Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough

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

ISSUE 19 £3.50 

TODAY’S MATCH 

SPONSOR 

v MIDDLESBROUGH 

WEDNESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY, 2022 

KICK-OFF 7.45PM

HOOPS 

#QPRMID 

WEDNESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2022 

CLUB DIRECTORY 

Queens Park Rangers FC 

QPR Holdings Ltd, Kiyan Prince 

Foundation Stadium, South Africa 

Road, London, W12 7PJ 

Main Switchboard: 020 8743 0262 

Commercial Sales: 020 8740 2560 

Superstore: 020 8749 6862 

Direct Mail Order Line: 0870 240 4547 

Community Trust: 020 8740 2509 

Official Website: www.qpr.co.uk 

STAFF 

QPR FC/QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman: 

Amit Bhatia 

QPR Holdings Ltd Vice-Chairmen: 

Tony Fernandes, Ruben Gnanalingam 

Board members: 

Tony Fernandes, 

Ruben Gnanalingam, Amit Bhatia, 

Datuk Kamarudin Meranun 

CEO: Lee Hoos 

Financial Director: Ruban Ghandi 

Director of Football: Les Ferdinand 

First Team Manager: Mark Warburton 

Club Ambassador: Andy Sinton 

Club Historian: Chris Guy 

OFFICIAL TWITTER 

Queens Park Rangers @QPR 

QPR+ Pass @QPRPlusPass 

QPR in the Community Trust @QPRtrust 

QPR Women @QPRWFC 

PROGRAMME 

Editor: 

Ben Kosky 

Contributors: 

Tony Incenzo, Simon Cheshire, 

Lennie Harvey 

Designed by: 

Thomas Ridge 

This programme was produced on 

behalf of Queens Park Rangers by 

Ignition Sports Media. 

www.ignitionsportsmedia.com 

Printed by: Stephens & George Print Group 

The views of this publication are not necessarily 

the views of Queens Park Rangers Football Club. 

Material in this publication is copyrighted and may 

only be reproduced with written permission of 

Queens Park Rangers Football Club. All information 

correct at time of print. 

04 12 

21 36 

04 THE GAFFER 

Words from Mark Warburton 

09 NEWS + MESSAGES 

All the latest from W12 

12 THE BIG READ 

Interview with Albert Adomah 

19 COLUMNIST 

Sam Taylor has his say 

21 VISITORS 

An in-depth look at our oppo 

32 ANDY SINTON 

Our ex-winger pens his column 

36 1981/82 FEATURE 

A chat with Gary Waddock 

42 KEY FIXTURE 

A vital clash from 1981/82 

45 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN 

Focusing on our U18s 

46 OTHER USES OF LR 

The ground has seen it all 

50 JUNIOR HOOPS 

Test your knowledge 

54 MIKE DONOVAN 

A trip down memory lane 

58 QPR FC WOMEN 

Demi nets another winner 

62 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

Stay updated this season 

65 STAT PACK 

Key facts from the Champ 

66 AIDAN MAGEE 

The view from the press box 

WWW.QPR.CO.UK // @QPR // @OFFICIALQPR // OFFICIALQPRFC 03

HOOPS 

The Gaffer 

FIRSTLY, MAY I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO CHRIS 

WILDER, HIS STAFF, PLAYERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH 

MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB. 

C 

hris brings his team to London 

fresh from a magnificent FA 

Cup victory over Manchester 

United at Old Trafford, an achievement 

for which they quite rightly received 

many plaudits. He has overseen a 

remarkable transformation at the club 

since his arrival, and they now sit on 

the cusp of the play-off positions, with 

games in hand on some of the teams 

above them. 

There is absolutely no doubt that they 

will present a very strong challenge 

this evening and Chris will highlight 

the opportunity to close the gap to 

ourselves, sitting a few places above 

them. However, as always, it is a 

challenge we are very much relishing, 

and as with any such fixture, it presents 

us with an opportunity to cement 

our place in the top six of this highly 

competitive division. We look forward 

to a high-quality encounter and wish 

all of our guests a safe journey back to 

the North East. 

We exited the FA Cup on Saturday after 

a somewhat frustrating afternoon 

at Peterborough. With marvellous 

support from almost 4,000 travelling 

QPR fans, we absolutely recognised the 

responsibility we had to deliver a good 

quality performance. However, despite 

dominating the game for long periods 

and creating numerous chances, we 

never demonstrated that final bit of 

quality to get the rewards much of our 

good play deserved. We never want 

to lose a game of football, but I could 

not be critical of the players for the 

manner in which they approached the 

game and the football they played in 

what were very tricky conditions. An 

awkward playing surface and a strong 

gusting wind made it difficult to move 

the ball with real pace and purpose, 

yet for large swathes of the game the 

players did just that and in truth, did 

enough to win comfortably. However, 

it was a very disappointing afternoon 

and we now focus all our efforts on the 

league campaign. 

We did, however, have a number of 

positives to take from the game. 

Dion Sanderson got a full 90 minutes 

and showed his quality with a strong 

04 WWW.QPR.CO.UK // @QPR // @OFFICIALQPR // OFFICIALQPRFC

HOOPS 

Jeff brings a wealth of 

experience both domestically 

and internationally and his 

arrival gives us another 

layer of depth and quality 


We stand for clean sport. 

Even for your skin. 

Sport is the most beautiful thing in the world, and nothing must be allowed to pollute that beauty. 

That is why, besides developing increasingly high-performance materials that have a low impact 

on the environment, we at Erreà are the first teamwear company in Europe to have been awarded 

STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX ® certification. 

This certification sets extremely strict limits for substances harmful to health, which is why our fabrics 

are highly safe in all conditions. 

With Erreà, sport and health run side by side.

HOOPS 

performance at right centre-back, while 

Jeff Hendrick got a good 45 minutes and 

immediately showed his composure on 

the ball. We were able to welcome back 

Ilias from the AFCON and he enjoyed 

a good hour before being replaced. 

In addition, we were able to rest Lee 

and Stefan after 45 and 60 minutes 

respectively, while we could completely 

rest Yoann, Sam and Chris Willock in 

readiness for this evening’s encounter. 

This does not ease the frustration of 

losing the cup game, but at least helps 

our preparation for Middlesbrough. 

Tonight marks the start of a hugely 

demanding run of games, as the players 

will be challenged with six fixtures in the 

next 17 days. It is due to such a schedule 

that I was delighted to welcome Jeff 

Hendrick on board for the remainder of the 

season. Jeff brings a wealth of experience 

both domestically and internationally and 

his arrival gives us another layer of depth 

and quality to deal with the demands of 

the remaining 18 league games. A warm 

welcome to Jeff and his family. 

On another positive note, last week Sam 

McCallum returned to full-time training 

with the squad and, by the time you 

read these notes, he will have enjoyed 

a good 45/60 minutes with the B team 

who played yesterday in Cardiff. Seeing 

a player return in positive shape after 

surgery and a long rehab process is 

always pleasing, and it highlights the 

excellent work that goes on behind the 

scenes by the medical team, working 

diligently to return the player in good 

health as swiftly as possible. Likewise, 

they challenge the player in several ways 

and he has to demonstrate the desire 

and resilience to give himself the chance 

of an outstanding recovery. Sam did just 

that and both he and the medical team 

deserve a lot of credit for the work that 

has been undertaken over recent weeks. 

Finally, thank you as always to each and 

every QPR supporter for the magnificent 

backing that you give the team. It is 

greatly appreciated and I hope very much 

we can deliver the type of performance 

that ensures you enjoy watching your 

team play! 

Enjoy the game! 

Gaffer 


HOOPS 

Football Versus 

HOMOPHOBIA 

FEBRUARY IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MONTH FOR THE 

LGBT+ COMMUNITY AS IT IS RECOGNISED AS LGBT HISTORY 

MONTH, BUT FOR US FOOTBALL FANS THERE IS ANOTHER 

LEVEL OF RECOGNITION AS IT IS ALSO FOOTBALL VS 

HOMOPHOBIA’S MONTH OF ACTION. 

Queens Park Rangers have always prided 

themselves on being a community club and 

for us as their LGBT+ fan group, Rainbow 

Rangers, community is something that is really 

important to us. 

At the moment we are still a small supporters’ 

group compared to some of the others, but we are 

hopeful that, as life starts to creep back to some 

normality post lockdowns, we can look to grow. 

At the heart of the Rainbow Rangers is a mutual 

understanding of wanting to find a place in the 

world of football, and in particular football in any 

venue where QPR are playing, to be accepting 

and welcoming to all. 

When members were asked if they’d like to 

share why they belong to the group, two of the 

responses we got were: 

“I’ve always found the vast majority of the 

Rangers family to be warm and welcoming. 

QPR is a great club which looks after its fans 

and the community. As a friend and ally of the 

Rainbow Rangers I want Loftus Road to be 

warm, welcoming and caring for all-comers so 

we can all celebrate our passion in harmony and 

friendship.” 

“Finding a community of like-minded people, 

who not only share my love of Rangers, but also 

understand the challenges and complexities 


HOOPS 

of growing up in the LGBTQ+ community 

has been amazing. For those who grew up 

in QPR-supporting families, it might be hard 

to understand or relate to. But my family and 

friends all supported other clubs. And the 

majority of my gay friends have very little 

interest in football! That meant many solo 

trips to Loftus Road. Amazing experience and 

memories, but no-one to share them with. 

Rainbow Rangers has not only given me the 

confidence and support to bring my partner to 

games knowing we’ll be in a safe and welcoming 

environment, but also provided me with that 

QPR family I’ve never had before.” 

In the coming months we are hoping to work 

more closely with the club again to support their 

diversity and inclusion journey and we will also 

be looking to hold a group Zoom in order for all 

members to share their hopes and ambitions for 

the future of Rainbow Rangers. 

If you want to join us and become part of the 

Rainbow Rangers supporters group, either 

as an ally or as a member of the LGBT+ 

community, then please do drop us an email 

at queensparkrangerslgbt@outlook.com or 

contact us via our Twitter @qprainbowranger 

Thank you to QPR FC for your ongoing support 

of the LGBT+ community and we are proud to 

have our supporters’ group flag permanently 

displayed in the Loft… Come on you R’s! 

Emma Miller-McCaffrey (Chair of Rainbow Rangers) 


GCL 

HOOPS 

GROUND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 

Proud to be official 

construction sponsors 

of QPR FC 

Groundworks 

Concrete Frames 

Remediation 

Tower Cranes 

Demolition 

LEADING THE WAY 

As one of the UK’s leading groundworks and concrete 

frame specialists we are proud to have become an 

Employee Ownership Trust. 

020 8238 7000 

info@groundconstruction.com 

www.groundconstruction.com 

GCL IS AN EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TRUST 

10 WWW.QPR.CO.UK // @QPR // @OFFICIALQPR // OFFICIALQPRFC 

GROUND FOR CONFIDENCE. INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE SINCE 1997.

HOOPS 

UEPLA BOYS RETURN TO QPR 

Welcome back to the ‘UEPLA’ 

boys from across the United 

States, who are back in W12 

tonight for the first time since 

the 2013/14 season! 

The group of football 

enthusiasts, ex-players and 

coaches have been visiting 

London regularly since 2010 

to watch as many games as 

possible within the space of six 

or seven days. 

They watched Rangers demolish 

Bournemouth 3-0 just over 

eight years ago and this is their 

seventh trip to the capital – the 

first in three years due to the 

Covid-19 pandemic. 

Jeff Wagner from Kansas, one 

of the founders of the group, 

explained: “UEPLA is something 

we made up during our first 

trip to London – it stands for 

‘Ultimate English Premier League 

Adventure’. 

“We began adding Championship 

matches on the second trip and 

found them to be more exciting 

than the Premier League. Now it 

is a mix and we’re excited to get 

back and cheer on QPR!” 

