I was going to check out my Dad's birthday, January 26, 1916 (during WW1 so perhaps matches suspended) but the attached listing only goes back to 1920/21 season, but one thing I did note was that almost all the fixtures that season were back to back home/away games against the same opponent, a list that includes Merthyr Town I wonder that the reason was behind that? http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/match/index.html?event=14;season=1920/21;team=336 Football League Division Three South /1920/21 /Queens Park Rangers /results Date Home Away August 1920 Sat 28 Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Watford September 1920 Thu 2 Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Northampton Town Sat 4 Watford 0-2 Queens Park Rangers Mon 6 Northampton Town 0-3 Queens Park Rangers Sat 11 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Reading Sat 18 Reading 0-0 Queens Park Rangers Sat 25 Queens Park Rangers 4-1 Luton Town October 1920 Sat 2 Luton Town 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Sat 9 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Southend United Sat 16 Southend United 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Sat 23 Swansea Town 1-3 Queens Park Rangers Sat 30 Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Swansea Town November 1920 Sat 6 Southampton 2-2 Queens Park Rangers Sat 13 Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Southampton Sat 20 Grimsby Town 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Sat 27 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Grimsby Town December 1920 Sat 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Sat 11 Queens Park Rangers 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 18 Queens Park Rangers 3-0 Crystal Palace Sat 25 Brentford 0-2 Queens Park Rangers Mon 27 Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Brentford January 1921 Sat 1 Crystal Palace 0-0 Queens Park Rangers Sat 15 Merthyr Town 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Sat 22 Queens Park Rangers 4-2 Merthyr Town February 1921 Sat 5 Norwich City 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Sat 12 Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Thu 17 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Norwich City Sat 26 Exeter City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers March 1921 Sat 5 Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Exeter City Sat 12 Millwall 0-0 Queens Park Rangers Thu 17 Queens Park Rangers 4-0 Plymouth Argyle Sat 19 Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Millwall Fri 25 Bristol Rovers 3-0 Queens Park Rangers Sat 26 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Newport County Mon 28 Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Bristol Rovers April 1921 Sat 2 Newport County 1-3 Queens Park Rangers Sat 9 Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Gillingham Sat 16 Gillingham 1-2 Queens Park Rangers Sat 23 Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Swindon Town Sat 30 Swindon Town 0-1 Queens Park Rangers May 1921 Mon 2 Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Portsmouth Sat 7 Portsmouth 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
When I arrived we were League Cup holders, Div3 Winners, (Jul 67) although the last result on 13/5 was a 2-1 defeat at Oxford and the start of the new season was a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth, not sure which one was closer. Great stats though! Kilburn - the days of four local derbies in a 15 day period over Christmas. Unusual though especially if you had to play the weakest/strongest team as the last match of the season.
Saturday May 31st 1952 3rd Div South Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Gillingham My dad was probably at the game!
Interesting, the year we lost JFK. Recently going through some old postcards sent from France during WWI, I noted that each year my Grandfather sent one for Dad (Jan 26th) and another for his wife (Jan 27th).
Good idea for a thread. Norwich were losing to Ipswich QPR were drawing with Watford, all in Division Three South! Head-to-head: Norwich 2 QPR 0, QPR 3 Norwich 1, honours even
I was going to check out my Dad's birthday, January 26, 1916 (during WW1 so perhaps matches suspended) but the attached listing only goes back to 1920/21 season, Saturday 1st January 1916 Scottish Division One (old)Table » Celtic 2-2 Rangers Dundee 1-1 Aberdeen Falkirk 1-2 Clyde Kilmarnock 1-1 St Mirren Morton 8-2 Airdrieonians (old) Motherwell 0-3 Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle 1-0 Third Lanark Queen's Park 2-2 Ayr United Raith Rovers 1-0 Dumbarton I wonder why Scottish football was still going on during the war was it too far for the zepellins to fly
this was the closest football results I could find for your dad kilburn Saturday 29th January 1916 Scottish Division One (old)Table » Airdrieonians (old) 2-1 Dumbarton Celtic 3-1 Ayr United Dundee 1-0 Clyde Falkirk 2-1 St Mirren Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Raith Rovers Kilmarnock 3-0 Hamilton Academical Morton 5-1 Hibernian Motherwell 2-2 Rangers Partick Thistle 5-0 Queen's Park Third Lanark 6-2 Aberdeen
I see Queen's Park, less Rangers, had a bad day, although my Grandfather was likely not too interested in that result.
why was football being played in Scotland was it womans football was football actually suspended in England during the wars
they don't like it up 'em! Scotland the brave: Tough 'kilties' battled for Britain in WWI please log in to view this image SCOTTISH STEEL: Soldiers from the London Scottish Regiment charge with fixed bayonets in 1914 http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...rave-Tough-kilties-battled-for-Britain-in-WWI Barca turn jock as they unveil their own brand of tartan please log in to view this image http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1038237/Barca-turn-jock-unveil-brand-tartan.htm please log in to view this image Kilt mixology in the streets of Glasgow for the Scotland vs Norway football match
