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THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 2021/22 SEASON<br />
ISSUE 25 £3.50<br />
v DERBY COUNTY<br />
MONDAY 18TH APRIL, 2022<br />
KICK-OFF 3PM
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MONDAY 18 APRIL 2022<br />
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CEO: Lee Hoos<br />
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04 12<br />
21 36<br />
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 Keiren Westwood<br />
19 COLUMNIST<br />
Sam Taylor has his say<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 />
35 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN<br />
Focusing on our U18s<br />
36 1981/82 FEATURE<br />
A chat with Ernie Howe<br />
42 KEY FIXTURE<br />
A vital clash from 1981/82<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 AIDAN MAGEE<br />
The view from the press box<br />
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The Gaffer<br />
FIRSTLY, MAY I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO WAYNE<br />
ROONEY, HIS STAFF, PLAYERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH<br />
DERBY COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB.<br />
T<br />
he issues faced by Wayne<br />
and his squad this season<br />
have been well<br />
documented, with the club being<br />
constantly in the news for all the<br />
wrong reasons. However,<br />
throughout all of the turmoil, they<br />
have performed consistently well<br />
and deserve enormous credit for<br />
delivering such good quality<br />
displays despite the many<br />
distracting issues. There is no<br />
doubt that we face another very<br />
tough encounter this afternoon, but<br />
it is one we are looking forward to,<br />
and likewise to sharing a post-game<br />
drink with Wayne and his staff.<br />
I am writing these notes post-<br />
Preston and pre-Huddersfield and,<br />
as such, am aware that our fight for a<br />
play-off place may still be ongoing or,<br />
potentially, could be over. There is no<br />
masking our disappointment at the<br />
run of poor results that have dogged<br />
us since early February. Having<br />
worked so hard to place ourselves in<br />
such a strong position, it has been<br />
hugely frustrating to see so many<br />
opportunities missed or squandered.<br />
Injuries have, of course, hit us very<br />
badly, and the loss of key individuals<br />
for lengthy periods has been an<br />
issue that we have often struggled<br />
to overcome. However, this is not an<br />
excuse, as there is no doubt we have<br />
good players in the squad and there<br />
is no lack of belief in their ability to<br />
perform when called upon.<br />
We must recognise that this is how a<br />
squad matures, how it develops, but<br />
it does not in any way dilute the level<br />
of disappointment felt by everyone<br />
– especially you, our supporters.<br />
Having to deal with increased<br />
expectation, having to cope with<br />
a demanding schedule of games,<br />
being able to handle the loss of key<br />
players to injury… all these factors<br />
and much more are what allow the<br />
younger players to deal with the<br />
pressures of the Championship and<br />
develop the attributes required to<br />
succeed.<br />
I have absolute belief in the players,<br />
as do John, Neil and the rest of<br />
the staff, and I know there is so<br />
much more development to come.<br />
I hope very much that a positive<br />
performance at Huddersfield allows<br />
us to go into today’s game focused<br />
both on the result, and the continuing<br />
development of the squad.<br />
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the players, as do John, Neil<br />
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HOOPS<br />
Referring back to the Preston game,<br />
we had the unprecedented situation<br />
of our fifth goalkeeper this season,<br />
with Keiren falling ill just before<br />
kick-off. Keiren had been unwell<br />
through the middle of the week but<br />
had improved enough by Saturday<br />
morning to be confident of making<br />
it through the game. However, as<br />
soon as he started warming up, it<br />
became clear that he was still very<br />
poorly, would be unable to play and<br />
had to be closely monitored by our<br />
club doctor.<br />
One person’s disappointment is<br />
another person’s opportunity, and up<br />
stepped young Murphy Mahoney to<br />
make his first-team debut. He dealt<br />
with the challenge exceptionally<br />
well, showed a cool head for such<br />
a daunting situation, and delivered<br />
an excellent performance, for which<br />
he deserves enormous credit. The<br />
remaining first-team players gave<br />
him tremendous support both<br />
before and during the game, and I<br />
hope very much that despite the<br />
disappointment of the result, young<br />
‘Murph’ can look back on his debut<br />
with much pride.<br />
Finally, a very sincere thank you to<br />
the travelling supporters who made<br />
their way to Preston, despite the<br />
midweek trip to Sheffield and with<br />
the disappointment of that result<br />
still fresh in their minds. You gave the<br />
boys excellent vocal backing and we<br />
are so frustrated at not being able<br />
to give you a good journey home.<br />
As always, your backing is greatly<br />
appreciated.<br />
Enjoy the game!<br />
Gaffer<br />
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REMEMBERING<br />
DAVE CLEMENT<br />
(1948-1982)<br />
QPR marked 40 years since the<br />
tragic passing of Dave Clement<br />
with a series of tributes to the<br />
stalwart <strong>Rangers</strong> right-back on<br />
the official club website.<br />
Clement, who spent 14 years<br />
at Loftus Road and was a<br />
key member of the <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
side that came within one<br />
game of winning the League<br />
Championship in the 1975/76<br />
season, died at the age of 34 in<br />
March 1982.<br />
Capped five times by England,<br />
he racked up a total of 476<br />
appearances for the Hoops<br />
before going on to play for<br />
Bolton, Fulham and Wimbledon.<br />
Club historian Chris Guy and<br />
Hoops contributor Tony Incenzo<br />
both wrote personal tributes to<br />
Clement, while Ian Gillard – who<br />
played at left-back alongside<br />
Clement for the majority of<br />
his QPR career – shared his<br />
recollections in a video interview.<br />
Gillard said: “I was always close<br />
to Dave – we got on well and we<br />
were a good unit. I miss him a<br />
lot, I still think about him and the<br />
times we had.<br />
“He was a good man and a<br />
good player who had a nice<br />
presence about him. Walking<br />
into the ground he was always<br />
immaculate, polite and helpful.<br />
“Dave did everything right and was<br />
a model professional. He wanted<br />
to be fit all the time and his warmups<br />
lasted 20 minutes – he was<br />
really thorough in what he did.<br />
“He was very well respected,<br />
especially because he’d give a lot of<br />
time to the youngsters, which you<br />
need when you’re an apprentice.<br />
He was a really nice guy.”<br />
BLADES CLASH<br />
MOVED<br />
RANGERS’ final home<br />
Championship match of the<br />
season, against Sheffield United,<br />
has been brought forward for<br />
live coverage on Sky Sports. The<br />
game at Kiyan Prince Foundation<br />
Stadium will now take place on<br />
Friday 29th April, kick-off 7.45pm.<br />
CHRIS & JOSHUA<br />
There’s a double celebration for<br />
the Death family, with diehard<br />
QPR supporter Chris set to<br />
turn 40 on Tuesday. Following<br />
in his footsteps is Junior Hoop<br />
Joshua, who reaches his 12th<br />
birthday on Wednesday. Happy<br />
birthdays to both Chris and<br />
Joshua! Urrrrrrrrsssss.<br />
EMMA<br />
Congratulations to X block season<br />
ticket holder Emma Driscoll, who<br />
had her graduation at Nottingham<br />
Trent University earlier this month.<br />
Also belated happy birthday<br />
wishes for Thursday 7th April!<br />
Love you Emma, from Mum, Dad,<br />
Ben, family and friends... all so<br />
proud of you x<br />
MARTIN<br />
Happy 90th birthday to Martin<br />
Hughes, a QPR supporter for 50<br />
years. With love from your son<br />
Richard.<br />
PAUL<br />
Happy birthday to Paul Briggs and<br />
thank you for all you do for us.<br />
Love from Josh, Kyle and Donna.<br />
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BILL TWYMAN RIP<br />
Remembering lifelong QPR<br />
supporter Bill Twyman, who died<br />
last year at the age of 81. What<br />
a dad, husband, brother and<br />
grandad. Your passion for QPR<br />
for many years, never missing<br />
a first-team or reserve-team<br />
game, and so many memories<br />
of Rodney and Stan. Your stories<br />
will stay with us forever, the<br />
memories and laughter and the<br />
love you gave us all. We will love<br />
and miss you always. If Carlsberg<br />
made Dads…<br />
DENIS<br />
A very happy 80th birthday to<br />
Denis Flaherty! Best wishes and<br />
love from all your family and<br />
friends, with a special greeting<br />
from Alf Ferrer all the way over in<br />
Gibraltar. Come on you R’s!<br />
OAKLEY<br />
Congratulations to the Jamieson<br />
family, who recently welcomed<br />
Oakley Jamieson-Salter to the<br />
ranks of the <strong>Rangers</strong> faithful!<br />
Oakley, born last month to<br />
parents David and Katie, is a<br />
younger brother for Poppy and is<br />
already proudly sporting the blue<br />
and white hoops.<br />
We’re sure it won’t be long<br />
before Oakley joins his dad<br />
and uncle Mark at a QPR<br />
game! Congratulations also to<br />
grandparents Clive – a season<br />
ticket holder like his sons – and<br />
Cathy on the new arrival.<br />
CONNOR<br />
Happy birthday to QPR fan<br />
Connor Stainer who is seven<br />
today! Have a great day and<br />
enjoy the game, lots of love from<br />
Mummy and Daddy.<br />
JAMES & HARRY<br />
Happy birthday to James and<br />
Harry with lots of love from<br />
Mummy, Daddy and Cleo.<br />
DAN & BRIDGET<br />
Congratulations to Dan and<br />
Bridget Grimes, who recently<br />
celebrated their 60th wedding<br />
anniversary.<br />
Dan worked for Guinness for<br />
over 40 years and was a regular<br />
in the QPR corporate box during<br />
the Guinness sponsorship.<br />
The whole Grimes family would<br />
like to send all their very best<br />
wishes and are extremely proud<br />
of the acknowledgment from<br />
the Queen on this significant<br />
