QPR - On This Day

01 November

On this day 42 years ago on 01 November 1975 the R's drew 1-1 away with Coventry. Don Givens gave QPR the lead but we could not secure all 3 points.

You can see highlights of another classic QPR match here:



It is also Happy Birthday to former R's defender Bradley Orr, a key member of the 2010/11 Promotion winning side - 35 today!

02 November

4 years ago today QPR beat Derby 2-1 at Loftus Road thanks to goals from Jermaine Jenas and Clint Hill (Eustace own goal depending how you view it) either side of a Derby equaliser.

It was a return to QPR for Steve McLaren who had been coaching at the R's before leaving to manager the Rams.

Sadly the match will be remember by most Rangers fans for the cruciate ligament injury sustained by Ale Faurlin late in the game. He had worked his way back into the team after being loaned out to Palermo at the end of the previous season. This was the second time he befell this fate and he would miss the rest of the season and battle back again, only to suffer the same injury for a 3rd time early the following season and miss that season too.

As for QPR and Derby the two sides would of course meet 6 months later in the play off final.

The highlights don't do it justice. It was a fantastic match and a fantastic performance against a team that contained most of the Czech national team.

Taarabt was a great player to watch
We've not had many like him in our team recently

08 November

On this day 3 years ago in 2014 QPR drew 2-2 against Manchester City.

It was a fantastic match under the lights at Loftus Road on a late Saturday kick off.

Despite leading twice thanks to Charlie Austin and an own goal, whilst also having 2 goals disallowed, the R's couldn't grab the 3 points they probably deserved. Sergio Aguero was the thorn in the side of QPR equalising twice.

It was an end to end, pulsating match that contained 41 attempts on goal. It was also another match that makes you wonder how that side could also be so awful at times and would end up finishing bottom!

You can see some highlights here:



And post match reaction here:

09 November

On 09 November 2010, 7 years ago, QPR drew 1-1 away at Portsmouth thanks to a last minute penalty from Tommy Smith.

The R's were a goal down and a man down after having Matt Connolly dismissed giving away the penalty that Pompey scored from.

But that R's team did not know how to lose and battled back, earning a 90th minute penalty which Smith converted against his former club to maintain QPR's unbeaten start to the league season.

QPR would remain unbeaten for another month.

Here are some of the penalty clips and the great scenes that followed: