

to overcome this afternoon. 

Since my last notes we’ve enjoyed 

another good week in terms of results 

gained, winning up at Middlesbrough, 

earning a point last Saturday against 

Barnsley and then progressing to the next 

round of the Carabao Cup having beaten 

Oxford United. 

Looking at those three games, all were 

pleasing in many aspects. Going to 

Middlesbrough is never easy. Conceding 

early on from a penalty put us on the 

back foot but I felt our second-half 

performance was outstanding. No 

sooner had we got back on level terms 

when we had a man sent off but that 

never stopped the team taking the 

game to the opposition and we gained a 

fabulous win. I think that match showed 

how far we’ve come in terms of a team 

and squad over the past eight months or 

so and full credit to the management and 

the players for this. 

We then had another difficult game 

here on Saturday against Barnsley who 

I have to say were terrific in the first half 

and went in two goals up at the break. 

Again, in the second period we showed 

the fighting spirit, belief and ability that’s 

running through the squad at present, 

and we were able a get a 2-2 draw which 

from where we were at half-time was an 

excellent point. 

I have to say there was a time in the game 

around the hour mark when the Rangers 

supporters really got behind the lads on 

the pitch which was great to hear. The 

fans played a huge part in helping the 

team get a positive result. 

It’s important to recognise that there 

will be times in the season and during 

games where we suffer a bit and things 

aren’t going as we would want but that 

togetherness on and off the pitch can 

help overcome difficult situations. 


HOOPS 

Following the Barnsley game, we 

entertained Oxford in the cup and ran out 

comfortable winners to progress to the 

next round. The match allowed Mark to 

give vital minutes to some players who 

haven’t featured much since the season 

started. I felt all the lads who came in 

performed well and showed that we have 

a strong squad with competition for 

places which is very healthy. 

I was also able to watch our Under-23s 

here against Hull City last week in a very 

entertaining 4-3 win. I always like to see 

the young lads at the club playing and 

seeing the progress they’re making 

individually and collectively. To make the 

step up to senior football is a big one and 

they have to be pushing to improve and 

develop every time they train and play to 

show they can make that progression. 

We have some talented young players, 

and they know if they’re good enough 

they’ll get a chance at our club. If you 

look at the number of youngsters that 

have come through to play games here 

in recent years, it shows there’s been real 

progression as a club in this area. 

It’s also so good to see our fantastic QPR 

in the Community Trust team out and 

about, delivering sessions across all ages 

and continuing to make such a positive 

difference and impact to so many people. 

The Trust goes from strength to strength, 

and everyone involved should be 

extremely proud of the role we play in the 

local community. After such a hard and 

difficult 17 months it’s great to see good 

participation numbers at all the sessions 

we deliver as we all get back to something 

like normality. 

As I’ve said in previous notes there’s a 

lot of optimism and excitement in and 

around the club at the moment, which is 

great, but we just have to go from day to 

day, game to game, trying to improve as 

best we can and see where it takes us. 

On the pitch there’s a long season ahead 

where many factors have a part to play in 

how well you do but everyone is working 

hard to move the club forward. Thank 

you as always for your wonderful support. 

Enjoy the game. 

Come on you R’s! 


HOOPS 

Other Uses Of 

LOFTUS ROAD 

CRICKET, HOCKEY, RUGBY, BOXING, CONCERTS AND MORE 

- LOFTUS ROAD HAS SEEN IT ALL DOWN THE YEARS. WE 

EXAMINE THE OCCASIONS WHEN OUR FAMOUS GROUND 

PLAYED HOST TO SOME VERY DIFFERENT EVENTS… 

NON-LEAGUE 

FOOTBALL 

THERE was an occasion where 

two top non-League football 

fixtures were staged at Loftus 

Road on the same day. 

This was during the first 

season of our Omniturf 

plastic pitch in 1981/82 

amidst a period of prolonged 

arctic weather. 

