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THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 2021/22 SEASON<br />
ISSUE 17 £3.50<br />
v SWANSEA CITY<br />
TUESDAY 25TH JANUARY, 2022<br />
KICK-OFF 7.45PM
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TUESDAY 25TH JANUARY 2022<br />
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CEO: Lee Hoos<br />
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04 THE GAFFER<br />
Words from Mark Warburton<br />
09 NEWS + MESSAGES<br />
All the latest from W12<br />
12 THE BIG READ<br />
Interview with David Marshall<br />
19 AIDAN MAGEE<br />
The view from the press box<br />
21 VISITORS<br />
An in-depth look at our oppo<br />
28 FREEZEFRAME<br />
A classic pic from yesteryear<br />
32 ANDY SINTON<br />
Our ex-winger pens his column<br />
36 1981/82 FEATURE<br />
A chat with Mike Flanagan<br />
42 KEY FIXTURE<br />
A vital clash from 1981/82<br />
45 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN<br />
Focusing on our U18s<br />
46 OTHER USES OF LR<br />
The ground has seen it all<br />
50 JUNIOR HOOPS<br />
Test your knowledge<br />
54 MIKE DONOVAN<br />
A trip down memory lane<br />
62 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
Stay updated this season<br />
65 STAT PACK<br />
Key facts from the Champ<br />
66 COLUMNIST<br />
Sam Taylor has his say<br />
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The Gaffer<br />
FIRSTLY, MAY I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO RUSSELL<br />
MARTIN, HIS STAFF, PLAYERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH<br />
SWANSEA CITY FOOTBALL CLUB.<br />
S<br />
wansea have played a number<br />
of games less than most teams<br />
in the division and as such, are<br />
sitting in a somewhat false lower league<br />
position. We are very aware of the<br />
quality they possess in their ranks and<br />
the statistics highlight their ability to<br />
dominate the ball and create numerous<br />
problems for opposing teams. We need<br />
to prepare well and deliver a<br />
performance of intensity and purpose if<br />
we are to emerge with the much<br />
sought-after three points. Alas, due to<br />
Covid protocols we are not permitted to<br />
share a post-game drink with Russell<br />
and his staff, but we wish everyone a<br />
safe journey home.<br />
I am writing these notes on the coach<br />
as we return from a hard-earned<br />
victory against a very strong Coventry<br />
team. Very often, we have fallen foul<br />
of not taking the rewards that a good<br />
performance has justified – however,<br />
on this occasion there is no doubt<br />
that our opponents should feel very<br />
frustrated at not emerging with the<br />
spoils. They displayed a higher level<br />
of intensity, especially in the second<br />
half, and we rode our luck on several<br />
occasions.<br />
We started well, got an early goal<br />
that was taken very calmly by Andre<br />
Gray and should have been able to<br />
go forward and control the game.<br />
However, despite dominating the<br />
closing stages of the half, we failed to<br />
capitalise on some good opportunities<br />
and were made to pay shortly after<br />
the half-time break. A well-worked<br />
corner was struck sweetly home and at<br />
1-1 it was Coventry very much in the<br />
ascendancy.<br />
Despite our opponents dominating<br />
much of the period, it was a moment<br />
of quality, with Chris Willock crossing<br />
for Albert Adomah to finish, that<br />
sealed the win and allowed us to<br />
leave the stadium with all the points<br />
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The players, I hope,<br />
know that I will always<br />
seek to give an honest<br />
appraisal and we know<br />
that the better team on<br />
the day lost the game.<br />
However, the overriding<br />
factor is that the players<br />
found a way to win.<br />
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safely secured. In addition, we stood up<br />
defensively and protected our goal with<br />
an evident desire and resilience.<br />
The players, I hope, know that I will always<br />
seek to give an honest appraisal and we<br />
know that the better team on the day<br />
lost the game. However, the overriding<br />
factor is that the players found a way to<br />
win. Despite being way below our normal<br />
level and despite missing players from<br />
the squad, they dug in, showed character<br />
and won the game and for that, they<br />
deserve enormous credit.<br />
As the players left the dressing room<br />
prior to kick-off, we spoke about the<br />
4000+ QPR fans who had made the trip<br />
to Coventry to support the team. We<br />
highlighted the responsibility we have as<br />
a team to each and every supporter and<br />
set the target of being able to ensure<br />
they all enjoyed the journey home. I hope<br />
very much that this was indeed the case!!<br />
Last week’s victory over West Brom<br />
was significant for many reasons of<br />
course, however one key aspect must<br />
be highlighted as it deserves so much<br />
praise. In starting the game, Albert<br />
Adomah broke the Championship<br />
appearance record by competing in his<br />
456th fixture, a quite remarkable feat.<br />
Not only should Albert take much pride<br />
in recording this number of appearances,<br />
but also in his level of professionalism,<br />
his work ethic, his desire to impact<br />
both individually and collectively, plus<br />
of course his love for QPR! Albert is a<br />
pleasure to have in the squad and is<br />
undoubtedly highly regarded by everyone<br />
at the club. My sincere congratulations to<br />
‘Uncle’ on this magnificent achievement.<br />
Finally, we now enter a run of games that<br />
involves playing on average once every<br />
four days for the next six weeks. The<br />
squad will be challenged and demands<br />
will be faced and there will be occasions<br />
when we have to dig deep. However,<br />
with your continued support playing<br />
a vital role, I hope very much that we<br />
can continue to deliver the level of<br />
performance that ensures you enjoy<br />
watching the team play.<br />
Enjoy the game!<br />
Gaffer<br />
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feel it all<br />
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UNCLE ALBERT<br />
TOPS THE LIST<br />
THERE was plenty to<br />
celebrate after the Hoops’<br />
dramatic late win over West<br />
Brom earlier this month –<br />
and that included a personal<br />
distinction for Albert Adomah.<br />
The popular QPR winger became,<br />
in terms of appearances, the<br />
most experienced player at<br />
Championship level by clocking up<br />
his 456th game in the second tier.<br />
Aside from two Premier<br />
League outings during his time<br />
at Middlesbrough, Adomah<br />
has been operating in the<br />
Championship ever since August<br />
2010, when Bristol <strong>City</strong> signed<br />
him from Barnet.<br />
He also featured for Boro at<br />
this level, as well as Aston Villa,<br />
Nottingham Forest and Cardiff<br />
before signing for <strong>Rangers</strong> in<br />
October 2020.<br />
The West Brom game moved<br />
Adomah moved ahead of<br />
previous record holder Luke<br />
Chambers, the former Forest<br />
and Ipswich defender who is<br />
currently at Colchester.<br />
Blackpool centre-back Richard<br />
Keogh – who is also a popular<br />
figure among QPR fans, for<br />
different reasons – is third on the<br />
list, with recent <strong>Rangers</strong> arrival<br />
David Marshall in fourth place.<br />
FIXTURE CHANGES<br />
QPR’s Championship clash<br />
against Millwall at the Den has<br />
been rearranged for Tuesday<br />
15th February, kick-off 7.45pm.<br />
The game was originally<br />
scheduled to be played 10 days<br />
earlier, but <strong>Rangers</strong>’ progression<br />
to the FA Cup fourth round<br />
on the same date forced a<br />
postponement.<br />
As a result, the club requested<br />
that the trip to Barnsley three<br />
days earlier on Saturday 12th<br />
February – originally moved to<br />
8pm for live coverage on Sky<br />
Sports – revert to its original<br />
3pm kick-off time.<br />
QPR chief executive Lee Hoos<br />
said: “I would like to apologise<br />
to fans for the inconvenience<br />
caused and clarify the reasons<br />
for the change back to 3pm.<br />
“We were concerned by the very<br />
limited recovery time available for<br />
the squad. Travelling back from<br />
Barnsley after an 8pm fixture, to<br />
arrive home in the early hours of<br />
Sunday morning before visiting<br />
Millwall on Tuesday, presented a<br />
significant issue.<br />
“I would like to thank both the<br />
EFL and Sky for their assistance<br />
in changing the kick-off time back<br />
to 3pm at the request of QPR.”<br />
Fans who have been financially<br />
impacted by purchasing nonrefundable<br />
fares are advised to<br />
contact the club. Visit www.qpr.<br />
co.uk for further information.<br />
Meanwhile, <strong>Rangers</strong>’ visit to<br />
Sheffield United, which was<br />
postponed last month following<br />
an outbreak of Covid-19 cases<br />
at the club, has now been<br />
rescheduled for Tuesday 5th<br />
April, kick-off 7.45pm.<br />
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AFCON ADVENTURE<br />
ENDS EARLY FOR<br />
KAKAY<br />
OSMAN Kakay’s hopes of glory at<br />
the Africa Cup of Nations are over<br />
after Sierra Leone were eliminated<br />
at the group stage after a 1-0<br />
defeat to Equatorial Guinea.<br />
The QPR defender played in all<br />
three of his country’s Group E<br />
fixtures, helping them to draw<br />
with Algeria and Ivory Coast<br />
before the Equatorial Guinea loss<br />
sealed their fate.<br />
However, Seny Dieng and Ilias<br />
Chair both retained an interest<br />
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today’s knockout ties, with<br />
Senegal taking on Cape Verde<br />
and Morocco up against Malawi<br />
for quarter-final places.<br />
WELCOME MARTY<br />
Congratulations to Scarlett<br />
Knight and Alex Makel on the<br />
birth of their son Marty on 8th<br />
January 2022.<br />
Another Ranger in the world!<br />
Love from Uncle Jake.<br />
GRAY’S WORLD<br />
CUP TARGET<br />
ANDRE Gray misses tonight’s<br />
game, as well as Saturday’s home<br />
clash against Reading, as he<br />
prepares to try and fire Jamaica<br />
into the mix for World Cup<br />
qualification.<br />
The QPR striker is part of<br />
the Reggae Boyz squad for<br />
three upcoming fixtures in the<br />
Concacaf qualifying section, all<br />
against the teams directly above<br />
them in the table.<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong>’ B team coach Paul Hall<br />
is currently in temporary charge<br />
of Jamaica, who are sixth in<br />
the table and take on Mexico<br />
on Friday before travelling to<br />
Panama three days later.<br />
They also host Costa Rica on<br />
Thursday 3rd February, with the<br />
final set of qualifiers due to take<br />
place at the end of March.<br />
The top three in the Concacaf<br />
section automatically qualify for<br />
the finals, with the fourth-placed<br />
team contesting a play-off to join<br />
them in Qatar later this year.<br />
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Ready and Willing<br />
DAVID MARSHALL<br />
INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY<br />
A SUDDEN SHORTAGE OF<br />
GOALKEEPERS FORCED QPR TO ACT<br />
SWIFTLY – AND DAVID MARSHALL<br />
ANSWERED THE SOS CALL. THE<br />
EXPERIENCED SCOTLAND STOPPER HAD<br />
NO HESITATION IN JOINING A TEAM HE<br />
FIRMLY BELIEVES ARE GOING PLACES…<br />
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David, your move to QPR<br />
came about very quickly,<br />
was it a straightforward decision for<br />
you to make?<br />
It was a whirlwind couple of days, really.<br />
Making the decision was not an issue –<br />
I was going to leave Derby during January<br />
anyway, but I was keen not to let it get<br />
to the end of the window. Sometimes<br />
