Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF QUEENS PARK RANGERS FC 2022/23 SEASON 

ISSUE 12 £3.50 

vs LUTON TOWN 

29.12.22 | 6PM 

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

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04 HEAD COACH 

Words from Neil Critchley 

25 VISITING W12 

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06 NEWS + MESSAGES 

All the latest from W12 

14 THE BIG READ 

Interview with Albert Adomah 

20 HIDDEN LOFTUS ROAD 

A glance behind the scenes 

22 ANDY SINTON 

Our ex-winger pens his column 

34 MAGIC MOMENT 

Era of the ‘plastic pitch’ begins 

42 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN 

Focusing on our U18s 

50 JUNIOR HOOPS 

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62 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

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OUR NEW HEAD COACH SETS THE 

SCENE FOR TODAY’S GAME... 

Tonight will be a really proud moment for 

myself and my family, when I’m standing on 

the sidelines as head coach of QPR for the 

first time at Loftus Road. 

I’m excited by the opportunity and it’s really quite 

humbling when you look at some of the players 

and managers who have been here previously. 

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first few weeks at the 

club and I’d like to thank the owners, Les Ferdinand 

and Lee Hoos for giving me the chance to come 

to this club and work with them. Everyone’s been 

so welcoming to me and my staff and the players 

have been extremely receptive to the information 

we’ve given them and the work we’re trying to do. 

This is a really great environment, somewhere I’ve 

very quickly felt comfortable and it’s a good place 

to come to work every day. That gives me a good 

feeling about what we can achieve moving forward. 

I’m a big believer in surrounding yourself with 

individuals who are not only good at the job but 

good people, first and foremost. That’s why 

I wanted Mike Garrity and Iain Brunskill here 

alongside me here – two people I’m close to and 

I’ve known for a number of years. Mike and Ian 

have been along a similar path to mine, developing 

younger players before moving to senior football. 

They’re both outstanding coaches and fantastic 

people who will fit in well here. 

There are plenty of points to play for in the second 

half of this Championship season and we got off 

to a really good start with a fantastic win away 

from home at Preston, meaning we managed to 

change that losing feeling we’d experienced both 

before and after the World Cup break. We need to 

keep building and tonight we’ll be facing a tough 

task against a Luton team who have recently had a 

change of management themselves. Luton got to 

the play-offs last season and they’re going really 

well again, but it’s a challenge we are relishing and 

looking forward to with great optimism. 

I experienced a game under the lights at Loftus 

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something magical about the atmosphere. As a 

coach, nothing would bring me greater pleasure 

than to give the supporters a team they can be 

proud of and enjoy watching every week. When 

you see the team giving their all on the pitch in 

every game and get behind them, you create an 

intimidating atmosphere that can give us a massive 

advantage and I can’t wait to sample it. 

I’m really looking forward to working with Ilias Chair, 

who’s just returned from the fantastic experience 

of being involved at a World Cup with Morocco. 

To be part of that journey to the semi-finals was 

an incredible achievement and something he’ll 

remember forever. I’m sure he’s taken a lot from 

that and he’ll be full of confidence coming back 

here. Watching Ilias from afar, he’s been one of the 

standout performers in the Championship for the 

last few seasons and my impression has been that 

he loves playing football and loves playing for QPR. 

We’re also hopeful Luke Amos and Tyler Roberts will 

be in contention for the squad this evening and it’ll 

be nice if they can help to give me a few selection 

problems. 

Finally, I hope everyone has had a fantastic 

Christmas with their family and friends and that we 

can help to make 2023 a happy new year for all QPR 

fans by moving forward and having a successful 

second half of the season. 

Thank you for all your support. 


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ANDREW & VIVIENNE 

Congratulations to Andrew and 

Vivienne Brooks, who tied the 

knot earlier this month at a 

venue in the Cotswolds. 

Andrew, a lifelong QPR fan, has 

wasted no time in introducing 

his bride to the wider Hoops 

family… Vivienne is making her 

first visit to Loftus Road tonight! 

Welcome Vivienne, we hope you 

enjoy the game. Come and see 

us again! 

AARON 

Happy birthday to Aaron 

Lewington (pictured with 

his all-time favourite 

player Kevin Gallen), who 

was 32 on Friday 16th 

December. Love from 

Mum, Dad, Nan & 

Grandad, Amy, Tom, 

Charlie and Ava. 

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TEDDY SENDS SPURS 

TUMBLING OUT 

Teddy Lawrence struck twice as 

QPR Under-18s came from 

behind to stun Tottenham and 

claim a memorable 3-1 victory 

in the third round of the FA 

Youth Cup. 

Rangers trailed the Premier 

League side with just two 

minutes left on the clock, but 

Lawrence levelled and Rayan Kolli 

then struck the crossbar in a 

dramatic climax to normal time. 

With the tie going to an 

additional half-hour, Kieran 

Petrie converted Alfie Tuck’s 

cross to put Micah Hyde’s side 

ahead before Lawrence broke 

through to score his second late 

on and wrap up the win. 

The young R’s will now travel to 

Luton Town in the fourth round. 

STANLEY 

Happy 11th birthday to 

QPR superfan Stanley 

King, a season ticket 

holder in X Block. Love 

from Mum, Dad, Lee, Dane 

and Sasha xxxxx 

HARLEY 

Happy 18th birthday to my 

beautiful Harley. I hope 

you get three points and 

have the best day! Love 

always Mum xx 

FREDDIE 

Happy birthday to Freddie 

Braiden, a season ticket 

holder with his dad in the 

Stanley Bowles Stand. 

Freddie turned 13 on 

Christmas Day. 

RIP STEPHEN 

ETHERINGTON 

Long-standing season 

ticket holder Stephen 

Etherington (pictured far 

right) passed away on 

Tuesday 1st November at 

the age of 78. 

No matter what the result, 

Steve – who sat in the Loft 

Upper – enjoyed his time 

supporting the R’s and will 

now be doing so from an 

even loftier position. 

RIP Steve. 


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CHRISTOPHER 

GRIFFIN 

Age: 11 

Favourite player: 

Ilias Chair 

HENRY 

KETTLE 

Age: 9 


Chris Willock 

THOMAS 

KETTLE 

Age: 12 


Ilias Chair 

MAX 

MCCORMACK 

Age: 7 


Ilias Chair 

RORY 

MCCORMACK 

Age: 9 


Chris Willock 

CHARLIE 

WALKER 

Age: 8 


Ilias Chair 

MASON 

WALKER 

Age: 10 


Chris Willock 

VINNIE 

CROUCHER 

Age: 6 


Seny Dieng 

FREDDIE 

CROUCHER 

Age: 7 


Ilias Chair 

JASMINE 

BROWNING 

Age: 12 


Jimmy Dunne 

JOHNNY 

TAGGERT 

Age: 12 


Chris Willock 

DAX 

ASTAIRE 

Age: 8 


Stefan Johansen 

JORDAN 

SNOWDEN 

Age: 7 


Seny Dieng 

FREDDIE 

RYDER 

Age: 9 


Ilias Chair 


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| SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP | SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER 2022 

PRESTON NE 

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DEEPDALE | ATT: 14,534 | HT SCORE: 0-0 | REFEREE: OLIVER LANGFORD 

Jimmy Dunne’s second-half goal 

ensured a winning start to the 

Neil Critchley era as Rangers 

clinched a deserved three points 

at Deepdale. 

Critchley’s side looked in 

control throughout and went 

close to scoring on several 

occasions, notably when 

Tim Iroegbunam’s 25-yard 

effort rebounded off Freddie 

Woodman’s left-hand post. 

Chris Willock also went close 

either side of the break, before 

Kenneth Paal swung in a 58thminute 

corner and Dunne 

bundled it over the line from 

close range. 

Iroegbunam and Albert Adomah 

both forced saves from Woodman 

as QPR continued to push forward 

in search of a second goal. 

But the R’s back line had to dig 

in during the closing stages 

and Seny Dieng’s reaction 

save denied Ben Woodburn an 

equaliser before Brad Potts’ 

volley flew narrowly wide. 


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how we 

lined up 

1 Dieng 

27 Laird 

3 Dunne " 

5 Clarke-Salter 

22 Pall 

17 Dozzell 

Dickie 90+2’ 

15 Field 

47 Iroegbunam 

37 Adomah 

9 Dykes 

7 Willock 

Shodipo 78’ 

Unused Subs: 

2 Kakay 

13 Archer 

14 Thomas 

20 Richards 

30 Armstrong 

THE STATS 

Possession: 

PNE: 52% 

QPR: 48% 

Shots/Shots on target: 

PNE: 10/2 

QPR: 17/6 

Corners: 

PNE: 4 

QPR: 4 

Fouls: 

PNE: 18 

QPR: 13 

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Kicking 

INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY 

ON STRONG 

CONVERTED WING-BACK, OCCASIONAL 

ATTACKING MIDFIELDER… NOW, AT 

THE AGE OF 35, ALBERT ADOMAH IS 

REVELLING IN A TRADITIONAL WINGER’S 

ROLE AGAIN. THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S 

RECORD APPEARANCE HOLDER 

DISCUSSES RECENT CHANGES AT 

QPR AND REVEALS HIS HOPES AND 

AMBITIONS FOR 2023… 

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Albert, we’ve just passed the halfway mark 

in the season – how do you feel it’s gone so 

far overall? 

So far so good – we’re in and around the play-off 

positions. People expected us to be in that area 

of the table and hopefully, with a new manager 

involved, we can push on. 

