QPR - On This Day

Smith was a knob at Brentford
I remember when we got two late goals to draw with the bees and he kept going on and on about it
The result is done and dusted now and we have more points than you end of story

I agree Brentford are a good side
They played some good stuff when smith was there

05 November

2 years ago on 05 November 2016 QPR sacked Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

It seemed like the decision had already been made as, despite the R's getting a creditable 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest despite only having 10 men from the first half after Karl Henry was sent off, JFH was shown the door shortly after full time.

Hasselbaink won only 13 of his 47 matches in charge of QPR

09 November

On this day 16 years ago on 09 November 2002 QPR lost 1-0 at home to Northampton.

Former R's keeper Lee Harper didn't have a save to make in the Northampton goal as the hoops put in an insipid display. Paul Trollope's goal consigned QPR to defeat making it 5 games without a win at that point.

That run would extend to 9 games without a win (11 if you include 2 cup matches against Vauxhall Motors) and the defeat on this day against Northampton was the 2nd game in a run of 6 without even scoring a goal.

But we stuck with manager Ian Holloway, made the play offs at the end of the season and of course were promoted the following year. Are we going to be similarly rewarded for keeping the faith with Steve McClaren after his awful run earlier this season?

15 November

On this day 43 years ago on 15 November 1975 QPR drew 1-1 away at Ipswich

Ipswich deservedly took the lead in the first half but a fantastic late strike from Don Givens that had the home fans applauding gave the R's a share of the spoils

Look out for a Joey Barton-esque kick out from Gerry Francis that doesn't even get a mention that would be a certain red today

So no win for the R's who drew their 3rd match in a row but it is always great looking back at classic match highlights with players flying in for challenges all over the place!

23 November

On this day 50 years ago QPR beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Loftus Road. Nothing out of the ordinary there you may say...

However it was the R's only win in a 6 month period!!

Between 12 October and 12 April the win on this day 5 decades ago was our only win! (we even lost in the FA Cup)

Goals from Rodney Marsh (who played only his second game of the season after injury) and Tony Hazell gave the R's the points on this day but 15 defeats and 5 draws followed in the next 20 league games

Surely the worst season in the R's history? We finished bottom with 18 points from 42 games as after back to back promotions QPR struggled in the top flight. The average age of the Rangers side was merely 21 years of age.