As a result, many matches 

around the country were 

postponed during December 

and January. The backlog 

got so bad that two nearby 

teams actually booked Loftus 

Road to play their games in 

a double-header on Sunday 

17th January 1982. 

Both clubs were rewarded 

with crowds well above the 

average for their normal 

home fixtures. One admission 

fee was charged for the 

two games and spectators 

who wanted to watch both 

matches stayed in the 

stadium all day. 

The details were as follows: 

Kick-off: 11am 

Barnet 0 

Automotive Products 

Leamington 0 

Alliance Premier League 

Attendance: 885 

The programme notes 

by Barnet boss Barry Fry 

summed up the totally 

unprecedented occasion: 

“Firstly, my heartfelt thanks 

to [QPR manager] Terry 

Venables for agreeing to let 

us play this fixture at Loftus 

Road. He co-operated fully 

immediately the request 

was made and also had the 

backing of the groundstaff 

at Queens Park Rangers. 


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“I’m indeed grateful to them 

also. This morning should be 

another great experience for 

our players, and also those 

of Leamington, to play on 

the all-weather Astroturf 

pitch. I hope you all enjoy 

the game, including any 

neutrals present.” 

Fry said afterwards: “It was a 

magnificent gesture by QPR 

in allowing us to use the pitch 

free of charge and I’m pleased 

with the financial success.” 

Kick-off: 3pm 

Hendon 5 Taunton Town 1 

FA Trophy First Round 

Attendance: 844 

Hendon manager Ken Payne 

said afterwards: “We faced 

a real challenge playing on 

such a surface for the first 

time and we approached it 

in a professional manner. I’d 

previously watched QPR play 

Chelsea in a Second Division 

match here on Boxing Day 

and decided that my players 

needed to be brave and 

decisive on the plastic pitch.” 

Hendon skipper Gary Hand 

added: “It was an enjoyable 

experience. You have to be 

skilful to master Omniturf. We 

had players with the control 

and ability to achieve that. I 

thought we were tremendous. 

“We trained a few days before 

this match on another artificial 

playing surface at Islington. 

We were only five minutes into 

our work out when we agreed 

that accuracy was essential, 

and the ball had to be played 

to feet. That was the policy we 

adopted against Taunton, and 

it worked a treat.” 

Meanwhile, Hendon club 

official Eric Abrey said: “QPR 

only asked for expenses to 

cover the cost of playing 

at the stadium. So, we 

covered all our costs with the 

admission receipts and even 

had a couple of bob left over 

to put in the bank.” 

Nowadays of course, numerous 

non-League teams play on 3G 

and 4G artificial surfaces at 

their own grounds. But Loftus 

Road made history in 1982 by 

staging the first ever senior 

non-League matches played 

on synthetic grass. 


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Columnist 

TALKSPORT REPORTER AND RANGERS FAN 

TONY INCENZO’S RECALLS SOME WEIRD AND 

WONDERFUL STORIES... 

STEPTOE 

FOOTBALL journalists who report on matches 

nowadays turn up very well prepared with a host 

of useful statistics. 

But that wasn’t always the case. Back in the 

1990s, there was an elderly Midlands-based 

newspaper reporter who always seemed to 

cover QPR at places like Stoke, Port Vale and 

Crewe. He bore a striking resemblance to the 

old man in Steptoe and Son and spoke in 

the same irritating voice, albeit with a North 

Midlands twang. 

This guy would bowl into the press room around 

half an hour before kick-off and loudly yell, “Is 

there anyone here from Queens Park?” 

The first time it happened, I made the mistake 

of answering him. Big mistake! Steptoe then 

bombarded me with a host of ridiculous 

questions that showed his total lack of 

preparation and knowledge. 

“Tell me about your players,” he whined. 

“Who is this Ray Wilkins? I haven’t heard of him. 

Is he a youngster?” 

I replied in dismay: “No, he’s won 84 England 

caps in a glittering career.” 

So, Steptoe said: “Has he now? I better write 

that down then!” 