THANK YOU, 

STEVE! 

Our thanks to QPR fan 

Steve Russell, who has 

raised £500 to support 

the Guide Dogs for 

the Blind Association 

through the sale of a 

Dave Thomas badge in 

honour of the former 

Rangers winger. 

Thomas, a key member 

of the Rangers side 

that narrowly missed 

out on the league title 

in 1975/76, is now 

registered blind and has 

been an enthusiastic 

supporter of the charity. 

QPR club ambassador 

Andy Sinton received the 

cheque from Steve before 

the recent FA Cup tie 

against Rotherham. 


HOOPS 


HOOPS 

Pursuing 

Promotion 

ALBERT ADOMAH 

INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY 

A PROMOTION WINNER (AND WINGER) 

WITH MIDDLESBROUGH BACK IN 2016, 

ALBERT ADOMAH IS FEELING OPTIMISTIC 

OF REPEATING THAT EXPERIENCE AFTER 

LEARNING TO ADAPT TO A DIFFERENT 

ROLE ON THE PITCH AT QPR… 


HOOPS 

Albert, would it be fair to say 

confidence in the camp rose fairly 

high after the 4-0 win against Reading? 

It was just amazing to finish off January 

in that way. It was a good month, with no 

defeats, and the key was our consistency 

and momentum, starting at Birmingham 

and maintaining it right up to the Reading 

game. 

Was it only a matter of time before we 

gave someone a bit of a beating? 

If I’m honest, we haven’t been playing 

fantastic but we’ve been getting points 

and the main objective is to do just 

that. The game at Birmingham was a 

good example, we weren’t at our best 

but Chris Willock scored a brilliant goal 

and we picked up the win. Sometimes 

football is like that – you can just be 

doing OK but still achieving victories and 

that’s a good situation to be in. 

We’re facing one of your former teams 

tonight – a big game as Middlesbrough 

have been in good form lately and are in 

the thick of the play-off race… 

Middlesbrough are doing well at the 

moment, so this will be an important game 

for both teams and we think we’ve got an 

advantage being at home. We’re chasing 

the teams above us and, in a similar way, 

Middlesbrough are chasing us, so we know 

that if we can win this evening we’ll extend 

that gap over them and put pressure on 

other teams at the same time. 

Having featured in the Boro side that 

won promotion in 2016, can your 

previous experience – and that of other 

players in the squad who have been 

promoted before – have a bearing on 

QPR’s fortunes going into the last few 

months of the season? 

It was a great feeling to win promotion 

with Middlesbrough that season – words 


HOOPS 

Using my speed, running at 

players and taking them on, 

getting in crosses and assists 

- those have been the main 

aspects of my game 

can’t really describe it. You have to be 

part of it to understand. With this bunch 

of players we’ve got at QPR, there’s just 

as much talent as we had at Boro back 

then. We’ve got a blend of young players 

and experienced ones and I believe we 

can achieve promotion. Players like 

Charlie Austin, Stefan Johansen and 

Marshy have done it before and they 

can help the youngsters to achieve their 

dream of playing in the Premier League. 

Last year the team did extremely well, we 

went on an amazing run and, although 

there was disappointment at not quite 

making it into the play-offs, we haven’t 

looked back. It says a lot for the team 

that we’ve kept up that kind of form this 

season and we need to maintain it. If we 

keep going at this rate, I believe we can 

reach the automatic spots. 

You’ve spent most of your career as 

an orthodox winger – has it been a 

challenge for you to adapt to the wingback 

role over the last year or so? 

I did play as a striker when I was in nonleague 

at Harrow Borough, but ever since 

I turned pro with Barnet, I’ve played as 

a winger. Using my speed, running at 

players and taking them on, getting in 

crosses and assists – those have been 

the main aspects of my game. When I 

first joined QPR, we were playing three 

up front and I was in and out of the side 

but, once we changed to a system with 

no wingers, I didn’t think there was a 


HOOPS 

I’m doing more and 

working hard, that’s why I’m 

starting games and I’m happy 

to be playing and creating 

chances for the team 

place for me in this team, to be honest. 

Eventually the manager saw something 

there when I played quite well against 

Barnsley, getting up and down the wing, 

and since then I’ve been learning when 

to come back and things like tackling. I’ve 

been used to teams tackling me, now 

I have to try and tackle other wingers, 

which is quite a contrast. Defensively 

I wouldn’t claim to be one of the best 

– Ossie (Kakay) and Mo (Odubajo) are 

better defenders than me. Lee Wallace, 

my counterpart on the left wing, plays 

like he’s 18! I’ve actually asked him how 

he bombs up and down the wing all day 

and I’ve learned a lot from his 

commitment and passion. 

Last season you came off the bench 

no fewer than 27 times – what’s it 

meant to you to be a more regular 

starter this year? 

Every player wants to start the 

game – it doesn’t matter which club or 

which level you’re playing at. If you don’t 

want to start there’s something 

wrong with you. But when we weren’t 

playing with wingers, I had to ask myself 

‘what do I need to do to get in this team?’ 

– so I had to impress the manager and 

show what I could do as a wing-back. I 

feel I’m doing more and working hard, 

that’s why I’m starting games and I’m 

happy to be playing and creating chances 

for the team. 

Whether starting games or coming on 

as substitute, you still seem to have that 


HOOPS 

If I get to play three or 

more at the top level and do 

that with the club I love, the 

club I supported as a boy, I 

could eventually retire happy 

knack of scoring late goals – apart from 

the Birmingham game, where you scored 

about 70 minutes earlier than usual… 

The main thing is to help the team get 

three points, whoever scores. But even 

when I was playing as a winger, scoring 

goals was a bonus – my main job was to 

set them up and I’d celebrate an assist 

more than anything else. Where I’m 

playing now, I can call myself a defender 

and that means there’s even less 

pressure to score goals! Despite that, it’s 

a great feeling when you put the ball in 

the net and that goal at Birmingham was 

the best I’ve had this season, especially 

because I was getting stick from their 

fans as a former Aston Villa player. 

Recently, of course, you became 

officially the Championship’s most 

experienced player in terms of games. 

Are you aiming to reach the 500 mark 

– or is the plan to be appearing in a 

different league next season? 

Obviously I want to play more games 

and I’ve now moved on to 459 in the 

Championship – so if we were to get 

promotion this season, I’d still be well short 

of the 500. I’ve still got ambitions to play 

in the Premier League – it was supposed 

to be the ‘promised land’ when I got there 

with Middlesbrough but it wasn’t. I played 

two games in the Premier League and then 

I was waving goodbye. So if I get to play 

three or more at the top level and do that 

with the club I love, the club I supported as 

a boy, I could eventually retire happy. 


HOOPS 

Football is a game of many opinions, but 

there is one that we must all share. There is 

no place for discrimination in our game. If 

you do not agree, then you are not welcome. 

If you see or hear discrimination in this 

stadium, please report it to the nearest 

steward or via the Kick it Out App. 

Because we are all 

#TogetherAgainstDiscrimination 

Download the Kick it Out app for free from your app store. 

EFL.com 


HOOPS 

JEFF JOINS RANGERS ON HIS BIRTHDAY 

MIDFIELDER Jeff Hendrick 

marked his 30th birthday 

by joining QPR on loan from 

Newcastle for the remainder of 

the season. 

The experienced Republic 

of Ireland international was 

Rangers’ final signing of the 

January transfer window and 

made his debut as a second-half 

substitute in Saturday’s FA Cup 

tie at Peterborough. 

“It’s been a bit of a crazy 

birthday, just waiting for this to 

happen, but I am really excited,” 

said Hendrick. 

“I wanted to get out, get games 

and enjoy my football. I wasn’t 

just going to sit around. 

“I have played against the 

manager’s teams throughout 

the league and they always play 

good football. John Eustace is 

there who I played with, and I 

know certain players like Jimmy 

Dunne and Andre Gray. 

“I just thought this would be the 

right fit for me. Hopefully, I can 

come in and help give that last 

push to get promoted.” 

Hendrick, who began his career 

at Derby and featured in their 

Championship play-off final 

defeat to QPR in 2014, also helped 

Burnley to finish seventh in the 

Premier League four years later. 

He moved to Newcastle 18 

months ago, but has only 

featured four times for the 

Magpies this season. 

Meanwhile, defenders Jordy 

de Wijs and Conor Masterson 

departed W12 on loan deals 

before the transfer deadline. 

De Wijs, who has just returned 

from injury, will spend the rest 

of the campaign with secondtier 

German club Fortuna 

Dusseldorf, with Masterson 

joining team-mate Charlie 

Kelman at Gillingham until the 

end of the season. 

SUPER SENY EARNS 

AFCON MEDAL 

CONGRATULATIONS to QPR 

goalkeeper Seny Dieng, who 

achieved his aim of winning an 

Africa Cup of Nations medal 

after Senegal triumphed in 

Sunday’s final against Egypt. 

Dieng kept clean sheets in 

Senegal’s first two games of the 

tournament, against Zimbabwe 

and Guinea, before making way 

for first choice keeper Edouard 

Mendy. 

He was on the bench as the 

Lions of Teranga won the 

tournament for the first time in 

their history, beating Egypt 4-2 

in a penalty shoot-out following 

a 0-0 draw. 

HENRY LINEHAN 

Happy 18th birthday to our 

Henners, we hope you have a 

great time celebrating! Come on 

you RRR’s! Lots of love, Mum, Dad 

and El X 

RED & LUKE 

Wishing Red Butler and Luke 

Butler a happy belated 

birthday! 

OBITUARY 

KELVIN DEAN 

Remembering Kelvin Dean, 1945- 

2022. A lifelong QPR supporter, 

you will always be loved. From all 

your family and friends. 

OBITUARY 

ALAN JEFFERIES 

It is with deep sadness we 

learned of the passing of 

Alan Jefferies, AKA AJ. 

Alan was a season ticket 

holder for over 40 years and 

part of the LSA. Our thoughts 

are with his sister Linda and 

brother-in-law Peter. RIP AJ. 

Lots of love 

Bob, George and family x 


HOOPS 

IS THERE 

A BETTER 

WAY TO 

BUY YOUR 

NEXT CAR? 

CAZOO 

YEAH! 

Buy or finance a car online and we’ll deliver it to 

your door with a 7-Day Money Back Guarantee. 


Today , s Opposition: 

MIDDESBROUGH 

HOOPS 

CLUB FACTS: 

STADIUM: 

[ Riverside Stadium ] 

OPENED: 

[ 1995 ] 

CURRENT CAPACITY: 

[ 34,742 ] 

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 

[ 34,836 ] 

(Middlesbrough v Norwich) 

CLUB COLOURS: 

[ Red & White ] 

IN THE CABINET: 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE 

CHAMPIONSHIP (LEVEL 2) 

Champions: 1926/27, 1928/29, 1973/74, 

1994/95 

Runners-up: 1997/98, 2015/16 

Play-off winners: 1987/88 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3) 

Runners-up: 1966/67, 1986/87 

LEAGUE CUP 

Winners: 2003/04 

FA CUP 

Runners-up: 1996/97 

UEFA CUP 

Runners-up: 2005/06 

M I D D L E S B R O U G H F A C T F I L E 


HOOPS 

MIDDLESBROUGH 

OPPOSITION 

OVERVIEW 

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

AFTER an inconsistent start to the season, Middlesbrough 

are on the up again and eyeing the prospect of a play-off 

spot under new manager Chris Wilder. 

Like QPR, Boro were founding members of the Premier 

League in 1992 and increased their profile by bringing 

some of the biggest names in international football – 

including Juninho and Fabrizio Ravanelli – to the Riverside Stadium. 

Backed by lifelong Boro supporter Steve Gibson, the club spent an 

unbroken 11-year stint in the top flight until 2009, winning the League 

Cup and reaching the UEFA Cup final along the way. 

