Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End

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

ISSUE 20 £3.50 

vs PRESTON NORTH END 

07.04.23 | 3PM

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04 HEAD COACH 

Words from Gareth Ainsworth 

34 MAGIC MOMENT 

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09 NEWS + MESSAGES 

All the latest from W12 

14 THE BIG READ 

Interview with Ilias Chair 

22 ANDY SINTON 

Our ex-winger pens his column 

25 VISITING W12 

A look at our opposition 

36 THIRTY YEARS ON 

Gerry Francis recalls 1992/93 

46 ONE OF ‘R’ OWN 

Focusing on our U18s 

48 JUNIOR HOOPS 

Test your knowledge 

62 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

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OUR HEAD COACH SETS THE 

SCENE FOR TODAY’S GAME... 

I 

know there’s plenty of work to be done at this 

club. There are reasons things haven’t gone 

the way everyone would have wanted them to 

recently and I’m looking forward to getting my 

teeth into those and making changes. But first 

and foremost, we must get enough points to 

keep QPR in the Championship. 

On the whole, we looked a stronger squad with the 

players we had coming back from injury against 

Wigan last weekend. Now we’ve got those players 

back, we’ve been working hard on integrating 

them into training and strengthening the cohesion 

of the team. Spirit, team ethic and togetherness 

is always going to be important at any level, but 

especially in crucial periods like this. 

Again, unfortunately, we paid the price for making 

mistakes in both boxes early in the game at Wigan. 

In each of the last two games, there was little 

in it and, if anything, we probably just edged the 

opposition on chances. However, we can’t keep 

conceding early in games – I’ve told the boys 

they’ve got to make better starts and stay secure. 

Especially in this league, goals are crucial – very 

rarely do we see that big a margin of victory and 

we’ve got to make sure we are solid in our box 

as well as threatening the opposition in theirs. 

We’ve been working hard this week on different 

ways of breaking defences down because teams 

are packing defences against us, especially when 

they score first – and then they’re even tougher 

to break down. The higher up the leagues you go, 

teams become better at defending and once they 

go 1-0 up, they can shut up shop quite easily. 

I’d like to welcome Ryan Lowe, who I’ve managed 

against previously in League One, and Preston 

North End and their fans to Loftus Road today. I 

made my league debut for Preston back in 1991 

and you always remember your roots. I have some 

great memories from the early part of my career 

and I know what a passionate set of Lancastrians 

their fans are, but I want them to go away 

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disappointed at the end of this afternoon’s game. 

We’re going to have to be at our best to keep 

them quiet and hopefully put a dent in Preston’s 

impressive away record this season. 

I’m also delighted to welcome back members 

of the 1992/93 squad who finished fifth in the 

Premier League and made QPR the top London 

team that season, a fantastic time for the club. 

The building blocks of the club and its history 

is something we take great pride in at QPR. I’m 

proud to have been part of that history as a player 

10 or 11 years later when I was fortunate enough 

to play in another iconic QPR team that recovered 

from administration and relegation to get 

promoted. I’m in awe of that 1992/93 squad and I 

know how important it is to recognise players who 

have been fantastic servants to the club – they 

should be remembered very fondly. 

Les Ferdinand has worked hard with me and 

offered fantastic support since the day I walked 

in the door and people like him and Andy Sinton 

have been great QPR stalwarts. All they want is the 

best for this club, they’re trying their hardest to 

rediscover the good times and I know I can help to 

bring those back. I need a little bit of time, but right 

now we need some results. We’re going through a 

testing time yet, as I’ve said before, if you give your 

support through the bad times, it makes the good 

times feel even better. 

Let’s get this place rocking! 


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LEWI 

Happy 16th birthday to 

Lewi Cohen, grandson of 

long-time season ticket 

holder Jeffrey Cohen. 

Lewi lives in Hong Kong 

and, due to Covid, has 

been unable to visit the 

UK since 2019. He is 

looking forward to seeing 

QPR again soon. 

TOM 

Congratulations to Tom 

Doyle, who was 70 earlier 

this week. Tom, who is in 

the Stanley Bowles Stand 

today with his family, has 

been coming to QPR 

since the early 1970s and 

met our future Mum 

Thelma Doyle here! 

Hope the Super Hoops 

win today for your 

birthday. We all love you 

lots, from all of the family 

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TERRY 

Happy 60th birthday 

Terry! Love from Karen, 

Lewis, and Bradley. 

GARETH 

Gareth Miles is 

celebrating 50 years as a 

QPR supporter this year! 

Gareth is a season ticket 

holder and attended his 

first Rangers game at the 

age of 16 in August 1973 

– a 1-1 draw against 

Southampton. 

LOUIS 

Happy 10th birthday to 

Louis, with lots of love 

from mummy, daddy, Lexi 

and nanny Sue Sue. 

DAN 

Happy birthday to the best 

Daddy in the world, lots of 

love from Isla-Rose xxx. 

COME ON YOU Rsssss! 

JEMIMA 

Welcome – and happy 

birthday – to Jemima 

Jackson-Hart! Jemima, 

who turns seven today, is 

celebrating the occasion 

by attending her first 

home game alongside 

Mummy, Grandad, 

Aunties Gemma, Katie 

and Kristina, Uncle Dean 

and cousins Mark and 

Ryan. Hopefully Jemima’s 

favourite player Lyndon 

Dykes will score our 

winner to round off the 

perfect birthday. 


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BILLY 

Happy birthday to Billy 

Green, who is 18 today! 

Billy attended his first 

QPR game against 

Barnsley in 2008 and is 

now a season ticket 

holder in the Loft Lower. 

Come on you R’s! 

With love from Mum, Dad 

and all the family. 

PETE 

Happy birthday to Dad 

(Pete Barker), a lifelong 

QPR fan. From all your 

family. 

DEAN MCKEE 

(30/1/92-7/4/20) 

Three years today since 

Dean passed. Having 

Deano’s nephews Richie, 

Rio and George, 

as mascots today means 

so much to us as a 

family, most importantly 

to our Ma/Mum. 

It’s a lovely tribute that 

Deano’s poem still gets 

played before the game 

starts. Me and my boy 

Richie, in the Loft Lower P 

Block, always have a 

moment of reflection 

watching it. 

A big thank you to every 

single QPR fan, also a big 

thank you from me and 

my family to James Grant 

for organising Dean’s flag. 

We will have our great 

moments again. Believe! 

Gareth Ainsworth’s Blue 

and White Army 

We LOVE YOU Dean. 

From your brother Rich xxx 

BRIAN 

GOODCHILD 

In loving memory of Brian 

Goodchild (1943-2023), a 

lifelong QPR supporter. 

Come on you R’s! 

PHIL EVETT 

23rd June 1953 – 12th 

March 2023 

Our cousin Phil Evett, who 

lived in Devon, sadly died 

in March after a 10-year 

battle with cancer. 

Phil was a lover of football 

in general but absolutely 

passionate about his 

team, QPR. He travelled 

to Loftus Road as often 

as he could, as well as 

away games where 

possible. 

He would have been 

delighted and 

overwhelmed to know 

that his name had been 

mentioned at today’s 

game. On behalf of Phil’s 

family and friends, we 

wish you every success. 


BRIAN GAUL 

The club are saddened to 

hear of the passing of 

Brian Gaul. Brian was a 

season ticket holder for 

over 40 years, sitting 

among his friends in G 

Block in South Africa 

Road. He will be truly 

missed 

A MESSAGE 

FROM THE EFL 

• As we approach the 

season finale, people 

must respect that the 

pitch is for players and 

stands for spectators 

• It is against the law to 

enter the pitch at any 

time and anyone who 

does so will face a ban 

and police action 

• Recent pitch invasions 

have brought football 

bans, police prosecution 

and criminal records - 

this can impact 

employment, education 

and international travel 

• Everybody should feel 

safe at football but pitch 

invasions endanger 

everyone because it’s 

impossible to tell the 

difference between 

celebration and an attack 

• Entering the pitch 

could also result in 

penalties for the club, so 

do not spoil it for the 

team or other fans 

• From fans, to stewards 

to players, we all have a 

role to play in keeping 

each other safe on 

matchdays 

• We need to protect 

each other, the club and 

the game 

MARK 

SUROWIEC 

20th March 1956 – 10th 

March 2023 

Just short of his 67th 

birthday, Mark supported 

QPR for his whole life and 

was looking forward to 

spending his retirement 

at Loftus Road. Mark, who 

looked after thousands of 

children over his 24 years 

at Gumley House School, 

Middlesex, died following 

a short illness. 

Mark knew every player, 

every game, every point 

and every celebration. He 

was grateful to all the 

fellow supporters he 

cheered with at home 

and those who travelled 

with him to away games. 

He will be deeply missed. 

HARRY 

Happy 11th birthday to Harry 

Dunn. We hope you’ve had an 

amazing day being a mascot! 

Lots of love, Mum, Chris and all 

your brothers. 

