| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts 10:08 - Aug 19 with 1719 views | patrickswell |
There’s a little glass executive box positioned next to the away end there, which must be fun for the people who use it when Millwall visit. I have memories of a family in there giving it large when the game went from 0-0 to 2-0 to QPR.
Jon Nolan helping set up QPR’s first goal by picking the ball up on the right wing at halfway and then choosing to play a back pass along the ground to Matt Pennington in the left back position. Naturally, he underhit it and played it straight to Nakhi Wells who was now through 1:1 with Dean Gerken. Gerken saved Wells shot but couldn’t hold it and QPR scored from the rebound. Textbook shooting in the foot from a relegation bound side and textbook Jon Nolan as well.
But the abiding memory is poor Grant Ward going over to get the ball in the second half from a fan in a wheelchair. They waited till he got close enough and then hurled the ball at his face with all their might, all while milking the cheers of the crowd behind them, knowing that their status meant they were effectively untouchable. Grant must have felt like Town (and I) did, seething but impotent. Ten minutes later, he was carried off with the knee injury that ended his time here.
I also remember a Turnstile Blues article in which the author and his partner left the game early because QPR fans in the Stan Bowles Stand were giving her a load of mysoginistic abuse.
Love Clive Whittingham’s work; I feel for Gareth Ainsworth who has a tough job…but 3-0 please, Town. There’s some ghosts to be exorcised. |  | | |  |
| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 10:35 - Aug 19 with 1611 views | Steve_M |
I’m glad I missed that one, it was bad enough watching it on Sky. It wasn’t even our low
point against QPR that season….
We’ve had an odd record there in the last 20 years, six straight defeats, three in a row to a late goal, but before that four wins and a draw in the previous six including the 4-2 win under Royle, Magilton’s first win as manager and the glorious late 3-1 win with Stead, Counago and Walters scoring in 2009.
Re: the mysoginistic abuse, I’m glad you remember it as QPR didn’t even bother to respond to an email about it from my friend. They were happy to parade Chloe Kelly as a QPR fan after the Euros win though. |  |
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| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 10:36 - Aug 19 with 1607 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
Or all these 'playing for a draw' games under mccarthy at Loftus Road. And we'd still end up losing. |  | | |
| What a day on 10:43 - Aug 19 with 1574 views | Dyland |
| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 10:36 - Aug 19 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Or all these 'playing for a draw' games under mccarthy at Loftus Road. And we'd still end up losing. |
That was when he subbed off Lawrence for Dougie, whilst we were in the ascendancy at 1-1, and the final straw for me. Olimar summed it up on here perfectly at the time.
A week (or two) before the debacle at Lincoln, to boot. |  |
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| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 10:58 - Aug 19 with 1494 views | davblue |
was a horrible day. Nothing good about it. That was probably when i realised we had no chance of staying up watching that. |  | | |
| What a day on 11:03 - Aug 19 with 1475 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| What a day on 10:43 - Aug 19 by Dyland |
That was when he subbed off Lawrence for Dougie, whilst we were in the ascendancy at 1-1, and the final straw for me. Olimar summed it up on here perfectly at the time.
A week (or two) before the debacle at Lincoln, to boot. |
That goal from Lawrence wasn't bad! |  |
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| It was a cracker (though slight deflection if memory serves) on 11:05 - Aug 19 with 1475 views | Dyland |
He was on fire. We were all over them. Then McCarthy made a defensive sub, epitomising his stubborn point is good mantra whatever the circumstances. It was enough for me. Though obviously his treatment by some of our fanbase was embarrassing and out of order. | |
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| It was a cracker (though slight deflection if memory serves) on 11:19 - Aug 19 with 1418 views | patrickswell |
| It was a cracker (though slight deflection if memory serves) on 11:05 - Aug 19 by Dyland |
He was on fire. We were all over them. Then McCarthy made a defensive sub, epitomising his stubborn point is good mantra whatever the circumstances. It was enough for me. Though obviously his treatment by some of our fanbase was embarrassing and out of order. |
Celina’s goal there the following season was another cracker. We nearly saved a point in stoppage time but the ball wouldn’t come down quickly enough for the lesser spotted Tom Adeyemi to get a clean shot away and he ended up bumping it over the bar with his calf. | | | |
| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 11:37 - Aug 19 with 1323 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
I’m sure we’ve had a number of dour games against QPR. I remember going to Loftus Rd for a fairly grim one where the highlight was Tommy Smith losing a shoe… |  | | |
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| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 11:38 - Aug 19 with 1322 views | pennblue |
| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 10:35 - Aug 19 by Steve_M |
I’m glad I missed that one, it was bad enough watching it on Sky. It wasn’t even our low
point against QPR that season….
We’ve had an odd record there in the last 20 years, six straight defeats, three in a row to a late goal, but before that four wins and a draw in the previous six including the 4-2 win under Royle, Magilton’s first win as manager and the glorious late 3-1 win with Stead, Counago and Walters scoring in 2009.
Re: the mysoginistic abuse, I’m glad you remember it as QPR didn’t even bother to respond to an email about it from my friend. They were happy to parade Chloe Kelly as a QPR fan after the Euros win though. |
That 4-2 win was a cracker, pretty sure we had ambrose and bent that day and bent got a hat trick? | |
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| I hope we batter QPR today - the memory of Boxing Day 2018 still hurts on 12:15 - Aug 19 with 1232 views | Swansea_Blue |
This is one I always thought we’d easily win. I’m hoping that hasn’t jinxed it. QPR have been in a bit of a mess lately (but Sods Law and Ainsworth and all that…). |  |
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| What a day on 12:38 - Aug 19 with 1133 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| What a day on 10:43 - Aug 19 by Dyland |
That was when he subbed off Lawrence for Dougie, whilst we were in the ascendancy at 1-1, and the final straw for me. Olimar summed it up on here perfectly at the time.
A week (or two) before the debacle at Lincoln, to boot. |
We were all over them and all of sudden that cretin mccarthy resolved to make this bizarre substitution. Therefore we were deservedly punished.
Or the game in which Ryan Fraser had a season ending injury. 88 minutes of the battle between QPR and Bialkowski because the cretin played for a draw.
Or the game from his final season with us. 1-2 defeat and the only attacking attempts from us came after conceding goals.
It was all about him. | | | |
| Another memory of Loftus Rd on 13:13 - Aug 19 with 1032 views | Dyland |
1999/2000 season, I sat with one of my work suppliers and his son who were season ticket holders and bought me and a mate couple of tickets as well as beers and what have you. The won 3-1, with one Kiwomya-my-lord on the score sheet for QPR. It was April, and obviously a month later we'd win the play-offs... so yeh, I guess I'd take the same scoreline today with Andre scoring, and us winning the playoffs :)
Nah... 1-2 Town.
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