milestone.<br />
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Mr Dependable<br />
KEIREN WESTWOOD<br />
INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY<br />
INCREDIBLY, NO FEWER THAN FIVE<br />
PLAYERS HAVE DONNED THE QPR<br />
GOALKEEPER’S JERSEY SO FAR THIS<br />
SEASON. CURRENT INCUMBENT KEIREN<br />
WESTWOOD DISCUSSES THE INJURY<br />
CRISIS AND SETS HIS SIGHTS ON A<br />
POSITIVE FINISH TO THE CAMPAIGN…<br />
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HOOPS<br />
Keiren, your arrival at the club last<br />
month came about in a hurry – when<br />
did you learn you were going to become<br />
a QPR player?<br />
Probably as soon as David Marshall got<br />
injured, to be honest! I got a phone call<br />
at about half past 10 that evening. I’d<br />
almost signed for someone else the week<br />
before but that didn’t materialise for<br />
different reasons. I sort of pre-empted<br />
it a little bit because I knew Seny and<br />
Jordan were already injured, but I was<br />
really excited by the opportunity to play<br />
for QPR. I knew what a great club it was<br />
from playing against them a number<br />
of times and the club is full of fantastic<br />
players and individuals I know and respect.<br />
Jeff Hendrick’s someone I’ve known for a<br />
good number of years, playing together<br />
for the Republic of Ireland, but I reckon<br />
I’ve probably played against everybody<br />
else in the squad at some stage! It was a<br />
no-brainer for me – I just got down there<br />
and got stuck into training. It’s been an<br />
easy transition, just coming in and saying<br />
hello to everybody and they’ve welcomed<br />
me with open arms.<br />
Clearly you weren’t put off by the<br />
apparent jinx on QPR goalkeepers this<br />
season! Have you ever seen this kind of<br />
injury list before during your career?<br />
You don’t really foresee this sort of thing<br />
happening because every squad now has<br />
three goalkeepers – and it’s the same<br />
at QPR, we did have three goalkeepers!<br />
It’s just really unfortunate the way things<br />
have fallen. These things do happen and<br />
injuries are part of the game but you<br />
probably wouldn’t expect it to happen as<br />
frequently as this, with one position.<br />
Murphy Mahoney stepped in to become<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong>’ fifth Championship keeper<br />
of the season after you had to miss<br />
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With the game and the<br />
energy and the crowd, it’s nice<br />
to be able to take that moment<br />
to myself and to God and to be<br />
in that moment<br />
our recent game at Preston – were you<br />
impressed by the way he performed?<br />
Of course, I’ve been impressed with<br />
everybody really. Murphy’s a great lad<br />
and I’ve enjoyed training with him and<br />
with the other keepers at the club as well.<br />
Goalkeepers are a different breed and we<br />
all get on well with each other too, maybe<br />
partly because we tend to be out on our<br />
own at training – the goalkeepers train<br />
over in one area away from the rest of<br />
the squad, so the unit becomes a closeknit<br />
one.<br />
Can I ask about your pre-match routine?<br />
Just before kick-off, we see you kneeling<br />
in the penalty area with a towel over your<br />
head – has that always been part of your<br />
preparation?<br />
It’s something I’ve done my whole career,<br />
but maybe it seems new because I’m at a<br />
new club – fans obviously wouldn’t have<br />
been watching me that closely when I<br />
played against them. I’m a religious guy<br />
and I just take a moment to speak to<br />
myself, calm myself down and say some<br />
prayers to family members who have<br />
passed. With the game and the energy<br />
and the crowd, it’s nice to be able to take<br />
that moment to myself and to God and<br />
to be in that moment.<br />
Largely due to their 21-point deduction,<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> arrive here in a perilous position<br />
but does that make them more<br />
dangerous – a sense of nothing to lose?<br />
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I’ve played over 500<br />
games now and played<br />
in every division from<br />
Conference up to Premier<br />
League and I’d rather have<br />
had that sort of career<br />
Yes, they’ve been dealt some tough<br />
hands, to be fair to them. I don’t know<br />
too much about the situation at the club<br />
but obviously it’s not good and fair play to<br />
their lads, their team and management<br />
– they’re still going and they still have an<br />
opportunity to get out of it. That was<br />
probably the best case scenario they<br />
could have hoped for, that they’d get to<br />
this stage of the season having given<br />
themselves the best chance they could.<br />
You’ve spent most of your career at<br />
Championship level with Coventry and<br />
Sheffield Wednesday – do you hope<br />
to become one of those keepers who<br />
plays on into their forties, given the<br />
opportunity?<br />
Well, I’ve been playing regularly my whole<br />
career since I was 20 or 21, when I first<br />
got into the team at Carlisle. I’ve played<br />
over 500 games now and played in every<br />
division from Conference up to Premier<br />
League and I’d rather have had that sort<br />
of career. Maybe you can look at it and<br />
think ‘could I have been a number two<br />
at a Premier League club?’ but I’d rather<br />
be a number one in the Championship.<br />
As you get older, though, you start to<br />
recognise your role may change – the<br />
dynamic changes and your perspective<br />
changes as well. I’ll always be ready to<br />
play but I’m also a realist.<br />
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If I’m honest, I’m not really one<br />
for globetrotting and I’ve not had<br />
loads of loan moves or anything<br />
like that. At the moment,<br />
I’m thoroughly enjoying the<br />
experience of being at QPR<br />
So is it too early to think about your<br />
plans for next season and perhaps<br />
a longer stay at QPR, given the<br />
opportunity?<br />
Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve stayed a long<br />
time, given the opportunity. If I’m honest,<br />
I’m not really one for globetrotting and<br />
I’ve not had loads of loan moves or<br />
anything like that. At the moment, I’m<br />
thoroughly enjoying the experience of<br />
being at QPR. I’d actually really like to<br />
see some of the other lads come back<br />
and have the chance to watch them play.<br />
We’re all just trying to stay focused on<br />
this season and be in the present and<br />
do what we can to have a positive end to<br />
the season – that’s what we’ll be striving<br />
towards. Talk of anything else can wait<br />
for now.<br />
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Columnist<br />
THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF QPR FANSITE ‘R’ GENERATION<br />
DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS ON IN W12…<br />
W<br />
ell. What can I say? The season that<br />
drove us to the highest of heights is<br />
coming to an end, and not necessarily in<br />
the way we would have thought back in January.<br />
Firstly, I want to commend Mark Warburton and<br />
staff. I love having Mark at the helm, ever since<br />
his first interview. He’s someone who both knows<br />
and cares deeply about the game and the club.<br />
He’s performed miracles with the squad and<br />
developed individuals to the highest standard,<br />
something I don’t believe he gets enough credit<br />
for. I think the financial constraints surrounding<br />
the club were a burden to him, but what Mark<br />
did was use this limited budget to the greatest<br />
effect and encourage his players to reach their<br />
potential. That confidence created a squad with<br />
belief, something fundamentally important to<br />
succeeding in the Championship. We forget<br />
sometimes what the club was like just a few years<br />
ago. The times we enjoyed this season were<br />
simply not there a few years ago, and I thank Mark<br />
for bringing the life back into our club.<br />
Although we made the best of a difficult situation,<br />
we were hurt by it too. As Mark said, you win<br />
the league with a squad, not a team. And he’s<br />
completely right. We have some marvellous<br />
individuals, but at times became a bit over-reliant<br />
on those players. Teams like (excuse my French)<br />
Fulham and Bournemouth can afford to pack<br />
their squads with depth and quality and cover<br />
all bases. We did manage to produce a brilliant<br />
group of players, but the inevitable wear and tear<br />
of the season can expose those holes if you’re<br />
vulnerable, and we were. I don’t think that’s our<br />
fault either, at least not the fault of the current<br />
group. It’s more of a reality check.<br />
But I’m a positive person. This league is long,<br />
bizarre and quite frankly random. Our team did<br />
show what it can do throughout the campaign.<br />
But – and of equal importance – we’ve also shown<br />
what we can’t do. You can’t learn unless you lose,<br />
and you can’t grow unless you learn. I don’t want<br />
us to get promoted until we can fight. I don’t<br />
want to rely on form. I want this squad to meet<br />
its potential, be ready for what’s to come and<br />
progress. I don’t want to sit back and win if we<br />
don’t deserve it, because that’s unsustainable<br />
– clubs that prioritise the now over the future<br />
are the ones who fall the farthest. Our time will<br />
come, and this season is big. It’s huge. We’ll<br />
remember each defeat, knowing that without<br />
the learnings from them, we wouldn’t have been<br />
able to succeed at the level we will undoubtedly<br />
reach in the next few years. Each step’s a big one.<br />
Onwards.<br />
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Today , s Opposition:<br />
DERBY<br />
COUNTY<br />
IN THE CABINET:<br />
CLUB FACTS:<br />
STADIUM:<br />
[ Pride <strong>Park</strong> ]<br />
OPENED:<br />
[ 1997 ]<br />
CURRENT CAPACITY:<br />
[ 33,597 ]<br />
RECORD ATTENDANCE:<br />
[ 33,596 ]<br />
CLUB COLOURS:<br />
[ White & Black ]<br />
PREMIER LEAGUE (LEVEL 1)<br />
Winners: 1971/72, 1974/75<br />
Runners-up: 1895/96, 1929/30, 1935/35<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
(LEVEL 2)<br />
Winners: 1911/12, 1914/15, 1968/69, 1986/87<br />
Runners-up: 1995/96<br />
Play-off winners: 2006/07<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3)<br />
