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THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 2023/24 SEASON<br />
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PROGRAMME<br />
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04 HEAD COACH<br />
Words from Marti Cifuentes<br />
09 NEWS + MESSAGES<br />
All the latest from W12<br />
14 THE BIG READ<br />
Interview with Lucas Andersen<br />
27 VISITING W12<br />
A look at our opposition<br />
39 GOING UP<br />
Marcus Bean recalls 2003/04<br />
50 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN<br />
Meet the next generation<br />
52 JUNIOR HOOPS<br />
Test your knowledge<br />
62 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
Stay updated this season<br />
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MARTI<br />
OUR HEAD COACH SETS THE<br />
SCENE FOR TODAY’S GAME...<br />
e have an incredible fanbase here<br />
at QPR, and I have no doubt that<br />
Wyou’ll get right behind us in our three<br />
remaining cup finals, starting today against<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>.<br />
Our target is always to be very strong at<br />
home and having two of the three remaining<br />
games here at MATRADE Loftus Road gives<br />
us confidence because we know our fans<br />
can make the difference. Since my arrival at<br />
the club we’ve achieved 20 points at home,<br />
out of 21 in total. But we know we have to<br />
perform at our best level if we want to take<br />
another three points this evening in what will<br />
be an extremely tough game.<br />
I would like to welcome <strong>Preston</strong>, their<br />
manager Ryan Lowe and his staff, their<br />
players and supporters. <strong>Preston</strong> are a strong<br />
side who are enjoying an excellent season<br />
and they still have a chance of making the<br />
play-offs, which tells you all you need to<br />
know about them.<br />
Since my last programme notes, it’s true that<br />
our last few results haven’t been what we’d<br />
hoped for given the good form we’d been<br />
in previously. However, that just reinforces<br />
the good work we put in before – it isn’t as if<br />
we were an amazing side a month ago and<br />
now we’re suddenly a terrible team. Since<br />
I’ve been here, one of this team’s hallmarks<br />
has been how stable we have been and how<br />
we have fought to achieve our objective,<br />
and we’re going to keep doing that. We’ve<br />
been out of the relegation zone for several<br />
match days now, but I’ve been saying all the<br />
time: the job is not done yet. The hard work,<br />
the attitude and desire to play football that<br />
the lads have shown since I’ve been here is<br />
commendable, and they’re giving every last<br />
ounce to reach our objective.<br />
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I must say that the players’ reaction and the<br />
attitude we saw at Plymouth following the<br />
Sheffield Wednesday game is one of the<br />
things I’ve been most proud of since I was<br />
appointed as QPR head coach. The team<br />
came out all guns blazing and went all out<br />
for the win. We created enough chances to<br />
win that game comfortably, but we were<br />
punished by one of the few mistakes we<br />
made. However, as long as we keep creating<br />
chances and conceding few, we are on the<br />
right track to achieve victories.<br />
Last weekend, Hull were extremely clinical<br />
with their finishing, but sometimes you need<br />
to accept defeat as part of the journey to<br />
become a better team and move on quickly.<br />
We try to make the players aware that they’re<br />
capable of achieving anything, as they’ve<br />
proved several times before. They’re aware<br />
that we have three tough weeks ahead of us,<br />
in which we’ll be under constant pressure, but<br />
this group is used to that and they’re really<br />
up for the challenge. Now isn’t the time to<br />
be thinking about the Hull game – what’s in<br />
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the past has now gone and there’s no way of<br />
changing anything, it’s just a case of trying<br />
to learn our lessons from it and today’s game<br />
against <strong>Preston</strong> is our only focus right now.<br />
Apart from Blackburn and Sheffield<br />
Wednesday, who play each other tomorrow,<br />
all of the other teams in our ‘mini-league’ will<br />
be in action before we are, but we must play<br />
our game, focusing on ourselves and our<br />
performance.<br />
Our destiny is in our own hands and, if we do<br />
what we have to do, we’ll achieve our target<br />
of Championship survival.<br />
Let’s be strong together – and get that win!<br />
MARTI CIFUENTES<br />
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REMEMBERING<br />
JOHN GERARD<br />
PC John Gerard, who<br />
served as Dedicated<br />
Football Officer for QPR<br />
for more than eight years,<br />
passed away following a<br />
recent battle with illness.<br />
The club’s safety officer,<br />
Alex Fish, and former<br />
head of operations Josh<br />
Scott pay tribute to a<br />
much-loved colleague…<br />
“John was definitely a<br />
special guy, a very<br />
professional and<br />
approachable police<br />
officer whose commitment<br />
to the specialist role of a<br />
dedicated football officer<br />
was very evident. My<br />
relationship with the<br />
Metropolitan Police in<br />
general and John in<br />
particular was critical to<br />
the planning of events and<br />
to the running of games on<br />
event days. John’s part in<br />
that was immeasurable.<br />
His role went beyond this<br />
as he had the<br />
responsibility for attending<br />
away games as well. His<br />
relationship with the fans<br />
was beyond anyone’s<br />
expectations and he had a<br />
working rapport with them<br />
where they could<br />
communicate with him<br />
direct via his mobile. This<br />
is not something I have<br />
seen work successfully<br />
elsewhere. John will be<br />
sadly missed by all who<br />
worked with him. RIP.”<br />
Alex Fish<br />
“John was truly one of a<br />
kind, a huge loss for all at<br />
QPR and the Metropolitan<br />
Police. I know many fans<br />
that knew of John will<br />
remember the way he<br />
seamlessly integrated with<br />
supporters, and his<br />
personal approach to<br />
managing safety on<br />
matchdays. Even as a West<br />
Ham fan, John was<br />
passionate about QPR on<br />
and off the pitch and had<br />
the ability to demonstrate<br />
this in his police work when<br />
speaking with supporters.<br />
I’ll always remember in<br />
2020, when John called me<br />
on a weekly basis about<br />
when fans would be allowed<br />
back into Loftus Road, as<br />
patrolling an empty stadium<br />
wasn’t his cup of tea and he<br />
wanted the fans back! John<br />
was not just a police<br />
colleague to us all at QPR,<br />
he was a dear friend, and<br />
his presence around<br />
MATRADE Loftus Road<br />
will be missed for years<br />
to come.”<br />
Josh Scott<br />
REPORTING<br />
ANTI-SOCIAL<br />
BEHAVIOUR<br />
There is no place for<br />
anti-social behaviour at<br />
Loftus Road. If you see it,<br />
please report it. There<br />
are many ways you can<br />
get in touch.<br />
Tweet: You can reach<br />
our operations team<br />
on Twitter; you can follow<br />
and report incidents<br />
by tweeting<br />
@QPROperations.<br />
Email: You can also<br />
report anything you<br />
see to the team via email<br />
at operations@qpr.co.uk.<br />
Call: You can call 07557<br />
435 421 to report<br />
anything you see or<br />
hear. Please note you<br />
can remain anonymous<br />
if you wish.<br />
DIXIE<br />
Happy 13th birthday to<br />
Dixie Finch, love from<br />
all of your family and<br />
Austin the dog. Come<br />
on you R’rrrrrrrs!!!<br />
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EDWARD<br />
Happy birthday Edward,<br />
love from Carole, Sylvia<br />
and all the family. COYRS<br />
DENIS<br />
Happy 70th birthday to<br />
Denis O’Shea, who is<br />
here today celebrating<br />
with one of his<br />
grandsons Aaron. Lots<br />
of love from Jackie,<br />
Louise, Emma, Barry,<br />
Luke, Ashley and<br />
Aaron. Xxxx<br />
RYAN<br />
A massive happy<br />
birthday to Ryan Finch,<br />
who’s just turned nine.<br />
We hope you enjoy your<br />
day at QPR with all<br />
your friends.<br />
LIAM<br />
Happy 40th birthday to<br />
my good pal Liam<br />
Sheridan. Love Woodsy<br />
& Uncle Kev<br />
HARRY<br />
Happy 21st birthday<br />
Harry. Honoured and<br />
proud you are my son and<br />
my friend. Love ya – Dad.<br />
JAMES & HARRY<br />
Happy birthday to<br />
James and Harry<br />
Fraser with lots of love<br />
from Mum, Dad (and<br />
Cleo the dog).<br />
THOMAS<br />
A big, happy 40th<br />
birthday to Thomas<br />
Connell who sits in the<br />
Loft Upper. Lots of love<br />
from Michelle, Miles,<br />
Alice, Rose and all the<br />
family. Come on you R’s!<br />
BRIAN<br />
Happy 70th birthday to<br />
Brian, a lifelong Hoops<br />
fan and regular in the<br />
stands at MATRADE<br />
Loftus Road. He’s here<br />
today celebrating in the<br />
W12 restaurant with his<br />
sons Sean and Liam<br />
and enjoying the<br />
padded seat treatment!<br />
BRENDAN RICE<br />
RIP (18.04.2023)<br />
Here’s to you dear<br />
Brendan, a year since we<br />
lost you but not a day<br />
goes by that we don’t<br />
miss you, your steady<br />
presence and good<br />
humour.<br />
In your honour, we<br />
continue to back your<br />
cherished QPR. How<br />
pleased you’d be this<br />
season! Come on you R’s!<br />
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TEDDY<br />
DISSON-MEADE<br />
Today’s banner is<br />
dedicated to Teddy, our<br />
precious son and friend<br />
who sadly passed away a<br />
year ago. Though far from<br />
sight, we feel your<br />
presence, the lessons you<br />
taught us in life and the<br />
love you left behind.<br />
We take peace in knowing<br />
we will reunite one day,<br />
our arms filled by you once<br />
more. Until then we hold<br />
MICK CUSACK<br />
Born in Carrick on Suir, Co<br />
Tipperary, Mick Cusack<br />
became a lifelong QPR<br />
supporter after moving to<br />
Shepherd’s Bush as a<br />
young boy. He sold<br />
programmes at the<br />
stadium as a teenager and<br />
his heroes were Rodney<br />
Marsh and Stanley Bowles.<br />
Mick, who had season<br />
tickets in the Loft Upper<br />
with his children, passed<br />
away in early February,<br />
having enjoyed watching<br />
the away win against<br />
Blackburn. He would love to<br />
be here today as his son<br />
Liam is a mascot at today’s<br />
match.<br />
you close in our hearts, our<br />
beautiful boy. Today is for<br />
you, COYR’s.<br />
The banner has been<br />
funded by Loft Flags and<br />
fans who supported it<br />
through purchases of<br />
merchandise.<br />