that’s out of your hands because clubs<br />
like to do their business late in the<br />
month. I spoke to (goalkeeping coach)<br />
Gavin Ward on Monday afternoon, then<br />
I got a call at 6.30pm and the plan was<br />
to get down as soon as possible and<br />
train on Tuesday. We couldn’t get the<br />
paperwork done until the next day but I<br />
managed to train with Gavin on Tuesday<br />
afternoon. It was an easy decision to<br />
make because there was an opportunity<br />
to play straight away and the cherry on<br />
top of the cake was that QPR are flying<br />
high in the league. So I got a clear sense<br />
that it was the right place for me.<br />
It’s often the way, but of course the<br />
opportunity came about through<br />
someone else’s misfortune – you must<br />
have sympathy for Jordan Archer?<br />
I know Jordan personally from our time<br />
together with Scotland, we have a good<br />
relationship and yes, it’s an awkward<br />
feeling when you benefit from another<br />
player’s disappointment. I saw him do his<br />
shoulder at the end of the penalty shootout<br />
and that was terrible luck. It was good<br />
to see him at the training ground the<br />
other day, from what I understand the<br />
surgery went well and hopefully he’ll keep<br />
making good progress.<br />
How did you find your debut against<br />
West Brom? I’d imagine a win and a clean<br />
sheet must have ticked the right boxes…<br />
Yes, I couldn’t really have asked for more<br />
than a 1-0 win! I enjoyed the fact it was<br />
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So I got a clear sense that it<br />
was the right place for me<br />
a vital promotion game – going straight<br />
into a huge match against a rival like<br />
West Brom added to it. They were ahead<br />
of us in the table going into the game,<br />
so to beat them was important – it<br />
gives the boys a bit more belief and the<br />
atmosphere around the stadium was<br />
incredible too. It was a big win for the club.<br />
Having spent the majority of your<br />
career in the Championship – and won<br />
the title with Cardiff <strong>City</strong> in 2013 –<br />
what do you feel a team needs to be<br />
successful at this level?<br />
Nice of you to mention the high point,<br />
because I’ve experienced life at both<br />
ends of this league! I know it’s a cliché but<br />
consistency really is the key – that’s the<br />
reason the boys have got to where they<br />
are and it’s vital to keep it rolling, chipping<br />
away and putting pressure on the teams<br />
around us and taking our chances against<br />
rivals when those come along. It’s only a<br />
big result if you follow it up with another<br />
and you can’t afford to let yourselves get<br />
either too high, or too low on the back of<br />
one game. What’s also important is that<br />
the quality of the squad is there – at the<br />
moment we’re missing a few lads who are<br />
away at the Africa Cup of Nations, yet the<br />
quality is still really high.<br />
During those eight years at Cardiff, you<br />
must have experienced some keenlycontested<br />
battles against tonight’s<br />
opponents, <strong>Swansea</strong> <strong>City</strong>…<br />
The first few years I was at Cardiff, we<br />
certainly did – and then <strong>Swansea</strong> got<br />
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QPR have given me an<br />
opportunity and hopefully I<br />
can repay the club. It’s a<br />
massive few months coming<br />
up and we’re in a good<br />
position, so there’s no reason<br />
why we can’t be thinking<br />
about promotion<br />
promoted to the Premier League, so<br />
we were trying to catch them up. Once<br />
we did go up, it was a big moment for<br />
me to play in the first Welsh derby in the<br />
Premier League and we managed to win<br />
that one, 1-0 at home, although they<br />
beat us in the return game at the Liberty<br />
Stadium. <strong>Swansea</strong> do have a unique style<br />
of playing – certainly different to most<br />
Championship teams – and I think Russell<br />
Martin’s added to that since he’s been<br />
there. If they get a run together, they’ll<br />
certainly be targeting the play-offs.<br />
You mentioned <strong>Swansea</strong> boss Russell<br />
Martin, someone you played with at<br />
international level – was he always<br />
one you’d have expected to become a<br />
coach or manager?<br />
I know Russell quite well, he’s a good<br />
mate and I hope things go well for him,<br />
just not this evening obviously! He always<br />
seemed like one of the players within the<br />
squad who had a future in coaching – he<br />
was captain at Norwich for a long time<br />
and a strong voice in any dressing-room.<br />
I’ve run into Russell a few times since he<br />
finished playing because the coaching<br />
licences also take place where the<br />
national squads are based and he had a<br />
great start at MK Dons, which got him<br />
the opportunity to manage <strong>Swansea</strong>. He<br />
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That was a big occasion<br />
at a fantastic stadium and<br />
it’d be amazing to top this<br />
season off at Wembley, as<br />
long as we win!<br />
doesn’t deviate from his style of football<br />
regardless of results, he sticks to his<br />
principles and always will do.<br />
On the subject of Scotland, you’re not<br />
too far off 50 caps – presumably that<br />
must be an added incentive to perform<br />
well for QPR, with the World Cup playoffs<br />
coming up?<br />
It’s been a strange few months in that<br />
regard. Obviously I’ve played for Scotland<br />
over the last three or four years, including<br />
the European Championships last<br />
summer, so then not being involved at<br />
all with Derby has been tough. Playing<br />
for Scotland again is in the back of your<br />
mind, but first and foremost you have<br />
to be thinking about club football – if<br />
you’re not playing and performing, you’re<br />
never going get those international<br />
caps. QPR have given me an opportunity<br />
and hopefully I can repay the club. It’s<br />
a massive few months coming up and<br />
we’re in a good position, so there’s no<br />
reason why we can’t be thinking about<br />
promotion. If that goes well, then I’m sure<br />
the Scotland thing takes care of itself.<br />
You kept a clean sheet against England<br />
at Wembley in the Euros last summer –<br />
what would you say to a return visit in<br />
May for the Championship play-off final?<br />
That was a big occasion at a fantastic<br />
stadium and it’d be amazing to top this<br />
season off at Wembley, as long as we win!<br />
But, before we start thinking about the<br />
play-offs, let’s try and get ahead of that<br />
lottery – I honestly think it’s possible.<br />
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there is one that we must all share. There is<br />
no place for discrimination in our game. If<br />
you do not agree, then you are not welcome.<br />
If you see or hear discrimination in this<br />
stadium, please report it to the nearest<br />
steward or via the Kick it Out App.<br />
Because we are all<br />
#TogetherAgainstDiscrimination<br />
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Columnist<br />
I<br />
THE JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER PENS HIS<br />
LATEST COLUMN…<br />
’m starting to believe anything is<br />
possible with this QPR team.<br />
As I looked ahead to Coventry, reflecting<br />
on the progress they’ve made and momentum<br />
they’d gathered under Mark Robins in recent<br />
seasons – not to mention their impressive<br />
showing even in defeat here at <strong>Rangers</strong> in<br />
September, I’d have taken a point.<br />
I believe we’ve played far better on numerous<br />
occasions this year. The performance on<br />
Saturday, though, was a rugged display against<br />
a strong side. We were under intense pressure –<br />
and produced two pieces of attacking quality to<br />
win the game. Indeed, it was the kind of display<br />
which characterises promotion-winning teams.<br />
Believe me, I’ve seen my fair share of those<br />
in 20 years covering the EFL, and we’re now<br />
in contention for automatic promotion for<br />
good reason.<br />
I had planned to get to Coventry, but GB News’<br />
new weekend breakfast duo of Anne Diamond<br />
and Stephen Dixon invited me to appear on their<br />
show to preview the day’s football and discuss<br />
the latest on the Novak Djokovic saga.<br />
It left me cutting it fine to reach Coventry by<br />
train, especially as planned engineering works<br />
meant a rail replacement bus service on part of<br />
the journey. I was tired after getting up for work<br />
at 4am, and I faced a similar wake-up time for<br />
work the following day. I ruefully gave it a miss.<br />
QPR made a brief chat about football<br />
shirts during Anne and Stephen’s Sunday<br />
morning show – the latter even challenging<br />
me to post a picture of myself in a QPR top on<br />
Twitter. As you can see, that’s exactly what I did.<br />
The ‘Dennis the Menace’ number always goes<br />
down well with <strong>Rangers</strong> fans and neutrals alike.<br />
Finally, a word on the support at Coventry – it<br />
was nothing short of magnificent, as it has been<br />
away from home throughout the campaign. We<br />
shall keep it up, I’ve no doubt.<br />
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Today , s Opposition:<br />
SWANSEA<br />
CITY<br />
IN THE CABINET:<br />
CLUB FACTS:<br />
STADIUM:<br />
[ <strong>Swansea</strong>.com<br />
Stadium ]<br />
OPENED:<br />
[ 2005 ]<br />
CURRENT CAPACITY:<br />
[ 21,088 ]<br />
RECORD ATTENDANCE:<br />
[ 20.972 ]<br />
(<strong>Swansea</strong> v Liverpool)<br />
CLUB COLOURS:<br />
[ White & Black ]<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP (LEVEL 2)<br />
Promoted: 1980/81<br />
Play-off winners: 2010/11<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3)<br />
Champions: 1924/25, 1948/49, 2007/08<br />
Promoted: 1978/79<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO (LEVEL 4)<br />
Champions: 1999/2000<br />
Promoted: 1969/70, 1977/78, 2004/05<br />
Play-off winners: 1987/88<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP<br />
Winners: 2012/13<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY<br />
Winners: 1993/94, 2005/06<br />
S W A N S E A C I T Y F A C T F I L E<br />
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SWANSEA CITY<br />
OPPOSITION<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
O P P O S I T I O N O V E R V I E W<br />
ASIDE from their rapid rise and fall during the late 70s and early<br />
80s, <strong>Swansea</strong>’s recent seven-year spell in the Premier League<br />
ranks as the pinnacle of the club’s history.<br />
Known as Town until city status was conferred on <strong>Swansea</strong> in<br />
1969, the South Wales side won three promotions in four years<br />
under the stewardship of John Toshack – only to drop back to the<br />
bottom rung of the Football League ladder even more swiftly.<br />
But <strong>Swansea</strong>’s star rose again following their move from the Vetch<br />
Field in 2005 and they worked their way up again, ascending to the<br />
top flight in 2011 and winning the League Cup – the first major<br />
trophy in their history – two years later.<br />
Relegation in 2018 inevitably led to a rebuilding process, with the<br />
task initially handed to Graham Potter and then Steve Cooper, who<br />
steered the Swans to the play-offs in successive seasons.<br />
Cooper’s departure last summer meant the baton passed to former<br />
MK Dons boss Russell Martin, but it has been a patchy campaign so<br />
far, with the team hovering around lower to mid-table.<br />
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[ THE GAFFER ]<br />
M<br />
RUSSELL MARTIN<br />
Age: 36<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Year Appointed: 2021<br />
Succeeded: Steve Cooper<br />
FORMER Norwich and<br />
Scotland defender<br />