Winners: 1956/57<br />
FA CUP:<br />
Winners: 1945/46<br />
Runners-up: 1897/98, 1898/99, 1902/03<br />
FA CHARITY SHIELD<br />
Winners: 1975<br />
D E R B Y C O U N T Y F A C T F I L E<br />
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DERBY COUNTY<br />
OPPOSITION<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
O P P O S I T I O N O V E R V I E W<br />
Founder members of the Football League and twice champions during<br />
the early 1970s, <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> find themselves staring into the abyss of<br />
third-tier football for only the third time in the club’s proud history.<br />
The Rams rose from the depths of the old Division Two under Brian<br />
Clough and went on to win two titles and reach the European Cup semifinals<br />
– but those days seem distant given the club’s present plight.<br />
Following a disastrous Premier League campaign in 2007/08, when they<br />
went down with a record low points total of 11, <strong>Derby</strong> have now spent 14<br />
continuous seasons at this level – including two play-off final defeats.<br />
But their chances of extending their Championship tenure to 15 years<br />
were severely dented by off-field issues – the Rams’ perilous finances<br />
bringing about administration and an overall deduction of 21 points last<br />
autumn.<br />
Despite the defiant efforts of manager Wayne Rooney’s threadbare<br />
squad throughout the season, time is now running out for <strong>Derby</strong>, who<br />
went into the Easter weekend nine points adrift of safety.<br />
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M<br />
WAYNE ROONEY<br />
Age: 36<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Year Appointed: 2020<br />
Succeeded: Phillip Cocu<br />
[ THE GAFFER ]<br />
ENGLAND’S record<br />
goalscorer Wayne Rooney<br />
has been widely praised in his<br />
first shot at management,<br />
working tirelessly to<br />
maintain morale around<br />
Pride <strong>Park</strong> despite the club’s<br />
precarious situation.<br />
Rooney, who burst onto<br />
the scene as a 16-year-old<br />
striker with boyhood club<br />
Everton, went on to carve<br />
out a glittering 13-year<br />
career at Manchester United,<br />
where his 253 goals made<br />
him the club’s all-time<br />
leading marksman.<br />
He won five Premier League<br />
titles, the Champions League<br />
and Europa League as well as<br />
four domestic cups during his<br />
time at Old Trafford before<br />
returning to Everton and then<br />
joining the Rams in January<br />
2020 after a brief spell with<br />
DC United.<br />
Initially named playercoach,<br />
Rooney was handed<br />
the manager’s role midway<br />
through last season after the<br />
departure of Phillip Cocu and<br />
did enough to steer <strong>Derby</strong> to<br />
Championship safety on the<br />
final day of the campaign.<br />
However, the Rams’<br />
subsequent transfer<br />
embargo, descent into<br />
administration and heavy<br />
points deduction have<br />
combined to make his first<br />
full season in management a<br />
challenging one – to say the<br />
least.<br />
D E R B Y C O U N T Y T H E G A F F E R<br />
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D E R B Y C O U N T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T<br />
[ SAFE HANDS ] [ THE ROCK ]<br />
VETERAN centre-back Curtis<br />
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RYAN ALLSOP<br />
GOALKEEPER<br />
Age: 29<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed From: Wycombe<br />
WELL-TRAVELLED<br />
goalkeeper Ryan Allsop<br />
has established himself<br />
as the Rams’ number<br />
one this season<br />
following his departure<br />
from Wycombe last<br />
summer.<br />
Allsop, who started out<br />
at West Brom and then<br />
Millwall before making<br />
his senior debut for<br />
Leyton Orient in 2012,<br />
spent five years with<br />
Bournemouth and was<br />
loaned out on several<br />
occasions – including a<br />
three-month stint at<br />
Wycombe.<br />
He joined the Chairboys<br />
on a permanent deal in<br />
2018 and went on to<br />
figure in their League<br />
One play-off final<br />
triumph against Oxford<br />
a year later,<br />
accumulating 111<br />
appearances for Gareth<br />
Ainsworth’s side.<br />
Davies is now in his fifth season<br />
at Pride <strong>Park</strong> and had been<br />
ever-present in the<br />
Championship this year going<br />
into the Easter weekend.<br />
Davies, who launched his career at<br />
Luton and made three appearances<br />
for England’s Under-21 side, went<br />
on to play in the Premier League<br />
with West Brom, Aston Villa and<br />
Birmingham before joining<br />
promoted Hull in 2013.<br />
At the end of his first season, the<br />
defender’s goal put the Tigers 2-0<br />
up in the FA Cup final against<br />
Arsenal and, although they went<br />
on to lose 3-2, Davies did<br />
experience Wembley success in<br />
2016 as Hull won the<br />
Championship play-offs to regain<br />
top-flight status.<br />
CLASSIC KIT<br />
1998<br />
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PAULO<br />
WANCHOPE<br />
CURTIS DAVIES<br />
DEFENDER<br />
Age: 37<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed From: Hull<br />
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[ THE HIT MAN ]<br />
32<br />
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DODGY BARNET<br />
ARCHIE<br />
GEMMILL<br />
1971<br />
11<br />
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RAVEL MORRISON<br />
MIDFIELDER<br />
Age: 29<br />
Nationality: Jamaican<br />
Signed From: Den Haag<br />
[ THE MAESTRO ]<br />
HANDED an opportunity to<br />
impress by former Manchester<br />
United team-mate Rooney last<br />
summer, attacking midfielder<br />
Ravel Morrison has been<br />
displaying the talent that once<br />
made him one of the Premier<br />
League’s hottest prospects.<br />
Morrison left Old Trafford to join<br />
West Ham in 2012, but he was<br />
loaned out to Birmingham and<br />
then QPR, where he played a part<br />
in helping the R’s reach the<br />
Championship play-offs,<br />
triumphing at Wembley against<br />
today’s opponents.<br />
His travels took him to Serie A side<br />
Lazio, as well as Mexico, Sweden<br />
and the Netherlands in search of<br />
regular football before signing a<br />
one-year deal with the Rams.<br />
MALCOLM EBIOWEI<br />
FORWARD<br />
Age: 18<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed From: <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
TEENAGE forward<br />
Malcolm Ebiowei<br />
arrived at Pride <strong>Park</strong> in<br />
September, initially<br />
joining up with <strong>Derby</strong>’s<br />
youth academy, but he<br />
has successfully made<br />
the jump to the first<br />
team in recent weeks.<br />
Ebiowei, who has<br />
represented both the<br />
Netherlands and<br />
England at youth level,<br />
made his debut in the<br />
Rams’ 3-1 victory<br />
against Hull in February<br />
and has since also<br />
featured in wins over<br />
Barnsley and Preston.<br />
The 18-year-old, who<br />
also qualifies to play for<br />
Nigeria, spent four<br />
years with Arsenal’s<br />
academy before moving<br />
north of the border with<br />
Glasgow <strong>Rangers</strong> in<br />
2020.<br />
D E R B Y C O U N T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T<br />
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D E R B Y C O U N T Y D A N G E R M A N<br />
[ DANGER MAN ]<br />
WALES international<br />
Tom Lawrence is coveted<br />
by several clubs, having<br />
continued to impress<br />
this season despite<br />
playing in – and<br />
captaining – a struggling<br />
side.<br />
Lawrence, who began his<br />
career with Manchester<br />
United, made just one<br />
league appearance<br />
for the club and was<br />
loaned to Carlisle and<br />
Yeovil before signing for<br />
Leicester in the summer<br />
of 2014.<br />
However, he struggled<br />
for game time with the<br />
Foxes and continued to<br />
flit around the loan circuit<br />
at Rotherham, Blackburn,<br />
Cardiff and Ipswich<br />
– finding his niche at<br />
Portman Road during the<br />
2016/17 campaign.<br />
Named Ipswich’s player of<br />
the season after finding<br />
the net 11 times in 36<br />
appearances, Lawrence’s<br />
performances for the<br />
Suffolk side convinced<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> to spend £5m on<br />
securing his signature the<br />
following year.<br />
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TOM LAWRENCE<br />
FORWARD<br />
Age: 28<br />
Nationality: Welsh<br />
Signed From: Leicester<br />
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FAMILIAR FACE:<br />
ADAM<br />
BOLDER<br />
A MAINSTAY of <strong>Derby</strong>’s midfield during almost seven years at<br />
Pride <strong>Park</strong>, Adam Bolder reunited with former Rams boss John<br />
Gregory to help QPR avoid relegation in the 2006/07 season.<br />
Bolder began his career on his native Humberside with Hull City<br />
before moving to <strong>Derby</strong> in 2000, amassing 166 appearances for the<br />
club before losing his place in the team during their promotion season<br />
and moving to W12.<br />
The midfielder was appointed club captain at the start of the 2007/08<br />
campaign, but Gregory’s dismissal and the influx of expensive<br />
signings that followed left him surplus to requirements and he was<br />
loaned to Sheffield Wednesday.<br />
Bolder eventually left <strong>Rangers</strong> to sign for Millwall on a permanent<br />
basis during the 2008/09 season and went on to feature for Burton<br />
Albion, North Ferriby United and Scarborough Athletic before retiring<br />
in 2019.<br />
QPR Apps: 40 Gls: 2<br />
2007-09<br />
DCFC Apps: 166 Gls: 11<br />
2000-07<br />
D E R B Y C O U N T Y F A M I L I A R F A C E<br />
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FREEZEFRAME<br />
A PICTORIAL LOOK BACK AT A PREVIOUS<br />
CLASH WITH TODAY’S OPPONENTS…<br />
<strong>Derby</strong>’s Steve Powell battles to hold off QPR midfielder<br />
Gerry Francis during the sides’ 0-0 draw at Loftus Road in<br />
March 1974. The Rams finished third in Division One, with<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> ending the campaign in eighth.<br />
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OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S<br />
VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR…<br />
G<br />
ood afternoon everyone and<br />