An elderly Midlands-based 

newspaper reporter bore a striking 

resemblance to the old man in 

Steptoe and Son 

I vowed never to talk to Steptoe again. In fact, 

every time I saw him enter a press room after 

that I shouted: “HARR-OOLD” to let the other 

London journalists know he was coming. 

Steptoe did try to collar me again, though. 

“Are you from Queens Park?” he said at another 

R’s away game. 

“No, I’m not from Glasgow,” I replied. 

He left me alone from then onwards. 

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JUNIOR 

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FUN, GAMES, TRIVIA & MORE! 

Hello everyone! 

It’s your favourite 

feline friend here! 

Over the next couple 

of pages you’ll get the 

chance to test your 

footballing knowledge! 

Challenge your family 

and friends to see who 

comes out on top! 

Jude 

JUDE’S JOKE 

Q: How do footballers stay cool? 

A: By standing close to the fans! 

GROUND HOPPER 

Which Champ stadium is this? 

Follow me on Twitter 

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BIRTHDAYS! 

Big birthday wishes 

to all Junior Hoops 

celebrating in August… 

Nathan Graver-Roberts, 1st 

Keira Munnelly, 1st 

Teddy Purdue, 1st 

Edward Raven, 1st 

Izbella Schwartz, 1st 

Kiara Sheehan, 1st 

Liam Blunt, 2nd 

Violet Burford, 2nd 

Owen Burton, 2nd 

George Death, 2nd 

Cameron Dias, 2nd 

Fionntan Doherty, 2nd 

Alfie Hood, 2nd 

Stanley Newton-White, 2nd 

Joe Christmas, 3rd 

Archie Griffiths, 3rd 

James Johnson, 3rd 

Finlay Macdonald, 3rd 

Charlie McCarthy, 3rd 

Ruben McDowell, 3rd 

Frankie O’brien , 3rd 

Paige Pike, 3rd 

Jay Bates, 4th 

Oscar Bracher, 4th 

Harris Cherry, 4th 

Benjamin Cooke, 4th 

Seamus Curry, 4th 

Frankie-Mae Smail, 4th 

Jordan Snowden, 4th 

Ella Ashley, 5th 

Archie Brown, 5th 

Oliver Dash, 6th 

Darragh Egan, 6th 

Louis Horton, 6th 

Kristian Luka Krivosic, 6th 

Thomas McGowan, 6th 

Ejay Robert Barrs-James, 7th 

Dylan Davies-Jones, 7th 

Richie Harper, 7th 

Grace Klemis, 7th 

Nuwan Hewavitarne, 8th 

Louis Sparkes, 8th 

Harry Stewart, 8th 

Ayden Underdown, 8th 

George Deans, 9th 

Jeanne Goodger, 9th 

Oskar Saunders, 9th 

Max Clarke, 10th 

Charlie Haynes, 10th 

Scarlett Hershkorn, 10th 

Hugo Carey, 11th 

Riley Coombs, 11th 

Joseph Leonard, 11th 

Faith Wilson-Coker, 11th 

Sophie Coyte, 12th 

Stanley Craig, 12th 

Cecil Thomas, 12th 

Darcey Wayne, 12th 

George Micheal Carter, 13th 

Megan Byrne, 14th 

Rebecca Harrington, 14th 

Telemachus Sexton, 14th 

Joel Stagg, 14th 

Aslan Tunc, 14th 

William Walker, 14th 

Danny Wiilliams, 14th 

Mason Francis, 15th 

Cameron Henry, 15th 

Nathan Robertson, 15th 

Finnegan Tingle, 15th 

Conor Forkin, 16th 

Grace Knell, 16th 

Francesca Lisi, 16th 

Alfie Middleton, 16th 

Louis Pusey, 16th 

Charlie Falconer, 18th 

Daniel O’Toole, 18th 

James Palin, 18th 

Archie Pape, 18th 

Amy Smith Bees, 18th 

George Walden, 18th 

Ethan Wiggins, 18th 

Teddy Yellend, 18th 

Dulcie Bowers, 19th 

Harrison Harding, 19th 