RILEY 

Happy 13th birthday Riley 

Newman-Jackman, we hope you 

have a brilliant day as a mascot 

and a very happy birthday for 

Monday. Love from Mum, Dad, 

Henry, Paul, Izzy, Nana and Papa 

and everyone at QPR. 

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TODAY’S MASCOTS 

HENRY 

NEWMAN-ROLFE 

Age: 6 

Favourite Player: 

Rob Dickie 

FAITH 

WILSON-COKER 

Age: 9 

Favourite player: 

Stefan Johansen 

ALBERT BISCOE 

Age: 12 


Ilias Chair 

SIDNEY BISCOE 

Age: 


Lyndon Dykes 

HARRY SAYER 

Age: 5 


All of them 

TED SAYER 

Age: 3 


All of them 

RICHIE HARPER 

Age: 9 


Albert Adomah 

GEORGE SMITH 

Age: 8 


Chris Willock 

RIO MCKEE 

Age: 14 


Chris Willock 

HARRISON DUNN 

Age: 12 


All of them 

AUSTIN DUNN 

Age: 8 


Chris Willock 

AWAY MASCOT 

RIO FALOON 

Age: 11 

Favourite players: 

Daniel Johnson and Troy Parrott 


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| SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP | SATURDAY 1 APRIL 2023 

WIGAN 

QPR 

DW STADIUM | ATT: 12,608 | HT SCORE: 1-0 | REFEREE: G WARD 

1 

0 

CHRIS Willock and Ilias Chair 

returned to action but Rangers 

were edged out by an early 

spot-kick from Wigan’s Max 

Power at the DW Stadium. 

Power lived up to his name, 

blasting the penalty beyond 

Seny Dieng after Leon Balogun, 

also back in the side following 

a lengthy injury absence, was 

adjudged to have brought down 

Danel Sinani. 

Willock stung the palms of 

Latics goalkeeper Ben Amos 

in response, while Dieng was 

alert to keep out Callum Lang’s 

deflected effort at the other end. 

Chair – who came off the bench 

to replace Jimmy Dunne for the 

second half – also went close 

with a curling free-kick as the R’s 

applied pressure. 

But they were unable to find a 

way through, with Amos pulling 

off a diving stop to keep out 

Kenneth Paal’s half-volley in 

added time. 


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how we 

lined up 

REPORTING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 

There is no place for anti-social behaviour 

at Loftus Road. If you see it, please report it. There are many 

ways you can get in touch. 

Tweet: You can reach our operations team on Twitter; you can 

follow and report incidents by tweeting @QPROperations. 

Email: You can also report anything you see to the team via 

email at operations@qpr.co.uk. 

Call: You can call 07557 435 421 to report anything you see or 

hear. Please note you can remain anonymous if you wish. 

1 Dieng 

4 Dickie 

26 Balogun 

3 Dunne 

Chair 45’ 

6 Johansen 

Dozzell 75’ 

27 Laird 

Drewe 78’ 

15 Field 

7 Willock 

Adomah 75’ 

22 Paal 

14 Martin 

9 Dykes 

Lowe 66’ 

Unused Subs: 

13 Archer 

8 Amos 

THE STATS 

Possession: 

WIG:51% 

QPR: 49% 

Shots/Shots on target: 

WIG: 8/4 

QPR: 8/3 

Corners: 

WIG: 2 

QPR: 5 

Fouls: 

WIG: 12 

QPR: 14 

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Ready 

INTERVIEW: BEN KOSKY 

FOR THE FIGHT 

AFTER A FIVE-WEEK INJURY ABSENCE, PLAYMAKER 

ILIAS CHAIR IS BACK AND DETERMINED TO HELP 

QPR SECURE CHAMPIONSHIP SAFETY. THE 25-YEAR- 

OLD DISCUSSES CAPTAINCY, HIS WORLD CUP 

ADVENTURE WITH MOROCCO AND THE LENGTHS 

HE WOULD HAVE GONE TO IN ORDER TO RETURN 

TO ACTION THIS SEASON… 

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ILIAS, it was great to see you back on the 

pitch at Wigan. How did that 45-minute runout 

go, from a fitness point of view? 

I felt perfect and I’m happy to be back. Basically I 

was ready to start the game but I wasn’t cleared 

medically and when I got on my fitness levels 

were great – I didn’t feel out of place or anything. 

The result, unfortunately, was somewhat 

less positive… 

Yes, we didn’t win, but I think it’s often difficult to 

look at the positives within an overall negative. 

By that, I mean look at the players who were 

coming back. Kenneth Paal, Ethan Laird, Chris 

Willock and Leon Balogun all came back, as well 

as myself. With those players and the ones we 

already have playing consistently – in the games 

we’ve played together, we’ve shown great things. 

I think that’s something to be excited about 

ahead of these last seven games and hopefully 

we can show the fans what we’re made of. 

In particular, having your ‘partner in crime’ 

Chris Willock back must give the entire squad 

a boost… 

Of course it does. Chris Willock is a good player 

– he can create and score goals and we know 

he can help us in the offensive end of the pitch, 

so we’re delighted to have him playing again but 

also delighted to have the rest back. It’s never 

all about one, two or three players, it’s about the 

whole team. 

When you had to go off injured against 

Blackburn in February, did you fear that might 

be it for you this season? 

No, I was not concerned by that. I knew I was 

going to come back and help the team, no 

matter what the outcome of that injury was 

– even if it was something big. There was no 

chance I was going to call it quits, even if I had to 

play on one leg! It’s a different mentality for me, 

I cannot accept being out for so long. Of course 


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sometimes you can’t do anything, there are 

freakish injuries and I feel for players that do 

get those. But I believe that, if you’re mentally 

switched on, nothing is impossible. 

Moving on to today’s opponents, Preston 

North End, you missed our win at Deepdale 

for a very good reason – featuring for 

Morocco in the World Cup third-place playoff. 

What did you take away from that whole 

experience in Qatar? 

It was a once in a lifetime experience and 

I will never forget it. Playing at the highest 

level, against the highest level of opposition, 

watching and learning from them and to 

eventually get on the pitch – and play against 

one of my heroes in Luka Modric – was 

unbelievable. It made me realise that in 

football anything is possible, that I too can 

achieve that destiny, all you have to do is keep 

working hard and trust in the process. It was 

a lovely time in my life and it was also good 

to come back and give advice to the younger 

players at QPR about my experiences out 

there. 

On current form, we’ll start as underdogs 

this afternoon but – as we showed in the 

recent Watford game – is that a situation 

that can bring the best out of the team? 

I don’t like the whole mentality of underdog or 

favourite – in some of the last 22 games we’ve 

been underdog, in some we’ve been favourite 

but we’ve come away with two wins. We have 

to go out there, not think about stuff like that 

and just perform to the best of our capability, 

as an individual first and then as a team and 

that will shine through. If we do that, with the 

players that are back, I think it will be a good 

day for us and I’ll say that with confidence. 


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You’ve worn the captain’s armband a number 

of times this season. Although you’re still 25, 

did that make you feel you’re now a senior 

player at QPR? 

It’s kind of weird to think about that! I never 

thought in my wildest dreams I would be a 

captain, anywhere, so it’s such an honour for 

me to be captain of this team and I have a lot 

of respect for the managers that have given 

me the armband. They know I wear my heart on 

my sleeve and, despite criticism or bad form or 

whatever, I just go out there and give everything 

I have for QPR, for the players, the manager 

and the fans. I want to perform at my best – 

because I owe everything to the club. I hope I 

can wear the armband again in the future, it’s 

something I’m very proud of and something 

that makes my family proud too. It’s a lot of 

responsibility, trying to give advice to the young 

ones coming through, trying to keep my head 

as clear as possible and learning every day. You 

want to keep improving as a player and a leader. 

With seven games remaining, including today, 

is it fair to say this is the time to stand up and 

be counted? 

We can’t sit here feeling sorry for ourselves 

because, as players, we put ourselves in this 

position and it’s our task to get out of this 

position. Yes, we’ve had four managers this year, 

there’s been a lot of changes on the playing side 

and we’ve gone from highs to lows – you can 

look at it that way, but now we’ve got to fight for 

survival. We have to take responsibility and we 

have to get a win, it doesn’t matter how. So much 

pressure comes off your shoulders if you get a 

win and hopefully we can do that today. 


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Columnist 

BEN SUMMER 

‘R’ GENERATION WRITER BEN SUMMER 

DISCUSSES THE LATEST GOINGS-ON IN W12 

“Scotland are 2-0 up.” “Oh, are they?” 

“Against Spain.” “Oh, right… against 

SPAIN?” 

I was actually at the Wales v Latvia game while 

Lyndon Dykes was leading the line against a 

team full of Champions League winners and 

Manchester City players. 