As you mentioned, we’ve recently experienced 

a change of manager. What’s it like for players 

when you have that period of uncertainty – 

something you’ve probably seen many times 

in your career? 

It’s not ideal when you lose a manager and yes, 

I’ve seen it many times, when managers have left 

or got the sack. In this situation it was slightly 

different – everyone, including all the supporters, 

was aware of the speculation and it was just a 

case of whether he decided to leave or stay. 

The main thing, from a player’s perspective, is 

that it’s a clean slate. Everyone has to take their 

chance to showcase themselves and impress 

in front of the new manager. I can apply that 

to myself as well – I was in and out of the team 

before but I started the new manager’s first 

game at Preston and we won, so in that respect 

it’s a new chapter. Straight away in that game, 

we managed to implement what he wanted. We 

worked hard, but he wants us to work harder still 

and press off the ball. We’ve got players like Sam 

Field who work extremely hard but maybe go 

under the radar if they don’t score all that often. 

Last season, when the team played a wing-back 

system, you said you’d begun to regard yourself 

primarily as a defender. Switching back to a 

more traditional winger’s role since then, have 

you changed that outlook? 

Last season we didn’t play with any wingers and 

I think I was fourth in line to be right wing-back, 

but I managed to break into the side. Then at the 

beginning of this season we went to a back four, 


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with two number 10s – usually Chris and Ilias. So 

still no wingers! When I used to come on it was 

more as a 10 rather than out wide, to do my job 

and deliver crosses for the team. That’s football 

sometimes – then suddenly a new manager 

comes in and he’s playing with wide men. Now I 

feel like I’m in my own zone, I can express myself 

out wide and put more direct balls into the box. 

QPR signed me as a winger and it feels like I’ve 

finally got my wish a few years down the line! 

I told Mide Shodipo, when we both came off 

the bench in the Burnley game, ‘we need to 

put wingers on the map again’. We wanted to 

put something in the new manager’s head by 

working hard and delivering from wide positions 

and Mide certainly did that against Burnley. 

Turning towards tonight’s opponents, Luton 

Town, will the team feel they have a point to 

prove after the 3-1 defeat at Kenilworth Road 

a few months ago? 

Definitely, when we lost at Luton everyone 

was very disappointed. We were the form 

team in the division at that time and we know 

it’s basically a derby game as well. We owe 

Luton one, we want to show we can beat them 

and we look forward to a victory at home, or 

at least making sure we take something from 

the game. 

Luton also have a new manager in Rob 

Edwards. I’m assuming you weren’t on 

his Christmas card list after scoring your 

customary winner at Watford when he was 

their manager earlier in the season… 

We should play Watford every week! I do seem 

to score against them but it really doesn’t 

matter who scores, my main objective when I’m 


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on the pitch is that we win. I’d rather assist and 

someone else scores the goals, whether it’s one 

of the strikers or whoever. 

On the subject of goals, all but one of those 

you’ve scored for QPR have been away from 

Loftus Road – the exception being against 

Luton 18 months ago behind closed doors. How 

much would it mean to you to find the net in 

front of a home crowd? 

Yes, it was the last home game of that Covid 

season, my first home goal and it was a real 

shame the supporters weren’t there to see it. I just 

shouted ‘Come on you R’s’ myself! I really want to 

score a league goal at home in front of the fans and 

I can’t wait for that to happen. Obviously then I can 

do my dancing celebration for them as well… 

As this is our last game of 2022, are you someone 

who makes New Year’s resolutions – and if so, do 

you have any footballing ones for 2023? 

My footballing ones are just to stay in the team 

and start as many games as I can – and hopefully 

I can reach 500 Championship appearances as 

well. I’ve got the record already but it’d be great 

to be the first player to reach 500. Off the pitch 

my resolution would be to eat less chocolate, 

especially Oreos – once I start munching I can 

finish the whole pack! From a team point of view, 

it’s obviously to get promotion at the end of the 

season. That’s the case for any team and I’m sure 

the new manager will be thinking the same thing. 


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ALTON HOUSE 

ALTON House is located next to 

the Queens Park Rangers box 

office at the back of the South 

Africa Road Stand. 

Originally designed to be an 

office block, Alton House 

began life as the headquarters 

for the Blue Star company 

that was owned by ex-QPR 

chairman Jim Gregory. After 

that, it was rented out to the 

BBC, who housed some of their 

administration staff there. 

More recently, Alton House 

contained an exhibition about 

a possible new stadium for 

the R’s, then it became the 

main entrance for media 

representatives during the 

COVID-19 affected fixtures 

that were played behind 

closed doors. 

Nowadays, there is no longer 

office space in Alton House. 

But it is used as a matchday 

entrance for selected staff 

including stewards, plus ball 

boys and mascots. There is 

a doorway directly into the 

Paddock concourse and a 

staircase that serves all floors 

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SINTON 

OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S 

VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR… 

Happy Christmas everyone and welcome 

back to Loftus Road for this evening’s 

game against Luton Town which, as always, 

promises to be one to look forward to. 

Luton ran out worthy winners in the reverse fixture 

back in October and will prove tough opponents to 

overcome once again. They have a new manager in 

charge and I am sure Rob Edwards will be looking to 

get a run of results together to push Luton further 

up the table during the second half of the season. 

We, of course, also have a new head coach in 

Neil Critchley. Neil has a fantastic background in 

coaching at various levels of the game and did a 

fabulous job when he was manager of Blackpool, 

gaining promotion from League One and 

establishing them in the Championship. Everyone 

at the club is delighted to welcome Neil, along with 

coaches Iain Brunskill and Mike Garrity and we all 

wish them every success here at QPR as they look 

to take us forward and build on the good work done 

in the past few years. 

Neil, Iain and Mike got off to a fantastic start with 

a win at Preston North End. Having only taken 

charge of the team on the Monday and, with the 

extreme weather we had leading up to the match, 

it was terrific to see us put in a very good team 

performance, keep a clean sheet and get back to 

winning ways after a disappointing run. I am writing 

prior to the Cardiff City game on Boxing Day but 

hope we will have returned from South Wales with 

another positive result going into the game today. 

Going into the Cardiff game, at the halfway point 

of the season, we are in a very good position in the 

league and hopefully we can push on towards where 

we want to be. 

We have now played everyone in the division and 

it is probably a good time to reflect on the league 

in general. It is such a competitive division, as the 

table shows. Burnley and Sheffield United occupy 

the top two places in the division and for me are the 

best two sides we have played. Burnley beat us here 

convincingly a couple of weeks ago and are on a very 

good run while Sheffield United – even though we 

won up there early in October – showed they were a 

good side and have a strong squad to call on as the 

season progresses. 

There are so many others bunched below those 

two, where not many points separate lots of teams 

and I expect that to be the case during the second 

half of the season. I think everyone is capable of 

beating each other in this league, so consistency 

of performances and results will play such an 

important part in where each team finishes in May 

– including us. Teams will have bad runs during the 

season and it is how long that run lasts which can 

define seasons. Let us hope we have had ours and 

can push on from here on in. 

So the World Cup is over and what a tournament 

it was, finishing with an incredible final between 

Argentina and France. It was a game that was 

eagerly anticipated, with Argentina – led by arguably 

the greatest player ever in Lionel Messi – up against 


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a France team with another world superstar in Kylian 

Mbappe. Would it live up to expectation?? Would the 

very best in the world produce on the biggest stage 

of all when it mattered?? 

YES it would and YES they did. 

Wow, what a game. It has been described as 

the best World Cup final ever and that is hard to 

disagree with. As a game, it had everything. Onesided 

for the vast majority of it, with Argentina 

totally in control, only for France to get back on level 

terms near the end. Into extra time, the drama was 

incredible with the game swinging one way then the 

other. Messi, who else, looked to have won it only 

for Mbappe, who else, to equalise again from the 

penalty spot and score a World Cup final hat-trick. 

There was even a chance for France to win it before 

the biggest game in world football went to penalties. 

What a shame someone has to miss and a team has 

to lose in such circumstances but it makes for such 

great viewing – when you’re not involved or it’s not 

your country. 

Argentina came through as worthy World Cup 

winners, with Messi lifting the trophy, but Mbappe 

will surely become one of the all-time greats in years 

to come. To score three in a World Cup final and be 

on the losing side will never be done again and he 

also converted a penalty in the shoot-out. Wow. A 

final that history will remember – it was incredible 

and I have just about got my breath back from 

watching it. Absolutely brilliant. 


The tournament produced some amazing shocks. 

Let’s remember Saudi Arabia beat Argentina. Japan 

beat Germany and Morocco beat Belgium, Spain 

and Portugal on their way to the semi-final. What 

a tournament Morocco had and it was great to see 

our very own Ilias Chair being part of that incredible 

journey and come on in the third v fourth place 

game against Croatia. Also Seny Dieng was part of 

the Senegal squad that reached the last 16 only to 

fall to England. Many congratulations to both Ilias 

and Seny. Everyone at QPR is proud of them both. 

Like all English fans, I was left pondering what might 

have been once again at a major tournament. One 

thing for sure is that, with the emergence on the 

world stage of some of our young players, the future 

of the national team looks bright and exciting. We 

are close to winning at major tournaments– but we 

have to get over the line some time and somehow!! 

Thank you once again for the incredible support you 

have given the team throughout the season so far 

both home and away – it has been magnificent. Let’s 

get behind Neil, his staff and the team today as we 

try to earn another three points. 