Joseph Piggott, 19th 

Daisey Sparks, 19th 

Ethan Storey, 19th 

Flo Sumpter, 19th 

Charles Szpiro, 19th 

Sophie Allwright, 20th 

Oliver Ashby, 20th 

Ronnie Bale-Hawkins, 20th 

Luke Brown, 20th 

Ethan Hearn, 20th 

Rebecca Heavey, 20th 

Lucy Hunter, 20th 

Teddie Lisi, 20th 

Queenie Belle Owen, 20th 

Scarlett Rudge, 20th 

Cherish Bigrave, 21st 

Denver Cook, 21st 

James Durn, 21st 

Aaron Fox, 21st 

Ziggy Kwaskowski, 21st 

Luke Thomas, 21st 

Stanley Walker, 21st 

Jack Canning, 22nd 

Alexander Fitzgerald, 22nd 

Luke Flannery, 22nd 

Sky Leppard, 22nd 

Oscar Manville-Anthony, 22nd 

Patrick Murphy, 22nd 

Patrick Naughton, 22nd 

Freddie Richardson, 22nd 

Jacob Tait, 22nd 

Jayden Alleyne, 23rd 

Sebastian Rogers, 23rd 

Edward Spencer, 23rd 

Josh Worley, 23rd 

Isobel Denman, 24th 

Joseph Saunders, 24th 

Ciaran Walsh, 24th 

Archie Jennings, 25th 

Elliot Kelly, 25th 

Archie Warren, 25th 

Jaiden Thomas, 26th 

Frank Booth, 26th 

Ronnie Winter , 26th 

Kian Oleary, 26th 

Frankie Lacey, 27th 

Blake Barry, 27th 

Patrick Sheehan, 27th 

Ronnie Lucy, 28th 

Sam Foss, 29th 

Joseph Halsey, 29th 

Arthur Hilling, 29th 

Lewis Hughes, 29th 

Oscar Orman, 29th 

Joseph Plumb, 29th 

Aaron McCarthy, 29th 

Jack Gordon, 30th 

Freddie Blackmun O’Brien, 31st 

Harry Connolly, 31st 

Jessica Wells, 31st 

River Birch, 31st 

KNOW YOUR 

HISTORY 

Which former QPR ace is this? 

YOUNG 

GUN 

Name this 

current Premier 

League star in his 

early days 

JUDE’S 

LOOKALIKE 

Tottenham’s Bryan Gil & 

a young George Harrison 

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Answers: Ground Hopper: Riverside Stadium (Middlesbrough), Know 

Your History: Paul Parker, Young Gun: James Milner 


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MIDFIELDER 

STEFAN 

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NATIONALITY: NORWEGIAN 

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|| MEMORY LANE|| 

AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST WITH THE EALING GAZETTE, 

MIKE DONOVAN WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE LOFTUS ROAD 

PRESS BOX IN THE 1970S AND 1980S. IN EACH MATCHDAY 

PROGRAMME, HE LOOKS BACK ON THOSE UNFORGETTABLE 

DAYS OF COVERING QUEENS PARK RANGERS… 

DID you know Roy of the 

Rovers played for Queens 

Park Rangers? And, 

furthermore, did you know 

(spoiler: today’s visiting fans 

might want to look away) he 

scored a hat-trick on his full 

Rangers league debut aged 

17 against Coventry? 

I showcased the feat of 

the real-life Clive Allen - 

my fictional Roy Race - in 

comic-book style in the 

Ealing Gazette. 

My newspaper’s back page 

was a pastiche of the cover 

for the comic named after 

Melchester Rovers ace Roy, 

with strips of photographs 

instead of cartoons of each of 

the then-17-year-old’s goals. 

It was one Allen clearly 

remembered because the 

page was in his personal 

collection of memorabilia 

when I spoke to him while 

writing my book, Greatest 

Games: Queens Park Rangers. 

The prolific striker told me: 

“I remember the Roy of the 

Rovers page. I’ve got a copy 

of it at home in my scrapbook. 

It’s a fond memory of a 

fantastic day for me.” 

Ian Wallace, destined for 

Brian Clough’s European 

Cup holders Nottingham 

Forest, had put the Sky Blues 

ahead early on in their visit to 

Loftus Road on Saturday 28th 

April 1979. 

But Allen, who developed a 

fox-in-the-box reputation, 

drove the equaliser beyond 

Coventry stopper Les Sealey 

from outside the penalty area 

10 minutes later. 

And he then put Rangers in 

front from close range after 

a penetrating Martyn Busby 

run on 46. 


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The emergence of Allen 

was a shaft of sunlight in 

a dark and gloomy 

campaign 

The floodgates opened in 

front of the near 11,000 

present. Don Shanks made 

it 3-1 with a header from 

a Mickey Walsh cross six 

minutes later. 

Allen sealed his treble with the 

help of the impressive Busby 

soon afterwards before Walsh 

completed a comprehensive 

5-1 scoreline. 

“I remember having to claw 

the game back,” said Allen. 

“The goals are difficult to 

recall vividly in detail. I do 

remember the first one was 

from outside the box. The 

pitch was really, really heavy. 

“A muddy pitch and Coventry 

wore a horrible chocolate 

strip. Certain things stick in 

your mind. It was a dream 

come true. I was told on 

the Friday I was starting on 

the Saturday. 

“In a way the innocence 

of youth helped me. I was 

very fortunate because I 

was born into a footballing 

family (dad Les played for and 

managed the R’s). I’d been in 

and around QPR since I was 

five or six. It was like a second 

home for me. 

“The magnitude of a debut, 

although it was special, 

wasn’t that great. It wasn’t 

something I was going to be 

overawed by. It was almost like 

it was my destiny. That this 

was my time. My chance. I felt 

comfortable with it all. 

“The manager just said, 

‘Go out and play and enjoy 

yourself.’ Do what I’d been 

doing. Nothing brain storming. 

“I’d scored goals through the 

youth team and reserve team. 

I think he identified talent. I 

felt very relaxed. Obviously 

nervous, but comfortable. 


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“I maintained my perspective. 

My dad told me to keep my 

feet on the ground. It was, 

‘Now you’ve scored a hattrick, 

you’ve got to do it in the 

next game.’ I was never ever 

allowed to get carried away 

with what I did that day.” 

The emergence of Allen 

in Rangers’ best result 

of a season was a shaft 

of sunlight in a dark and 

gloomy campaign as Steve 

Burtenshaw’s side lost their 

top-flight status. 

But Allen proved his treble 

was no flash in the pan. He 

went on to score 30 goals in 

his first complete season as 

a professional and netted 72 

in 136 league games in two 

spells at QPR. 

Allen averaged close to a goal 

every other game in around 

400 appearances with 10 

clubs, including seven from 

London (although he moved 

from Arsenal to Crystal 

Palace without having played 

a competitive match for 

the Gunners). 

With Tottenham Hotspur, he 

scored a club record 49 

competitive goals during the 

1986/87 season. He was, 

simply, a goal machine. 

* Mike Donovan is an author 

and award-winning journalist. 

He also produced Queens 

Park Rangers Greatest 

Games in 2013, with Stan 

Bowles, no less, helping 

to promote it and ‘Sir’ 

Les Ferdinand writing the 

foreword. Has a feel for the 

Bush. Taken to Cook’s Pie 

and Mash Shop in the area’s 

market by his mum (who 

worked in the area) and dad, 

attended concerts at the 

fabulous Empire and hung 

out socially in W12 growing 

up. Has written a series of 

football books, the latest, 

Football’s Braveheart: The 

Authorised Biography of 

Dave Mackay, was published 

by Pitch on 26th July. 


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PUTTING THE SPARK 

INTO MATCHDAY 

PROGRAMMES... 