If you are a child or young<br />
person who needs support<br />
with their mental health,<br />
please visit<br />
https://www.nhs.uk/<br />
mental-health/childrenand-young-adults/<br />
mental-health-support/<br />
Some years ago,<br />
Mick’s company supplied<br />
the temporary road signs<br />
that are used on<br />
matchdays and he added<br />
an extra sticker, reading<br />
ForeverRs Mick and<br />
Eamonn – ensuring he’ll<br />
continue to be a part of<br />
every match at QPR.<br />
TODAY’S MASCOTS<br />
Sophie Wright<br />
Age: 12<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Ilias Chair<br />
Sebastian Belinkoff<br />
Age: 7<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Sam Field<br />
Stanley Jeffries<br />
Age: 6<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Ilias Chair<br />
Aidan Guinness<br />
Age: 10<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Jimmy Dunne<br />
Gabriel Illya Lazell<br />
Age: 11<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Ilias Chair<br />
Stanley Grintuch<br />
Age: 14<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Sam Field<br />
Kai Fereday<br />
Age: 10<br />
Favourite Player:<br />
Jimmy Dunne and<br />
his Grandad<br />
Wayne Fereday<br />
Zac Crossley<br />
Age: 9<br />
Favourite player:<br />
Jimmy Dunne<br />
Spencer Clinkscales<br />
Age: 6<br />
Favourite player:<br />
Paul Smyth<br />
AWAY MASCOT<br />
Jenson Swarbrick<br />
Age: 9<br />
Favourite players:<br />
Alan Browne and<br />
Mads Frokjaer<br />
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INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY<br />
SIGNED FROM HOMETOWN CLUB AALBORG<br />
IN FEBRUARY, FORMER DENMARK<br />
INTERNATIONAL LUCAS ANDERSEN HAS<br />
QUICKLY BECOME A KEY WEAPON IN QPR’S<br />
BATTLE TO AVOID RELEGATION. THE<br />
29-YEAR-OLD ATTACKING MIDFIELDER<br />
ASSESSES THE MOOD IN THE CAMP<br />
AND OUTLINES HIS HOPES FOR<br />
TODAY’S CRUCIAL GAME AGAINST<br />
PRESTON NORTH END…<br />
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Lucas, what’s the feeling around the<br />
dressing-room as we approach our last<br />
few games of the season?<br />
Over the last few months we’ve been<br />
doing really well and I think we’ve shown<br />
that everything is possible. We’re doing<br />
everything we can to achieve the highest<br />
possible level with our performances and<br />
the work people put in every day at the<br />
club is amazing. Most important is probably<br />
the mood, to keep on pushing and building,<br />
because that’s the foundation of a team<br />
– to push together and everyone wants to<br />
achieve something for the person sitting<br />
next to them. So I feel the mood is good<br />
and confident but of course there’s also<br />
a certain amount of stress linked to that,<br />
because of what it means for everyone at<br />
the club and the fans.<br />
You played under Marti Cifuentes at your<br />
previous club Aalborg. What did you learn<br />
about Marti as a coach that made you want<br />
to rejoin him here at QPR?<br />
First of all is the way he sets a structure<br />
for a club and a team, doing things in a<br />
certain way and wanting to bring out the<br />
players’ best abilities – he figures out a<br />
way to make sure everyone reaches their<br />
highest level. Marti’s a very modern coach<br />
with a good mix of being really demanding<br />
on the pitch and then off the pitch,<br />
switching to stuff that I’d call the human<br />
approach and having a conversation with<br />
you about whatever. I think you have to<br />
switch between being very serious and very<br />
structured on the football aspects and also<br />
having another side to what you do.<br />
Your agent Mikkel Beck played for QPR<br />
– did that connection also influence your<br />
move to the club?<br />
Definitely, Mikkel was really enthusiastic<br />
about it when we felt we were getting<br />
closer to a move. He had a very good<br />
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period of time here, he was very happy<br />
with the club, the stadium and the fans –<br />
and all of this I can also confirm! There’s<br />
the atmosphere, the whole feeling around<br />
football that it’s a lifestyle over here –<br />
not just something you go to watch because<br />
you want a little Saturday or Sunday<br />
entertainment. Not that it isn’t like that<br />
in other countries I’ve played in, but I just<br />
feel it’s really deep in a family’s core that<br />
they are QPR supporters and they have<br />
been for many years. That’s what I really<br />
like about QPR and it’s also what Mikkel<br />
told me, that this is an amazing place and<br />
you’ll have that feeling in the stadium that<br />
it really means everything, every time you<br />
step onto the pitch.<br />
Were you always interested in<br />
experiencing English football at some<br />
stage in your career?<br />
Yes, it’s always been a dream to experience<br />
it – and if you ask anyone who knows<br />
me, they would say that too. The outside<br />
opinion on English leagues is that they’re<br />
very tough, competitive and maybe the<br />
way it was 20 years ago when there was<br />
another type of football, people would<br />
have said ‘it’s not for you’. But I always<br />
dreamed about it and I just wanted it to<br />
happen – no matter what it took, I would<br />
do everything to come here. Now that I’m<br />
here, it feels amazing to be able to make<br />
that move at my age, to compete and be<br />
in a good team at a historical club.<br />
What more do you want? Also at the point<br />
where I was in my career, things were a<br />
little bit stuck, so I’m really grateful to get<br />
this opportunity.<br />
You set up a goal for Michael Frey on<br />
your QPR debut against Norwich, did that<br />
help you to settle more quickly into a new<br />
environment?<br />
When you enter a new group, it’s always<br />
nice to show everyone around the club and<br />
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the fans what you’re capable of, that you<br />
want to contribute and you’re here to bring<br />
something. For me, it’s always been a big<br />
part of my game to score goals and get<br />
assists, game-deciding stuff – that’s the<br />
kind of player I want to be. So of course it<br />
helps a lot when you have a good start and<br />
it also boosts your confidence and brings in<br />
a good vibe for your team-mates.<br />
Today’s opponents, <strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>,<br />
include two Danish players in Mads Frokjaer<br />
and Emil Riis. What do you know about<br />
them?<br />
Well, they’re both good players. Frokjaer<br />
is very technical with a good drive, he’s in<br />
a category that’s quite similar to my way<br />
of playing and he’s had a good start at<br />
<strong>Preston</strong>, from what I’ve heard. Riis is like<br />
a pure striker with a good shot, quite fast<br />
and he’s also been doing well. I think it also<br />
shows the Danish league is at quite a good<br />
level and it’s always exciting to see how<br />
fellow countrymen are doing, to cross paths<br />
with them and see who wins the battle – so<br />
I’m looking forward to it.<br />
So far, you’ve come close to scoring quite a<br />
few times – would it be a dream scenario for<br />
your first QPR goal to be the one that keeps<br />
the club in the Championship?<br />
That would be the most epic dream, I think!<br />
That’s what I want to do, deciding games for<br />
the team and I feel I’ve been moving closer<br />
to getting that goal, hitting the crossbar<br />
twice and having a couple of other chances<br />
I could have put in. So I think we’re closing<br />
in on that goal and I can’t think of a better<br />
moment than just to put one in today at a<br />
full Loftus Road – that would be amazing.<br />
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Fan’s Column<br />
ALEX BULLAMORE<br />
‘R’ GENERATION WRITER ALEX BULLAMORE<br />
DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS-ON IN W12<br />
Many a football fan will tell<br />
you that it’s incredibly difficult<br />
to support their team.<br />
I will usually ignore the<br />
bleating from the big<br />
six who don’t get what<br />
they want, while their<br />
team reached the semifinal<br />
or final of another<br />
competition, devaluing<br />
competitions as they<br />
go because it isn’t the<br />
Champions League. I look<br />
at what we’ve experienced<br />
in the last few weeks, and<br />
yeah guess what, it ain’t<br />
easy being QPR.<br />
Not sure if anyone else<br />
can relate to this, but I’ve<br />
had friends, colleagues<br />
and family members say<br />
variations of ‘you guys are<br />
safe now’. Anyone who’s<br />
ever watched QPR, or has a<br />
general awareness of what<br />
this club does, will know it’s<br />
not as simple as some may<br />
suggest. If I have to say “I<br />
think one more win might do<br />
it, but I’m still nervous” one<br />
more time, I might scream.<br />
You see, supporting a team<br />
like QPR is the ultimate<br />
love-hate relationship. At<br />
the start of the season, I was<br />
looking for any excuse to not<br />
go to games. The prospect<br />
of a win very unlikely, losses<br />
almost guaranteed. That’s<br />
where you might hate the<br />
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fact you support this team.<br />
But then you get moments<br />
like Jimmy Dunne’s goal, and<br />
all of a sudden everything<br />
seems that little bit better.<br />
The team we played that<br />
day, Birmingham, were<br />
quite awful. I remember<br />
thinking: if we don’t beat<br />
this lot then we probably<br />
deserve relegation. The<br />
goal in itself is beautiful,<br />
but then you start adding<br />
layers of context on top<br />
and it becomes all the more<br />
remarkable.<br />
A player who had struggled<br />
this season with form,<br />
converted to right-back<br />
from centre-back and then<br />
relishing the opportunity to<br />
become the best rightback<br />
possibly the world has<br />
seen (slight exaggeration<br />
there). Football is such a<br />
simple game – why didn’t<br />
anyone else think to convert<br />
their centre-back into a<br />
marauding right-back, who<br />
can smash the ball into the<br />
back of the net, from the<br />
edge of the box, on the<br />
volley and on his weaker<br />
foot? If we stay up, we<br />
stay up because of that<br />
goal – it’s more than good<br />
enough in its own right to be<br />
remembered as such.<br />
We now face three teams<br />
with varying degrees of<br />
ambition left for their<br />
season, <strong>Preston</strong> have<br />
an outside chance of<br />
the play-offs, Coventry<br />
the opportunity to make<br />
numerous trips to Wembley<br />
and then there’s Leeds. One<br />
of the sides competing for<br />
automatic promotion and<br />
