Match Day Thread Birmingham vs QPR

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How to get there;
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: 23
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)

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

Match Preview;
Birmingham sit 17th, having lost 2, drawn 2 and won 1 of their last five. Their top scorer is Scott Hogan, on 6 goals, and then Troy Deeney on 4 goals. Their last game was a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Blackburn, but all importantly, that loss was on the 18th of December. Their Boxing Day game vs Fulham and their last game vs Peterborough were both postponed...meaning they've had a nice two week Christmas break, whilst this will be our third game in 7 days. I know we are in the midst of unprecedented circumstances, but surely there must be a way of evening the playing field, just a bit.

Anyway, let's look at it another way...maybe they have all had a nice long Christmas break, they've kicked their feet back, had a few drinks on Christmas Day, munched a few extra mince pies and that second portion of Christmas pudding looked too good to resist...why not, they weren't playing for another week. It'll all come back to haunt them...they'll spend the first 20 minutes getting back up to speed, and by then, we'll be 0-2 up, and then in the second half, their lack of match practise will kick in, and we'll score another few.

Back to reality...it really doesn't seem right/fair, but life isn't fair...so we just need to get on with it.

Team news and manager comments to come when on the official, others can add what they know, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Cheers Dave.

Barry Bridges
David Seaman

 

Cheers Dave.

Amazing that Strolls can come up with yet more who have played for both that we forgot about a couple of months ago…..

Kind of looking forward to this. St Andrew’s is better than Villa Park but it’s hardly welcoming. Still deciding how to get there, train or car.

 

Or bike? Enjoy it. Hoping we go into it on a high after Bristol City.

 

What about Don Givens?

 

Don't know if the Covid was in their camp, though I think it was. If so that probably won't help them tomorrow, while we have looked rusty the last 2 games post Covid, and are hopefully a lot sharper tomorrow.

 

The late, great Bald Eagle, Jim Smith, managed both (as did Trev)

 

And Kneecap - but he's best forgotten about by both teams

 

Aw, I was trying to best forget him!

 

Long shot but does anyone know of a spare for tomorrow?

preferably a spare ticket rather than a spare anything else.

 

Another red button game apparently

 

Over 50 years ago but you'd have to go a long way to see a better hat-trick, pure class...

 

Do you know what SKy channel it’s on Goldie?

 

Are you sure?
Can't see it anywhere.

 

I would have thought it will be 403, Ellers. That seems to be the usual Championship football channel

 

I got it from here, but I agree I can't see it on the tv listings

https://www.skysports.com/championship-fixtures

 

Thanks mate.
Bloody hell I have done it again! I thought it was today!
I have been running around trying to find out what side we are on for a 2pm kick off.
I am a pillock.

 

No can't see it anywhere.

 

They're moving stuff around all over the place at the moment! As Col points out, there seems to be some uncertainty about Sky coverage. Internet listing suggests red button, but the TV listing seems to devote the football channel to live scores, so there's I can't say for certain which is right.

 

Doesn't the Sky Football motif and red button next to the game denote a red button game?

Put the mouse over the red button and it says "On Sky"