Truth be told, I wasn’t that focused on the 

scores elsewhere – not just because I was 

swept up in a wave of bucket-hat-wearing, 

Hen-Wlad-Fy-Nhadau-singing Welsh 

patriotism (although I was), but because it 

got me thinking. 

In Wales, I saw a more successful version of 

what QPR had been attempting prior to the 

international break, and it gave me a bit of 

hope. Allow me to spin this laboured analogy 

out a little further. 

Wales were defensively well-drilled, moved 

the ball well via some very attacking fullbacks, 

had a diminutive forward making 

himself a nuisance for defenders, and a big 

tall striker who is surprisingly good in the 

build-up with the ball at his feet. Sound 

familiar? 

I can’t labour that last point enough. Kieffer 

Moore, at least from what I’ve seen of him in 

person in Cardiff, is an identical footballer to 

Lyndon Dykes. Moore might be playing in a 

league above, and fair play to him for bagging 

a few Premier League goals, but I’ve never 

quite seen a comparison like it. 

What we’ve been seeing from QPR, home and 

away, has been frustrating, but I don’t think 

the differences between that QPR team and 

the Wales team I watched the following week 

were huge. 

I’m not going to pretend there aren’t any 

problems at QPR. I’d be an idiot if I tried 

to. Plus, Wales also didn’t confidently beat 

Latvia and the tone west of the Severn was 

almost of muted, begrudging appreciation 

of a narrow win against massively inferior 

opponents. But a marginal, well-worked 1-0? 

I could get used to that. 

We’ve seen these same players show 

defensive nous in games and seasons past, 

we’ll need more accuracy with the longer balls 

and a calmer head when we’re in possession, 

but the optimist in me sees what we could 

build towards. 

Yes, it needs building – Birmingham City 

wasn’t an easy watch, Blackpool even harder, 

Wigan not much better bar a few moments. 

Plus, Wales play through the midfield more 

often, and if you offered me Ethan Ampadu at 

QPR I’d bite your hand off. Hell, if you offered 

me an ageing Aaron Ramsey I’d probably have 

a bit of a nibble on your hand. 

But Wales, under Rob Page, have a knack for 

working with what they’ve got and making a 

group of players into a team. Gareth Ainsworth 

had 11 years at Wycombe to build on those 

principles – let’s see what he can do here. 


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SINTON 

OUR CLUB AMBASSADOR’S 

VIEWS ON ALL THINGS QPR… 

G 

ood afternoon everyone and welcome back 

to Loftus Road for today’s Championship 

match against Preston North End. 

Today we as a club also welcome many of the 

playing squad and coaching staff from the 

1992/93 season. This was the first season of the 

Premier League, when we finished fifth in the 

table and were London’s highest-ranked team. 

It was a team I was hugely proud to be a part of, 

a team that had great players all over the pitch, 

a team that had leaders throughout and a team 

that loved to pull on the blue and white hoops 

and play at Loftus Road, which was often full and 

rocking as we continually took on the so-called 

big boys and sent them away with nothing. 

We had great characters, a fantastic work ethic and 

togetherness, led by a brilliant manager in Gerry 

Francis who we would all run through a brick wall 

for. Gerry was the biggest influence as a coach/ 

manager in my own career and I know that view 

is shared by many of the lads who played for him. 

Aided by his coaching staff and backroom team, 

he was demanding in what he wanted from you, 

made you believe in yourself and in each other and 

was tactically brilliant. He really made you think 

about your own game, how to improve and what 

your role in the team was, with and without the ball. 

Gerry knew what certain players needed to get the 

best out of them and created a team that was a 

pleasure and a privilege to play in at QPR. 

Not everyone from that group is able to be here 

today for various reasons, whether that’s work 

commitments, holidays, living overseas or just 

unavailable to attend. Sadly, two huge players 

in that group are no longer with us – there is 

probably not a day that goes by when I don’t 

recall the great Ray Wilkins and the great Alan 

McDonald, giants in the dressing-room and 

out on the pitch in terms of what they gave the 

team. They were two wonderful players, but more 

importantly two wonderful men who I know this 

group all thought the world of – we really did, 

along with everyone connected to QPR. No doubt 

both Ray and Macca will be fondly remembered 

today as we reminisce on those great times we all 

shared together. Is it really 30 years ago? 

I can’t wait to see everyone together again and 

hope all who are attending have a great day back 

here at Loftus Road. All the squad in attendance, 

along with the management staff, will come on 

the pitch at half-time and I am sure will get a 

fantastic reception from you, our fans. I am often 

reminded when I speak to our fans who saw that 

team play here how good we were – what a team!! 

Under the management of Ryan Lowe, 

Preston have had another good season and 

are just five points off the play-off positions. 

They come here in good form, having lost 

just once in their last nine games and have an 

excellent away record with nine wins on their 


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travels to date, so we know they will provide 

strong opposition this afternoon. 

We go into the game knowing exactly where we 

are and what is at stake. We cannot hide from the 

fact that only two wins in 23 league games has left 

us in a relegation scrap. A horrendous run such as 

this, at any level, is going to put you in trouble but 

the good thing is we have games to do something 

about it and that something has to start today. 

In recent games we have conceded really early, 

which puts you on the back foot. First and 

foremost, the objective is to start well and give 

nothing away, which gives us a foundation to 

build from rather than having to chase the game. 

As well as being defensively much more solid, we 

have to start working opposition defences and 

goalkeepers more, creating more chances and 

ultimately scoring goals in order to earn points. 

It is really good to see some of our players 

returning after injury, which gives the dressingroom, 

the staff, everyone at the club and the fans 

a big lift. Everyone has a huge part to play in the 

remaining seven games, to win as many points 

as we can and make sure we stay in this division. 

As I said, there is no point hiding from it. Yes, that 

brings added pressure but it’s the same for other 

teams around us and the players, staff and the 


squads who deal with that type of pressure best 

will come through and out the other side. We 

need passion, grit, determination, desire, fight 

and every other word you can think of in terms 

of giving it our all on the pitch, but we also need 

calmness and quality in the heat of the battles 

that lie ahead. Cool heads will be vital and we need 

to find that added quality when moments present 

themselves in games – whether it’s the right pass 

selection, a good quality cross, a finish, a tackle 

or block to prevent the opposition scoring, an 

important header or a vital save. There is more 

than enough experience in our squad to navigate 

the coming games and get the points we need. 

No-one will hand us anything on a plate. Where we 

finish is in our own hands – we have to grab hold of 

the situation and not let go. 

Your support has been incredible at both home 

and away games, it really has. With the situation 

we now find ourselves in, the team need you 

more than ever. Let’s all get behind Gareth, his 

staff and his players today and help them get the 

three valuable points that are at stake. 

Enjoy the game and... 

COME ON YOU R’s 

Andy 

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Visiting W12: 

PRESTON NORTH END 

Stadium: Deepdale Stadium - Opened: 1878 - Current Capacity: 23,408 - Club Colours: White & Blue 

IN THE CABINET: 

PREMIER LEAGUE (LEVEL 1) 

Champions: 1888/89, 1889/90 - 

Runners-up: 1890/91, 1891/92, 1892/93, 

1905/06, 1952/53, 1957/58 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 

(LEVEL 2) 

Champions: 1903/04, 1912/13, 1950/51 - 

Runners-up: 1914/15, 1933/34 - 

Play-off Runners-up: 2000/01, 2004/05 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE (LEVEL 3) 

Champions: 1970/71, 1999/2000 - 

Play-off Winners: 2014/15 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO (LEVEL 4) 

Champions: 1995/96 - Runners up: 1986/87 

FA CUP 

Winners: 1888/89, 1937/38 - Runners-up: 

1887/88, 1921/22, 1936/37, 1953/54, 1963/64 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE WAR CUP 

Winners: 1940/41 

CLUB RECORDS: 

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 

42,684 (Preston v Arsenal, 1938) 

RECORD GOALSCORER: 

Sir Tom Finney (210) 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

511– Alan Kelly (1958-73) 

BIGGEST WIN: 

26-0 v Hyde (1887) 

BIGGEST DEFEAT: 

0-7 v Blackpool (1948) 

RECORD TRANSFER 

FEE PAID: 

£2million (Tom Bayliss, Coventry) 

RECORD TRANSFER 

FEE RECEIVED: 

£10million (Jordan Hugill, West Ham) 

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Preston North End 

OPPOSITION 

OVERVIEW 

INAUGURAL winners of 

the Football League, 

Preston have not 

featured in the top flight 

since 1961 – but they 

are still in with a shout 

of ending that exile as 

they arrive in W12 this 

afternoon. 

The Lilywhites, who 

have finished squarely 

in mid-table in almost 

every season since 

they returned to the 

Championship in 2015, 

are five points adrift of the 

play-off places but have 

lost just once in their last 

nine games. 

That blemish was a painful 

one – a 4-0 thumping 

at Middlesbrough that 

represented North End’s 

heaviest defeat of the 

season – but overall their 

form on the road has been 

impressive throughout 

the campaign. 

