QPR - On This Day

12 October

On this day 22 years ago on 12 October 1996 QPR drew 2-2 with Manchester City at Loftus Road

Nothing out of the ordinary there you may say, but the game included an absolute wonder strike from Trevor Sinclair, hitting a controlled volley lob over the keeper who was outside his box from all of 40 yards. He would of course score his famous overhead kick later the same season.

It was an eventful match with the R's squandering a 2-0 lead after Paul Murray had added a second. In typical QPR fashion as the commentator is saying we need to concentrate until half time we concede to go in 2-1 giving away the momentum. 22 years later nothing much has changed has it!!

Look out in the highlights below for a rather hilarious hand ball on the line from Andy Impey which led to City equalising from the penalty spot.

16 October

On this day 14 years ago on 16 October 2004 QPR made it an incredible 7 Championship wins in a row with a 1-0 win over West Ham at Loftus Road.

Matthew Rose was the unlikely hero, playing as left back he scored the winner on 22 minutes in front of a packed crowd of 18,363.

It moved the newly promoted hoops up to 3rd in the newly formed Championship table but it wasn't to last; the winning run would stop at 7 games, a feat we have not matched since.

In typical QPR fashion we lost the next 2 games (winning one of the following 5 matches overall) and would only win 3 of the next 15 games up to the new year after the run of 7 wins. We never change!

18 October

On this day 38 years ago on 18 October 1980 QPR drew 3-3 away at Derby County in a cracking Division 2 match at the Baseball Ground

The R's were 1-0 down and then 3-1 down but kept fighting and 2 goals in the last 10 minutes earned us a share of the spoils.

It was a day for some lesser known players from the past to make a name for themselves as Andy King scored his first 2 QPR goals either side of a Tommy Langley strike.

The fences make it look like a yard in a prison
How we ever had them at football grounds I never know
I love the away kit,always liked the adidas kits
The grass looked like my local park compared to today's carpet pitches,but players now trip over a blade of grass
It looked like a great game,really enjoyed the highlights

19 October

On this day 40 years ago QPR legend Clint Hill was born

Hill made 185 appearances for QPR over 6 years

If only every player played with the same commitment and determination as Clint...

Here is a video showing all 5 goals he scored in the blue and white hoops - who can forget his first Premier League goal aged 36 against Aston Villa when he ran off tugging at the QPR badge!



Happy 40th Birthday Clint Hill!

I enjoyed that video!   We certainly need ex-players like Shaun Derry & Clint Hill to progress with their certificates, gaining enough experience so they can return and do the job well. Look forward to that!

28 October

On this day a decade ago on 28 October 2008 Samuel Di Carmine had his 15 minutes of fame in a QPR shirt with a thunderbolt winner from 25 yards against Birmingham securing a 1-0 win for QPR.

Birmingham were top of the league and the R's were already down to 10 men before hitting the front but we hung on for a valuable 3 points.

Gareth Ainsworth was in caretaker charge with Briatore probably picking the team and it was his Italian protege Di Carmine who scored the memorable goal 10 years ago today which you can see below.