the title, and yet seemingly<br />
they don’t fancy winning<br />
the division or reaching the<br />
Premier League. It feels<br />
like all of those teams are<br />
politely saying to the others<br />
‘no, after you, please’ in<br />
the revolving door that is<br />
the top three. Home form<br />
will be crucial to sealing our<br />
Championship status, and<br />
I think both are winnable,<br />
especially Leeds with their<br />
cold form at the moment.<br />
All I want is nothing to be<br />
riding on that game against<br />
Coventry, because then I’m<br />
not confident at all.<br />
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Tony’s Tales<br />
TONY INCENZO<br />
TWITTER<br />
NIGHTMARES!<br />
Some of the most<br />
disappointing matches<br />
I have attended as a<br />
<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
supporter are coming back<br />
to haunt me on Twitter, or<br />
X, many years later.<br />
I was there at Wembley<br />
Stadium when we were<br />
firm favourites, yet lost<br />
3-0 to Oxford United in the<br />
1986 Milk Cup final. Man of<br />
the match for Oxford and<br />
scorer of their second goal<br />
that day was Ray Houghton.<br />
Meanwhile, the referee<br />
was Keith Hackett – and<br />
nowadays both Houghton<br />
and Hackett are among my<br />
Twitter followers.<br />
Another devastating<br />
result was our 1-0 play-off<br />
final defeat against Cardiff<br />
City at the Millennium<br />
Stadium in 2003. Andy<br />
Campbell lobbed the<br />
Bluebirds’ decisive goal<br />
in extra time and yes, you<br />
guessed it – Campbell<br />
follows me on Twitter.<br />
In my opinion, QPR hit rock<br />
bottom in losing at home to<br />
non-league minnows Vauxhall<br />
Motors in the FA Cup first<br />
round replay in 2002. That<br />
result still makes me shudder<br />
– especially when I see<br />
Vauxhall Motors as one of my<br />
Twitter followers.<br />
At least I am spared<br />
the indignity of being<br />
followed by Partizan<br />
Belgrade. My trip there for<br />
the UEFA Cup tie in 1984 was<br />
my all-time worst <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
supporting experience.<br />
Things turned very nasty<br />
indeed amidst the most<br />
hostile football atmosphere I<br />
have ever encountered.<br />
To compound matters,<br />
<strong>Rangers</strong> led 6-2 from the<br />
first leg in London but lost<br />
that return game 4-0 – so<br />
a 6-6 aggregate where we<br />
were knocked out of Europe<br />
on the away goals rule.<br />
I might just block Partizan<br />
Belgrade on Twitter to<br />
make sure they never come<br />
after me…<br />
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Twitter at @TonyIncenzo<br />
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ANDY<br />
SINTON<br />
OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S<br />
VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR…<br />
elcome back to MATRADE Loftus<br />
Road for today’s Championship<br />
W game against <strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>.<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> have had another good season,<br />
but following their midweek defeat at<br />
Southampton it looks like they will miss out on<br />
getting into the play-off positions. However,<br />
I am sure they will want to make a strong<br />
finish to the season and end as high as<br />
they can in the table and, as always, they<br />
will prove really tough opponents for us to<br />
overcome this afternoon.<br />
Since my last notes we have not had the results<br />
we wanted in those three games. The Sheffield<br />
Wednesday game was one where we never<br />
really got going and fell way short of the levels<br />
of performance the team have been showing<br />
in previous games. We then headed down to<br />
Plymouth for what we all knew would be a vital<br />
game for both teams. I thought we bounced<br />
back with a good performance where, for the<br />
vast majority of the game, we were the better<br />
side and in control. We created chances and<br />
opportunities to win it comfortably but, having<br />
gone ahead through a close-range effort from<br />
Sam Field, we failed to deal with a corner well<br />
enough and unfortunately were pegged back<br />
late in the game. I think everyone connected to<br />
QPR left feeling we had let two vital points slip<br />
from our grasp. Still, as I know from my own<br />
experiences in the game over many years, this<br />
happens – you have to put the disappointment<br />
behind you and move on quickly.<br />
Last weekend we travelled to Hull, who I think<br />
are a very good side and play in a really good<br />
way. They have talented individual players<br />
who can cause you problems and that proved<br />
to be the case. We went behind early in the<br />
game from a tremendous long-range strike<br />
and they scored a well-worked second goal<br />
just before the half-hour mark to increase<br />
their lead. We had a great chance just after<br />
half-time, which possibly could have changed<br />
the flow of the game before we fell further<br />
behind to another excellent strike a couple<br />
of minutes later. So we left Hull well beaten<br />
and knowing that we still have work to do<br />
in the remaining three games to secure our<br />
Championship status.<br />
That leads us onto today’s game which is<br />
hugely important, as we all know. With it being<br />
a late kick-off, we will start the game knowing<br />
the results of many of the teams around us<br />
in the table. While we will all be aware of<br />
what has happened, we cannot control or<br />
influence that in any shape or form. What<br />
we can control and influence is ourselves<br />
and that must be the focus of everyone<br />
involved – only what we do matters. There<br />
will be apprehension and nerves around the<br />
stadium, which is understandable, but we have<br />
to accept and manage that and embrace the<br />
challenge in front of us this evening. I know<br />
Marti, his staff and all the squad will be well<br />
prepared and ready for this.<br />
Two weeks ago, it was great to once again<br />
take part in the Tiger Feet 14 walk from our<br />
training ground to the stadium to raise<br />
money for our QPR Down’s Syndrome team.<br />
As always, the event was a great success<br />
and I thank everyone who participated by<br />
doing the walk and everyone who very kindly<br />
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donated to such a wonderful cause. That<br />
support and generosity is hugely appreciated<br />
and really makes a big difference to all<br />
involved with the Tiger Cubs.<br />
On a sad note, we were deeply saddened to<br />
hear of the sad passing of Tom Hyett at the<br />
age of 88. Tom was a steward and friendly<br />
face for more than 58 years and the club’s<br />
longest serving member of staff. He fulfilled<br />
many roles as a steward at the club in that<br />
time and was honoured in 2020 when he won<br />
the Unsung Hero award. Our thoughts and<br />
condolences are with all Tom’s friends and<br />
family and may he rest in peace.<br />
As a club, we were also deeply saddened<br />
to hear of the passing of PC John Gerard<br />
recently following a battle with illness. John<br />
was a recognisable figure with the R’s fans<br />
for a number of years and was part of the<br />
Metropolitan Police unit that travelled up<br />
and down the country with the travelling<br />
supporters. He was hugely respected by<br />
everyone who met him and, with his kind and<br />
approachable nature, he made sure trips<br />
away were organised and safe. Everyone<br />
at QPR would like to pass on our heartfelt<br />
condolences to John’s family and friends and<br />
may he rest in peace.<br />
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A minute’s applause for both Tom and John will<br />
be held before the game where, as a club, we<br />
recognise the contribution both made to QPR.<br />
Once again, can I thank every single QPR fan<br />
for the incredible support you have given the<br />
team throughout the season both home and<br />
away. That incredible support has played a<br />
huge part in helping us get to a position in<br />
the table where, with three games left of the<br />
season, our destiny in terms of Championship<br />
survival is in our own hands.<br />
A few months ago and from where we were<br />
then, I believe we all would have taken that<br />
and, having worked so hard on and off the<br />
pitch to put ourselves in this position – we<br />
have to finish the job!!!<br />
Again, I urge you to get behind the team from<br />
the first whistle to the last and push them all<br />
the way. Let’s create a great atmosphere<br />
inside the stadium that can help Marti, his<br />
staff and all the team get the three points we<br />
need this evening<br />
So – be loud and be proud of who we are –<br />
We are QPR.<br />
Enjoy the game and COME ON YOU R’S<br />
Andy<br />
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INTRODUCING PRESTON NORTH END:<br />
THE LILYWHITES<br />
HAVING EPITOMISED MID-TABLE CONSISTENCY FOR THE BEST PART<br />
OF A DECADE, PRESTON LOOK ON COURSE FOR AT LEAST A TOP 10<br />
FINISH, EVEN IF THE PLAY-OFFS MAY NOW BE OUT OF REACH.<br />
The Lilywhites have ended each season<br />
somewhere between seventh and 14th since<br />
they returned to the Championship in 2015,<br />
but a blistering start to the current campaign<br />
hinted they could certainly aim higher.<br />
Ryan Lowe’s side reeled off six straight<br />
victories in August and September to head<br />
the table, but a 4-0 defeat to West Brom<br />
at Deepdale ended their unbeaten start in<br />
severe fashion and they failed to win any of<br />
the five games that followed.<br />
Since then, consistency has eluded <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong><br />
– with Christmas approaching, they suffered<br />
another two four-goal losses against<br />
Middlesbrough and Watford but then saw off<br />
Leeds 2-1 at Deepdale on Boxing Day.<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> appeared to be firmly back on<br />
track during February, stringing together<br />
consecutive victories over Ipswich, Cardiff<br />
and Middlesbrough and ending the month<br />
with a 3-0 triumph at Coventry that put them<br />
on the brink of the top six again.<br />
More recently, though, they slipped up<br />
against Stoke and Birmingham and a<br />
comprehensive 3-0 defeat at Southampton<br />
on Tuesday means the Lilywhites head to<br />
W12 with only a razor-thin mathematical<br />
chance of making the top six.<br />
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FREDDIE<br />
WOODMAN<br />
GOALKEEPER<br />
AGE: 27<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Newcastle<br />
DAVID<br />
CORNELL<br />
GOALKEEPER<br />
AGE: 33<br />
