Your First QPR Game

Watch mine be a hell of a lot later than everyone elses haha!

QPR v Gillingham back in 04-05

Paul Furlong scoring for us after Michael Flynn opened the scoring for them!

I remember I went about 12 times before seeing us lose back then!

I’ve never seen us win and that’s including friendlies
I’ve seen some good goals though
Unfortunately the best one I saw was Ashley young’s for Watford against us

I couldn’t get a ticket for Wembley and went to a pub nearby with my mates,then lapped it up with the fans outside and carried on way into the night from what I remember
I’ve not been to many games to be honest maybe 15 at most and 3 of them were friendlies,haven’t time or money
I’m 48 father of 3 and 3 grandchildren my eldest child is nearly 30 and that makes me feel old,so time is limited and spend a lot of time fixing cars and doing up my bikes
I wish could watch rangers a lot more than I do
My epilepsy also limits what i can and can’t do too

It doesn't matter how many games people attend, we are all here which means we must care passionately about QPR.

Cost is definitely a factor these days, tickets should never be more than £25 to keep the game accessible to all.

I am the son of Italian migrants who settled in North Kensington in the Mid 50's

My parents were not football fans but living at the top end of Labrooke Grove it was probably inevitable that I supported QPR as most of my extended family and friends supported them

After sending my best Chistmas day ever at my uncles in Neasden when as a Chistmas presents I got the full QPR kit and boots along with a Wembey trophy No. 5 football. The next day my cousin who was a few years older than me took me to see my first match ever

The game was against WBA Boxing day 1968 and we lost 4-0 and I was hooked.

From the moment we got into my cousins Ford Anglia to sitting in the Spingbox with my bottle of coke my cousin and his 2 friends listening to stories about girls cars and football ( but mainly football) to watching the game standing in the South Africa Road Stand to eating my bag of chips on the way home I was hooked big time.

I have lost count of how many games I have been to since but it must be between 300-400 games and went to nearly all the home games between 1972-1982

Like ghost there have been many highs and lows over the next 50 years but that first game is still the standout memory

My advatar is of Tardelli scoring for Italy in the 1982 World cup. Not because I am the son of an Italian but because that is how I feel every single time we score.      

I too lived in Hillingdon - well Hillingdon Borough. My father took us to Yiewsley FC when I was little and I carried on attending when they became Hillingdon Borough FC. The club had a habit of doing well in the FA Cup, including beating top sides, which helped pay for the semi-pro set-up.  Then, like Wimbledon FC, the ground was sold from under them by a dodgey Board and that was that. The nearest league sides to us were in West London - Fulham, Brentford and QPR. Fulham was never in contention for some reason, but after so dalliance with QPR my brother settled on Brentford whilst I stayed with the Rs. I cannot remember much about my first game but I do remember it was in the South Africa Stand and we lost! (Perhaps that was why my brother jumped ship!) Anyway, I went from being a shift worker (never great for planning match attendances) to working abroad (even harder to attend). Now I have more spare time and a little spare cash I am trying to make up for lost time, but attending from the South Coast is neither cheap or quick and night games are even risky for getting back! I envy you guys who have managed to see not only more games but also great games!!