Match Day Thread QPR vs Luton

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QPR vs Luton Town
The Championship
Friday 19th November at 19:45
The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

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Previous meetings vs Luton;
Games won: 40
Games drawn: 29
Games lost: 31

Ones to remember;
25 Sep 1920 Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town W 4-1 Division Three (South)
25 Dec 1922 Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town W 4-0 Division Three (South)
06 Nov 1964 Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town W 7-1 League Division Three
15 Sep 1990 Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town W 6-1 League Division One
06 Jan 2001 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers D 3-3 FA Cup - cracking match that I was at, only my Dad managed to get tickets through a mate and we were sat in the Luton end...the restraint showed as we got our 90th minute equaliser was quite an achievement.

Ones to forget;
30 Jan 1926 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 Division Three (South)
28 Mar 1931 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers L 5-1 Division Three (South)
19 Mar 1932 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 Division Three (South)
11 Apr 1981 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Division Two

Players who have played for both;
Mike Keen;
1959–1969 Queens Park Rangers 393 (39)
1969–1972 Luton Town 144 (11)

John O'Rourke;
1963–1966 Luton Town 84 (64)
1971–1974 Q.P.R. 34 (12)

Don Givens;
1970–1972 Luton Town 83 (19)
1972–1978 Queens Park Rangers 242 (76)

Roy Wegerle;
1988–1990 Luton Town 45 (10)
1990–1992 Queens Park Rangers 65 (29)

Paul Walsh;
1982–1984 Luton Town 80 (25)
1991 → Queens Park Rangers (loan from Spurs) 2 (0)

Mark Stein;
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers 33 (4)
2000–2001 Luton Town 30 (3)

Tim Breaker;
1983–1990 Luton Town 210 (3)
1999–2001 Queens Park Rangers 44 (2)

Juergen Sommer;
1991–1995 Luton Town 82 (0)
1995–1998 Queens Park Rangers 66 (0)

Iain Dowie;
1988–1991 Luton Town 66 (15)
1998–2001 Queens Park Rangers 31 (2)

Kevin Gallen;
1994–2000 Queens Park Rangers 172 (36)
2001–2007 Queens Park Rangers 197 (54)
2008–2009 → Luton Town (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2011 Luton Town 60 (18)

Keith Rowland;
1998–2001 Queens Park Rangers 56 (3)
2001 → Luton Town (loan) 12 (2)

Richard Langley;
1996–2003 Queens Park Rangers 133 (18)
2005–2006 Queens Park Rangers 33 (3)
2006–2008 Luton Town 29 (1)

Tony Thorpe;
2002–2003 Luton Town 32 (15)
2003–2005 Queens Park Rangers 41 (10)

Kazengwa LuaLua;
2017 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (1)
2017 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 Luton Town 22 (2)
2019–2021 Luton Town 52 (5)

Match Preview;
Loftus Road on a Friday night, live on sky, what could go wrong? Our visitors, Luton Town, sit 11th in the table, having won two, lost two and drawn one of their last five. Their top scorer is Elijah Adebayo, with eight goals, just ahead of Harry Cornick who has 7. They have scored 26 compared to our 28 and conceded 22 compared to our 24, which suggests this game should have some goals in it. It doesn't always work that way though does it!

A quick glance at their squad and they have a decent set up, with experience in the likes of Cameron Jerome, and a number of young players too (I consider anyone who doesn't remember the 1998 World Cup as young). As for us, I'm really hoping that the international break will have given our players the chance to have a break, and we'll have a bit more energy which will translate into some clinical finishing when we put the pressure on, instead of putting the pressure on with no end result.

Team News:
QPR: Sam McCallum and Andre Gray will all miss out for the R’s, whilst Lee Wallace and Sam Field are pushing for a return

Luton Town: Luke Berry and Jordan Clarke will miss out, whilst Cameron Jerome is pushing for a start

Pre-match talk:
Mark Warburton (QPR Manager): “Luton are a very good team, but we just have to focus on ourselves and be ready for each game. This league is unique but hopefully, if we can reach the levels we know we’re capable of, we’ll be in a good place.”

Nathan Jones (Luton Town Manager): “QPR are a fantastic club with history, we know it’s a difficult game. They have a great squad and I expect them to be very strong and pose a huge threat to us and be a very good test.

Enjoy those who'll make it, and as always...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Gallen

 

Showing my age here but l remember a fellow who immigrated from the UK to Aus, by the name of Adrian Alston, who enjoy a short few years at the top of his game, scoring some great goals for Luton Town, Aussie and a few other teams.

 

Juergen Sommer (****e)
Keith Rowland (****e)

 

Were they related?

 

Yep, QPR have a long and very close relationship with players from the ****e family.

 

Did these people marry a lot?
We had a lot of players who sounded good when we bought them but when I saw them in the flesh,they had married, and were ****e now.

 

Luton

FFS

Cheers Dave.

 

Live on Sky.
Friday WGPGW?

 

Don Givens played for both…..

 

Didn't Roy Wegerle come from Luton?

 

Cape Town I think.

 

Correct.........

 

Bruce Ricoh.....Okay he didn't play for us but he was assistant manager during that ill fated managerial reign of Stewart Houston..... started his playing career at Luton....

 

The one to forget will always be the 1-0 defeat there in the cup despite them having zero shots on target and possibly zero shots at all. Rehman own goal.

The match was a replay of a replay when the original replay was rained off very late.

 

Gray is out of the game with the knee knock he received, Dykes, Dieng, Chair and Odebajo are all to have late fitness tests ! Doesn't sound too promising

 

Chair and Dieng are fit but tired/not trained.
Dykes has played for us with that injury. ...strange he didn't even make the Scitland bench though
I am sure Odebajo wont play (he is also on 1 yellow card away from suspension, as is Dickie). Yellow cards reset after the Huddersfield match

 

God that was the worst ever period of time in supporting the mighty hoops in last 40yrs

 

Did include the 4-4 at Port Vale though.

 

It's ****ing ludicrous we let Dykes go to the Scottish training camp at all ! You never see other clubs let players with injuries leave during international breaks, half the time they don't release their players when there's nothing wrong with them. If he had any doubt over this lingering injury , he should've been with our medical team or resting it at home.