My memory doesn't go back that far, but I do remember a great day out on the last day of the season when we beat Palace 6-0. Was just brilliant.
Plenty to choose from but one that stretched all the emotions was our last match of the 75-76 season. We were packed in like sardines in a 31,000 crowd and were at home to Leeds who were still a difficult team to beat despite being past their best. A goalless first half had the nerves right on edge and despite constant pressure we were making no progress until a goal arrived from the most unexpected source, a Dave Thomas header! The relief was palpable, we started to enjoy the game and with less than ten minutes to go Stan cut in from the right and stroked the ball home for a 2-0 win that nearly lifted the roof of the place. The scenes at the end were unforgettable with half the crowd on the pitch and for ten days we could dream we were champions until we were cruelly robbed in the last 15 minutes of the season by Liverpool.
Losing 1-0 to Grimsby on our way down to League 1 (3rd division in old money). Just about summed up what being a QPR fan is all about. I still renewed my season ticket and after a couple of years we came back up and now look at us. So for all the Chelsea supporters who started following their team after picking them to play on their X-Box in 2005 (see previous threads, it is true!) I can at least say with my hand on my heart "I was there when we were Sh*t!" The Man Utds, Arsenals and Chelseas of this world don't know the half of what it takes to be a real supporter. Not saying they don't love their teams but you have to experience the bad times to appreciate the good.
SH had the misfortune to go to Wolverhampton for that Liverpool game, couldn't get in the ground, had to stand on an embankment outside an office block opposite the ground where you could see a small part of the pitch, surrounded by thousands of 'pool fans, not a nice experience!!!! Still it was a great season
Many mentioned already, FA Cup Finals, 6-0 v Palace, the 2-0 v Liverpool on first day of the 75-6 season, but the one I remember best is the first one I went to QPR 3 (Givens 2, Bowles) Cardiff City 0 September 72. And they have extended highlights on YouiTube...
The ones mentioned after the 75/76 season I do remember and there are more than I realized. For me because I was a young lad in the above season,I naively thought and expected us to be challenging for that title every year, and so now a lot older and wiser appreciate how good that season was,but we ended with no trophy. So in a long winded way for me it was watching the skipper of QUEENS PARK RANGERS finally lift that trophy, the tears were rolling down my face,crying like a baby,and I always used to laugh when I saw fans of other clubs on the tv in tears. Hairs on the back of my neck up as I type this! Tis true the older you get the dafter you get!
I was there too Sooper, packed into the loft. i remember it as a 35,000 crowd, but I could be wrong! Fantastic memory. There are a few others to choose from too, including watching Rangers in the UEFA cup. But the one that I'd probably choose was standing on the north bank at Highbury in the FA Cup semi v WBA and kneeing my brother's future wife in the back as I jumped deliriously as Clive Allen scored the winner at our end. Fantastic day!!
Didn't get close to them ! It was mainly the youth team as I remember it I will dig out the programme to remember the scorers I played a few times against Peter O Sullivan (Brighton) in my prime in Premier Sunday Football he must have 45 plus and I was young and fit he would still run rings around us
In my 20-odd years supporting the Rs nothing, for me, beats the jubilation of Leeds at home last year.
Yes that was probably the game I enjoyed the best - like you say when Stan scored that winner we were Champions a while!
I started to write my ha’pennies worth to this thread this morning, but time got the better of me. I was going to pick Gary Micklewhite’s equaliser in the 5 – 5 with Newcastle. This goal was my initial reaction because unlike say the 4 – 1 at Old Traford or the 2 – 2 at Anfield I was there and I believe that the memory of these matches is more vivid if you were actually there rather than watching on television. I had got as far as writing “I wonder how many left when Wharton made the score 3 – 5 with 6 minutes to go" when I had a few flashbacks. Who else remembers Ian Dawes’ goal in the classic 4 – 3 win against Leicester which made us pretty much safe from relegation in 1984/5? He played a fantastic 1 – 2 with ?, burst into the penalty area and fired home passed Mark Wallington (who always seemed to reserve his best performances for us). Then Sammy Lee’s stunning volley against the same opponents in an F.A. Cup match in 1987 came to mind, quickly followed by Jonny Byrne’s late equaliser against Oxford after he had dribbled passed the whole of their defence, in a match we had completely dominated (their goal was yards offside). Brief thoughts of seeing us all but clinch promotion against Leeds in 82/83 and seeing the team parade the old division 2 trophy after the match against Wolves invaded my memory, but then all these got swamped by the “No Points Deduction” announcement and the emotional outpouring that followed. I had spent the whole week leading up to the Leeds match as almost a zombie, all my senses were dulled as I prepared for the worst. My first reaction was relief which slowly got replaced by elation. That has to be my most memorable QPR moment.
You make it hard to disagree with you Roller,but it's great that we all have different moments that we personally cherish!
I dont know why but i can always remember the floodlights failing during a raging blizzard in the 80's. Think it was against Nottingham Forest. Not our greatest moment but sticks in my mind for some weird reason.
Fans and Supporters shouldn't be thrown into one. Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea have always been well supported, despite the limited success of the latter and the long spell of mediocrity for the former. I'd put Newcastle and Sunderland up there was well. When Man Utd were relegated they were still getting the largest gates home and away in the country. Chelsea despite relegation still took significant numbers to away matches, 3rd only behind United and Liverpool. Arsenal have had large support since the 30s, the fact they were originally a South London club obviously helped. The real support these days tends to be at away matches as opposed to the many day trippers and tourists that tend to go to SB, Emirates and Old Trafford. Having said that a lot of support is heading that way due to prices because I've seen the same at Villa Park and Loftus Road. Real fans have been priced out. Fans are just part of the Sky era
