Match Day Thread QPR vs Swansea City

Previous meetings vs Swansea;
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 19

Ones to remember;
15 Jan 1966 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea Town W 6-2 League Division Three
26 Dec 2010 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City W 4-0 League Championship : I'll never tire of watching this clip, even though it was nearly 14 years ago;

11 Apr 2012 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City W 3-0 Premier League
13 Apr 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City W 4-0 League Championship
05 Jan 2020 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City W 5-1 FA Cup
Ones to forget;
02 Apr 1923 Swansea Town v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 Division Three (South)
18 Nov 2001 Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 FA Cup
18 Aug 2012 Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City L 0-5 Premier League.

Players who have played for both;
Robbie James;
1973–1983 Swansea City 393 (102)
1984–1987 Queens Park Rangers 87 (5)
1988–1990 Swansea City 90 (16)

Leighton James;
1977–1978 Queens Park Rangers 28 (4)
1980–1983 Swansea City 88 (27)

Jeremy Charles;
1976–1983 Swansea City 247 (53)
1983–1985 Queens Park Rangers 12 (5)

Gerry Francis;
1968–1979 Queens Park Rangers 295 (53)
1981–1982 Queens Park Rangers 17 (4)
1984 Swansea City 3 (0)

Karl Connolly;
2000–2003 Queens Park Rangers 72 (12)
2003–2004 Swansea City 10 (1)

Dennis Oli;
2000–2004 Queens Park Rangers 23 (0)
2004 Swansea City 1 (0)

Leon Knight;
2001 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 Swansea City 25 (19)

Marcus Bean;
2002–2006 Queens Park Rangers 67 (2)
2005 → Swansea City (loan) 8 (0)
2005 → Swansea City (loan) 9 (1)

Tom Williams;
2002–2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (1)
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2007 Swansea City 46 (0)
2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)

Daniel Nardiello;
2003 → Swansea City (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2008 Queens Park Rangers 8 (0)

Kevin McLeod;
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 8 (2)
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 1 (0)
2003–2005 Queens Park Rangers 58 (4)
2005–2006 Swansea City 44 (7)

Brian Murphy;
2003–2006 Swansea City 13 (0)
2011–2015 Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)

Scott Donnelly;
2004–2007 Queens Park Rangers 13 (0)
2010–2012 Swansea City 1 (0)

Keith Lowe;
2006 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 1 (0)
2006 → Swansea City (loan) 4 (0)

Scott Sinclair;
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9 (1)
2010–2012 Swansea City 82 (28)

Angel Rangel;
2007–2018 Swansea City 328 (9)
2018–2021 Queens Park Rangers 41 (2)

Jordi Lopez;
2009 Queens Park Rangers 10 (1)
2009–2011 Swansea City 15 (0)

Tamas Priskin;
2010 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 13 (1)
2011 → Swansea City (loan) 4 (1)

Steven Caulker;
2011–2012 → Swansea City (loan) 26 (0)
2014–2017 Queens Park Rangers 50 (3)

Wayne Routledge
2009–2010 Queens Park Rangers 44 (3)
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 20 (5)
2011–2021 Swansea City 259 (25)

Tom Carroll;
2013–2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (0)
2014–2015 → Swansea City (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2020 Swansea City 74 (1)
2020–2021 Queens Park Rangers 22 (0)

Leroy Fer;
2014–2016 Queens Park Rangers 48 (8)
2016 → Swansea City(loan) 11 (0)
2016–2019 Swansea City 79 (8)

Jake Bidwell;
2016–2019 Queens Park Rangers 122 (2)
2019–2022 Swansea City 92 (3)

Ryan Manning;
2015–2020 Queens Park Rangers 87 (7)
2018–2019 → Rotherham United (loan) 18 (4)
2020–2023 Swansea City 98 (7)

Ethan Laird;
2021–2022 → Swansea City (loan) 20 (0)
2022– → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 22 (1)

Jamal Lowe;
2020–2021 Swansea City 51 (14)
2023– → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 20 (3)
2023–2024 → Swansea City (loan) 35 (9)

Ben Hamer;
2021–2022 Swansea City 21 (0)
2025– Queens Park Rangers 7 (0)

Harrison Ashby;
2023–2024 → Swansea City (loan) 13 (1)
2024–2025 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 29 (0)

Match Preview;
Our visitors on Tuesday night, Swansea City, have lost two, drawn two and won one in their last five games. Their top scorer, and most obvious thread, is Zan Vipotnik, who has 21 league goals so far this season...so is also the highest scorer in the division. Sorry to have a moan, but honestly, what is it about us...Zan Vipotnik is a Slovenian striker, called Zan, who has been banging in the goals since joining Swansea in August 2024...30 goals in 90 games...with 23 coming this season. We signed a Slovenian striker, called Zan, who scored 2 in 21 games, before being loaned out. What is it about us? They sit 15th, on 57 points, so only a point behind us, but 4 places behind us.

As for us, after our 2-0 loss at Millwall, it is mathematically impossible for us to achieve anything this year, although realistically, most of us gave up on that quite a few games ago. We have surpassed our points total from last season (56), so that is a positive, but these last few games should, in my opinion, be used as training exercises to give players experience, try some new tactics, and ideally finish the season with some wins to carry a good feeling into the summer break. Our top scorer, Rumarn Burrell (10 goals), should be back from injury now, and he is only a goal ahead of Richard Kone, so that could be an interesting competition if they are in any way motivated by being the club's top scorer.

Team news and manager comments to go up if on the official, as always, add what you know...I'm still frustrated and bemused by the 'Zan' comparatives...infuriating.

Enjoy if you'll make it to HQ tomorrow night, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!