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Hoops | Official Matchday Programme of Queens Park Rangers | Issue 25 Queens Park Rangers v Derby County | Sky Bet Championship Monday 18th April, 2022 | KO 3pm | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

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

ISSUE 25 £3.50<br />

v DERBY COUNTY<br />

MONDAY 18TH APRIL, 2022<br />

KICK-OFF 3PM


HOOPS<br />

#QPRDER<br />

MONDAY 18 APRIL 2022<br />

CLUB DIRECTORY<br />

<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> FC<br />

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STAFF<br />

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Amit Bhatia<br />

QPR Holdings Ltd Vice-Chairmen:<br />

Tony Fernandes, Ruben Gnanalingam<br />

Board members:<br />

Tony Fernandes,<br />

Ruben Gnanalingam, Amit Bhatia,<br />

Datuk Kamarudin Meranun<br />

CEO: Lee Hoos<br />

Financial Director: Ruban Ghandi<br />

Director of Football: Les Ferdinand<br />

First Team Manager: Mark Warburton<br />

Club Ambassador: Andy Sinton<br />

Club Historian: Chris Guy<br />

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PROGRAMME<br />

Editor:<br />

Ben Kosky<br />

Contributors:<br />

Tony Incenzo, Simon Cheshire,<br />

Lennie Harvey<br />

Designed by:<br />

Thomas Ridge<br />

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04 12<br />

21 36<br />

04 THE GAFFER<br />

Words from Mark Warburton<br />

09 NEWS + MESSAGES<br />

All the latest from W12<br />

12 THE BIG READ<br />

Interview with Keiren Westwood<br />

19 COLUMNIST<br />

Sam Taylor has his say<br />

21 VISITORS<br />

An in-depth look at our oppo<br />

28 FREEZEFRAME<br />

A classic pic from yesteryear<br />

32 ANDY SINTON<br />

Our ex-winger pens his column<br />

35 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN<br />

Focusing on our U18s<br />

36 1981/82 FEATURE<br />

A chat with Ernie Howe<br />

42 KEY FIXTURE<br />

A vital clash from 1981/82<br />

46 OTHER USES OF LR<br />

The ground has seen it all<br />

50 JUNIOR HOOPS<br />

Test your knowledge<br />

54 MIKE DONOVAN<br />

A trip down memory lane<br />

62 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />

Stay updated this season<br />

65 STAT PACK<br />

Key facts from the Champ<br />

66 AIDAN MAGEE<br />

The view from the press box<br />

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HOOPS<br />

The Gaffer<br />

FIRSTLY, MAY I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO WAYNE<br />

ROONEY, HIS STAFF, PLAYERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH<br />

DERBY COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB.<br />

T<br />

he issues faced by Wayne<br />

and his squad this season<br />

have been well<br />

documented, with the club being<br />

constantly in the news for all the<br />

wrong reasons. However,<br />

throughout all of the turmoil, they<br />

have performed consistently well<br />

and deserve enormous credit for<br />

delivering such good quality<br />

displays despite the many<br />

distracting issues. There is no<br />

doubt that we face another very<br />

tough encounter this afternoon, but<br />

it is one we are looking forward to,<br />

and likewise to sharing a post-game<br />

drink with Wayne and his staff.<br />

I am writing these notes post-<br />

Preston and pre-Huddersfield and,<br />

as such, am aware that our fight for a<br />

play-off place may still be ongoing or,<br />

potentially, could be over. There is no<br />

masking our disappointment at the<br />

run of poor results that have dogged<br />

us since early February. Having<br />

worked so hard to place ourselves in<br />

such a strong position, it has been<br />

hugely frustrating to see so many<br />

opportunities missed or squandered.<br />

Injuries have, of course, hit us very<br />

badly, and the loss of key individuals<br />

for lengthy periods has been an<br />

issue that we have often struggled<br />

to overcome. However, this is not an<br />

excuse, as there is no doubt we have<br />

good players in the squad and there<br />

is no lack of belief in their ability to<br />

perform when called upon.<br />

We must recognise that this is how a<br />

squad matures, how it develops, but<br />

it does not in any way dilute the level<br />

of disappointment felt by everyone<br />

– especially you, our supporters.<br />

Having to deal with increased<br />

expectation, having to cope with<br />

a demanding schedule of games,<br />

being able to handle the loss of key<br />

players to injury… all these factors<br />

and much more are what allow the<br />

younger players to deal with the<br />

pressures of the Championship and<br />

develop the attributes required to<br />

succeed.<br />

I have absolute belief in the players,<br />

as do John, Neil and the rest of<br />

the staff, and I know there is so<br />

much more development to come.<br />

I hope very much that a positive<br />

performance at Huddersfield allows<br />

us to go into today’s game focused<br />

both on the result, and the continuing<br />

development of the squad.<br />

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I have absolute belief in<br />

