please log in to view this image Cardiff City vs QPR The Championship Saturday 12th August - 3pm The Cardiff City Stadium please log in to view this image How to get there; Car : Approx 3 hours (148 mi) via M4 Train : Around 2 hours 45 minutes via the circle line to Paddington, then mainline to Cardiff followed by the 92 bus for five stops. Cycle : 14 hours and 44 minutes, 171 miles along National Cycle Route 45. Previous history vs Cardiff; Games won: 40 Games drawn: 15 Games lost: 28 Ones to remember; 14 Nov 1931 Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers W 0-4 Division Three (South) 01 Oct 1932 Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers W 2-5 Division Three (South) 11 Feb 1933 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 5-1 Division Three (South) 21 Oct 1933 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 4-0 Division Three (South) 13 Feb 1937 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 6-0 Division Three (South) 27 Dec 1938 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 5-0 Division Three (South) 08 Sep 1970 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 4-0 League Cup 01 Jan 2020 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 6-1 League Championship 19 Oct 2021 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City W 3-0 League Championship Ones to forget; 08 Apr 1950 Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division Two 29 Nov 2002 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City L 0-4 League Division 2 25 May 2003 Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers L 1-0 League Division 2 Play-Offs - watching this goal go in was etched on my memory for ever; Players who have played for both; Wayne Fereday; 1980–1989 Queens Park Rangers 246 (21) 1994–1995 Cardiff City 44 (2) Trevor Sinclair; 1993–1998 Queens Park Rangers 167 (16) 2007–2008 Cardiff City 21 (1) Richard Langley; 1996–2003 Queens Park Rangers 133 (18) 2003–2005 Cardiff City 69 (8) 2005–2006 Queens Park Rangers 33 (3) Leon Jeanne; 1997–2001 Queens Park Rangers 12 (0) 2001–2002 Cardiff City 12 (3) Heidur Helguson; 2008–2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 7 (3) 2009–2012 Queens Park Rangers 68 (24) 2012–2013 Cardiff City 38 (8) Jordan Mutch; 2012–2014 Cardiff City 57 (7) 2014–2015 Queens Park Rangers 9 (0) Steven Caulker; 2013–2014 Cardiff City 38 (5) 2014–2017 Queens Park Rangers 50 (3) Alex Smithies; 2015–2018 Queens Park Rangers 107 (0) 2018– Cardiff City 64 (0) Junior Hoilett; 2012–2016 Queens Park Rangers 112 (12) 2016–2021 Cardiff City 173 (23) Albert Adomah; 2020 → Cardiff City (loan) 9 (0) 2020– Queens Park Rangers 104 (6) Josh Bowler; 2017 Queens Park Rangers 1 (0) 2023– → Cardiff City (loan) 1 (1) Match preview; There are a fair few things I don’t get, and still don’t get after Saturday. It felt like a new era going into the game, with Les Ferdinand having stepped down as Director of Football, Garett Ainsworth would surely be able to manage freely, and produce that free flowing football he’s been speaking about. Also, the club completed their first preseason in a shiny new training facility at Heston, a far cry from the Acton site we had in the 90’s, which was shared with my high school and had a building that looked like it was falling apart…but at least I could watch them training during science lessons, and once a player kicked their ball into my P.E lesson and I passed it back to them, hoping a scout would see and come over to chat, never happened…there was also the time I popped into the Tesco Express across the road after school and standing in line felt a large presence behind me in the queue…Danny ****tu really was a man mountain. Anyway, I digress. It felt like a new era. Then, less that a minute into the game, as Nick London was talking about the need for QPR to establish their authority in the midfield, Watford played three simple, quick, direct passes and carved us up, leaving Dele-Bashiru one on one with Begovic, to easily score the opener. To put this in perspective, just before the match started it was highlighted that Watford lost two of their main attacking players in the summer, Isaïla Sarr and João Pedro…but we made sure they weren’t missed as we allowed Watford to carve us open four times before half time. It was really grim, yet Ainsworth was able to see the positives, in some young players coming through…does it help the likes of Gubbins and Elijah-Dixon to lose 4-0 in their debut? As for our opposition this Saturday, Cardiff had a new manager come in over the summer, Errol Bulut, who joined having previously managed in Turkey. He bought in Aaron Ramsey, Josh Bowler, Dimitrios Goutas, Yakou Méïté, Karlan Grant, Iké Ugbo, all for free due to their transfer embargo, plus Eli King, Dillon Phillips, Ollie Denham returned from loans. They’ll be hoping to reverse their current trend, as since relegation from the top flight in 2019, they’ve finished 5th, then 8th, then 18th then 21st, not an encouraging trajectory. Enjoy if you are making the journey, and as always… …COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
I was half thinking about going until I saw it’s £160 return from here or you can do it for about £100 if you’re willing to do 5 hours each way. The local supporters club have a secret pub doing a screening three minutes walk away.
A sad story isn't it. Last reportedly broke his curfew and had a warrant issued for his arrest in September. Very sad waste of talent.
Your talking about the king of copy & paste! He can spot a typo from a 100 paces. Thanks for your informative write up, always enjoy them.
I forget the opponent and I could only have been about 8 but there was a bleak night game where he absolutely tore it up. 12 appearances for us apparently. I’d have guessed fewer.
I know you will consign me to cloud cuckoo land but I'm going for an ugly 1 all draw. I'm assuming the players have some pride and will want to put in a better shift. PS. Changed my mind from above post as sun is out!
I'm hoping the Cardiff team have every conceivable non harmful non-life threatening medical aliment possible, that their bus breaks down, the coach has an almighty hangover, the managers' run off with the club owners' wife, an outbreak of the trots send the team to the sh1tters ................what else, oh, that our team can manage a 1-1 all draw.