PROUD PROGRAMME 

PARTNERS OF 

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

www.ignitionsportsmedia.com 


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QPR FC 

WOMEN 

HANWELL TOWN TO 

HOST QPR FC WOMEN 

QPR FC Women will be playing all first-team 

home fixtures at Hanwell Town’s Powerday 

Stadium for the 2021/22 season. 

Located in Greenford, just off the A40, the 

female R’s - who clinched promotion to the 

FA Women’s National League Division One 

South East last summer - will now be able 

to soak up all the benefits of playing their 

home games at Hanwell. 

R’s boss Steve Quashie said: “I’m ecstatic 

that the club has secured a professional 

relationship with Hanwell. 

“The impressive Powerday Stadium is 

in the QPR catchment area, therefore 

easily accessible for current, and 

future supporters. 

“Their pitch is maintained by experienced 

groundstaff, who’ve won many accolades 

over the years. The excellent surface will 

make a positive impact on the players and 

set us up for what will be a great year.” 

Charlotte Edwards, QPR in the Community 

Trust’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 

Lead, said: “We’ve been having regular 

conversations with the representatives at 

Hanwell since we knew of the team’s place 

in Tier 4. Hanwell are very keen to have QPR 

FC Women play at the Powerday Stadium 

and have welcomed us with open arms. 

“We hope, in turn, to generate lots of 

interest around female football locally and 

with the club’s younger female teams.” 

Nigel Hunt, Hanwell’s CEO, added: “Hanwell 

is a community-based club with the largest 

youth set-up in the borough of Ealing. 

“Having QPR at the Powerday Stadium will 

be a great fit for us as we’re trying to raise 

the profile of female football within the 

local area. 

“We see this as a partnership and look 

forward to working with the management 

team at QPR to create a welcoming and 

friendly environment at the club.” 


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SOCCER SCHOOLS 

QPR IN THE COMMUNITY 

TRUST WERE ONCE AGAIN 

DELIGHTED TO HOST 

A RANGE OF SUMMER 

SOCCER SCHOOLS 

THROUGHOUT THE WEST 

LONDON AREA FOR 

CHILDREN AGED FIVE TO 14. 

Based at PlayFootball in Shepherd’s Bush, the 

intense football courses - available to boys 

and girls - are annually hosted throughout the 

summer holidays, giving local children a fantastic 

opportunity to stay active. 

Furthermore, we also hosted our popular Soccer 

Schools at Botwell Leisure Centre in Hayes, a 

unique camp for local children who are eligible for 

free school meals. 

Danny Harrigan, QPR’s Soccer Schools Coordinator, 

said: “Once again our summer Soccer 

Schools have been a fantastic success. 

“Like always, we’ve had a great number of 

participants who turn up each day excited for what 

they’re going to learn. 

“All our staff are fantastic coaches and able to pass 

on their skills to the children, who come away from 

a week with us a better player. 

“Thank you for a fantastic summer and hopefully 

we’ll see you all in October.” 


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DATE KO OPPOSITION SCORE POS. STARTING XI 

AUGUST 

Sat 7 15:00 Millwall D 1-1 15 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE 1 DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE 

Wed 11 19:45 Leyton Orient CC D 1-1* N/A ARCHER KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE BARBET WALLACE 

Sat 14 15:00 Hull City W 3-0 2 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE 1 DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE 

Wed 18 19:45 Middlesbrough W 3-2† 3 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE 

Sat 21 12:30 Barnsley D 1-1 3 DIENG THOMAS DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET KAKAY 

Tue 24 19:45 Oxford United CC W 2-0† N/A ARCHER ODUBAJO KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE McCALLUM 

