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QPR broke Bolton hearts with an injury time goal for the second time this season on Saturday, with matt Phillips scoring in the third minute of added time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Rangers.
It was one of those days in the north of England. A squall whipping in off the Irish Sea blanketed the north west with rain delivered in sheets, at speed.
In the futuristic floodlights atop Bolton Wanderers’ sparsely populated corner of a remote retail park, you could see the water whistling around in sweeping circles, waiting for its moment to descend another 200 feet and batter the few poor souls who cared enough about this match to turn up to watch it straight in the face. Thirty five rows back from the front, at the very back of the away end, QPR fans huddled together for warmth against a concrete wall were still drenched for their £25 admission. A drier, higher, second tier sat vacant and unused immediately behind them by way of further torment.
Bolton’s pitch, more mud than grass, looked to have another couple of hours left in it. Had this been an evening game, referee Jeremy Simpson may have had a call to make. One patch of bare earth stretching from the goal to the corner flag in front of the away end glistened under standing water, and the whole thing played like a skating rink – players struggling to keep their balance, the ball picking up pace and skidding off in random directions every time it landed.
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http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/42090/
QPR broke Bolton hearts with an injury time goal for the second time this season on Saturday, with matt Phillips scoring in the third minute of added time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Rangers.
It was one of those days in the north of England. A squall whipping in off the Irish Sea blanketed the north west with rain delivered in sheets, at speed.
In the futuristic floodlights atop Bolton Wanderers’ sparsely populated corner of a remote retail park, you could see the water whistling around in sweeping circles, waiting for its moment to descend another 200 feet and batter the few poor souls who cared enough about this match to turn up to watch it straight in the face. Thirty five rows back from the front, at the very back of the away end, QPR fans huddled together for warmth against a concrete wall were still drenched for their £25 admission. A drier, higher, second tier sat vacant and unused immediately behind them by way of further torment.
Bolton’s pitch, more mud than grass, looked to have another couple of hours left in it. Had this been an evening game, referee Jeremy Simpson may have had a call to make. One patch of bare earth stretching from the goal to the corner flag in front of the away end glistened under standing water, and the whole thing played like a skating rink – players struggling to keep their balance, the ball picking up pace and skidding off in random directions every time it landed.
read more at:
http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/42090/
