QPR - On This Day

13 November

On this day 35 years ago on 13 November 1982 QPR drew 2-2 against Blackburn at Loftus Road.

The R's were ahead, then 2-1 down before equalising to secure a draw. The QPR goalscorers were Allen and Fenwick.

The match was notable for a bizarre second goal for Blackburn where the ball appeared to bounce back onto the pitch off the top of the net before being converted. Terry Venables stormed down the touchline to confront the linesman and play was delayed in the chaos but the goal stood!

You can see it here:

15 November

On this day 14 years ago on 15 November 2003 QPR beat fellow promotion rivals Plymouth 3-0 in a fantastic performance at Loftus Road.

Kevin Gallen opened the scoring before half time. Tony Thorpe added a second with 20 mintues to go and 3 minutes later Gallen bagged his second of the afternoon to seal the victory in style.

The win sent QPR top of the table but of course in the end Plymouth would be Champions with the R's sealing 2nd place and promotion on the last day. The R's lost 1 less game than Plymouth across the season and were unbeaten at home but ultimately too many draws cost us the title.

On an interesting side note on 15 November Barnsley were actually second between QPR and Plymouth but they would finish 12th!

You can see all 3 goals here: (you can expand clicking the button in the bottom right)

Gallen 1:


Thorpe:


Gallen 2:

Definitely, lucky with the first goal - very poor goalkeeping - but I do remember we deserved that win.

Looking back at the home record and the squad we had we really should have won the league that year. As I said above we just drew too many games.

Great reminder of our past northwesthoop, but cannot see Loftus Road being turned into allotments as well - even to help the post-Brexit economy!

isn't he a preacher in Canada now?

20 November

On this day 35 years ago on 20 November 1982 we defeated Cambridge 4-1 away from home whilst on the way to securing the Division 2 title.

Steve Wicks and Tony Sealy scored first half goals for the R's before 2 second half goals from Clive Allen secured an emphatic win.

The highlights below are well worth watching for 2 superb goals from Clive Allen. His second especially would be getting played over and over if he scored it today.

Also watch out for our cheeky back pass to the keeper around 40 seconds in. It is weird to see that being legal! Actually pretty hilarious to see it and you can see why they changed the law as it was a get out of jail card!