Enjoy the game and may I wish everyone a very 

happy and healthy new year when it arrives. 

COME ON YOU R’s 

Andy 

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Visiting W12: 

LUTON TOWN 

Stadium: Kenilworth Road - Opened: 1905 - Current Capacity: 10,356 - Club Colours: Orange & Blue 

IN THE CABINET: 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE 

CHAMPIONSHIP (LEVEL 2) 

Champions: 1981/82 - 

Runners-up: 1954/55, 1973/74 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3) 

Winners: 1936/37, 2004/05, 2018/19 - 

Runners-up: 1935/36, 1969/70 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO (LEVEL 4) 

Winners: 1967/68 - 

Runners-up: 2001/02, 2017/18 

FA CUP 

Runners-up: 1959 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP 

Winners: 1987/88 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY 

Winners: 2008/09 

CLUB RECORDS: 

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 

30,069 (Luton v Blackpool 1959) 

RECORD GOALSCORER: 

Gordon Turner (276) 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

562– Bob Morton (1946-64) 

BIGGEST WIN: 

15-0 v Great Yarmouth Town, 1914 

BIGGEST DEFEAT: 

9-0 v Small Heath, 1898 

RECORD TRANSFER 

FEE PAID: 

£1.2 million (Simon Sluga, Rijeka) 

RECORD TRANSFER 

FEE RECEIVED: 

£8 million (James Justin, Leicester) 

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Luton Town 

OPPOSITION 

OVERVIEW 

Like QPR, Luton have 

been adapting to an 

unexpected change of 

management mid-season 

after Nathan Jones 

ended his second spell at 

the helm to take over at 

Southampton. 

The Welshman had been 

a pivotal figure in the 

Hatters’ recent successes, 

laying foundations for 

back-to-back promotions 

in 2018 and 2019 and 

steering the team to the 

Championship play-offs 

last season. 

However, the Hatters made 

a slow start to the current 

campaign, collecting two 

points – and just a single 

goal – in their first four 

games before a 2-0 victory 

at Swansea appeared to 

spark them into life. 

The Bedfordshire side 

lost just one of their 

next 10 – conceding 

twice during the last 10 

minutes against Wigan 

at Kenilworth Road – but 

that run also included 

impressive wins over 

Blackburn, Norwich and, 

of course, QPR. 

Luton were brought down 

to earth with a bump in 

late October as local rivals 

Watford handed out a 

4-0 thumping at Vicarage 

Road, in which the visitors 

also had defender Gabriel 

Osho red-carded. 

They shared draws against 

both Sunderland and 

Reading before regaining 

the winning habit with a 1-0 

triumph at Blackpool, which 

turned out to be Jones’ 

final game in charge. 

Club stalwart Mick 

Harford took the reins 

on a temporary basis for 

the Hatters’ 2-0 defeat 

at Stoke and a 1-1 draw 

against Rotherham before 

Rob Edwards’ appointment 

was confirmed the 

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The Gaffer 

Former Watford boss Rob 

Edwards was appointed as 

Nathan Jones’ successor 

in the Hatters’ dugout in 

November, just weeks after his 

dismissal by their neighbours. 

Edwards, who won 15 caps 

for Wales, was a defender 

with Aston Villa, Wolves, 

Blackpool and Barnsley before 

taking the decision to retire 

from playing due to injury at the 

age of just 30. 

He returned to Molineux as 

coach of Wolves’ Under-18 

side and was later promoted 

to a first-team role, taking 

over as caretaker head coach 

for two games during the 

2016/17 campaign. 

Edwards spent a year as 

manager of hometown club AFC 

Telford United before rejoining 

Wolves as Under-23 coach 

and going on to take charge of 

England’s Under-16 side, but it 

was his single season at Forest 

Green Rovers that brought him 

to Watford’s attention. 

Rovers coasted to the 

2021/22 League Two title 

under Edwards’ guidance 

and the Hornets moved quickly 

to install him as head coach 

in the summer, but his tenure 

at Vicarage Road lasted only 

11 games. 


The Squad 

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Ethan 

HORVATH 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 27 

Signed from: 

Nott’m Forest 

Harry 

ISTED 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 21 

Signed from: 

Academy 

Gabriel 

OSHO 

DEFENDER 

Age: 24 

Signed from: 

Reading 

Amari’i 

BELL 

DEFENDER 

Age: 20 

Signed from: 

Blackburn 

Alfie 

DOUGHTY 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 23 

Signed from: 

Stoke 

Allan 

CAMPBELL 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 24 

Signed from: 

Motherwell 

Luke 

BERRY 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 30 

Signed from: 

Cambridge 

Luke 

FREEMAN 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 30 

Signed from: 

Sheffield United 


The Squad 

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Tom 

LOCKYER 

DEFENDER 

Age: 28 

Signed from: 

Charlton 

James 

BREE 

DEFENDER 

Age: 25 

Signed from: 

Aston Villa 

Pelly- 

Ruddock 

MPANZU 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 28 

Signed from: 

West Ham 

Jordan 

CLARK 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 29 

Signed from: 

Accrington Stanley 

Harry 

CORNICK 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 27 

Signed from: 

Bournemouth 

Elijah 

ADEBAYO 

FORWARD 

Age: 24 

Signed from: 

Walsall 

Cameron 

JEROME 

FORWARD 

Age: 36 

Signed from: MK 

Dons 

Cauley 

WOODROW 

FORWARD 

Age: 28 

Signed from: 

Barnsley 


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Danger Man 

Signed from Barnsley last 

summer, Carlton Morris 

arrives at Loftus Road 

as Luton’s leading scorer 

following a purple patch of six 

goals in as many games earlier 

in the season. 

Morris joined Norwich as an 

11-year-old and starred in the 

Canaries’ youth set-up, helping 

them to win the FA Youth Cup 

in 2013, but he was limited to 

a single first-team appearance 

and spent most of the next 

eight years out on loan. 

Oxford, York, Rotherham 

and Shrewsbury were all 

temporary destinations for 

the striker – as well as a stint in 

the Scottish Premiership with 

Hamilton – prior to two loan 

spells at MK Dons. 

Having scored six times in 34 

appearances for the Dons, 

Morris signed a permanent 

deal at Oakwell in January 2021 

and he went on to find the net 

regularly during his 18-month 

spell with the Tykes. 

His 16 goals included one 

that secured Barnsley a 3-1 

victory at Loftus Road, but he 

departed the Yorkshire club 

following their relegation from 

the Championship last season. 

FORWARD 

Age: 27 

Nationality: English 

Signed from: Barnsley 


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Year on Year 

1897: 

Formed 12 years earlier, 

Luton Town joined the 

Football League and 

relocated to a new ground 

at Dunstable Road at the 

same time. 

1955: 

Manager Dally Duncan 

guided the Hatters into 

the top flight for the 

first time in their history, 

finishing as runnersup 

in Division Two on 

goal average behind 

Birmingham. 

1983: 

Substitute Raddy 

Antic struck a dramatic 

late winner at Manchester 

City to keep Luton in 

Division One at their 

hosts’ expense and 

prompt manager David 

Pleat’s famous celebratory 

jig across the pitch at 

full-time. 

1988: 

Another last-gasp strike 

– this time by Brian Stein 

– earned the Hatters their 

first major trophy as they 

overcame a 2-1 deficit to 

beat League Cup holders 

Arsenal 3-2 at Wembley. 

2007: 

Placed in administration, 

Luton were hit by 

successive points 

deductions – including a 

hefty 30-point penalty 

the following season for 

financial irregularities – 

and plunged out of the 

Football League. 

2016: 

Nathan Jones’ 

appointment as 

manager kick-started 

Luton’s revival as they 

secured back-to-back 

promotions and returned 

to the Championship 

three years later. 

COMINGS 

AND GOINGS 

COMING IN 

Matt Macey 

(GK) – Hibernian 

Ethan Horvath 

(GK) – Nottingham 

Forest (Loan) 

Louie Watson 

(M) – Derby 

Alfie Doughty 

(M) – Stoke 

Luke Freeman 

(M) – Sheffield United 

Cauley Woodrow 

(F) – Barnsley 

Carlton Morris 

(F) – Barnsley 

GOING OUT 

Kal Naismith 

(D) – Bristol City 

Peter Kioso 

(D) – Rotherham 

Elliot Thorpe 

(M) – Burton Albion (Loan) 

Dion Pereira 

(M) – Bradford (Loan) 

Carlos Mendes Gomes 

(M) – Fleetwood (Loan) 

Robert Snodgrass 

(M) – Released 

Aribim Pepple 

(F) – Grimsby (Loan) 

John McAtee 

(F) – Grimsby (Loan) 

Admiral Muskwe 

(F) – Fleetwood (Loan) 

Danny Hylton 

(F) – Northampton 

Elliot Lee 

(F) – Wrexham 

DID YOU KNOW? 

Luton Town were the 

second English club – 

after QPR – to install 

an artificial pitch, in 

1985. It was replaced 

by a grass surface six 

years later. 


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A ST AT 

I BET 

YOU 

DIDN’T 

KN 

W

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TO MANAGE THEIR BETTING BUDGET. 

THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL: 

6 WEMBLEYS. 

201 ALLY PALLYS. 

OR 8 CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP DAYS. 

(THAT’S A LOT OF TWEED) 

ALL GOOD BOOKMAKERS 

HAVE DEPOSIT LIMITS. 

SO WHOEVER YOU BET WITH, 

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AND THEN ENJOY THE SPORT. 