Sat 28 15:00 Coventry City 

SEPTEMBER 

Sat 11 15:00 Reading 

Tue 14 19:45 AFC Bournemouth 

Sat 18 15:00 Bristol City 

Fri 24 20:00 West Bromwich Albion 

Tue 28 19:45 Birmingham City 

OCTOBER 

Sat 2 15:00 Preston North End 

Sat 16 15:00 Fulham 

Tue 19 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 

Sat 23 15:00 Peterborough United 

Sat 30 15:00 Nottingham Forest 

NOVEMBER 

Wed 3 19:45 Cardiff City 

Sat 6 15:00 Blackpool 

Sat 20 15:00 Luton Town 

Wed 24 19:45 Huddersfield Town 

Sat 27 15:00 Derby County 

DECEMBER 

Sat 4 15:00 Stoke City 

Sat 11 15:00 Sheffield United 

Sat 18 15:00 Swansea City 

Sun 26 15:00 AFC Bournemouth 

Wed 29 19:45 Bristol City 

JANUARY 

Sat 1 15:00 Birmingham City 

Sat 15 15:00 West Bromwich Albion 

Sat 22 15:00 Coventry City 

Sat 29 15:00 Reading 

FEBRUARY 

Sat 5 15:00 Millwall 

Wed 9 19:45 Middlesbrough 

Sat 12 15:00 Barnsley 

Sat 19 15:00 Hull City 

Wed 23 19:45 Blackpool 

Sat 26 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 

MARCH 

Sat 5 15:00 Cardiff City 

Sat 12 15:00 Luton Town 

Tue 15 19:45 Nottingham Forest 

Sat 19 15:00 Peterborough United 

APRIL 

Sat 2 15:00 Fulham 

Sat 9 15:00 Preston North End 

Fri 15 15:00 Huddersfield Town 

Mon 18 15:00 Derby County 

Sat 23 15:00 Stoke City 

Sat 30 15:00 Sheffield United 

MAY 

Sat 7 12:30 Swansea City 

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CHAMP STAT PACK 

LEAGUE TABLE 

2o21 /22 

# CLUB P W D L F A +/- PTS 

1 FULHAM 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 10 

2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 3 1 0 11 6 6 10 

3 STOKE CITY 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 10 

4 COVENTRY CITY 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 9 

5 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 4 2 2 0 9 5 4 8 

6 CARDIFF CITY 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 8 

7 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 4 2 2 0 8 5 3 8 

8 BIRMINGHAM CITY 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 7 

9 BLACKBURN ROVERS 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7 

10 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 4 2 1 1 5 7 -2 7 

11 LIUTON TOWN 4 2 0 2 6 8 -2 6 

12 MIDDLESBROUGH 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 

13 BARNSLEY 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 

14 DERBY COUNTY 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5 

15 BRISTOL CITY 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 

16 SWANSEA CITY 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 

17 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4 

18 READING 4 1 0 3 7 9 -2 3 

19 HULL CITY 4 1 0 3 4 7 -3 3 

20 PRESTON NORTH END 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 3 

21 MILLWALL 4 0 2 2 4 7 -3 2 

22 BLACKPOOL 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2 

23 SHEFFIELD UNITED 4 0 1 3 1 7 -6 1 

24 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 4 0 0 4 3 7 -4 0 

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Fixtures 

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TOP FIVE 

Goalscorers 

ADEN FLINT 

CARDIFF CITY 4 

JOHN SWIFT 

READING 3 

FABIO CARVALHO 

FULHAM 3 

CALLUM ROBINSON 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3 

DOMINIC SOLANKE 

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 3 

TOP FIVE 

Assists 

RYAN GILES 


MARLON PACK 


BOBBY DE CORDOVA-REID 

FULHAM 3 

TOMMY SMITH 

STOKE CITY 3 

JOHN SWIFT 

READING 2 

TOP FIVE 

Clean Sheets 

MATIJA SARKIC 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 3 

STEVEN BENDA 

SWANSEA CITY 2 

JOSEF BURSIK 

STOKE CITY 2 

KELLE ROOS 

DERBY COUNTY 2 

SIMON SLUGA 

LUTON TOWN 2 


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Columnist 

I 

THE JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER 

PENS HIS LATEST COLUMN… 

’d had such an exhausting few days 

last week as well as a night out on 

Friday. Incredibly, I didn’t wake up until 

half-time during the Barnsley game. 