welcome back to the Kiyan Prince<br />
Foundation Stadium for the game<br />
this afternoon against <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> have had a very difficult time this season<br />
and obviously, having been deducted 21 points,<br />
were always going to find it a huge struggle to<br />
survive. However, they have actually had a real<br />
good go at staying up in what have been very<br />
difficult circumstances – for which manager<br />
Wayne Rooney, his staff and his players deserve<br />
a great amount of credit.<br />
I am writing these notes prior to the<br />
Championship games on Good Friday but,<br />
regardless of their result at home to Fulham<br />
and other results elsewhere, <strong>Derby</strong> will come<br />
into today’s game looking to win if they are to<br />
stand a chance of avoiding relegation. They<br />
may actually be in a situation where they need<br />
to win all their remaining games to stay up,<br />
so we know we face opponents who have<br />
everything to play for and will keep going until<br />
the end of the season.<br />
As indicated, I am writing before the long<br />
trip to high-flying Huddersfield Town and<br />
therefore do not know the outcome of<br />
that game, but I sincerely hope we will have<br />
returned with a win we desperately need. Prior<br />
to the Huddersfield game, our recent run<br />
of results had been really poor and we have<br />
slipped from the very promising position we<br />
had got ourselves into at the end of January<br />
to where we find ourselves now.<br />
We have seen many times – and no doubt we<br />
will see it again – how, in football and indeed in<br />
sport in general, things can change both in a<br />
positive and negative way very quickly.<br />
Confidence in sport is huge and you can gain it<br />
quickly, individually and collectively – and it can<br />
drain away just as quickly when performance<br />
levels drop and results go against you.<br />
That is why every game matters, every<br />
performance as a team and as an individual<br />
matters and every point you are playing for<br />
matters – it really does. A good run of results<br />
can catapult you up the league, as we have seen<br />
with teams like Nottingham Forest and Sheffield<br />
United in recent months and a poor run can have<br />
the opposite effect, as we have seen with West<br />
Brom and disappointingly, ourselves.<br />
What I do know is that we have a chance today<br />
in front of our fans, who have been magnificent<br />
both home and away throughout the season,<br />
to put in a performance and get a win.<br />
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When things are not going well, individually<br />
and as a collective team and squad, one thing<br />
for sure is that there is no hiding place out on<br />
a football pitch. You can and will often find out<br />
a lot about yourself and others around you in<br />
times of adversity. The players who pull on the<br />
shirt today know they have to roll their sleeves<br />
up and do all they can to get the three points<br />
on offer this afternoon.<br />
Before our last home game against Fulham,<br />
over 50 people including myself took part in<br />
the Tiger Feet 12 walk from Fulham to the<br />
Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. The walk<br />
was done by various QPR personnel including<br />
CEO Lee Hoos, members of our Community<br />
Trust staff, members of our Under-23 team<br />
and, of course, QPR fans – all supporting a<br />
fabulous cause and helping to raise as much<br />
money as possible for our very popular Tiger<br />
Cubs. The walk itself was very enjoyable, the<br />
majority of it along the banks of the Thames<br />
with lovely weather. Can I say a huge thank<br />
you to everyone who took part in the walk and<br />
to everyone who donated money towards<br />
such a great cause, where every pound raised<br />
really does matter and helps to sustain the<br />
programme our Community Trust delivers for<br />
young people.<br />
Well done everyone involved and thanks so<br />
much once again.<br />
Another event I am really looking forward is<br />
to this year’s QPR Forever R’s golf day, which<br />
is being held at The Shire London Golf Club<br />
later this month. As always, we have had<br />
tremendous support for the golf day from<br />
club sponsors, fans and some 18 former<br />
QPR players who attend and play on the day.<br />
Having not been able to host the golf day in<br />
the last two years due to Covid restrictions, it<br />
will be great to see lots of familiar faces again.<br />
I hope everyone taking part will have a really<br />
enjoyable time and that the day itself is a huge<br />
success once again.<br />
As always, a huge thank you to all our fans for<br />
the incredible support you have given and<br />
continue to give the team, both at home and<br />
away games.<br />
Let’s get behind the lads today as we look<br />
to get the three points at stake.<br />
Come on you R’s!<br />
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Adam Dougui<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 />
ADAM DOUGUI<br />
WINGER<br />
From: Hayes<br />
Joined QPR: Age 15<br />
Pre-Match Meal: Banana<br />
protein shake<br />
How did you get scouted?<br />
I got scouted in a Sunday<br />
league friendly against QPR<br />
where I played well and scored<br />
two goals, coming on at<br />
half-time to change the game<br />
and win it. Before joining QPR<br />
I played for Bedfont Eagles<br />
Sports and did really well,<br />
scoring 32 goals in one season<br />
which got me boosted to the<br />
U18s at the age of 15.<br />
What’s the highlight of your<br />
career so far?<br />
Scoring the qualifying goal for<br />
my country (Algeria) in the Arab<br />
Cup – it was in the 93rd minute<br />
against Niger U20s. It was a<br />
proud moment for me and my<br />
family and left me speechless<br />
with pure excitement.<br />
Who’s your favourite player<br />
or inspiration?<br />
My favourite ever player is<br />
Ronaldinho as I think he was<br />
able to play with freedom and<br />
entertain people at a high level<br />
with a love for the ball and<br />
great mastery of it as well.<br />
Where do you see yourself in<br />
five years’ time?<br />
I see myself playing in a top<br />
division team abroad where I<br />
am enjoying my football and<br />
performing at a high level week<br />
in, week out, maintaining levels<br />
and improving.<br />
Which of your team-mates do<br />
you see as a future coach or<br />
manager?<br />
Charlie McDonald could be a<br />
future manager as he is very<br />
passionate and able to be<br />
sympathetic with other players<br />
and people in general.<br />
Which stadium in the world<br />
would you most like to play in?<br />
Barcelona’s Camp Nou,<br />
because I feel like the stadium<br />
is full of passion and hostility in<br />
a good way.<br />
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HOOPS<br />
THIS SEASON MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE<br />
QPR REACHED THE 1981/82 FA CUP FINAL.<br />
IN EACH MATCHDAY PROGRAMME,<br />
WE SPEAK TO A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WHO<br />
PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT UNFORGETTABLE<br />
JOURNEY TO THE TWIN TOWERS. NEXT UP, IT’S<br />
CENTRE-HALF ERNIE HOWE…<br />
INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO<br />
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ERNIE, you played your part in the<br />
early stages of our run to the final.<br />
In the third round, we drew 1-1 at<br />
home to Middlesbrough and won the<br />
replay 3-2. Do you recall those games?<br />
I remember going up to Ayresome <strong>Park</strong><br />
in midweek, although I can’t recall<br />
either match – it seems ages ago now.<br />
But looking back, it was good to beat<br />
Middlesbrough as we were in Division<br />
Two and they were in the top flight so<br />
we started our FA Cup run well as<br />
underdogs.<br />
In the fourth round, we nearly lost away<br />
to Blackpool but it finished 0-0. Do you<br />
have any memories of that one?<br />
Yes, I was marking a lad called Dave<br />
Bamber who was their centre-forward.<br />
He seemed to be about seven foot tall!<br />
Blackpool were very direct and they<br />
used to hit the ball towards the big lad<br />
a lot. It was a really hard game in bad<br />
weather. But I suppose fixtures like that<br />
suited me better and I always enjoyed<br />
the challenge. From my point of view, I<br />
felt I had given my all in a game by using<br />
my strength. You knew you were going<br />
to be in a battle and I relished that,<br />
rather than playing against smaller<br />
strikers who were always more difficult<br />
and tricky. I split my eye open during<br />
the match at Blackpool and had it<br />
stitched up. Then when I went in to<br />
training on the Monday, I had a big<br />
black eye, but I got the all-clear to play<br />
in the replay the following evening.<br />
However, the exact same thing<br />
happened in that game as I split the<br />
other eye open! So I ended up looking<br />
like Gigi the Panda for around 10 days!<br />
The replay against Blackpool took<br />
place at Loftus Road in midweek, with<br />
Clive Allen scoring four times as we<br />
ran out 5-1 winners – quite a<br />
convincing victory in the end…<br />
Yes, I think so. Blackpool were in<br />
Division Four so that replay was always<br />
going to be tougher for them coming<br />
down to play us. It was a good result for<br />
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<strong>Rangers</strong> and it got the momentum<br />
going more than anything, really.<br />
In the fifth round, we beat Grimsby<br />
Town, who were several places below<br />
us in the Division Two table, 3-1 at<br />
Loftus Road. You scored an important<br />
goal that day…<br />
We played them twice, in fact. We met in<br />
a league game at the Bush the previous<br />
week and beat them 1-0 before they<br />
returned for that FA Cup tie. I remember<br />
scoring, although I don’t recall much else<br />
about the game. But that result really set<br />
us on the road to Wembley.<br />
Hope and expectation were certainly<br />
building among our fans. Do you<br />
remember listening to the radio on a<br />
Monday lunchtime for the live FA Cup<br />
draws back in those days?<br />
Yes, that was always quite an exciting<br />
thing. The players would come in from<br />
training and await the draw in the<br />
dressing room. A newspaper<br />