DEPOSIT LIMITS 

THAT’S BETTING BETTER.

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QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1 

LUTON TOWN 2 

TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 1981 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO 

THERE was incredible media interest as Loftus 

Road became the first ground in the world to stage 

league football on plastic grass. 

In his ‘Bush Telegraph’ programme editorial notes, 

QPR secretary Ron Phillips set the scene by writing: 

‘You are present when the first-ever Football 

League game takes place on an artificial playing 

surface – Omniturf, a name you’ll be hearing a lot 

about from now onwards. 

‘We predict that Omniturf will drastically change – 

for the better – the manner in which the nation’s 

clubs use their stadiums. However, it does not 

necessarily follow that it will also change the way in 

which teams play soccer.’ 

Midfield man Andy King gave Rangers the lead with 

a close-range strike at the School End after 35 

minutes. But back came Luton in the second half 

with goals from Mark Aizlewood (71) and man of the 

match Ricky Hill (84). 

Terry Venables, who was QPR manager back in 

1981, still has vivid recollections of how we made 

international headlines. 

Looking back, Venables said: “My chairman Jim 

Gregory had always been worried about the terrible 

problems we had with the pitch. We couldn’t get the 

drainage right – even on a fairly nice day, it would 

always be like a quagmire. 

“Jim just didn’t know what to do. Whatever he spent, 

he couldn’t seem to solve the problem. So he said 

to me: ‘What about a plastic pitch?’ 

“We chatted for a while and it was a big step forward. 

And he said: ‘There are no rules to say we can’t!’ 

“So I said: ‘Come on then – we’ll do it!’ And yes, we 

went for it!” 

RANGERS: Burridge, Gregory, Fenwick, Waddock, 

Hazell, Roeder, Flanagan, Francis, Allen, King, 

Stainrod. Sub not used: Micklewhite. 

Attendance: 18,703 


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INTERVIEW: TONY INCENZO 

IT’S NOW 30 YEARS SINCE ONE OF 

THE BIGGEST SHAKE-UPS IN ENGLISH 

FOOTBALL – THE LAUNCH OF THE 

PREMIER LEAGUE. 

As founder members of the new breakaway division, 

Queens Park Rangers made their mark on that inaugural 

1992/93 campaign, finishing in fifth place as London’s 

highest-ranked team. 

We take a wander through memories of that season with 

the players and staff who made it happen… next it’s 

effervescent midfielder IAN HOLLOWAY. 


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Left: Ian 

Holloway 

keeps a 

close eye on 

Manchester 

United’s Mark 

Hughes 

OLLIE, the first season of the 

Premier League was 30 years 

ago now – does it only seem like 

yesterday? 

I can’t believe you just said that Tone! 

Yeah, 30 years! I can remember all the 

lads and the gear we used to wear. I had 

played under boss Gerry Francis before 

at Bristol Rovers, so just appearing for 

Gerry’s beloved club QPR was a real 

honour for me, because that was all 

he talked about when he was in charge 

of Bristol Rovers. I had fantastic times 

with the R’s – everyone was so down to 

earth. We had a terrific side and a very 

good group of men, so it was an absolute 

privilege to be part of it. Bardsley and 

Wilson as full-backs, Barker and Wilkins in 

that middle. If I got in, I played alongside 

one of those two. Then Sinton and Impey 

on the flanks. And it was amazing to see 

Les Ferdinand come through, with all 

his potential to become a top centreforward. 

How good was he? Brilliant! 

There was plenty of publicity at the 

time, but did anyone realise how big 

the Premier League was going to 

become? 

Oh, not at all. Our first game was on 

the Monday night against Manchester 

City away. When we went out on the 

pitch beforehand to warm up, the 

music ramped up and they had these 

great big fire-breathing machines that 


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Right: 

Holloway 

hauled QPR 

back into the 

second tier 

as manager in 

2004 

nearly took your fringe off while melting 

your eyebrows! It was like “Wow!” Andy 

Sinton said: “What on earth is all this?” 

They certainly upped the technical 

presentation. We drew 1-1, battling back 

from being a goal down. The stadium 

was a bit weird as Man City were doing 

some renovation work. One stand had 

been knocked down and there was a big 

board blocking off that area with a false 

crowd painted on it. 

You made 24 league appearances for 

us in 1992/93 and also scored at home 

to Spurs and away to Sheffield United. 

Can you recall those goals? 

Yes, I do remember my goals as I don’t 

have that many to ponder! At Sheffield 

United I just hit it and hoped. Then 

against Tottenham, I shot down into 

the ground and it skidded through 

someone’s legs up into the top corner 

and we won 4-1. I used to overcelebrate, 

which was pathetic! 

We also finished as top London club, 

which was a meaningful milestone 

back then… 

Well, I am sure QPR would settle for that 

in the modern era if they could get above 

Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and all of 

them. When I talk to my grandkids and 

my son nowadays, I do drop it in that we 

finished as top London club at Rangers. 

Although I am not sure they’re listening 

any more, it can become a bit boring! I 

remember Gerry going on about when 

the R’s were runners-up to Liverpool 

in 1975/76. Oh my God, the times we 

heard that. It was like: “Gerry, change the 

record mate!” But it was something to be 

proud of and he always spoke so fondly 

about ‘Bowlesy’, Don Givens and people 

like that. So in the first season of the 


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The former 

QPR midfielder 

returned to 

Loftus Road for 

a second spell 

as manager 

between 2016 

and 2018 

Premier League, we earned our stripes 

at Rangers. It was all about getting the 

balance of hard work and skill. 

What was Gerry Francis like to work 

under? 

I can only thank Gerry, he was a massive 

influence on me. All I wanted to do was 

learn and get better. Gerry actually 

corrected the things I was getting wrong. 

He knew how to coach and he managed 

to coach me into becoming a better 

player. 

We had Ray Wilkins pulling all the 

strings in midfield alongside you at 

QPR. He was a magnificent player and 

a real gentleman… 

It was a great pleasure to appear in the 

same team as Ray. He made you feel 

10 feet tall and I’m only five foot seven! 

Ray achieved so much in football and he 

was always so positive: “Come on, yeah 

you can do this! Come on, well done!” 

Ray used to say that I would add another 

three or four years to his career because 

I used to have to chase his opposing 

midfield man into the box. Then when 

we got the ball, we would pass it to Ray 

as quickly as we could because we knew 

what he could produce. What a person he 

was, honestly! Let me tell you a story. Ray 

was having a wardrobe change one day 

and he said to me: “Ollie, I’ve got some 

clothes in the car. You’re the same size 


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Above: 

Hollioway 

battles for 

possession 

during a 

Premier 

League 

game against 

Blackburn 

as me. Just take them, will you? But don’t 

tell anyone – if you don’t like them, then 

give them to a charity shop.” Anyway 

I got home, looked in these bags and 

found six top-quality suits plus 15 shirts. 

So I went from being the worst dressed 

player at QPR to suddenly being the best 

dressed! The lads said: “Wow! Look at 

you!” And I replied: “Yeah, Ray gave me 

this.” However, Ray went bright red and 

said: “Ollie, you didn’t have to tell them 

that.” So I said: “Of course I did, Ray. I’m 

proud to wear your gear mate!” 

When Loftus Road was full back then, 

the atmosphere was electric… 

It is a special place, my favourite ground 

of all. The R’s fans have always been so 

loyal, they know what they want, they 

see it, they love it and they keep coming 

back. But the crowd were so close to the 

pitch that there was no place for players 

to hide. I would hear: “Come on ’Olloway, 

give it to Wilkins!” So I would shout back: 

“I’ll try, I’ll try. Don’t worry!” 

Bringing the story up to date, you have 

a book out called ‘How to Be a Football 

Manager’. Is there much QPR content? 

Loads of it. Mentions of Gianni Paladini, 

our pre-season tour to Ibiza which was a 

nightmare, orienteering with Kevin Gallen 

and Marc Bircham with their antics etc 

etc. So there is lots of fun in the book and 

hopefully people will enjoy reading it. 


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HALF A CENTURY HAS PASSED SINCE QPR WON PROMOTION 

TO THE TOP FLIGHT FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN THE CLUB’S 

HISTORY. IN EACH EDITION, WE SHOWCASE SOME OF THE MATCH 

PROGRAMMES FROM THAT CLASSIC 1972/73 CAMPAIGN: 

DATE: Saturday 30th 

December 1972 

RESULT: Sheffield 

Wednesday 3 QPR 1 

COMPETITION: 

Football League 

Division Two 

QPR SCORER: Leach 

ATTENDANCE: 20,185 

THE PROGRAMME: 

Sixteen pages, price 7p 

EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: 

An article entitled 

‘INTRODUCING…QPR’ 

by prolific programme 

scribe Tony Pullein read: 

‘No need to ask Queen’s 

Park Rangers manager 

GORDON JAGO for his 

New Year’s resolution. 

We all know that it is to 

drive his club back into 

Division One. Over the 

first half of the season, 

Rangers have emerged 

as one of the strongest 

promotion challengers; 

solid in defence, 

aggressive in midfield 

and fluent up front. If 

they can maintain their 

form they could well 

achieve their objective.’ 