Nationality: Welsh<br />
Signed from:<br />
Peterborough<br />
LIAM<br />
LINDSAY<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 28<br />
Nationality: Scottish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Stoke<br />
ANDREW<br />
HUGHES<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 31<br />
Nationality: Welsh<br />
Signed from:<br />
Peterborough<br />
DUANE<br />
HOLMES<br />
MIDFIELDER<br />
AGE: 29<br />
Nationality: American<br />
Signed from:<br />
Huddersfield<br />
ROBBIE<br />
BRADY<br />
MIDFIELDER<br />
AGE: 32<br />
Nationality: Irish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Bournemouth<br />
ALAN<br />
BROWNE<br />
MIDFIELDER<br />
AGE: 29<br />
Nationality: Irish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Cork City<br />
MADS<br />
FRØKJÆR-<br />
JENSEN<br />
FORWARD<br />
AGE: 24<br />
Nationality: Danish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Odense<br />
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JORDAN<br />
STOREY<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 26<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Exeter<br />
JOSH<br />
SEARY<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 19<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Academy<br />
GREG<br />
CUNNINGHAM<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 33<br />
Nationality: Irish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Cardiff<br />
JACK<br />
WHATMOUGH<br />
DEFENDER<br />
AGE: 27<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Wigan<br />
WILL<br />
KEANE<br />
FORWARD<br />
AGE: 31<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Wigan<br />
CHED<br />
EVANS<br />
FORWARD<br />
AGE: 35<br />
Nationality: Welsh<br />
Signed from:<br />
Fleetwood<br />
EMIL RIIS<br />
JAKOBSEN<br />
FORWARD<br />
AGE: 25<br />
Nationality: Danish<br />
Signed from:<br />
Randers<br />
LAYTON<br />
STEWART<br />
FORWARD<br />
AGE: 21<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Signed from:<br />
Liverpool<br />
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THE<br />
GAFFER<br />
Having won successive<br />
promotions from League<br />
Two with Bury and Plymouth,<br />
Ryan Lowe was <strong>Preston</strong>’s top<br />
choice to take over at Deepdale<br />
midway through the 2021/22<br />
season.<br />
The Merseysider made his<br />
name as a lower division striker<br />
during an 18-year playing<br />
career that took in three<br />
spells at Bury and two each<br />
at Chester and Crewe, as well<br />
as representing Shrewsbury,<br />
Sheffield Wednesday, MK Dons<br />
and Tranmere.<br />
Lowe became Bury playercoach<br />
in January 2017 and,<br />
following two separate stints as<br />
the club’s caretaker boss, he was<br />
appointed permanent manager<br />
18 months later – leading the<br />
Shakers to the runners-up spot<br />
in his first season.<br />
However, the club’s deepening<br />
financial troubles meant<br />
Lowe was back in League Two<br />
the following season after<br />
accepting an offer to take<br />
charge of relegated Plymouth,<br />
where he immediately repeated<br />
his promotion achievement.<br />
Having consolidated in League<br />
One the following season, the<br />
Pilgrims’ 17-match unbeaten<br />
run propelled them to the top<br />
of the table in the autumn<br />
of 2021, persuading <strong>Preston</strong><br />
to move for Lowe as Frankie<br />
McEvoy’s replacement.<br />
RYAN LOWE<br />
Age: 45<br />
Nationality: English<br />
Year appointed: 2021<br />
Succeeded: Frankie McAvoy<br />
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BEST<br />
OF<br />
TIMES<br />
1889:<br />
Undefeated throughout<br />
the season, <strong>Preston</strong><br />
won not only the<br />
inaugural Football<br />
League championship<br />
but also the FA Cup,<br />
therefore becoming the<br />
first ‘Double’ winners in<br />
English football history.<br />
1938:<br />
George Mutch’s penalty<br />
towards the end of<br />
extra time was enough<br />
to earn <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong> their<br />
second FA Cup as they<br />
overcame Huddersfield<br />
in the final at Wembley.<br />
2000:<br />
Under the guidance of<br />
David Moyes, <strong>Preston</strong><br />
secured the Division<br />
Two title, finishing seven<br />
points clear of Burnley<br />
to return to the second<br />
tier for the first time in<br />
20 years.<br />
WORST<br />
OF<br />
TIMES<br />
1961:<br />
In their first season<br />
since the retirement of<br />
club legend Tom Finney,<br />
the Lilywhites finished<br />
bottom of Division One<br />
and have not regained<br />
their top-flight status<br />
since.<br />
1986:<br />
Relegated to Division<br />
Four a year earlier,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong> recorded<br />
their lowest ever finish<br />
of 23rd place and were<br />
forced to apply for reelection<br />
to the Football<br />
League.<br />
2005:<br />
Bobby Zamora’s lastgasp<br />
goal for West Ham<br />
in the Championship<br />
play-off final at the<br />
Millennium Stadium<br />
ended <strong>Preston</strong>’s hopes<br />
of Premier League<br />
football in cruel fashion.<br />
COMINGS<br />
AND GOINGS<br />
COMING IN<br />
Jack Whatmough<br />
(D) – WIGAN<br />
Calvin Ramsay<br />
(D) – LIVERPOOL (LOAN)<br />
Liam Millar<br />
(M) – FC BASEL (LOAN)<br />
Duane Holmes<br />
(M) – HUDDERSFIELD<br />
Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen<br />
(M) – ODENSE<br />
Milutin Osmajic<br />
(F) – CÁDIZ<br />
Will Keane<br />
(F) – WIGAN<br />
GOING OUT<br />
James Pradic<br />
(GK) – BAMBER BRIDGE<br />
Bambo Diaby<br />
(D) – SHEFFIELD<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Matthew Olosunde<br />
(D) – RELEASED<br />
Josh Onomah<br />
(M) – RELEASED<br />
Daniel Johnson<br />
(M) – STOKE<br />
Mikey O’Neill<br />
(M) – BURNLEY<br />
IT’S A RECORD<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> are the<br />
only one of the<br />
Football League’s<br />
founder members<br />
to have played<br />
continuously on<br />
the same ground,<br />
with Deepdale their<br />
home for almost a<br />
century and a half.<br />
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QUEENS PARK RANGERS 4<br />
PRESTON NORTH END 0<br />
SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2009<br />
COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
A wonder goal by Moroccan star Adel<br />
Taarabt set QPR on their way to a dominant<br />
demolition job against <strong>Preston</strong>.<br />
Taarabt made his dramatic impact after 11<br />
minutes as he picked up possession on the<br />
halfway line, swivelled his hips past a host of<br />
despairing defenders and then sent a stunning<br />
shot into the top corner from 25 yards.<br />
The other marksmen for Jim Magilton’s side<br />
were Akos Buzsaky (62 minutes, penalty), Jay<br />
Simpson (74) and Wayne Routledge (85).<br />
In a match report in The Sun newspaper, Vikki<br />
Orvice wrote: “Adel Taarabt’s idol as a kid<br />
growing up in Marseille was Eric Cantona.<br />
“So when the midfielder unleashed a 25-yard<br />
volley past (goalkeeper) Andy Lonergan to<br />
open the scoring for <strong>Rangers</strong>, all he needed<br />
was to pull up his collar to roll back the years.”<br />
The MailOnline match report read: “Rodney<br />
Marsh was at Loftus Road to witness an Adel<br />
Taarabt goal he would have been more than<br />
happy to call his own. It was a virtuoso effort<br />
that had <strong>Rangers</strong> celebrating what was to be<br />
the start of a rout.<br />
“For those <strong>Rangers</strong> fans who have a long<br />
association with the west London outpost, it<br />
would have brought back memories of the good<br />
old days of Marsh, Bowles, Francis and co.<br />
“…Taarabt’s 11th minute strike was exceptional<br />
and confirmation of why Tottenham worked<br />
so hard to sign him from his French club Lens<br />
and why <strong>Rangers</strong> were desperate to take him<br />
on loan. The <strong>North</strong> African is not a prolific<br />
scorer but when they are as well executed as<br />
this then they are worth the wait.<br />
“There was hardly a hint of danger when<br />
he chested the ball a step or two inside the<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> half. From then on, the movement<br />
developed a pace of its own as he first<br />
swept past Richard Chaplow then cheekily<br />
nutmegged Veliche Shumulikoski.<br />
“He was still some way out but <strong>Preston</strong> failed<br />
to respond well enough to his run and meekly<br />
allowed him to continue and then power a<br />
shot from 20 yards which left Andy Lonergan<br />
unable to do anything other than watch it<br />
flash past.”<br />
RANGERS: Cerny, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss,<br />
Borrowdale, Routledge (Ainsworth 87),<br />
Buzsaky (Agyemang 76), Mahon, Faurlin,<br />
Taarabt, Simpson (Vine 77). Subs not used:<br />
Heaton, Hall, Alberti, Harris.<br />
Attendance: 12,810.<br />
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PLASTIC<br />
FANTASTIC<br />
There was incredible media<br />
interest when Loftus Road<br />
became the first league<br />
ground in the world to stage<br />
football on plastic grass, with<br />
Luton Town the visitors on<br />
Tuesday 1st September 1981.<br />
Midfielder Andy King gave<br />
QPR the lead with a closerange<br />
strike at the School<br />
<strong>End</strong> after 35 minutes. But<br />
back came Luton in the<br />
second half, winning 2-1 with<br />
goals from Mark Aizlewood<br />
and outstanding man of the<br />
match Ricky Hill.<br />
Terry Venables, the <strong>Rangers</strong><br />
manager at the time, later<br />
recalled: “My chairman Jim<br />
Gregory had always been<br />
worried about the terrible<br />
problems we had with the<br />
pitch. We couldn’t get the<br />
drainage right. Even on<br />
a fairly nice day, it would<br />
always be like a quagmire.<br />
“Jim just didn’t know what to<br />
do – whatever he spent, he<br />
couldn’t seem to solve the<br />
problem. So he said to me:<br />
‘What about a plastic pitch?’<br />
We chatted for a while and<br />
he said: ‘There are no rules to<br />
say we can’t!’<br />
“So I said: ‘Come on then<br />
– we’ll do it!’ And we went<br />
for it.”<br />
Other Football League clubs<br />
who laid similar artificial<br />
surfaces during the 1980s<br />
were Luton (obviously<br />
impressed by the inaugural<br />
match!), Oldham Athletic and<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>.<br />
But as time progressed,<br />
journalists and opposing<br />
clubs moaned about the<br />
excessive bounce of the ball<br />
and difficulties in making<br />
sliding tackles due to players<br />
getting “carpet burns”.<br />
The Omniturf revolution in<br />
Shepherd’s Bush lasted for<br />
seven seasons before QPR<br />
decided to rip up the plastic<br />