Preston have collected 

maximum points on their 

travels on nine occasions, 

including trips to Luton, 

Coventry, Norwich and 

Blackburn – where they 

triumphed 4-1 – and 

also won at Rotherham 

a few days prior to their 

Riverside mauling. 

At the start of the season, 

Preston found goals 

hard to come by, with 

Brad Potts’ winner at 

Kenilworth Road the only 

time they found the net 

in their first six fixtures – 

although their defensive 

record remained flawless 

during that time. 

Initially, Ryan Lowe’s side 

struggled to hit their straps 

on home turf and QPR’s 

1-0 victory at Deepdale 

just before Christmas was 

the first of three straight 

defeats, their worst run of 

the season. 

However, North End 

have proved far harder 

to beat during the last 

two months and will be 

seeking to take their tally 

of away wins into double 

figures this afternoon. 


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The Gaffer 

A 

PROMOTION winner 

in both of his previous 

managerial roles, Ryan 

Lowe was the man charged 

with steering North End up 

the Championship table when 

he succeeded Frankie McAvoy 

16 months ago. 

Lowe, who started out in the 

youth team at hometown club 

Liverpool, went on to forge an 

18-year playing career that 

took him around the third and 

fourth tiers and included three 

separate spells at Bury. 

Having featured in two 

promotion-winning sides for 

the Shakers, Lowe launched 

his managerial career at Gigg 

Lane, eventually securing the 

role at the end of the 2017/18 

campaign after two previous 

spells as caretaker boss. 

He guided Bury to promotion 

from League Two in his first 

season – an achievement 

that convinced Plymouth, who 

had just made the reverse 

journey into the EFL basement, 

to lure the young manager to 

Home Park. 

Lowe repeated his promotion 

success with Argyle in 2020 and, 

after keeping them in League 

One the following year, their 

impressive form during the first 

half of last season earned him a 

move to Deepdale. 


The Squad 

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Freddie 

WOODMAN 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 26 

Signed from: 

Newcastle 

Dai 

CORNELL 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 31 

Signed from: 

Peterborough 

Liam 

LINDSAY 

DEFENDER 

Age: 27 

Signed from: 

Stoke 

Jordan 

STOREY 

DEFENDER 

Age: 25 

Signed from: 

Exeter 

Alan 

BROWNE 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 27 

Signed from: 

Cork 

Ben 

WHITEMAN 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 26 

Signed from: 

Doncaster 

Daniel 

JOHNSON 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 30 

Signed from: 

Aston Villa 

Ryan 

LEDSON 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 25 

Signed from: 

Oxford 


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Andrew 

HUGHES 

DEFENDER 

Age: 30 

Signed from: 

Peterborough 

Patrick 

BAUER 

DEFENDER 

Age: 30 

Signed from: 

Charlton 

Alvaro 

FERNANDEZ 

DEFENDER 

Age: 20 

Signed from: 

Man Utd (Loan) 

Brad 

POTTS 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 28 

Signed from: 

Barnsley 

Josh 

ONOMAH 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 25 

Signed from: 

Fulham 

Robbie 

BRADY 

MIDFIELDER 

Age: 31 

Signed from: 

Bournemouth 

Liam 

DELAP 

FORWARD 

Age: 20 

Signed from: 

Man City (Loan) 

Ched 

EVANS 

FORWARD 

Age: 34 

Signed from: 

Fleetwood 


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Danger Man 

REPUBLIC of Ireland 

international striker Troy 

Parrott has led the line 

capably for the Lilywhites 

during his season-long loan 

from Tottenham. 

Having joined Spurs at the age 

of 15, Parrott made his firstteam 

debut two years later 

in a Carabao Cup tie against 

Colchester and went on to 

feature twice in the Premier 

League before the season was 

paused due to the outbreak of 

Covid-19. 

Loaned to Millwall at the start 

of the 2020/21 season, the 

striker struggled with injuries 

and briefly returned to White 

Hart Lane before spending the 

second half of the campaign at 

Ipswich, where he scored twice 

in 18 appearances. 

Parrott’s year-long loan at MK 

Dons last season proved more 

successful, with 10 goals in all 

competitions helping the club 

to reach the League One playoff 

semi-finals, where they 

lost out to Gareth Ainsworth’s 

Wycombe Wanderers side. 

The young forward has so far 

registered four goals at full 

international level, the most 

recent of them coming against 

Scotland in the Nations League 

last summer. 

FORWARD 

Age: 21 

Nationality: Irish 

Signed from: Tottenham (Loan) 


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Year on Year 

1875: 

Originally established as 

a cricket club, North End 

moved to a new base – a 

field at Moor Park on 

which Deepdale, their 

home ever since, would 

be built. 

1889: 

Preston became the 

first team to bear ‘The 

Invincibles’ tag, having 

gone unbeaten through 

the entire season as 

they won both the 

inaugural Football League 

championship and the FA 

Cup. 

1946: 

Despite having to wait 

until he was 24 for his 

debut due to the Second 

World War, Tom Finney 

made up for lost time 

by scoring in a 3-2 win 

over Leeds – the first of a 

record 211 goals he would 

score in a Preston shirt. 

1964: 

Underdogs Preston led 

twice in the FA Cup final 

through Doug Holden 

and Alex Dawson but 

eventually went down 3-2 

to West Ham as Ronnie 

Boyce scored a lastminute 

winner. 

2000: 

David Moyes steered 

North End to the Division 

Two title, finishing seven 

points clear of Burnley 

as they returned to 

the second tier for the 

first time in almost two 

decades. 

2015: 

Jermaine Beckford 

netted a hat-trick as 

Preston finally achieved 

play-off success at 

their 10th attempt, 

hammering Swindon 4-0 

in the League One final at 

Wembley. 

COMINGS 

AND GOINGS 

COMING IN 

Freddie Woodman 

(GK) – Newcastle 

Dai Cornell 

(GK) – Peterborough 

Alvaro Fernandez 

(D) – Man Utd (Loan) 

Robbie Brady 

(M) – Bournemouth 

Josh Onomah 

(M) – Fulham 

Ben Woodburn 

(F) – Liverpool 

Liam Delap 

(F) – Man City (Loan) 

Tom Cannon 

(F) – Everton (Loan) 

Troy Parrott 

(F) – Tottenham (Loan) 

GOING OUT 

Connor Ripley 

(GK) – Morecambe 

Joe Rafferty 

(D) – Portsmouth 

Paul Huntington 

(D) – Carlisle 

Josh Earl 

(M) – Fleetwood 

Tom Barkhuizen 

(M) – Derby 

Tom Bayliss 

(M) – Shrewsbury 

Scott Sinclair 

(M) – Bristol Rovers 

Izzy Brown 

(F) – Released 

Sean Maguire 

(F) – Coventry 

DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Preston are the 

only founding 

member of the 

Football League to 

have continuously 

played on the same 

ground. 


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QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3 

PRESTON NORTH END 0 

SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY 1973 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS kept up their push for 

promotion with a fantastic display of crisp passing 

football and dynamic goals. 

The R’s went into this fixture in second place in 

Division Two, while Preston were eighth but only four 

points behind. 

It was a cold and drizzly day in west London and the 

pitch was soft. Rangers were decimated by injuries, 

with six first-choice players ruled out, including 

captain Terry Venables. So boss Gordon Jago 

reshuffled his pack, adopting a 4-2-4 formation that 

tore the visitors’ defence to shreds. 

Early QPR pressure paid off as the opening goal 

arrived on 18 minutes when wide man Mike Ferguson, 

playing only his third full game of the season, sent a 

long pass out to the right. This allowed Givens to beat 

North End’s offside trap and coolly drill in off the far 

post to cement his place as Division Two’s leading 

goalscorer. 

Preston offered very little in reply and only mounted 

two serious attacks in the whole game. Alec Spark 

sent a free-kick through the wall but R’s keeper Phil 

Parkes made a stunning save, then Alan Tarbuck’s 

header was brilliantly stopped by Parkes at full stretch. 

Our second goal came in the 68th minute and 

Ferguson was again the provider. He cleverly picked 

out Givens, who lashed home his 18th of the season. 

After substitute Barry Salvage had powered a couple 

of efforts inches off target, Rangers completed the 

scoring in the last minute when Ferguson’s through 

ball put Gerry Francis clear to round goalkeeper Alan 

Kelly and stroke in a firm finish. 

RANGERS: Parkes, Hazell, Watson, Leach (Salvage 

53), Mancini, Hunt, Ferguson, Francis, Thomas, 

Bowles, Givens. 

Attendance: 10,519 


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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 

part two with manager GERRY FRANCIS. 


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Gerry Francis 

was a key 

member of 

the QPR side 

that achieved 

the club’s 

highest league 

position of 

second in 

1975/76 

before 

returning to 

Loftus Road 

for two spells 

as manager 

GERRY, did you feel there were 

outstanding players throughout 

the squad when we finished fifth 

in 1992/93? 

