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Birmingham City vs QPR
The Championship
Friday 28th October, 8pm
St Andrews Stadium
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Drive : Approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes down the M40.
Train: 3 hours and 7 minutes...Circle Line to Euston Square, then Avanti Mainline to Nuneaton then the Cross Country line to Birmingham New Street, then a little walk to the 97 bus, which will take you to the ground.
Bike : Cycle route 6, 126 miles, 11 hours and 14 minutes.
Previous history vs Birmingham City;
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 24
Ones to remember;
17 Jan 1967 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Cup
17 Oct 1970 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City W 5-2 League Division Two
18 Feb 2017 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Championship
11 Dec 2019 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Championship
Ones to forget;
30 Aug 1969 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Division Two
23 Apr 1974 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
22 Mar 1975 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Division One
Players who have played for both:
Mike Hellawell
1955–1957 Queens Park Rangers 45 (7)
1957–1965 Birmingham City 178 (30)
Barry Bridges;
1966–1968 Birmingham City 83 (36)
1968–1970 Queens Park Rangers 72 (31)
Don Givens;
1972–1978 Queens Park Rangers 242 (76)
1978–1981 Birmingham City 59 (10)
Trevor Francis
1971–1979 Birmingham City 280 (119)
1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)
Mark Dennis
1978–1982 Birmingham City 130 (1)
1987–1988 Queens Park Rangers 28 (0)
David Seaman;
1984–1986 Birmingham City 75 (0)
1986–1990 Queens Park Rangers 141 (0)
Paul Furlong
1996–2002 Birmingham City 131 (50)
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (1)
2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2)
2002–2007 Queens Park Rangers 162 (54)
Tommy Williams;
2002–2004 Birmingham City 4 (0)
2002–2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (1)
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
Rowan Vine;
2007–2008 Birmingham City 17 (1)
2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (4)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 51 (5)
Lee Camp
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2018–2020 Birmingham City 80 (0)
Ravel Morrisson;
2012–2013 → Birmingham City (loan) 27 (3)
2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 15 (6)
2017 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
Managed both;
Jim Smith;
1978–1982 Birmingham City
1985–1988 Queens Park Rangers
Trevor Francis;
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers
1996–2001 Birmingham City
John Eustace;
2018–2022 Queens Park Rangers (assistant)
2019 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2022– Birmingham City
Match Preview;
Birmingham city sit 15th in the Championship, with 20 points. Their top scorer, and obvious main threat, is Scott Hogan who has 7 goals so far this season. In total, they've only scored 16 this season, only Coventry and Cardiff have scored less (12). A glance through their squad, and interesting to note that John Ruddy is still playing, and although he was expected to be back up when he signed in July, he has played 16 games for them...they also have Jobe Bellingham, younger brother of Jude Bellinham.
As for us, we sit 2nd, two points behind with Burnley, who won on Tuesday night, and level with Blackburn on 30 points. We have a game in hand on both those two teams. Our top scorer is still Willock on 6 goals, with Dykes now on 5. Willock is now back in training, but this game will surely come too soon. Would be so disappointing to bring him back too soon and have him out injured again (for further discussion on this topic go https://www.not606.com/threads/willock-set-to-return.403232/#post-16238207)
Team News
QPR: Late checks will be made on Chris Willock and Tyler Roberts.
Birmingham: George Friend could return. Gary Gardner, Nico Gordon, Przemyslaw Placheta and Marc Roberts are all likely to remain unavailable.
Pre-match Talk
Mick Beale (QPR head coach): "We’re delighted to have things back to normal and we’re excited about Friday’s game - it should be a great encounter.
"John’s another first-time manager who has done well. Him and Mark [Warburton] did a really positive job at QPR and he has put real spirit into Birmingham’s players.
"They have a very good squad with a range of different ages. This is a really tough away game."
John Eustace (Birmingham head coach): "I have nothing but good memories of my time at QPR.
"They are an excellent team with a really good manager - as long as we're competitive, we'll see where that takes us.
"The lads are angry with the goals we conceded (in Birmingham's defeat at Blackburn). We didn't deserve to lose the game and the players are looking to put that right."
COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
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