Russell Martin is in his<br />
second managerial<br />
post, having taken<br />
over at <strong>Swansea</strong> after<br />
almost two seasons in<br />
charge of MK Dons.<br />
During almost nine<br />
years at Carrow Road,<br />
Martin twice helped<br />
the Canaries to secure<br />
promotion to the<br />
Premier League,<br />
captaining them in the<br />
second of those<br />
successes before a<br />
brief spell with<br />
Glasgow <strong>Rangers</strong>.<br />
The 36-year-old took<br />
his first steps into<br />
coaching while still a<br />
player at Walsall,<br />
eventually moving to<br />
Milton Keynes for a<br />
final swansong in<br />
January 2019.<br />
Martin featured in the<br />
side that clinched<br />
promotion to League<br />
One, but hung up his<br />
boots during the<br />
following season when<br />
the Dons invited him to<br />
take charge after Paul<br />
Tisdale’s departure.<br />
Having initially kept<br />
the Dons in the third<br />
tier, Martin then<br />
guided them to a<br />
13th-place finish last<br />
season, with <strong>Swansea</strong><br />
moving to appoint him<br />
as head coach on the<br />
eve of the current<br />
campaign.<br />
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[ SAFE HANDS ] [ THE ROCK ]<br />
BEN HAMER<br />
GOALKEEPER<br />
Age: 34<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed From: Huddersfield<br />
THE expiry of Freddie<br />
Woodman’s loan from<br />
Newcastle allowed<br />
Hamer the opportunity<br />
to establish himself as<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong>’s number one<br />
– and the experienced<br />
keeper has certainly<br />
done that this season.<br />
Beginning his career at<br />
Reading, the 34-yearold<br />
impressed during<br />
three separate loan<br />
spells with Brentford<br />
and a three-year spell<br />
between the posts for<br />
Charlton, helping the<br />
Addicks to gain<br />
promotion from League<br />
One in 2012.<br />
He moved on to<br />
Leicester, making 12<br />
Premier League<br />
appearances for the<br />
Foxes and seven more<br />
for Huddersfield,<br />
leaving the Yorkshire<br />
side a year ago to join<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> as back-up to<br />
Woodman.<br />
With more than 200 <strong>Swansea</strong><br />
appearances under his belt, Kyle<br />
Naughton has been an integral<br />
part of the Welsh club’s defence<br />
since his arrival from Tottenham<br />
seven years ago.<br />
Having launched his career with<br />
hometown side Sheffield United,<br />
the England Under-21<br />
international eventually moved to<br />
Spurs in 2009 alongside fellow<br />
Blade Kyle Walker, going on to<br />
feature 74 times for the north<br />
Londoners.<br />
Naughton was also loaned out to<br />
Middlesbrough, Leicester and<br />
Norwich before eventually<br />
departing White Hart Lane<br />
permanently in 2015, with<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> stumping up a £5m fee<br />
for his signature.<br />
CLASSIC KIT<br />
SCOTT<br />
SINCLAIR<br />
2011<br />
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KYLE NAUGHTON<br />
DEFENDER<br />
Age: 33<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed From: Tottenham<br />
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[ THE HIT MAN ]<br />
#<br />
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DODGY BARNET<br />
DEREK<br />
DRAPER<br />
1962<br />
RYAN MANNING<br />
MIDFIELDER<br />
Age: 25<br />
Nationality: Irish<br />
Signed From: QPR<br />
[ THE ENGINE ]<br />
Back at the Kiyan Prince<br />
Foundation Stadium for the<br />
second time since his departure,<br />
Ryan Manning will be keen to<br />
feature after remaining on the<br />
bench during the Swans’ 2-0<br />
victory on Boxing Day 2020.<br />
The versatile 25-year-old, who<br />
joined the R’s from Galway United<br />
in 2015, had to wait for his<br />
first-team opportunity but went<br />
on to score nine goals in 96<br />
appearances for the club before<br />
opting to make the switch to<br />
South Wales during the early part<br />
of last season.<br />
Despite often utilising Manning as<br />
a defender, <strong>Swansea</strong> have moved<br />
the Republic of Ireland<br />
international back to his favoured<br />
midfield role in recent weeks.<br />
MICHAEL OBAFEMI<br />
FORWARD<br />
Age: 21<br />
Nationality: Irish<br />
Signed From: Southampton<br />
Southampton’s<br />
youngest ever Premier<br />
League scorer when he<br />
netted against<br />
Huddersfield as an<br />
18-year-old, Michael<br />
Obafemi left St Mary’s<br />
last summer to sing a<br />
three-year deal with<br />
the Swans.<br />
Obafemi, who had been<br />
released by Watford in<br />
his teens, arrived at<br />
Southampton in 2016<br />
via Leyton Orient and<br />
went on to feature in<br />
39 games for the<br />
Saints, finding the net<br />
five times.<br />
Having also been eligible<br />
to play for England and<br />
Nigeria, the striker<br />
nailed his colours to the<br />
Republic of Ireland mast<br />
and made his full<br />
international debut in<br />
November 2018,<br />
coming on as a<br />
substitute against<br />
Denmark.<br />
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S W A N S E A C I T Y D A N G E R M A N<br />
[ DANGER MAN ]<br />
AIMING to follow in the<br />
footsteps of the many<br />
great Dutch players<br />
who have plied their<br />
trade in English<br />
football, Joël Piroe has<br />
made a promising start<br />
to his <strong>Swansea</strong> career.<br />
Piroe, who<br />
represented his<br />
country at U15<br />
through to U20 level,<br />
has already hit double<br />
figures for the Swans<br />
since his summer<br />
arrival, with five of<br />
those goals registered<br />
in his first eight<br />
appearances.<br />
Originally a left-sided<br />
defender or midfielder<br />
in the youth set-up<br />
at NEC Nijmegen,<br />
Piroe was moved<br />
further forward and,<br />
after a year on the<br />
books at Feyenoord,<br />
he signed for PSV at<br />
the age of 15.<br />
He made his<br />
professional debut<br />
with their reserve side<br />
in the Dutch second<br />
tier, but was loaned to<br />
top-flight Sparta<br />
Rotterdam during the<br />
2019/20 season before<br />
returning to PSV and<br />
netting three goals in<br />
14 appearances.<br />
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JOEL PIROE<br />
FORWARD<br />
Age: 22<br />
Nationality: Dutch<br />
Signed From: PSV Eindhoven<br />
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FAMILIAR FACE:<br />
WAYNE<br />
ROUTLEDGE<br />
FLYING winger Wayne Routledge became a popular figure at<br />
QPR when he arrived from Aston Villa in 2009 – having turned<br />
down a permanent move to Cardiff, where he had been on loan.<br />
After scoring seven times in 49 appearances for the R’s, the former<br />
Crystal Palace and Tottenham man signed for Newcastle and<br />
helped the Magpies to clinch the 2009/10 Championship title.<br />
However, Routledge moved back to W12 on loan the following<br />
January, playing a pivotal role during the second half of the<br />
campaign as he went on to repeat that title success with Neil<br />
Warnock’s side.<br />
He joined <strong>Swansea</strong> that summer and spent a memorable decade<br />
among the Jack Army, playing in the club’s 2013 League Cup<br />
triumph and netting 33 goals in 304 appearances before eventually<br />
hanging up his boots last year.<br />
QPR Apps: 64 Gls: 8<br />
2009-10 & 2011<br />
SWA Apps: 259 Gls: 25<br />
2011-21<br />
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FREEZEFRAME<br />
A PICTORIAL LOOK BACK AT A PREVIOUS<br />
CLASH WITH TONIGHT’S OPPONENTS…<br />
Adel Taarabt takes on <strong>Swansea</strong>’s Garry Monk<br />
during his home debut for QPR in March 2009,<br />
on loan from Tottenham. Taarabt would return for a<br />
second loan spell before spearheading <strong>Rangers</strong>’ title<br />
success in the 2010/11 campaign…<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
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# 1 Seny DIENG<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Apps: 26 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 2 Osman KAKAY<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Richard &<br />
Vivienne<br />
MacLennan<br />
Apps: 7+7 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 3 Lee WALLACE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Trish Phillips<br />
Apps: 12 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 4 Rob DICKIE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Jakson Buhaj<br />
Apps: 30 Gls: 4<br />
YC: 7 RC: 0<br />
# 5 Jordy DE WIJS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 12+1 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# #<br />
Marco 6 RAMKILDE Yoann BARBET 27<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Apps: 29 Gls: 2<br />
YC: 4 RC: 0<br />
# 7 Stefan JOHANSEN<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
David Loveland<br />
& Nik Cameron<br />
Apps: 22+1 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 7 RC: 0<br />
# 8 Luke AMOS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Apps: 3+11 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 2 RC: 0<br />
# 9 Lyndon DYKES<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Ron Hill<br />
Apps: 17+2 Gls: 7<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 10 Ilias CHAIR<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Keith Porter<br />
Apps: 23 Gls: 6<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 11 Charlie AUSTIN<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Phil Newman &<br />
Billy Maguire<br />
Apps: 14+9 Gls: 5<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 12 Dominic BALL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Nathan Smith<br />
Apps: 14+7 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 13 Jordan ARCHER<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 4 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 14 George THOMAS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 4+6 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 15 Sam FIELD<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Apps: 5+3 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 4 RC: 0<br />
# #<br />
Marco 16 RAMKILDE Sam McCALLUM 27<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 10 Gls: 2<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 17 Andre DOZZELL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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Apps: 13+7 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 5 RC: 1<br />
# 19 Andre GRAY<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Deb and<br />
Marc Buhaj<br />
Apps: 8+7 Gls: 4<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 20 Jimmy DUNNE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 18+4 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 21 Chris WILLOCK<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Richie Dixon<br />
Apps: 26+1 Gls: 5<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 22 Moses ODUBAJO<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Phil & Harry<br />
Newman<br />
Apps: 14+4 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 3 RC: 1<br />
# 24 Charlie OWENS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 32 Joe WALSH<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 33 Dillon BARNES<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 34 Stephen DUKE-McKENNA<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0+3 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 37 Albert ADOMAH<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Martin & Kieran<br />
O’Brien - True<br />
Potential Wealth<br />
Management<br />
Apps: 14+7 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 2 RC: 0<br />
# 39 Joe GUBBINS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0+1 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 40 Ody ALFA<br />
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Apps: 0+1 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