Aitor Karanka briefly guided the Teessiders back to the Premier League 

six years ago, but the Spaniard was unable to keep them there the 

following season and more recently the club have flirted with danger at 

the wrong end of the Championship. 

However, expectations have risen again since Wilder’s arrival in 

November, with a run of seven wins in nine games lifting Boro into the 

thick of the battle for the top six – alongside a morale-boosting FA Cup 

success against Manchester United last weekend. 


HOOPS 

[ THE GAFFER ] 

M 

CHRIS WILDER 

Age: 54 

Nationality: English 

Year Appointed: 2021 

Succeeded: Neil Warnock 

CHRIS Wilder’s star 

rose rapidly during his 

five-year spell in charge 

of hometown club 

Sheffield United, when 

he guided the Blades 

from League One 

obscurity to a mid-table 

Premier League finish. 

Wilder’s achievement 

echoed his playing 

career at Bramall Lane 

– he was a right-back in 

the Blades squads that 

rose from the third tier 

to the top level in quick 

succession and returned 

for a second stint after 

playing for Rotherham, 

Notts County and 

Bradford. 

He hung up his boots 

after two years at 

Halifax and managed 

Alfreton Town for a 

season before rejoining 

the Shaymen as their 

boss in 2002. 

Wilder remained in 

charge for six years, but 

Halifax’s liquidation 

forced him to continue 

his management career 

elsewhere and he joined 

Oxford, steering the U’s 

back into the EFL in his 

second season. 

He moved to 

Northampton in 2014, 

hauling them out of the 

League Two relegation 

zone and then 

overseeing a title 

success 12 months later 

before the Blades came 

calling in May 2016. 

M I D D L E S B R O U G H T H E G A F F E R 


HOOPS 

MIDDLESBROUGH KEY QUARTET 

# 

1 

[ SAFE HANDS ] [ THE ROCK ] 

JOE LUMLEY 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 26 


Signed From: QPR 

A player who needs no 

introduction following 

his seven-year spell in 

W12, goalkeeper Joe 

Lumley arrived on 

Teesside last summer 

after opting not to sign 

a new contract at QPR. 

Released by Tottenham 

as a 16-year-old, 

Lumley moved to west 

London and worked his 

way through the ranks, 

making his senior debut 

in 2016 and going on to 

feature 84 times for 

Rangers, as well as 

representing eight 

other clubs on loan. 

The 26-year-old had to 

battle with Luke Daniels 

for the number one 

position after his move 

to Middlesbrough, but 

has retained the jersey 

since early December, 

with 22 Championship 

appearances to his 

name so far. 

NORTHERN Ireland international 

Paddy NcNair burst on the 

footballing scene as a teenager at 

Manchester United, making his 

debut for the club in 2014 and 

going on to play 26 more games 

before departing for Sunderland 

two years later. 

However, a prolonged cruciate 

ligament injury meant McNair spent 

plenty of time in the treatment 

room while the Black Cats 

plummeted from the top flight to 

League One in successive seasons. 

Making the short move to 

Middlesbrough in the summer of 

2018, the 26-year-old – who can 

also play in midfield – is now one of 

the first names on the teamsheet 

and was named as the club’s 

Player of the Year last season. 

CLASSIC KIT 

GRAEME 

SOUNESS 

1974 

17 

# 

17 

PADDY MCNAIR 

DEFENDER 

Age: 26 

Nationality: N. Irish 

Signed From: Sunderland 


HOOPS 

[ THE HIT MAN ] 

11 

# 

11 

DODGY BARNET 

BOUDEWIJN 

ZENDEN 

2003 

16 

# 

16 

JONNY HOWSON 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 33 


Signed From: Norwich 

[ THE ENGINE ] 

INDUSTRIOUS midfielder and 

skipper Jonny Howson is now in 

his fifth season at the Riverside, 

having joined Boro in a £6m move 

from Norwich. 

Howson established himself in the 

Leeds side just after their 

relegation to League One and 

played an integral role as the club 

regained Championship status in 

2010 before signing for Norwich 

two years later. 

He went on to make 188 

appearances during a five and a 

half-year spell with the Canaries, 

scoring 24 goals and featuring in 

the side that overcame 

Middlesbrough in the 2014/15 

Championship play-off final. 

ANDRAZ SPORAR 

FORWARD 

Age: 27 

Nationality: Slovenian 

Signed From: S. Lisbon 

Twice the leading 

scorer in Slovakia’s 

Super Liga, Andraz 

Sporar has quickly 

taken to English 

football after joining 

Middlesbrough on a 

season-long loan from 

Sporting Lisbon. 

The Slovenia 

international got off the 

mark in only his second 

appearance for Boro, a 

2-0 victory at 

Nottingham Forest in 

September and has 

registered four times in 

his last six Championship 

appearances. 

Sporar made his name 

by netting 50 goals in 

112 games for Olimpija 

Ljubljana before going 

on to win league titles in 

three other countries 

with Basel 

(Switzerland), Slovan 

Bratislava (Slovakia) and 

Sporting (Portugal). 

MIDDLESBROUGH KEY QUARTET 


HOOPS 

M I D D L E S B R O U G H D A N G E R M A N 

[ DANGER MAN ] 

HAVING arrived from 

relegated Rotherham 

in the summer, 

goalscoring midfielder 

Matt Crooks has made 

an impressive start to 

life at the Riverside 

Stadium. 

Crooks spent over five 

years at Huddersfield, 

making only a single 

first-team appearance 

for the Terriers, but a 

move to Accrington 

Stanley midway 

through the 2014/15 

season kick-started 

his career. 

Eight goals in 53 

games for Stanley 

brought Crooks to the 

attention of Rangers 

– then managed by 

Mark Warburton – and 

they signed the 

midfielder in the 

summer of 2016, but 

he moved on to 

Northampton a year 

later. 

Crooks joined 

Rotherham in January 

2019, netting 21 goals 

in 97 appearances as 

the Millers bounced 

between divisions and 

he has continued to 

find the net frequently 

since his switch to 

Boro, including a goal 

in their 3-2 defeat to 

QPR in August. 

25 

# 

25 

MATT CROOKS 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 28 


Signed From: Rotherham 


HOOPS 

FAMILIAR FACE: 

LUKE 

YOUNG 

FORMER England defender Luke Young featured in the Premier 

League for both Boro and Rangers during his 16-year career. 

Young began his career at Tottenham, collecting a League Cup 

winners’ medal in 1999 and two years later he moved to Charlton, 

where he accumulated 208 appearances and earned his first call-up to 

the national squad. 

The defender left Charlton following relegation in 2007 and signed for 

Boro, scoring once in 42 games during his only season at the Riverside 

before Aston Villa paid £6m to secure his services. 

Young moved to W12 in the 2011/12 campaign and played his part in 

keeping QPR in the top flight that season, but injuries restricted him to 

just one more game in the next two years and he left the club in 2014. 

QPR Apps: 27 Gls: 2 

2011-14 

RFC Apps: 42 Gls: 1 

2007-08 

M I D D L E S B R O U G H D A N G E R M A N 


HOOPS 

The R’s are now on Recast! QPR fans can 

watch exclusive live matches, highlights, 

interviews and behind-the-scenes videos. 

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

Recast rewards fans for their engagement which allows 

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

each video you view generates money for QPR. 


HOOPS 

Columnist 

THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF QPR FANSITE ‘R’ GENERATION 

DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS ON IN W12… 

S 

o it seems promotion is no longer as 

far-fetched a possibility as it once 

appeared. We breezed past Reading 4-0 

and secured one of our more convincing 

victories and some of the best football we’ve 

played all season. 

After that game, as I looked at the league table 

something worrying happened to me. I felt 

something I hadn’t felt in a long time. Although 

Chrissy was making magic with a wave of his 

right boot, the feeling wasn’t wonder. Although 

Stefan’s hair was clearly freshly shampooed, the 

feeling was surprisingly not arousal. No, I started 

to feel a legitimate inkling of hope that this 

season might just keep getting better. 

Now, hope is a difficult thing to deal with 

because it is never concrete and is entirely 

based on faith. Hope can lead to disappointment 

and we don’t want that. But we equally don’t 

want to be hopeless. So the question stands, 

do we welcome hope in and take a ride on its 

rollercoaster or do we push it aside and keep 

both feet on the ground? 

So, as I do for all life’s biggest questions, I looked 

to the TV. I’ve been watching Ted Lasso recently, 

a rather splendid sitcom about an overly positive 

football coach. There was an episode in which 

the subject was hope, and specifically the 

phrase that ‘it’s the hope that kills you’. Ted had 

a problem with this as he believed that it wasn’t 

the hope that kills you but the lack of it. 

Disappointment may come but if we’re 

constantly expecting it – is it not already 

present? 

Of course it may be sensible to lower our 

expectations and avoid disappointment but do 

we truly want to spend the next few months 

expecting nothing in order to cater for what we 

believe to be an inevitable future? We are in the 

best shape we have been in for years and hope 

here is justified. We have found a genuine level 

of consistent quality that doesn’t seem like 

it’s going anywhere any time soon. We were all 

terrified for January as we were without Seny 

and Ilias but this side didn’t think about that for 

one second, we went in head first and went the 

whole month unbeaten. If that doesn’t inspire a 

more confident hope then I don’t know what will! 

Lowering our expectations doesn’t avoid 

disappointment; it simply eliminates hope. Hope 

makes the present worthwhile and we should 

let it. QPR have disappointed before but this 

particular side have proven time and time again 

that they are no ordinary QPR side. Whatever 

the outcome of this inevitably exciting second 

half of the season, enjoy the hope and enjoy 

the journey because that’s what it’s there for. 

Onwards, forwards and most hopefully upwards. 


Your local Electrical 

Wholesale & Lighting 

suppliers 

HOOPS 

WHOLESALE AND 

RETAIL WELCOME! 

FULHAM BRANCH REOPENING 22.02.22 

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 

Group B 

Royal Parade 

247 Dawes Rd 

London, SW6 7RE 

TEL: 020 7381 8661 

Group B 

436-438 Uxbridge Rd 

London, W12 0NS 

TEL: 020 8749 3616 

PLEASE POP-IN 

TO SAY “HI”, 

WE’D LOVE TO 

SEE YOU! 

groupbelec 

groupb.co.uk 


HOOPS 

Local History – QPR, Bevan’s Builders Merchants & Group B Electrical Wholesale 

THIS YEAR, QPR SUPPORTERS GROUP B ELECTRICAL 

WHOLESALE IN SHEPHERD’S BUSH, CELEBRATED 50 YEARS IN 

BUSINESS. THE FOUNDING BEVAN FAMILY ALSO OWNED 

BEVAN’S BUILDERS MERCHANTS IN PERCY ROAD, FROM 1933 

UNTIL THE 90S RECESSION. THEY HAVE A FASCINATING 

HISTORY WITH QPR THAT THEY’D LIKE TO SHARE. 

The Bevans lived all around the roads of QPR, but 

as a boy Frederick ‘Ben’ Bevan, who founded 

Bevan Builders Merchants in 1933, regularly fed 

his family’s chickens on the QPR pitch – throwing 

them over his fence from his Ellerslie Road terrace 

home. A favourite tale is of Ben playfully planting 

fully grown spring onions on the goal line in the 

middle of the night to confuse the groundsman, 

while his son Fred helped during the Second World 

War by removing shrapnel from the pitch. 

Fred and his family worked the business and 

enjoyed supporting QPR, first from the terraces 

and then from their corporate box, where they 

entertained family and clients. Recently 90-yearold 

Fred enjoyed another fabulous day in the box 

courtesy of Group B, and was presented with a 

T-shirt by Andy Sinton, signed by the players. It 

was a fitting birthday present from his son David 

and wife Jackie Bevan, who now run Group B 

Electrical & Lighting and a fitting gift of thanks for 

all his years’ support to the community, and QPR. 