at the end of the 1987/88<br />
campaign. A natural grass<br />
surface has prevailed here<br />
ever since.<br />
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IMAGES COURTESY OF: GERARD FARRELL<br />
INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO<br />
TWO DECADES AGO THIS SEASON, QPR ERASED<br />
THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S<br />
PLAY-OFF FINAL DEFEAT IN CARDIFF BY SECURING<br />
AUTOMATIC PROMOTION TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.<br />
WE SPEAK TO THE PLAYERS AND STAFF<br />
WHO CONTRIBUTED TO RANGERS’ MEMORABLE<br />
SUCCESS DURING 2003/04 – THIS TIME IT’S<br />
MIDFIELDER MARCUS BEAN.<br />
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Marcus, our promotion to<br />
the Championship 20<br />
years ago was a great time<br />
for the club…<br />
It was a really good time<br />
for the club. All I remember<br />
was that QPR had suffered<br />
financial problems and lots<br />
going on off the pitch in<br />
the years before that, but I<br />
think it brought us together<br />
on the pitch. As a club,<br />
everyone was really behind<br />
the boys, so it was a great<br />
promotion-winning season<br />
for all involved.<br />
Having come up through the<br />
youth ranks, you knew <strong>Queens</strong><br />
<strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> inside out…<br />
I first joined <strong>Rangers</strong> at<br />
the age of 10 so it was a<br />
big part of mine and my<br />
family’s lives all the way<br />
through. Obviously I had<br />
seen some great players<br />
appear for the R’s, then it<br />
was a privilege when I finally<br />
made my debut and winning<br />
promotion in 2003/04 was<br />
very special.<br />
We had lost the play-off<br />
final 1-0 against Cardiff City<br />
the previous season – so did<br />
that defeat make everyone<br />
at QPR more determined to<br />
gain automatic promotion in<br />
2003/04?<br />
It did, I think. The manner<br />
of that defeat against<br />
Cardiff really hurt us so,<br />
the following year, we were<br />
determined to go one better.<br />
We were also used to the<br />
challenge and the pressures<br />
of being at the top. That<br />
definitely aided us in our<br />
promotion bid.<br />
There were a couple of<br />
additions to our squad<br />
in Martin Rowlands and<br />
Gareth Ainsworth, what did<br />
they add to everything?<br />
‘Rowly’ and ‘Gaz’ were very<br />
different players but both<br />
really effective. Rowly was<br />
one of the most technically<br />
gifted footballers I ever<br />
played alongside. His ball<br />
striking with both feet was<br />
so clean. On top of that, his<br />
aggression and willingness<br />
to fight for the cause gave<br />
everyone a lift immediately.<br />
As soon as Rowly went on<br />
the pitch, we knew we had<br />
found ourselves a top quality<br />
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team-mate. Meanwhile,<br />
Gaz’s general enthusiasm<br />
and the way he was around<br />
the changing-room boosted<br />
morale and some of the<br />
goals he scored were<br />
outrageous. When you get<br />
someone who can produce<br />
something out of nothing, it<br />
is a great addition. So those<br />
two were key players for us.<br />
You were only 19-20 in<br />
that promotion-winning<br />
campaign, but you played 31<br />
league games which was a<br />
decent tally for a young lad…<br />
It was – and I’ll be honest,<br />
when I went into that season<br />
I probably wasn’t expecting<br />
to play so many matches. So<br />
credit to the manager Ian<br />
Holloway for giving me that<br />
opportunity and sticking with<br />
me ahead of some senior<br />
lads at times. In terms of<br />
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what I brought to the team, I<br />
was the youngest player with<br />
my youthful enthusiasm and<br />
energy to get around the<br />
pitch to supplement some of<br />
the more experienced boys.<br />
You scored one goal that<br />
season, away to Wrexham<br />
as part of a 2-0 win in<br />
September. Do you recall<br />
that strike?<br />
I do remember it. Someone<br />
played a slick ball into the<br />
box and I think ‘Furs’ (Paul<br />
Furlong) was involved. He<br />
couldn’t quite get hold of<br />
it and it broke to me as I<br />
arrived fairly late. I just<br />
managed to feed my shot<br />
past the keeper. I celebrated<br />
excitedly like a Jack-in-thebox<br />
as I didn’t score many<br />
but the boys got around me<br />
and held me down! It was a<br />
good away performance,<br />
that one.<br />
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Did it help that there were<br />
a couple of lifelong QPR<br />
supporters in Marc Bircham<br />
and Kevin Gallen actually<br />
playing for our team?<br />
Yeah – ‘Tweedledum and<br />
Tweedledee’ as I call<br />
them, because they were<br />
as thick as thieves! It did<br />
help because QPR meant<br />
everything to those guys.<br />
They set the standards<br />
for what was expected as<br />
the bare minimum for the<br />
fans. Supporters expect the<br />
players to work hard and<br />
run hard. ‘Birch’ and Kev<br />
wouldn’t let anyone come in<br />
and not do that, they were<br />
quick to tell you if you didn’t<br />
do the basics.<br />
We sealed promotion on<br />
the final day by winning 3-1<br />
at Sheffield Wednesday.<br />
Some 7,200 jubilant R’s<br />
fans packed out the away<br />
end and it was a wonderful<br />
occasion…<br />
I wasn’t involved towards<br />
the end of the season and<br />
I was disappointed, but I<br />
believe the gaffer just went<br />
for more experience really. I<br />
was young and these things<br />
happen so you just have to<br />
get on with it, although it’s<br />
not as if I didn’t play my part<br />
that year. Anyway, I recall I<br />
was at Hillsborough for the<br />
big fixture. I travelled with<br />
the squad and I went to sit<br />
among the QPR supporters<br />
to cheer the boys on, so<br />
I was in the middle of the<br />
celebrations! It was a great<br />
day that I’ll never forget.<br />
Any time you achieve<br />
anything with a good group<br />
of lads is always special and<br />
it was amazing for the loyal<br />
R’s fans after some tough<br />
times.<br />
A few days later, there was<br />
an open top bus parade<br />
leading to a civic reception<br />
at the town hall. Again,<br />
thousands of <strong>Rangers</strong> fans<br />
were present…<br />
It was a great night, fair<br />
play to the club and the<br />
local council for arranging<br />
that event. All the players<br />
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X<br />
AWAY DAYS NEVER<br />
LOOKED SO GOOD<br />
BUY<br />
NOW<br />
ENJOY RESPONSIBLY<br />
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felt a sense of gratitude to<br />
thousands of fans who lined<br />
the streets.<br />
What was our manager Ian<br />
Holloway like to play under?<br />
‘Ollie’ is a man where what<br />
you see is what you get.<br />
Every day was different,<br />
there was never a dull<br />
moment at the training<br />
ground. It was impossible<br />
not to reciprocate his<br />
enthusiasm and energy – he<br />
would drag you up when<br />
you were down. His main<br />
attribute was his manmanagement<br />
and his ability<br />
to motivate players. He had<br />
some philosophical stories<br />
too, so he made me think not<br />
just about football but about<br />
life and the importance of<br />
being a good person by<br />
treating others with respect.<br />
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THIRTY YEARS AGO, QPR FEATURED IN THE SECOND SEASON OF<br />
THE PREMIER LEAGUE – NOW REBRANDED AS THE FA CARLING<br />
PREMIERSHIP. IN EACH EDITION, WE SHOWCASE SOME OF THE<br />
MATCH PROGRAMMES FROM THAT 1993/94 CAMPAIGN.<br />
DATE: Saturday 30th April 1994<br />
RESULT: QPR 1 Swindon Town 3<br />
COMPETITION: FA Carling Premiership<br />
QPR SCORER: Ferdinand<br />
ATTENDANCE: 9,875<br />
THE PROGRAMME: 40 pages,<br />
price £1.50<br />
EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: R’s manager<br />
Gerry Francis wrote: ‘I felt the game<br />
against Arsenal on Wednesday (1-1<br />
draw) was a very good all-round<br />
performance, considering that we’d<br />
lost Les Ferdinand and Trevor Sinclair<br />
before the game, and then lost Devon<br />
White at half-time.<br />
‘…I was surprised by the low crowd<br />
for the Arsenal game (11,442). I know<br />
it’s the end of the season, and there<br />
wasn’t a great deal on the game, but<br />
the support for both teams in our<br />
meetings in recent years has been very<br />
good. Maybe the all-ticket situation and<br />
having three home games on the trot<br />
had something to do with it. Certainly if<br />
the West Ham and Arsenal games were<br />
played when they were scheduled then<br />
we’d have had full houses.<br />
‘Unfortunately, the youth team failed<br />
in their bid for the ‘treble’ when they<br />
lost in the semi-final of the Southern<br />
Junior Floodlit Cup at Tottenham.<br />
Nevertheless, it’s been a tremendous<br />
season for them, winning the League<br />
and League Cup.’<br />
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DATE: Wednesday 27th April 1994<br />
RESULT: QPR 1 Arsenal 1<br />
COMPETITION: FA Carling Premiership<br />
QPR SCORER: Penrice<br />
ATTENDANCE: 11,442<br />
THE PROGRAMME: 40 pages,<br />
price £1.50<br />
EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: R’s manager<br />
Gerry Francis wrote: ‘…congratulations<br />
to the QPR youth team. On top of<br />
winning the South East Counties League<br />
Cup against West Ham last week, they<br />
have now added the League title. I<br />
remember back in 1968 my first medal<br />
as a QPR player came when we won<br />
the South East Counties League. I was<br />
very proud of that then, and I’m even<br />
prouder now as manager of the club<br />
as the youth side go for an incredible<br />
treble. Having won the League and the<br />
League Cup, they now have a chance<br />
of winning the Southern Junior Floodlit<br />
Cup. Whether or not they get the<br />
treble, this season has been a fantastic<br />
achievement for everyone involved with<br />
the youth team…To see around 4,000<br />
people at Loftus Road for the second<br />
leg of the final was fantastic, and<br />
hopefully, with the youth team winning<br />
a bit of silverware, it might rub off on<br />
the first team because, as you all know,<br />
nothing would give me greater pleasure<br />
than to win something at <strong>Rangers</strong>.<br />
Come on you R’s!’<br />
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BOSSING IT<br />
IN ALL, A TOTAL OF 46 MEN HAVE OCCUPIED THE<br />
QUEENS PARK RANGERS DUGOUT ON A PERMANENT BASIS<br />
DURING THE CLUB’S HISTORY. WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT<br />
SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN – AND SOME OF THE LESSER-<br />
KNOWN – INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE HELD THE TITLE OF QPR<br />
MANAGER OVER THE YEARS…<br />
GARETH AINSWORTH<br />
(2023)<br />
Former QPR winger Gareth<br />
Ainsworth returned to the<br />
club as boss for an eightmonth<br />
period last year<br />
following the departure of<br />
Neil Critchley.<br />
Ainsworth was born on 10th<br />
May 1973 in Blackburn. As<br />
well as <strong>Rangers</strong>, his playing<br />
career also took in spells at<br />
<strong>North</strong>wich Victoria, <strong>Preston</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>, Cambridge<br />
United, Lincoln City, Port<br />
Vale, Wimbledon, Walsall,<br />
Cardiff City and Wycombe<br />
Wanderers. He has also<br />
featured in a rock band as<br />
lead singer.<br />
Signing for the R’s on a free<br />
transfer from Cardiff in July<br />
2003, he went on to make<br />
152 appearances in a hooped<br />
shirt – scoring 21 goals – and<br />
was installed as player-coach<br />
in May 2008, prior to a<br />
couple of caretaker manager<br />
stints at the club.<br />
Ainsworth moved to Wycombe<br />
as a player in February 2010<br />
following a successful loan<br />
and became the Chairboys’<br />
caretaker boss in September<br />
2012 prior to being named<br />
as their permanent playermanager<br />
two months later.<br />
After retiring from<br />
professional football at the<br />
end of the 2012/13 season,<br />
Ainsworth continued as<br />
Wycombe boss until 21st<br />
February 2023 when he was<br />
appointed QPR’s head coach.<br />
He said at the time: “<strong>Queens</strong><br />
<strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> is the club<br />
where I was most known for<br />
playing and you get moments<br />
in your career that resonate<br />
with you forever. I loved<br />
my time here as a player<br />
and hopefully I can go on<br />
and love my time here as a<br />
manager as well.<br />
“This is going to be a real<br />
challenge because the club is<br />
so special to me and so huge<br />
as well. I want to get Loftus<br />
Road absolutely rocking again.”<br />
However, Ainsworth was<br />
relieved of his position on<br />
28th October last year after<br />
a disappointing run.<br />
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MARTI CIFUENTES<br />
(2023-)<br />
Two days after Ainsworth’s<br />
departure from the club,<br />
QPR named Marti Cifuentes<br />
as the club’s new head coach.<br />
Cifuentes was born on 7th July<br />
1982 in Catalonia, Spain. As<br />
well as coaching in the youth<br />
set-ups at Ajax and Millwall,<br />
he has spent more than a<br />
decade working at firstteam<br />
level in Spain, Norway,<br />
Denmark and Sweden.<br />
As coach of Swedish club<br />
Hammarby, he led them<br />
to third and seventh-place<br />
finish before departing to<br />
take charge at QPR.<br />
On his arrival in W12,<br />
Cifuentes said: “This is a<br />
fantastic historical club. We<br />
need to keep it alive. We<br />
need to be angry when we<br />
lose, very happy when we win<br />
– I love that passion.<br />
“It is about the identity. We<br />
are going to try to regain<br />
the ball quick, we are going<br />
to use the ball to move<br />
the opponent, not just to<br />
look fancy in possession<br />
or pretend having the ball<br />
around our centre-backs will<br />
make us a better team.”<br />
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PHOTO CREDIT: IAN RANDALL<br />
INTERVIEW: SAM WRAIGHT<br />
Name: Emmerson Sutton<br />
Age: 17<br />
Position: Midfielder/forward<br />
From: Lewisham<br />
Joined QPR: U12s<br />
Instagram: emmerson.sutton<br />
Favourite TV series: Lupin<br />
How did you get scouted?<br />
I got scouted through (former technical<br />
director) Chris Ramsey, and ever since<br />
then it’s been QPR.<br />
Why football?<br />
Winning.<br />
What are your strengths as a player?<br />
Definitely running with the ball and 1v1<br />
attacking. I’d say my shooting and<br />
passing as well.<br />
What do you need to work on to get better?<br />
My weaknesses are probably my<br />
positioning – playing across the front line<br />
and in midfield means sometimes I can<br />
get caught out.<br />
Do you have any superstitions before a<br />
game?<br />
I don’t have any specific superstitions<br />
before a match. I just always make sure<br />
that I pray, think about God and be the best<br />
that I can be.<br />
What professional player can you see<br />
elements of yourself in?<br />
It depends what position! I would go for<br />
either Paul Pogba or Bukayo Saka.<br />
What is the highlight of your career so far?<br />
Scoring three in my district final was a very<br />
good day for me.<br />
Where do you see yourself in five<br />
years’ time?<br />
Hopefully in the first team at QPR!<br />
If you could play at one stadium, what<br />
would it be?<br />
Emirates Stadium.<br />
Who has had the greatest influence on your<br />
career so far?<br />
My uncle. Everything I know about football<br />
to this point is because of him.<br />
If you could go on holiday anywhere in the<br />
world, where would you go?<br />
The USA.<br />
Have you got any hidden talents?<br />
Yes, I can play the trumpet!<br />
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Sat Aug 12 Hull City W 4-0<br />
Sat Aug 19 Coventry City L 3-2<br />
Sat Aug 26 Sheffield United W 3-0<br />
Sat Sept 2 Watford L 8-0<br />
Sat Sept 9 Fleetwood Town L 9-0<br />
Sat Sept 16 Burnley L 6-2<br />
Sat Sept 30 Ipswich Town L 7-0<br />
Sat Oct 7 Bournemouth L 4-2<br />
Sat Oct 21 Charlton Athletic W 2-0<br />
Sat Oct 28 Swansea City L 4-1<br />
Sat Nov 4 Bristol City L 1-0<br />
Sat Nov 11 Watford L 3-1<br />
Sat Nov 18 Southend United W 5-4<br />
Sat Nov 25 AFC Wimbledon L 3-2<br />
Sat Dec 9 Millwall W 6-0<br />
<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> FC are seeking<br />
host families to join our Academy<br />
team to accommodate our aspiring<br />
young footballers in their careers.<br />
We are looking for families to<br />
provide a safe, caring, and healthy<br />
environment for our players,<br />
close to our training ground in Heston<br />
(TW5 9PQ).<br />
In particular, we are seeking homes<br />
in the following areas: Harlington,<br />
Hayes, Cranford, Hounslow, Southall,<br />
Harrow, <strong>North</strong>olt, Uxbridge, Ruslip,<br />
Brentford and Chiswick.<br />
Please contact Keval.patel@qpr.co.uk<br />
to register your interest.<br />
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Wed Dec 13 Wolves (FA YC) D 2-2 (Won 9-8 on pens)<br />
Sat Dec 16 Colchester United D 2-2<br />
Sat Jan 6 Charlton Athletic L 4-0<br />
Sat Jan 13 Swansea City W 4-3<br />
Mon Jan 22 Burnley (FA YC) L 2-0<br />
Sat Jan 27 Ipswich Town L 5-2<br />
Sat Feb 3 Charlton Athletic L 5-5<br />
Sat Feb 17 Cardiff City L 3-0<br />
Sat Feb 24 Watford L 3-2<br />
Sat Mar 2 Colchester United W 3-1<br />
Sat Mar 9 Millwall L 12-0<br />
Sat Mar 16 Bournemouth W 3-2<br />
Sat Mar 23 Barnsley W 2-0<br />
Fri Apr 29 Bristol City L 4-2<br />
Sat Apr 6 Crewe Alexandra W 3-2<br />
Sat Apr 13 Birmingham City L8-2<br />
Sat Apr 20 Peterborough United 11:30<br />
Sat Apr 27 Wigan Atlhetic 11:00<br />
Sat May 4 Sheffield Wednesday 10:30<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!<br />
Challenge your<br />
family and friends to<br />
see who comes out<br />
on top!<br />
Jude<br />
Follow me on Twitter<br />
@QPRJudeTheCat<br />
SPOT THE BALL<br />
Can you spot the real ball location below?<br />
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BIRTHDAYS!<br />
Big birthday wishes<br />
to all Junior Hoops<br />
celebrating in April…<br />
Frankie McElroy – 1st<br />
William O’Meara – 1st<br />
Jude James Perry – 1st<br />
Skye Taylor – 1st<br />
Dean Atkinson – 2nd<br />
Reanna Davidson – 2nd<br />
Mason Hodgson – 2nd<br />
Mehdi Laouira – 2nd<br />
Noah Maggs – 2nd<br />
Thomas McGuire – 2nd<br />
Charlie Rouse – 2nd<br />
Finley Dawes – 3rd<br />
Sophia Druce – 3rd<br />
Myrna Goodger – 3rd<br />
Oliver Blanco – 4th<br />
Alfie Brodrick – 4th<br />
Nathan Fraser – 4th<br />
Robin Murray – 4th<br />
Nikhil Shah – 4th<br />
Oliver Davis – 5th<br />
Madeleine Humphreys – 5th<br />
Harrison Lovelock – 5th<br />
Harry Madden – 5th<br />
Annie O’Connell – 5th<br />
Thomas Rule – 5th<br />
Amy Batt – 6th<br />
Charlie Green – 6th<br />
Albie Hubbard – 6th<br />
Lainey Lowton – 6th<br />
Evan Strong-Anderson – 6th<br />
Joshua Whitley – 6th<br />
Mitchell Cook – 7th<br />
Lily Deaki – 7th<br />
Charlie King – 7th<br />
Jake O’Connor – 7th<br />
Thomas Rank – 7th<br />
Daisie Reader – 7th<br />
Jack Rowland – 7th<br />
Edward Saunders – 7th<br />
Louise Targett – 7th<br />
Freddie Winter – 7th<br />
Buddy Baverstock – 8th<br />
Dominic Daly – 8th<br />
Dolly Disson – 8th<br />
Payton Ryan – 8th<br />
Ryan Yates – 8th<br />
Ted Bartram – 9th<br />
Morgan Donelly – 9th<br />
Reece Hearn – 9th<br />
Nico Lee-Hodgkinson – 9th<br />
Louis Leonard – 9th<br />
Felix Notman – 9th<br />
Clara Duncan – 10th<br />
Lily Hawkes – 10th<br />
Niall Lydon – 10th<br />
Max Newman – 10th<br />
Leo Palmer – 10th<br />
Pearse Cole – 11th<br />
Jack Healy – 11th<br />
Ben Jacobs – 11th<br />
Beatrix Kosanovic – 11th<br />
Harry Lovell – 11th<br />
Frankie Moule – 11th<br />
Harry Allen – 12th<br />
Rafael Blagrove – 12th<br />
Riley Mayger – 12th<br />
Zachary Rank – 12th<br />
Ella Shepherd – 12th<br />
Alexandru Barcauan – 13th<br />
Max Chambers – 13th<br />
Jack Fryer – 13th<br />
Daniel Jarvis – 13th<br />
Grace-Marie Oliver – 13th<br />
Ryan Prosser – 13th<br />
Nathan Magorrian – 14th<br />
Laike McCarthy – 14th<br />
Jake McGinley – 14th<br />
Finn Miller – 14th<br />
Luke O’Loughlin – 14th<br />
Johnny Taggert – 14th<br />
Dominic Wall – 14th<br />
Louie Kelly-Smith – 15th<br />
Aava-Grace Langham – 15th<br />
Fredrico Tovazzi – 15th<br />
Joshua Hepner – 16th<br />
Jasper Lee – 16th<br />
Oliver Sadgrove – 16th<br />
William Woolacott – 16th<br />
Benjamin Esfandi – 17th<br />
Matthew Knight – 17th<br />
Reggie Lawrence – 17th<br />
Avraj Rai – 17th<br />
Samuel Smith – 17th<br />
Stanley Sullivan – 17th<br />
Matthew Williams – 17th<br />
Alfie Bird – 18th<br />
Rosemary Grace Turner – 18th<br />
Charlotte Groocock – 18th<br />
Florence Kimber – 18th<br />
Sophie Kirk – 18th<br />
Oliver Maycock – 18th<br />
Luca Bouge – 19th<br />
Freddie Howe – 19th<br />
Toby Jackson – 19th<br />
Giorgio McNaughton – 19th<br />
Teddie Murphy – 19th<br />
Jay Reardon – 19th<br />
Ethan Walsh – 19th<br />
Joshua Death – 20th<br />
Jack Elliott – 20th<br />
Dixie Finch – 20th<br />
Zach Harper – 20th<br />
Isobel Kelly – 20th<br />
Joshua Stacey – 20th<br />
James Kempster – 21st<br />
Danny Lovell-Shanahan – 21st<br />
George Seers – 21st<br />
Nat Stephens – 21st<br />
Archie Flaum – 22nd<br />
Reece Rahman – 22nd<br />
Reagan Shepherd – 22nd<br />
Emily Skinner – 22nd<br />
Ewan Davies – 23rd<br />
Frankie Flaum – 23rd<br />
Albert Longlade – 23rd<br />
Olivia Allen – 24th<br />
Freddie Barton – 24th<br />
Charlie Cox – 24th<br />
Freddie McDonnell – 24th<br />
Charlie Crossman – 25th<br />
James Fraser – 25th<br />
Charlie George – 25th<br />
Molly McEvoy – 25th<br />
Eloise Roohan – 25th<br />
Cassius Serra – 25th<br />
Joshua Weller – 25th<br />
Maisie Asbridge – 26th<br />
Alexander Carroll – 26th<br />
Amy Darling – 26th<br />
Charlie Guy – 26th<br />
Zach Hebditch – 26th<br />
Imogen Kinnell – 26th<br />
Jonas Sarian – 26th<br />
Callum Silvester – 26th<br />
Vinnie Gomersall – 27th<br />
Stanley Lewis – 27th<br />
Ruby Mahoney – 27th<br />
Vincent Saunders – 27th<br />
Logan Ensoll – 28th<br />
Lennie Kent – 28th<br />
Lucas Munford – 28th<br />
Joshua Phillips – 28th<br />
Cooper Thomas – 28th<br />
Harry Edmondson – 29th<br />
Keith Godfrey – 29th<br />
Theo Louvieris – 29th<br />
Stanley Shanahan – 29th<br />
Daniel Stoddart – 29th<br />
Lily Elizabeth Turner – 30th<br />
Charlie Lane – 30th<br />
Theo Peroulis – 30th<br />
Henrik Plumbly – 30th<br />
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AROUND<br />
THE WORLD<br />
Which country did this ex-QPR<br />
player represent?<br />
TEST YOUR<br />
KNOWLEDGE<br />
hoops<br />
Q: How many draws have there<br />
been in the last 15 meetings between<br />
QPR and <strong>Preston</strong>?<br />
Is it a) One b) Four c) Eight<br />
HIDDEN<br />
IDENTITY<br />
Can you name this<br />
English club from the<br />
following clues?<br />
• We have won more English top-flight titles – 20<br />
– than any other team<br />
• Seventh place is the lowest we have finished<br />
since the start of the Premier League<br />
• Wayne Rooney is our all-time record goalscorer<br />
with 253 in total<br />
• We were the first English club to become<br />
champions of Europe, in 1968<br />
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Answers: Spot the Ball: B, Around the World: Israel (Yossi Benayoun),<br />
Test your Knowledge: A: One (0-0 in 2021), Hidden Identity: Manchester United
hoops<br />
PUTTING THE SPARK<br />
INTO MATCHDAY<br />
PROGRAMMES...<br />
PROUD PROGRAMME<br />
PARTNERS OF<br />
QUEENS PARK<br />
RANGERS<br />
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qprcommunitytrust.co.uk e: community@qpr.co.uk t: 020 8740 2509<br />
@QPRtrust<br />
GET A KICK OUT OF<br />
TRUST’S WALKING<br />
FOOTBALL<br />
PROGRAMME<br />
Uxbridge Amblers, now<br />
approaching their 10th<br />
anniversary, have been a<br />
QPR partner since 2015<br />
and are the first Walking<br />
Football club to attain FA<br />
accredited status.<br />
Key benefits for the Amblers<br />
players are physical exercise,<br />
mental health well-being and<br />
social interaction with new<br />
and old friends, on and off<br />
the pitch.<br />
They also play friendlies<br />
against other teams on<br />
Saturdays at Powerleague<br />
Shepherd’s Bush before<br />
heading down to MATRADE<br />
Loftus Road to watch QPR.<br />
Uxbridge Amblers sessions –<br />
all of which take place on the<br />
3G pitch at Hillingdon Sports<br />
and Leisure Centre, Gatting<br />
Way, UB8 1ES unless stated<br />
otherwise – are as follows:<br />
Men’s over-50s<br />
Wednesdays (10.45am-12pm),<br />
Fridays (6.45pm-8pm).<br />
These sessions are geared<br />
towards competitive Walking<br />
Football, with a focus on<br />
participants returning<br />
or continuing to play the<br />
beautiful game, albeit in a<br />
new and exciting format. We<br />
also have a full social diary<br />
for everyone. First session is<br />
a free taster session.<br />
Community Walking Football<br />
We offer free Community<br />
Walking Football sessions<br />
for all abilities, encouraging<br />
participants to get back to<br />
exercise and enjoy the social<br />
benefits of the game.<br />
Men’s over-40s<br />
Wednesdays (10am-11am)<br />
Women’s over-35s<br />
Fridays (6pm-7pm).<br />
Dementia and <strong>Park</strong>inson’s<br />
Walking Football<br />
Our award-winning dementia<br />
football project, Forget Me<br />
Not FC, offers free Walking<br />
Football activity sessions for<br />
those living with dementia<br />
and their carers.<br />
We play every Friday (11am-<br />
12pm), for both cognitive and<br />
physical exercise, followed<br />
by an extra-time coffee and<br />
chat. We also offer free<br />
Walking Football activity<br />
sessions for those living with<br />
<strong>Park</strong>inson’s on Thursdays<br />
(1pm-2pm) at Hillingdon<br />
Sports and Leisure Centre in<br />
the indoor sports hall.<br />
For more information,<br />
contact sinead.friel@qpr.<br />
co.uk.<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
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11 | PAUL SMYTH<br />
12 | MICHAEL FREY<br />
13 | JORDAN ARCHER<br />
14 | ISAAC HAYDEN<br />
15 | MORGAN FOX<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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19 | ELIJAH DIXON-BONNER<br />
21 | ZIYAD LARKECHE<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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29 | AARON DREWE<br />
30 | SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG<br />
32 | JOE WALSH<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
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SPONSORED BY:<br />
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FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
DATE KO OPPOSITION F/A ATT POS. STARTING XI<br />
AUGUST<br />
Sat 5 15:00 Watford 0-4 20,087 24 BEGOVIC KAKAY FOX GUBBINS PAAL DOZZELL<br />
Sat 12 15:00 Cardiff City 2-1 21,230 16 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX PAAL 1 DOZZELL<br />
Wed 16 19:45 Norwich City CC 0-1 7,813 N/A ARCHER KAKAY FIELD GUBBINS ADOMAH DUKE-MCKENNA<br />
Sat 19 15:00 Ipswich Town 0-1 16,790 17 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH DOZZELL<br />
Sat 26 15:00 Southampton 1-2 30,401 19 BEGOVIC SMYTH KAKAY COOK FOX PAAL<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Middlesbrough 2-0 25,671 17 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH FIELD<br />
Sat 16 15:00 Sunderland 1-3 16,383 20 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH FIELD<br />
Tue 19 19:45 Swansea City 1-1 13,367 19 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH DOZZELL<br />
Fri 22 20:00 Birmingham City 0-0 19,803 17 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH DOZZELL<br />
Sat 30 15:00 Coventry City 1-3 16,293 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK FOX SMYTH DOZZELL<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Wed 4 19:45 Leeds United 0-1 32,663 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK CLARKE-SALTER SMYTH COLBACK<br />
Sat 7 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0-4 15,376 22 BEGOVIC LARKECHE DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DUKE-MCKENNA<br />
Sat 21 15:00 Huddersfield Town 1-2 18,010 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER 1 ADOMAH COLBACK<br />
Tue 24 20:00 West Bromwich Albion 0-2 21,749 22 BEGOVIC CANNON KAKAY DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL<br />
Sat 28 15:00 Leicester City 1-2 17,385 23 BEGOVIC CANNON KAKAY FIELD ADOMAH COLBACK<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Sat 4 15:00 Rotherham United 1-1 10,199 23 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK DUNNE PAAL SMYTH<br />
Sat 11 15:00 Bristol City 0-0 17,540 23 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL<br />
Sat 25 15:00 Norwich City 0-1 25,650 23 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK DUNNE PAAL DIXON-BONNER<br />
Tue 28 19:45 Stoke City 4-2 16,901 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK DUNNE PAAL COLBACK<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Fri 1 20:00 <strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong> 2-0 14,280 22 BEGOVIC CANNON DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Sat 9 15:00 Hull City 2-0 16,967 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL FIELD<br />
Wed 13 19:45 Plymouth Argyle 0-0 16,339 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY COOK DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL<br />
Sat 16 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 24,739 22 BEGOVIC CANNON DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DIXON-BONNER<br />
Sat 23 15:00 Southampton 0-1 17,745 22 BEGOVIC CANNON DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL FIELD<br />
Tue 26 13:00 Millwall 0-2 17,432 22 BEGOVIC KAKAY DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER LARKECHE DOZZELL<br />
Fri 29 19:45 Ipswich Town 0-0 29,100 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DOZZELL<br />
JANUARY<br />
Mon 1 15:00 Cardiff City 1-2 16,849 23 BEGOVIC CANNON DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DIXON-BONNER<br />
Sat 6 15:00 AFC Bournemouth FAC 2-3 10,725 n/a BEGOVIC DREWE DUNNE FOX LARKECHE DIXON-BONNER<br />
Sun 14 12:00 Watford 1-2 17,409 23 BEGOVIC CANNON DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL FIELD<br />
Sat 20 15:00 Millwall 2-0 17,184 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Sun 28 13:30 Huddersfield Town 1-1 16,483 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL 1 COLBACK<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Sat 3 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 2-1 12,888 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Sat 10 15:00 Norwich City 2-2 17,831 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK 1<br />
Wed 14 19:45 Stoke City 0-1 19,307 22 BEGOVIC CANNON COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Sat 17 15:00 Bristol City 1-0 23,619 22 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
Sat 24 15:00 Rotherham United 2-1 16,351 21 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
MARCH<br />
Sat 2 15:00 Leicester City 2-1 31,439 19 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
Wed 6 20:00 West Bromwich Albion 2-2 16,818 19 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
Sat 9 15:00 Middlesbrough 0-2 16,689 20 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Sat 16 15:00 Sunderland 0-0 41,478 20 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL COLBACK<br />
Fri 29 15:00 Birmingham City 2-1 17,170 18 BEGOVIC DUNNE 1 COOK 1 CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
APRIL<br />
Mon 1 15:00 Swansea City 1-0 19,704 16 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK 1 CLARKE-SALTER FOX COLBACK<br />
Sat 6 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 17,502 17 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER PAAL HAYDEN<br />
Tue 9 19:45 Plymouth Argyle 1-1 16,928 16 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK FOX PAAL HAYDEN<br />
Sat 13 15:00 Hull City 0-3 21,225 19 BEGOVIC DUNNE COOK CLARKE-SALTER FOX HAYDEN<br />
