please log in to view this image Sheffield United vs QPR The Championship Tuesday 4th October 2022 - 7:45pm Bramall Lane please log in to view this image How to get there; Drive : approx. 3 hours and 160 miles up the M1. Train : 3 hours an 4 minutes by tube to Kings Cross then mainline from St Pancras to Sheffield then 252 bus for 5 stops. Plane : Hour flight to Manchester then train/taxi through The Peak District Bike : National Cycle Route 6 for 175 miles, so approximately 15 hours 30 minutes. Previous Meetings vs Sheffield United; Games won: 18 Games drawn: 19 Games lost: 20 We've lost the last 5, so they did the double over us the previous two seasons we have been in the same league, 2021/22 and 2018/19. Ones to remember: 14 Apr 1952 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United W 4-2 League Division Two 22 Aug 1992 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United W 3-2 Premier League 30 Nov 1999 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United W 3-1 League Division 1 14 Aug 2010 Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers W 0-3 League Championship 04 Apr 2011 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United W 3-0 League Championship Ones to forget: 18 Feb 1950 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United L 1-3 League Division Two 24 Feb 1970 Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Division Two 17 Apr 1999 Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Division 1 16 Aug 2008 Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Championship 29 Apr 2022 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United L 1-3 League Championship Players who have played for both; Tony Currie 1968–1976 Sheffield United 313 (54) 1979–1982 Queens Park Rangers 81 (5) Steve Yates; 1993–1999 Queens Park Rangers 135 (2) 2002–2003 Sheffield United 12 (0) Brett Angel; 1996 → Sheffield United (loan) 6 (2) 2002–2003 Queens Park Rangers 13 (0) Paul Peschisolido 2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (1) 2001 → Sheffield United (loan) 5 (2) Georges Santos; 2000-2002 Sheffield United 68 (6) 2004-2006 Queens Park Rangers 77 (6) Paddy Kenny 2002–2010 Sheffield United 266 (0) 2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 77 (0) Shaun Derry 1998–2000 Sheffield United 72 (0) 2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 92 (1) Mikele Leigertwood; 2006–2007 Sheffield United 21 (0) 2007–2011 Queens Park Rangers 131 (12) Rob Hulse; 2006–2008 Sheffield United 50 (8) 2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 23 (2) Kyle Walker 2008–2009 Sheffield United 2 (0) 2009–2010 → Sheffield United (loan) 26 (0) 2010–2011→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 20 (0) Luke Freeman; 2017–2019 Queens Park Rangers 104 (14) 2019 – 2022 Sheffield United 15 (1) Jack Robinson; 2014–2018 Queens Park Rangers 39 (2) 2020– Sheffield United 44 (3) Match Preview; After a solid win, away at Bristol City, next up we face league leaders Sheffield United. They sit top of the division with 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss so far, and are before their 1-1 draw with Birmingham they had won four games in a row. They are the divisions joint top scorers, alongside Bristol City, with 20 goals in the opening 11 games. They have only conceded 6, second best in the division (Preston have only conceded 4, but only scored 3 ...is that a yawn emoji?). Iliman Ndiaye and Oliver McBurnie are their top scorers with 5 goals each. As for us, we now sit fifth, on 18 points, with 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The most encouraging part of the Bristol City game for me, was how positive we were. We got the ball forward as quickly as possible and whoever had the ball seemed to have runners giving them options, or creating space for others. It seemed a really positive display. We are certainly going to need to keep that going, and even up the level a bit, as we face tougher opposition on Tuesday night. Just a final observation. Surely it must go against us that we have travelled to Bristol and back on Saturday, and then head to Sheffield on Tuesday night, whilst they have two home games in a row. I know these things level out over the course of a whole season, but it must cause extra fatigue for our squad. Team News QPR: Rob Dickie is back from injury, while Jake Clarke-Salter and Kenneth Paal have recovered from the knocks which forced them off versus Bristol City. Taylor Richards returns to training on Thursday. Sheff Utd: Jayden Bogle could make his first start since February, but Anel Ahmedhodzic is not ready to return. Ciaran Clark, Jack Robinson, Enda Stevens, Ben Osborn and Billy Sharp remain unavailable. Pre-match Talk Mick Beale (QPR head coach): "It'll be a big test on the road again - just like Saturday was, just like Millwall was. "When you go into someone else's back yard, every game in the Championship seems to be an opportunity for the home side to get three points. We try to attack teams away from home as well and, even when we've been beaten so far this season, it's felt like points dropped. We've had enough control in games to have done better. "At our best, we'll cause anyone problems - but we have to be at our best. "We're aware of the quality in their (Sheffield United) ranks. I've come up against Paul Heckingbottom in the dugout previously, for Glasgow Rangers against Hibs. They're ten unbeaten and this will be as tough a game as we've had so far." Paul Heckingbottom (Sheff Utd head coach): "QPR have got some good attacking players. They are good on the counter have have players who can have big moments in games. We have to be wary of that. "There is a good hunger about them at the minute and they try to play out from the back to get those players capable of big moments on the ball. "It's obvious that Mick is making his mark on the team, and he has some good players to work with. I can see why he was excited about the job and the opportunity. "It's going to be tough, but we'll focus on us and our performance - and we'll try to make it as difficult as possible for them." Enjoy if you are making the trip, and as always...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
Sadly my usual crazy Saturday night plans have been scuppered by flu, so a night out would risk missing the 9pm paracetamol dose.
BLADES!! PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF SHEFFIELD! SEAN BEAN! COLIN ‘FOOKIN’ ****ER!! YOOOOORKKKKSSSHIIIIIRE! **** off Tykes, your nosebleed altitude won’t last.* COME ON YOU SOOPAHOOPSA!! Point please Mickey. Cheers Dave and get well soon, before those pesky French suggest a suppository. * I actually really like Sheffield, some great pubs (Wards is a lovely pint though it hasn’t been brewed in Sheff for decades), and really nice bits of the city. But the ‘seven hills just like Rome’ makes me laugh almost as much as ‘more miles of canal in Brum than Venice’ ( and many more prams and shopping trolleys in them too).
With the Micky Beale Revolution in full flight, l think this will be water off a ducks back. Sheff 0 - QPR 2 Footnote- This post was written with all fingers, legs, toes & arms, crossed. Please don’t ask me to get up & get a coldie from the bar fridge!
Shame this is coming so soon after the Bristol game, I hope our boys legs aren't shot from the exertions of that game. We desperately need Paal fit to play and Salter would be handy too. Think Dykes might start this game and possibly Amos too. Gonna be seriously tough and the midfield battle will be key, here's hoping for another Willock masterclass and Beale has the savvy to turn the whippet breeders over !
The last 2 times I've watched the hoops via the red button I've had a decent picture but commentary on a totally different game. Absolutely did my swede in, pouring a drink in the kitchen and hearing the commentator scream as a goal went in, and rushing back in only to realise that Luton had scored v Coventry and no one our game had ! Sky tools
Yep, and many others. Found an extensive list here; https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/amp/news/4534/qpr-v-sheff-utd-connections-and-memories ...but decided it would make the opening post too long if I added them all, so picked a few.
Yes of course. I just find the "I'd take a point" comment the most boring, repeated and negative comment on football forums. I think we should always be going for 3, especially in the Championship where really any team can beat another. Happily it seems Beale thinks the same.
**** me Ossie! Of course we all want 3 points. Of course we want them to always go out to win. No one is saying we should just play for a draw. However, having won at BC, it would still be a good result to then take a point away at the top of the league side. Sorry it was so boring for you.