Many of you here will remember Bevan’s and their 

distinctive orange and brown vintage delivery van 

and trucks. They were well known in the area with 

five local branches of building supplies and timber 

merchants. In 1971 they opened Group B Electrical 

Wholesale on the Uxbridge Road, adjacent to the 

Bevan’s builders yard in Percy Road, where today 

Bevan Mews remembers its old inhabitants, and 

where the Coningham Arms pub still stands. ‘Ben’ 

started Bevan’s Builders Merchants with a pawned 

gold signet ring that David, the owner of Group B 

still wears today. Hence we are celebrating Bevan’s 

and Group B’s building associations in this area and 

with QPR for nearly 90 years. 

After 50 years of hard work, knowledge and 

dedication, Group B still helps its local clients from 

DIYers to main contractors, hotels, schools etc get to 

grips with their electrical and lighting needs. In 2013 it 

opened its Fulham branch – which sadly had to close 

during the pandemic – but we are delighted to 

announce that it is reopening on 22nd February 2022! 

(see adjacent poster). Please pop in and say ‘Hi’! 

Group B Electrical Wholesale welcome trade and 

retail customers Monday to Friday 7am- 5pm, for 

all your electrical and lighting needs. 

SB Branch: 436/438 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s 

Bush, W12 0NS. T: 020 8749 3616 

Fulham Branch: 247 Dawes Road, Fulham, SW6 

7RE T: 020 7381 8661 

www.groupb.co.uk, info@groupb.co.uk 


HOOPS 

OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S 

VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR… 

G 

ood evening everyone and welcome 

back to the Kiyan Prince Foundation 

Stadium for tonight’s game against 

Middlesbrough. 

Since Chris Wilder took over, they have put 

together an impressive run of form to climb the 

table and, as I write these notes, they sit just 

outside the play-off positions, albeit only on 

goal difference. Having lost only once in their 

last 11 games and beaten Manchester United 

on penalties to progress to the fifth round of 

the FA Cup, they will come here tonight full of 

confidence. Our recent league form has also 

been impressive, so tonight’s game should be 

one to look forward to and a tough encounter, 

with two good teams going head to head for the 

three points on offer. 

Our last home game brought us a very convincing 

4-0 win against Reading with a very good 

performance. We played some excellent football 

on the day and could quite easily have added to 

the goals from Lyndon Dykes (2), Luke Amos and 

Jimmy Dunne. It was also great to get another 

clean sheet, as well as the three points which 

keeps us in a great position in the table going into 

tonight’s game. We know there is a long way to 

go and plenty of football and games to be played 

before anything is decided come the end of the 

season. I keep saying every game is big and the 

most important game is your next one – tonight. 

Our FA Cup campaign this season ended on 

Saturday with a 2-0 defeat at Peterborough. I 

thought we started brightly but conceded with 

Peterborough’s first meaningful attack of the 

game. We had a couple of opportunities to 

equalise but either good defensive blocks, a fine 

save by the goalkeeper or the crossbar all came 

to Peterborough’s aid. They made it 2-0 with 20 

minutes to go and saw the game out to progress 

and send us all home disappointed and out of the 

FA Cup. Once again we had 4,000 travelling fans at 

the game – the support the team are getting both 

home and away is incredible. That support can 

play a huge part in the remaining 18 games of the 

season, helping us get to where we want to be. 

This season it is 40 years since QPR got to the 

FA Cup final, where we were beaten in a replay 

by Spurs. We as a club want to celebrate that 

achievement and have organised an event on 

Thursday 17th March at The Lyric Theatre in 

Hammersmith, where some of the players from 

that great team – Peter Hucker, Bob Hazell, Tony 

Currie and Gary Micklewhite – will be present to 

talk about the season and their incredible cup 

run. It promises to be an evening to look forward 

to and I hope as ever this type of event is really 

well supported by our fans. It has been fantastic 

in recent weeks reaching out to all the players 

and family members of everyone who appeared 

in that cup run 40 years ago. Obviously some of 


HOOPS 

the players involved are unavailable and unable 

to attend for various reasons, which we totally 

understand. 

At our last home game we were delighted to 

welcome back Anton Ferdinand and induct him 

into the Forever R’s club. Speaking to him in the 

weeks before the game and on the day itself, I 

know how much it meant to Anton and his family 

to be invited back to the club. Anton really wanted 

to thank you, the fans, for the support you gave 

him at a very tough point in his career which we 

are all very aware of. The reception he received 

when he came out onto the pitch was amazing 

and the support from Rangers fans then and now 

is something Anton will always appreciate, which 

he stated when he spoke at half-time. 

It is important that we as a club continue to 

recognise and support our former players in any 

way we can – that is what makes our Forever 

R’s club special. The Forever R’s has been a 

tremendous success since we launched it 

over five years ago, something I and everyone 

involved with it are very proud of. We reach 

out to former players and want them to know 

they are always welcome back at QPR, as well 

as knowing we care about them long after 

their days representing the club are over. They 

are all part of the club’s history and the way 

the QPR fans have supported the initiative 

and the returning former players, coaches 

and managers, spanning several decades, is 

fantastic to see. Long may that continue. 

The Forever R’s Club is NOT a hall of fame and 

was never set up to only recognise the great 

players who have represented the club – it is 

much more than that. We have posthumously 

inducted former players, coaches and managers 

who are sadly no longer with us. We have 

inducted players who we believe served the 

club well during their careers. We have inducted 

former players who have been part of successful 

teams and squads here over the years and we 

have inducted former players who may have 

endured tough periods in their lives for various 

reasons. All of this shows that we are now a 

club who appreciate and value the time former 

players, coaches and managers spent here. 

From being in touch with the inductees and their 

families, I can tell you how much they appreciate 

being invited back to games by the club and 

especially the reception and support they 

receive from our fans. Thank you for helping to 

make The Forever R’s the success it is. 

Once again, thanks for all your support and really 

get behind the squad tonight. 

Be loud and be proud of who we are. We are 

QPR! 

Come on you R’s! 


HERE’S 

A ST AT 

I BET 

YOU 

DIDN’T 

KN 

W

OVER HALF A MILLION 

SKY BET CUSTOMERS USE DEPOSIT LIMITS 

TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET. 

THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL: 

6 WEMBLEYS. 

201 ALLY PALLYS. 

OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS. 

(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED) 

ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS 

HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS. 

SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH, 

SET AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR YOU 

AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT. 

DEPOSIT LIMITS 

THAT’S BETTING BETTER.

HOOPS 

THIS SEASON MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE QPR 

REACHED THE 1981/82 FA CUP FINAL. IN EACH 

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME, WE SPEAK TO A 

MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WHO PLAYED A ROLE 

IN THAT UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY TO THE 

TWIN TOWERS. NEXT UP, IT’S TOUGH-TACKLING 

MIDFIELDER GARY WADDOCK… 

INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO 


HOOPS 


HOOPS 

GARY, our run to the FA Cup final 

was 40 years ago now but it only 

seems like yesterday, doesn’t it? 

It does when you start talking about it. 

You put it to the back of your mind, but 

it all comes flooding back and you can 

remember the good times. 

Crystal Palace at home in the 

quarter-finals was a huge needle 

game as a number of QPR men like 

Terry Venables, Terry Fenwick, Mike 

Flanagan and Clive Allen had 

previously been at Palace… 

Yes, there were quite a few links with 

Palace and it was a London derby with a 

real good atmosphere. So the 

quarter-final was a big game for us. It 

was very tight, a cagey old affair. The 

most important thing was we came out 

on the right end of it with a 1-0 victory 

to get through to the semi-finals. 

Clive Allen scored our winning goal 

with two minutes to go after John 

Gregory nodded down a corner from 

the right. To score so later in the tie 

felt euphoric… 

Clive was the best man for the ball to fall 

to in the box. After Clive scored, we just 

had to make sure we were able to see 

the game through. Shortly afterwards, 

the ref blew for a free-kick but everyone 

thought it was the final whistle and our 

fans came spilling on to the pitch. The 

celebrations had started but they had to 

clear the playing area as we still had a 

minute or so left in the match. 

Incredible memories, a good occasion 

and we were able to get through. 

We had the plastic Omniturf pitch at 

Loftus Road during the FA Cup run and 

critics used to say that gave us a big 

advantage. Did it suit our style of play? 

It did suit us, yes. On reflection, you 

look back and think that we had some 

success on that pitch. We probably did 

have a slight advantage but what 

people forget is that the Rangers 

players had to switch every week from 


HOOPS 

an artificial surface to grass. In fact, the 

pitches weren’t as good back then as 

they are now so we could have been 

playing away from home on a mud 

patch at times. 

On to the draw for the semi-finals 

and in those days the draws used to 

be live on BBC Radio Two on Monday 

lunchtimes. Would all the players 

come in after training and huddle 

around a transistor radio to listen? 

Everybody wanted to know who you 

had got in the next round. It was 

different back then, that’s for sure! 

For that semi-final against top-flight 

West Brom at Highbury, all the 

build-up before the game was about 

Albion’s in-form striker Cyrille Regis. 

The pundits said he was unstoppable… 

Well, our centre-half Bob Hazell was 

fantastic on the day. We know how 

good Cyrille Regis was as a player back 

in that period but Bob kept him quiet. 

Rangers were the underdogs and West 

Brom were by far the better team in 

terms of the players they had within 

their squad. But sometimes the 

underdogs come through and win in 

football. We had some good support 

from our fans over at Highbury and it 

was a great atmosphere. For the entire 

QPR team to play in that environment, 

with that atmosphere and that crowd, 

was all new to us. It was an exciting 

time and to be able to appear there in 

the semi-final of the FA Cup was 

brilliant. Then to go through to the final 

was a huge achievement. 

We won the semi-final 1-0, with Clive 

Allen scoring the only goal for us in 

the 72nd minute when he blocked a 

clearance by West Brom defender Ally 

Robertson and the ball cannoned into 

the net. Would you say it was a 

scruffy but glorious moment? 

For us, we didn’t mind how the goal 

went in, whether it was a 30-yarder or 

a volley from the edge of the box. But 


HOOPS 

it was Clive who blocked a clearance 

and the ball rebounded past their 

keeper so we were through to an FA 

Cup final. 

The celebrations at the final whistle 

were immense… 

It is the clearest picture I have in my 

head of that day. Obviously, there are 

some other bits that you can recall but 

I can fully remember the celebrations 

in our dressing room afterwards. There 

was plenty of singing going on among 

the Rangers fans outside on the street. 

All the players wanted to see what was 

happening so we were popping our 

heads out of the window to have a 

look. Incredible scenes and I will never 

forget them, it was a marvellous day 

for Queens Park Rangers and 

everybody connected to the club. 

On to the final against top-flight 

Tottenham Hotspur. In those days, it 

really was the biggest showpiece 

occasion in football, wasn’t it? 

Nowadays, you just watch the FA Cup 

final with very little build-up. But when I 

was a player, the television coverage 

would start at 9am on both BBC1 and 

ITV. You would watch players having 

their breakfast, getting on the coach, 

being on the coach, getting off the 

coach, then see all the preparations 

when they walked out onto the 

Wembley pitch for the first time and so 

on. We have lost all of that now and I 

think it is sad really because the day 

was built up from start to finish. I can 

remember as a young kid watching the 

FA Cup final on television and the long 

build-up was all part of the day. You 

wanted to see how the players were 

getting ready for the big game and we 

miss that in the current era. 

Spurs were a really top team, 

weren’t they? 