Yes, they all did really well. There were 

two goalkeepers in the squad – Tony 

Roberts and Jan Stejskal. Obviously 

we had Alan McDonald, Danny Maddix 

and Darren Peacock at the back with 

Clive Wilson, Dave Bardsley and Rufus 

Brevett as the full-backs. Then it was 

Andrew Impey and Andy Sinton on 

the flanks as I liked to play with wide 

players. The midfielders were Ian 

Holloway, Ray Wilkins and Simon Barker. 

Les Ferdinand was up front alongside 

people like Bradley Allen, Dennis Bailey, 

Gary Penrice, Devon White and Garry 

Thompson. I also had young players 

in Justin Channing, Maurice Doyle, 

Michael Meaker and Karl Ready who 

played their part. 

That was the year Les Ferdinand came 

to the fore, scoring 20 goals in 37 

league appearances. He seemed to 

really blossom in your time as Rangers 

manager… 

I did a lot of work with Les and he 

eventually developed into one of 

the most sought after strikers in the 

Premier League. Before I became QPR 

manager in 1991, Les was a young 

player at the club who had been sent 

out on loan to Brentford and Turkish 

team Beşiktaş. Then when I took over 

at Loftus Road, I felt Les had a lack of 

confidence in himself. I had previously 

seen him play for the R’s reserves when 


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Right: Francis 

guided 

Rangers to 

fifth place in 

the inaugural 

Premier 

League 

season, ahead 

of every other 

London club 

I was manager of Bristol Rovers and I 

thought: “I could really do something 

with this boy.” You have to look at the 

assets a player possesses. Les had 

brilliant pace and a great ability to leap 

– in fact, he was very good in the air for 

someone of his size at 5’11’’ with an 

incredible spring and timing. However, 

he needed to work on his touch and 

control. He needed to know where to 

be and where not to be in and around 

things, just football knowledge that a 

coach can give to people. But most 

importantly, I felt Les needed an arm 

around him with someone to believe 

in him. That applies to lots of players. 

It is all psychological – whether it is 

life or whether it is football, it makes 

no difference. I remember on my first 

day as QPR boss, I called Les in to my 

office at the training ground – in fact, 

Les confirms this in his book. I told him: 

“Les, I nearly signed you before when 

I was at Bristol Rovers. I think you can 

go on to play for England.” He started 

laughing, so I said: “What are you 

laughing at?” And he replied: “Play for 

England? I struggle sometimes to get 

in the reserve team here!” And I said: 

“Yeah, but if you’ve got the belief then I 


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Left: Francis 

went on to 

manage 

Tottenham for 

three years 

before his 

return to QPR 

in 1998 

can teach you.” That’s what you do with 

players as a manager or a coach, you try 

over that period of time you are involved 

to make the individual and the team 

better. Obviously once the goals started 

to come for Les, his confidence just 

grew along with all of his attributes. He 

learned things, he worked on his control 

and his touch when balls were played up 

to him. He learned where to be in the 

box and we saw the results. 

Ray Wilkins kept everything ticking 

over for you in midfield, of course… 

I watched a lot of videos of Ray at 

QPR the year before I took over. What 

I felt was he had got into the habit of 

dropping back to get the ball off the 

R’s defenders. He was a marvellous 

passer of the ball with great vision to 

spread it around, but when he picked up 

possession from deep, the pass that he 

gave didn’t hurt opponents in my view 

as he was too far away from the real 

action. So I pushed Ray on further where 

he could impact more with his passes 

straight into attacking players like Les 

Ferdinand, Andy Sinton or Andrew 

Impey. That was really important and it 

changed Ray’s play for me. He became 

so much more effective and dangerous 

– even scoring more goals himself in and 

around the box because he was there. 

It was really important to change Ray’s 

mentality that he had adopted for a few 

years by pushing him forward a bit more, 

therefore he was picking up balls in really 


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Above: 

Francis, along 

with former 

QPR teammate 

Don 

Shanks (L), 

accompanied 

Rangers 

legend Stan 

Bowles onto 

the pitch at 

Loftus Road in 

2017 

dangerous areas where his pass could 

make a difference – which it did. 

This might not be mentioned much, 

but in-game management was also 

significant that season. We might have 

been 1-0 down at half-time but you 

would tweak things and we’d go on to 

win the match…. 

That’s what it’s all about really, the 

tactical situation – seeing things 

and knowing what’s right and what’s 

wrong. You can set out your team to 

play in a certain way after having prematch 

reports on the opposition and 

everything else, but they might change 

their tactics and surprise you by 

doing things that are causing you real 

problems. Players on the field 

can’t always see it so that is what you 

have to do as the manager – and it is so 

vital that the players know the manager 

can identify what is going on and put 

things right. 

Overall, it sounds as if you have very 

fond memories of our first Premier 

League season at QPR… 

Yes, it was a tremendous time for 

Rangers supporters – I think they 

enjoyed the football and the way we 

played as a team. Obviously everyone 

enjoys it when you are winning. There 

were some fantastic games, not just 

at Loftus Road but away from home as 

well. It was a pleasure to manage and 

coach those players. I had previously 

captained Queens Park Rangers in their 

best ever top-flight finish of second 

in 1975/76, then I managed the team 

to their joint second highest position 

in 1992/93. That is something I am 

very proud of, alongside my 20-year 

association with the R’s. 


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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 31st March 1973 

RESULT: QPR 5 Portsmouth 0 

COMPETITION: Football League 

Division Two 

QPR SCORERS: Thomas, Lewis (OG), 

Venables, Leach, Mancini 

ATTENDANCE: 14,086 

THE PROGRAMME: Sixteen pages, 

price 7p 

EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: In his ‘BUSH 

TELEGRAPH’ editorial notes, QPR club 

secretary Ron Phillips wrote: ‘Only a 

handful of games remain to play this 

season…in the knowledge that time 

is running out for our opponents in 

the promotion race. If we can match 

the magical figure of 50 points this 

afternoon (with a win), most of them 

will probably give up hope and start 

planning the campaign for next season. 

‘…The record home goals scored by 

Rangers in Second Division football 

stands at 47 (1969/70), so five more in 

our remaining four home matches will 

break that record….The record number 

of points scored by us in the Second 

Division is 58 (in 1967/68), so we need 

to get 11 more from our remaining 

eight games in order to shatter that 

particular record – and this would 

be the greatest new record of all of 

course!’ 


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DATE: Saturday 7th April 1973 

RESULT: Oxford United 2 QPR 0 

COMPETITION: Football 

League Division Two 

ATTENDANCE: 12,144 

THE PROGRAMME: Sixteen 

pages, price 5p 

EDITORIAL SNIPPETS: An 

article entitled ‘RANGERS HOME 

AND DRIED’ set the scene with 

the second placed R’s eight 

points clear of third spot: ‘SO 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS will 

almost certainly be back in the 

First Division. And we don’t 

suppose anyone will suggest 

that they are not worthy of 

promotion. Rangers have 

enjoyed a magnificent season, 

maintaining such a hectic pace 

that they have long since left all 

their challengers – apart from 

(leaders) Burnley, of course – 

lagging way behind them. 

‘…Though many of Rangers’ 

players were developed in the 

club’s nursery, they have not 

been afraid to splash out in 

the transfer market when the 

occasion has demanded. A 

club record £110,000 fee was 

involved when they signed 

Stan Bowles from Carlisle in 

September – Stan scored on 

his Rangers debut and, with 14 

goals, is now one of the club’s 

top scorers – but this was 

surpassed when they agreed to 

a £160,000 figure for Burnley’s 

England under-23 midfield 

player Dave Thomas a few 

weeks later. 

‘Perhaps the most successful 

buy of all, though, was Republic 

of Ireland international striker 

Don Givens who shot right to 

the top of their scoring list and 

stayed there. He has scored 24 

times so far and is the Second 

Division’s leading marksman. 

Givens, who had spent the 

two previous seasons with 

Luton, began his league career 

with Manchester United and 

Rangers got him for a bargain 

£38,000.’ 


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HEROES 

RODNEY MARSH VS BIRMINGHAM CITY 

SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER 1970 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO 

LEGENDARY number 10 Rodney Marsh scored 

one of the best hat-tricks of all time as QPR 

beat Birmingham City 5-2 at Loftus Road. 

The action was captured for posterity by 

cameras from ITV’s The Big Match, with 

commentator Brian Moore famously yelling 

“Rodney Marsh’s hat-trick! Oh what incredible 

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A match report by Jack Welling in The People 

newspaper read: “What price Rodney Marsh 

now? The idol of Loftus Road turned on all his 

old magic, collected a sparkling hat-trick, and 

completely stole the show. 

“…Marsh cut Birmingham’s five-man defence to 

shreds, feinting, back-heeling, side-footing… 

all the Marsh repertoire. And he capped it with 

some rocket drives.” 