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OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S<br />
VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR…<br />
G<br />
ood evening everyone and welcome<br />
back to the Kiyan Prince Foundation<br />
Stadium for tonight’s game against<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
After losing in the play-off final last season,<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> had a new head coach in Russell<br />
Martin take charge just before the season<br />
started, but have had an indifferent campaign<br />
to date and currently sit in 17th position in the<br />
table. I am sure they will be looking to improve<br />
that league position in the second half of the<br />
season as they have a talented squad and<br />
come here on the back of two good results.<br />
They drew away at Huddersfield and won at<br />
home on Saturday against Preston, so they<br />
will come here full of confidence. Like every<br />
team in this division, they will provide tough<br />
opposition for us to overcome and get the<br />
three points we are hoping for.<br />
We come into tonight’s game having won our<br />
last four league matches, which has put us<br />
in a very good position in the table. Since my<br />
last notes, we have picked up two tremendous<br />
victories against West Brom and Coventry. In<br />
the West Brom game, Charlie Austin came off<br />
the bench to head a late winner against his<br />
old club after great work from Chris Willock.<br />
I thought we played extremely well in the<br />
second half and really got at a very good and<br />
well organised team. I said on commentary<br />
with Nick London, who is great to sit alongside<br />
at every game, that when we play at a high<br />
intensity in the way we close opponents down,<br />
move the ball quickly and put them under<br />
pressure, we are a very good side. We also<br />
defended really well throughout and it was<br />
great to get a clean sheet – that always gives<br />
you the platform to win games. That win felt<br />
like a big three points as we leapfrogged West<br />
Brom in the table.<br />
We were then faced with another tough<br />
game on Saturday, when we made the trip<br />
up to Coventry and came away with another<br />
tremendous three points after a 2-1 victory.<br />
Having taken an early lead with a very good<br />
finish from Andre Gray – again after excellent<br />
work from Chris Willock – Coventry really<br />
came back at us very strongly. New signing<br />
David Marshall was called into action several<br />
times in the opening half-hour and showed<br />
what a very good goalkeeper he is with vital<br />
saves to keep us in front. I was impressed with<br />
Coventry on the day and you can see why<br />
they’ve enjoyed a good season so far. They<br />
scored a stunning equaliser before the game<br />
was immediately stopped due to an incident in<br />
the crowd. It is something we have seen a few<br />
times recently and full credit must go to all the<br />
medical personnel who were quickly on hand<br />
to deal with the situation facing them. I speak<br />
for everyone when I sincerely hope the person<br />
involved is safe and well and makes a speedy<br />
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recovery and I send them the best wishes of<br />
everyone connected to QPR.<br />
Due to the incident that took place, the game<br />
was stopped for some 13 minutes, which<br />
must be very difficult for all the players to stay<br />
focused as they wait for the restart. Once it<br />
did resume, Coventry pushed us hard but we<br />
again showed good grit and determination<br />
to withstand what they threw at us and it was<br />
brilliant to see Albert Adomah head home a<br />
fine Willock cross and win us the game. We<br />
were not at our best on Saturday and when this<br />
happens it is so important to pick up points, so<br />
to get all three was fantastic.<br />
Due to the position we have got ourselves into,<br />
it seems every game is now an important one<br />
and tonight will be no different. We will be going<br />
all out to get another valuable three points but<br />
know we will have to really work hard and play well<br />
to do that.<br />
I think it is very important to take each game as<br />
it comes and just focus on ourselves, making<br />
sure our preparation and performances are<br />
where they need to be. Get this right and you<br />
will usually get the results you are striving for.<br />
Mark and his staff, all the players and everyone<br />
behind the scenes at the club have worked<br />
incredibly hard and we are in a very good<br />
position. However, we all know that there is so<br />
much work still to be done and a long way to go<br />
this season, so we must remain totally focused<br />
on the job in hand and the next challenge. That<br />
challenge is tonight and one to look forward to.<br />
I have to mention our supporters again and<br />
say what incredible backing you are giving the<br />
team both at home and away. The atmosphere<br />
and noise here in the second half against West<br />
Brom was brilliant and then we had 4000 fans<br />
travelling to support the team at Coventry<br />
– amazing and thank you for that support. It<br />
really is so appreciated and does make a huge<br />
difference to the players.<br />
There is a real togetherness around the club at<br />
present, on and off the pitch, and this will be so<br />
important in the coming weeks and months ahead.<br />
Get behind the team again tonight. Be loud and<br />
be proud of who we are. We are QPR!<br />
Enjoy the game,<br />
Come on you R’s!<br />
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THIS SEASON MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE<br />
QPR REACHED THE 1981/82 FA CUP FINAL.<br />
IN EACH MATCHDAY PROGRAMME, WE SPEAK<br />
TO A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WHO PLAYED<br />
A ROLE IN THAT UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY<br />
TO THE TWIN TOWERS. NEXT UP, IT’S CLASSY<br />
FORWARD MIKE FLANAGAN…<br />
INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO<br />
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MIKE, it’s been 40 years since our<br />
run to the 1981/82 FA Cup final,<br />
but it only seems like yesterday,<br />
doesn’t it?<br />
It does. We had a great run in the cup<br />
and I have good recollections of those<br />
games – particularly in the later stages<br />
of the competition.<br />
One of the biggest fixtures was<br />
Crystal Palace at home in the<br />
quarter-finals. It was a huge<br />
needle game as several QPR men<br />
– Terry Venables, Terry Fenwick, Clive<br />
Allen and yourself – had previously<br />
been at Palace…<br />
It was a big fixture for me especially,<br />
because Terry Venables originally took<br />
me to Crystal Palace when he was<br />
there and I wouldn’t say I had the best<br />
of times. Then when Terry moved to<br />
QPR, I was one of three players who<br />
followed him, so it was nice to play my<br />
old club and get a result on the day. It<br />
was a really tight game and there<br />
wasn’t much in it. Palace had a very<br />
good side at the time and it was end to<br />
end stuff, with the crowd right behind<br />
us. We left it very late as Clive Allen<br />
managed to snatch the only goal with a<br />
couple of minutes to go – that secured<br />
the result and put QPR into the<br />
semi-finals.<br />
We had the plastic Omniturf pitch<br />
at Loftus Road during the cup run<br />
and critics used to say that it gave<br />
us a big advantage. Did the surface<br />
suit our players?<br />
It suited us as a side, yes. But from<br />
what I can remember, our league<br />
form was always very good at home<br />
before the artificial playing surface<br />
was installed. Then when the Omniturf<br />
came along, I think it did give us an<br />
advantage. You don’t need plastic<br />
nowadays though as the grass<br />
pitches in the present era are totally<br />
different to what we were used to in<br />
the 70s and 80s.<br />
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On to the semi-final against<br />
top-flight West Brom at Highbury,<br />
all the build-up before the game<br />
was about Albion’s in-form striker<br />
Cyrille Regis. The pundits said he<br />
was unstoppable…<br />
Cyrille was a very good player, a top<br />
goalscorer and obviously one of their<br />
danger men. But big Bob Hazell had a<br />
fantastic game for <strong>Rangers</strong> at the<br />
back, along with Glenn Roeder. Bob<br />
kept Cyrille very quiet in the game and<br />
didn’t give him too many chances.<br />
Again, it was a very close match and it<br />
was always going to be the one goal<br />
that would decide it.<br />
Clive Allen scored the winner for us in<br />
the 72nd minute when he blocked a<br />
clearance by West Brom defender Ally<br />
Robertson and the ball cannoned into<br />
the net. It must have been a<br />
tremendous feeling at the final whistle…<br />
We were lucky enough that Clive got<br />
himself on a clearance and it<br />
rebounded into the goal. QPR had a lot<br />
of fans there on the famous North<br />
Bank. In fact, we had great support<br />
right through the cup run. And when<br />
the players got back into our<br />
dressing-room at Highbury, it was an<br />
unbelievable scene with all the<br />
celebrations going on. I think we were a<br />
little bit shell-shocked that we had<br />
actually got ourselves to the final!<br />
Let’s talk about your style of play,<br />
Mike. You played wide left for us –<br />
was that always your position during<br />
your career?<br />
I appeared as a wide player in my early<br />
days at Charlton Athletic, but then they<br />
sold centre-forward Derek Hales and<br />
the manager started to play me as a<br />
striker. I did really well up there.<br />
However, it was always tough to get<br />
decent left-sided players in those days.<br />
So when I linked up with Terry Venables,<br />
I found myself playing out on the left<br />
again and I quite enjoyed that role at<br />
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QPR. We had a very good attacking<br />
side, with Simon Stainrod and Clive<br />
Allen supported by John Gregory as a<br />
forward-running midfielder, so I was<br />
pleased to be part of that.<br />
On to the final against Tottenham<br />
Hotspur at Wembley Stadium. In that<br />
period, it was the biggest match on<br />
the football calendar, wasn’t it?<br />
Without a doubt. I sat indoors on many<br />
occasions watching the FA Cup final<br />
and you would see the big build-up<br />
– the team coaches arriving at the<br />
stadium, all the players getting off.<br />
Then the pre-match things that went<br />
on, the warm-ups, meeting the Royal<br />
Family before kick-off and the game<br />
itself. It was an amazing day.<br />
What was the preparation like for the<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> players ahead of the final?<br />
We had a good night in the hotel on<br />
the eve of the match, everyone was in<br />
good spirits. I don’t know if the lads<br />
got a decent sleep though because of<br />
the huge occasion the next day. But<br />
we went out at Wembley and gave it<br />
our best shot.<br />
We forced a 1-1 draw against<br />
Tottenham in the first game. Glenn<br />
Hoddle gave Spurs the lead before<br />
Terry Fenwick headed our equaliser…<br />
Yeah, I can remember Hoddle scoring<br />
after we got ourselves in a little bit of a<br />
mess around the edge of the box.<br />
Then we were pushing to try to get an<br />
equaliser. We had a throw-in on the<br />
left, it got a little bit of a flick-on and<br />
Terry had come up from the back. He<br />
managed to get his head on it and<br />
scored to put us back in the game.<br />
You had a good career - what did it<br />
mean to you personally to appear in<br />
an FA Cup final?<br />
There were so many great footballers<br />
who had played in the 1960s and<br />