photographer would always be there<br />
too as the lads crowded around a<br />
transistor radio. As a Division Two club,<br />
we were looking to have a good run, so<br />
there was great interest to see who we<br />
got in the next round. I can remember<br />
it all quite vividly.<br />
We had the plastic Omniturf pitch at<br />
Loftus Road and critics used to say it<br />
gave us a big advantage. What was it<br />
like playing on that surface?<br />
Initially, it was a fresh venture that<br />
season and it took some getting used<br />
to. It was new to everyone but<br />
personally, I looked on it as a bit of an<br />
improvement in playing surfaces. It<br />
helped me from a footballing<br />
viewpoint. Although opposing teams<br />
used to come down to play us and<br />
moan about the pitch, they were<br />
always allowed to train on it on the<br />
Friday before a match. I think it brought<br />
a different avenue to the game as<br />
Loftus Road always had a notoriously<br />
muddy grass pitch before that –<br />
therefore I felt it was a step forward.<br />
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The QPR players couldn’t train on it<br />
every day, though. Our boss Terry<br />
Venables worked it out that, if we were<br />
preparing for an away game, then we<br />
would train on grass. But before a<br />
home game we would train on the<br />
plastic for a couple of days beforehand<br />
– so with that in mind, I suppose we did<br />
have an advantage.<br />
You dropped out of our team shortly<br />
after the FA Cup win over Grimsby.<br />
What happened at that point?<br />
We had a league game at home to <strong>Derby</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> the following week and I went<br />
down ill, something just got me. So it was<br />
Bob Hazell who came into the side and<br />
played as my replacement. When I<br />
recovered, Terry Venables brought me<br />
back in for a couple of games. I don’t<br />
think I did very well and Bob got the nod<br />
after that and he stayed in the starting<br />
line-up. It was disappointing for me, but<br />
that’s what happened.<br />
I’m sure you were watching the<br />
QPR games from the sidelines for the<br />
rest of that FA Cup run. It was an<br />
exciting time…<br />
Oh, to be involved in any FA Cup run is<br />
exciting. Just the thrill of getting to<br />
Wembley, especially for a Division Two<br />
club. It didn’t happen very often and there<br />
was everything that goes with it. Everyone<br />
wanted to interview the players, you get<br />
invited to do things and the FA Cup final<br />
itself was a big occasion in those days,<br />
especially for the supporters. When you<br />
look at QPR, they haven’t played at<br />
Wembley that often – the club’s only<br />
appearance in the national stadium<br />
before that was the 1967 League Cup<br />
final. So it was a big achievement to get<br />
there under Terry Venables and one that<br />
everybody enjoyed.<br />
In hindsight, though, missing out on the<br />
rest of the run all the way through to the<br />
final must have been a blow for you?<br />
Well, I previously went to the FA Cup<br />
final as a non-playing part of the<br />
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It was a good result for<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> and it got the<br />
momentum going more than<br />
anything, really.<br />
Fulham squad when I was a youngster<br />
in 1975. I had only just turned<br />
professional at that point so it was all<br />
new to me. Therefore going to<br />
Wembley with QPR was another major<br />
final that I didn’t play in. Yes, I was<br />
involved in it all but it is never the same<br />
as stepping out on to the pitch, really.<br />
The other players had performed very<br />
well so you don’t have any argument,<br />
do you? You can’t argue with results<br />
and so on. The manager makes a<br />
decision and unfortunately that’s it<br />
from an individual point of view. Then<br />
QPR had the replay and I didn’t play in<br />
that one either. I knew I was going to<br />
leave <strong>Rangers</strong> at that point, anyway<br />
– my contract was finished and they<br />
weren’t going to renew it. It was the<br />
end of the road for me and so I ended<br />
up signing for Portsmouth.<br />
You originally joined QPR from Fulham<br />
in December 1977. <strong>Rangers</strong> were a<br />
much bigger club than the Cottagers<br />
in the 1970s so it must have been a<br />
fantastic move for you – how did it<br />
come about?<br />
I had been fighting to leave Fulham, I<br />
wasn’t playing regularly at Craven<br />
Cottage. I was in and out of the side as<br />
I was in competition with John Lacy for<br />
the centre-half position. I just needed<br />
to play more and I felt I justified a<br />
first-team place. Of course, no-one<br />
guarantees you that but I wanted to<br />
move on and test myself. In that<br />
period, I went to what they called a<br />
transfer tribunal to get the fee cut as<br />
Fulham were asking quite a lot of<br />
money and I was saying it was too<br />
much. I was out of contract but you<br />
couldn’t just leave a club in those days<br />
– the club owned you basically until<br />
someone came in and made a<br />
concrete offer, otherwise you were<br />
going nowhere. It was totally different<br />
to today, obviously. It started off that<br />
Fulham wanted £200,000 for me but<br />
we got it down to £55,000 and QPR<br />
then decided to make the signing. I was<br />
a little bit naïve in lots of things, as you<br />
are when you’re younger, but it was a<br />
great opportunity for me as <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
were in the old Division One and that<br />
was a huge experience for me as a<br />
young player.<br />
Read part two of the interview with Ernie<br />
in our next matchday programme<br />
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1981/82<br />
QPR 1<br />
TOTTENHAM 1<br />
Date: Saturday 22nd May 1982<br />
Competition: FA Cup final (Wembley Stadium)<br />
Attendance: 100,000<br />
Gate receipts: £918,000<br />
(a Wembley record at the time)<br />
The Programme: Sixty-four pages, price 80p<br />
A THUMPING header by Terry Fenwick<br />
secured this battling draw for plucky<br />
Division Two underdogs QPR against their<br />
top-flight opponents.<br />
Tottenham had the best chances but Hoops<br />
keeper Peter Hucker pulled off sprawling saves<br />
to deny Garth Crooks and Steve Archibald.<br />
An unfortunate early injury to leading<br />
marksman Clive Allen sadly blunted <strong>Rangers</strong>’<br />
attack and he eventually had to be substituted<br />
just after the break.<br />
The sides couldn’t be separated in 90 minutes<br />
so extra-time ensued. Then in the 109th<br />
minute, R’s midfielder Gary Waddock was<br />
clearly fouled and lay prostrate on the ground<br />
while Glenn Hoddle capitalised by advancing<br />
forward to score for Spurs with a shot that<br />
deflected in off QPR’s Tony Currie.<br />
But with five minutes to go, a well-rehearsed<br />
set-play brought the equaliser. Simon Stainrod<br />
launched a colossal long throw from the left, big<br />
Bob Hazell expertly flicked the ball on and<br />
Fenwick gloriously bulldozed into the roof of the<br />
net past England keeper Ray Clemence.<br />
This led to a typical Statto-esque observation from<br />
John Motson in the BBC TV commentary box…<br />
“…And Terry Fenwick has become the first<br />
full-back to score from open play in a Cup Final…”<br />
In his match report in The Observer newspaper,<br />
eloquent wordsmith Hugh McIlvanney wrote:<br />
“<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> from the Second<br />
Division, responding to the brave excellence of<br />
a 22-year-old-goalkeeper who began this<br />
season in the reserves, refused to be broken by<br />
a goal sickeningly deflected into his net in the<br />
second half of extra-time and came back to<br />
claim an equaliser that sends them forward to<br />
contest the FA Cup final all over again at<br />
Wembley next Thursday.<br />
“Peter Hucker is 6ft 4in tall and weighs 13st and<br />
he deployed his bulk to such athletic and<br />
inspired purpose between the <strong>Rangers</strong> posts<br />
that Spurs found themselves in need of deadly<br />
finishers on a day when they had none. That<br />
combination of Hucker’s resistance and the<br />
last-stride aberrations of the attackers<br />
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crowding in on him, particularly the flawed<br />
shooting of the otherwise splendid Steve<br />
Archibald, kept the teams level for 109 minutes<br />
on an afternoon that Tottenham’s greater<br />
depth of experience and ability might have<br />
turned into a parade.<br />
“When Fenwick powerfully headed in the<br />
equaliser…it was a fine reward for the defiant<br />
spirit of Hucker and for the exemplary leadership<br />
of Roeder. The draw was good news…for the<br />
appealing manager of <strong>Rangers</strong>, Terry Venables,<br />
whose chirpy assertation that his men would win<br />
on Thursday surprised no one.”<br />
RANGERS: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock,<br />
Hazell, Roeder, Currie, Flanagan, Allen<br />
(Micklewhite 52), Stainrod, Gregory.<br />
EDITORIAL SNIPPET: “Nothing could<br />
be more fitting for <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> than that they should<br />
celebrate their centenary this season<br />
by reaching the FA Cup final for the<br />
first time.”<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 />
YEADING V<br />
NEWCASTLE UTD<br />
AN APPETISING FA Cup third<br />
round tie between Yeading<br />
FC and Newcastle United<br />
was staged at Loftus Road<br />
on Sunday 9th January 2005.<br />
Ryman (Isthmian) League<br />
members Yeading were unable<br />
to host the game at their<br />
regular home ground at The<br />
Warren, because the capacity<br />
was limited to 3,500. So the<br />
rules at the time allowed this<br />
fixture to be moved eight miles<br />
down the road to QPR.<br />
In the match itself, Newcastle<br />
scored two second-half goals<br />
to win 2-0 before a crowd of<br />
10,824.<br />
A match report by Sam Wallace<br />
in The Independent newspaper<br />
had the headline: “Reality bites<br />
as Newcastle bring Yeading’s<br />
Cup odyssey to end”.<br />
Wallace wrote: “It was the 51<br />
minutes of their lives. A period<br />
of parity between the artisans<br />
of Yeading and the millionaires<br />
of Newcastle when the 123<br />