Sat 20 17:15 <strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong><br />
Fri 26 20:00 Leeds United<br />
MAY<br />
Sat 4 12:30 Coventry City<br />
All fixtures subject to change.<br />
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FIELD SMYTH KELMAN CHAIR DYKES DUKE-MCKENNA, ARMSTRONG , DIXON-BONNER, WILLOCK, ARCHER, RICHARDS T BRAMALL<br />
FIELD SMYTH DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG 1 DIXON-BONNER, ADOMAH , RICHARDS, ARCHER, LARKECHE, DUKE-MDKENNA O LANGFORD<br />
DOZZELL LARKECHE RICHARDS DYKES DIXON-BONNER WALSH, AORAHA, KOLLI, FOX, PAAL, DREWE, RENDALL, PEPPER, BALA J LININGTON<br />
FIELD PAAL WILLOCK ARMSTRONG CHAIR COLBACK , KOLLI, DIXON-BONNER, DUKE-MCKENNA, RICHARDS, LARKECHE, WALSH G ELTRINGHAM<br />
DOZZELL COLBACK 1 FIELD CHAIR ARMSTRONG ADOMAH, DUKE-MCKENNA , KOLLI, CLARKE-SALTER, ARCHER, LARKECHE, BALA J BELL<br />
COLBACK 1 PALL DOZZELL 1 ARMSTRONG CHAIR CLARKE-SALTER, KOLLI, LARKECHE, DUKE-MCKENNA, WILLOCK, ARCHER, KELMAN T BRAMALL<br />
COLBACK PAAL 1 DOZZELL CHAIR ARMSTRONG DYKES, LARKECHE, WILLOCK, KOLLI, CLARKE-SALTER. DIXON-BONNER, WALSH D WHITESTONE<br />
FIELD PAAL WILLOCK ARMSTRONG CHAIR DYKES 1, KELMAN, KOLLI, CLARKE-SALTER, LARKECHE, WALSH, ADOMAH A KITCHEN<br />
FIELD PAAL DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG ADOMAH, WILLOCK CLARKE-SALTER, LARKECHE, WALSH, ADOMAH, KOLLI M DONOHUE<br />
FIELD PAAL 1 WILLOCK CHAIR DYKES CALRKE-SALTER, ARMSTRONG , ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER, LARKECHA, KOLLI T NIELD<br />
FIELD PAAL DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG ADOMAH, DOZZELL, DUNNE, KOLLI, LARKECHE, ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER D WEBB<br />
COLBACK DOZZELL CHAIR DYKES ARMSTRONG SMYTH , KAKAY, DIXON-BONNER, KOLLI, WILLOCK, ARCHER, CANNON, KELMAN J SMITH<br />
FIELD PAAL DOZZELL ARMSTRONG CHAIR SMYTH, CANNON, KOLLI, DIXON-BONNER, LARKECHE, WILLOCK, ARCHER G WARD<br />
DOZZELL COLBACK FIELD CHAIR DYKES SMYTH, ARMSTRONG, WILLOCK, ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER, LARKECHE, KELMAN J BELL<br />
DOZZELL 1 PAAL KELMAN CHAIR DYKES DIXON-BONNER, SMYTH, WILLOCK, ARCHER, RICHARDS, LARKECHE, DREWE L DOUGHTY<br />
DIXON-BONNER FIELD WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR 1 RICHARDS, ARMSTRONG, ADOMAH, KAKAY, KELMAN, ARCHER, LARKECHE, DREWE S BARROTT<br />
FIELD COLBACK SMYTH DYKES WILLOCK ARMSTRONG, RICHARDS, DIXON-BONNER, KELMAN, ARCHER, LARKECHE G ELTRINGHAM<br />
FIELD COLBACK WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR DOZZELL , ARMSTRONG, DREWE, KELMAN, CLARKE-SALTER, ARCHER S MARTIN<br />
FIELD DIXON-BONNER SMYTH DYKES 2 CHAIR CANNON, WILLOCK 1, CLARKE-SALTER, KELMAN, LARKECHE, ARCHER J LININGTON<br />
FIELD WILLOCK 1 DOZZELL DYKES SMYTH 1 CHAIR, KAKAY, DIXON-BONNER, LARKECHE, KELMAN, COOK, ARCHER J SMITH<br />
DOZZELL SMYTH CHAIR 1 WILLOCK 1 DYKES ARMSTRONG, KAKAY, LARKECHE, DIXON-BONNER, KELMAN, ARCHER, DUNNE J BELL<br />
FIELD KELMAN CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES CANNON, LARKECHE, DIXON-BONNER, RICHARDS, SMYTH, ARMSTRONG, ARCHER T HARRINGTON<br />
FIELD DOZZELL SMYTH ARMSTRONG CHAIR WILLOCK, DYKES, KAKAY, COOK, ARCHER, RICHARDS, DUKE-MCKENNA, DREWE A DAVIES<br />
DIXON-BONNER WILLOCK DOZZELL CHAIR DYKES LARKECHE, SMYTH, ARMSTRONG, ADOMAH, KELMAN, KAKAY, ARCHER O LANGFORD<br />
FIELD PAAL SMYTH DYKES CHAIR CANNON, DIXON-BONNER, ADOMAH, WILLOCK, ARCHER, RICHARDS, CANNON T BRAMALL<br />
FIELD WILLOCK DIXON-BONNER CHAIR ARMSTRONG SMYTH, DYKES, DUNNE, LARKECHE , KOLLI, ARCHER, DREWE, ADOMAH D WEBB<br />
FIELD DOZZELL SMYTH 1 DYKES LARKECHE KOLLI, ADOMAH, FOX , ARMSTRONG, KAKAY, ARCHER, KELMAN, DREWE, PEDDER A KITCHEN<br />
FIELD DOZZELL SMYTH ARMSTRONG 1 DYKES 1 KAKAY, ADOMAH, TALLA, PAAL, PEDDER, CLARKE-SALTER, DUKE-MCKENNA R WELCH<br />
COLBACK WILLOCK DYKES 1 CHAIR ARMSTRONG DIXON-BONNER, SMYTH, LARKECHE, DOZZELL, COOK, FOX, DREWE, ADOMAH S HOOPER<br />
FIELD WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR 1 ARMSTRONG 1 ADOMAH, DIXON-BONNER, LARKECHE, DUNNE, FOX, DREWE, WALSH, PEDDER L SMITH<br />
FIELD WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG DREWE , DIXON-BONNER, SMYTH, FOX, ADOMAH, DUNNE, ARCHER S MARTIN<br />
DIXON-BONNER WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG HAYDEN, SMYTH, HODGE 1, FREY, LARKECHE, DUNNE, ARCHER, DREWE G ELTRINGHAM<br />
HAYDEN WILLOCK HODGE CHAIR ARMSTRONG SMYTH, ANDERSEN, FREY 1, DYKES, DIXON-BONNER, DUNNE, ARCHER, FOX B TONER<br />
HAYDEN SMYTH HODGE CHAIR ARMSTRONG ANDERSEN, FREY, WILLOCK, DYKES, FIELD, DUNNE, ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER A KITCHEN<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR 1 DYKES HODGE, COLBACK, FREY, SMYTH, ARCHER, FOX, CANNON, LARKECHE S BARROTT<br />
COLBACK WILLOCK 1 HODGE CHAIR FREY FIELD, SMYTH 1 , LARKECHE, DYKES, ANDERSEN, ARCHER, FOX, CANNON M DONOHUE<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR 1 DYKES SMYTH, ARMSTRONG 1, FOX, ARCHER, FREY, HODGE, DIXON-BONNER, CANNON A DAVIES<br />
FIELD 2 SMYTH ANDERSEN CHAIR FREY HODGE, WILLOCK, FOX, DYKES, DIXON-BONNER, CANNON, LARKECHE, ARMSTRONG G ELTRINGHAM<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR FREY HAYDEN , SMYTH, DYKES, LARKECHE, ARMSTRONG, FOX, HODGE, CANNON L DOUGHTY<br />
HAYDEN WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR DYKES HODGE, ARMSTRONG, FIELD, SMYTH, FREY, FOX, CANNON, LARKECHE, WALSH O LANGFORD<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR FREY ARMSTRONG, COLBACK , SMYTH, LARKECHE, DYKES, FOX, HODGE, CANNON J SMIT<br />
FIELD SMYTH HODGE CHAIR DYKES ARMSTRONG, HAYDEN, ANDERSEN, WILLOCK, FREY, DIXON-BONNER, CANNON S ALLISON<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR ARMSTRONG SMYTH, FOX, DYKES , ADOMAH, HODGE, DIXON-BONNER, CANNON, LARKECHE G SCOTT<br />
FIELD 1 SMYTH ANDERSEN CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK , ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, CLARKE-SALTER, HODGE, DIXON-BONNER J SIMPSON<br />
FIELD WILLOCK ANDERSEN CHAIR DYKES CANNON, SMYTH, COLBACK, LARKECHE, ARMSTRONG, HODGE, DIXON-BONNER T NIELD<br />
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8 Coventry 42 9 8 3 32 20 8 4 10 34 32 +14 63<br />
9 Middlesbrough 43 9 4 8 24 21 9 5 8 37 35 +5 63<br />
10 <strong>Preston</strong> 43 11 4 7 35 33 7 5 9 21 27 -4 63<br />
11 Cardiff 43 9 3 9 24 27 9 2 11 24 33 -12 59<br />
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13 Sunderland 43 10 2 9 30 27 6 6 10 22 23 +2 56<br />
14 Swansea 43 8 5 9 26 27 6 6 9 27 35 -9 53<br />
15 Watford 43 5 8 8 31 28 7 8 7 28 30 +1 52<br />
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19 QPR 43 5 6 10 23 32 7 5 10 17 25 -17 47<br />
20 Stoke 43 6 6 9 17 27 6 5 11 24 33 -19 47<br />
21 Birmingham 43 9 6 7 30 25 3 3 15 18 39 -16 45<br />
22 Huddersfield 43 6 7 8 25 31 3 10 9 22 39 -23 44<br />
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AIDAN MAGEE<br />
JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER<br />
AIDAN MAGEE PENS HIS LATEST COLUMN<br />
The end of another<br />
challenging season is<br />
almost upon us.<br />
And unlike in many of the<br />
most recent years, there<br />
is still so much to play<br />
for. I can’t recall another<br />
campaign where the<br />
situation at the bottom of<br />
the Championship is as tight<br />
as now.<br />
From where we were last<br />
autumn, and even for a spell<br />
after the turn of the year –<br />
we’ve fought our way back<br />
into survival contention. Even<br />
allowing for a couple of poor<br />
results against Sheffield<br />
Wednesday and at Hull, our<br />
destiny is in our hands.<br />
I regret falling asleep 20<br />
minutes into our defeat at<br />
Hull. Whenever I’ve done<br />
this in the past, I’ve always<br />
woken up after full-time with<br />
the team having lost!<br />
Another regret is that Marti<br />
Cifuentes didn’t get hold of<br />
this squad earlier than he<br />
did. Our form since he took<br />
over would have had QPR in<br />
the top half of the table.<br />
Nonetheless, there is<br />
work to be done – and that<br />
starts today in a fixture that<br />
has caused us problems<br />
since we came down from<br />
the Premier League.<br />
My belief is that one more<br />
win might be enough to<br />
keep us up. We are helped<br />
by the fact that a number of<br />
teams below us have to play<br />
each other.<br />
You will notice some<br />
cartoon pictures which<br />
were drawn by QPR fan<br />
Stephen Matika way back in<br />
the summer of 1997, when<br />
optimism was high ahead of<br />
the ensuing campaign under<br />
big-spending Stewart Houston<br />
and his assistant Bruce Rioch.<br />
Stephen posted it on<br />
Facebook last week,<br />
saying that he sent it to the<br />
matchday programme 27<br />
years ago – only for it not<br />
to be published. I’m happy<br />
to right that wrong all these<br />
years later.<br />
It’s my last column of<br />
2023/24. I hope to see<br />
you all in the remaining<br />
three games.<br />
If not – please enjoy your<br />
summer.<br />
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RANGERS<br />
HEAD COACH: MARTI CIFUENTES<br />
ASMIR BEGOVIC GK ● 1<br />
OSMAN KAKAY ● 2<br />
JIMMY DUNNE ● 3<br />
JACK COLBACK ● 4<br />
STEVE COOK ● 5<br />
JAKE CLARKE-SALTER ● 6<br />
CHRIS WILLOCK ● 7<br />
SAM FIELD ● 8<br />
LYNDON DYKES ● 9<br />
ILIAS CHAIR ● 10<br />
PAUL SMYTH ● 11<br />
MICHAEL FREY ● 12<br />
JORDAN ARCHER GK ● 13<br />
ISAAC HAYDEN ● 14<br />
MORGAN FOX ● 15<br />
JOE HODGE ● 16<br />
TAYLOR RICHARDS ● 18<br />
ELIJAH DIXON-BONNER ● 19<br />
REGGIE CANNON ● 20<br />
ZIYAD LARKECHE ● 21<br />
KENNETH PAAL ● 22<br />
LUCAS ANDERSEN ● 25<br />
AARON DREWE ● 29<br />
SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG ● 30<br />
JOE WALSH GK ● 32<br />
RAFFERTY PEDDER ● 34<br />
ALEX AORAHA ● 36<br />
ALBERT ADOMAH ● 37<br />
RAYAN KOLLI ● 38<br />
MATTEO SALAMON GK ● 40<br />
LORENT TALLA ● 41<br />
ALFIE TUCK ● 42<br />
PRESTON<br />
NORTH END<br />
MANAGER: RYAN LOWE<br />
1 ● FREDDIE WOODMAN GK<br />
3 ● GREG CUNNINGHAM<br />
4 ● BEN WHITEMAN<br />
5 ● PATRICK BAUER<br />
6 ● LIAM LINDSAY<br />
7 ● WILL KEANE<br />
8 ● ALAN BROWNE<br />
10 ● MADS FROKJAER<br />
11 ● ROBBIE BRADY<br />
13 ● ALI MCCANN<br />
14 ● JORDAN STOREY<br />
16 ● ANDREW HUGHES<br />
17 ● LAYTON STEWART<br />
18 ● RYAN LEDSON<br />
19 ● EMIL RIIS<br />
20 ● BEN WOODBURN<br />
21 ● DAVID CORNELL GK<br />
23 ● LIAM MILLAR<br />
24 ● FELIPE RODRIGUEZ-GENTILE<br />
25 ● DUANE HOLMES<br />
26 ● JACK WHATMOUGH<br />
28 ● MILUTIN OSMAJIC<br />
29 ● FINLAY CROSS-ADAIR<br />
30 ● KIAN TAYLOR<br />
33 ● KIAN BEST<br />
35 ● NOAH MAWENE<br />
36 ● JOSH SEARY<br />
37 ● KAEDYN KAMARA<br />
44 ● BRAD POTTS<br />
Scan here from one<br />
hour before kick-off<br />
for today’s teams<br />
Referee:<br />
Gavin Ward<br />
Assistant Referee:<br />
Lee Venamore<br />
Assistant Referee:<br />
Adam Crysell<br />
Fourth official:<br />
Lee Swabey