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Birmingham City vs QPR
The Championship
Friday 22nd September, 8pm
St Andrews Stadium
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Drive : Approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes down the M40.
Train: 2 hours and 33 minutes...Circle Line to Euston Square, then Avanti Mainline from Euston to Birmingham New Street, then a little walk to the #60 bus, which will take you to the ground.
Bike : Cycle route 6, 126 miles, 11 hours and 34 minutes. (20 minutes longer than last time we were away to Birmingham...how does Google know I'm not as fit these days?)
Previous history vs Birmingham City;
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 26
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)
Dion Sanderson;
2021–2022→ Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
2022→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023→ Birmingham City (loan) 31 (2)
2023– Birmingham City 7 (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
Marcus Bignot;
2001–2002 Queens Park Rangers 44 (1)
2004–2007 Queens Park Rangers 128 (0)
1998–2005 Birmingham City Ladies
John Eustace;
2018–2022 Queens Park Rangers (assistant)
2019 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2022– Birmingham City
Tyler Roberts;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (3)
2023– Birmingham City 1 (0)
Dion Sanderson;
2021–2022 → Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
2022 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 → Birmingham City (loan) 31 (2)
2023– Birmingham City 7 (0)
Ethan Laird;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 32 (1)
2023– Birmingham City 3 (0
Match Preview;
Onto Friday night, live on Sky, under the lights at St Andrew's next. Last time we played Birmingham City away was also a Friday night, and ended in a 2-0 home win. Here's hoping for a different result this Friday, but they are looking semi-decent so far this year. They started the season very strongly, with three wins and two draws in their first five games, but they"ve faltered a little in September. They started the month with a home draw against Millwall, and have then lost to Watford and Preston North End, both away games. Surely they'll be hoping for a positive result as they return to St Andrew's. Their top scorer Jay Stansfield has three goals so far, with Jutkiewicz, Bacuna and Hogan each with two goals.
As for us, Tuesday night was a frustrating one wasn't it. I spent most of my evening, as did Ilias Chair, looking for an obvious option in the final third, but Armstrong was all too often surrounded by opposition defenders, or being dragged to the floor so unable to receive the ball. Willock seemed pretty absent and didn't have much of an impact, and so it took a fantastic header from Dykes to rescue a point. I'm hoping that lessons will have been learnt, and maybe we'll start with Dykes, Armstrong and Chair on Friday night.
Team news : From Ainsworth's pre-match interview...we've got to work on Sinclair being a bit more sneaky...pleased with Willock's performance on Tuesday, great to see him out there...not much else unless I missed it.
...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
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