Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City

HOOPS
1981/82
QPR 5
PORTSMOUTH 0
DATE: 6th October 1981
COMPETITION:
League Cup second round, first leg
QPR SCORERS:
Ellis (OG), Gregory (2), Micklewhite (2)
ATTENDANCE: 13,502
THE PROGRAMME: 16 pages, price 40p
FOUR second-half goals against Division
Three opponents Portsmouth gave Rangers a
comfortable lead to take into the return
fixture at Fratton Park.
On an evening of non-stop rain, the R’s forged
in front on 13 minutes. Man of the match Gary
Micklewhite sent over a cross, and Pompey’s
Peter Ellis turned the ball into his own net.
On the hour mark, Micklewhite played John
Gregory through for a smart finish. And Gregory
struck again four minutes later following good
work by midfield maestro Tony Currie.
Micklewhite produced two more neat strikes in
the 84th and 88th minutes to add gloss to
QPR’s victory and silence the Pompey Chimes.
Hoops boss Terry Venables said afterwards:
“With all the rain, there would have been a doubt
about staging this fixture in normal
circumstances on a grass pitch. As it was, our
new Omniturf plastic surface played excellently.
“We’ve given Gary Micklewhite the matchball.
He’s claiming that the first goal was down to
him and that means he got a hat-trick!”
In a Daily Mirror match report, Nigel Clarke
wrote: “One of the legacies [previous manager]
Tommy Docherty left behind at Loftus Road
won this second round, first-leg tie for Rangers.
“Gary Micklewhite, a free transfer snapped up
from Manchester United, scored twice and
made two of the goals.
“Micklewhite was on his way out of Rangers until
Terry Venables arrived, liked what he saw and
gave him his first match of the season last
week. And after a match of industry and
aggression [against Pompey] the 20-year-old
was presented with the matchball.”
RANGERS: Burridge, Gregory, Fenwick,
Waddock, Hazell, Roeder, Micklewhite, Stainrod,
Allen, Currie (Burke 85), Gillard.
(Footnote: The second leg finished in a 2-2 draw
as Rangers progressed 7-2 on aggregate)
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