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DATE: Tuesday 26th December 

1972 

RESULT: QPR 3 Orient 1 

COMPETITION: Football 

League Division Two 

QPR SCORERS: Leach, Givens, 

Thomas 

ATTENDANCE: 15,062 

THE PROGRAMME: Sixteen 

pages, price 7p 

EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: In his 

‘BUSH TELEGRAPH’ editorial 

notes, QPR club secretary 

Ron Phillips wrote: ‘THE NEW 

STAND – POST MORTEM… 

Well, the general verdict on 

our new Ellerslie Road Stand is 

that the view is just as good as 

we had hoped it would be. Our 

apologies, however, must go 

to the season ticket holders 

who had difficulty in obtaining 

entrance to the ground at the 

last match due to the fact that 

their turnstiles were incorrectly 

signposted. We have put this 

right and you should have no 

trouble in gaining entry to the 

ground today. One of those 

little snags we could not have 

foreseen until the first match 

took place! 

‘We received a few complaints 

that the turnstiles in the new 

stand were too narrow and we 

discussed this with Turnstile 

Services Ltd, who are the firm 

that install turnstiles all over 

the country. They confirm that 

the width of 1ft 3in is now the 

adopted width throughout 

Britain for turnstile openings and 

similar installations are operating 

satisfactorily at Crystal Palace 

FC, West Ham United FC and 

the London Welsh rugby club, 

for example. Wider turnstiles, 

however, are available at our 

South Africa Road Stand for our 

plumper supporters! 

‘…A MERRY CHRISTMAS!...A 

warm Boxing Day welcome 

to the players and supporters 

of Orient FC and to our own 

supporters who have staggered 

away from the Christmas surfeit 

of too much food, drink and 

television for a much-needed 

afternoon in the open air. 

Christmas is nearly over but we 

trust that this match today will 

offer you all the highlight of your 

holiday and will prove a fitting 

finish to this festive season.’ 


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HEROES 

STAN BOWLES VS 

BRANN BERGEN 

WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 1976 

UEFA CUP FIRST ROUND SECOND LEG 

STAN BOWLES matched his first leg hattrick 

against Brann Bergen by scoring 

another trio of goals as Rangers cantered 

to a 7-0 victory in our first ever away match in 

European competition. 

Before the match in Bergen, Bowles said: “I was 

very disappointed not to be included in the England 

squad for the recent World Cup qualifier against 

Finland. I honestly believe that I have never played 

better than this at the start of a season. 


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“I know I have to maintain my form to make sure 

of catching (England manager) Don Revie’s eye 

and to keep him thinking about me. 

“When Brann Bergen played at Loftus Road two 

weeks ago, I collected a hat-trick and I will be 

looking for another one this time. I’ll be bitterly 

upset if I don’t get at least one goal. 

“There is no way we can lose this game. And with 

the 4-0 lead we already have from the first leg, we 

must be capable of knocking in a few more goals.” 

It was a cool evening in Norway, with the compact 

stadium set picturesquely beneath some treelined 

mountains. The pitch was firm and it seemed 

to suit QPR’s passing style as they turned on the 

style, watched by a crowd of 11,527. 

After scoring on 68, 84 and 88 minutes, Bowles 

said: “I know it looked easy out there, but goals 

are never simple to score. Anyway, I feel there’ll 

be no stopping me now.” 

The Daily Mirror headline was “BOWLES BLITZ!” 

and reporter Harry Miller wrote: “Stan Bowles 

kept his promise to blitz Bergen with a second 

hat-trick as Queen’s Park Rangers romped to a 

seven-goal UEFA Cup victory here last night.” 

Meanwhile, Bob Driscoll wrote in The Sun: 

“Queen’s Park Rangers completed the UEFA Cup 

slaughter of Norwegian amateurs Brann Bergen 

last night as humanely as possible with seven 

more goals in Norway. And once again the chief 

executioner was the irrepressible Stan Bowles. 

“Bowles-the-goals kept his audacious pre-match 

promise to score a hat-trick to match the one he 

got in the first leg.” 


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IMAGES COURTESY OF: IAN RANDALL 

INTERVIEW: LENNIE HARVEY 

Teddy Lawrence 

Position: Forward 

From: Queen’s Park 

Joined QPR: Age 9 

Pre-Match Meal: Pasta with olive oil 

Favourite social media platform: YouTube 

Pre-Match Song: The Don by Nas 

How did you get scouted? 

Playing at a school tournament. I was player of 

the tournament and a QPR scout gave my PE 

teacher a contact number so I got a trial at the 

academy and, after two weeks of a six-week trial, 

I got accepted! 

What are your strengths as a player and what 

do you need to work on? 

My strengths are creating opportunities, 

dribbling past players, crossing the ball and 

scoring goals. I would like to work on crossing 

with both feet, so defenders find it harder to play 

against when I’m running down the by-line. 

What’s the highlight of your career so far? 

It has to be scoring at Luton’s Kenilworth 

Road for QPR U21s, which I’m sure would have 

put a smile on fans’ faces! Another highlight 

would be playing for Scotland against England in 

an U16 fixture. 

Who’s your favourite player or inspiration? 

Adel Taarabt as he had the ability to captivate 

crowds with tricks and flicks, however he also had 

a very effective style of play, getting him many 

goals and assists. 

When was the first football match you 

attended? 

Ohhh Bobby Zamoraaaaaa. QPR 1 Derby 0 to 

send the R’s to the Premier League. What a great 

day for the club and hopefully it will come again! 

Who’s had the greatest influence on your 

career and why? 

My Dad. He has instilled a good type of attitude 

in me, not just as a player, but a person and 

he often shows me skills that dazzle me even 

though he’s getting older! I have gained good 

technical ability from having a skilful Dad. 

What’s the best aspect of being a QPR player? 

Being from the local area, I’m very proud to play 

for my local team and I know lots of QPR fans so I 

hope to make them proud! 


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Sat Aug 20 Birmingham City W 2-1 

Sat Aug 27 Peterborough Utd W 3-1 

Sat Sep 3 PL Cup R1 

Sat Sep 10 Coventry City PP 

Sat Sep 17 Barnsley L 5-2 

Sat Sep 24 Charlton Athletic L 7-1 

Sat Oct 1 Reading L 2-1 

Sat Oct 8 PL Cup R2 

Sat Oct 15 Cardiff City W 2-1 

Sat Oct 22 Watford L 5-2 

Sat Oct 29 Bristol City W 3-1 

Sat Nov 5 PL Cup R3 

Sat Nov 12 Sheffield Wednesday L 2-1 

Sat Nov 19 Colchester Utd W 6-1 

Sat Nov 26 Millwall W 3-2 

Tue Dec 20 Tottenham (FAYC R3) W 3-1 AET 

Sat Jan 7 Cardiff City 12:00 

Sat Jan 14 Charlton Athletic 11:00 

Sat Jan 21 Colchester Utd/FA Youth Cup R4 11:00 

Sat Jan 28 Swansea City 13:00 

Sat Feb 4 PL Cup QF 

Sat Feb 11 Bristol City/ FA Youth Cup R5 11:00 

Sat Feb 18 Reading 11:00 

Sat Feb 25 Millwall 11:00 

Sat Mar 4 Watford/ FA Youth Cup QF 10:30 

Sat Mar 11 Ipswich Town 11:30 

Sat Mar 18 Wigan Athletic 11:00 

Sat Apr 1 Burnley 11:00 

Sat Apr 15 Hull City 11:00 

Sat Apr 22 Crewe Alexandra 11:00 

Sat Apr 29 Sheffield Utd/FAYC final 11:00 


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Columnist 

SAM TAYLOR 

‘R’ GENERATION WRITER SAM TAYLOR 

DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS-ON IN W12 

Lionel Messi has finally fulfilled his 

childhood dream of lifting the World Cup. 

In what was perhaps the greatest final in 

World Cup history, Argentina pipped France 

to the crown on penalties. 

In the UK, it has been recorded that almost 

20 million people tuned in to watch the game. 

I would go as far as to say the majority of 

those 20 million people were mostly focused 

on what they were watching. The history 

happening before their eyes. The greatest 

player of all time becoming solidified in 

football folklore. A final for the ages. I would 

also say that one person out of that 20 

million – myself – was not entirely focused on 

the proceedings in front of him but was lost 

thinking instead: Where does QPR come into 

all of this? A thought I would fairly assume 

was not shared by those 20 million. 

As Lionel Messi’s World Cup journey came 

to an end, a new (equally important) era was 

beginning in Shepherd’s Bush with the arrival 

of Neil Critchley as our new head coach. I 

thought we looked really impressive against 

Preston. I thought each player on the pitch 

was working hard to make an impact on the 

new manager and that definitely contributed 

to the quality of the performance. Similarly, 

with Argentina, it would be hard to argue 

that their united desire to fulfil Messi’s 

narrative was not a massive driving force in 

their success as a team. Another example 

of mentality in the World Cup was Brazil. 

They were playing probably the best football 

out of anyone, but it seemed they got a bit 

too comfortable and were shaken up by the 

sheer determination of Croatia. Ilias Chair’s 

Morocco were most definitely the same 

and hopefully Ilias can bring some of that 

Moroccan fighting spirit back with him to 

Loftus Road. 

I think there were definitely question marks 

after Mick Beale’s departure, as to how the 

players would respond. There was every 

possibility that the mood would be low and 

the fight would deflate a bit. But post-Preston 

it became pretty clear that’s not the case. 

The drive has been reignited. We know fully 

well that the Championship is not simply 

about who’s the better team. We’ve had 

tons of games where we were the better 

team and lost. Equally, we’ve had plenty of 

tough afternoons where we’ve rescued a win 

against a better side. 