league places between the<br />
two clubs fell away and left<br />
us with a tense, physical FA<br />
Cup tie between two sets of<br />
footballers divided only by the<br />
lives they go back to today…<br />
defeat was the end of their<br />
dream but it only tells a small<br />
part of their story.<br />
“Yeading succumbed to a<br />
Lee Bowyer goal that finally<br />
established Newcastle’s<br />
supremacy after 51 minutes<br />
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of embarrassment for the<br />
Premiership side. Tackled,<br />
hustled, challenged and kicked,<br />
Graeme Souness’s team were<br />
substantially matched by<br />
their Ryman Premier League<br />
opponents.<br />
“As they took the applause<br />
from a generous stand full of<br />
Newcastle fans, Yeading could<br />
look back with pride…no-one<br />
gave more than goalkeeper<br />
Delroy Preddie who broke a<br />
finger when he tipped away<br />
a Jermaine Jenas shot on 20<br />
minutes and carried on without<br />
complaint. Preddie was on a<br />
deal with a tabloid newspaper<br />
that would see him win a brand<br />
new car to replace his £800<br />
L-reg Ford Escort if he held out<br />
for 90 minutes. As the minutes<br />
ticked by, he must have<br />
thought that the prospect of a<br />
life improved by power steering<br />
and climate control looked a<br />
distinct possibility.<br />
“Up until the goal, Yeading<br />
had been Newcastle’s equal<br />
in every department….Shola<br />
Ameobi made the first goal<br />
out on the right wing. Escaping<br />
from three challenges, he<br />
upset the disciplined balance<br />
of Yeading’s team. Bellamy<br />
darted down the right side of<br />
the area to pick up Ameobi’s<br />
pass and cut the ball back to<br />
Bowyer who was unmarked<br />
at the back post. The second<br />
goal came just after the hour<br />
when Ameobi nodded home<br />
substitute Darren Ambrose’s<br />
free-kick from the right.<br />
“Only with a minute left did<br />
Yeading genuinely threaten<br />
the Newcastle goal when<br />
Brown’s drive was tipped wide<br />
by Steve Harper. The confident<br />
swagger of Yeading’s striker<br />
DJ Campbell, a little man with<br />
a big reputation around the<br />
Ryman League, did not make a<br />
great impression on Jean-<br />
Alain Boumsong, the £8m<br />
signing making his Newcastle<br />
debut.<br />
“In the end, there was plenty<br />
for Yeading to celebrate.<br />
Preddie got the new car, if only<br />
for three months. His teammates<br />
helped themselves to<br />
their opponents’ shirts and<br />
the assistant manager, Derek<br />
Brown, got Bellamy’s boots for<br />
his son. Next Saturday Yeading<br />
face Harrow Borough at home.<br />
Their 51 minutes of fame are<br />
up, but what they achieved will<br />
endure much longer.”<br />
Yeading later merged with local<br />
rivals Hayes FC in 2007 to form<br />
Hayes & Yeading United.<br />
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Columnist<br />
talkSPORT REPORTER AND RANGERS FAN<br />
TONY INCENZO RECALLS SOME WEIRD AND<br />
WONDERFUL STORIES...<br />
MADE IN NON-LEAGUE<br />
I HOPE you enjoyed my recent interviews<br />
in the Hoops programme with Charlie Austin and<br />
Mark Warburton about their early days in nonleague<br />
football.<br />
Another man I spoke to for my Non-League Paper<br />
column was QPR loanee Andre Gray. He made six<br />
appearances for the England ‘C’ semi-professional<br />
international team between 2012 and 2014.<br />
Gray received his first call-up when he was 20<br />
years old and playing non-league football for<br />
Luton Town at the time.<br />
He told me: “I remember the excitement of<br />
making my England C debut against the Russia<br />
Under-21 side in Moscow. It was a very tough<br />
game but very enjoyable.<br />
“The Russians had players from Real Madrid<br />
and so on and some of them had already played<br />
Champions League football. We lost 4-0 and<br />
conceded three sloppy goals but it was a really<br />
decent learning curve.<br />
“Overall, I loved my time with England C. We<br />
travelled to countries that we probably never<br />
would have visited otherwise and saw some<br />
unreal places.<br />
“The support from the coaching staff was really<br />
hands on and they were very good at the diet<br />
and psychology side of things. People might be<br />
surprised by how professional the England C<br />
set-up is.<br />
“It was such an honour to be capped at<br />
international level as a non-league player.<br />
I found it a great opportunity to test myself<br />
against top young footballers from places like<br />
Russia and Turkey.<br />
“Most of the players around me in the squad<br />
moved into the Football League and the<br />
Premier League. I am sure that my England C<br />
appearances helped me progress as a footballer<br />
– the whole experience prepared me towards<br />
playing at a much higher level of club football.<br />
“I would definitely recommend England C to any<br />
young non-league players who are aspiring to<br />
move forward in their careers.”<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 />
JUDE’S JOKE<br />
Which goalkeeper can jump higher than the crossbar?<br />
A: All of them! Crossbars can’t jump…<br />
GROUND HOPPER<br />
Which London stadium is this?<br />
Follow me on Twitter<br />
@QPRJudeTheCat<br />
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BIRTHDAYS!<br />
Big birthday wishes to<br />
all Junior Hoops<br />
celebrating in April…<br />
Nathan Backer – 1st<br />
Ryan Jones – 1st<br />
Owen Perry – 1st<br />
Skye Taylor – 1st<br />
Violet Barbour – 2nd<br />
Otis Caron-Delion – 2nd<br />
Reanna Davidson – 2nd<br />
Kenziie Dunn – 2nd<br />
Mehdi Laouira – 2nd<br />
Robert Mayhew – 2nd<br />
Thomas McGuire – 2nd<br />
Charlie Rouse – 2nd<br />
Finley Dawes – 3rd<br />
Lewis Duke – 3rd<br />
Myrna Goodger – 3rd<br />
Louis Harrison – 3rd<br />
James King – 3rd<br />
Thomas King – 3rd<br />
Stanley Whitehart – 3rd<br />
Alfie Brodrick – 4th<br />
Sam Durrant – 4th<br />
Nathan Fraser – 4th<br />
Tyler Paul Hedges – 4th<br />
Isaac Hopkins – 4th<br />
Nikhil Shah – 4th<br />
Jack Church – 5th<br />
Liam Collins – 5th<br />
Madeleine Humphreys – 5th<br />
Conor Maher – 5th<br />
Finton McLaughlin – 5th<br />
Stefan Passera – 5th<br />
Thomas Rule – 5th<br />
Rebecca Cox – 6th<br />
Charlie Green – 6th<br />
Albie Hubbard – 6th<br />
Orla Larkin – 6th<br />
Olivia Lewis – 6th<br />
Hannah O’Halloran – 6th<br />
Charlie Puddifoot – 6th<br />
Evan Strong-Anderson – 6th<br />
Joshua Whitley – 6th<br />
Ryan Allen – 7th<br />
Daisy Rowe – 7th<br />
Billy Green – 7th<br />
Charlie King – 7th<br />
Bella Lewis – 7th<br />
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Alexander Pavlou – 7th<br />
Thomas Rank – 7th<br />
Jack Rowland – 7th<br />
Freddie Winter – 7th<br />
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Payton Ryan – 8th<br />
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Jack Franklin – 17th<br />
Matthew Knight – 17th<br />
Reggie Lawrence – 17th<br />
Avraj Rai – 17th<br />
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Stanley Sullivan – 17th<br />
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Toby Jackson – 19th<br />
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Owen Perry – 19th<br />
Arin Popat – 19th<br />
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Daniel West – 19th<br />
Luca Whibley – 19th<br />
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Alexander Carroll – 26th<br />
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Charlie Guy – 26th<br />
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Keith Godfrey – 29th<br />
Georgie Lewis – 29th<br />
Stanley Shanahan – 29th<br />
Oscar Shenton – 29th<br />
Daniel Stoddart – 29th<br />
Nabil Chowdhury – 30th<br />
Max Cole – 30th<br />
Joshua Impey – 30th<br />
Olivia Kelly – 30th<br />
Harry Notten-Brown – 30th<br />
Theo Peroulis – 30th<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 />
Sergio Ramos/ALF<br />
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Answers: Groundhopper:Selhurst <strong>Park</strong> (Crystal Palace), Know Your<br />
History: Andy Impey, Young Gun: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)<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
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GOALKEEPER<br />
QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC<br />
MURPHY<br />
MAHONEY<br />
D.O.B: 27.12.2001<br />
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH<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 />
“Veteran <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> captain<br />
Dave Mackay taking out<br />
<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> danger<br />
man Rodney Marsh,” was the<br />
tagline for the photograph. But<br />
was it an assumption rather<br />
than actuality?<br />
Two of the biggest icons<br />
either club have ever had were<br />
pictured in the same frame,<br />
during a fifth-round FA Cup<br />
showdown at Loftus Road on<br />
7th February 1970. And the<br />
headline overlaying it declared:<br />
“It’s not all about glory”.<br />
It was implied the game could<br />
also be about mud, nettles and<br />
hurt. A lot of hurt.<br />
There is an anguished look on<br />
Rodders’ face as he throws his<br />
head back, his long, fair hair<br />
caught in the wind, his blue<br />
and white hooped shirt mudsplattered.<br />
His body appeared<br />
to be heading towards the turf.<br />
Behind him, flat on his chest<br />
but looking up, is Mackay.<br />
It seemed a good illustration of<br />
the rough and tumble involved<br />
back in those days when<br />
pitches were more prone to<br />
the vagaries of the weather,<br />
particularly when it was wet in<br />
the early part of the year.<br />
But whether Mackay caused<br />
Marsh to fall could be open<br />
to debate as their bodies and<br />
extremities do not appear<br />
connected.<br />
The <strong>Derby</strong> supporters who<br />
attended the match certainly<br />
might have disputed the term<br />
‘taking out’. Mackay created a<br />
reputation for being a physical<br />
opponent, yet he was known<br />
to be ‘hard but fair’.<br />
It would seem, however, that<br />
Marsh’s anguished visage<br />
must have turned to smiles<br />
by the end of the Rs’ home<br />
tie. The hosts won it 1-0 with<br />
Mackay, who had led <strong>Derby</strong><br />
to promotion the previous<br />
season while QPR came down<br />
from the top flight, putting<br />
through his own goal seven<br />