Danny Blanchflower wrote in the Sunday Express: 

“Rodney Marsh made it five with the best goal 

I’ve seen this season. He got the ball just inside 

Birmingham’s 18-yard box, surrounded by 

Birmingham shirts. He did a sort of Irish jig with 

the ball, hypnotising the three or four defenders 

before spinning from the hips and crashing a 

powerful shot on the turn low into the corner of 

the net.” 

Looking back on his playing days, Marsh said: 

“I had the most magnificent QPR career that 

anyone could ever have and the fans were 

brilliant to me. 

“Playing at Loftus Road was absolutely 

wonderful. The atmosphere was always electric 

and I used to love it when the Rangers crowd 

started singing my name. 

“They had that “ROD-NEEE…ROD-NEEE…” 

chant. It used to make the hairs on the back of 

my neck stand up. 

“I always had a superstition throughout my 

career that I had to wear the number 10 shirt. 

Since I first wore it at Loftus Road, the QPR 

number 10 shirt has become very special. 

“My generation played football purely for the 

love of it all. I simply relished appearing in games, 

scoring goals and winning matches for the R’s, it 

was what I loved to do. 

“I was completely spontaneous and I played that 

way too. I was born to be a footballer and so it 

was a joy to me.” 


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IMAGES COURTESY OF: IAN RANDALL 

INTERVIEW: LENNIE HARVEY 

Reece 

Nicholas-Davies 

Position: Winger 

From: Colliers Wood 

Joined QPR: Age 18 

Pre-Match Meal: Oats with banana 

Nickname: RJ 

Instagram: @reecen11davies 

Pre-Match Song: Any NLE Choppa song 

What are your strengths as a player and what 

do you need to work on? 

I am a creative attacking winger who is very 

good in 1v1 situations. Something I need to 

work on is cutting in and shooting. 

Who’s your favourite player or inspiration? 

I would say Neymar is my favourite player 

and also the one I was inspired by. I love his 

confidence, flair and ability on the pitch. 

When was the first football match you attended? 

I can’t remember the exact first game I went to, but 

I would have been about six or seven and it would 

have been a Fulham game at Craven Cottage. 

Where do you see yourself in five years’ time? 

I see myself in a first-team set-up and playing 

consistent football. 

Which of your team-mates do you see as a 

future coach or manager? 

Alfie Tuck is definitely the number one 

candidate, I believe he would be a good coach 

or manager. 

Which stadium in the world would you most like 

to play in and why? 

Wembley, because it’s a world-class stadium 

and it would just feel like an achievement to be 

playing there. 

If there was one thing you could change about 

football, what would it be? 

It would be bad officiating with referees and 

linesmen. 


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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 W 3-2 

Sat Jan 14 Charlton Athletic L 2-1 

Wed Jan 18 Luton Town (FAYC R4) L 3-1 

Sat Jan 28 Swansea City L 5-4 

Tue Feb 7 Colchester Utd D 2-2 

Sat Feb 11 Bristol City L 5-1 

Sat Feb 18 Reading L 1-0 

Sat Feb 25 Millwall L 2-0 

Sat Mar 4 Watford W 3-1 

Sat Mar 11 Ipswich Town W 5-3 

Sat Mar 18 Wigan Athletic L 2-1 

Sat Mar 25 Coventry City L 5-1 

Sat Apr 1 Burnley D 1-1 

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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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 

Follow me on Twitter 

@QPRJudeTheCat 

SPOT THE BALL 

Can you spot the real ball location below? 


BIRTHDAYS! 

Big birthday wishes to all 

Junior Hoops celebrating 

in April… 

Kaitlyn Curtis – 1st 

Jude James Perry – 1st 

Skye Taylor – 1st 

Dean Atkinson – 2nd 

Violet Barbour – 2nd 

Reanna Davidson – 2nd 

Dean Hodgson – 2nd 

Mehdi Laouira – 2nd 

Noah Maggs – 2nd 

Robert Mayhew – 2nd 

Thomas McGuire – 2nd 

Charlie Rouse – 2nd 

Finley Dawes – 3rd 

Myrna Goodger – 3rd 

Alfie Brodrick – 4th 

Nathan Fraser – 4th 

Tyler Hedges – 4th 

Isaac Hopkins – 4th 

Taraa Malick – 4th 

Nikhil Shah – 4th 

Jack Church – 5th 

Madeleine Humphreys – 5th 

Noah Lines – 5th 

Harry Madden – 5th 

Finton McLaughlin – 5th 

Stefan Passera – 5th 

Thomas Rule – 5th 

Ruby Simmonds – 5th 

Rebecca Cox – 6th 

Charlie Green – 6th 

Albie Hubbard – 6th 

Lainey Lowton– 6th 

Charlie Puddifoot – 6th 

Evan Strong-Anderson – 6th 

Joshua Whitley – 6th 

Mitchell Cook – 7th 

Lily Deaki – 7th 

Billy Green – 7th 

Charlie King – 7th 

Robin Murray – 7th 

Jake O’Connor – 7th 

Thomas Rank – 7th 

Daisy Reader – 7th 

Jack Rowland – 7th 

Edward Saunders – 7th 

Louise Targett – 7th 

Freddie Winter – 7th 

Buddy Baverstock – 8th 

Dominic Daly – 8th 

Dolly Disson – 8th 

Harrison Lovelock – 8th 

Annie O’Connell – 8th 

Payton Ryan – 8th 

Taiya White – 8th 

Billy Yeoman – 8th 

Amy Batt – 9th 

Isaac Davis – 9th 

Reece Hearn – 9th 

Louis Leonard – 9th 

Felix Notman – 9th 

James Damasik-Dixon – 10th 

Lily Hawkes – 10th 

Niall Lydon – 10th 

Max Newman – 10th 

Leo Palmer – 10th 

Thomas Bailey – 11th 

Pearse Cole – 11th 

Jack Healy – 11th 

Ben Jacobs – 11th 

Beatrix Kosanovic – 11th 

Harry Lovell – 11th 

Frankie Moule – 11th 

Gustav Peterson – 11th 

Abbie Taylor – 11th 

Riley Mayger – 12th 

Zachary Rank – 12th 

Ella Shepherd – 12th 

Max Chambers – 13th 

Zane McLeod – 13th 

Grace-Marie Oliver – 13th 

Jamie Perotti – 13th 

Jack Stone – 13th 

Laike McCarthy – 14th 

Jake McGinley – 14th 

Finn Miller – 14th 

Luke O’Loughlin – 14th 

Johnny Taggert – 14th 

Dominic Wall – 14th 

Louie Kelly-Smith – 15th 

Aava-Grace Langham – 15th 

Maddalyn Diggons – 16th 

Joshua Hepner – 16th 

Mats Klaver – 16th 

Jasper Lee – 16th 

Oliver Sadgrove – 16th 

Federico Tovazzi – 16th 

William Woolacott – 16th 

Samuel Bernardout – 17th 

Benjamin Esfandi – 17th 

Matthew Knight – 17th 

Avraj Rai – 17th 

Samuel Smith – 17th 

Stanley Sullivan – 17th 

Alfie Bird – 18th 

Charlotte Groocock – 18th 

Tom Kennedy – 18th 

Sophie Kirk – 18th 

Oliver Maycock – 18th 

Luca Bouge – 19th 

Freddie Howe – 19th 

Toby Jackson – 19th 

Giorgio McNaughton – 19th 

Ethan Walsh – 19th 

Luca Whibley – 19th 

Daniel Andrews – 20th 

Joshua Death – 20th 

Jack Devaney – 20th 

Jack Elliott – 20th 

Dixie Finch – 20th 

Zach Harper – 20th 

Isobel Kelly – 20th 

Sean O’Brien – 20th 

Joshua Stacey – 20th 

Christian Clark – 21st 

James Kempster – 21st 

Danny Lovell-Shanahan – 21st 

Nat Stephens – 21st 

Ben Challis – 22nd 

Archie Flaum – 22nd 

Paige Hopkins – 22nd 

Reece Rahman – 22nd 

Reagan Shepherd – 22nd 

Emily Skinner – 22nd 

Natasha Cox – 23rd 

Ewan Davies – 23rd 

Frankie Flaum – 23rd 

Albert Longlade – 23rd 

Harry Peck – 23rd 

Olivia Allen – 24th 

Freddie Barton – 24th 

Josh Hills – 24th 

Charlie Crossman – 25th 

James Fraser – 25th 

Charlie George – 25th 

Theo Higgins – 25th 

Emily Jelley – 25th 

Molly McEvoy – 25th 

Eloise Roohan – 25th 

Joshua Weller – 25th 

Maisie Asbridge – 26th 

Alexander Carroll – 26th 

Jack Clarke – 26th 

Amy Darling – 26th 

Charlie Guy – 26th 

Zach Hebditch – 26th 

Imogen Kinnell – 26th 

Jonas Sarian – 26th 

Callum Silvester – 26th 

James Todd – 26th 

Teddy Billing – 28th 

Logan Emsoll – 28th 

Lennie Kent – 28th 

Lucas Munford – 28th 

Joshua Phillips – 28th 

Cooper Thomas – 28th 

Adam Trussell – 28th 

Callum Barnes – 29th 

Harry Edmondson – 29th 

George Finch – 29th 

Keith Godfrey – 29th 

Theo Louvieris – 29th 

Stanley Shanahan – 29th 

Oscar Shenton – 29th 

Daniel Stoddart – 29th 

Maxi Tipper – 29th 

Sonny Winham – 29th 

Nabil Chowdhury – 30th 

Olivia Kelly – 30th 

Charlie Lane – 30th 

Harry Notton-Brown – 30th 

Oliver Notton-Brown – 30th 

Theo Peroulis – 30th 


BACK IN 

THE DAY 

hoops 

Which current Championship manager is 

pictured during his playing days? 