So I think a big test for Critchley will be about 

man-management with this squad. It goes 

without saying that this QPR team has quality, 

but the extra edge is the mental one, an edge 

that needs to be super sharp to maintain a 

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JUNIOR 

HOOPS 

FUN, GAMES, TRIVIA & MORE! 

Hello everyone! 

Hey guys, it’s your 

favourite feline friend 

here! Over the next 

couple of pages you’ll 

get the chance to 

test your footballing 

knowledge! Challenge 

your family and friends 

to see who comes out 

on top! 

Jude 

SPOT THE BALL 

Can you spot the real ball location below? 

Follow me on Twitter 

@QPRJudeTheCat 


BIRTHDAYS! 

Big birthday wishes to all 

Junior Hoops celebrating 

in December… 

Charlie Hall – 1st 

Robbie Lamden – 1st 

Marcus Maxey – 1st 

Finley Murphy-Walsh – 1st 

Sonny Roache – 1st 

Rory Ryan – 1st 

Kiran Singh – 1st 

Alex Antiri – 2nd 

Harry Atkinson – 2nd 

Max Exall – 2nd 

Cian Kelly – 2nd 

Max Mackenzie – 2nd 

Kiyaan Mandan – 2nd 

Ben Redfern – 2nd 

Rowan Shirras – 2nd 

Caiden Sullivan – 2nd 

Jake Wadlow – 2nd 

Finn Walsh – 2nd 

Alfie Watts – 2nd 

Toby Arbon – 3rd 

Beau Matthews – 3rd 

Charlie Warren – 3rd 

Daniel Dryden – 4th 

Emily Anthony – 5th 

Thomas Cognet – 5th 

Hardy Frick – 5th 

Anthony Katz – 5th 

Arthur Miller – 5th 

Thomas Naughton – 5th 

Archie Payne – 5th 

Kyran Ali – 6th 

Cael Cadogan – 6th 

Carly Gurrin – 6th 

Charley Gurrin – 6th 

Joseph Lisi – 6th 

Ted McCarthy – 6th 

Francis Sheehan – 6th 

Ryan Collins – 7th 

Andreas Sinclair – 7th 

Nikolas Tingle – 7th 

Blake Bence – 8th 

Louis Jackson – 8th 

Daniel Reynolds – 8th 

Callum Pye-Beraet – 9th 

Jake Roberts – 9th 

Charlie Webb – 9th 

Dax Astaire – 10th 

Jasmine Astaire – 10th 

Harry Basciano – 10th 

Harry Boxall – 10th 

Ben Clapinson – 10th 

Katie Hartman – 10th 

Harry Pedrick – 10th 

Daniel Fairbairn – 11th 

Albie Frayling – 11th 

Cameron Paea – 11th 

Charlie Parker – 11th 

Oscar Brown – 12th 

Rufus Hult – 12th 

Thomas Kennedy – 12th 

Cecilia Myerson – 12th 

Freddie Oakman – 12th 

Ivy-Mae Clay – 13th 

Daisy Curd – 13th 

Evan Davis – 13th 

Billy Kennedy – 13th 

Samuel Ketcher – 13th 

Guy Miller – 13th 

Joseph O’Callaghan – 13th 

Mark Payne – 13th 

Marco Songui – 13th 

Molly Williams – 13th 

Joe Fenwick – 14th 

Joshua Taylor – 14th 

Henry Carroll-Waine – 15th 

Sean Healy – 15th 

George King – 15th 

Suzie Clarke – 16th 

Camila Decruz – 16th 

Joshua Frangi – 16th 

Phoebe Mitchell – 16th 

Thelma Iris Owen – 16th 

Belle-Lyla Stickley – 16th 

James Whiting – 16th 

Grace Hanks – 17th 

Christopher Morris – 17th 

George Roberts – 17th 

Ethan Smith – 17th 

Kayden Carter – 18th 

Sasha Dearlove – 18th 

Leon Gray – 18th 

Buddy Harwood – 18th 

Albert O’Sullivan – 18th 

Billy Dunne – 19th 

Lewis Foster – 19th 

Joshua Kerr – 19th 

Archie O’Reilly – 19th 

Isabel Shirras – 19th 

Dennis Siegenthaler – 19th 

Neo Sule-Legbe – 19th 

Henry Atkinson – 20th 

Harry Baptiste – 20th 

Kit Leigh-Retief – 20th 

Luke Martin – 20th 

Hunter Armstrong – 21st 

Zachary Biggs – 21st 

Hollis Bigrave – 21st 

Georgia Cox – 21st 

Lorcan Creamer – 21st 

Keira Forkin – 21st 

Charlie Grant – 21st 

Alicia Goodall – 21st 

Edward Harte – 21st 

Noah King – 21st 

Alex Lambert – 21st 

Dorothy Raven – 21st 

Freddie Ryder – 21st 

Cosmo Selby – 21st 

Oliver Farrell – 22nd 

Thomas Kennedy – 22nd 

Roisin Nolan-Caffrey – 22nd 

Albie Thomas – 22nd 

Rowan Ward – 22nd 

Tommy Wilkinson – 22nd 

Sadie Beason – 23rd 

Alfie Faulkner – 23rd 

Sophie Forey – 23rd 

Isaac Kirk – 23rd 

Freddie Nimmo – 23rd 

Harvey Christon – 24th 

Sophia Feldman – 24th 

Allegra Massey – 24th 

Mason Wicks – 24th 

Luke Wullschleger – 24th 

Freddie Braiden – 25th 

Joe Burgess – 25th 

Luke Evans – 26th 

Abigail Fearn – 26th 

Sophia Warren – 26th 

Polly Whisker – 26th 

Finley Downie – 27th 

Harvey Gale – 27th 

Ryan McMullen – 27th 

Melody Morgan – 27th 

Freya Parker – 27th 

Harry Wilkinson – 27th 

Alexander Conisbee – 28th 

Harley James – 28th 

Stanley King – 28th 

Alfie Lynas – 28th 

Lexi Parker – 28th 

Joseph Robertson – 28th 

Finn Bearman – 29th 

Archie Black – 29th 

Evan Brown – 29th 

Rafi Bulos – 29th 

Noah Cyna – 29th 

Kitty Farrell – 29th 

Oliver Hunt – 29th 

Harry Palmer – 29th 

Charlie Porter – 29th 

Benjamin Boud – 30th 

Caolan Mulvihill – 30th 

Edward Flaxman – 31st 

Michael Payne – 31st 

James Perry – 31st 

BACK IN 

THE DAY 

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Which current Championship manager is 

pictured during his playing days? 

TEST YOUR 

KNOWLEDGE 

Q: Which former Luton striker scored a 

penalty in QPR’s 2-1 win at Kenilworth Road 

last season? 

NAME THE 

PLAYER 

• I was born in Welwyn 

Garden City, 

Hertfordshire, in 1997 

• At the age of nine, I joined 

Tottenham and went on to 

make one Premier League 

appearance for the club 

• I was loaned to Southend 

and Stevenage before 

joining QPR in 2019 

• My first QPR goal came 

against Barnsley at 

Oakwell and I scored 

another in the same match 

Answers: Spot the Ball: C, Back in the day: Michael Carrick (Middlesbrough), 

Test your Knowledge: Andre Gray, Name the Player: Luke Amos 


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Ethan 

LAIRD

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ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT 

PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING 

SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE 

AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN. 

‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’ 

A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour 

To mark the new season, we want to 

make you aware of new measures 

being taken across all of football 

to ensure everyone can have a safe 

and enjoyable experience. We are 

supporting strong action from the 

FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle 

anti-social and criminal behaviours 

that put all of us at risk. 

This reflects the seriousness of 

the risks to fans and staff – pyros 

can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius 

and cause lifechanging injuries, 

while entering the pitch endangers 

players, managers and match 

officials. 

We know those who commit these 

illegal acts do not represent the 

majority of supporters. 

#LoveFootball #ProtectTheGame 


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CHRONICLING MOST OF THE STANDOUT MOMENTS IN QPR 

HISTORY DURING THE LAST 40 YEARS, RICHARD GRAYSON’S 

IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS NOW FILLS 

A TOTAL OF 116 SCRAPBOOKS. 

Richard began his collection 

during the 1981/82 season, 

focusing on Rangers’ first ever 

match on Astroturf – against 

tonight’s opponents Luton 

Town – and the team’s run to 

the FA Cup final that season. 

At the start of the following 

campaign, when he was 13, 

Richard resolved to save a 

record of every QPR game 

and has made good on that 

promise four decades on. 

He remains grateful to his Mum, 

who posted match reports to 

him during his student days and 

still looks out for QPR-related 

media coverage now! 

“There are great moments in 

the club’s history,” said Richard. 

“I think especially of the 1986 

Milk Cup run, and promotions 

in 1983, 2004, 2011 and 2014, 

and occasions in football 

history such as Manchester 

City winning the title against us 

in 2012, a match at which my 

son was the QPR mascot. 

“More unusual are tabloid 

rumours about players we were 

supposedly chasing, including 

Glenn Hoddle (1983) and Paul 

Gascoigne (1995). 

“A particular favourite was 

Frank Rijkaard in 1995 – a player 

I always liked and would have 

loved to see at QPR.” 

Do you own a piece of interesting or unusual QPR 

memorabilia? If so, we’d love to see some photos and hear 

more about it – please email your contributions to us at 

programme@qpr.co.uk. 


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IMAGES COURTESY OF: IAN RANDALL 

QPR FC 

BILLERICAY TOWN 6 

QPR FC WOMEN 3 

SKIPPER Vicky Grieve was given a guard of 

honour as she led QPR out for the final time 

in their FA Women’s National League Plate 

tie at Billericay Town. 