the players, as do John, Neil<br />

and the rest of the staff,<br />

and I know there is so much<br />

more development to come<br />

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HOOPS<br />

Referring back to the Preston game,<br />

we had the unprecedented situation<br />

of our fifth goalkeeper this season,<br />

with Keiren falling ill just before<br />

kick-off. Keiren had been unwell<br />

through the middle of the week but<br />

had improved enough by Saturday<br />

morning to be confident of making<br />

it through the game. However, as<br />

soon as he started warming up, it<br />

became clear that he was still very<br />

poorly, would be unable to play and<br />

had to be closely monitored by our<br />

club doctor.<br />

One person’s disappointment is<br />

another person’s opportunity, and up<br />

stepped young Murphy Mahoney to<br />

make his first-team debut. He dealt<br />

with the challenge exceptionally<br />

well, showed a cool head for such<br />

a daunting situation, and delivered<br />

an excellent performance, for which<br />

he deserves enormous credit. The<br />

remaining first-team players gave<br />

him tremendous support both<br />

before and during the game, and I<br />

hope very much that despite the<br />

disappointment of the result, young<br />

‘Murph’ can look back on his debut<br />

with much pride.<br />

Finally, a very sincere thank you to<br />

the travelling supporters who made<br />

their way to Preston, despite the<br />

midweek trip to Sheffield and with<br />

the disappointment of that result<br />

still fresh in their minds. You gave the<br />

boys excellent vocal backing and we<br />

are so frustrated at not being able<br />

to give you a good journey home.<br />

As always, your backing is greatly<br />

appreciated.<br />

Enjoy the game!<br />

Gaffer<br />

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REMEMBERING<br />

DAVE CLEMENT<br />

(1948-1982)<br />

QPR marked 40 years since the<br />

tragic passing of Dave Clement<br />

with a series of tributes to the<br />

stalwart <strong>Rangers</strong> right-back on<br />

the official club website.<br />

Clement, who spent 14 years<br />

at Loftus Road and was a<br />

key member of the <strong>Rangers</strong><br />

side that came within one<br />

game of winning the League<br />

Championship in the 1975/76<br />

season, died at the age of 34 in<br />

March 1982.<br />

Capped five times by England,<br />

he racked up a total of 476<br />

appearances for the Hoops<br />

before going on to play for<br />

Bolton, Fulham and Wimbledon.<br />

Club historian Chris Guy and<br />

Hoops contributor Tony Incenzo<br />

both wrote personal tributes to<br />

Clement, while Ian Gillard – who<br />

played at left-back alongside<br />

Clement for the majority of<br />

his QPR career – shared his<br />

recollections in a video interview.<br />

Gillard said: “I was always close<br />

to Dave – we got on well and we<br />

were a good unit. I miss him a<br />

lot, I still think about him and the<br />

times we had.<br />

“He was a good man and a<br />

good player who had a nice<br />

presence about him. Walking<br />

into the ground he was always<br />

immaculate, polite and helpful.<br />

“Dave did everything right and was<br />

a model professional. He wanted<br />

to be fit all the time and his warmups<br />

lasted 20 minutes – he was<br />

really thorough in what he did.<br />

“He was very well respected,<br />

especially because he’d give a lot of<br />

time to the youngsters, which you<br />

need when you’re an apprentice.<br />

He was a really nice guy.”<br />

BLADES CLASH<br />

MOVED<br />

RANGERS’ final home<br />

Championship match of the<br />

season, against Sheffield United,<br />

has been brought forward for<br />

live coverage on Sky Sports. The<br />

game at Kiyan Prince Foundation<br />

Stadium will now take place on<br />

Friday 29th April, kick-off 7.45pm.<br />

CHRIS & JOSHUA<br />

There’s a double celebration for<br />

the Death family, with diehard<br />

QPR supporter Chris set to<br />

turn 40 on Tuesday. Following<br />

in his footsteps is Junior Hoop<br />

Joshua, who reaches his 12th<br />

birthday on Wednesday. Happy<br />

birthdays to both Chris and<br />

Joshua! Urrrrrrrrsssss.<br />

EMMA<br />

Congratulations to X block season<br />

ticket holder Emma Driscoll, who<br />

had her graduation at Nottingham<br />

Trent University earlier this month.<br />

Also belated happy birthday<br />

wishes for Thursday 7th April!<br />

Love you Emma, from Mum, Dad,<br />

Ben, family and friends... all so<br />

proud of you x<br />

MARTIN<br />

Happy 90th birthday to Martin<br />

Hughes, a QPR supporter for 50<br />

years. With love from your son<br />

Richard.<br />

PAUL<br />

Happy birthday to Paul Briggs and<br />

thank you for all you do for us.<br />

Love from Josh, Kyle and Donna.<br />

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BILL TWYMAN RIP<br />

Remembering lifelong QPR<br />

supporter Bill Twyman, who died<br />

last year at the age of 81. What<br />

a dad, husband, brother and<br />

grandad. Your passion for QPR<br />

for many years, never missing<br />

a first-team or reserve-team<br />

game, and so many memories<br />

of Rodney and Stan. Your stories<br />

will stay with us forever, the<br />

memories and laughter and the<br />

love you gave us all. We will love<br />

and miss you always. If Carlsberg<br />

made Dads…<br />

DENIS<br />

A very happy 80th birthday to<br />

Denis Flaherty! Best wishes and<br />

love from all your family and<br />

friends, with a special greeting<br />

from Alf Ferrer all the way over in<br />

Gibraltar. Come on you R’s!<br />

OAKLEY<br />

Congratulations to the Jamieson<br />

family, who recently welcomed<br />

Oakley Jamieson-Salter to the<br />

ranks of the <strong>Rangers</strong> faithful!<br />

Oakley, born last month to<br />

parents David and Katie, is a<br />

younger brother for Poppy and is<br />

already proudly sporting the blue<br />

and white hoops.<br />

We’re sure it won’t be long<br />

before Oakley joins his dad<br />

and uncle Mark at a QPR<br />

game! Congratulations also to<br />

grandparents Clive – a season<br />

ticket holder like his sons – and<br />

Cathy on the new arrival.<br />

CONNOR<br />

Happy birthday to QPR fan<br />

Connor Stainer who is seven<br />

today! Have a great day and<br />

enjoy the game, lots of love from<br />

Mummy and Daddy.<br />

JAMES & HARRY<br />

Happy birthday to James and<br />

Harry with lots of love from<br />

Mummy, Daddy and Cleo.<br />

DAN & BRIDGET<br />

Congratulations to Dan and<br />

Bridget Grimes, who recently<br />

celebrated their 60th wedding<br />

anniversary.<br />

Dan worked for Guinness for<br />

over 40 years and was a regular<br />

in the QPR corporate box during<br />

the Guinness sponsorship.<br />

The whole Grimes family would<br />

like to send all their very best<br />

wishes and are extremely proud<br />

of the acknowledgment from<br />

the Queen on this significant<br />

milestone.<br />

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Mr Dependable<br />

KEIREN WESTWOOD<br />

INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY<br />

INCREDIBLY, NO FEWER THAN FIVE<br />

PLAYERS HAVE DONNED THE QPR<br />

GOALKEEPER’S JERSEY SO FAR THIS<br />

SEASON. CURRENT INCUMBENT KEIREN<br />

WESTWOOD DISCUSSES THE INJURY<br />

CRISIS AND SETS HIS SIGHTS ON A<br />

POSITIVE FINISH TO THE CAMPAIGN…<br />

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HOOPS<br />

Keiren, your arrival at the club last<br />

month came about in a hurry – when<br />

did you learn you were going to become<br />

a QPR player?<br />

Probably as soon as David Marshall got<br />

injured, to be honest! I got a phone call<br />

at about half past 10 that evening. I’d<br />

almost signed for someone else the week<br />

before but that didn’t materialise for<br />

different reasons. I sort of pre-empted<br />

it a little bit because I knew Seny and<br />

Jordan were already injured, but I was<br />

really excited by the opportunity to play<br />

for QPR. I knew what a great club it was<br />

from playing against them a number<br />

of times and the club is full of fantastic<br />

players and individuals I know and respect.<br />

Jeff Hendrick’s someone I’ve known for a<br />

good number of years, playing together<br />

for the Republic of Ireland, but I reckon<br />

I’ve probably played against everybody<br />

else in the squad at some stage! It was a<br />

no-brainer for me – I just got down there<br />

and got stuck into training. It’s been an<br />

easy transition, just coming in and saying<br />

hello to everybody and they’ve welcomed<br />

me with open arms.<br />

Clearly you weren’t put off by the<br />

apparent jinx on QPR goalkeepers this<br />

season! Have you ever seen this kind of<br />

injury list before during your career?<br />

You don’t really foresee this sort of thing<br />

happening because every squad now has<br />

three goalkeepers – and it’s the same<br />

at QPR, we did have three goalkeepers!<br />

It’s just really unfortunate the way things<br />

have fallen. These things do happen and<br />

injuries are part of the game but you<br />

probably wouldn’t expect it to happen as<br />

frequently as this, with one position.<br />

Murphy Mahoney stepped in to become<br />

<strong>Rangers</strong>’ fifth Championship keeper<br />

of the season after you had to miss<br />

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With the game and the<br />

energy and the crowd, it’s nice<br />

to be able to take that moment<br />

to myself and to God and to be<br />

in that moment<br />

our recent game at Preston – were you<br />

impressed by the way he performed?<br />

Of course, I’ve been impressed with<br />

everybody really. Murphy’s a great lad<br />

and I’ve enjoyed training with him and<br />

with the other keepers at the club as well.<br />

Goalkeepers are a different breed and we<br />

all get on well with each other too, maybe<br />

partly because we tend to be out on our<br />

own at training – the goalkeepers train<br />

over in one area away from the rest of<br />

the squad, so the unit becomes a closeknit<br />

one.<br />

Can I ask about your pre-match routine?<br />

Just before kick-off, we see you kneeling<br />

in the penalty area with a towel over your<br />

head – has that always been part of your<br />

preparation?<br />

It’s something I’ve done my whole career,<br />

but maybe it seems new because I’m at a<br />

new club – fans obviously wouldn’t have<br />

been watching me that closely when I<br />

played against them. I’m a religious guy<br />

and I just take a moment to speak to<br />

myself, calm myself down and say some<br />

prayers to family members who have<br />

passed. With the game and the energy<br />

and the crowd, it’s nice to be able to take<br />

that moment to myself and to God and<br />

to be in that moment.<br />

Largely due to their 21-point deduction,<br />

<strong>Derby</strong> arrive here in a perilous position<br />

but does that make them more<br />

dangerous – a sense of nothing to lose?<br />

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HOOPS<br />

I’ve played over 500<br />

games now and played<br />

in every division from<br />

Conference up to Premier<br />

League and I’d rather have<br />

had that sort of career<br />

Yes, they’ve been dealt some tough<br />

hands, to be fair to them. I don’t know<br />

too much about the situation at the club<br />

but obviously it’s not good and fair play to<br />

their lads, their team and management<br />

– they’re still going and they still have an<br />

opportunity to get out of it. That was<br />

probably the best case scenario they<br />

could have hoped for, that they’d get to<br />

this stage of the season having given<br />

themselves the best chance they could.<br />

You’ve spent most of your career at<br />

Championship level with Coventry and<br />

Sheffield Wednesday – do you hope<br />

to become one of those keepers who<br />

plays on into their forties, given the<br />

opportunity?<br />

Well, I’ve been playing regularly my whole<br />

career since I was 20 or 21, when I first<br />

got into the team at Carlisle. I’ve played<br />

over 500 games now and played in every<br />

division from Conference up to Premier<br />

League and I’d rather have had that sort<br />

of career. Maybe you can look at it and<br />

think ‘could I have been a number two<br />

at a Premier League club?’ but I’d rather<br />

be a number one in the Championship.<br />

As you get older, though, you start to<br />

recognise your role may change – the<br />

dynamic changes and your perspective<br />

changes as well. I’ll always be ready to<br />

play but I’m also a realist.<br />

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If I’m honest, I’m not really one<br />

for globetrotting and I’ve not had<br />

loads of loan moves or anything<br />

like that. At the moment,<br />

I’m thoroughly enjoying the<br />

experience of being at QPR<br />

So is it too early to think about your<br />

plans for next season and perhaps<br />

a longer stay at QPR, given the<br />

opportunity?<br />

Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve stayed a long<br />

time, given the opportunity. If I’m honest,<br />

I’m not really one for globetrotting and<br />

I’ve not had loads of loan moves or<br />

anything like that. At the moment, I’m<br />

thoroughly enjoying the experience of<br />

being at QPR. I’d actually really like to<br />

see some of the other lads come back<br />

and have the chance to watch them play.<br />

We’re all just trying to stay focused on<br />

this season and be in the present and<br />

do what we can to have a positive end to<br />

the season – that’s what we’ll be striving<br />

towards. Talk of anything else can wait<br />

for now.<br />

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Columnist<br />

THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF QPR FANSITE ‘R’ GENERATION<br />

DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS ON IN W12…<br />

W<br />

ell. What can I say? The season that<br />

drove us to the highest of heights is<br />

coming to an end, and not necessarily in<br />

the way we would have thought back in January.<br />

Firstly, I want to commend Mark Warburton and<br />

staff. I love having Mark at the helm, ever since<br />

his first interview. He’s someone who both knows<br />

and cares deeply about the game and the club.<br />

He’s performed miracles with the squad and<br />

developed individuals to the highest standard,<br />

something I don’t believe he gets enough credit<br />

for. I think the financial constraints surrounding<br />

the club were a burden to him, but what Mark<br />

did was use this limited budget to the greatest<br />

effect and encourage his players to reach their<br />

potential. That confidence created a squad with<br />

belief, something fundamentally important to<br />

succeeding in the Championship. We forget<br />

sometimes what the club was like just a few years<br />

ago. The times we enjoyed this season were<br />

simply not there a few years ago, and I thank Mark<br />

for bringing the life back into our club.<br />

Although we made the best of a difficult situation,<br />

we were hurt by it too. As Mark said, you win<br />

the league with a squad, not a team. And he’s<br />

completely right. We have some marvellous<br />

individuals, but at times became a bit over-reliant<br />

on those players. Teams like (excuse my French)<br />

Fulham and Bournemouth can afford to pack<br />

their squads with depth and quality and cover<br />

all bases. We did manage to produce a brilliant<br />

group of players, but the inevitable wear and tear<br />

of the season can expose those holes if you’re<br />

vulnerable, and we were. I don’t think that’s our<br />

fault either, at least not the fault of the current<br />

group. It’s more of a reality check.<br />

But I’m a positive person. This league is long,<br />

bizarre and quite frankly random. Our team did<br />

show what it can do throughout the campaign.<br />

But – and of equal importance – we’ve also shown<br />

what we can’t do. You can’t learn unless you lose,<br />

and you can’t grow unless you learn. I don’t want<br />

us to get promoted until we can fight. I don’t<br />

want to rely on form. I want this squad to meet<br />

its potential, be ready for what’s to come and<br />

progress. I don’t want to sit back and win if we<br />

don’t deserve it, because that’s unsustainable<br />

– clubs that prioritise the now over the future<br />

are the ones who fall the farthest. Our time will<br />

come, and this season is big. It’s huge. We’ll<br />

remember each defeat, knowing that without<br />

the learnings from them, we wouldn’t have been<br />

able to succeed at the level we will undoubtedly<br />

reach in the next few years. Each step’s a big one.<br />

Onwards.<br />

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Today , s Opposition:<br />

DERBY<br />

COUNTY<br />

IN THE CABINET:<br />

CLUB FACTS:<br />

STADIUM:<br />

[ Pride <strong>Park</strong> ]<br />

OPENED:<br />

[ 1997 ]<br />

CURRENT CAPACITY:<br />

[ 33,597 ]<br />

RECORD ATTENDANCE:<br />

[ 33,596 ]<br />

CLUB COLOURS:<br />

[ White & Black ]<br />

PREMIER LEAGUE (LEVEL 1)<br />

Winners: 1971/72, 1974/75<br />

Runners-up: 1895/96, 1929/30, 1935/35<br />

FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP<br />

(LEVEL 2)<br />

Winners: 1911/12, 1914/15, 1968/69, 1986/87<br />

Runners-up: 1995/96<br />

Play-off winners: 2006/07<br />

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3)<br />

Winners: 1956/57<br />

FA CUP:<br />

Winners: 1945/46<br />

Runners-up: 1897/98, 1898/99, 1902/03<br />

FA CHARITY SHIELD<br />

Winners: 1975<br />

D E R B Y C O U N T Y F A C T F I L E<br />

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DERBY COUNTY<br />

OPPOSITION<br />

OVERVIEW<br />

O P P O S I T I O N O V E R V I E W<br />

Founder members of the Football League and twice champions during<br />

the early 1970s, <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> find themselves staring into the abyss of<br />

third-tier football for only the third time in the club’s proud history.<br />

The Rams rose from the depths of the old Division Two under Brian<br />

Clough and went on to win two titles and reach the European Cup semifinals<br />

– but those days seem distant given the club’s present plight.<br />

Following a disastrous Premier League campaign in 2007/08, when they<br />

went down with a record low points total of 11, <strong>Derby</strong> have now spent 14<br />

continuous seasons at this level – including two play-off final defeats.<br />

But their chances of extending their Championship tenure to 15 years<br />

were severely dented by off-field issues – the Rams’ perilous finances<br />

bringing about administration and an overall deduction of 21 points last<br />

autumn.<br />

Despite the defiant efforts of manager Wayne Rooney’s threadbare<br />

squad throughout the season, time is now running out for <strong>Derby</strong>, who<br />

went into the Easter weekend nine points adrift of safety.<br />

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M<br />

WAYNE ROONEY<br />

Age: 36<br />

Nationality: English<br />

Year Appointed: 2020<br />

Succeeded: Phillip Cocu<br />

[ THE GAFFER ]<br />

ENGLAND’S record<br />

goalscorer Wayne Rooney<br />

has been widely praised in his<br />

first shot at management,<br />

working tirelessly to<br />

maintain morale around<br />

Pride <strong>Park</strong> despite the club’s<br />

precarious situation.<br />

Rooney, who burst onto<br />

the scene as a 16-year-old<br />

striker with boyhood club<br />

Everton, went on to carve<br />

out a glittering 13-year<br />

career at Manchester United,<br />

where his 253 goals made<br />

him the club’s all-time<br />

leading marksman.<br />

He won five Premier League<br />

titles, the Champions League<br />

and Europa League as well as<br />

four domestic cups during his<br />

time at Old Trafford before<br />

returning to Everton and then<br />

joining the Rams in January<br />

2020 after a brief spell with<br />

DC United.<br />

Initially named playercoach,<br />

Rooney was handed<br />

the manager’s role midway<br />

through last season after the<br />

departure of Phillip Cocu and<br />

did enough to steer <strong>Derby</strong> to<br />

Championship safety on the<br />

final day of the campaign.<br />

However, the Rams’<br />

subsequent transfer<br />

embargo, descent into<br />

administration and heavy<br />

points deduction have<br />

combined to make his first<br />

full season in management a<br />

challenging one – to say the<br />

least.<br />

D E R B Y C O U N T Y T H E G A F F E R<br />

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D E R B Y C O U N T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T<br />