1970s and never got to the final. So it<br />
was an amazing day for me, something<br />
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His man-management was<br />
really good. He was very<br />
friendly with the players,<br />
always chatty and he liked<br />
a bit of a joke with the lads<br />
and stuff like that<br />
you would never forget. Maybe you<br />
thought you would never get there.<br />
QPR did well, as a Division Two side<br />
against a top Division One club, to take<br />
them to a replay. I thought we did<br />
ourselves and the club proud. Terry<br />
Venables performed magnificently to<br />
put that <strong>Rangers</strong> team together. We all<br />
got on well with one another as a tight<br />
group, so we would help each other<br />
out on the pitch and that carried us<br />
right the way through our FA Cup run.<br />
What was Terry Venables like as a<br />
manager?<br />
His man-management was really good.<br />
He was very friendly with the players,<br />
always chatty and he liked a bit of a joke<br />
with the lads and stuff like that. But he<br />
set out how he wanted us to play. We<br />
had a 4-4-2 formation and we all had<br />
our roles in the side. Terry used to say<br />
to us: “Look, you’ll have some good<br />
games, you’ll have some bad games.<br />
But at the end of the day, you’ve got<br />
your jobs to do in the team. As long as<br />
you do them, you will stay in the<br />
starting line-up.” I’ve seen one or two<br />
interviews and programmes about<br />
Terry on the box and he was very bright<br />
in his coaching, with lots of new ideas. I<br />
thought it held us in good stead for the<br />
three or four years that Terry was in<br />
charge at QPR and he did a great job as<br />
manager of the club.<br />
The replay took place at Wembley on<br />
the following Thursday evening and<br />
we did everything but score in that<br />
1-0 defeat…<br />
There wasn’t much in either of the<br />
games against Tottenham. Sometimes<br />
it is all about the team that gets the<br />
opening goal. Spurs went ahead in the<br />
first game and we fought back – then in<br />
the replay, it was very close again. I<br />
suppose there were chances at both<br />
ends that could have been taken. But it<br />
was Spurs who went on to win the cup<br />
with a penalty by Hoddle.<br />
You are now 69 years old, Mike – what<br />
are you up to these days?<br />
I’m retired from work now. I haven’t<br />
been to many professional football<br />
matches lately, but I go to watch<br />
Billericay Town FC who are just down<br />
the road from me. In fact, I was<br />
surprised to bump into Clive Allen in<br />
the club bar at one of the matches just<br />
recently! We had a good chat about<br />
some of the things that happened<br />
back in the old days. I also currently do<br />
a little bit of coaching with the<br />
Under-23 players at Brentwood Town<br />
FC, so I am keeping myself busy. I still<br />
look out for the QPR results and follow<br />
my old teams. It is nice to see the R’s<br />
doing well again.<br />
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1981/82<br />
BLACKPOOL 0<br />
QPR 0<br />
DATE: Saturday 23rd January 1982<br />
COMPETITION: FA Cup fourth round<br />
ATTENDANCE: 10,227:<br />
THE PROGRAMME: 16 pages, price 30p<br />
A BATTLING performance by <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> earned a replay in very windy<br />
conditions by the seaside.<br />
After QPR held their own for the opening 45<br />
minutes, Division Four outfit Blackpool<br />
reverted to a very direct approach. Towering<br />
striker Dave Bamber featured prominently as<br />
their target man, with crosses and set-plays<br />
peppering the danger area.<br />
Indeed, the home side might have been<br />
awarded a penalty 10 minutes after the<br />
break. Ronnie Blair definitely appeared to be<br />
impeded by R’s centre-half Ernie Howe in the<br />
box. However, referee Keith Hackett ignored<br />
noisy protests by the hostile home crowd and<br />
waved play on.<br />
Despite all the pressure, <strong>Rangers</strong> held firm,<br />
with man of the match Peter Hucker pulling<br />
off a string of sprawling saves in goal.<br />
Blackpool manager Allan Brown was incensed<br />
by the main talking point and he said<br />
afterwards: “It should have been a penalty.”<br />
Brown didn’t comment on another<br />
controversial incident where QPR midfield<br />
maestro Tony Currie leapt up to punch the ball<br />
away from Bamber’s head right in front of goal.<br />
Hoops boss Terry Venables was in a more<br />
relaxed mood after the final whistle. He told<br />
the waiting press pack: “We didn’t perform well<br />
today, especially in the second half, but I am<br />
still very pleased with this result. It will be a<br />
different story at Loftus Road for the replay.”<br />
In the News of the World match report, Martin<br />
Leach wrote: “<strong>Rangers</strong> live to fight again on<br />
their own artificial turf, thanks to Blackpool’s<br />
bad finishing and referee Keith Hackett’s<br />
strength of mind.<br />
“…After a rocky start, <strong>Rangers</strong> began to take<br />
over against a side that curiously tried to<br />
out-football possibly the Second Division’s<br />
most talented team.<br />
“…when Blackpool at last began to bustle and<br />
push in the second half, <strong>Rangers</strong> disappeared.<br />
Glenn Roeder and goalkeeper Peter Hucker<br />
were heroes in the siege, but chances were<br />
thrown away.<br />
“Referee Hackett’s moment of truth came<br />
after 55 minutes. Blackpool looked worth a<br />
penalty when Ronnie Blair was flattened by<br />
Ernie Howe. Certainly it looked easier to give<br />
a spot-kick than refuse it. But Hackett – last<br />
season’s FA Cup final ref – stood firm.”<br />
RANGERS: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock,<br />
Howe, Roeder, Allen, Flanagan, Currie,<br />
Stainrod, Gregory. Sub not used: Neill<br />
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EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: Blackpool<br />
manager Allan Brown wrote: ‘It’s<br />
the magic of the FA Cup again<br />
today…and, at last, we’ve got a<br />
home tie! We know there’ll be a<br />
special atmosphere for today’s<br />
game, which really puts us within a<br />
short step of competing with all<br />
the giants of the fifth round…and<br />
what a prospect that would be…<br />
‘…I had a look at the<br />
Middlesbrough-QPR replay at<br />
Ayresome <strong>Park</strong> on Monday night,<br />
and I’m confident that…we will be<br />
respected, if not feared, by our<br />
higher-grade visitors this<br />
afternoon.<br />
‘In cup competitions, you make<br />
your own luck to some extent and<br />
we’re all looking forward to an<br />
exciting cup-tie in keeping with the<br />
dramatic traditions of the FA Cup.’<br />
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Henry Hawkins<br />
ONE OF<br />
‘R’ OWN<br />
A CLOSER LOOK AT QPR’S UNDER-18<br />
SQUAD AS WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT<br />
THE POTENTIAL STARS OF TOMORROW.<br />
INTERVIEW: LENNIE HARVEY<br />
HENRY HAWKINS<br />
CENTRE-BACK<br />
From: Hillingdon<br />
Joined QPR: Age 8<br />
Pre-match Meal:<br />
Chicken and rice<br />
with a shake<br />
How did you get scouted?<br />
I got scouted playing Sunday league for my local<br />
side Ickenham Youth. I played there from when<br />
I was seven until I got picked up by QPR. The<br />
majority of the boys in the team got picked up<br />
by other clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea.<br />
Have you always played in the same position?<br />
I got picked up as an U9s forward and have<br />
been all over the pitch, position wise, going<br />
through the early development phases at QPR.<br />
I played midfield and full-back until around<br />
U13s, when I first played at centre-half and<br />
have been there ever since. I’ve seen many<br />
players and coaches come and go over the<br />
years, however the philosophy of the first team<br />
is seen throughout the academy.<br />
What’s been the highlight of your career so far?<br />
Probably receiving my scholarship, which is a<br />
reward for my hard work over the years. Not just<br />
me but also my parents, who have travelled miles<br />
and put in the hours to help me get to training<br />
and matches. To be full-time, you’re living the<br />
professional footballer lifestyle and becoming<br />
accustomed to being in every day, which can be<br />
physically and mentally demanding at first.<br />
Who’s your favourite player/inspiration?<br />
My favourite player is Sergio Ramos – he’s<br />
aggressive but also composed on the<br />
ball, which is what a centre-back needs in<br />
modern football. He has been one of the<br />
best defenders in the world for the past 10<br />
years and he’s won everything there is to win<br />
trophy-wise. It shows the winning mentality<br />
he has and how that’s impacted his personal<br />
performances and his team’s.<br />
Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?<br />
I’m hopeful I will be playing first-team football<br />
consistently – QPR is the dream. However, I’ll<br />
be grateful just to be playing in a first team<br />
consistently for someone, as high up the<br />
league ladder as possible!<br />
What are your targets for the rest<br />
of the season?<br />
To secure myself another contract at the<br />
club and to keep developing as a player,<br />
becoming a more powerful and commanding<br />
defender. Hopefully I can get minutes with<br />
the U23s in the second half of the season<br />
which will be a test, while giving me the best<br />
preparation for the possibility of playing 23s<br />
football next year.<br />
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Other Uses Of<br />
LOFTUS ROAD<br />
CRICKET, HOCKEY, RUGBY, BOXING, CONCERTS AND MORE<br />
- LOFTUS ROAD HAS SEEN IT ALL DOWN THE YEARS. WE<br />
EXAMINE THE OCCASIONS WHEN OUR FAMOUS GROUND<br />
PLAYED HOST TO SOME VERY DIFFERENT EVENTS…<br />
SAUDI SUPER CUP<br />
LOFTUS ROAD has played<br />
host to a couple of Saudi<br />
Super Cup matches in the<br />
past seven years.<br />
This is an annual showpiece<br />
fixture organised by the Saudi<br />
Arabian Football Federation<br />
and contested by the winners<br />
of their Pro League and the<br />
knockout King Cup...<br />
12th August 2015<br />
AL-NASSR 0 AL-HILAL 1<br />
Scorer: Al-Hilal – Carlos<br />
Eduardo (63)<br />
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)<br />
Attendance: 8,439<br />
18th August 2018<br />
AL-HILAL 2 AL-ITTIHAD 1<br />
Scorers: Al-Hilal – Carlos<br />
Eduardo (35), Rivas (62); Al-<br />
Ittihad – El Ahmadi (67)<br />
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)<br />
Attendance: 16,300<br />
An interesting article by<br />
Alan Smith in the Guardian<br />
newspaper, back in 2015,<br />
explained how the Saudi<br />
Super Cup had come to<br />
Loftus Road…<br />
“What had started off as<br />
a pipe dream of the Saudi<br />
Arabia Football Federation<br />
(SAFF) to take their season<br />
curtain-raiser on the road<br />
became a reality when they<br />
realised both teams would<br />
be in Austria for pre-season<br />
training. At that juncture,<br />
with both clubs happy for the<br />
game to be held overseas,<br />
the federation sent a party to<br />
London to secure a location<br />
to host the game. ‘We chose<br />
London because of the<br />
amount of expatriates living<br />
here and also the amount of<br />
tourists,’ SAFF’s Mohammed<br />
Ahmed told the Guardian.<br />
They scouted some other<br />
venues, including Fulham’s<br />
Craven Cottage but, keen for<br />
a cosy atmosphere, decided<br />
upon W12. Then there<br />
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were the political and social<br />
considerations. ‘We wanted<br />
to show off the best of Saudi<br />
Arabia,’ Ahmed says. ‘We are<br />
passionate about football,<br />
it is our national sport and<br />
we wanted to spread the<br />
word.’ The ferocious din<br />