TEST YOUR 

KNOWLEDGE 

Q: True or false – QPR boss Gareth 

Ainsworth had three separate spells as 

a player with today’s opponents Preston 

North End? 

NAME THE 

PLAYER 

• I was born in 1997 in 

Arnhem, Netherlands 

• At the age of 17, I made 

my senior debut in the 

second tier of Dutch 

football 

• Last year, I played in my 

first full international, a 

friendly against Nicaragua 

• I scored my first QPR goal 

in our 3-0 win against 

Cardiff earlier in the 

season 

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Answers: Spot the Ball: B, Back in the day: Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield Utd), 

Test your Knowledge: True, Name the Player: Kenneth Paal

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Chris 

MARTIN

hoops 

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 


hoops 

THIS COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARD, WHICH BELONGS TO 

QPR FAN RICHARD PUTNEY, DEPICTS THE RANGERS TEAM 

WHO WERE CROWNED SOUTHERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AT 

THE END OF THE 1911/12 SEASON. 

It was Rangers’ second 

championship – the first had 

been secured four years earlier, 

also under the management of 

James Cowan – and again they 

finished just ahead of Plymouth 

Argyle to take the title. 

Cowan’s team, who won eight 

of their first 10 matches, 

stumbled towards the end of 

the campaign but recovered 

to secure the title with a home 

victory against Clapton Orient 

and a 1-1 draw at Norwich. 

They twice attracted crowds 

of 25,000 to Park Royal and 

topped that at White City, 

with a 26,000 attendance 

recorded for a 1-1 draw against 

Southampton in April. 

Richard, who has collected 

QPR memorabilia for several 

years, recalled: “My father was 

a sports reporter’s assistant 

and I was taken to many of the 

games in the 1970s and 80s – 

we used to go to QPR the most. 

That is how my brother and I 

became avid fans. 

“I remember Alec Stock 

taking me into the changingroom 

with my father and asking 

who my favourite player was. I 

said ‘Rodney’ and he called him 

over to speak to me and sign 

an autograph.” 

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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Championing 

small businesses 


hoops 

everywhere 

At eBay we’re proud to champion the small 

businesses in the communities of the 

teams we love. That’s why every match 

day we’re donating our advertising spaces 

around EFL grounds up and down the 

country to local businesses. 

So join us in championing the builders, 

bakers and booksellers that lie at the 

heart of our communities, all over the UK, 

because today they need us more than ever. 

Start championing local businesses. 

Visit eBay today. 


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QPR FC 

QPR FC WOMEN 2 

AFC WIMBLEDON 4 

ELLIE Dorey’s 15-minute hat-trick left Rangers 

with too much work to do as they went down to 

AFC Wimbledon in front of a four-figure crowd 

at Loftus Road. 

Dorey rattled in three goals inside the opening 

quarter of an hour, underlining the Dons’ promotion 

credentials before the home side fought back. 

Ellie Searle set up skipper Kasha Petit to pull a 

goal back from close range – but Wimbledon 

restored their three-goal advantage before 

half-time as Emma Plewa converted a penalty 

following a foul on Becki Bath. 

The R’s continued to battle and Erin Pope went 

close with a free-kick before Grace Stanley was 

foiled by Dons goalkeeper Faye Baker. 

Rangers did eventually find the net for a second 

time with 15 minutes remaining as Laura 

Hennessy pounced on a defensive mix-up and 

fired into the top corner, but the visitors saw out 

the rest of the game to wrap up victory. 

QPR return to action on Sunday when they travel 

to Chesham United. 

QPR: McLean, Lewin, Jordinson, Bishop (Carolan 

69), Curr (Webster 69), Searle, Hennessy, 

Blodgett (Akerman 61), Stanley (Cutler 69), Pope 

(Moore 54), Petit. 


hoops 

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

M Gareth AINSWORTH 

SPONSORED BY: 

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PUTTING THE SPARK 

INTO MATCHDAY 

PROGRAMMES... 

PROUD PROGRAMME 

PARTNERS OF 

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

www.ignitionsportsmedia.com 


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2019-22 

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

@QPRtrust 

GRANT AWARD BOOSTS RANGERS’ ON 

THE BALL PROJECT 

QPR in the Community 

Trust have been allocated a 

grant by the William Wates 

Memorial Trust to help 

support the young families 

of people serving prison 

sentences. 

The Community Trust’s On 

the Ball project was set up to 

increase resilience, improve 

family relationships, improve 

self-esteem and help young 

people make better choices 

about their futures. 

The Trust’s youth and 

communities manager 

Michael Nyarko explained: 

“On the Ball is a project we 

feel makes a big difference to 

young people who are often 

feeling isolated because of 

their circumstances. 

“The stigma behind having 

a parent or significant adult 

in your life in prison is very 

challenging for young people 

and often they experience 

mental health issues. 

“This project mentors them 

to think positively about their 

future and works with all family 

members, including within the 

prison, to support the young 

person as best as we can and 

provide positive pathways for 

their future.” 

The William Wates Memorial 

Trust was established in 1998 

to help steer disadvantaged 

young people away from 

crime and violence and realise 

their potential. 


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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 D 0-0 18,549 7 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL 

Thurs 29 18:00 Luton Town L 0-3 16,030 11 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

JANUARY 

Mon 2 20:00 Sheffield United D 1-1 14,151 12 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 7 15:00 Fleetwood Town FAC L 1-2 3,151 n/a DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE HAMALAINEN DOZZELL 

Sat 14 15:00 Reading D 2-2 14,186 12 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 21 15:00 Swansea City D 1-1 16,110 13 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 28 15:00 Hull City L 0-3 16,418 14 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 

FEBRUARY 

Sat 4 15:00 Huddersfield Town D 1-1 17,954 14 DIENG LAIRD DUNNE CLARKE-SALTER PAAL FIELD 

Sat 11 15:00 Millwall L 1-2 15,335 16 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL DOZZELL 

Tue 14 19:45 Sunderland L 0-3 14,471 17 DIENG LAIRD DICKIE DUNNE PAAL FIELD 

Sat 18 15:00 Middlesbrough L 1-3 27,456 17 DIENG KAKAY DUNNE DICKIE PAAL FIELD 

Sat 25 15:00 Blackburn Rovers L 1-3 15,715 18 DIENG KAKAY DICKIE DUNNE PAAL IROEGBUNAM 1 

MARCH 

Sat 4 15:00 Rotherham United L 1-3 10,563 20 DIENG DREWE DICKIE DUNNE KAKAY IROEGBUNAM 

Sat 11 15:00 Watford W 1-0 17,247 19 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE FIELD DOZZELL DREWE 

Tue 14 19:45 Blackpool L 1-6 10,051 19 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE FIELD DOZZELL DREWE 

Sat 18 15:00 Birmingham City L 0-1 15,097 19 DIENG DICKIE DUNNE FIELD IROEGBUNAM ADOMAH 

APRIL 

Sat 1 15:00 Wigan Athletic L 0-1 12,608 19 DIENG DICKIE BALOGUN DUNNE JOHANSEN LAIRD 

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 

Mon 8 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 

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

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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 

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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 

FIELD IROEGBUNAM ADOMAH DYKES WILLOCK CHAIR, ROBERTS |, SHODIPO, AMOS, KAKAY, ARCHER, MASTERSON K STROUD 

FIELD SHODIPO ROBERTS CHAIR DYKES WILLOCK, ADOMAH, RICHARDS, KAKAY, AMOS, ARCHER, MASTERSON G WARD 

FIELD 

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ROBERTS CHAIR 1 WILLOCK DYKES AMOS, ADOMAH, RICHARDS, MASTERSON, SHODIPO, ARMSTRONG, MAHONEY J SMITH 

FIELD 1 ADOMAH CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES RICHARDS, ROBERTS, LAIRD, PAAL, ARMSTRONG, ARCHER, MASTERSON S MARTIN 