[ SAFE HANDS ] [ THE ROCK ]<br />

VETERAN centre-back Curtis<br />

31<br />

#<br />

31<br />

RYAN ALLSOP<br />

GOALKEEPER<br />

Age: 29<br />

Nationality: English<br />

Signed From: Wycombe<br />

WELL-TRAVELLED<br />

goalkeeper Ryan Allsop<br />

has established himself<br />

as the Rams’ number<br />

one this season<br />

following his departure<br />

from Wycombe last<br />

summer.<br />

Allsop, who started out<br />

at West Brom and then<br />

Millwall before making<br />

his senior debut for<br />

Leyton Orient in 2012,<br />

spent five years with<br />

Bournemouth and was<br />

loaned out on several<br />

occasions – including a<br />

three-month stint at<br />

Wycombe.<br />

He joined the Chairboys<br />

on a permanent deal in<br />

2018 and went on to<br />

figure in their League<br />

One play-off final<br />

triumph against Oxford<br />

a year later,<br />

accumulating 111<br />

appearances for Gareth<br />

Ainsworth’s side.<br />

Davies is now in his fifth season<br />

at Pride <strong>Park</strong> and had been<br />

ever-present in the<br />

Championship this year going<br />

into the Easter weekend.<br />

Davies, who launched his career at<br />

Luton and made three appearances<br />

for England’s Under-21 side, went<br />

on to play in the Premier League<br />

with West Brom, Aston Villa and<br />

Birmingham before joining<br />

promoted Hull in 2013.<br />

At the end of his first season, the<br />

defender’s goal put the Tigers 2-0<br />

up in the FA Cup final against<br />

Arsenal and, although they went<br />

on to lose 3-2, Davies did<br />

experience Wembley success in<br />

2016 as Hull won the<br />

Championship play-offs to regain<br />

top-flight status.<br />

CLASSIC KIT<br />

1998<br />

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PAULO<br />

WANCHOPE<br />

CURTIS DAVIES<br />

DEFENDER<br />

Age: 37<br />

Nationality: English<br />

Signed From: Hull<br />

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[ THE HIT MAN ]<br />

32<br />

#<br />

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DODGY BARNET<br />

ARCHIE<br />

GEMMILL<br />

1971<br />

11<br />

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RAVEL MORRISON<br />

MIDFIELDER<br />

Age: 29<br />

Nationality: Jamaican<br />

Signed From: Den Haag<br />

[ THE MAESTRO ]<br />

HANDED an opportunity to<br />

impress by former Manchester<br />

United team-mate Rooney last<br />

summer, attacking midfielder<br />

Ravel Morrison has been<br />

displaying the talent that once<br />

made him one of the Premier<br />

League’s hottest prospects.<br />

Morrison left Old Trafford to join<br />

West Ham in 2012, but he was<br />

loaned out to Birmingham and<br />

then QPR, where he played a part<br />

in helping the R’s reach the<br />

Championship play-offs,<br />

triumphing at Wembley against<br />

today’s opponents.<br />

His travels took him to Serie A side<br />

Lazio, as well as Mexico, Sweden<br />

and the Netherlands in search of<br />

regular football before signing a<br />

one-year deal with the Rams.<br />

MALCOLM EBIOWEI<br />

FORWARD<br />

Age: 18<br />

Nationality: English<br />

Signed From: <strong>Rangers</strong><br />

TEENAGE forward<br />

Malcolm Ebiowei<br />

arrived at Pride <strong>Park</strong> in<br />

September, initially<br />

joining up with <strong>Derby</strong>’s<br />

youth academy, but he<br />

has successfully made<br />

the jump to the first<br />

team in recent weeks.<br />

Ebiowei, who has<br />

represented both the<br />

Netherlands and<br />

England at youth level,<br />

made his debut in the<br />

Rams’ 3-1 victory<br />

against Hull in February<br />

and has since also<br />

featured in wins over<br />

Barnsley and Preston.<br />

The 18-year-old, who<br />

also qualifies to play for<br />

Nigeria, spent four<br />

years with Arsenal’s<br />

academy before moving<br />

north of the border with<br />

Glasgow <strong>Rangers</strong> in<br />

2020.<br />

D E R B Y C O U N T Y K E Y Q U A R T E T<br />

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D E R B Y C O U N T Y D A N G E R M A N<br />

[ DANGER MAN ]<br />

WALES international<br />

Tom Lawrence is coveted<br />

by several clubs, having<br />

continued to impress<br />

this season despite<br />

playing in – and<br />

captaining – a struggling<br />

side.<br />

Lawrence, who began his<br />

career with Manchester<br />

United, made just one<br />

league appearance<br />

for the club and was<br />

loaned to Carlisle and<br />

Yeovil before signing for<br />

Leicester in the summer<br />

of 2014.<br />

However, he struggled<br />

for game time with the<br />

Foxes and continued to<br />

flit around the loan circuit<br />

at Rotherham, Blackburn,<br />

Cardiff and Ipswich<br />

– finding his niche at<br />

Portman Road during the<br />

2016/17 campaign.<br />

Named Ipswich’s player of<br />

the season after finding<br />

the net 11 times in 36<br />

appearances, Lawrence’s<br />

performances for the<br />

Suffolk side convinced<br />

<strong>Derby</strong> to spend £5m on<br />

securing his signature the<br />

following year.<br />

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TOM LAWRENCE<br />

FORWARD<br />

Age: 28<br />

Nationality: Welsh<br />

Signed From: Leicester<br />

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FAMILIAR FACE:<br />

ADAM<br />

BOLDER<br />

A MAINSTAY of <strong>Derby</strong>’s midfield during almost seven years at<br />

Pride <strong>Park</strong>, Adam Bolder reunited with former Rams boss John<br />

Gregory to help QPR avoid relegation in the 2006/07 season.<br />

Bolder began his career on his native Humberside with Hull City<br />

before moving to <strong>Derby</strong> in 2000, amassing 166 appearances for the<br />

club before losing his place in the team during their promotion season<br />

and moving to W12.<br />

The midfielder was appointed club captain at the start of the 2007/08<br />

campaign, but Gregory’s dismissal and the influx of expensive<br />

signings that followed left him surplus to requirements and he was<br />

loaned to Sheffield Wednesday.<br />

Bolder eventually left <strong>Rangers</strong> to sign for Millwall on a permanent<br />

basis during the 2008/09 season and went on to feature for Burton<br />

Albion, North Ferriby United and Scarborough Athletic before retiring<br />

in 2019.<br />

QPR Apps: 40 Gls: 2<br />

2007-09<br />

DCFC Apps: 166 Gls: 11<br />

2000-07<br />

D E R B Y C O U N T Y F A M I L I A R F A C E<br />

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FREEZEFRAME<br />

A PICTORIAL LOOK BACK AT A PREVIOUS<br />

CLASH WITH TODAY’S OPPONENTS…<br />

<strong>Derby</strong>’s Steve Powell battles to hold off QPR midfielder<br />

Gerry Francis during the sides’ 0-0 draw at Loftus Road in<br />

March 1974. The Rams finished third in Division One, with<br />

<strong>Rangers</strong> ending the campaign in eighth.<br />

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OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S<br />

VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR…<br />

G<br />

ood afternoon everyone and<br />

welcome back to the Kiyan Prince<br />

Foundation Stadium for the game<br />

this afternoon against <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

<strong>Derby</strong> have had a very difficult time this season<br />

and obviously, having been deducted 21 points,<br />

were always going to find it a huge struggle to<br />

survive. However, they have actually had a real<br />

good go at staying up in what have been very<br />

difficult circumstances – for which manager<br />

Wayne Rooney, his staff and his players deserve<br />

a great amount of credit.<br />

I am writing these notes prior to the<br />

Championship games on Good Friday but,<br />

regardless of their result at home to Fulham<br />

and other results elsewhere, <strong>Derby</strong> will come<br />

into today’s game looking to win if they are to<br />

stand a chance of avoiding relegation. They<br />

may actually be in a situation where they need<br />

to win all their remaining games to stay up,<br />

so we know we face opponents who have<br />

everything to play for and will keep going until<br />

the end of the season.<br />

As indicated, I am writing before the long<br />

trip to high-flying Huddersfield Town and<br />

therefore do not know the outcome of<br />

that game, but I sincerely hope we will have<br />

returned with a win we desperately need. Prior<br />

to the Huddersfield game, our recent run<br />

of results had been really poor and we have<br />

slipped from the very promising position we<br />

had got ourselves into at the end of January<br />

to where we find ourselves now.<br />

We have seen many times – and no doubt we<br />

will see it again – how, in football and indeed in<br />

sport in general, things can change both in a<br />

positive and negative way very quickly.<br />

Confidence in sport is huge and you can gain it<br />

quickly, individually and collectively – and it can<br />

drain away just as quickly when performance<br />

levels drop and results go against you.<br />

That is why every game matters, every<br />

performance as a team and as an individual<br />

matters and every point you are playing for<br />

matters – it really does. A good run of results<br />

can catapult you up the league, as we have seen<br />

with teams like Nottingham Forest and Sheffield<br />

United in recent months and a poor run can have<br />

the opposite effect, as we have seen with West<br />

Brom and disappointingly, ourselves.<br />

What I do know is that we have a chance today<br />

in front of our fans, who have been magnificent<br />

both home and away throughout the season,<br />

to put in a performance and get a win.<br />

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When things are not going well, individually<br />

