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Preston North End vs QPR
Deepdale Stadium
Saturday 4th August 2018
3pm
Just under 4 hours and 227 miles by road.
3h31 minutes by tube from Shepherds Bush Market then Virgin Train from Euston.
Just over 21hour bike ride.
Previous Meetings;
Played : 41
Won : 10
Drawn : 16
Lost : 15
Only one previous meeting is really worth mentioning. Same video was posted last year, but still enjoyable to watch. It was a splendid afternoon that I remember well;
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Match Preview
Official;
R's head to Deepdale for opener
QUEENS PARK RANGERS and Steve McClaren’s first test of the season will be against Preston North End as the R’s head up north to Deepdale.
Rangers have enjoyed a good pre-season and picked up some morale-boosting results along the way but Saturday is where the real business starts.
Deepdale has not been a happy hunting ground for Rangers in recent years, with our last away victory against the Lilywhites over 38 years ago.
Our form away from Loftus Road is something that will have to be improved on this campaign. The R’s won just three away games all season last year and is something the players have alluded to fixing.
Preston, who finished just two points off the play-off positions last year, have not changed the key personnel of their squad too much for this season.
They lost full-back Gregory Cunningham to Cardiff but have kept all their other regular first-teamers. Alex Neil has brought in five new players including Graham Burke who scored 13 goals from nine games in the League of Ireland this year.
They’ve enjoyed a solid pre-season campaign, which has included a draw against Preston and most recently a 3-0 victory over Oldham Athletic.
Summers of these two teams can be summarised by looking at the transfer action that has already taken place;
For QPR;
COMPLETED INS FROM FEE
Toni Leistner Union Berlin Free
COMPLETED OUTS TO FEE
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Unassigned Players Released
Jamie Mackie Oxford United Free
Nedum Onuoha Unassigned Players Released
James Perch Unassigned Players Released
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest Undisclosed
Alex Smithies Cardiff City Undisclosed
For PNE;
COMPLETED INS FROM FEE
Graham Burke Shamrock Rovers Undisclosed
Michael Crowe Ipswich Town Free
Andrew Hughes Peterborough United Undisclosed
Ryan Ledson Oxford United Undisclosed
Jordan Storey Exeter City Undisclosed
COMPLETED OUTS TO FEE
Greg Cunningham Cardiff City Undisclosed
Matthew Hudson Bury Undisclosed
Tommy Spurr Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
John Welsh Grimsby Town Free
We have seen a few key players leave Loftus Road, and with a transfer embargo now in place for January after the FFP result, I'm hoping there may still be space for one or two players still to come in before the window shuts, for us until the end of the season. I fear that we could have a long season ahead, and here's hoping that the younger players have come on leaps and bounds and are able to fill the gaps left by more experienced players. With the finances sorted, lets hope this year can now just be about football, and the players giving 100% and Steve Mclaren showing some tactical wisdom that makes us enjoyable to watch. We live in hope. COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPS!!!!
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