Post by northwesthoop on Mar 28, 2018 10:00:13 GMT
28 March
On this day 20 years ago on 28 March 1998 Vinny Jones scored on his QPR debut away at Huddersfield.
Having joined on loan a few days earlier along with Neil Ruddock the pair of hard men combined on 55 minutes when Jones chested down Ruddock's free-kick and volleyed home.
The R's couldn't hold onto the lead for more than 4 minutes however and the match ended 1-1.
On this day 15 years ago Richard Langley bagged a brilliant hat-trick as QPR beat Blackpool 3-1 at an old school Bloomfield Road.
The R's fans were situated in a derelict old terrace a good 15 metres behind the goal but it was an incredible atmosphere and the seaside town was painted blue and white after the match with the hoops in party mood.
Langley's first was a stunning 25 yard free kick, the keeper didn't even move! Well worth watching below.
His second was a fine driven effort from the corner of the box on the hour and he completed his hat-trick 6 minutes from time with a brilliant diving header!
Despite a Blackpool consolation in stoppage time it remained a glorious day and a great away win, it remains a personal favourite away memory of mine and it is incredibly hard to believe it is a decade and a half ago today!
All the goals are here - you can click in the bottom right to expand each video:
All three were good goals! Particularly liked the shielding of the free kick so the goalie was left in the dark as to Langley's target area until too late.
On this day 24 years ago on 02 April 1994 Les Ferdinand scored a wonder goal free kick from 30 yards against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park.
Ferdinand thumped home a free kick into the top corner with his technique leaving him as high in the air as he usually was for his headed goals!
It was another example of a 'classic' pitch with more mud than grass and a classic QPR capitulation too as despite leading 1-0 against a team heading for relegation we ended up losing the match 4-1.
On this day 3 years ago on 04 April 2015 QPR were given hope of avoiding relegation with a resounding 4-1 away win over West Brom.
The Hawthorns crowd were treated to some superb goals from the R's including a Bobby Zamora wonder goal after a fine strike from Vargas and an Austin header.
QPR led 3-0 at half time and despite a West Brom goal on the hour Joey Barton lashed home in injury time to put the icing on the cake.
With the win QPR moved to within 1 point of safety but sadly we failed to win any of the next 5 games and were of course relegated at the end of the season.
On this day 2 years ago QPR defeated Charlton Athletic 2-1 at Loftus Road
Matty Phillips opened the scoring in first half injury time with a cross that found its way into the far corner.
Charlton equalised on the hour before Nasser El El Khayati curled home a beauty from the corner of the box in the 4th minute of stoppage time.
Charlton's goal came from Jordan Cousins who would of course make the move across London in the summer ahead.
Look our for some superb stops from both goalkeepers too in the highlights below.
It may only be 2 years ago but only 4 of the 14 players involved in this clash against Charlton were involved against Hull at the weekend (Smithies, Onuoha, Robinson, Luongo)
On this day 8 years ago on 10 April 2010 QPR defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 at Selhurst Park with Neil Warnock triumphing over the club he left the month before.
Akos Buzsaky drilled in a spectacular 11th-minute opener from the edge of the area to put QPR in the driving seat.
The win was sealed just after the break when Kaspars Gorkss headed in from a corner.
Look out in the highlights below for Clint Hill in Palace colours forcing Cerny into a smart save when the score was 1-0.
It was a 6 pointer at the time as QPR went into the match having failed to win in 7 games. Defeat would have left the R's just 3 points outside the drop zone but the win effectively sealed our safety and of course Warnock took us to an unlikely title the next season