and as a collective team and squad, one thing<br />

for sure is that there is no hiding place out on<br />

a football pitch. You can and will often find out<br />

a lot about yourself and others around you in<br />

times of adversity. The players who pull on the<br />

shirt today know they have to roll their sleeves<br />

up and do all they can to get the three points<br />

on offer this afternoon.<br />

Before our last home game against Fulham,<br />

over 50 people including myself took part in<br />

the Tiger Feet 12 walk from Fulham to the<br />

Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. The walk<br />

was done by various QPR personnel including<br />

CEO Lee Hoos, members of our Community<br />

Trust staff, members of our Under-23 team<br />

and, of course, QPR fans – all supporting a<br />

fabulous cause and helping to raise as much<br />

money as possible for our very popular Tiger<br />

Cubs. The walk itself was very enjoyable, the<br />

majority of it along the banks of the Thames<br />

with lovely weather. Can I say a huge thank<br />

you to everyone who took part in the walk and<br />

to everyone who donated money towards<br />

such a great cause, where every pound raised<br />

really does matter and helps to sustain the<br />

programme our Community Trust delivers for<br />

young people.<br />

Well done everyone involved and thanks so<br />

much once again.<br />

Another event I am really looking forward is<br />

to this year’s QPR Forever R’s golf day, which<br />

is being held at The Shire London Golf Club<br />

later this month. As always, we have had<br />

tremendous support for the golf day from<br />

club sponsors, fans and some 18 former<br />

QPR players who attend and play on the day.<br />

Having not been able to host the golf day in<br />

the last two years due to Covid restrictions, it<br />

will be great to see lots of familiar faces again.<br />

I hope everyone taking part will have a really<br />

enjoyable time and that the day itself is a huge<br />

success once again.<br />

As always, a huge thank you to all our fans for<br />

the incredible support you have given and<br />

continue to give the team, both at home and<br />

away games.<br />

Let’s get behind the lads today as we look<br />

to get the three points at stake.<br />

Come on you R’s!<br />

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Adam Dougui<br />

ONE OF<br />

‘R’ OWN<br />

A CLOSER LOOK AT QPR’S UNDER-18<br />

SQUAD AS WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT<br />

THE POTENTIAL STARS OF TOMORROW.<br />

INTERVIEW: LENNIE HARVEY<br />

ADAM DOUGUI<br />

WINGER<br />

From: Hayes<br />

Joined QPR: Age 15<br />

Pre-Match Meal: Banana<br />

protein shake<br />

How did you get scouted?<br />

I got scouted in a Sunday<br />

league friendly against QPR<br />

where I played well and scored<br />

two goals, coming on at<br />

half-time to change the game<br />

and win it. Before joining QPR<br />

I played for Bedfont Eagles<br />

Sports and did really well,<br />

scoring 32 goals in one season<br />

which got me boosted to the<br />

U18s at the age of 15.<br />

What’s the highlight of your<br />

career so far?<br />

Scoring the qualifying goal for<br />

my country (Algeria) in the Arab<br />

Cup – it was in the 93rd minute<br />

against Niger U20s. It was a<br />

proud moment for me and my<br />

family and left me speechless<br />

with pure excitement.<br />

Who’s your favourite player<br />

or inspiration?<br />

My favourite ever player is<br />

Ronaldinho as I think he was<br />

able to play with freedom and<br />

entertain people at a high level<br />

with a love for the ball and<br />

great mastery of it as well.<br />

Where do you see yourself in<br />

five years’ time?<br />

I see myself playing in a top<br />

division team abroad where I<br />

am enjoying my football and<br />

performing at a high level week<br />

in, week out, maintaining levels<br />

and improving.<br />

Which of your team-mates do<br />

you see as a future coach or<br />

manager?<br />

Charlie McDonald could be a<br />

future manager as he is very<br />

passionate and able to be<br />

sympathetic with other players<br />

and people in general.<br />

Which stadium in the world<br />

would you most like to play in?<br />

Barcelona’s Camp Nou,<br />

because I feel like the stadium<br />

is full of passion and hostility in<br />

a good way.<br />

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HOOPS<br />

THIS SEASON MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE<br />

QPR REACHED THE 1981/82 FA CUP FINAL.<br />

IN EACH MATCHDAY PROGRAMME,<br />

WE SPEAK TO A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WHO<br />

PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT UNFORGETTABLE<br />

JOURNEY TO THE TWIN TOWERS. NEXT UP, IT’S<br />

CENTRE-HALF ERNIE HOWE…<br />

INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO<br />

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ERNIE, you played your part in the<br />

early stages of our run to the final.<br />

In the third round, we drew 1-1 at<br />

home to Middlesbrough and won the<br />

replay 3-2. Do you recall those games?<br />

I remember going up to Ayresome <strong>Park</strong><br />

in midweek, although I can’t recall<br />

either match – it seems ages ago now.<br />

But looking back, it was good to beat<br />

Middlesbrough as we were in Division<br />

Two and they were in the top flight so<br />

we started our FA Cup run well as<br />

underdogs.<br />

In the fourth round, we nearly lost away<br />

to Blackpool but it finished 0-0. Do you<br />

have any memories of that one?<br />

Yes, I was marking a lad called Dave<br />

Bamber who was their centre-forward.<br />

He seemed to be about seven foot tall!<br />

Blackpool were very direct and they<br />

used to hit the ball towards the big lad<br />

a lot. It was a really hard game in bad<br />

weather. But I suppose fixtures like that<br />

suited me better and I always enjoyed<br />

the challenge. From my point of view, I<br />

felt I had given my all in a game by using<br />

my strength. You knew you were going<br />

to be in a battle and I relished that,<br />

rather than playing against smaller<br />

strikers who were always more difficult<br />

and tricky. I split my eye open during<br />

the match at Blackpool and had it<br />

stitched up. Then when I went in to<br />

training on the Monday, I had a big<br />

black eye, but I got the all-clear to play<br />

in the replay the following evening.<br />

However, the exact same thing<br />

happened in that game as I split the<br />

other eye open! So I ended up looking<br />

like Gigi the Panda for around 10 days!<br />

The replay against Blackpool took<br />

place at Loftus Road in midweek, with<br />

Clive Allen scoring four times as we<br />

ran out 5-1 winners – quite a<br />

convincing victory in the end…<br />

Yes, I think so. Blackpool were in<br />

Division Four so that replay was always<br />

going to be tougher for them coming<br />

down to play us. It was a good result for<br />

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<strong>Rangers</strong> and it got the momentum<br />

going more than anything, really.<br />

In the fifth round, we beat Grimsby<br />

Town, who were several places below<br />

us in the Division Two table, 3-1 at<br />

Loftus Road. You scored an important<br />

goal that day…<br />

We played them twice, in fact. We met in<br />

a league game at the Bush the previous<br />

week and beat them 1-0 before they<br />

returned for that FA Cup tie. I remember<br />

scoring, although I don’t recall much else<br />

about the game. But that result really set<br />

us on the road to Wembley.<br />

Hope and expectation were certainly<br />

building among our fans. Do you<br />

remember listening to the radio on a<br />

Monday lunchtime for the live FA Cup<br />

draws back in those days?<br />

Yes, that was always quite an exciting<br />

thing. The players would come in from<br />

training and await the draw in the<br />

dressing room. A newspaper<br />

photographer would always be there<br />

too as the lads crowded around a<br />

transistor radio. As a Division Two club,<br />

we were looking to have a good run, so<br />

there was great interest to see who we<br />

got in the next round. I can remember<br />

it all quite vividly.<br />

We had the plastic Omniturf pitch at<br />

Loftus Road and critics used to say it<br />

gave us a big advantage. What was it<br />

like playing on that surface?<br />

Initially, it was a fresh venture that<br />

season and it took some getting used<br />

to. It was new to everyone but<br />

personally, I looked on it as a bit of an<br />

improvement in playing surfaces. It<br />

helped me from a footballing<br />

viewpoint. Although opposing teams<br />

used to come down to play us and<br />

moan about the pitch, they were<br />

always allowed to train on it on the<br />

Friday before a match. I think it brought<br />

a different avenue to the game as<br />

Loftus Road always had a notoriously<br />

muddy grass pitch before that –<br />

therefore I felt it was a step forward.<br />

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The QPR players couldn’t train on it<br />

every day, though. Our boss Terry<br />

Venables worked it out that, if we were<br />

preparing for an away game, then we<br />

would train on grass. But before a<br />

home game we would train on the<br />

plastic for a couple of days beforehand<br />

– so with that in mind, I suppose we did<br />

have an advantage.<br />

You dropped out of our team shortly<br />

after the FA Cup win over Grimsby.<br />

What happened at that point?<br />

We had a league game at home to <strong>Derby</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> the following week and I went<br />

down ill, something just got me. So it was<br />

Bob Hazell who came into the side and<br />

played as my replacement. When I<br />

recovered, Terry Venables brought me<br />

back in for a couple of games. I don’t<br />

think I did very well and Bob got the nod<br />

after that and he stayed in the starting<br />

line-up. It was disappointing for me, but<br />

that’s what happened.<br />

I’m sure you were watching the<br />

QPR games from the sidelines for the<br />

rest of that FA Cup run. It was an<br />

exciting time…<br />

Oh, to be involved in any FA Cup run is<br />

exciting. Just the thrill of getting to<br />

Wembley, especially for a Division Two<br />

club. It didn’t happen very often and there<br />

was everything that goes with it. Everyone<br />

wanted to interview the players, you get<br />

invited to do things and the FA Cup final<br />

itself was a big occasion in those days,<br />

especially for the supporters. When you<br />

look at QPR, they haven’t played at<br />

Wembley that often – the club’s only<br />

appearance in the national stadium<br />

before that was the 1967 League Cup<br />

final. So it was a big achievement to get<br />

there under Terry Venables and one that<br />

everybody enjoyed.<br />

In hindsight, though, missing out on the<br />

rest of the run all the way through to the<br />

final must have been a blow for you?<br />

Well, I previously went to the FA Cup<br />

final as a non-playing part of the<br />

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It was a good result for<br />

