QPR V Chelsea

Foy takes charge of West London derby
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QPR welcome Chelsea FC .
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QPR boss set to decide on Nottingham Forest loanee

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Clint Hill
QPR boss set to decide on Nottingham Forest loanee

Ian Cooper Tuesday, October 18, 2011
12:00 PM

Hill could return to Rangers squad as Warnock looks to bolster his defence

Neil Warnock will today weigh up whether to recall Clint Hill from his loan with Nottingham Forest ahead of QPR’s match against Chelsea this weekend.

Left-back Hill was shipped out to the Championship side in September on a 93-day switch, but with QPR hit by defensive injuries in his absence, he could be in line for an early return.

Warnock confirmed: “We’ll discuss it today but it’s certainly a possibility – I’d have probably played him the other day against Blackburn if I’m honest.

“The problem is we had to have him playing matches, and we couldn’t call him back if we didn’t feel we could use him.”

Centre-back Danny Gabbidon is still recovering from a knee injury and is once again rated as a doubt for the match on Sunday, instead targeting the game at Tottenham on October 30.

But Warnock will be without the injured Matthew Connolly for at least another two weeks, with the versatile defender expected to be available for the game against Manchester City on November 5.

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I don't mind Foy. So long as it isn't Dean I don't mind who the ref is.

 

Or Webb, Clattenburg and Dowd

 

Looking forward to this one, haven't been to Rangers since the F.A.Cup match in 1970 which was billed as 'the battle of the strikers', Marsh v Osgood. Osgood went on to score a hat trick and claim MOM, Marsh was conspicuous by his absence as Chelsea ran out comfortable 2-4 winners. All six goals were scored by Chelsea players past & present ( Osgood 3, Webb, Venables & Bridges) Marsh who did little after this abject humiliation surfaced 47 years later on 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here' after being so deep in Ron Harris's pocket.

Carefree since 1905

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Jesus Christ Ginge--I was there too! I went to every game that year apart from the draw up at Burnley! In the final against Leeds at Wembley me and 5 of my mates came out of the ground in a great mass of bodies, and one of them spotted Brian Clough and called out to him "What did you reckon of our performance today Brian?" He turned round and marched against the tide of bodies leaving the stadium and stood there with us for a good 5 minutes giving us his appraisal of the game! What a man! I'll never forget him!

 

Top man our Brian
I went to the replay after that bloody Martin Dobson popped up with two goals at the Bridge bloody cold night in Burnley but Tommy Baldwin was imperious that night. Missed the final cos I couldn't get a ticket despite having all the bloody tokens But made the replay at OT....Pissed for a week mate

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My dad went to the Cup game in 70 and said Chelsea had two thirds of the ground over 20k there and thousands locked out. Loads in the loft etc. And then 40000 at the lane for the semi

 

I got up to OT too and had more than enough sauce afterwards myself! Me and my lot had enough beer to float a battleship!

 

QPR boss plots Chelsea shock
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NEIL Warnock insists there's no reason why QPR can't cause an upset in Sunday's west London derby against Chelsea.

Rangers go into this weekend's clash at Loftus Road still searching for their first home win of the season.

And boss Warnock sees no better time to get off the mark than against the Blues.

He said: “People will try and write us off, but the challenge of the Premier League is to try and do well against these teams.

“Who's to say we can't do well against the big teams. There will be one or two shocks this season and hopefully we can provide it.”



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As long as he's not one of those desperate to be best mates with the England players, having a smiley chat with 'JT' and 'Lamps'...

 

Steve Wicks
Former QPR and Chelsea star remembers the magic of the west London derby

Ian Cooper Wednesday, October 19, 2011
11:52 AM

Steve Wicks recalls a famous Rangers win from the 80s - and has some advice for Adel Taarabt

Having featured in QPR’s two most famous wins over Chelsea, Steve Wicks knows exactly what will be required when the Rs renew their bitter rivalry with the neighbours from the Kings Road on Sunday – good old-fashioned hard work.

Wicks is fondly remembered by QPR fans as a tall, imposing centre-half. After beginning his career as an apprentice at Chelsea, he moved to Derby County and then, in 1979, to QPR.

He quickly became a favourite at Loftus Road, earning his own song: “Six foot two, eyes are blue, Stevie Wicks is after you.”