They were an established, elite club 

with household names and a great 

history. Some of the players they had in 


HOOPS 

We gave a good account 

of ourselves over both the 

games against Tottenham 

their group were outstanding. For us 

going into that game, we were the 

underdogs again. We just wanted to go 

to Wembley, enjoy the occasion and 

atmosphere, give a good account of 

ourselves, take everything on board 

and make sure everyone thought we 

were a decent side. 

Glenn Hoddle gave Spurs the lead in 

that first match but you were clearly 

fouled by Hoddle in the build-up and 

laid out on the floor when the ball hit 

the net, weren’t you? 

I think nowadays with VAR it would have 

been disallowed for a foul! That was part 

of what happened, but we were able to 

get ourselves back into the game with a 

very good result in the end. 

Terry Fenwick headed our equaliser, 

which came from a nicely worked 

long throw-in routine… 

‘Fen’ was part of the set-plays coming up 

from defence and he would score a few 

goals for us during the course of a 

season. None more important than that 

one at Wembley to take Spurs to a replay. 

You had a great career, playing all over 

Europe for the Republic of Ireland. But 

what did it mean to you personally to 

appear in an FA Cup final? 

Every schoolboy’s dream is to play at 

Wembley in an FA Cup final and I was 

lucky enough to achieve that. I can 

remember when I was a kid, you would 

watch the final and afterwards you 

would go out to your local park with 

your mates and pretend to be the star 

players you had seen on TV that 

afternoon. All of a sudden you were 

transformed into whoever had scored 

the winning goal at Wembley! 

The replay against Spurs took place at 

Wembley on the following Thursday 

evening and we did everything but 

score in that 1-0 defeat… 

We played very well and everybody saw 

what a good side we were. In fact, we 

gave a good account of ourselves over 

both the games against Tottenham. Our 

manager Terry Venables was the best 

– his man-management was exceptional 

and he was a great coach. Terry took 

QPR on an unbelievable journey. 

Remind us what you are up to 

nowadays, Gary? 

I am assistant head coach at Cambridge 

United. I am really enjoying it at a very 

good club and we’ve had some success. 

We got promoted last year and we’ve 

had a decent FA Cup run this season. In 

the meantime, I still look out for all the 

QPR results. The R’s have been 

performing extremely well recently, with 

Mark Warburton doing an excellent job. 

He has assembled a good group of 

players and there is no reason why 

Rangers can’t get into those play-off 

positions at the end of the campaign. 


HOOPS 

1981/82 

QPR 3 

GRIMSBY TOWN 1 

Date: Saturday 13th February 1982 

Competition: FA Cup fifth round 

Attendance: 13,344 

The Programme: 16 pages, price 40p. 

RAMPANT Rangers went roaring through to 

the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 

comfortable victory on their plastic 

Omniturf pitch. 

This was an all-Division Two affair, with QPR 

sixth in the table and Grimsby Town rock 

bottom. On a mild and sunny day, frontline 

partnership Simon Stainrod and Clive Allen 

were both on target to give the R’s a 2-0 

half-time lead. 

Both goals followed good work on the left-hand 

side by Mike Flanagan. He was returning to the 

team for the first time since the end of January 

after being ruled out through injury. 

Towering centre-back Ernie Howe headed in 

number three from a corner at the Loft End 

during the second period. Dave Moore scored 

the consolation for Grimsby, who were backed 

by a noisy travelling support all afternoon. 

Hoops boss Terry Venables said afterwards: 

“Mike Flanagan was excellent for us in our 

build-up play. His ball control was outstanding 

and he played as though he had never been 

out of the team. Clive Allen had a very good 

game too. He worked hard, battled well and 

took his goal beautifully.” 

Grimsby’s acting boss Dave Booth said: “It 

wasn’t the plastic pitch that was at fault. We 

simply didn’t do ourselves justice and we got 

what we deserved in the end. There was not a 

lot that pleased me.” 

In a match report in The Star newspaper, 

reporter Michael Morgan wrote: “QPR could be 

strolling, just strolling, all the way to Wembley 

– because of Flanagan and Allen’s liking for 

each other’s company and the FA Cup. 

“The display of the two Rangers strikers 

highlighted a smooth – at times spectacular 

– team performance which was always too 

much for Second Division strugglers Grimsby 

to handle. 

“Mike Flanagan, back in action after a threeweek 

injury lay-off, was the architect of a 3-1 

victory which shot Rangers into the last eight. 

And his presence brought out the best in Clive 

Allen, who scored his first goal since the pair last 

teamed up on January 26. On that occasion, 

Allen grabbed four of his side’s goals in the 5-1 

drubbing of Blackpool in a fourth round replay.” 

RANGERS: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock 

(Fereday 64), Howe, Roeder, Micklewhite, 

Allen, Flanagan, Stainrod, Gregory. 


HOOPS 

EDITORIAL SNIPPET: In the ‘RANGER TO 

RANGER’ letters section, supporter Ron Major 

put forward his suggestion for a new QPR 

theme song to the tune of ‘Down At The Old 

Bull And Bush’… 

‘Come, come, come and cheer Rangers on 

Down at dear old Shepherd’s Bush 

Da-ra-ra-ra 

Come, come, come and see Rangers give 

All of the others the push 

Listen to the Loftus Road cheer 

Now that all the Loft boys are here 

They’re gonna lift off the roof 

Come, come, come and cheer the Superhoops 

Down at dear old Shepherd’s Bush, Bush.’ 


HOOPS 

44 WWW.QPR.CO.UK // @QPR // @OFFICIALQPR // OFFICIALQPRFC 

Mind is a registered charity in England (no. 219830) and 

a registered company (no. 424348) in England and Wales.

HOOPS 

Micah Anthony 

ONE OF 

‘R’ OWN 

A CLOSER LOOK AT QPR’S UNDER-18 

SQUAD AS WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 

THE POTENTIAL STARS OF TOMORROW. 

INTERVIEW: LENNIE HARVEY 

MICAH ANTHONY 

WINGER 

From: Camden & Islington 

Joined QPR: Age 8 

Pre-match Meal: 

Whatever the chef cooks! 

How did you get scouted? 

I got scouted playing in a Sunday league football 

tournament for my team TFA (Total Football 

Academy). My first trial was at Crystal Palace but then I 

moved to Spurs for a year before signing for QPR. 

Have you always played the same position? 

I have always been an attacking player of some kind, 

but I became a winger when I was in the U12s or U13s 

I’d say. 

What’s the highlight of your career to date? 

The highlight so far has been either getting called 

up to an England camp or scoring in my FA Youth 

Cup debut against Swansea back in December 2020, 

although we lost 2-1. 

Who’s your favourite player or inspiration? 

My favourite players are Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo 

because, when Neymar was at Santos, the way he 

would play made me fall in love with the game. I think 

Ronaldo is the best in the world and his work ethic is 

second to none – he can do everything, especially the 

way he has changed and developed his game. I like 

exciting players and these two certainly are. 

Where do you see yourself in five years’ time? 

I aim to be playing football at a high and successful 

level. 

Which of your team-mates do you see as a future 

coach or manager? 

Definitely Kayden Harrack – he’s the umpire! 


HOOPS 

Other Uses Of 

LOFTUS ROAD 

CRICKET, HOCKEY, RUGBY, BOXING, CONCERTS AND MORE 

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

EXAMINE THE OCCASIONS WHEN OUR FAMOUS GROUND 

PLAYED HOST TO SOME VERY DIFFERENT EVENTS… 

WOMEN’S 

WORLD CUP 

A GROUP 5 qualifying match 

in the FIFA Women’s World 

Cup was staged here at 

Loftus Road on Thursday 

25th March 2010. 

England Women defeated 

Austria 3-0 in front of an 

official attendance of 3,980 

on a wet evening. The scorers 

were Lianne Sanderson 

(16), Eniola Aluko (68) and 

debutant Ellen White (90). 

This game was screened live 

on the official FA website. 

England Women’s coach Hope 

Powell said afterwards: “We 

died a bit after making a good 

start but we sorted a few 

things out at half-time and did 

really well in the second half. 

We had a few players missing 

but the girls showed there’s 

good competition for places 

and it was nice to see Ellen 

White coming into the side 

and getting a goal on debut.” 

A match report by Tony 

Leighton in The Guardian 

newspaper was entitled: 

“Debut goal brings delight for 

Ellen White in England World 

Cup cruise.” 

Leighton wrote: “The strikers 

Lianne Sanderson, Eniola 

Aluko and Ellen White – the 

latter making her debut as a 

substitute – hit the goals as 

England maintained their 100 

per cent World Cup qualifying 

record with their best 


HOOPS 

performance since last year’s 

European Championship finals. 

“Without three key players, 

Kelly Smith, Karen Carney and 

Anita Asante – each of them 

missing through injury – Hope 

Powell’s team at times lacked 

fluency and almost contrived 

to hand goals to hard-working 

but limited opponents. But with 

Philadelphia Independence’s 

Sanderson, one of five 

America-based players in 

the starting line-up, having 

a fine evening in Smith’s 

position, there was plenty of 

inventiveness and no lack of 

scoring opportunities. 

“Aluko set up the 16th-minute 

opener, crossing for Sanderson 

to score with a header that 

deflected off the right-back 

Susanna Gahleitner to loop 

into the net. After the goal 

Powell’s team fell away for a 

spell and Austria might have 

equalised nine minutes before 

the interval when the left-back 

Susanna Höller’s powerfully 

struck 35-yard drive had to 

be turned over the bar by the 

goalkeeper Karen Bardsley. 

“Austria went close again nine 

minutes after the interval, the 

right winger Daniella Tasch 

driving in a 15-yard shot that 

bounced out off the underside 

of the bar. England retaliated 

with their best spell, though 

the right-winger Alex Scott 

missed two simple chances 

before Aluko volleyed in the 

second goal from Sanderson’s 

perfectly flighted 68th-minute 

through ball. 

“The midfielder Fara Williams 

hit the bar with a tremendous 

25-yard drive in the 84th 

minute and the final goal was 

expertly finished by White 

with a chip from a tight angle 

after collecting a neat pass by 

Sanderson. 

“England face the group 

leaders Spain next Thursday 

and Powell confirmed that 

Smith would be back in the 

team.” 

England (4-2-1-3): Bardsley; 

Susi (E White 62), F White, 

Stoney, Unitt (Rafferty 87); 

Williams, Chapman; Sanderson; 

A Scott, Aluko, Yankey (S Smith 

87). Subs not used: J Scott, 

Brown, Bassett, Johnson. 

Austria (4-4-1-1): J. Pfeiler; 

Gahleitner, Hoeller, Wenninger, 

Entner; Tasch, Prohaska, 

Puntigam, Hanscaitz; Aigner; 

Groebner sub: Burger (63). 

Subs not used: Reischer, 

Hoellmueller, Gatternig. 

Referee: C De Boeck. 


HOOPS 


HOOPS 

Columnist 

talkSPORT REPORTER AND RANGERS FAN 

TONY INCENZO RECALLS SOME WEIRD AND 

WONDERFUL STORIES... 

TURNSTILES DISPUTE 

THE most bizarre incident when I was visiting 

all the League of Ireland grounds came at Sligo 

Rovers FC. 

Firstly, I should say that I loved travelling around 

Ireland for football. I was born in Dublin, I have 

always had an Irish passport and all my family on 

my mother’s side are Irish. 

Anyway, it was back on 26th June 2006 when I 

visited The Showgrounds stadium. Sligo beat 

Derry City 3-1 before an attendance of 1,392. 

I watched the game from the press box at the 

back of the main stand and sat next to a Sligo 

club official who was making public address 

announcements. 

During the half-time interval, a very agitated 

supporter appeared in front of us. He started 

shouting at the PA man. 

“Can you make an urgent public safety 

announcement?” he yelled. 

“Yes, of course,” came the reply. 

“Ok, right! Good! Announce this! I have been a 

season ticket holder here for 33 years. I have just 

tried to nip outside to my car to get my jacket…” 

“Yes?” 