With Keith Andrews and Neil Redfearn picking 

through the wreckage of QPR’s first-half 

performance, there seemed little prospect that 

we’d find a route back into the match. 

Indeed, there’s every chance the players were 

feeling as fatigued as I was after trips to Hull 

and Middlesbrough within the space of a few 

days. But QPR were so dominant in the second 

half that, having not seen the first period, it 

seemed hard to believe that we’d been as bad as 

the analysis had portrayed. 

It was great that we turned the game around and 

forced the draw - but this, and the opening day 

home draw with Millwall, was a timely reminder 

to fans that Championship sides will come here 

throughout the season and cause problems. 

It’s been great seeing Stefan Johansen back in 

a Rangers shirt. It was never a fait accompli that 

he would make his loan from Fulham permanent 

over the summer. 

He may or may not remember me collaring him 

in one of the hospitality lounges at Fulham on 

a Friday night two seasons ago. He won man of 

the match that evening as Fulham recovered 

from Jordan Hugill’s early opener to beat us 2-1. 

I actually told him after that game what a great 

club QPR was and that he should maybe consider 

joining us that day. At that point, my mate 

Joel (pictured left) pulled me back to our table 

before the waiter took the prawn sandwiches away. 

Finally, I must extend the warmest of 

welcomes to my former Sky colleagues John 

McLaughlin and Steve Baker, who will be in the 

away end this afternoon. 

John followed Coventry all the way down to 

League Two, via ‘home’ stints at Northampton 

and Birmingham and the odd brush with 

extinction. No wonder he’s loving being 

back. Steve is an Everton fan along for the ride. 

Both are smashing lads who made my decade 

at Sky all the more enjoyable. In return, I often 

brightened many a dreary morning for them with 

a sparkling comedy repertoire, solid on-screen 

performance, and all-round bonhomie. 

So much so, that when I invited the self-styled 

‘Hammersmith Hardmen’ for a post-match 

debrief at Defector’s Weld, they told me that as 

much as they’d have loved to join me, they were 

rushing off to a Bluetones gig at The Forum in 

Kentish Town. 

I still hope to meet them for a pint before the 

game - as long as I leave my joke book at home. 


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22 Moses ODUBAJO 

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24 Charlie OWENS 

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30 Kiyan PRINCE 

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31 Ray JONES 

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32 Joe WALSH GK 

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33 Dillon BARNES GK 

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1 Simon MOORE GK 

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3 Jake CLARKE-SALTER 

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4 Michael ROSE 

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5 Kyle McFADZEAN 

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6 Liam KELLY 

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7 Jodi JONES 

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8 Jamie ALLEN 

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9 Martyn WAGHORN 

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10 Callum O’HARE 

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11 Bright ENOBAKHARE 

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13 Ben WILSON GK 

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14 Ben SHEAF 

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15 Dominic HYAM 

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16 Josh PASK 

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17 Viktor GYOKERES 

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18 Ian MAATSEN 

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19 Tyler WALKER 

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22 Josh REID 

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23 Fankaty DABO 

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24 Matt GODDEN 

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26 Jordan SHIPLEY 

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28 Josh ECCLES 

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29 Julien DACOSTA 

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36 Ryan HOWLEY 

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38 Gustavo HAMER 

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43 Marco RUS 

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34 Stephen DUKE-McKENNA 

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37 Albert ADOMAH 

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38 Murphy MAHONEY GK 

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39 Joe GUBBINS 

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40 Ody ALFA 

REFEREE Dean Whitestone 

AR1 Philip Dermott 

AR2 Graham Kane 

4TH OFFICIAL Joshua Smith 

NEXT UP @ KIYAN PRINCE FOUNDATION STADIUM 

Bristol City 

Saturday 18th September, 2021 

Kick-Off 3pm

Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City

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