FIELD ROBERTS 2 CHAIR WILLOCK DYKES LOWE, RICHARDS |, DOZZELL, KAKAY, CLARKE-SALTER, ARCHER, ADOMAH D BOND 

FIELD ROBERTS LOWE 1 CHAIR DYKES KAKAY, WILLOCK, DOZZELL, ADOMAH, CLARKE-SALTER, JOHANSEN, ARCHER J BUSBY 

FIELD ADOMAH ROBERTS CHAIR LOWE 

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DOZZELL,ARMSTRONG |, CLARKE-SALTER, JOHANSEN, WILLOCK, ARCHER J LININGTON 

JOHANSEN DOZZELL CHAIR LOWE 1 WILLOCK ARMSTRONG, ADOMAH |, IROEGBUNAM, KAKAY, DICKIE, AMOS, ARCHER G ELTRINGHAM 

FIELD JOHANSEN CHAIR ARMSTRONG 

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LOWE MARTIN 1, WILLOCK >, ADOMAH, KAKAY, ARCHER, GUBBINS, IROEGBUNAM D WHITESTONE 

DOZZELL 

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IROEGBUNAM CHAIR LOWE 

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MARTIN KAKAY, ARMSTRONG, JOHANSEN |, ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER, GUBBINS, ADOMAH P BANKES 

DOZZELL IROEGBUNAM CHAIR 1 LOWE MARTIN ADOMAH, JOHANSEN, ARCHER, DIXON-BONNER, GUBBINS, DREWE, AORAHA D WEBB 

JOHANSEN 

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LOWE 

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MARTIN CHAIR DOZZELL, ADOMAH, RICHARDS, AMOS, DIXON-BONNER, GUBBINS L DOUGHTY 

JOHANSEN FIELD 

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ADOMAH 

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MARTIN LOWE 1 RICHARDS, ARMSTRONG, ARCHER, DOZZELL, DIXON-BONNER, GUBBINS, AORAHA D BOND 

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IROEGBUNAM 1 LOWE KAKAY DYKES MARTIN ADOMAH, JOHANSEN, ARMSTRONG, AMOS, ARCHER, RICHARDS, GUBBINS J LININGTON 

IROEGBUNAM LOWE KAKAY DYKES MARTIN 1 JOHANSEN, AMOS |, ADOMAH, ARMSTRONG, RICHARDS, ARCHER, GUBBINS J SIMPSON 

AMOS 

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LOWE KAKAY DYKES MARTIN DREWE, JOHANSEN |, ARMSTRONG |, DIXON-BONNER, ARCHER, DOZZELL K STROUD 

FIELD WILLOCK PAAL MARTIN DYKES CHAIR, LOWE, DOZZELL, ADOMAH, DREWE, ARCHER, AMOS G WARD 


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CHAMP 

LEAGUE TABLE 

PACK 

TODAY'S 

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

1 BURNLEY 36 24 12 2 74 29 45 84 

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 38 22 7 9 59 33 26 73 

3 MIDDLESBROUGH 39 22 7 12 71 46 25 67 

4 LUTON TOWN 39 18 13 8 48 35 13 67 

5 MILLWALL 39 17 10 12 48 40 8 61 

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS 38 19 4 15 43 43 0 61 

7 NORWICH CITY 39 16 9 14 52 42 10 57 

8 COVENTRY CITY 39 15 12 12 47 41 6 57 

9 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 38 15 11 12 47 39 8 56 

10 PRESTON NORTH END 39 15 11 13 37 44 -7 56 

11 WATFORD 39 14 13 12 45 42 3 55 

12 SUNDERLAND 39 14 12 13 53 46 7 54 

13 STOKE CITY 39 14 9 16 52 45 7 51 

14 BRISTOL CITY 39 12 13 14 46 47 -1 49 

15 SWANSEA CITY 39 13 10 16 54 59 -5 49 

16 BIRMINGHAM CITY 39 13 9 17 43 50 -7 48 

17 HULL CITY 39 12 12 15 43 53 -10 48 

18 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 39 11 9 19 38 60 -22 42 

19 ROTHERHAM UNITED 38 9 14 15 41 51 -10 41 

20 READING 39 13 7 19 41 59 -18 40 

21 CARDIFF CITY 38 10 9 19 30 44 -14 39 

22 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 39 10 9 20 36 55 -19 39 

23 BLACKPOOL 39 8 11 20 41 61 -20 35 

24 WIGAN ATHLETIC 39 8 13 18 34 59 -25 34 

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JED WALLACE 

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Media Voice 

IAN MCCULLOUGH, SENIOR WRITER AT WEST LONDON 

SPORT, SHARES HIS THOUGHTS… 

When I was sat in a freezing 

cold press box at Deepdale 

the week before Christmas, 

I’d have never have imagined 

the next time QPR faced 

Preston they’d be fighting to 

stay in the Championship. 

Boosted by a magnificent 

early Christmas dinner laid 

on by the Preston media 

team, Rangers completed a 

memorable day with a 1-0 

scoreline that flattered the 

home side. 

The fact there has been just 

one further victory since Jimmy 

Dunne nodded home Kenneth 

Paal’s corner has everyone 

connected with QPR – and 

many who are not – asking 

what the hell has happened? 

A huge injury toll, bad luck and 

a lack of confidence are the 

obvious factors. 

However, in racking my 

brain to work out how it has 

come to this the other day, 

something caught my eye in 

my office at home. 

Now, in media circles, PR 

companies are renowned 

for being awfully generous 

with gimmicks handed out 

to journalists to try and keep 

them sweet, so to speak. 

I have drawers at home full 

of commemorative pens, 

sponsored phone chargers 

(that are never charged when 

you need them), wristbands 

and even a packet of Yorkshire 

Tea that was distributed to 

journalists at a Test match I 

once covered at Headingley. 

So early in the new year, I was 

intrigued when a large box 

arrived at the house that was 

actually addressed to me and 

was not the product of yet 

another Amazon binge from 

my wife. 

The weight and the size of 

the box was similar to one 

that would house a pair of 

children’s trainers and gave 

the indication of something 

really cool inside. 

Off came the cardboard and 

inside was a bespoke box and 

once opened, inside was a 

cushioned, velvet interior, the 

type I would imagine is usually 

found inside a top-of-therange 

Rolex watch. 

But instead of being greeted 

by a glistening timepiece 

with the value of the GNP of 

a small island nation, there 

stood a tiny Subbuteo player 

in a QPR 1980s Guinness kit. 

A lovely gift, but what else is 

in this ample and weighty box 

apart from a plastic figure less 

than 5cm tall? 

Nothing, except the wooden 

framing that held it together. 

Somewhat underwhelmed, 

but not ungrateful, the little 

man has since perched 

proudly on top of my PC. 

But in those four months since 

his arrival, there has been 

little to cheer for QPR as the 

defeats and the misery have 

mounted week after week. 

So it’s with regret, as Alan 

Sugar would say on The 

Apprentice, the little man has 

been fired – into that very 

same drawer that houses 

those pens, phone chargers 

and wristbands. 

Hopefully he can return when 

the QPR world is a happier one. 


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THE SQUADS 

QUEENS PARK 

RANGERS 

HEAD COACH: GARETH AINSWORTH 

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 

CHRIS MARTIN ● 14 

SAM FIELD ● 15 

ANDRE DOZZELL ● 17 

JAMAL LOWE ● 18 

ELIJAH DIXON-BONNER ● 19 

TAYLOR RICHARDS ● 20 

KENNETH PAAL ● 22 

CHARLIE OWENS ● 24 

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 

ALEX AORAHA ● 48 

HAMZAD KARGBO ● 49 

PRESTON 

NORTH END 

MANAGER: RYAN LOWE 

1 ● FREDDIE WOODMAN GK 

2 ● ALVARO FERNANDEZ 

3 ● GREG CUNNINGHAM 

4 ● BEN WHITEMAN 

5 ● PATRICK BAUER 

6 ● LIAM LINDSAY 

7 ● LIAM DELAP 

8 ● ALAN BROWNE 

9 ● CHED EVANS 

10 ● DANIEL JOHNSON 

11 ● ROBBIE BRADY 

13 ● ALI MCCANN 

14 ● JORDAN STOREY 

15 ● TROY PARROTT 

16 ● ANDREW HUGHES 

17 ● JOSH ONOMAH 

18 ● RYAN LEDSON 

19 ● EMIL RIIS 

20 ● BEN WOODBURN 

22 ● MATTHEW OLOSUNDE 

23 ● BAMBO DIABY 

25 ● DAI CORNELL GK 

28 ● TOM CANNON 

30 ● DANA AMARAL 

31 ● JACOB SLATER 

32 ● LEWIS LEIGH 

35 ● NOAH MAWENE 

37 ● JOSH SEARY 

38 ● JAMES PRADIC GK 

44 ● BRAD POTTS 

Referee: 

Geoff Eltringham 

Assistant Referee: 

Adrian Waters 

Assistant Referee: 

Mark Dwyer 

Fourth official: 

Charles Breakspear

Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End

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