In two spells at Rangers (1979-81 and 1981-86), Wicks lined up eight times against QPR’s arch-rivals, losing just once, and played in the QPR team which famously hammered John Hollins’ Chelsea side 6-0 in the league in March 1986.

But it is a match two months earlier, a 2-0 League Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge, which lives long in his memory – not as much for the result as for the manner in which it was achieved.

“That was probably the greatest game I played for QPR. We won 2-0, and I was captain,” remembers Wicks. “We drew the first game 1-1 at Loftus Road, and [Chelsea chairman] Ken Bates said they’d thrash us on grass at Stamford Bridge.

“It was nice to prove him wrong, and after being called a Chelsea reject it was a pretty special feeling.

“When I re-signed for QPR in 1981 I joined a real team, this was a side who would work their socks off for each other. They had real team spirit.

“The game has changed now, and managers have to deal with all kind of egos, but the qualities needed are the same – hard work and discipline.”

So can QPR win on Sunday?

“They’ve got one hell of a task on their hands, that’s for sure,” says Wicks. “We need to dig in.

“There will be times when we’re under real pressure, but we have to concentrate, close them down, hunt in packs and not allow them to play – let’s turn it into another cup match.

“Believe me, we need everybody to play to the absolute maximum.If one of the 11 doesn’t do that, then the rest of the team will be punished.

“There are two sides to the game. It’s all very well doing your fancy stuff on the ball, but when you don’t have it, you have to be disciplined, and conform to the rest of the team.

“That, for me, is where the likes of Adel Taarabt is a worry. If he’s in advanced positions and loses the ball, we’re on the back foot.

“I look at Taarabt now, and I think that if we’re up against it, with our backs to the wall, we’re in trouble.”

The pride of that 1986 League Cup win still resonates with Wicks, whose side went on to beat Liverpool in the semis, before losing to unfancied Oxford United in the

final at Wembley.

Wicks played some of the best football of his career during his second spell at QPR, first under Terry Venables, and latterly under Jim Smith.

By the time Venables left QPR for Barcelona in 1984, he had taken Rangers from mid-table in Division Two in 1981 to fifth in Division One and a place in Europe just three years later.

Looking back, Wicks says that period was the finest of his life in a football shirt.

“When Terry Venables was manager in the 80s, I’d say that was the best team I’ve ever played in,” he adds. “We felt like a big club, and no matter who we played, Liverpool, Manchester United, whoever, Terry always had something up his sleeve.

“The greatest player I ever played with was Tony Currie. He really knew how to put a shift in and represented everything that QPR stood for.”

Against Chelsea, however, and despite being the bigger, established club, QPR were frequently perceived as the underdogs.

They will be underdogs again on Sunday, when Chelsea’s modern-day superstars come calling, but against the likes of Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry and Juan Mata, Wicks says the current crop of QPR players would do well to adopt the spirit of the Hoops teams of old.

“Chelsea have moved up a level since Roman Abramovich came on board, and QPR have lost touch with them in terms of spending.

“They are renowned as probably one of the top six sides in Europe. Their holy grail is the Champions League, ours is survival.

“But this game is the one for all QPR fans – it was in our day, and it still is. All I could say to the players is: embrace it.

“The atmosphere will be fantastic. This is what you’ve worked so hard for, so don’t fear it.”

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I hate that too, totally unprofessional

 

Should be nice to see the Rangers full once more.

 

Two quotes stand out for me from SW:

“They are renowned as probably one of the top six sides in Europe.'

United, Chelsea, barcelona, real, bayern... who is sixth? City, Milan??

“But this game is the one for all QPR fans – it was in our day, and it still is. All I could say to the players is: embrace it.

“The atmosphere will be fantastic. This is what you’ve worked so hard for, so don’t fear it.”

Agree: a lot of fear from Rangers fans about the scoreline.

This is the day you have dreamed of for 16 years: playing Chelsea in the Prem.#

GO out and enjoy playing us.

 

Atmosphere should be fantastic, which I'll be able to enjoy while watching it online. Last week was a bit flat at times.

 

Ticket office told me it was sold out. Hope all we are QPR sing ourselves hoarse

 

Why is the atmos flat? Are fans pissed off with manager, owners, ticket prices?

First season up should be a joy but a lot Of Rangers I know are being very negative. Why is this?