that greeted the teams as<br />
they made their way on to<br />
the pitch, the fervour with<br />
which the national anthem<br />
was sung, and the incessant<br />
cheers of support would<br />
suggest the venture was a<br />
success, even if there was a<br />
sense that the majority here,<br />
who forked out between<br />
£25 and £75 for a seat, were<br />
already converted.<br />
It was genuinely a lot of fun<br />
and the hope, according to<br />
SAFF, is that on the back of<br />
this success it will become<br />
an annual event. ‘We want to<br />
show our football off around<br />
the world and we want this to<br />
happen again,’ Ahmed said.<br />
The match was big news<br />
in Saudi Arabia. Both teams<br />
share the King Fahd stadium<br />
in Riyadh and regularly attract<br />
crowds of 50,000<br />
for important league games.<br />
The national broadcaster,<br />
MBC, showed the game<br />
live, the press area was<br />
oversubscribed, and the<br />
game was expected to be<br />
the lead story in newspapers<br />
back home...<br />
The concept of playing<br />
these type of games abroad<br />
may be relatively new, but<br />
the idea appears destined<br />
to increase in popularity.<br />
Others in Europe have tried,<br />
notably with France’s Trophée<br />
de Champions and Italy’s<br />
Supercoppa and, considering<br />
his previous desire to play a full<br />
set of league games around<br />
the world, it cannot be much<br />
longer before the Premier<br />
League’s chief executive,<br />
Richard Scudamore, is<br />
angling for the Community<br />
Shield to be played away from<br />
Wembley too.”<br />
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Columnist<br />
talkSPORT REPORTER AND RANGERS FAN<br />
TONY INCENZO RECALLS SOME WEIRD AND<br />
WONDERFUL STORIES...<br />
JIMMY CORKHILL<br />
I DISCOVERED many years ago that inviting a<br />
lady to watch QPR away from home was a really<br />
good way of getting to know her. But it could<br />
also be the make-or-break point in a budding<br />
relationship.<br />
Back in the 1990s, I was dating someone who I<br />
will call ‘Tina’. She seemed very streetwise when<br />
we were out and about in London.<br />
But problems arose when I asked her to<br />
accompany me to see the R’s play up at Everton.<br />
I quickly discovered that she was very naive<br />
about the rest of the country and had no idea<br />
how to behave.<br />
Just before we set off on the train from Euston,<br />
an excited Tina said: “Ooh, so what’s the<br />
Liverpool area like then?”<br />
And I replied: “Well, it’s like Brookside on the telly.”<br />
“What are you talking about Tony?” she said.<br />
“They all talk like the people on Brookside.”<br />
“Oh don’t be so stupid!”<br />
“What do you mean?”<br />
“Nobody talks like that. It’s a made-up accent<br />
for the television. It would be really ridiculous if<br />
people spoke in those voices in real life.”<br />
“Yeah, they do. They’re called Scousers.”<br />
“No, I don’t believe you. You‘re winding me up.”<br />
Anyway, when we arrived at Liverpool Lime<br />
Street Station, we jumped in a taxi to get to<br />
Goodison <strong>Park</strong>. The cab driver started talking<br />
and Tina was amazed that the Brookside accent<br />
did actually exist.<br />
She said: “Ooh, you sound just like Jimmy<br />
Corkhill! Ooh, say this...‘Calm down, calm down<br />
Terry or I’ll call the bizzys’...Come on, I want to<br />
hear you say it!”<br />
The bemused cabbie played along with her and<br />
repeated the stereotyped Liverpudlian phrase.<br />
But he gave me a strange look when we arrived<br />
at the stadium and I paid the fare.<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> won the match 5-3.<br />
Follow Tony Incenzo on Twitter at<br />
@TonyIncenzo<br />
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JUNIOR<br />
HOOPS<br />
FUN, GAMES, TRIVIA & MORE!<br />
Hello everyone!<br />
Hey guys, it’s your<br />
favourite feline friend<br />
here! Over the next<br />
couple of pages you’ll<br />
get the chance to<br />
test your footballing<br />
knowledge! Challenge<br />
your family and friends<br />
to see who comes out<br />
on top!<br />
Jude<br />
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Big birthday wishes to<br />
all Junior Hoops<br />
celebrating in January…<br />
Teddy Disson – 1st<br />
Bertie Mills – 1st<br />
Danny O’Sullivan – 1st<br />
Mason Savage – 1st<br />
Nikki White – 1st<br />
Harry White – 1st<br />
Taylor Arnett – 2nd<br />
William Hanman-Killick – 2nd<br />
Martha Haran – 2nd<br />
Finlay Reeves – 2nd<br />
Harry Sone – 2nd<br />
Zach Harper – 3rd<br />
Lawrence Woolacott – 3rd<br />
Harry Brown – 4th<br />
Daniel Emerson – 4th<br />
Abbie Foreman – 4th<br />
Darcy Meade – 4th<br />
Athena Morgan Wells – 4th<br />
Barney Askwith – 5th<br />
Kathryn Brennan – 5th<br />
Jasmine Digweed – 5th<br />
Ben McNiff – 5th<br />
George Potter – 5th<br />
Leo Hardy – 6th<br />
Andrew Kassir – 6th<br />
Zachory Lester – 6th<br />
Archie Marsden – 6th<br />
Aiden Thorpe-Owen – 6th<br />
Max Wheeler – 6th<br />
Joseph Dezzani – 7th<br />
George Krikler – 7th<br />
Michael Power – 7th<br />
Nancy Charles – 8th<br />
Grace Connor – 8th<br />
Tre Fuller – 8th<br />
Niall Hanks – 8th<br />
Harry Jagger – 8th<br />
Thomas Jagger – 8th<br />
Thomas Lally – 8th<br />
Lennon MacDonald – 8th<br />
James Rogers – 8th<br />
Joshua Schwartz – 8th<br />
Charlotte Segal – 8th<br />
George Sone – 8th<br />
Leah Head – 9th<br />
Theodore Macson – 9th<br />
Naiya Marsh – 9th<br />
Elias Milne – 9th<br />
Jamie Townsend – 9th<br />
Oscar Bass – 10th<br />
Callum Jones – 10th<br />
Rebbeca Mannion – 10th<br />
Cassius De Pear – 11th<br />
Darcey Kennard-Wood – 11th<br />
Luke Maberly – 11th<br />
Archie Pledge – 11th<br />
Max Punter – 11th<br />
Charlotte Taylor – 11th<br />
Archie Kay – 12th<br />
Cameron Hibbs – 13th<br />
Albert McCarthy – 13th<br />
Seren Wade – 13th<br />
Amelia-Rose Cleveland – 14th<br />
Sonny Connors – 14th<br />
Benjamin Gurney – 14th<br />
Aimee Lovell – 14th<br />
Grace Lily Murphy – 14th<br />
Brooke Povey – 14th<br />
Harriet Raven – 14th<br />
Robbie Benton – 15th<br />
Kenzie Cole – 15th<br />
Oliver Davey – 15th<br />
Valur Gudmundsson<br />
Goldstein – 15th<br />
Frankie Reilly – 15th<br />
Scarlett Vary – 15th<br />
Tommy Whitby – 15th<br />
Thom Williams – 15th<br />
Ollie Edwards – 16th<br />
Thomas Higney – 16th<br />
Matthew Mackmurdie – 16th<br />
Toby Yates – 16th<br />
Matthew Austin – 17th<br />
Dominic Easton – 17th<br />
Holly Hunt – 17th<br />
Kian Smith – 17th<br />
Samuel Edwards – 18th<br />
Katie Gordon – 18th<br />
Casper Gordon-Brown – 18th<br />
Ben Hart – 18th<br />
Jack Kelly-Smith – 18th<br />
George Sharp – 18th<br />
Oscar Barnes – 19th<br />
Grace Pears – 19th<br />
Evie Sweetman – 19th<br />
Rishi Topan – 19th<br />
Oakley Baverstock – 20th<br />
Charlie Day – 20th<br />
Thomas Radcliffe – 20th<br />
Kiera Vickers– 20th<br />
Oisin Egan – 21st<br />
Thomas Jennings – 21st<br />
Toby Murrison-Waller – 21st<br />
Oliver Saragoussi – 21st<br />
Jonnie Sheehy – 21st<br />
Brandon Tagg – 21st<br />
Tommy White – 21st<br />
Ethan Alexander – 22nd<br />
Sophie Fox – 22nd<br />
George Guainiere – 22nd<br />
Jack McDonnell – 22nd<br />
Olivia Radley – 22nd<br />
Isla Blatchley – 23rd<br />
Jonathan Nolan-Caffrey – 23rd<br />
Harrison Speirs – 23rd<br />
Phebee Turner – 23rd<br />
Alexander Adaway – 24th<br />
Oliver Baverstock – 24th<br />
Aiden Berryman – 24th<br />
Laila Buckingham – 24th<br />
Ayden Damani – 24th<br />
Daniel Greene – 24th<br />
Charlie Hackworth – 24th<br />
Maddie Kirby – 24th<br />
Abby Allenby – 25th<br />
Morgan Baldry – 25th<br />
Freddie Clayson – 25th<br />
Freddie Curd – 25th<br />
Finlay Dickinson – 25th<br />
Dan Hackney – 25th<br />
Dan Hurdle – 25th<br />
Lilly Nugent-Isitt – 25th<br />
Ted Hall – 26th<br />
Oscar Ludewig – 26th<br />
Callum O’Neill – 26th<br />
Finlay Walker – 26th<br />
Freddy Carroll – 27th<br />
Thomas Gallagher – 27th<br />
Rowan McGirr – 27th<br />
Alexander Mo – 27th<br />
Jack Collins – 28th<br />
Jay Dunleavy – 28th<br />
Alec Gardner – 28th<br />
Cillian Patrick Roohan – 28th<br />
Louise Smith – 28th<br />
Miles Connell – 29th<br />
Ryan Deery – 29th<br />
Daniel Masson-Smith – 29th<br />
Fred Roberts – 29th<br />
Landon Harvey – 30th<br />
Lily Hey – 30th<br />
Arthur Kay – 30th<br />
Owen O’Sullivan – 30th<br />
Harvey Reed – 30th<br />
Tobias Tatam – 30th<br />
Isaac Tatam – 30th<br />
Jake Caplan – 31st<br />
Izzy Cordwell – 31st<br />
Alfie Tucker – 31st<br />
KNOW YOUR<br />
HISTORY<br />
Which former QPR ace is this?<br />
YOUNG<br />
GUN<br />
Name this<br />
current Premier<br />
League star in his<br />
early days<br />
JUDE’S<br />
LOOKALIKE<br />
Mats Hummels/Orlando Bloom<br />
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Answers: Groundhopper: <strong>City</strong> Ground (Nottingham Forest), Know Your<br />
History: Don Givens, Young Gun: Teemu Pukki (Norwich)<br />
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QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC<br />
FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS ERS FC
ENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC<br />
QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC Q<br />
DEFENDER<br />
JORDY<br />
DE WIJS<br />
D.O.B: 08.01.1995<br />
NATIONALITY: DUTCH<br />
EENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS
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|| MEMORY LANE||<br />
AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST WITH THE EALING GAZETTE,<br />
MIKE DONOVAN WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE LOFTUS ROAD<br />
PRESS BOX IN THE 1970S AND 1980S. IN EACH MATCHDAY<br />
PROGRAMME, HE LOOKS BACK ON THOSE UNFORGETTABLE<br />
DAYS OF COVERING QUEENS PARK RANGERS…<br />
ROBBIE James and Jeremy<br />
Charles were on opposite<br />
sides when QPR played<br />
Oxford United in the 1986<br />
Milk Cup final; the former<br />
joining his suffering <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
team-mates in their<br />
disappointment as the ontarget<br />
latter celebrated a 3-0<br />
Wembley triumph.<br />
But the pair were on the<br />
same side for <strong>Swansea</strong> in<br />
1981 as today’s visitors<br />
completed a remarkable<br />
odyssey of moving from the<br />
fourth division to the first in<br />
five seasons. In fact, Charles<br />
made his competitive career<br />
debut as a substitute for<br />
midfielder James as the<br />
Swans beat Newport County<br />
in August 1976.<br />
More relevantly for home<br />
readers of this column,<br />
James and Charles wore the<br />
hooped shirt together in the<br />
mid-1980s when former<br />
Oxford boss Jim Smith was<br />
in charge in W12; following<br />
another <strong>Swansea</strong> lad,<br />
Leighton James, who played<br />
on the wing for <strong>Rangers</strong> in<br />
the late 1970s. They were<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> Jacks – a common<br />
nickname of someone from<br />
the south Wales city and one<br />
proudly used by Cliff Jones,<br />
a legendary Wales flanker<br />
who was exiled in the English<br />
capital at Tottenham , to<br />
describe himself – in a new,<br />
albeit temporary, home.<br />
I remember feeling for<br />
Charles when he arrived at<br />
QPR for £100,000 in 1983,<br />
moving from the Vetch Field,<br />
the predecessor to the Swans’<br />
Liberty Stadium, in the wake<br />
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of the Welsh club’s relegation<br />
from the top flight as <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
were promoted to it.<br />
The natural line for an<br />
introductory feature was clear<br />
to me – for the Gazette’s sake<br />
rather than my own – when we<br />
sat down together in a light,<br />
airy office overlooking South<br />
Africa Road. What’s it like<br />
to follow in the footsteps of<br />
famous relatives? Charles was<br />
the son of former Swan and<br />
Arsenal defender/striker Mel<br />
and the nephew of dad’s fabled<br />
