please log in to view this image Cardiff City vs QPR The Championship Monday 26th December at 17:15 Cardiff City Stadium please log in to view this image How to get there; Car : Approx 3 hours (148 mi) via M4 Train : STRIKES...Around 4 hours on the Piccadily line to Heathrow Central Bus station, then the 202 bus to Cardiff Coach Station, then a 25 minute walk. Cycle : 14 hours and 44 minutes, 171 miles along National Cycle Route 45. Previous history vs Cardiff; Games won: 40 Games drawn: 14 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 39 (2) Match preview; Cardiff sit 20th in the table, having won one of their last five...and returning after the World Cup they have only managed an away draw with Stoke, then a home draw with 22nd placed Blackpool. Their top scorer is Callum Robinson, with only 4 goals...and that is a telling stat as scoring goals has been their problem. Only bottom of the table Huddersfield Town (19) have scored less than Cardiff (20) so far this season. They've only conceded 28, one more than us, so it is pretty clear that their problems lie up front. Mark Hudson replaced Steve Morison in September after they won just two of their first nine games. As for us, after a disappointing return against Burnley, Critchley's arrival seemed to turn the tide, and led to a great win away. Depending if you believe the rumours or not, we've got the manager we originally wanted but without the price tag! Looking at the table, we are somehow still in the playoffs...I say 'somehow' as we lost four in a row! We need a couple of wins to solidify our position in the top six, and push on from there. Hope you all have a good one, shared with loved ones, and receive many QPR related gifts on Christmas morning. I mentioned to my wife that I haven't had a new QPR shirt for near on a decade, not sure she took the hint though...or she chose to ignore it. Team News QPR: Stefan Johansen will miss out, but Tyler Roberts and Luke Amos could return to the squad. Cardiff City: Isaak Davies will miss out. Pre-match Talk Neil Critchley (QPR head coach): “It will be a great game at a great stadium. "Cardiff have some very good players in their team and we know it will be a really tough game, but it's one we will look forward to off the back of a good victory at Preston last weekend. Three points on Monday would certainly set us up for two tough home games which follow shortly afterwards.” Mark Hudson (Cardiff manager): “They (QPR) are a good side, they have got good individuals, midfield, and a frontline with good rotations. "They got a good result from their last match, but we want to build on our last outing and will look to get the three points on Boxing Day.” ...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
Aaah, how sweet. Is the QPR board hosting a Christmas armistice between the towering twin pinnacles of principality based football (at least until Wrexham get up to speed)? It’s just like the trenches in the Great War on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas lads. Up the Rs.
Very accomodating of you. Have a great Christmas (I have a terrible feeling you'll have a good Boxing Day too)
You too. We are a complete unknown at the moment, good win last weekend, absolutely dire against Burnley the week before. New manager etc etc. I have no idea what to expect. I doubt you will see many Rs fans there with the trains and the stupid kick off time, which is a shame because our away support is usually great. I love Boxing Day games but the old tradition of having (relatively) local derbies and lunchtime kick offs seems to have been killed by telly.
I may have this wrong, but your team's sudden inconsistency seemed to coincide with all that speculation surrounding the manager and the subsequent uncertainty about a replacement. Fro what I have seen, QPR are considerably above the average of this term's Championship sides. For our part, we were hoping for a complete change of style in the way we play and we're ready to accept a mid table finish whilst in transition. However, after a really positive start, we seem determined to snatch regression from the jaws of progression. A manager sacked for unclear reasons and a replacement put in place in the cheap - again. Agree on the Boxing Day comments. Unfortunately, tradition isn't a profitable commodity for the media moguls. Anyway, for those heading down the M4, have a safe journey in both directions. Good luck for the rest of the season and I hope you make it to the promised land so that a West London derby is possible for this time next year. Stay safe and warm.
Can you stop being so nice and eloquent, your making it hard to hate your team for past atrocities ? Have a happy Christmas and a not so happy Boxing Day
Shout out to Aidan Magee who gave the R's a mention on GB News this morning............ For those of you who don't know him, he does the sports news on the weekends and was talking about Boxing Day Sports and the return of the Premier League, blah, blah,blah but then added that there's a full list of fixtures in the Championship an Leagues 1 and 2 and that Queens Park Rangers are away at Cardiff at 5:15 this evening....... Unfortunately one of the presenters let on that she didn't even know who Queens Park Rangers are even though they are broadcasting a stones throw from Shepherds Bush......
That is either a bad joke that didn't go down well, or really poor. Most people I talk about football with here (in Paris) know who QPR are.