“But the fella in the turnstile booth wouldn’t let 

me out. He said if I went to my car, he was going 

to charge me to come back into the stadium 

even though I have a season ticket!” 

“Oh I see.” 

“So can you announce this? I am going out to my 

car. If that eejit tries to stop me or charge me to 

come back in again, I am going to get in my car 

and drive it right into the turnstile booth with 

him inside it!” 

“Oh…well…we’ll look into it.” 

Fortunately, the supporter quickly calmed down 

and didn’t try to murder the turnstile operator. 

Follow Tony Incenzo on Twitter at 

@TonyIncenzo 


HOOPS 

JUNIOR 

HOOPS 

FUN, GAMES, TRIVIA & MORE! 

Hello everyone! 

Hey guys, it’s your 

favourite feline friend 

here! Over the next 

couple of pages you’ll 

get the chance to 

test your footballing 

knowledge! Challenge 

your family and friends 

to see who comes out 

on top! 

Jude 

JUDE’S JOKE 

Joke: Where did the winning goal come 

from in the insects’ Cup Final? Answer: A flea kick! 

GROUND HOPPER 

Which Champ stadium is this? 

Follow me on Twitter 

@QPRJudeTheCat 


BIRTHDAYS! 

Big birthday wishes to 

all Junior Hoops 

celebrating in February… 

George Wheeldon – 1st 

Archie Allen – 2nd 

Sienna Atkins – 2nd 

Stanley Hewitt – 2nd 

Henry Linehan – 2nd 

Lucas Asombang – 3rd 

Toby Mason – 3rd 

Reuben Merrett – 3rd 

Sebastian Scarffe – 3rd 

Edward Smith – 3rd 

Tyler Dolphin – 4th 

Eoin Gallagher – 4th 

Isaac Lazarus – 4th 

Lukas Ross – 4th 

Brodie Kent – 5th 

Harrison Manville-Anthony – 5th 

Finn Steward – 5th 

Andrei Denis Udeanu – 5th 

Dylan Wood – 5th 

Jude Campbell – 6th 

Jake Charge – 6th 

Jay Coombs – 6th 

Avi Margolis – 6th 

Connor Mulligan – 6th 

Isaac Olszak – 6th 

Sonny Poulter – 6th 

Archie Sprigens – 6th 

Bobby Sweetman – 6th 

Jack Abbott – 7th 

Liam Farrelly – 7th 

Joshua Hart – 7th 

Marissa Lee – 7th 

George Markham – 7th 

Tomas Melia – 7th 

Lola Shurey – 7th 

Toby Belcher – 8th 

Katie Hales – 8th 

Izabella Lawrence – 8th 

Sydney Potter – 8th 

Remy Gadd – 9th 

Gabriel McManus – 9th 

Johnie O’Connell – 9th 

Mia Roache – 9th 

Samantha Roberts – 9th 

Oliver Rodwell – 9th 

Stephen Brown – 10th 

Florance Maria Coxen – 10th 

Johnny Canning – 11th 

Kolmar Gudmundsson 

Goldstein – 11th 

Michael Hynes – 11th 

Frank Williams – 11th 

Emily Mills – 12th 

Alexia Nooriala – 12th 

Cooper Woodcock – 12th 

Asa Bruckner – 13th 

Olly Chapman – 13th 

Kian Redmond – 13th 

Ben Young – 13th 

Samuel Ashby – 14th 

Brett Collins – 14th 

Jacob Davinson – 14th 

Reggie Gates – 14th 

Oscar Shepherd – 14th 

Oliver Souster – 14th 

Albert Theroux – 14th 

Anais Yates – 15th 

Sophie Hales – 16th 

Sahan Hewavitarne – 16th 

Izabel Plunkett – 16th 

Ryan Quinlan – 16th 

Jack Taylor – 16th 

Harry Allen – 17th 

Adam Bella – 17th 

Luke Brennan – 18th 

Mia Flanagan – 18th 

Harry Garson – 18th 

Jamie Marques – 18th 

James McLaughlin – 18th 

Finn Sutton – 18th 

Alex Aires – 19th 

Maisie Ellicott – 19th 

Henry Forster – 19th 

Elzia Miller – 19th 

Olivia Craft – 20th 

Poppy McNiff – 20th 

Toby Thomas – 20th 

Archie Brennan – 21st 

Ismay Bunce – 21st 

Rahul Chityal – 21st 

Kathy Simpson – 21st 

Nicholas Avetoom – 22nd 

Harry Clark – 22nd 

Joseph Loughrey – 22nd 

Rio Pinard – 22nd 

Luke Whelan – 22nd 

Jonathon Daniel – 23rd 

Arthur Gooch – 23rd 

Aidan Kenny – 23rd 

Michael O’Halloran – 23rd 

Sugar Ray Wright – 23rd 

Samuel Benosiglio – 24th 

Michael Murphy – 24th 

Harry Price – 24th 

Aydin Tunc – 24th 

Billy Lundie – 25th 

William Miller – 25th 

Harry Myerson – 25th 

Charlie Norman – 25th 

Ollie Pleasant – 25th 

John Ryan – 25th 

Joe Crossman – 26th 

Lewis Dargue – 26th 

Amandeep Makh – 26th 

Billy Manners – 26th 

Oliver Stevenson – 26th 

Casey Farrell – 27th 

Teddy Haynes – 27th 

Tess Lewisohn – 27th 

Jack Szumilewicz – 27th 

Harrison Barr – 28th 

Matthew Coe – 28th 

Theo Harris – 28th 

Eden Jeffery – 28th 

Anthony McGrath – 28th 

George McGrath – 28th 

Frankie Orsmond – 28th 

Callum Rawcliffe – 28th 

Ben Stobbart – 28th 

Madeleine Francis – 29th 

Connor Sweeney – 29th 

KNOW YOUR 

HISTORY 

Which former QPR ace is this? 

YOUNG 

GUN 

Name this 

current Premier 

League star in his 

early days 

JUDE’S 

LOOKALIKE 

Rafael Benitez 

Chicken Man from Toy Story 

HOOPS 

Answers: Groundhopper: Ashton Gate (Bristol City), Know Your History: 

Alan McDonald, Young Gun: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) 


QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUE 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 

FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS ERS FC

ENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RA 

DEFENDER 

DION 

SANDERSON 

D.O.B: 15.12.1999 

NATIONALITY: ENGLISH 

EENS PARK RANGERS FC QUEENS PARK RANGERS

HOOPS 

|| MEMORY LANE|| 

AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST WITH THE EALING GAZETTE, 

MIKE DONOVAN WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE LOFTUS ROAD 

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

PROGRAMME, HE LOOKS BACK ON THOSE UNFORGETTABLE 

DAYS OF COVERING QUEENS PARK RANGERS… 

THE borough of Ealing is 

a ‘nest’ for Queens Park 

Rangers, given that it 

borders the one in which 

the club’s stadium is based, 

Hammersmith and Fulham. 

You wonder how many 

footballers have flown from 

that nest to secure fame or 

at least a professional career 

from their chosen sport. I am 

against negative thought, but, 

if you will indulge me, I found 

my ruminations sufficiently 

curious to recall a couple 

of examples of those who 

spread their wings from my 

stint at the Ealing Gazette. 

I am not pointing any fingers 

at the club’s scouting 

system – that would be lazy. 

It is an easy target. There 

are countless reasons why 

players in the catchment 

area of a club end up beyond 

it. Personal choice, family, 

friends, environment, 

outside influence, money 

and ambition misguided or 

otherwise, to name a few. 

Anyway, I have no wish to play 

the blame game when reliving 

the tales of Steve Perryman 

and Paul Merson. I just wanted 

to go through my Gazette 

cuttings on the pair rather 

than dissect the whys and 

wherefores. That, I believe, is 

interesting enough. 

I conducted an interview 

with Perryman prior to 

him captaining Tottenham 

Hotspur to victory against 

Rangers in the 1982 FA 

Cup final, after a replay. The 


HOOPS 

midfielder/defender, who 

went on to claim a Spurs club 

appearance record of 854 

over almost 17 first-team 

seasons, had just won the 

Football Writers’ Player of the 

Year award. 

He had an ‘incredibly exciting 

season going for four top 

trophies’ with Spurs, adding: 

“I believe we are a better 

side than last year (when 

he skippered his side to the 

FA Cup in a dramatic final 

replay against Manchester 

City involving Ricky Villa’s 

legendary ‘slalom-run’ 

winner). We have European 

experience under our belts…. 

I had my hands on the Cup 

last year and it was a very 

emotional occasion. I don’t 

feel like letting go now.” 

Perryman was raised and 

schooled in Ealing, still lived 

in the area and ran a sports 

shop business with a branch 

in Greenford. He supported 

Rangers as a youngster and 

‘had the chance to sign for 

them’. 

It was clear his links were as 

strong as ever, despite his 

affiliations to a club in the 

north rather than west of 

London, as he spoke of the 

upcoming Wembley decider. 

The former Northolt High 

schoolboy, who turned full 

England international the 

following month, said: “Yes, 

I had my hands on the 

Cup last year and it was 

a very emotional 

occasion. I don’t feel 

like letting go now 

Ealing is a very strong Rangers 

area and it is only natural I’ve 

been getting teased that 

Rangers will beat Spurs in the 

final, but it is all very friendly. 

“I still keep in contact 

with the area through 

presentations and business. 

The presentations (he had 

just done one at the Old 

Actonians Sports Club), are 

important to me, I believe in 

putting something back into 

a game that has given me so 

much. I’m grateful for what 

the game has done for me.” 

Just under two years later, on 

Friday 10th February, 1984, 

to be precise, I reported that 

Merson, an Ealing and District 

Schools player, was to sign as 

an apprentice professional 

for Spurs’ north London rivals 

Arsenal. 

He went on to play for 

tonight’s opponents 

Middlesbrough, Brentford (in 

another ‘nest’, Hounslow), 

Aston Villa, Portsmouth and 

England, before managing 


HOOPS 


HOOPS 

Mike Donovan 

DAVE 

MACKAY 

Football’s 

Braveheart 

The 

Authorised 

Biography 

Forewords by Derek Mackay and Denis Law 

Walsall and then taking up 

punditry with Sky Sports, 

besides disclosing his battles 

with alcohol, substance abuse 

and gambling. 

That was all a world away 

when I spoke to the 16-yearold 

Merson in his Greenford 

High School hall, his life in 

front of him. 

I had witnessed him starring 

for Ealing and District at 

Brentford’s Griffin Park 

ground and remembered his 

ability and, for some reason, 

how long his legs were. 

Merson, who had been on 

associated schoolboy forms 

with the Gunners for two 

years, told me: “I’ve been 

training hard. I’m about the 

smallest player in the team. 

I’ve just got to be patient. They 

(Arsenal) treat me smashing.” 

Gunners youth development 

officer Steve Burtenshaw, 

who had managed Rangers 

prior to the reigns of Tommy 

Docherty and Terry Venables, 

said: “Paul has done very well. 

We’re pleased with him – he 

has reached the required 

standard. He was slight but 

he’s put on some height and 

he’s stronger. He’s always 

prepared to wait. He had 

natural ability as a schoolboy 

but you have got to be 

patient. He’s attentive and 

realises he has a lot to do but 

is willing to knuckle down.” 

Paul Howells, one of Merson’s 

school PE teachers, added: 

“He’s talented and worked hard.” 

Mike Donovan is an author 

and award-winning journalist. 

He produced Queens Park 

Rangers Greatest Games 

in 2013, with Stan Bowles 

helping to promote it and 

Les Ferdinand writing the 

foreword. He has a feel for 

the Bush and was taken to 

Cooke’s Pie and Mash shop in 

the area’s market by his mum 

(who worked in the area) and 

dad, attended concerts at the 

fabulous Empire and hung out 

socially in W12 growing up. 