brother John, considered the<br />
greatest Wales international of<br />
all in certain circles.<br />
My instinct was and remains<br />
that anyone would want to<br />
prove their own worth, rather<br />
than rely on reflected glory.<br />
After all, it is a risky business<br />
comparing yourself to<br />
legendary figures and almost<br />
inevitably, you come up short.<br />
But Charles was tolerant<br />
of my inquiries – a friendly,<br />
intelligent chap – and stayed<br />
at Loftus Road for a year<br />
before Oxford came calling.<br />
Having earned 19 Wales<br />
caps and notched his lone<br />
full international goal with<br />
a winning strike against<br />
Bulgaria, injury forced him into<br />
retirement in 1987.<br />
James arrived from <strong>Swansea</strong><br />
via Stoke <strong>City</strong> for £100,000 in<br />
1984. Like Charles, he figured<br />
He was part of the<br />
memorable night of 5th<br />
March 1986 when<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> completed a<br />
two-leg semi-final victory<br />
over Kenny Dalglish’s<br />
Liverpool at Anfield<br />
in John Toshack’s ‘fourth to<br />
first in five’ team which found<br />
itself finishing sixth in its<br />
debut season at the top level.<br />
But <strong>Swansea</strong>’s descent<br />
through the trapdoor the<br />
following season meant<br />
James was soon pottering<br />
off to the Potteries before<br />
manager Alan Mullery brought<br />
him to QPR in October 1984.<br />
He was an integral part of<br />
the <strong>Rangers</strong> side as they<br />
maintained top-flight status<br />
for the three campaigns he<br />
served with them (one they<br />
held onto until 1996).<br />
James played alongside<br />
the likes of Gary Bannister,<br />
Terry Fenwick, Warren Neill,<br />
Michael Robinson, Martin<br />
Allen and Alan McDonald. He<br />
was part of the memorable<br />
night of 5th March 1986 when<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> completed a two-leg<br />
semi-final victory over Kenny<br />
Dalglish’s Liverpool at Anfield<br />
to secure their decider date<br />
with Oxford the following<br />
month. Impressive when you<br />
consider their hosts had been<br />
European Cup finalists the<br />
previous campaign and were<br />
destined to secure the league<br />
and FA Cup double by the end<br />
of the season.<br />
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Mike Donovan<br />
DAVE<br />
MACKAY<br />
Football’s<br />
Braveheart<br />
The<br />
Authorised<br />
Biography<br />
Forewords by Derek Mackay and Denis Law<br />
James went on to complete<br />
782 league games, moving<br />
from Loftus Road to Leicester<br />
<strong>City</strong>, back to <strong>Swansea</strong> and<br />
on to Bradford and Cardiff. It<br />
put him fourth in the all-time<br />
appearance list behind Peter<br />
Shilton, Tommy Hutchison<br />
and Terry Paine. He was<br />
also the youngest player to<br />
make 100 and 200 league<br />
appearances. He brought<br />
down the curtain on his<br />
league career after 20 years<br />
in 1993 by helping Cardiff seal<br />
the third-tier title.<br />
James, who gained 46 Wales<br />
caps, slipped into non-league<br />
with Merthyr Tydfil and Barry<br />
Town. He became playermanager<br />
of Llanelli, just 10.5<br />
miles from <strong>Swansea</strong>, and<br />
tragically collapsed and died<br />
on 18th February 1998 while<br />
turning out for the town’s<br />
team against Porthcawl.<br />
James, who has a sculptured<br />
bust displayed at the Liberty,<br />
was only 40.<br />
In a tribute in When Saturday<br />
Comes, Huw Richards wrote:<br />
“It was typical of Robbie, who<br />
died playing in the Welsh<br />
League for Llanelli, that he<br />
should still have been playing<br />
meaningful football at the<br />
age of 40. He had been doing<br />
so for a quarter of a century,<br />
since breaking into <strong>Swansea</strong>’s<br />
reserve side at the age of<br />
15. The statistics of his<br />
career speak of endurance,<br />
consistency and quality.<br />
“If Robbie was fun to watch,<br />
he also looked as though<br />
he was having fun – and no<br />
player is more eagerly relished<br />
than the one whose skills are<br />
supplemented by a sense of<br />
genuine enjoyment.”<br />
Robert Mark James certainly<br />
entertained the <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
faithful when he stopped off<br />
at Loftus Road in the middle<br />
of a remarkable journey. Along<br />
with Charles and Leighton<br />
James, he proved the<br />
<strong>Swansea</strong> Jacks could make<br />
their mark in the heart of<br />
west London and, of course,<br />
outside of it.<br />
Mike Donovan is an author<br />
and award-winning journalist.<br />
He produced <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> Greatest Games<br />
in 2013, with Stan Bowles<br />
helping to promote it and<br />
Les Ferdinand writing the<br />
foreword. He has a feel for<br />
the Bush and was taken to<br />
Cooke’s Pie and Mash shop in<br />
the area’s market by his mum<br />
(who worked in the area) and<br />
dad, attended concerts at the<br />
fabulous Empire and hung out<br />
socially in W12 growing up.<br />
Mike has written a series<br />
of football books – most<br />
recently Football’s<br />
Braveheart: the Authorised<br />
Biography of Dave Mackay<br />
which is available from Pitch<br />
Publishing.<br />
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WOMEN<br />
LONDON SEAWARD 0<br />
QPR FC WOMEN 1<br />
Demi Edwards’ clinical strike right on half-time<br />
was enough to ensure a winning start to the<br />
calendar year for the R’s at Wadham Lodge.<br />
The FA Women’s National League clash began<br />
in very cagey fashion, with both sides keen to<br />
maintain possession but unable to carve out<br />
any significant chances.<br />
Edwards managed to test home goalkeeper<br />
Naomi Ogunde before Seaward were awarded<br />
a golden opportunity to take the lead from the<br />
penalty spot on the half-hour mark.<br />
However, Hoops keeper Katie McClean –<br />
making her first appearance after a spell on the<br />
sidelines – reacted well to push Abbey Dell’s<br />
spot-kick around the post.<br />
Lifted by McClean’s save, <strong>Rangers</strong> pushed<br />
forward and skipper Vicky Grieve was unlucky<br />
not to break the deadlock with an audacious<br />
40-yard effort that clipped the crossbar.<br />
But Steve Quashie’s side eventually pulled<br />
ahead after a fine solo run from wing-back<br />
Kasha Petit, who cut the ball back to Edwards<br />
and she was allowed time to turn and fire into<br />
the bottom corner.<br />
Seaward pressed for an equaliser after the<br />
break, but found the Hoops defence in defiant<br />
mood and the visitors might have increased<br />
their advantage.<br />
Ellie Searle’s cross was met by Brogan Moore,<br />
who was unfortunate to guide her effort over<br />
the bar, while Sue Kumaning’s attempt brushed<br />
the left-hand post – but ultimately Edwards’<br />
goal proved to be enough.<br />
QPR: McLean, Petit, Jordinson, Grieve, Lewin,<br />
Searle, Blodgett, Hennessy, Moore, Edwards,<br />
Hall. Substitutes: White, Maloney, Akerman,<br />
Kumaning, Curr.<br />
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PUTTING THE SPARK<br />
INTO MATCHDAY<br />
PROGRAMMES...<br />
PROUD PROGRAMME<br />
PARTNERS OF<br />
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2019-22<br />
qprcommunitytrust.co.uk e: community@qpr.co.uk t: 020 8740 2509<br />
@QPRtrust<br />
NCS PROGRAMME WINS AWARD<br />
Congratulations to the QPR in the Community<br />
Trust NCS (National Citizen Service) team,<br />
whose autumn 2021 activities earned them a<br />
Programme of the Week award.<br />
The NCS programme engaged with almost<br />
50 young people from Hillingdon, Brent and<br />
Westminster, providing them with a variety<br />
of outdoor activities such as climbing the 02,<br />
Laser tag, London Bushcraft and Go-Ape.<br />
Workshops included emergency life-saving<br />
skills, money management, CV & employability<br />
as well as guest speakers such as Ray Paul (the<br />
founder of BBC Radio 1Xtra), who provided the<br />
young people with a taste of potential careers<br />
after leaving school.<br />
The programme also involved the theme of<br />
climate change, supported by Hammersmith &<br />
Fulham Council and attended by the borough<br />
mayor, with a day of workshops at the Lyric<br />
Theatre in Hammersmith.<br />
Participants were given the opportunity<br />
to devise their own social action projects,<br />
which included renovating a community<br />
centre, sorting and delivering donations for<br />
Afghan refugees in Kensington & Chelsea and<br />
organising a charity football match at a school<br />
in Wembley.<br />
Stephen McCarthy from QPR’s NCS team<br />
explained: “We are so glad that the participants<br />
had such a good time and we really enjoyed<br />
working with them.<br />
“Hopefully now we can build off this momentum<br />
and deliver a great programme in summer 2022.”<br />
QPR will be running courses in Westminster, Brent<br />
and Hillingdon from 27th June to 26th August.<br />
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DATE KO OPPOSITION SCORE POS. STARTING XI<br />
AUGUST<br />
Sat 7 15:00 Millwall D 1-1 15 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE 1 DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE<br />
Wed 11 19:45 Leyton Orient CC R1 D 1-1* N/A ARCHER KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE BARBET WALLACE<br />
Sat 14 15:00 Hull <strong>City</strong> W 3-0 2 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE 1 DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE<br />
Wed 18 19:45 Middlesbrough W 3-2† 3 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET WALLACE<br />
Sat 21 12:30 Barnsley D 1-1 3 DIENG THOMAS DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET KAKAY<br />
Tue 24 19:45 Oxford United CC R2 W 2-0† N/A ARCHER ODUBAJO KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE McCALLUM<br />
Sat 28 15:00 Coventry <strong>City</strong> W 2-0 3 DIENG BALL ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS McCALLUM<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Sat 11 15:00 Reading D 3-3 4 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM<br />
Tue 14 19:45 AFC Bournemouth L 1-2 6 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 1<br />
Sat 18 15:00 Bristol <strong>City</strong> L 1-2 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 1<br />
Tue 21 19:45 Everton CC R3 D 2-2** N/A DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM<br />
Fri 24 20:00 West Bromwich Albion L 1-2 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS DUNNE BARBET<br />
Tue 28 19:45 Birmingham <strong>City</strong> W 2-0 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DUNNE BARBET BALL<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Preston North End W 3-2 6 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DUNNE 1 BARBET BALL<br />
Sat 16 12:30 Fulham L 1-4 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM<br />
Tue 19 19:45 Blackburn Rovers W 1-0 5 DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM<br />
Sat 23 15:00 Peterborough United L 1-2 7 DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM<br />
Tue 26 19:45 Sunderland CC R4 D 0-0*** N/A DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET ODUBAJO<br />
Fri 29 19:45 Nottingham Forest D 1-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Wed 3 19:45 Cardiff <strong>City</strong> W 1-0 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL<br />
Sat 6 17:30 Blackpool D 1-1 6 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH AMOS<br />
Fri 19 19:45 Luton Town W 2-0 6 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL<br />
Wed 24 19:45 Huddersfield Town W 1-0 4 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL<br />
Mon 29 19:45 Derby County W 2-1 3 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Sun 5 14:30 Stoke <strong>City</strong> L 0-2 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET KAKAY JOHANSEN<br />