The defender is leaving Rangers after six 

years at the club – and sadly she was unable 

to bow out with a win as Billericay triumphed 

in a high-scoring game. 

Amelia Cutler, Melanie Hall and Lauren 

Jordinson all found the net for the R’s, but 

Ruby Sealey and Zoe Rushen both scored 

twice for the home side, with Lucy Jones and 

Beau Parker also on target. 

Rangers, who exited the competition 

following that defeat, were denied the 

opportunity to bounce back immediately as 

their final scheduled league game prior to 

Christmas, against Norwich, was postponed 

due to bad weather. 

The team return to action on Sunday 

8th January, when they take on AFC 

Wimbledon at Hanwell Town’s Powerday 

Stadium (kick-off 2pm). 

QPR: McLean, Curr, Grieve, Carolan (Bishop 

56), Jordinson, Gunn, Hall, Blodgett, Cutler 

(Moore 56), Akerman (Martins 64), Petit. 


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PUTTING THE SPARK 

INTO MATCHDAY 

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PROUD PROGRAMME 

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2019-22 

qprcommunitytrust.co.uk e: community@qpr.co.uk t: 020 8740 2509 

@QPRtrust 

PLAYERS HELP TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AT CHRISTMAS 

QPR players brought some Christmas cheer 

to youngsters at Jack Tizard School with a 

delivery of presents and essential supplies 

prior to the holiday season. 

Both the men’s and women’s first-team squads 

– along with club mascot Jude the Cat – visited 

the school for children with severe learning 

difficulties on South Africa Road. 

They also made a similar trip to The Hub@75 

– a Hammersmith & Fulham-led foodbank just 

around the corner in Bloemfontein Road. 

Many of the gifts and food parcels were 

donated by QPR fans, players and director of 

football Les Ferdinand, along with QPR in the 

Community Trust. 

Trust events manager Justin Stone said: 

“Since Covid, we’ve seen a lot more people 

get in touch with the club and Trust asking for 

support, and we are doing all we can to engage 

with as many people as possible. 

“We are here to support the whole community, 

not just QPR fans. The generosity shown by 

supporters at our recent foodbank collection 

against Burnley was hugely appreciated, as 

was the amount of food supplies and presents 

donated by our players and staff members. 

“Hopefully their support can make life a little 

easier for certain families over the festive 

period.” 


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2022/23 

FIXTURES & RESULTS 

DATE KO OPPOSITION RES. ATT POS. STARTING XI 

JULY 

Sat 30 15:00 Blackburn Rovers L 0-1 14,315 22 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE CLARKE-SALTER DOZZELL JOHANSEN 

AUGUST 

Sat 6 15:00 Middlesbrough W 3-2 15,796 8 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE 1 PAAL FIELD 

Tue 9 19:45 Charlton Athletic CC L 1-1* 5,629 n/a DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE HAMALAINEN THOMAS 

Sat 13 15:00 Sunderland D 2-2 37,884 10 DIENG 1 KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE HAMALAINEN JOHANSEN 

Tue 16 20:00 Blackpool L 0-1 12,575 15 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL 

Sat 20 15:00 Rotherham United D 1-1 12,230 17 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL FIELD 

Sat 27 15:00 Watford W 3-2 19,977 11 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL FIELD 

Tue 30 19:45 Hull City W 3-1 12,716 6 DIENG LAIRD 1 DICKIE DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL 

SEPTEMBER 

Sat 3 15:00 Swansea City L 0-1 15,935 9 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL JOHANSEN 

Wed 14 19:45 Millwall W 2-0 13,384 8 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN DUNNE PAAL JOHANSEN 1 

Sat 17 15:00 Stoke City D 0-0 14,174 6 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL 

OCTOBER 

Sat 1 15:00 Bristol City W 2-1 21,665 5 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN CLARKE-SALTER PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Tue 4 19:45 Sheffield United W 1-0 26,636 4 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN DUNNE PAAL AMOS 

Fri 7 20:00 Reading W 2-1 16,656 3 DIENG LAIRD DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 15 12:30 Luton Town L 1-3 10,011 4 DIENG BALOGUN DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL AMOS 

Wed 19 19:45 Cardiff City W 3-0 12,805 1 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN CLARKE-SALTER PAAL 1 JOHANSEN 

Sat 22 15:00 Wigan Athletic W 2-1 16,353 1 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN 1 CLARKE-SALTER PAAL JOHANSEN 

Fri 28 20:00 Birmingham City L 0-2 19,007 2 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN CLARKE-SALTER PAAL JOHANSEN 

NOVEMBER 

Wed 2 19:45 Norwich City D 0-0 25,458 4 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE BALOGUN PAAL DOZZELL 

Sat 5 15:00 West Bromwich Albion L 0-1 17,139 5 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE BALOGUN PAAL AMOS 

Tue 8 19:45 Huddersfield Town L 1-2 12,769 6 DIENG LAIRD BALOGUN CLARKE-SALTER PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 12 15:00 Coventry City L 0-2 23,201 7 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER RICHARDS 

DECEMBER 

Sun 11 13:00 Burnley L 0-3 14,299 9 DIENG LAIRD DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DOZZELL 

Sat 17 15:00 Preston North End W 1-0 14,534 6 DIENG LAIRD DUNNE 1 CLARKE-SALTER PAAL DOZZELL 

Mon 26 17:15 Cardiff City 

Thurs 29 18:00 Luton Town 

JANUARY 

Mon 2 20:00 Sheffield United 

Sat 7 15:00 Fleetwood Town FAC 

Sat 14 15:00 Reading 

Sat 21 15:00 Swansea City 

Sat 28 15:00 Hull City 

FEBRUARY 

Sat 4 15:00 Huddersfield Town 

Sat 11 15:00 Millwall 

Tue 14 19:45 Sunderland 

Sat 18 15:00 Middlesbrough 

Sat 25 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 

MARCH 

Sat 4 15:00 Rotherham United 

Sat 11 15:00 Watford 

Tue 14 19:45 Blackpool 

Sat 18 15:00 Birmingham City 

APRIL 

Sat 1 15:00 Wigan Athletic 

Fri 7 15:00 Preston North End 

Mon 10 15:00 West Bromwich Albion 

Sat 15 15:00 Coventry City 

Wed 19 19:45 Norwich City 

Sat 22 15:00 Burnley 

Sat 29 15:00 Stoke City 

MAY 

Sat 6 15:00 Bristol City 

All fixtures subject to change. * Lost 3-5 on penalties 


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

SUBSTITUTES 

REFEREEE 

FIELD PAAL SHODIPO CHAIR DYKES 

| 

THOMAS, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, RICHARDS, BONNE, DUNNE, WALSH BRAMALL 

JOHANSEN | WILLOCK 1 AMOS CHAIR DYKES 1 ADOMAH, DOZZELL, BONNE, HAMALAINEN, MASTERSON, SHODIPO, WALSH SMITH 

FIELD 

| 

CHAIR DOZZELL BONNE ADOMAH SHODIPO, ROBERTS 1, ARMSTRONG, JOHANSEN, DREWE, DYKES, MASTERSON, WALSH ATTWELL 

ADOMAH CHAIR 1 FIELD 

| 

SHODIPO DYKES ROBERTS, DOZZELL, ARMSTRONG, BONNE, MASTERSON, GUBBINS, WALSH SIMPSON 

JOHANSEN FIELD ROBERTS DYKES CHAIR ARMSTRONG, SHODIPO, ADOMAH, KAKAY, HAMALAINEN, MASTERSON, WALSH DAVIES 

JOHANSEN ROBERTS CHAIR WILLOCK 1 DYKES DOZZELL |, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, SHODIPO, KAKAY, ARCHER, HAMAHLAINEN WOOLMER 

| | JOHANSEN DOZZELL CHAIR 1 WILLOCK 1 DYKES ADOMAH 1, ARMSTRONG, MASTERSON, KAKAY, ARCHER, BONNE, SHODIPO STROUD 

FIELD JOHANSEN CHAIR 1 DYKES WILLOCK 1 ROBERTS |, KAKAY, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, ARCHER, MASTERSON, BALOGUN MARTIN 

FIELD DOZZELL WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR ROBERTS, IROEGBUNAM, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, BALOGUN, ARCHER, KAKAY LANGFORD 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM CHAIR ROBERTS WILLOCK 1 DYKES, DOZZELL, BONNE, ADOMAH, KAKAY, ARCHER, MASTERSON ROBINSON 

FIELD JOHANSEN WILLOCK ROBERTS CHAIR DYKES, IROEGBUNAM, ADOMAH, ARCHER, KAKAY, BONNE, MASTERSON DONOHUE 

FIELD JOHANSEN 1 ROBERTS 1 CHAIR WILLOCK DUNNE, AMOS |, DOZZELL, KAKAY, DYKES, ARCHER, ADOMAH SIMPSON 

FIELD DOZZELL ROBERTS CHAIR WILLOCK 1 DYKES, CLARKE-SALTER, IROEGBUNAM, ADOMAH, DICKIE, JOHANSEN, ARCHER LININGTON 

FIELD JOHANSEN ROBERTS DYKES 2 CHAIR KAKAY, DICKIE, DOZZELL, AMOS |, ARCHER, SHODIPO, ADOMAH BRAMALL 

IROEGBUNAM FIELD ROBERTS DYKES CHAIR KAKAY, JOHANSEN, DICKIE, DOZZELL, RICHARDS, ARCHER, RICHARDS, ADOMAH HARRINGTON 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM CHAIR ARMSTRONG DYKES 2 DOZZELL, AMOS, KAKAY, RICHARDS, BONNE, ARCHER, DICKIE J LININGTON 