minutes from time.<br />
He had deflected a Frank<br />
Clarke shot from Mike<br />
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Ferguson’s ball beyond his<br />
stopper Les Green, thus<br />
proving even a reigning<br />
Footballer of the Year –<br />
described by his manager<br />
Brian Clough, who went on<br />
to win two European Cups at<br />
Nottingham Forest, as his best<br />
signing – can be prone to such<br />
misfortune.<br />
But, as any of the surviving<br />
vintage Rams fans present<br />
would tell you, the guy was not<br />
a legend without just cause.<br />
Besides his body strength,<br />
there was the Scottish<br />
superstar’s strength of mind<br />
and purpose, to go with<br />
sublime ball skills, which had<br />
by this time helped him propel<br />
Heart of Midlothian to four<br />
trophies in five seasons, after<br />
decades of the Edinburgh<br />
club’s trophy cabinet gathering<br />
dust. And Tottenham Hotspur<br />
to an historic league and FA<br />
Cup double, the European Cup<br />
Winners’ Cup and two more FA<br />
Cups, the last as captain after<br />
twice having his left leg broken.<br />
Plus, of course, <strong>Derby</strong> to the<br />
Division Two championship<br />
while firing up one of the great<br />
managerial careers.<br />
As one of those <strong>Derby</strong> fans<br />
present that February wrote<br />
in recent years: “As well as the<br />
goal I remember him (Mackay)<br />
collecting the ball from the<br />
net and striding with pride and<br />
determination towards the<br />
centre circle. Even as a young<br />
teenager, I knew I was watching<br />
someone to be looked up to.”<br />
Marsh had also developed his<br />
venerable status by the time<br />
he played his part in what was<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong>’ first win over <strong>Derby</strong>.<br />
His star burned bright as his<br />
scoring record (30 league<br />
goals and a club record 44 in all<br />
competitions) and flamboyant<br />
displays led QPR to the<br />
Division Three title and the<br />
League Cup in the 1966/67<br />
campaign.<br />
And the future TV pundit<br />
underlined his reputation on<br />
that 1970 run which ended in<br />
the quarter-finals against west<br />
London neighbours Chelsea.<br />
Marsh fired two goal doubles<br />
in wins over South Shields and<br />
Charlton Athletic to set up the<br />
showdown with the Rams.<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 />
His six years at Loftus Road<br />
began the line of succession of<br />
adoration for <strong>Rangers</strong> players<br />
wearing the No 10 shirt –<br />
Stan Bowles being the prime<br />
example – in the days before<br />
squad numbers pushing three<br />
figures came into the game.<br />
The England international’s<br />
success was all the more<br />
remarkable, given that he<br />
was left deaf in one ear and<br />
suffered visual problems as<br />
a result of a sickening clash<br />
with Leicester City defender<br />
John Sjoberg, while playing for<br />
Fulham in 1963.<br />
His jaw was broken and a bone<br />
had punctured a nerve in his<br />
left ear, while his sense of<br />
balance was lost and he also<br />
sustained a haemorrhage.<br />
Marsh wrote in his book<br />
‘Shooting to the Top’ that he<br />
feared “I was going to die”.<br />
His dad Bill persuaded him to<br />
try and make a comeback,<br />
which he did seven months<br />
later. Marsh got his balance<br />
back, although he found his<br />
vision was ‘very narrow’ at the<br />
start. But his normal eyesight<br />
was restored and heading the<br />
ball was not a problem. And<br />
when <strong>Rangers</strong> signed him from<br />
Fulham for £15,000 in February<br />
1966 he ‘provided the biggest<br />
spark needed to turn a side<br />
of nearly men into winners’.<br />
As Dave Mackay and Clough’s<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> discovered in that last-<br />
16 showdown.<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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Mind is a registered charity in England (no. 219830) and<br />
a registered company (no. 424348) in England and Wales.
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2019-22<br />
qprcommunitytrust.co.uk e: community@qpr.co.uk t: 020 8740 2509<br />
@QPRtrust<br />
COULD YOU GO THE EXTRA MILE… OR 100?<br />
QPR in the Community Trust<br />
are looking for three cyclists to<br />
represent the club in this year’s<br />
RideLondon-Essex 100 at the end<br />
of next month.<br />
This 100-mile event, on Sunday<br />
29th May, begins on Victoria<br />
Embankment and finishes at<br />
Tower Bridge - and we’re on<br />
the lookout for three energetic<br />
volunteers to help raise funds in<br />
aid of the Trust.<br />
Entrants must be committed to<br />
doing the training and fundraising<br />
as much as possible for QPR in the<br />
Community Trust. You must also be<br />
a proficient cyclist and physically fit<br />
enough to complete the ride.<br />
All money raised will go to the<br />
charity and help to sustain and<br />
grow the work of the Trust around<br />
west London.<br />
If you’re interested in applying to<br />
take on the challenge, send an<br />
email to fionah@qpr.co.uk with<br />
200 words explaining why you<br />
would like to represent the Trust.<br />
The closing date to apply for one<br />
of the places is Saturday 30th<br />
April.<br />
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QPR FC<br />
WOMEN<br />
QPR FC WOMEN 3<br />
KENT FOOTBALL UNITED 3<br />
Brogan Moore’s second-half double was not<br />
enough for <strong>Rangers</strong> as the visitors’ last-minute<br />
equaliser ensured the spoils were shared at the<br />
Powerday Stadium.<br />
United took a sixth-minute lead when Priscilla<br />
Martins slotted home and it remained that way<br />
until after half-time, with Moore finding the net<br />
to bring the R’s level.<br />
A close-range finish soon afterwards doubled<br />
Moore’s tally and put Steve Quashie’s side into<br />
the lead, only for Chloe Francis to make it 2-2<br />
with an impressive free-kick.<br />
It looked as though Erin Pope had secured the<br />
points for QPR when she fired into the roof of<br />
the net with five minutes remaining.<br />
However, Martins snatched her second of the<br />
afternoon in stoppage time to clinch a share of<br />
the points for her side.<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong>’ final home game of the season takes<br />
place on Sunday 1st May, when they take on<br />
Norwich City Ladies (kick-off 2pm).<br />
QPR: White, Petit, Maloney, Carolan,<br />
Searle, Kumaning, Akerman, Hennessy, Moore,<br />
Hall, Edwards. Subs: McLean, Pope Curr,<br />
Nygaard-Parsons.<br />
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NATALIE SKIVERTON<br />
SUE KUMANING<br />
EMILIA NYGAARD-PARSONS<br />
ERIN POPE<br />
ESHE DAVIES<br />
VICKY GRIEVE<br />
DANIELLE MALONEY<br />
KATIE MCLEAN<br />
HAYLEY PEACOCK<br />
GEORGIE LEWIN<br />
JO BLODGETT<br />
KASHA PETIT<br />
KATIE AKERMAN<br />
LAUREN JORDINSON<br />
LAURA HENNESSY<br />
AILISH CAROLAN<br />
ALICE CURR<br />
BROGAN MOORE<br />
DEMI EDWARDS<br />
ELLEN WARDLAW<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
ST ANREWS<br />
SCHOOL, WOKING<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
RUSSELL BREMNER<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
RUSSELL BREMNER<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
STEVE RUSSELL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
LONDON FITNESS<br />
MAMAS<br />
LUCIE WHITE<br />
MELANIE HALL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
MERLE REDHEAD-LING<br />
MOLLIE DENCH<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
For more information on how to sponsor QPR FC Women’s players this season, please contact Sarah Holt at sarahh@qpr.co.uk<br />
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PUTTING THE SPARK<br />
INTO MATCHDAY<br />
PROGRAMMES...<br />
PROUD PROGRAMME<br />
PARTNERS OF<br />
QUEENS PARK<br />
RANGERS<br />
www.ignitionsportsmedia.com<br />
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M Mark WARBURTON<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Phyl & Tina<br />
# 1 Seny DIENG<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Sindy Grewall<br />
Apps: 29 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: 22 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 4 Rob DICKIE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Jakson Buhaj<br />
Apps: 42 Gls: 5<br />
YC: 12 RC: 0<br />
# #<br />
Marco 6 RAMKILDE Yoann BARBET 27<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Martin & Kieran<br />
O’Brien - True<br />
Potential Wealth<br />
Management<br />
Apps: 40 Gls: 2<br />
YC: 4 RC: 0<br />
# 7 Stefan JOHANSEN<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
David Loveland<br />
& Nik Cameron<br />
Apps: 31+3 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 8 RC: 0<br />
# 8 Luke AMOS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Tyler Buhaj<br />
Apps: 10+16 Gls: 4<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 9 Lyndon DYKES<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Ron Hill<br />
Apps: 24+2 Gls: 9<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 10 Ilias CHAIR<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
In memory of<br />
Keith Porter<br />
Apps: 34+1 Gls: 8<br />
YC: 6 RC: 0<br />
# 11 Charlie AUSTIN<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Phil Newman &<br />
Billy Maguire<br />
Apps: 19+17 Gls: 5<br />
YC: 3 RC: 0<br />
# 12 Dominic BALL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Dave, Di &<br />
Nathan Smith<br />
Apps: 14+8 Gls: 1<br />
YC: 4 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+13 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 15 Sam FIELD<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Amanda Dixon<br />
Apps: 19+3 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 10 RC: 0<br />
# #<br />
Marco 16 RAMKILDE Sam McCALLUM 27<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 12+1 Gls: 2<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 17 Andre DOZZELL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
KS Roofing and<br />
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Apps: 17+9 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 7 RC: 1<br />
# 19 Andre GRAY<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Deb and<br />
Marc Buhaj<br />
Apps: 15+11 Gls: 9<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 20 Jimmy DUNNE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Trent Buhaj<br />