Mon 27 17:30 AFC Bournemouth L 0-1 7 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET KAKAY FIELD<br />
Thur 30 19:45 Bristol <strong>City</strong> W 2-1 7 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET 1 ADOMAH FIELD<br />
JANUARY<br />
Sun 2 14:00 Birmingham <strong>City</strong> W 2-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH 1 FIELD<br />
Sat 8 15:00 Rotherham FAC R3 W 1-1 **** N/A ARCHER DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH BALL<br />
Sat 15 15:00 West Bromwich Albion W 1-0 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
Sat 22 15:00 Coventry <strong>City</strong><br />
Tue 25 19:45 <strong>Swansea</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Sat 29 15:00 Reading<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Peterborough United FAC R4<br />
Wed 9 19:45 Middlesbrough<br />
Sat 12 15:00 Barnsley<br />
Tue 15 19:45 Millwall<br />
Sat 19 15:00 Hull <strong>City</strong><br />
Wed 23 19:45 Blackpool<br />
Sat 26 12:30 Blackburn Rovers<br />
MARCH<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Cardiff <strong>City</strong><br />
Sat 12 15:00 Luton Town<br />
Tue 15 19:45 Nottingham Forest<br />
Sat 19 15:00 Peterborough United<br />
APRIL<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Fulham<br />
Tue 5 19:45 Sheffield United<br />
Sat 9 15:00 Preston North End<br />
Fri 15 15:00 Huddersfield Town<br />
Mon 18 15:00 Derby County<br />
Sat 23 15:00 Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />
Sat 30 15:00 Sheffield United<br />
MAY<br />
Sat 7 12:30 <strong>Swansea</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
All fixtures subject to change. *Won 5-3 on penalties **Won 8-7 on penalties ***Lost 1-3 on penalties **** Won 8-7 on penalties<br />
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KEY: GOALSCORER 1 FIRST SUB SECOND SUB THIRD SUB FOURTH SUB FIFTH SUB † OWN GOAL YELLOW CARD RED CARD<br />
SUBSTITUTES<br />
REFEREEE<br />
JOHANSEN BALL WILLOCK AUSTIN DYKES ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, BETTACHE, ADOMAH LANGFORD<br />
DOZZELL BETTCAHE ADOMAH THOMAS DYKES WALSH, BALL, KELMAN, WILLOCK, ODUBAJO , MASTERSON, DUKE-McKENNA HICKS<br />
JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR WILLOCK 1 DYKES 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, KELMAN, DUNNE, ADOMAH DONOHUE<br />
JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR DYKES 1 WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH MARTIN<br />
JOHANSEN DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR 1 AUSTIN 1 ARCHER, BALL, KELMAN, DUNNE, DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH WARD<br />
THOMAS DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR KELMAN WALSH, DUKE-McKENNA, ALFA, GUBBINS NIELD<br />
JOHANSEN BARBET 1 WILLOCK CHAIR AUSTIN ARCHER, KAKAY, DYKES 1, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH WHITESTONE<br />
BALL 1 JOHANSEN 1 CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY 1, DUNNE, ADOMAH ELTRINGHAM<br />
BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK ARCHER, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY, DUNNE, ADOMAH STROUD<br />
JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY DYKES WALSH, AUSTIN, BALL , THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH DOUGHTY<br />
DOZZELL BALL CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN 2 WALSH, KAKAY, AMOS, DYKES, THOMAS, GRAY, DUKE-McKENNA FRIEND<br />
BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY 1 WALSH, KAKAY , DYKES, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ADOMAH LININGTON<br />
CHAIR 2 DOZZELL WILLOCK AUSTIN DYKES WALSH, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS, THOMAS, GRAY, ADOMAH SALISBURY<br />
JOHANSEN WILLOCK CHAIR 1 DYKES 1 GRAY ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS , AUSTIN, DOZZELL, ADOMAH SIMPSON<br />
BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN ARCHER, AMOS, DYKES 1, GRAY, DUNNE , DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH LANGFORD<br />
BALL DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR 1 DYKES ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS , AUSTIN, GRAY, DUKE-McKENNA WEBB<br />
BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR 1 DYKES AUSTIN ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS, DOZZELL, GRAY, WILLOCK GILLETT<br />
AMOS CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES GRAY ARCHER, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, BALL, DOZZELL, DUNNE, DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH, DREWE STROUD<br />
DOZZELL MCCALLUM CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES 1 ARCHER, DUNNE, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, BALL, GRAY DAVIES<br />
JOHANSEN ODUBAJO CHAIR DYKES GRAY 1 ARCHER, AUSTIN, BALL, AMOS, KAKAY, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA WOOLMER<br />
DOZZELL ODUBAJO CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES ARCHER, AUSTIN, BALL , KAKAY, THOMAS, FIELD, DUKE-MCKENNA SMITH<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE WILLOCK 1 AUSTIN 1 CHAIR ARCHER, FIELD, KAKAY, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA DONOHUE<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK ARCHER, AMOS 1, FIELD, BALL, KAKAY, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA SCOTT<br />
DOZZELL WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, ODUBAJO, GRAY 1 , FIELD, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS SIMPSON<br />
DOZZELL FIELD CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN ARCHER, AMOS, GRAY, THOMAS, BALL, DUKE-MCKENNA HARRINGTON<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES ARCHER, DOZZELL , ADOMAH, GRAY, AMOS, AUSTIN, THOMAS, STROUD<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS AUSTIN 1 WILLOCK ARCHER, DYKES , THOMAS, BALL, KAKAY DAVIES<br />
WILLOCK 1 AMOS WALLACE GRAY DYKES ARCHER, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, KAKAY, BALL, THOMAS DONOHUE<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE THOMAS AUSTIN GRAY DUKE-MCKENNA, ODUBAJO #, DYKES 1, AMOS, DOZZELL, DREWE, FIELD, WALSH, ARMSTRONG SALISBURY<br />
FIELD WALLACE WILLOCK DYKES GRAY WALSH, AUSTIN 1, BALL, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ODUBAJO HOOPER<br />
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CHAMP STAT PACK<br />
LEAGUE TABLE<br />
2o21 /22<br />
# CLUB P W D L F A +/- PTS<br />
1 FULHAM 26 16 6 4 70 23 47 54<br />
2 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 26 14 7 5 43 23 20 49<br />
3 BLACKBURN ROVERS 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 49<br />
4 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 25 13 5 7 38 30 8 44<br />
5 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 26 11 9 6 31 20 11 42<br />
6 MIDDLESBROUGH 26 12 6 8 31 25 6 42<br />
7 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 27 11 8 8 33 30 3 41<br />
8 STOKE CITY 25 11 5 9 30 25 5 38<br />
9 COVENTRY CITY 24 10 7 7 33 28 5 37<br />
10 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 26 10 7 9 33 28 5 37<br />
11 LUTON TOWN 24 9 8 7 36 29 7 35<br />
12 SHEFFIELD UNITED 24 9 6 9 31 32 -1 33<br />
13 MILLWALL 25 8 9 8 27 28 -1 33<br />
14 PRESTON NORTH END 25 8 9 8 29 32 -3 33<br />
15 BLACKPOOL 26 9 6 11 27 32 -5 33<br />
16 BRISTOL CITY 26 8 6 12 32 45 -13 30<br />
17 SWANSEA CITY 23 7 7 9 27 32 -5 28<br />
18 BIRMINGHAM CITY 26 7 7 12 26 39 -13 28<br />
19 HULL CITY 26 7 5 14 22 31 -9 26<br />
20 CARDIFF CITY 25 6 5 14 26 44 -18 23<br />
21 READING 26 8 4 14 30 47 -17 22<br />
22 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 24 5 4 15 21 48 -27 19<br />
23 DERBY COUNTY 26 8 11 7 25 24 1 14<br />
24 BARNSLEY 24 2 8 14 16 36 -20 14<br />
LAST UPDATED: 21.01.2022<br />
THIS WEEK'S<br />
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VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
VS<br />
(Wed)<br />
VS<br />
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PP<br />
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TOP FIVE<br />
Goalscorers<br />
ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />
FULHAM 27<br />
BEN BRERETON DIAZ<br />
BLACKBURN ROVERS 20<br />
DOMINIC SOLANKE<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 18<br />
ANDREAS WEIMANN<br />
BRISTOL CITY 12<br />
LEWIS GRABBAN<br />
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 10<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
Assists<br />
HARRY WILSON<br />
FULHAM 10<br />
JOHN SWIFT<br />
READING 9<br />
RYAN GILES<br />
CARDIFF CITY 9<br />
SORBA THOMAS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 8<br />
ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />
FULHAM 7<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
Clean Sheets<br />
SAM JOHNSTONE<br />
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 11<br />
MARK TRAVERS<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 11<br />
MATIJA SARKIC<br />
BIRMINGHAM CITY 10<br />
LEE NICHOLLS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 10<br />
JOE LUMLEY<br />
MIDDLESBROUGH 9<br />
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Columnist<br />
THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF QPR FANSITE ‘R’ GENERATION<br />
DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS ON IN W12…<br />
I<br />
don’t know about you, but I quite<br />
enjoyed that West Brom game. It felt<br />
significant. I brought a friend along, a<br />
Man United fan, to watch with me and he said<br />
afterwards, with the tone of a man who’d just<br />
witnessed a miracle, “Mate. QPR are actually<br />
good.” I think that insight sums up exactly how I<br />
felt about the team after the game.<br />
You get tested in lots of different ways in the<br />
Championship and some tests matter more<br />
than others. I’d actually say we don’t have to<br />
be winning games like West Brom. Realistically<br />
we could go through the whole season not<br />
beating a single team in the top six and still finish<br />
comfortably in a play-off spot. It’s the games we<br />
can win that we should be winning. But when it<br />
comes to the big boys at the top, we truly send a<br />
message when there’s a positive result.<br />
From the off, there was a pace to the game. Both<br />
teams had tactics and strategy and ideas on how<br />
not to lose to the other. There were very few<br />
clear-cut chances, our defence was doing what<br />
it does and theirs was doing the same. You could<br />
tell from that first half, as my Man United friend<br />
confidently predicted, this game was going to be<br />
won through one single moment.<br />
Step up Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie,<br />
Charlie, Charlie Austin. I’ll be honest. I spoke to<br />
Charlie at the end of last season. Charlie was<br />
my hero growing up, I was a striker because<br />
of Charlie, I wore the number nine because of<br />
Charlie, I named my dog Charlie because of – you<br />
guessed it – Mr Austin. I notice I have used the<br />
word Charlie about 60 times in this paragraph,<br />
but I just can’t not. Charlie was my guy. So, when<br />
it came to actually interviewing him, I was not<br />
exactly calm. Our conversation flew by and<br />
afterwards I felt awful – I was so flustered by the<br />
situation that I couldn’t get my words out and<br />
conducted a rather below-par interview.<br />
But then he stepped on the pitch and I<br />
remembered that he wasn’t an interview subject,<br />
a feedback system for my own journalistic<br />
insecurities, but a footballer. A footballer who<br />
loves my club, who loves the game and knows<br />
how to play it. The man is a hero. That’s what<br />
he is, that’s what he does. You can’t be a hero if<br />
there’s no day to save and that’s our advantage in<br />
this promotion scrap. We have passion, we have<br />
heroes. At the end of the day, with two teams that<br />
are both good but fighting for different things,<br />
you need an ace up your sleeve to beat your<br />
opponent and we have plenty.<br />
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