On this day 4 years ago QPR defeated Nottingham Forest 5-2 in a seven goal thriller at Loftus Road.
Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring in just 67 seconds. Forest equalised on 37 minutes only for Junior Hoilett to restore the R's lead before half time.
Derbyshire headed in for Forest to make it 2-2 with just 15 minutes remaining but QPR then scored three goals in the last six minutes to seal the 5-2 win and give us confidence as the play-offs approached.
Nedum Onuoha's powerful strike made it 3-2 before Morrison and Zamora put gloss on the victory.
Our bogey team We haven't beaten them since have we We need to break that curse we have at their place Forest play like Brazil when they play us home and away for some reason
On this day 22 years ago on 13 April 1996 QPR lost 1-0 at Coventry to all but relegate the beleaguered hoops.
Kevin Gallen struck the crossbar TWICE, once in each half, and had an effort ruled out for offside as the unlucky R's just couldn't find a way through.
Eoin Jess bagged the only goal of the game on 70 minutes, heading home from close range.
Despite going down to 10 men when Andy Impey was sent off for a petulant kick QPR threw the kitchen sink at Coventry in the final minutes but couldn't find a way back. Look out for Juergen Sommer trying a header and even an overhead kick doing anything to try and get something out of the game for the R's but it wasn't to be and the defeat left QPR needing a miracle to survive.
Highlights below, well worth a watch despite the defeat:
Yes Kevin Gallen was incredible but just unable to score, he had real pace back then before his injury. He looks like a 1 man team in this game being honest!
On this day 24 years ago on 16 April 1994 QPR defeated Everton 2-1 at Loftus Road.
Despite going 1-0 down Devon White replied within 2 minutes with a goal that really has to be watched below... shocking defending from Everton, David Bardsley with a wild attempt, awful goalkeeping, there is nearly an own goal but Les Ferdinand deflects it AWAY from goal only for the ball to ricochet off Devon White into the net. Comedy 90's football in all its glory!
Les Ferdinand grabbed all 3 points for the hoops in the 88th minute latching on to a beautiful David Bardsley pass (or route one launch depending how you see it!) to strike the ball home.
Post by northwesthoop on Apr 17, 2018 10:05:30 GMT
17 April
On this day 42 years ago on 17 April 1976 QPR lost 3-2 to Norwich at Carrow Road in a defeat that cost us the league title.
The superhoops headed into this match undefeated in 12 games.
However this Easter Saturday clash ended in defeat and the defending was shambolic which makes it all the more frustrating.
The first goal is horrific and shows how nervous the QPR side were. 2 crazy headers across our own box left Norwich free to score. Despite a great goal from Dave Thomas to level it up at half time we found ourselves 3-1 behind in the second half.
Phil Parker could surely have caught the cross that led to the 2nd goal and then the 3rd goal looks offside to me!
Despite winning our last 2 games after this (and 13 of 15 overall in the run in) we missed out on the title by 1 point. This was the day we messed it up 42 years ago. What might have been...
Liverpool last match was against Wolverhampton who still had all to play for. If Wolverhampton had won they would have stayed up and we would have been champions. I have never been so angry at an other teams result. I spent all summer in a bad mood.
Post by northwesthoop on Apr 19, 2018 10:26:43 GMT
19 April
On this day 41 years ago on 19 April 1977 QPR defeated Manchester United 4-0 at Loftus Road.
Givens got the rout started in just 25 seconds with a lovely finish. Eddie Kelly then scored a beauty, well worth watching below, controlling the ball then volleying home from outside the box with the goalkeeper not even moving! Not a bad way to score your only ever goal in a hooped shirt.
Peter Eastoe added 2 in the second half, his first a cool finish when through on goal, his 2nd a diving header after a clever short corner routine.
It is a shame that we are unlikely to ever see our team put a club like Manchester United to the sword again in our lifetimes!
On this day 32 years ago on 20 April 1986 QPR were defeated 3-0 by Oxford in the League Cup final. 4 years on from our FA Cup defeat we suffered another painful loss.
The R's had scored 6 goals and we undefeated against Oxford in the 2 league meetings that season and were also undefeated in 8 games heading into the final... but could not get going at all in the match and did not muster a shot on target until the 72nd minute.
By that stage we were 2-0 down. A drab opening half an hour paved way for Oxford to score 5 minutes before the break and then again 5 minutes after it to deflate the QPR side. Oxford added their 3rd on 86 minutes to add gloss to their victory.
Will we ever get to the final of one of the 2 big domestic cups again?
I think Impey getting a red card but Hall, the Coventry player only getting a yellow seems most odd...
