Match Day Thread Bristol City vs QPR

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Bristol City vs QPR
The Championship
Saturday December 14th at 12:30pm
Ashton Gate

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Previous history vs Bristol City;
Games won: 38
Games drawn: 26
Games lost: 35

How to get there;
Drive : 116 miles...approx 2 hours 40 minutes along the M4.
Train : 2 hours and 47 minutes, on the tube to Paddington then Great Western to Bristol, then a walk to the R1/24 bus to the ground.
Bike : 11 hr 49 min (136 miles) via Bristol And Bath Railway Path

Ones to remember;
26 Dec 1936 Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City W 5-0 Division Three (South)
27 Sep 1980 Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City W 4-0 League Division Two

Ones to forget;
11 Apr 1925 Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 Division Three (South)
20 Apr 1935 Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers L 5-1 Division Three (South)

Players who have played for both;
Leroy Rosenoir;
1985–1987 Queens Park Rangers 38 (8)
1992–1994 Bristol City 51 (12)

Gregory Goodridge;
1995–1996 Queens Park Rangers 7 (1)
1996–2001 Bristol City 120 (14)

Aaron Brown;
1998–2004 Bristol City 160 (12)
2004–2006 Queens Park Rangers 3 (0)

Tommy Doherty;
1996–2005 Bristol City 189 (7)
2005–2008 Queens Park Rangers 15 (0)

Tony Thorpe;
1998–2002 Bristol City 128 (51)
2003–2005 Queens Park Rangers 41 (10)

Damien Stewart;
2006–2010 Queens Park Rangers 168 (13)
2010–2012 Bristol City 24 (1)

Bradley Orr;
2004–2010 Bristol City 229 (12)
2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 39 (1)

Steven Caulker;
2010–2011 → Bristol City (loan) 29 (2)
2014–2017 Queens Park Rangers 50 (3)

Albert Adomah;
2010–2013 Bristol City 131 (17)
2020–2024 Queens Park Rangers 121 (6)

Danny Simpson;
2013–2014 - Queens Park Rangers 37 (0)
2021 - present - Bristol City 4 (0)

Gary O'Neil;
2013–2014 - Queens Park Rangers 29 (1)
2016–2018 Bristol City 33 (1)

Luke Freeman;
2014–2017 Bristol City 105 (10)
2017–2019 Queens Park Rangers 104 (14)

Nahki Wells;
2018–2019 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 40 (7)
2019–2020 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (13)
2020 – Bristol City 151 (31)

Chris Martin;
2020–2023 Bristol City 88 (15)
2023 Queens Park Rangers 16 (4)

Rob Dickie;
2020–2023 - Queens Park Rangers119(6)
2023 – Bristol City 46 (5)

Sinclair Armstrong;
2020–2024 Queens Park Rangers 61 (3)
2024– Bristol City 16 (3)

Match Preview;
Our hosts, Bristol City, have drawn 1, lost 3 and won 1 in their last five. They sit 11th in the table, 6 points off the playoffs and 11 points off the relegation zone, so firmly mid-table. Their manager, Liam Manning, has been with them for just over a year now, and has won 18, drawn 19, and lost 19 of his 56 games in charge.

As for us, two wins on the bounce, five goals scored without conceding, and up to 19th and 4 points clear of the relegation zone. Another win could see us move up to as high as 14th, and into solid mid-table, but it is a challenging away trip. I was so encouraged watching last night, particularly that we went ahead and kept putting the pressure on, and didn't sit back. Alfie Lloyd showed amazing composure and maturity to leave the ball for Field to score the second...so good to see, and a sign of how well he has developed since breaking into the first team.

Team news and manager comments to go up asap, enjoy if you are making the trip to Bristol, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Cheers Dave

…errr, Sinclair Armstrong?

 

Literally posted it thinking 'I'm sure I am missing an obvious one.'

 

Cheers Dave

..........err, Trevor Challis entry - wrong Brizzle.

More importantly, all too often one of us says "Team that's not won at home for over a year, not scored for two months, hasn't beaten a London side since Domesday etc etc what can possibly go wrong?" Not to mention the irritating habit of former players scoring against us. (It's alright they've only got three playing for them) For once we can say 'won the last 4 in a row at Ashton Gate', before asking that question.

 

Ah. Damien Stewart. A perfect replacement for Danny ****tu and just as unpredictable. Solid and uncompromising but also prone to the occasional howler

 

From memory, we went from ****tu and Carlisle to Stewart and Zesh Rehman...then I moved to France.

 

Was it that bad? By the way, how could you forget Uncle Albert?

 

Just been told I am going for lunch with friends tomorrow, but it is ok because we'll be home for the football. I hate early kick-offs.

 

Leroy Rosenior

 

Our/my record there recently has been very good. Was there for the game just before New Year when Barbet got the late winner, one under Beale and last season. Horrendous rain after the game last season so we dived into a random pub rather than join the heavy traffic and it was made quite clear immediately that it wasn’t a place for half a dozen very respectful away fans. Cider nonces.

Anyway, heading down tomorrow at 7:30am with three others if the car makes it. Thanks Sky.

 

I was there for that Barbet winner, last time I seen us live...scenes when that last minute goal went in. Let's have some more of that on Saturday please

 

Geezer.

 

At Reading services. **** Sky Sports. **** 50 zones. **** Rob Dickie. **** the pope.

 

Nice one Dave

I read somewhere that Armstrong out injured so only Nakhi to worry about the ex player curse

Let's have it today

 

Or a Dickie thunderblast from 30 yards