FIELD 1 ARMSTRONG IROEGBUNAM CHAIR DYKES AMOS, DOZZELL, DICKIE, RICHARDS |, BONNE, ARCHER, KAKAY, D WHITESTONE 

FIELD ROBERTS CHAIR IROEGBUNAM 

| 

DYKES DICKIE |, ARMSTRONG, AMOS, RICHARDS, KAKAY, ARCHER, DOZZELL T ROBINSON 

| | 

| 

| 

| | 

FIELD AMOS CHAIR IROEGBUNAM DYKES WILLOCK, SHODIPO, ADOMAH, BONNE, KAKAY, ARCHER, HAMALAINEN A DAVIES 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM WILLOCK DYKES CHAIR DOZZELL, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, DUNNE, ARCHER, THOMAS, SHODIPO T BRAMALL 

FIELD ADOMAH CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES 1 DUNNE, BONNE, RICHARDS, SHODIPO, DICKIE, ARCHER, DOZZELL G WARD 

FIELD DOZZELL CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK KAKAY, ARMSTRONG, SHODIPO, ADOMAH, THOMAS, ARCHER, HAMALAINEN K STROUD 

| 

| 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM THOMAS DYKES WILLOCK SHODIPO, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, KAKAY, DICKIE, ARCHER, RICHARDS P BANKES 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM ADOMAH DYKES WILLOCK SHODIPO, DICKIE, KAKAY, ARCHER, THOMAS, RICHARDS, ARMSTRONG O LANGFORD 


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*Effective against enveloped viruses **vs representative Gram-negative bacterium. Always practise good hand hygiene. 

Use biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use. 99.9% OF BACTERIA

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CHAMP 

LEAGUE TABLE 

PACK 

TONIGHT'S 

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

1 BURNLEY 23 13 8 2 46 24 22 47 

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 23 13 5 5 38 20 18 44 

3 BLACKBURN ROVERS 23 13 0 10 27 26 1 39 

4 WATFORD 23 10 7 6 30 22 8 37 

5 NORWICH CITY 23 10 5 8 30 25 5 35 

6 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 23 10 4 9 27 27 0 34 

7 PRESTON NORTH END 23 9 7 7 22 22 0 34 

8 COVENTRY CITY 22 9 6 7 25 22 3 33 

9 BIRMINGHAM CITY 23 8 8 7 26 22 4 32 

10 MILLWALL 22 9 5 8 27 26 1 32 

11 SWANSEA CITY 23 8 8 7 30 32 -2 32 

12 READING 23 10 2 11 26 33 -7 32 

13 SUNDERLAND 23 8 7 8 31 26 5 31 

14 MIDDLESBROUGH 23 8 6 9 32 30 2 30 

15 LUTON TOWN 22 7 9 6 24 24 0 30 

16 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 23 7 8 8 29 26 3 29 

17 STOKE CITY 23 8 5 10 26 30 -4 29 

18 BRISTOL CITY 23 7 6 10 31 32 -1 27 

19 ROTHERHAM UNITED 23 6 8 9 26 32 -6 26 

20 CARDIFF CITY 23 7 5 11 20 28 -8 26 

21 HULL CITY 23 7 5 11 26 40 -14 26 

22 BLACKPOOL 23 6 6 11 25 34 -9 24 

23 WIGAN ATHLETIC 23 6 6 11 23 34 -11 24 

24 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 22 5 4 13 19 29 -10 19 

LAST UPDATED: 22.12.2022 

GOALSCORERS 

VIKTOR GYOKERES 

COVENTRY CITY 

ILIMAN NDIAYE 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 

BEN BRERETON DIAZ 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 

JOSHUA SARGENT 

NORWICH CITY 

JERRY YATES 

BLACKPOOL 

KICK-OFF 7.45PM UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE 

VS 

VS 

VS 

VS 

VS 

8pm 

VS 

8.15pm 

ASSISTS 

JACK CLARKE 

FREDDIE WOODMAN 

11 SUNDERLAND 

PRESTON NORTH END 

9999 

ILIAS CHAIR 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 

STEFAN JOHANSEN 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 

KEN SEMA 

WATFORD 

DANIEL BARLASER 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

VS 

CLEAN SHEETS 

BEN WILSON 

COVENTRY CITY 

DANIEL BACHMANN 

WATFORD 

WES FODERINGHAM 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 

THOMAS KAMINSKI 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 

11 

11 

10 

99 


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Media Voice 

IAN MCCULLOUGH, SENIOR WRITER AT WEST LONDON 

SPORT, SHARES HIS THOUGHTS… 

This column was due to be about a 

winning start to the Neil Critchley era at 

Loftus Road. 

However, the evening after the win at Preston 

I received gut-wrenching news of the sudden 

death of the man responsible for me being a 

QPR fan – so please forgive my self-indulgence. 

Most of you reading this won’t have heard of 

Adrian McBrearty. 

But anyone who sits in the vicinity of R Block 

in the Stanley Bowles Stand will recognise him 

as the leader of the Fez Brigade. 

He sat right near the corner flag, offering 

‘gentle’ encouragement to assistant referees 

and opposition players each week and was 

one of life’s genuine characters. For me, he 

was simply my best mate who I have known 

since I was seven. 

It was that same gentle encouragement he 

reserves for the poor soul running the line 

that turned me from being a young Arsenal 

fan to the only QPR supporter in my family – 

what a great life choice that turned out to be! 

My role at West London Sport often involves 

travelling around the country covering 

Rangers and Ade was often in the car with 

me on those long trips, building up his loyalty 

points with visits to exotic places such 

as Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Barnsley, 

Swansea, and Blackburn. 

I’d give him the keys before the game so he 

could wait for me in the car afterwards and 

on the journey home we’d dissect the game 

before attention usually turned to ante-post 

debates for the next Cheltenham festival. 

How I am going to miss those days. 

Ade was due to be in the car with me to 

Deepdale, but the freezing weather, Rangers’ 

dip in form and a touch of man flu saw him 

opt against it, telling me on the phone as I 

drove up the M6: ‘they will win now because I 

won’t be there’. 

It was the last time we spoke. 

His passing leaves a huge hole in the lives of 

myself and many of his good friends at Loftus 

Road and beyond. 

But not as much as it will for his beautiful 

children, Liam, Lily and Connie. All three have 

all been ‘brainwashed’ the right way and are 

very much part of the Fez Gang, which Ade 

set up to give Ilias Chair a boost following his 

AFCON disappointment last year. 

It was fitting he got to celebrate a QPR win 

on the last full day of his life, but R Block will 

never be the same again. 


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THE SQUADS 

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

HEAD COACH: NEIL CRITCHLEY 

SENY DIENG GK ● 1 

OSMAN KAKAY ● 2 

JIMMY DUNNE ● 3 

ROB DICKIE ● 4 

JAKE CLARKE-SALTER ● 5 

STEFAN JOHANSEN ● 6 

CHRIS WILLOCK ● 7 

LUKE AMOS ● 8 

LYNDON DYKES ● 9 

ILIAS CHAIR ● 10 

TYLER ROBERTS ● 11 

JORDAN ARCHER GK ● 13 

GEORGE THOMAS ● 14 

SAM FIELD ● 15 

NIKO HAMALAINEN ● 16 

ANDRE DOZZELL ● 17 

MACAULEY BONNE ● 18 

TAYLOR RICHARDS ● 20 

KENNETH PAAL ● 22 

CONOR MASTERSON ● 23 

CHARLIE OWENS ● 24 

OLAMIDE SHODIPO ● 25 

LEON BALOGUN ● 26 

ETHAN LAIRD ● 27 

JOE GUBBINS ● 28 

AARON DREWE ● 29 

SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG ● 30 

RAY JONES ● 31 

JOE WALSH GK ● 32 

ALBERT ADOMAH ● 37 

MURPHY MAHONEY GK ● 38 

TIM IROEGBUNAM ● 47 

LUTON 

TOWN 

MANAGER: ROB EDWARDS 

1 ● JAMES SHEA GK 

2 ● JAMES BREE 

3 ● DAN POTTS 

4 ● TOM LOCKYER 

5 ● SONNY BRADLEY 

6 ● GLEN REA 

7 ● HARRY CORNICK 

8 ● LUKE BERRY 

9 ● CARLTON MORRIS 

10 ● CAULEY WOODROW 

11 ● ELIJAH ADEBAYO 

12 ● HENRI LANSBURY 

16 ● REECE BURKE 

17 ● PELLY-RUDDOCK MPANZU 

18 ● JORDAN CLARK 

20 ● LOUIE WATSON 

21 ● HARRY ISTED GK 

22 ● ALLAN CAMPBELL 

23 ● FRED ONYEDINMA 

29 ● AMARI’I BELL 

30 ● LUKE FREEMAN 

32 ● GABRIEL OSHO 

33 ● MATT MACEY GK 

34 ● ETHAN HORVATH GK 

35 ● CAMERON JEROME 

45 ● ALFIE DOUGHTY 

Referee: 

Gavin Ward 

Assistant Referee: 

Bhupinder Gill 

Assistant Referee: 

Akil Howson 

Fourth official: 

Josh Smith

Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town

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