<strong>Rangers</strong> and it got the<br />

momentum going more than<br />

anything, really.<br />

Fulham squad when I was a youngster<br />

in 1975. I had only just turned<br />

professional at that point so it was all<br />

new to me. Therefore going to<br />

Wembley with QPR was another major<br />

final that I didn’t play in. Yes, I was<br />

involved in it all but it is never the same<br />

as stepping out on to the pitch, really.<br />

The other players had performed very<br />

well so you don’t have any argument,<br />

do you? You can’t argue with results<br />

and so on. The manager makes a<br />

decision and unfortunately that’s it<br />

from an individual point of view. Then<br />

QPR had the replay and I didn’t play in<br />

that one either. I knew I was going to<br />

leave <strong>Rangers</strong> at that point, anyway<br />

– my contract was finished and they<br />

weren’t going to renew it. It was the<br />

end of the road for me and so I ended<br />

up signing for Portsmouth.<br />

You originally joined QPR from Fulham<br />

in December 1977. <strong>Rangers</strong> were a<br />

much bigger club than the Cottagers<br />

in the 1970s so it must have been a<br />

fantastic move for you – how did it<br />

come about?<br />

I had been fighting to leave Fulham, I<br />

wasn’t playing regularly at Craven<br />

Cottage. I was in and out of the side as<br />

I was in competition with John Lacy for<br />

the centre-half position. I just needed<br />

to play more and I felt I justified a<br />

first-team place. Of course, no-one<br />

guarantees you that but I wanted to<br />

move on and test myself. In that<br />

period, I went to what they called a<br />

transfer tribunal to get the fee cut as<br />

Fulham were asking quite a lot of<br />

money and I was saying it was too<br />

much. I was out of contract but you<br />

couldn’t just leave a club in those days<br />

– the club owned you basically until<br />

someone came in and made a<br />

concrete offer, otherwise you were<br />

going nowhere. It was totally different<br />

to today, obviously. It started off that<br />

Fulham wanted £200,000 for me but<br />

we got it down to £55,000 and QPR<br />

then decided to make the signing. I was<br />

a little bit naïve in lots of things, as you<br />

are when you’re younger, but it was a<br />

great opportunity for me as <strong>Rangers</strong><br />

were in the old Division One and that<br />

was a huge experience for me as a<br />

young player.<br />

Read part two of the interview with Ernie<br />

in our next matchday programme<br />

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1981/82<br />

QPR 1<br />

TOTTENHAM 1<br />

Date: Saturday 22nd May 1982<br />

Competition: FA Cup final (Wembley Stadium)<br />

Attendance: 100,000<br />

Gate receipts: £918,000<br />

(a Wembley record at the time)<br />

The Programme: Sixty-four pages, price 80p<br />

A THUMPING header by Terry Fenwick<br />

secured this battling draw for plucky<br />

Division Two underdogs QPR against their<br />

top-flight opponents.<br />

Tottenham had the best chances but Hoops<br />

keeper Peter Hucker pulled off sprawling saves<br />

to deny Garth Crooks and Steve Archibald.<br />

An unfortunate early injury to leading<br />

marksman Clive Allen sadly blunted <strong>Rangers</strong>’<br />

attack and he eventually had to be substituted<br />

just after the break.<br />

The sides couldn’t be separated in 90 minutes<br />

so extra-time ensued. Then in the 109th<br />

minute, R’s midfielder Gary Waddock was<br />

clearly fouled and lay prostrate on the ground<br />

while Glenn Hoddle capitalised by advancing<br />

forward to score for Spurs with a shot that<br />

deflected in off QPR’s Tony Currie.<br />

But with five minutes to go, a well-rehearsed<br />

set-play brought the equaliser. Simon Stainrod<br />

launched a colossal long throw from the left, big<br />

Bob Hazell expertly flicked the ball on and<br />

Fenwick gloriously bulldozed into the roof of the<br />

net past England keeper Ray Clemence.<br />

This led to a typical Statto-esque observation from<br />

John Motson in the BBC TV commentary box…<br />

“…And Terry Fenwick has become the first<br />

full-back to score from open play in a Cup Final…”<br />

In his match report in The Observer newspaper,<br />

eloquent wordsmith Hugh McIlvanney wrote:<br />

“<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> from the Second<br />

Division, responding to the brave excellence of<br />

a 22-year-old-goalkeeper who began this<br />

season in the reserves, refused to be broken by<br />

a goal sickeningly deflected into his net in the<br />

second half of extra-time and came back to<br />

claim an equaliser that sends them forward to<br />

contest the FA Cup final all over again at<br />

Wembley next Thursday.<br />

“Peter Hucker is 6ft 4in tall and weighs 13st and<br />

he deployed his bulk to such athletic and<br />

inspired purpose between the <strong>Rangers</strong> posts<br />

that Spurs found themselves in need of deadly<br />

finishers on a day when they had none. That<br />

combination of Hucker’s resistance and the<br />

last-stride aberrations of the attackers<br />

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crowding in on him, particularly the flawed<br />

shooting of the otherwise splendid Steve<br />

Archibald, kept the teams level for 109 minutes<br />

on an afternoon that Tottenham’s greater<br />

depth of experience and ability might have<br />

turned into a parade.<br />

“When Fenwick powerfully headed in the<br />

equaliser…it was a fine reward for the defiant<br />

spirit of Hucker and for the exemplary leadership<br />

of Roeder. The draw was good news…for the<br />

appealing manager of <strong>Rangers</strong>, Terry Venables,<br />

whose chirpy assertation that his men would win<br />

on Thursday surprised no one.”<br />

RANGERS: Hucker, Fenwick, Gillard, Waddock,<br />

Hazell, Roeder, Currie, Flanagan, Allen<br />

(Micklewhite 52), Stainrod, Gregory.<br />

EDITORIAL SNIPPET: “Nothing could<br />

be more fitting for <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Rangers</strong> than that they should<br />

celebrate their centenary this season<br />

by reaching the FA Cup final for the<br />

first time.”<br />

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Other Uses Of<br />

LOFTUS ROAD<br />

CRICKET, HOCKEY, RUGBY, BOXING, CONCERTS AND MORE<br />

- LOFTUS ROAD HAS SEEN IT ALL DOWN THE YEARS. WE<br />

EXAMINE THE OCCASIONS WHEN OUR FAMOUS GROUND<br />

PLAYED HOST TO SOME VERY DIFFERENT EVENTS…<br />

YEADING V<br />

NEWCASTLE UTD<br />

AN APPETISING FA Cup third<br />

round tie between Yeading<br />

FC and Newcastle United<br />

was staged at Loftus Road<br />

on Sunday 9th January 2005.<br />

Ryman (Isthmian) League<br />

members Yeading were unable<br />

to host the game at their<br />

regular home ground at The<br />

Warren, because the capacity<br />

was limited to 3,500. So the<br />

rules at the time allowed this<br />

fixture to be moved eight miles<br />

down the road to QPR.<br />

In the match itself, Newcastle<br />

scored two second-half goals<br />

to win 2-0 before a crowd of<br />

10,824.<br />

A match report by Sam Wallace<br />

in The Independent newspaper<br />

had the headline: “Reality bites<br />

as Newcastle bring Yeading’s<br />

Cup odyssey to end”.<br />

Wallace wrote: “It was the 51<br />

minutes of their lives. A period<br />

of parity between the artisans<br />

of Yeading and the millionaires<br />

of Newcastle when the 123<br />

league places between the<br />

two clubs fell away and left<br />

us with a tense, physical FA<br />

Cup tie between two sets of<br />

footballers divided only by the<br />

lives they go back to today…<br />

defeat was the end of their<br />

dream but it only tells a small<br />

part of their story.<br />

“Yeading succumbed to a<br />

Lee Bowyer goal that finally<br />

established Newcastle’s<br />

supremacy after 51 minutes<br />

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of embarrassment for the<br />