Mike has written a series 

of football books – most 

recently Football’s 

Braveheart: the Authorised 

Biography of Dave Mackay 

which is available from Pitch 

Publishing. 


HOOPS 

QPR FC 

WOMEN 

HARLOW TOWN LADIES 0 

QPR FC WOMEN 1 

Demi Edwards maintained her scoring streak 

with the only goal of the game to earn Rangers 

a narrow victory over Harlow Town. 

Edwards, who has now netted four times in her 

last three appearances, put the R’s ahead early 

on and her goal proved enough to secure all 

three points. 

The visitors had further chances to extend their 

lead, Harlow squandered numerous opportunities 

to force their way back into the game. 

But Rangers dug deep and held on to record 

their fourth successive victory, edging closer in 

the table to fourth-placed Actonians, who they 

now trail by just five points. 

Steve Quashie’s side are back in action on 

Sunday 13th February with a home clash 

against Cambridge City at the Powerday 

Stadium (kick-off 2pm). 

QPR: McLean (White 70), Grieve, Jordinson, 

Maloney, Petit (Nygaard-Parsons 60), Searle, 

Akerman, Hennessy, Edwards (Curr 70), Moore 

(Kumaning 60), Hall. 


HOOPS 

AILISH CAROLAN 

ALICE CURR 

BROGAN MOORE 

DEMI EDWARDS 

ELLEN WARDLAW 

SPONSORED BY: 

ST ANREWS 

SCHOOL, WOKING 

SPONSORED BY: 

RUSSELL BREMNER 

ELLIE SEARLE 

SPONSORED BY: 

EMILIA NYGAARD-PARSONS 

ERIN POPE 

SPONSORED BY: 

RUSSELL BREMNER 

NATALIE SKIVERTON 

SUE KUMANING 

VICKY GRIEVE 

DANIELLE MALONEY 

ESHE DAVIES 

GEORGIE LEWIN 

LAUREN JORDINSON 

MILLY CUTLER 

HAYLEY PEACOCK 

LUCIE WHITE 

JO BLODGETT 

KASHA PETIT 

KATIE AKERMAN 

LAURA HENNESSY 

SPONSORED BY: 

MELANIE HALL 

SPONSORED BY: 

MERLE REDHEAD-LING 

MOLLIE DENCH 

SPONSORED BY: 

For more information on how to sponsor QPR FC Women’s players this season, please contact Sarah Holt at sarahh@qpr.co.uk 


HOOPS 

PUTTING THE SPARK 

INTO MATCHDAY 

PROGRAMMES... 

PROUD PROGRAMME 

PARTNERS OF 

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

www.ignitionsportsmedia.com 


HOOPS 

Tel: 020 8740 2560 | E-mail: corporate@qpr.co.uk | @QPR_Corporate | www.qprcorporate.co.uk 

M Mark WARBURTON 

SPONSORED BY: 

Phyl & Tina 

# 1 Seny DIENG 

SPONSORED BY: 

Sindy Grewall 

Apps: 26 Gls: 0 

YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 2 Osman KAKAY 

SPONSORED BY: 

Richard & 

Vivienne 

MacLennan 

Apps: 7+7 Gls: 0 

YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 3 Lee WALLACE 

SPONSORED BY: 

Trish Phillips 


YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 4 Rob DICKIE 

SPONSORED BY: 

Jakson Buhaj 


YC: 9 RC: 0 

# 5 Jordy DE WIJS 

SPONSORED BY: 

Apps: 12+1 Gls: 0 

YC: 1 RC: 0 

# # 

Marco 6 RAMKILDE Yoann BARBET 27 

SPONSORED BY: 

Martin & Kieran 

O’Brien - True 

Potential Wealth 

Management 


YC: 4 RC: 0 

# 7 Stefan JOHANSEN 

SPONSORED BY: 

David Loveland 

& Nik Cameron 

Apps: 25+1 Gls: 1 

YC: 8 RC: 0 

# 8 Luke AMOS 

SPONSORED BY: 

Tyler Buhaj 

Apps: 6+12 Gls: 2 

YC: 2 RC: 0 

# 9 Lyndon DYKES 

SPONSORED BY: 

Ron Hill 

Apps: 20+2 Gls: 9 

YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 10 Ilias CHAIR 

SPONSORED BY: 

Keith Porter 


YC: 3 RC: 0 

# 11 Charlie AUSTIN 

SPONSORED BY: 

Phil Newman & 

Billy Maguire 

Apps: 16+12 Gls: 5 

YC: 2 RC: 0 

# 12 Dominic BALL 

SPONSORED BY: 

Dave, Di & 

Nathan Smith 

Apps: 14+7 Gls: 1 

YC: 3 RC: 0 

# 13 Jordan ARCHER 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 14 George THOMAS 

SPONSORED BY: 

Apps: 4+10 Gls: 0 

YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 15 Sam FIELD 

SPONSORED BY: 

Amanda Dixon 


YC: 5 RC: 0 

# # 

Marco 16 RAMKILDE Sam McCALLUM 27 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 17 Andre DOZZELL 

SPONSORED BY: 

KS Roofing and 

building Ltd 

Apps: 14+8 Gls: 0 

YC: 6 RC: 1 

# 19 Andre GRAY 

SPONSORED BY: 

Deb and 

Marc Buhaj 


YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 20 Jimmy DUNNE 

SPONSORED BY: 

Apps: 22+4 Gls: 2 

YC: 4 RC: 0 

# 21 Chris WILLOCK 

SPONSORED BY: 

Richie Dixon 

Apps: 29+1 Gls: 5 

YC: 1 RC: 0 

# 22 Moses ODUBAJO 

SPONSORED BY: 

Phil & Harry 

Newman 

Apps: 16+4 Gls: 0 

YC: 4 RC: 1 

# 24 Charlie OWENS 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 25 David MARSHALL 

SPONSORED BY: 

Riley and 

Nathan Hayes 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 27 Jeff HENDRICK 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 28 Dion SANDERSON 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 33 Dillon BARNES 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 34 Stephen DUKE-McKENNA 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 37 Albert ADOMAH 

SPONSORED BY: 

Martin & Kieran 

O’Brien - True 

Potential Wealth 

Management 

Apps: 16+9 Gls: 2 

YC: 3 RC: 0 

# 39 Joe GUBBINS 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 40 Ody ALFA 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 

# 32 Joe WALSH 

SPONSORED BY: 


YC: 0 RC: 0 


HOOPS 

DATE KO OPPOSITION SCORE POS. STARTING XI 

AUGUST 

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

Wed 11 19:45 Leyton Orient CC R1 D 1-1* N/A ARCHER KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE BARBET WALLACE 

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

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

Sat 21 12:30 Barnsley D 2-2 3 DIENG THOMAS DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET KAKAY 

Tue 24 19:45 Oxford United CC R2 W 2-0† N/A ARCHER ODUBAJO KAKAY DICKIE 1 DUNNE McCALLUM 

Sat 28 15:00 Coventry City W 2-0 3 DIENG BALL ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS McCALLUM 

SEPTEMBER 

Sat 11 15:00 Reading D 3-3 4 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 

Tue 14 19:45 AFC Bournemouth L 1-2 6 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 1 

Sat 18 15:00 Bristol City L 1-2 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 1 

Tue 21 19:45 Everton CC R3 D 2-2** N/A DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM 

Fri 24 20:00 West Bromwich Albion L 1-2 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS DUNNE BARBET 

Tue 28 19:45 Birmingham City W 2-0 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DUNNE BARBET BALL 

OCTOBER 

Sat 2 15:00 Preston North End W 3-2 6 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DUNNE 1 BARBET BALL 

Sat 16 12:30 Fulham L 1-4 8 DIENG ODUBAJO DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET McCALLUM 

Tue 19 19:45 Blackburn Rovers W 1-0 5 DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM 

Sat 23 15:00 Peterborough United L 1-2 7 DIENG ADOMAH DICKIE DUNNE BARBET McCALLUM 

Tue 26 19:45 Sunderland CC R4 D 0-0*** N/A DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET ODUBAJO 

Fri 29 19:45 Nottingham Forest D 1-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DE WIJS BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN 

NOVEMBER 

Wed 3 19:45 Cardiff City W 1-0 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL 

Sat 6 17:30 Blackpool D 1-1 6 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH AMOS 

Fri 19 19:45 Luton Town W 2-0 6 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL 

Wed 24 19:45 Huddersfield Town W 1-0 4 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH DOZZELL 

Mon 29 19:45 Derby County W 2-1 3 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN 

DECEMBER 

Sun 5 14:30 Stoke City L 0-2 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET KAKAY JOHANSEN 

Mon 27 17:30 AFC Bournemouth L 0-1 7 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET KAKAY FIELD 

Thur 30 19:45 Bristol City W 2-1 7 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET 1 ADOMAH FIELD 

JANUARY 

Sun 2 14:00 Birmingham City W 2-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH 1 FIELD 

Sat 8 15:00 Rotherham FAC R3 W 1-1 **** N/A ARCHER DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH BALL 

Sat 15 15:00 West Bromwich Albion W 1-0 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN 

Sat 22 15:00 Coventry City W 2-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH 1 DOZZELL 

Tue 25 19:45 Swansea City D 0-0 4 MARSHALL BARBET DUNNE DICKIE WALLACE FIELD 

Sat 29 15:00 Reading W 4-0 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE 1 BARBET ADOMAH FIELD 

FEBRUARY 

Sat 5 15:00 Peterborough United FAC R4 L 0-2 N/A MARSHALL SANDERSON DICKIE DUNNE ODUBAJO AMOS 

Wed 9 19:45 Middlesbrough 

Sat 12 15:00 Barnsley 

Tue 15 19:45 Millwall 

Sat 19 15:00 Hull City 

Wed 23 19:45 Blackpool 

Sat 26 12:30 Blackburn Rovers 

MARCH 

Sat 5 15:00 Cardiff City 

Sun 13 12:00 Luton Town 

Wed 16 19:45 Nottingham Forest 

Sun 20 12:30 Peterborough United 

APRIL 

Sat 2 15:00 Fulham 

Tue 5 19:45 Sheffield United 

Sat 9 15:00 Preston North End 

Fri 15 15:00 Huddersfield Town 

Mon 18 15:00 Derby County 

Sat 23 15:00 Stoke City 

Sat 30 15:00 Sheffield United 

MAY 

Sat 7 12:30 Swansea City 

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 


HOOPS 

KEY: GOALSCORER 1 FIRST SUB SECOND SUB THIRD SUB FOURTH SUB FIFTH SUB † OWN GOAL YELLOW CARD RED CARD 

SUBSTITUTES 

REFEREEE 

JOHANSEN BALL WILLOCK AUSTIN DYKES ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, BETTACHE, ADOMAH LANGFORD 

DOZZELL BETTCAHE ADOMAH THOMAS DYKES WALSH, BALL, KELMAN, WILLOCK, ODUBAJO , MASTERSON, DUKE-McKENNA HICKS 

JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR WILLOCK 1 DYKES 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, KELMAN, DUNNE, ADOMAH DONOHUE 

JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR DYKES 1 WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH MARTIN 

JOHANSEN DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR 1 AUSTIN 1 ARCHER, BALL, KELMAN, DUNNE, DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH WARD 

THOMAS DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR KELMAN WALSH, DUKE-McKENNA, ALFA, GUBBINS NIELD 

JOHANSEN BARBET 1 WILLOCK CHAIR AUSTIN ARCHER, KAKAY, DYKES 1, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH WHITESTONE 

BALL 1 JOHANSEN 1 CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY 1, DUNNE, ADOMAH ELTRINGHAM 

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK ARCHER, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY, DUNNE, ADOMAH STROUD 

JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY DYKES WALSH, AUSTIN, BALL , THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH DOUGHTY 

DOZZELL BALL CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN 2 WALSH, KAKAY, AMOS, DYKES, THOMAS, GRAY, DUKE-McKENNA FRIEND 

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY 1 WALSH, KAKAY , DYKES, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ADOMAH LININGTON 

CHAIR 2 DOZZELL WILLOCK AUSTIN DYKES WALSH, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS, THOMAS, GRAY, ADOMAH SALISBURY 

JOHANSEN WILLOCK CHAIR 1 DYKES 1 GRAY ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS , AUSTIN, DOZZELL, ADOMAH SIMPSON 

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN ARCHER, AMOS, DYKES 1, GRAY, DUNNE , DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH LANGFORD 

BALL DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR 1 DYKES ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS , AUSTIN, GRAY, DUKE-McKENNA WEBB 

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR 1 DYKES AUSTIN ARCHER, KAKAY, DE WIJS, AMOS, DOZZELL, GRAY, WILLOCK GILLETT 

AMOS CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES GRAY ARCHER, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, BALL, DOZZELL, DUNNE, DUKE-McKENNA, ADOMAH, DREWE STROUD 

DOZZELL MCCALLUM CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES 1 ARCHER, DUNNE, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, BALL, GRAY DAVIES 

JOHANSEN ODUBAJO CHAIR DYKES GRAY 1 ARCHER, AUSTIN, BALL, AMOS, KAKAY, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA WOOLMER 

DOZZELL ODUBAJO CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES ARCHER, AUSTIN, BALL , KAKAY, THOMAS, FIELD, DUKE-MCKENNA SMITH 

JOHANSEN WALLACE WILLOCK 1 AUSTIN 1 CHAIR ARCHER, FIELD, KAKAY, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA DONOHUE 

JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK ARCHER, AMOS 1, FIELD, BALL, KAKAY, THOMAS, DUKE-MCKENNA SCOTT 

DOZZELL WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, ODUBAJO, GRAY 1 , FIELD, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS SIMPSON 

DOZZELL FIELD CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN ARCHER, AMOS, GRAY, THOMAS, BALL, DUKE-MCKENNA HARRINGTON 

JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES ARCHER, DOZZELL , ADOMAH, GRAY, AMOS, AUSTIN, THOMAS, STROUD 

JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS AUSTIN 1 WILLOCK ARCHER, DYKES , THOMAS, BALL, KAKAY DAVIES 

WILLOCK 1 AMOS WALLACE GRAY DYKES ARCHER, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, KAKAY, BALL, THOMAS DONOHUE 

JOHANSEN WALLACE THOMAS AUSTIN GRAY DUKE-MCKENNA, ODUBAJO #, DYKES 1, AMOS, DOZZELL, DREWE, FIELD, WALSH, ARMSTRONG SALISBURY 

FIELD WALLACE WILLOCK DYKES GRAY WALSH, AUSTIN 1, BALL, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ODUBAJO HOOPER 

FIELD WALLACE WILLOCK DYKES GRAY 1 WALSH, AMOS, THOMAS, AUSTIN, DE WIJS, BALL, ODUBAJO WOOLMER 

ODUBAJO AMOS JOHANSEN WILLOCK AUSTIN WALSH, ADOMAH, DYKES, THOMAS, DE WIJS, BALL, DOZZELL DAVIES 

JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS 1 WILLOCK DYKES 2 WALSH, THOMAS, SANDERSON, AUSTIN, BALL, DOZZELL, ODUBAJO SIMPSON 

JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN DYKES WALSH, HENDRICK, ADOMAH, DOZZELL , THOMAS, KAKAY, BARBET, BALL WEBB 

REPORTING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 

There is no place for anti-social behaviour at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. If you see it, 

please report it. There are many ways you can get in touch. 

Tweet: You can reach our operations team on Twitter; you can follow and report incidents by 

tweeting @QPROperations. 

Email: You can also report anything you see to the team via email at operations@qpr.co.uk. 

Call: You can call 07557 435 421 to report anything you see or hear. Please note you can 

remain anonymous if you wish. 


CHAMP STAT PACK 

LEAGUE TABLE 

2o21 /22 

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

1 FULHAM 28 17 7 4 74 26 48 58 

2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 30 15 8 7 45 31 14 53 

3 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 28 15 7 6 44 24 20 52 

4 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 28 15 6 7 44 31 13 51 

5 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 30 13 9 8 40 34 6 48 

6 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 29 12 9 8 34 24 10 45 

7 MIDDLESBROUGH 28 13 6 9 32 26 6 45 

8 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 29 12 7 10 39 31 8 43 

9 LUTON TOWN 28 11 9 8 39 32 7 42 

10 SHEFFIELD UNITED 27 12 6 9 37 33 4 42 

11 PRESTON NORTH END 30 10 11 9 34 35 -1 41 

12 COVENTRY CITY 27 11 7 9 35 31 4 40 

13 BLACKPOOL 29 11 7 11 32 34 -2 40 

14 STOKE CITY 28 11 6 11 33 30 3 39 

15 MILLWALL 28 9 10 9 29 29 0 37 

16 SWANSEA CITY 28 9 8 11 29 35 -6 35 

17 BRISTOL CITY 30 9 7 14 39 54 -15 34 

18 BIRMINGHAM CITY 30 8 9 13 33 46 -13 33 

19 HULL CITY 29 9 5 15 25 32 -7 32 

20 CARDIFF CITY 28 8 5 15 31 48 -17 29 

21 READING 28 8 4 16 33 55 -22 22 

22 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 27 5 5 17 23 55 -32 20 

23 DERBY COUNTY 29 8 12 9 28 30 -2 15 

24 BARNSLEY 28 2 8 18 17 43 -26 14 

LAST UPDATED: 07.02.2022 

TONIGHT'S 

Fixtures 

KICK-OFF 7.45PM UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE 

PP 

VS 

VS 

VS 

VS 

VS 

VS 

HOOPS 

TOP FIVE 

Goalscorers 

ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC 

FULHAM 27 

BEN BRERETON DIAZ 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 20 

DOMINIC SOLANKE 

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 18 

ANDREAS WEIMANN 

BRISTOL CITY 14 

LEWIS GRABBAN 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 12 

TOP FIVE 

Assists 

JOHN SWIFT 

READING 11 

HARRY WILSON 

FULHAM 10 

CHRIS WILLOCK 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 9 

RYAN GILES 

CARDIFF CITY 9 

CALLUM ROBINSON 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 8 

TOP FIVE 

Clean Sheets 

MARK TRAVERS 

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 12 

SAM JOHNSTONE 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 11 

LEE NICHOLLS 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 10 

JOE LUMLEY 

MIDDLESBROUGH 10 

MATIJA SARKIC 

BIRMINGHAM CITY 10 


HOOPS 

Columnist 

THE JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER PENS HIS 

LATEST COLUMN… 

I 

t’s not a popular view – but I wasn’t too 

disappointed to bow out of the FA Cup 

at Peterborough last week. 

If you ask professional people within the game 

about the biggest advancement over the last 

20 years in football, I’m pretty sure most on the 

coaching side will place sports science high on 

the list. 

When Sam Allardyce was Blackburn manager 

many years ago, he invited me to Rovers’ training 

ground to meet the team of staff who kept 

his squad fitter than most of their rivals in the 

Premier League at the time. 

He told me that keeping your squad fit until 

January was achievable – notwithstanding 

any freak injuries. From then onwards, your 

sports scientists played their part in limiting the 

amount of injuries. 

QPR have managed the injuries within the 

squad very well up to now, as well as two key 

departures to AFCON. 

With the usual rigours of a 46-game season, 

plus a decent run in the Carabao Cup before 

Christmas – not to mention the very likely 

possibility of contesting the play-offs in May – I 

wasn’t mourning our FA Cup exit. 

A more important result for us happened 

at Swansea, who did us a favour by beating 

Blackburn. Even Bournemouth’s shock exit at 

home to Boreham Wood on Sunday might not 

be the worst thing for their promotion hopes. 

I didn’t make it to Peterborough, although selling 

4,000 tickets for the trip was exceptional. I was 

there earlier in the season to tick the ground off 

my list. Instead, I dressed up as former Prime 

Minister Margaret Thatcher for my sister-inlaw’s 

50th birthday, which as you may have 

guessed was fancy dress. 

I have published the picture in case you fancied 

a laugh to ease you all through the cost-of-living 

crisis. If you see me at the game tonight, any 

advice on safely removing eyeliner would be 

appreciated. 


Type 1 Limestone • Sharp Sand • Building Sand • Shingle 

Ballast • Topsoil • Type 1 Recycled • 6F5 

Quality Materials, Delivered Loose or Bagged! 

We Serve: London, Hillingdon, Slough, Hertfordshire, 

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Surrounding Areas! 

CALL US TODAY ON 020 7736 0355

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

MANAGER Mark Warburton 

MIDDLESBROUGH 

MANAGER Chris Wilder 

# 

1 Seny DIENG GK 

# 

2 Osman KAKAY 

# 

3 Lee WALLACE 

# 

4 Rob DICKIE 

# 

5 Jordy DE WIJS 

# 

6 Yoann BARBET 

# 

7 Stefan JOHANSEN 

# 

8 Luke AMOS 

# 

9 Lyndon DYKES 

# 

10 Ilias CHAIR 

# 

11 Charlie AUSTIN 

# 

12 Dominic BALL 

# 

13 Jordan ARCHER GK 

# 

14 George THOMAS 

# 

15 Sam FIELD 

# 

16 Sam McCALLUM 

# 

17 Andre DOZZELL 

# 

19 Andre GRAY 

# 

20 Jimmy DUNNE 

# 

21 Chris WILLOCK 

# 

22 Moses ODUBAJO 

# 

24 Charlie OWENS 

# 

25 David MARSHALL GK 

# 

30 Kiyan PRINCE 

# 

31 Ray JONES 

# 

32 Joe WALSH GK 

# 

33 Dillon BARNES GK 

# 

34 Stephen DUKE-McKENNA 

# 

1 Joe LUMLEY GK 

# 

2 Anfernee DIJKSTEEL 

# 

3 Neil TAYLOR 

# 

4 Grant HALL 

# 

6 Dael FRY 

# 

7 Marcus TAVERNIER 

# 

10 Martin PAYERO 

# 

11 Andraz SPORAR 

# 

13 Toyosi OLUSANYA 

# 

14 Lee PELTIER 

# 

15 Nathan WOOD 

# 

16 Jonny HOWSON 

# 

17 Paddy MCNAIR 

# 

18 Duncan WATMORE 

# 

20 Darnell FISHER 

# 

21 Sammy AMEOBI 

# 

22 Sol BAMBA 

# 

23 James LEA SILIKI 

# 

25 Matt CROOKS 

# 

26 Aaron CONNOLLY 

# 

27 Marc BOLA 

# 

28 Luke DANIELS GK 

# 

31 Sol BRYNN GK 

# 

35 Isaiah JONES 

# 

37 Josh COBURN 

# 

47 Folarin BALOGUN 

# 

48 Riley MCGREE 

# 

50 Caolan BOYD-MUNCE 

# 

37 Albert ADOMAH 

# 

39 Joe GUBBINS 

# 

40 Ody ALFA 

# 

41 Aaron DREWE 

# 

42 Sinclair ARMSTRONG 

# 

45 Prostate Cancer UK MAN OF MEN 

# 

TBA Jeff HENDRICK 

REFEREE: Dean Whitestone 

ASSISTANT REFEREE: Mark Pottage 

ASSISTANT REFEREE: Lee Venamore 

FOURTH OFFICIAL: David Rock 

NEXT UP @ KIYAN PRINCE FOUNDATION STADIUM 

Hull City 

Saturday 19th February, 2022 

Kick-Off 3pm

Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?