Apps: 32+4 Gls: 3<br />
YC: 5 RC: 0<br />
# 21 Chris WILLOCK<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Richie Dixon<br />
Apps: 36+2 Gls: 6<br />
YC: 1 RC: 0<br />
# 22 Moses ODUBAJO<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Phil & Harry<br />
Newman<br />
Apps: 23+7 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 5 RC: 1<br />
# 24 Charlie OWENS<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 25 David MARSHALL<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Riley and<br />
Nathan Hayes<br />
Apps: 10+1 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 27 Jeff HENDRICK<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 6+4 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 0<br />
# 28 Dion SANDERSON<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
http://<br />
spanishpractice<br />
club.com<br />
Apps: 5+2 Gls: 0<br />
YC: 0 RC: 1<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: 22+11 Gls: 2<br />
YC: 3 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 />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Apps: 0+1 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 />
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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 City 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 2-2 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 City 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 City 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 City 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 City 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 <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> W 2-1 3 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Sun 5 14:30 Stoke City 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 City W 2-1 7 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET 1 ADOMAH FIELD<br />
JANUARY<br />
Sun 2 14:00 Birmingham City 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 City W 2-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH 1 DOZZELL<br />
Tue 25 19:45 Swansea City D 0-0 4 MARSHALL BARBET DUNNE DICKIE WALLACE FIELD<br />
Sat 29 15:00 Reading W 4-0 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE 1 BARBET ADOMAH FIELD<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Peterborough United FAC R4 L 0-2 N/A MARSHALL SANDERSON DICKIE DUNNE ODUBAJO AMOS<br />
Wed 9 19:45 Middlesbrough D 2-2 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
Sat 12 15:00 Barnsley L 0-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO HENDRICK<br />
Tue 15 19:45 Millwall L 0-2 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />
Sat 19 15:00 Hull City D 1-1 4 DIENG SANDERSON DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />
Wed 23 19:45 Blackpool W 2-1 3 DIENG SANDERSON DUNNE 1 BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />
Sat 26 12:30 Blackburn Rovers L 0-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />
MARCH<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Cardiff City L 1-2 5 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO FIELD<br />
Sun 13 12:00 Luton Town W 2-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE 1 DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO HENDRICK<br />
Wed 16 19:45 Nottingham Forest L 1-3 6 MARSHALL DUNNE DICKIE SANDERSON ODUBAJO AMOS<br />
Sun 20 12:30 Peterborough United L 1-3 8 WESTWOOD SANDERSON DICKIE DUNNE ADOMAH FIELD<br />
APRIL<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Fulham L 0-2 9 WESTWOOD SANDERSON DICKIE BARBET ODUBAJO FIELD<br />
Tue 5 19:45 Sheffield United L 0-1 9 WESTWOOD DUNNE DICKIE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />
Sat 9 15:00 Preston North End L 1-2 10 MAHONEY ODUBAJO SANDERSON DUNNE MCCALLUM AMOS<br />
Fri 15 17:30 Huddersfield Town<br />
Mon 18 15:00 <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Sat 23 15:00 Stoke City<br />
Fri 29 19:45 Sheffield United<br />
MAY<br />
Sat 7 12:30 Swansea City<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 />
FIELD WALLACE WILLOCK DYKES GRAY 1 WALSH, AMOS, THOMAS, AUSTIN, DE WIJS, BALL, ODUBAJO WOOLMER<br />
ODUBAJO AMOS JOHANSEN WILLOCK AUSTIN WALSH, ADOMAH, DYKES, THOMAS, DE WIJS, BALL, DOZZELL DAVIES<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS 1 WILLOCK DYKES 2 WALSH, THOMAS, SANDERSON, AUSTIN, BALL, DOZZELL, ODUBAJO SIMPSON<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN DYKES WALSH, HENDRICK, ADOMAH, DOZZELL , THOMAS, KAKAY, BARBET, BALL WEBB<br />
FIELD WALLACE CHAIR 1 WILLOCK 1 DYKES MAHONEY, HENDRICK, GRAY, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, SANDERSON WHITESTONE<br />
FIELD WALLACE CHAIR GRAY DYKES DIENG, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, ADOMAH, AMOS, THOMAS, SANDERSON SALISBURY<br />
FIELD WALLACE CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES DIENG, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, GRAY, HENDRICK, SANDERSON LININGTON<br />
FIELD WILLOCK AMOS AUSTIN CHAIR 1 MARSHALL, ODUBAJO, GRAY, JOHANSEN, BALL, THOMAS, DOZZELL ROBINSON<br />
FIELD ODUBAJO JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK MARSHALL, BALL , AMOS 1, THOMAS, AUSTIN, DOZZELL, GRAY WARD<br />
FIELD ODUBAJO JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK MARSHALL, GRAY, MCCALLUM, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS, DOZZELL SIMPSON<br />
HENDRICK WALLACE WILLOCK CHAIR GRAY 1 MAHONEY, ADOMAH, AMOS, DOZZELL, KAKAY, BALL, MCCALLUM SALISBURY<br />
FIELD WALLACE JOHANSEN CHAIR GRAY 1 MAHONEY, AUSTIN, AMOS , WILLOCK, MCCALLUM, DOXXELL, ADOMAH SMITH<br />
FIELD DOZZELL WALLACE WILLOCK GRAY 1 MAHONEY, CHAIR, JOHANSEN, HENDRICK, BARBET, AUSTIN, ADOMAH BANKES<br />
DOZZELL MCCALLUM AMOS 1 CHAIR GRAY MAHONEY, HENDRICK, AUSTIN, THOMAS, BARBET, BALL, ODUBAJO WEBB<br />
JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS THOMAS DYKES MAHONEY, CHAIR, AUSTIN, DOZZELL, MCCALLUM, DUNNE, HENDRICK WARD<br />
FIELD WALLACE CHAIR GRAY DYKES MAHONEY, DOZZELL, THOMAS, MCCALLUM, AMOS, AUSTIN, SANDERSON BOND<br />
FIELD JOHANSEN DOZZELL DYKES CHAIR THOMAS, AUSTIN, GRAY 1, KAKAY, BALL, ADOMAH HARRINGTON<br />
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# CLUB P W D L F A +/- PTS<br />
1 FULHAM 40 25 8 7 94 35 58 83<br />
2 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 39 21 10 8 62 35 27 73<br />
3 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 41 19 12 10 54 43 11 69<br />
4 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 39 19 10 10 61 36 25 67<br />
5 LUTON TOWN 41 18 11 12 59 47 12 65<br />
6 SHEFFIELD UNITED 41 18 11 12 53 41 12 65<br />
7 BLACKBURN ROVERS 41 17 12 12 52 42 10 63<br />
8 MIDDLESBROUGH 40 18 8 14 52 42 10 62<br />
9 MILLWALL 41 16 13 12 45 40 5 61<br />
10 COVENTRY CITY 41 16 11 14 54 51 4 59<br />
11 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 41 17 8 16 55 53 2 59<br />
12 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 41 15 12 14 45 40 5 57<br />
13 PRESTON NORTH END 41 14 15 12 43 46 -3 57<br />
14 SWANSEA CITY 40 16 9 15 48 53 -5 57<br />
15 STOKE CITY 41 15 10 16 53 47 6 55<br />
16 BLACKPOOL 40 14 11 15 44 47 -3 53<br />
17 CARDIFF CITY 40 14 7 19 47 61 -14 59<br />
18 BIRMINGHAM CITY 41 11 12 18 43 60 -17 45<br />
19 BRISTOL CITY 41 12 9 20 52 73 -21 45<br />
20 HULL CITY 41 12 8 21 34 45 -11 44<br />
21 READING 41 12 7 22 48 77 -29 37<br />
22 BARNSLEY 40 6 11 23 30 59 -29 29<br />
23 DERBY COUNTY 41 12 13 16 40 47 -7 28<br />
24 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 41 6 10 25 34 82 -48 28<br />
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VS<br />
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TOP FIVE<br />
Goalscorers<br />
ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />
FULHAM 38<br />
DOMINIC SOLANKE<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 24<br />
BEN BRERETON DIAZ<br />
BLACKBURN ROVERS 20<br />
ANDREAS WEIMANN<br />
BRISTOL CITY 19<br />
JOEL PIROE<br />
SWANSEA CITY 18<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
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HARRY WILSON<br />
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JOHN SWIFT<br />
READING 13<br />
CHRIS WILLOCK<br />
QUEENS PARK RANGERS 11<br />
SORBA THOMAS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 10<br />
JED WALLACE<br />
MILLWALL 10<br />
TOP FIVE<br />
Clean Sheets<br />
LEE NICHOLLS<br />
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 16<br />
WES FODERINGHAM<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED 16<br />
SAM JOHNSTONE<br />
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 15<br />
MARK TRAVERS<br />
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 15<br />
JOE LUMLEY<br />
MIDDLESBROUGH 13<br />
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THE JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER PENS HIS<br />
LATEST COLUMN…<br />
I<br />
t’s fair to say there’s not been much to<br />
celebrate in the last couple of months<br />
as poor form has seen QPR slip further from<br />
play-off contention.<br />
I did plan to go to Sheffield United the other<br />
week as GB News took the breakfast show to<br />
the 23rd floor of the Hilton Tower in Deansgate,<br />
Manchester.<br />
It’s only an hour’s drive over the A57 Snake Pass<br />
and I fancied it.<br />
It was only when breakfast show host Eamonn<br />
Holmes asked if I’d be going to the Manchester<br />
City v Atletico Madrid tie at the Etihad that<br />
evening – as he wanted to discuss it on air<br />
the following morning – that I decided a bit of<br />
homework wouldn’t go amiss. I made a call to<br />
an old friend at City and was able to take in the<br />
Champions League quarter-final first leg.<br />
In truth, I’m not sure the fare on offer in<br />
Manchester was much of an upgrade on what<br />
unfolded at Bramall Lane. Kevin De Bruyne’s<br />
second-half winner gave City victory. I didn’t feel<br />
guilty. It was work, after all.<br />
Today’s visit of <strong>Derby</strong> will be my 30th QPR game<br />
of the season – home and away – which I’m quite<br />
pleased with, given I work every Saturday.<br />
I’m looking forward to seeing our young<br />
striker Sinclair Armstrong play for Aldershot at<br />
Bromley later this month. Let’s hope it proves<br />
a worthwhile loan stint. I may be able to give<br />
you a scouting report in the Sheffield United<br />
programme.<br />
I hope you’re all having a great Easter and<br />
that we’ve managed to get a decent result at<br />
Huddersfield on Good Friday.<br />
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