Premiership side. Tackled,<br />

hustled, challenged and kicked,<br />

Graeme Souness’s team were<br />

substantially matched by<br />

their Ryman Premier League<br />

opponents.<br />

“As they took the applause<br />

from a generous stand full of<br />

Newcastle fans, Yeading could<br />

look back with pride…no-one<br />

gave more than goalkeeper<br />

Delroy Preddie who broke a<br />

finger when he tipped away<br />

a Jermaine Jenas shot on 20<br />

minutes and carried on without<br />

complaint. Preddie was on a<br />

deal with a tabloid newspaper<br />

that would see him win a brand<br />

new car to replace his £800<br />

L-reg Ford Escort if he held out<br />

for 90 minutes. As the minutes<br />

ticked by, he must have<br />

thought that the prospect of a<br />

life improved by power steering<br />

and climate control looked a<br />

distinct possibility.<br />

“Up until the goal, Yeading<br />

had been Newcastle’s equal<br />

in every department….Shola<br />

Ameobi made the first goal<br />

out on the right wing. Escaping<br />

from three challenges, he<br />

upset the disciplined balance<br />

of Yeading’s team. Bellamy<br />

darted down the right side of<br />

the area to pick up Ameobi’s<br />

pass and cut the ball back to<br />

Bowyer who was unmarked<br />

at the back post. The second<br />

goal came just after the hour<br />

when Ameobi nodded home<br />

substitute Darren Ambrose’s<br />

free-kick from the right.<br />

“Only with a minute left did<br />

Yeading genuinely threaten<br />

the Newcastle goal when<br />

Brown’s drive was tipped wide<br />

by Steve Harper. The confident<br />

swagger of Yeading’s striker<br />

DJ Campbell, a little man with<br />

a big reputation around the<br />

Ryman League, did not make a<br />

great impression on Jean-<br />

Alain Boumsong, the £8m<br />

signing making his Newcastle<br />

debut.<br />

“In the end, there was plenty<br />

for Yeading to celebrate.<br />

Preddie got the new car, if only<br />

for three months. His teammates<br />

helped themselves to<br />

their opponents’ shirts and<br />

the assistant manager, Derek<br />

Brown, got Bellamy’s boots for<br />

his son. Next Saturday Yeading<br />

face Harrow Borough at home.<br />

Their 51 minutes of fame are<br />

up, but what they achieved will<br />

endure much longer.”<br />

Yeading later merged with local<br />

rivals Hayes FC in 2007 to form<br />

Hayes & Yeading United.<br />

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Columnist<br />

talkSPORT REPORTER AND RANGERS FAN<br />

TONY INCENZO RECALLS SOME WEIRD AND<br />

WONDERFUL STORIES...<br />

MADE IN NON-LEAGUE<br />

I HOPE you enjoyed my recent interviews<br />

in the Hoops programme with Charlie Austin and<br />

Mark Warburton about their early days in nonleague<br />

football.<br />

Another man I spoke to for my Non-League Paper<br />

column was QPR loanee Andre Gray. He made six<br />

appearances for the England ‘C’ semi-professional<br />

international team between 2012 and 2014.<br />

Gray received his first call-up when he was 20<br />

years old and playing non-league football for<br />

Luton Town at the time.<br />

He told me: “I remember the excitement of<br />

making my England C debut against the Russia<br />

Under-21 side in Moscow. It was a very tough<br />

game but very enjoyable.<br />

“The Russians had players from Real Madrid<br />

and so on and some of them had already played<br />

Champions League football. We lost 4-0 and<br />

conceded three sloppy goals but it was a really<br />

decent learning curve.<br />

“Overall, I loved my time with England C. We<br />

travelled to countries that we probably never<br />

would have visited otherwise and saw some<br />

unreal places.<br />

“The support from the coaching staff was really<br />

hands on and they were very good at the diet<br />

and psychology side of things. People might be<br />

surprised by how professional the England C<br />

set-up is.<br />

“It was such an honour to be capped at<br />

international level as a non-league player.<br />

I found it a great opportunity to test myself<br />

against top young footballers from places like<br />

Russia and Turkey.<br />

“Most of the players around me in the squad<br />

moved into the Football League and the<br />

Premier League. I am sure that my England C<br />

appearances helped me progress as a footballer<br />

– the whole experience prepared me towards<br />

playing at a much higher level of club football.<br />

“I would definitely recommend England C to any<br />

young non-league players who are aspiring to<br />

move forward in their careers.”<br />

Follow Tony Incenzo on Twitter at<br />

@TonyIncenzo<br />

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JUNIOR<br />

HOOPS<br />

FUN, GAMES, TRIVIA & MORE!<br />

Hello everyone!<br />

Hey guys, it’s your<br />

favourite feline friend<br />

here! Over the next<br />

couple of pages you’ll<br />

get the chance to<br />

test your footballing<br />

knowledge! Challenge<br />

your family and friends<br />

to see who comes out<br />

on top!<br />

Jude<br />

JUDE’S JOKE<br />

Which goalkeeper can jump higher than the crossbar?<br />

A: All of them! Crossbars can’t jump…<br />

GROUND HOPPER<br />

Which London stadium is this?<br />

Follow me on Twitter<br />

@QPRJudeTheCat<br />

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BIRTHDAYS!<br />

Big birthday wishes to<br />

all Junior Hoops<br />

celebrating in April…<br />

Nathan Backer – 1st<br />

Ryan Jones – 1st<br />

Owen Perry – 1st<br />

Skye Taylor – 1st<br />

Violet Barbour – 2nd<br />

Otis Caron-Delion – 2nd<br />

Reanna Davidson – 2nd<br />

Kenziie Dunn – 2nd<br />

Mehdi Laouira – 2nd<br />

Robert Mayhew – 2nd<br />

Thomas McGuire – 2nd<br />

Charlie Rouse – 2nd<br />

Finley Dawes – 3rd<br />

Lewis Duke – 3rd<br />

Myrna Goodger – 3rd<br />

Louis Harrison – 3rd<br />

James King – 3rd<br />

Thomas King – 3rd<br />

Stanley Whitehart – 3rd<br />

Alfie Brodrick – 4th<br />

Sam Durrant – 4th<br />

Nathan Fraser – 4th<br />

Tyler Paul Hedges – 4th<br />

Isaac Hopkins – 4th<br />

Nikhil Shah – 4th<br />

Jack Church – 5th<br />

Liam Collins – 5th<br />

Madeleine Humphreys – 5th<br />

Conor Maher – 5th<br />

Finton McLaughlin – 5th<br />

Stefan Passera – 5th<br />

Thomas Rule – 5th<br />

Rebecca Cox – 6th<br />

Charlie Green – 6th<br />

Albie Hubbard – 6th<br />

Orla Larkin – 6th<br />

Olivia Lewis – 6th<br />

Hannah O’Halloran – 6th<br />

Charlie Puddifoot – 6th<br />

Evan Strong-Anderson – 6th<br />

Joshua Whitley – 6th<br />

Ryan Allen – 7th<br />

Daisy Rowe – 7th<br />

Billy Green – 7th<br />

Charlie King – 7th<br />

Bella Lewis – 7th<br />

Robin Murray – 7th<br />

Alexander Pavlou – 7th<br />

Thomas Rank – 7th<br />

Jack Rowland – 7th<br />

Freddie Winter – 7th<br />

Buddy Baverstock – 8th<br />

Dominic Daly – 8th<br />

Dolly Disson – 8th<br />

Harrison Lovelock – 8th<br />

Annie O’Connell – 8th<br />

Payton Ryan – 8th<br />

Amy Batt – 9th<br />

Isaac Davies – 9th<br />

Reece Hearn – 9th<br />

Matthew Kassir – 9th<br />

Louis Leonard – 9th<br />

James Damasik-Dixon – 10th<br />

Oliver Dovey – 10th<br />

Lily Hawkes – 10th<br />

Niall Lydon – 10th<br />

Max Newman – 10th<br />

Leo Palmer – 10th<br />

Thomas Bailey – 11th<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 />

Gustav Peterson – 11th<br />

Abbie Taylor – 11th<br />

Zachary Rank – 12th<br />

Sam Slocombe – 12th<br />

Martin Banks – 13th<br />

Max Chambers – 13th<br />

Jack Fryer – 13th<br />

Grace-Marie Oliver – 13th<br />

Nathan Magorrian – 14th<br />

Laike McCarthy – 14th<br />

Jake McGinley – 14th<br />

Finn Miller – 14th<br />

Luke O’Loughlin – 14th<br />

Joseph Opalka – 14th<br />

Johnny Taggert – 14th<br />

Dominic Wall – 14th<br />

Shaylea Fitzgerald – 15th<br />

Louie Kelly-Smith – 15th<br />

Maddalyn Diggons – 16th<br />

Joshua Hepner – 16th<br />

Jasper Lee – 16th<br />

Federico Tovazzi – 16th<br />

William Woolacott – 16th<br />

Benjamin Aldridge – 17th<br />

Samuel Bernardout – 17th<br />

Benjamin Esfandi – 17th<br />

Jack Franklin – 17th<br />

Matthew Knight – 17th<br />

Reggie Lawrence – 17th<br />

Avraj Rai – 17th<br />

Samuel Smith – 17th<br />

Stanley Sullivan – 17th<br />

Charlotte Groocock – 18th<br />

Natalie Matthews – 18th<br />

Oliver Maycock – 18th<br />

Riva Turan– 18th<br />

Luca Bouge – 19th<br />

Freddie Howe – 19th<br />

Toby Jackson – 19th<br />

Guy David Keen – 19th<br />

Giorgio McNaughton – 19th<br />

Owen Perry – 19th<br />

Arin Popat – 19th<br />

Joshua Potter – 19th<br />

Ethan Walsh – 19th<br />

Daniel West – 19th<br />

Luca Whibley – 19th<br />

Joshua Death – 20th<br />

Jack Devaney – 20th<br />

Jack Elliott – 20th<br />

Dixie Finch – 20th<br />

William Forde – 20th<br />

Zach Harper – 20th<br />

Isobel Kelly – 20th<br />

Joshua Stacey – 20th<br />

Danny Lovell-Shanahan – 21st<br />

Ben Challis – 22nd<br />

Archie Flaum – 22nd<br />

Paige Hopkins – 22nd<br />

Jake Lovell – 22nd<br />

Guy Marchant – 22nd<br />

Emily Skinner – 22nd<br />

Harvey Speirs – 22nd<br />

Natasha Cox – 23rd<br />

Josh Crossley – 23rd<br />

Frankie Flaum – 23rd<br />

Albert Longlade – 23rd<br />

Grace O’Brien – 23rd<br />

Olivia Allen – 24th<br />

Josh Hills – 24th<br />

Aidan Malhotra – 24th<br />

Freddie Barton – 25th<br />

Charlie Crossman – 25th<br />

James Fraser – 25th<br />

Charlie George – 25th<br />

Scott Green – 25th<br />

Emily Jelley – 25th<br />

Molly McEvoy – 25th<br />

Eloise Roohan – 25th<br />

Joshua Weller – 25th<br />

Maisie Asbridge – 26th<br />

Alexander Carroll – 26th<br />

Jack Clarke – 26th<br />

Amy Darling – 26th<br />

Charlie Guy – 26th<br />

Zach Hebditch – 26th<br />

Imogen Kinnell – 26th<br />

Amal Sabir – 26th<br />

Callum Silvester – 26th<br />

James Todd – 26th<br />

Callum Breden – 27th<br />

Daisy King – 27th<br />

Vincent Saunders – 27th<br />

Charles Barakat – 28th<br />

Teddy Billing – 28th<br />

Logan Ensoll – 28th<br />

Lennie Kent – 28th<br />

Lucas Munford – 28th<br />

Joshua Phillips – 28th<br />

Cooper Thomas – 28th<br />

Adam Trussell – 28th<br />

Callum Barnes – 29th<br />

Harry Edmondson – 29th<br />

George Finch – 29th<br />

Ryan Franklin – 29th<br />

Keith Godfrey – 29th<br />

Georgie Lewis – 29th<br />

Stanley Shanahan – 29th<br />

Oscar Shenton – 29th<br />

Daniel Stoddart – 29th<br />

Nabil Chowdhury – 30th<br />

Max Cole – 30th<br />

Joshua Impey – 30th<br />

Olivia Kelly – 30th<br />

Harry Notten-Brown – 30th<br />

Theo Peroulis – 30th<br />

KNOW YOUR<br />

HISTORY<br />

Which former QPR ace is this?<br />

YOUNG<br />

GUN<br />

Name this<br />

current Premier<br />

League star in his<br />

early days<br />

JUDE’S<br />

LOOKALIKE<br />

Sergio Ramos/ALF<br />

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Answers: Groundhopper:Selhurst <strong>Park</strong> (Crystal Palace), Know Your<br />

History: Andy Impey, Young Gun: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)<br />

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GOALKEEPER<br />

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MURPHY<br />

MAHONEY<br />

D.O.B: 27.12.2001<br />

NATIONALITY: ENGLISH<br />

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|| MEMORY LANE||<br />

AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST WITH THE EALING GAZETTE,<br />

MIKE DONOVAN WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE LOFTUS ROAD<br />

PRESS BOX IN THE 1970S AND 1980S. IN EACH MATCHDAY<br />

PROGRAMME, HE LOOKS BACK ON THOSE UNFORGETTABLE<br />

DAYS OF COVERING QUEENS PARK RANGERS…<br />

“Veteran <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> captain<br />

Dave Mackay taking out<br />

<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> danger<br />

man Rodney Marsh,” was the<br />

tagline for the photograph. But<br />

was it an assumption rather<br />

than actuality?<br />

Two of the biggest icons<br />

either club have ever had were<br />

pictured in the same frame,<br />

during a fifth-round FA Cup<br />

showdown at Loftus Road on<br />

7th February 1970. And the<br />

headline overlaying it declared:<br />

“It’s not all about glory”.<br />

It was implied the game could<br />

also be about mud, nettles and<br />

hurt. A lot of hurt.<br />

There is an anguished look on<br />

Rodders’ face as he throws his<br />

head back, his long, fair hair<br />

caught in the wind, his blue<br />

and white hooped shirt mudsplattered.<br />

His body appeared<br />

to be heading towards the turf.<br />

Behind him, flat on his chest<br />

but looking up, is Mackay.<br />

It seemed a good illustration of<br />

the rough and tumble involved<br />

back in those days when<br />

pitches were more prone to<br />

the vagaries of the weather,<br />

particularly when it was wet in<br />

the early part of the year.<br />

But whether Mackay caused<br />

Marsh to fall could be open<br />

to debate as their bodies and<br />

extremities do not appear<br />

connected.<br />

The <strong>Derby</strong> supporters who<br />

attended the match certainly<br />

might have disputed the term<br />

‘taking out’. Mackay created a<br />

reputation for being a physical<br />

opponent, yet he was known<br />

to be ‘hard but fair’.<br />

It would seem, however, that<br />

Marsh’s anguished visage<br />

must have turned to smiles<br />

by the end of the Rs’ home<br />

tie. The hosts won it 1-0 with<br />

Mackay, who had led <strong>Derby</strong><br />

to promotion the previous<br />

season while QPR came down<br />

from the top flight, putting<br />

through his own goal seven<br />

minutes from time.<br />

He had deflected a Frank<br />

Clarke shot from Mike<br />

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Ferguson’s ball beyond his<br />

stopper Les Green, thus<br />

proving even a reigning<br />

Footballer of the Year –<br />

described by his manager<br />

Brian Clough, who went on<br />

to win two European Cups at<br />

Nottingham Forest, as his best<br />

signing – can be prone to such<br />

misfortune.<br />

But, as any of the surviving<br />

vintage Rams fans present<br />

would tell you, the guy was not<br />

a legend without just cause.<br />

Besides his body strength,<br />

there was the Scottish<br />

superstar’s strength of mind<br />

and purpose, to go with<br />

sublime ball skills, which had<br />

by this time helped him propel<br />

Heart of Midlothian to four<br />

trophies in five seasons, after<br />

decades of the Edinburgh<br />

club’s trophy cabinet gathering<br />

dust. And Tottenham Hotspur<br />

to an historic league and FA<br />

Cup double, the European Cup<br />

Winners’ Cup and two more FA<br />

Cups, the last as captain after<br />

twice having his left leg broken.<br />

Plus, of course, <strong>Derby</strong> to the<br />

Division Two championship<br />

while firing up one of the great<br />

managerial careers.<br />

As one of those <strong>Derby</strong> fans<br />

present that February wrote<br />

in recent years: “As well as the<br />

goal I remember him (Mackay)<br />

collecting the ball from the<br />

net and striding with pride and<br />

determination towards the<br />

centre circle. Even as a young<br />

teenager, I knew I was watching<br />

someone to be looked up to.”<br />

Marsh had also developed his<br />

venerable status by the time<br />

he played his part in what was<br />

<strong>Rangers</strong>’ first win over <strong>Derby</strong>.<br />

His star burned bright as his<br />

scoring record (30 league<br />

goals and a club record 44 in all<br />

competitions) and flamboyant<br />

displays led QPR to the<br />

Division Three title and the<br />

League Cup in the 1966/67<br />

campaign.<br />

And the future TV pundit<br />

underlined his reputation on<br />

that 1970 run which ended in<br />

the quarter-finals against west<br />

London neighbours Chelsea.<br />

Marsh fired two goal doubles<br />

in wins over South Shields and<br />

Charlton Athletic to set up the<br />

showdown with the Rams.<br />

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Mike Donovan<br />

DAVE<br />

MACKAY<br />

Football’s<br />

Braveheart<br />

The<br />

Authorised<br />

Biography<br />

Forewords by Derek Mackay and Denis Law<br />

His six years at Loftus Road<br />

began the line of succession of<br />

adoration for <strong>Rangers</strong> players<br />

wearing the No 10 shirt –<br />

Stan Bowles being the prime<br />

example – in the days before<br />

squad numbers pushing three<br />

figures came into the game.<br />

The England international’s<br />

success was all the more<br />

remarkable, given that he<br />

was left deaf in one ear and<br />

suffered visual problems as<br />

a result of a sickening clash<br />

with Leicester City defender<br />

John Sjoberg, while playing for<br />

Fulham in 1963.<br />

His jaw was broken and a bone<br />

had punctured a nerve in his<br />

left ear, while his sense of<br />

balance was lost and he also<br />

sustained a haemorrhage.<br />

Marsh wrote in his book<br />

‘Shooting to the Top’ that he<br />

feared “I was going to die”.<br />

His dad Bill persuaded him to<br />

try and make a comeback,<br />

which he did seven months<br />

later. Marsh got his balance<br />

back, although he found his<br />

vision was ‘very narrow’ at the<br />

start. But his normal eyesight<br />

was restored and heading the<br />

ball was not a problem. And<br />

when <strong>Rangers</strong> signed him from<br />

Fulham for £15,000 in February<br />

1966 he ‘provided the biggest<br />

spark needed to turn a side<br />

of nearly men into winners’.<br />

As Dave Mackay and Clough’s<br />

<strong>Derby</strong> discovered in that last-<br />

16 showdown.<br />

Mike Donovan is an author<br />

and award-winning journalist.<br />

He produced <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Rangers</strong> Greatest Games<br />

in 2013, with Stan Bowles<br />

helping to promote it and<br />

Les Ferdinand writing the<br />

foreword. He has a feel for<br />

the Bush and was taken to<br />

Cooke’s Pie and Mash shop in<br />

the area’s market by his mum<br />

(who worked in the area) and<br />

dad, attended concerts at the<br />

fabulous Empire and hung out<br />

socially in W12 growing up.<br />

Mike has written a series<br />

of football books – most<br />

recently Football’s<br />

Braveheart: the Authorised<br />

Biography of Dave Mackay<br />

which is available from Pitch<br />

Publishing.<br />

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Mind is a registered charity in England (no. 219830) and<br />

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2019-22<br />

qprcommunitytrust.co.uk e: community@qpr.co.uk t: 020 8740 2509<br />

@QPRtrust<br />

COULD YOU GO THE EXTRA MILE… OR 100?<br />

QPR in the Community Trust<br />

are looking for three cyclists to<br />

represent the club in this year’s<br />

RideLondon-Essex 100 at the end<br />

of next month.<br />

This 100-mile event, on Sunday<br />

29th May, begins on Victoria<br />

Embankment and finishes at<br />

Tower Bridge - and we’re on<br />

the lookout for three energetic<br />

volunteers to help raise funds in<br />

aid of the Trust.<br />

Entrants must be committed to<br />

doing the training and fundraising<br />

as much as possible for QPR in the<br />

Community Trust. You must also be<br />

a proficient cyclist and physically fit<br />

enough to complete the ride.<br />

All money raised will go to the<br />

charity and help to sustain and<br />

grow the work of the Trust around<br />

west London.<br />

If you’re interested in applying to<br />

take on the challenge, send an<br />

email to fionah@qpr.co.uk with<br />

200 words explaining why you<br />

would like to represent the Trust.<br />

The closing date to apply for one<br />

of the places is Saturday 30th<br />

April.<br />

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QPR FC<br />

WOMEN<br />

QPR FC WOMEN 3<br />

KENT FOOTBALL UNITED 3<br />

Brogan Moore’s second-half double was not<br />

enough for <strong>Rangers</strong> as the visitors’ last-minute<br />

equaliser ensured the spoils were shared at the<br />

Powerday Stadium.<br />

United took a sixth-minute lead when Priscilla<br />

Martins slotted home and it remained that way<br />

until after half-time, with Moore finding the net<br />

to bring the R’s level.<br />

A close-range finish soon afterwards doubled<br />

Moore’s tally and put Steve Quashie’s side into<br />

the lead, only for Chloe Francis to make it 2-2<br />

with an impressive free-kick.<br />

It looked as though Erin Pope had secured the<br />

points for QPR when she fired into the roof of<br />

the net with five minutes remaining.<br />

However, Martins snatched her second of the<br />

afternoon in stoppage time to clinch a share of<br />

the points for her side.<br />

<strong>Rangers</strong>’ final home game of the season takes<br />

place on Sunday 1st May, when they take on<br />

Norwich City Ladies (kick-off 2pm).<br />

QPR: White, Petit, Maloney, Carolan,<br />

Searle, Kumaning, Akerman, Hennessy, Moore,<br />

Hall, Edwards. Subs: McLean, Pope Curr,<br />

Nygaard-Parsons.<br />

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HAYLEY PEACOCK<br />

GEORGIE LEWIN<br />

JO BLODGETT<br />

KASHA PETIT<br />

KATIE AKERMAN<br />

LAUREN JORDINSON<br />

LAURA HENNESSY<br />

AILISH CAROLAN<br />

ALICE CURR<br />

BROGAN MOORE<br />

DEMI EDWARDS<br />

ELLEN WARDLAW<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

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SCHOOL, WOKING<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

RUSSELL BREMNER<br />

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RUSSELL BREMNER<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

STEVE RUSSELL<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

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MAMAS<br />

LUCIE WHITE<br />

MELANIE HALL<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

MERLE REDHEAD-LING<br />

MOLLIE DENCH<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

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

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PUTTING THE SPARK<br />

INTO MATCHDAY<br />

PROGRAMMES...<br />

PROUD PROGRAMME<br />

PARTNERS OF<br />

QUEENS PARK<br />

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M Mark WARBURTON<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Phyl & Tina<br />

# 1 Seny DIENG<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Sindy Grewall<br />

Apps: 29 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 2 Osman KAKAY<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Richard &<br />

Vivienne<br />

MacLennan<br />

Apps: 7+7 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 3 Lee WALLACE<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Trish Phillips<br />

Apps: 22 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 3 RC: 0<br />

# 4 Rob DICKIE<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Jakson Buhaj<br />

Apps: 42 Gls: 5<br />

YC: 12 RC: 0<br />

# #<br />

Marco 6 RAMKILDE Yoann BARBET 27<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Martin & Kieran<br />

O’Brien - True<br />

Potential Wealth<br />

Management<br />

Apps: 40 Gls: 2<br />

YC: 4 RC: 0<br />

# 7 Stefan JOHANSEN<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

David Loveland<br />

& Nik Cameron<br />

Apps: 31+3 Gls: 1<br />

YC: 8 RC: 0<br />

# 8 Luke AMOS<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Tyler Buhaj<br />

Apps: 10+16 Gls: 4<br />

YC: 3 RC: 0<br />

# 9 Lyndon DYKES<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Ron Hill<br />

Apps: 24+2 Gls: 9<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 10 Ilias CHAIR<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

In memory of<br />

Keith Porter<br />

Apps: 34+1 Gls: 8<br />

YC: 6 RC: 0<br />

# 11 Charlie AUSTIN<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Phil Newman &<br />

Billy Maguire<br />

Apps: 19+17 Gls: 5<br />

YC: 3 RC: 0<br />

# 12 Dominic BALL<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Dave, Di &<br />

Nathan Smith<br />

Apps: 14+8 Gls: 1<br />

YC: 4 RC: 0<br />

# 13 Jordan ARCHER<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 4 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 14 George THOMAS<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 4+13 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 15 Sam FIELD<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Amanda Dixon<br />

Apps: 19+3 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 10 RC: 0<br />

# #<br />

Marco 16 RAMKILDE Sam McCALLUM 27<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 12+1 Gls: 2<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 17 Andre DOZZELL<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

KS Roofing and<br />

building Ltd<br />

Apps: 17+9 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 7 RC: 1<br />

# 19 Andre GRAY<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Deb and<br />

Marc Buhaj<br />

Apps: 15+11 Gls: 9<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 20 Jimmy DUNNE<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Trent Buhaj<br />

Apps: 32+4 Gls: 3<br />

YC: 5 RC: 0<br />

# 21 Chris WILLOCK<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Richie Dixon<br />

Apps: 36+2 Gls: 6<br />

YC: 1 RC: 0<br />

# 22 Moses ODUBAJO<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Phil & Harry<br />

Newman<br />

Apps: 23+7 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 5 RC: 1<br />

# 24 Charlie OWENS<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 25 David MARSHALL<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Riley and<br />

Nathan Hayes<br />

Apps: 10+1 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 27 Jeff HENDRICK<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 6+4 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 28 Dion SANDERSON<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

http://<br />

spanishpractice<br />

club.com<br />

Apps: 5+2 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 1<br />

# 33 Dillon BARNES<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 34 Stephen DUKE-McKENNA<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0+3 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 37 Albert ADOMAH<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Martin & Kieran<br />

O’Brien - True<br />

Potential Wealth<br />

Management<br />

Apps: 22+11 Gls: 2<br />

YC: 3 RC: 0<br />

# 39 Joe GUBBINS<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0+1 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 40 Ody ALFA<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0+1 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

# 32 Joe WALSH<br />

SPONSORED BY:<br />

Apps: 0 Gls: 0<br />

YC: 0 RC: 0<br />

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DATE KO OPPOSITION SCORE POS. STARTING XI<br />

AUGUST<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEPTEMBER<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

OCTOBER<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOVEMBER<br />

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

Sat 6 17:30 Blackpool D 1-1 6 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH AMOS<br />

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

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

Mon 29 19:45 <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> W 2-1 3 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />

DECEMBER<br />

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

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

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

JANUARY<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

FEBRUARY<br />

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

Wed 9 19:45 Middlesbrough D 2-2 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />

Sat 12 15:00 Barnsley L 0-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO HENDRICK<br />

Tue 15 19:45 Millwall L 0-2 4 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH JOHANSEN<br />

Sat 19 15:00 Hull City D 1-1 4 DIENG SANDERSON DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />

Wed 23 19:45 Blackpool W 2-1 3 DIENG SANDERSON DUNNE 1 BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />

Sat 26 12:30 Blackburn Rovers L 0-1 5 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />

MARCH<br />

Sat 5 15:00 Cardiff City L 1-2 5 MARSHALL DICKIE DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO FIELD<br />

Sun 13 12:00 Luton Town W 2-1 4 MARSHALL DICKIE 1 DUNNE BARBET ODUBAJO HENDRICK<br />

Wed 16 19:45 Nottingham Forest L 1-3 6 MARSHALL DUNNE DICKIE SANDERSON ODUBAJO AMOS<br />

Sun 20 12:30 Peterborough United L 1-3 8 WESTWOOD SANDERSON DICKIE DUNNE ADOMAH FIELD<br />

APRIL<br />

Sat 2 15:00 Fulham L 0-2 9 WESTWOOD SANDERSON DICKIE BARBET ODUBAJO FIELD<br />

Tue 5 19:45 Sheffield United L 0-1 9 WESTWOOD DUNNE DICKIE BARBET ADOMAH HENDRICK<br />

Sat 9 15:00 Preston North End L 1-2 10 MAHONEY ODUBAJO SANDERSON DUNNE MCCALLUM AMOS<br />

Fri 15 17:30 Huddersfield Town<br />

Mon 18 15:00 <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Sat 23 15:00 Stoke City<br />

Fri 29 19:45 Sheffield United<br />

MAY<br />

Sat 7 12:30 Swansea City<br />

All fixtures subject to change. *Won 5-3 on penalties **Won 8-7 on penalties ***Lost 1-3 on penalties **** Won 8-7 on penalties<br />

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

SUBSTITUTES<br />

REFEREEE<br />

JOHANSEN BALL WILLOCK AUSTIN DYKES ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, BETTACHE, ADOMAH LANGFORD<br />

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

JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR WILLOCK 1 DYKES 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, KELMAN, DUNNE, ADOMAH DONOHUE<br />

JOHANSEN BALL CHAIR DYKES 1 WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, KAKAY, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH MARTIN<br />

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

THOMAS DOZZELL WILLOCK CHAIR KELMAN WALSH, DUKE-McKENNA, ALFA, GUBBINS NIELD<br />

JOHANSEN BARBET 1 WILLOCK CHAIR AUSTIN ARCHER, KAKAY, DYKES 1, THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH WHITESTONE<br />

BALL 1 JOHANSEN 1 CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK ARCHER, KAKAY, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY 1, DUNNE, ADOMAH ELTRINGHAM<br />

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK ARCHER, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, GRAY, DUNNE, ADOMAH STROUD<br />

JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY DYKES WALSH, AUSTIN, BALL , THOMAS, DOZZELL, DUNNE, ADOMAH DOUGHTY<br />

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

BALL JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK GRAY 1 WALSH, KAKAY , DYKES, AUSTIN, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ADOMAH LININGTON<br />

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

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

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

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

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

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

DOZZELL MCCALLUM CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES 1 ARCHER, DUNNE, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, BALL, GRAY DAVIES<br />

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

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

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

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

DOZZELL WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN WILLOCK 1 ARCHER, ODUBAJO, GRAY 1 , FIELD, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS SIMPSON<br />

DOZZELL FIELD CHAIR WILLOCK AUSTIN ARCHER, AMOS, GRAY, THOMAS, BALL, DUKE-MCKENNA HARRINGTON<br />

JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES ARCHER, DOZZELL , ADOMAH, GRAY, AMOS, AUSTIN, THOMAS, STROUD<br />

JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS AUSTIN 1 WILLOCK ARCHER, DYKES , THOMAS, BALL, KAKAY DAVIES<br />

WILLOCK 1 AMOS WALLACE GRAY DYKES ARCHER, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, KAKAY, BALL, THOMAS DONOHUE<br />

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

FIELD WALLACE WILLOCK DYKES GRAY WALSH, AUSTIN 1, BALL, AMOS, THOMAS, DOZZELL, ODUBAJO HOOPER<br />

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

ODUBAJO AMOS JOHANSEN WILLOCK AUSTIN WALSH, ADOMAH, DYKES, THOMAS, DE WIJS, BALL, DOZZELL DAVIES<br />

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

JOHANSEN WALLACE CHAIR AUSTIN DYKES WALSH, HENDRICK, ADOMAH, DOZZELL , THOMAS, KAKAY, BARBET, BALL WEBB<br />

FIELD WALLACE CHAIR 1 WILLOCK 1 DYKES MAHONEY, HENDRICK, GRAY, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, SANDERSON WHITESTONE<br />

FIELD WALLACE CHAIR GRAY DYKES DIENG, JOHANSEN, AUSTIN, ADOMAH, AMOS, THOMAS, SANDERSON SALISBURY<br />

FIELD WALLACE CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES DIENG, ODUBAJO, AMOS, AUSTIN, GRAY, HENDRICK, SANDERSON LININGTON<br />

FIELD WILLOCK AMOS AUSTIN CHAIR 1 MARSHALL, ODUBAJO, GRAY, JOHANSEN, BALL, THOMAS, DOZZELL ROBINSON<br />

FIELD ODUBAJO JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK MARSHALL, BALL , AMOS 1, THOMAS, AUSTIN, DOZZELL, GRAY WARD<br />

FIELD ODUBAJO JOHANSEN CHAIR WILLOCK MARSHALL, GRAY, MCCALLUM, AMOS, BALL, THOMAS, DOZZELL SIMPSON<br />

HENDRICK WALLACE WILLOCK CHAIR GRAY 1 MAHONEY, ADOMAH, AMOS, DOZZELL, KAKAY, BALL, MCCALLUM SALISBURY<br />

FIELD WALLACE JOHANSEN CHAIR GRAY 1 MAHONEY, AUSTIN, AMOS , WILLOCK, MCCALLUM, DOXXELL, ADOMAH SMITH<br />

FIELD DOZZELL WALLACE WILLOCK GRAY 1 MAHONEY, CHAIR, JOHANSEN, HENDRICK, BARBET, AUSTIN, ADOMAH BANKES<br />

DOZZELL MCCALLUM AMOS 1 CHAIR GRAY MAHONEY, HENDRICK, AUSTIN, THOMAS, BARBET, BALL, ODUBAJO WEBB<br />

JOHANSEN WALLACE AMOS THOMAS DYKES MAHONEY, CHAIR, AUSTIN, DOZZELL, MCCALLUM, DUNNE, HENDRICK WARD<br />

FIELD WALLACE CHAIR GRAY DYKES MAHONEY, DOZZELL, THOMAS, MCCALLUM, AMOS, AUSTIN, SANDERSON BOND<br />

FIELD JOHANSEN DOZZELL DYKES CHAIR THOMAS, AUSTIN, GRAY 1, KAKAY, BALL, ADOMAH HARRINGTON<br />

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1 FULHAM 40 25 8 7 94 35 58 83<br />

2 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 39 21 10 8 62 35 27 73<br />

3 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 41 19 12 10 54 43 11 69<br />

4 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 39 19 10 10 61 36 25 67<br />

5 LUTON TOWN 41 18 11 12 59 47 12 65<br />

6 SHEFFIELD UNITED 41 18 11 12 53 41 12 65<br />

7 BLACKBURN ROVERS 41 17 12 12 52 42 10 63<br />

8 MIDDLESBROUGH 40 18 8 14 52 42 10 62<br />

9 MILLWALL 41 16 13 12 45 40 5 61<br />

10 COVENTRY CITY 41 16 11 14 54 51 4 59<br />

11 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 41 17 8 16 55 53 2 59<br />

12 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 41 15 12 14 45 40 5 57<br />

13 PRESTON NORTH END 41 14 15 12 43 46 -3 57<br />

14 SWANSEA CITY 40 16 9 15 48 53 -5 57<br />

15 STOKE CITY 41 15 10 16 53 47 6 55<br />

16 BLACKPOOL 40 14 11 15 44 47 -3 53<br />

17 CARDIFF CITY 40 14 7 19 47 61 -14 59<br />

18 BIRMINGHAM CITY 41 11 12 18 43 60 -17 45<br />

19 BRISTOL CITY 41 12 9 20 52 73 -21 45<br />

20 HULL CITY 41 12 8 21 34 45 -11 44<br />

21 READING 41 12 7 22 48 77 -29 37<br />

22 BARNSLEY 40 6 11 23 30 59 -29 29<br />

23 DERBY COUNTY 41 12 13 16 40 47 -7 28<br />

24 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 41 6 10 25 34 82 -48 28<br />

LAST UPDATED: 11.04.2022<br />

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(20:00)<br />

HOOPS<br />

VS<br />

VS<br />

VS<br />

TOP FIVE<br />

Goalscorers<br />

ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC<br />

FULHAM 38<br />

DOMINIC SOLANKE<br />

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 24<br />

BEN BRERETON DIAZ<br />

BLACKBURN ROVERS 20<br />

ANDREAS WEIMANN<br />

BRISTOL CITY 19<br />

JOEL PIROE<br />

SWANSEA CITY 18<br />

TOP FIVE<br />

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HARRY WILSON<br />

FULHAM 14<br />

JOHN SWIFT<br />

READING 13<br />

CHRIS WILLOCK<br />

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 11<br />

SORBA THOMAS<br />

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 10<br />

JED WALLACE<br />

MILLWALL 10<br />

TOP FIVE<br />

Clean Sheets<br />

LEE NICHOLLS<br />

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 16<br />

WES FODERINGHAM<br />

SHEFFIELD UNITED 16<br />

SAM JOHNSTONE<br />

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 15<br />

MARK TRAVERS<br />

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 15<br />

JOE LUMLEY<br />

MIDDLESBROUGH 13<br />

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Columnist<br />

THE JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER PENS HIS<br />

LATEST COLUMN…<br />

I<br />

t’s fair to say there’s not been much to<br />

celebrate in the last couple of months<br />

as poor form has seen QPR slip further from<br />

play-off contention.<br />

I did plan to go to Sheffield United the other<br />

week as GB News took the breakfast show to<br />

the 23rd floor of the Hilton Tower in Deansgate,<br />

Manchester.<br />

It’s only an hour’s drive over the A57 Snake Pass<br />

and I fancied it.<br />

It was only when breakfast show host Eamonn<br />

Holmes asked if I’d be going to the Manchester<br />

City v Atletico Madrid tie at the Etihad that<br />

evening – as he wanted to discuss it on air<br />

the following morning – that I decided a bit of<br />

homework wouldn’t go amiss. I made a call to<br />

an old friend at City and was able to take in the<br />

Champions League quarter-final first leg.<br />

In truth, I’m not sure the fare on offer in<br />

Manchester was much of an upgrade on what<br />

unfolded at Bramall Lane. Kevin De Bruyne’s<br />

second-half winner gave City victory. I didn’t feel<br />

guilty. It was work, after all.<br />

Today’s visit of <strong>Derby</strong> will be my 30th QPR game<br />

of the season – home and away – which I’m quite<br />

pleased with, given I work every Saturday.<br />

I’m looking forward to seeing our young<br />

striker Sinclair Armstrong play for Aldershot at<br />

Bromley later this month. Let’s hope it proves<br />

a worthwhile loan stint. I may be able to give<br />

you a scouting report in the Sheffield United<br />

programme.<br />

I hope you’re all having a great Easter and<br />

that we’ve managed to get a decent result at<br />

Huddersfield on Good Friday.<br />

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