Match Day Thread QPR vs AFC Bournemouth

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QPR vs AFC Bournemouth
The FA CUP Third Round
Saturday January 6th - 3pm
Loftus Road

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Previous meetings vs Bournemouth;
Games won: 34
Games drawn: 15
Games lost: 29

Ones to remember;
02May 1931 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 3-0 Division Three (South)
25Sep 1946 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 3-0 Division Three (South)
19 Oct 1957 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 3-0 Division Three (South)
19Sep 1959 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 3-0 League Division Three
21May 1966 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 5-0 League Division Three
07 Mar 1967 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic W 4-0 League Division Three


Ones to forget;
05 Apr 1926 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 Division Three (South)
02 Oct 1926 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic v Queens Park Rangers L 6-2 Division Three (South)
05 Sep 1931 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic L 0-3 Division Three (South)
18 Jan 1933 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 Division Three (South)
01 Mar 1958 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 Division Three (South)
17 Jan 1959 Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic L 0-4 League Division Three
27 Dec 2021 Queens Park Rangers v AFC Bournemouth L 0-1 League Championship

Players who have played for both;
Noel Brian Bedford;
1956–1959 Bournemouth 75 (32)
1959–1965 Queens Park Rangers 258 (161)

Wayne Fereday;
1980–1989 Queens Park Rangers 246 (21)
1990–1991 A.F.C. Bournemouth 23 (0)

Tony Scully;
1994 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 10 (0)
1998–2001 Queens Park Rangers 40 (2)

Christer Warren;
1997–2000 Bournemouth 103 (13)
2000–2002 Queens Park Rangers 36 (0)

Jamie Cureton;
1995–1996 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 5 (0)
2004–2005 Queens Park Rangers 43 (6)

Leon Best;
2004–2005 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2006 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 15 (3)

Lee Camp;
2004 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2013–2014 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 AFC Bournemouth 31 (0)

Charlie Austin;
2009 - Pre-season trial will A.F.C Bournemouth who couldn't sign him as they had a transfer embargo at the time.
2013–2016 Queens Park Rangers 89 (48)
2021– → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 21 (8)
2021 - Queens Park Rangers 4 (1)

Asmir Begovic;
2007 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2021 AFC Bournemouth 107 (0)
2023– Queens Park Rangers 25 (0)

Marc Pugh;
2010–2019 AFC Bournemouth 274 (45)
2019–2020 Queens Park Rangers 27 (2)

Gary O'Neil;
2013–2014 Queens Park Rangers 29 (1)
2022-2023 AFC Bournemouth manager - Games : 37, Won : 11, Drew : 6, Lost : 20

Match Preview;
This weekend we have a cup tie against Premier League side Bournemouth FC. Before their defeat to Spurs on Sunday, Bournemouth had won 4 in a row, including a 0-3 victory at Old Trafford. Their top scorer is Dominic Solanke, with 13 so far this season, and it'll be interesting to see if their starting 11 are rested, or they play a strong side. Given our form, if they put out their best side, I don't hold much hope.

I'm sorry to say I haven't seen much that inspires hope from watching QPR in recent months. We had a nice little run of three wins in a row from November 28th to December 9th, but since then we've lost 4 and drawn 2, slipped into the relegation zone, and now sit 23rd, and 4 points from safety. Our next league game is on the 14th January, and so I had a look at the table from the same date last year. We'd won 10, drawn 7 and lost 10. Looking at that, it means in the last calendar year, we've won 8, drawn 10 and lost 27. We've gone through two managers, Critchley and Ainsworth, and seen massive dips in form from some of our key players. All makes for rather grim reading, and I know I should launch into a fantasy about the magic of the FA Cup, but sadly, with this bunch of players I just don't see it happening. A mixture of lack of ability and lack of desire means I am just hoping we get enough on the board this season to stay up, I have no hope of a cup run. I made it to the Southampton game, and it was just frustrating to watch such slow and predictable build up play.

Enjoy if you'll be at the match, team news and manager comments to go up when on the official, and as always, no matter how bad it gets...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Wish we had a young Charlie with us at the moment.

 

Cheers Dave.

It’s actually AFC Bournemouth, and they get quite upset if you don’t include the AFC, which is not an acronym for anything, was just put there to ensure that they come above Arsenal and Villa in alphabetical lists. Seriously.

Tells you everything you need to know about the mindset of these feckless ****ers, who get let off with a sub £5m FFP fine when they were pretty close to our idiocy in terms of annual overspend. Plus they gave Harold Redknapp a start in management. I dislike this club and it’s 8 fans intensely.

I won’t be going, I only attend cup games when the competition gets serious, sixth round.

It’s been a long time.

 

Begovic played for them but I’ll come back with a more interesting one

 

Leon Best of course. A go-to option for the few opponents Lee Camp didn’t play for.

 

Did they drop the Boscombe bit of their name or did I imagine that was ever a thing?

Anyway, not got a ticket yet but I’ll go along. Pray we don’t sack it off as it’s the one hope of some enjoyment this season but fully expect the Duke-Mckenna, Drewe etc. dregs of the squad to play.

 

Yeah, originally Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club.

I suppose we should be grateful to Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and especially Weymouth for ensuring that all the **** in Dorset is concentrated in these few places, leaving the rest of the county to be serenely beautiful.

 

Yes, went to Bournemouth to watch the mighty Bwood’s cup win and it was a real dump. The ex’s mum moved to a village outside Swanage and it was like living in an episode of Heartbeat. Nice for a couple of days but I’d probably throw myself off a cliff eventually living there. Maybe in 40 years.

 

Pretty sure we will put out a team of youngsters. We obviously wont get anywhere in the cup and staying in the Championship is the only objective this season and we need to increase our record of the worst performing team in the 3rd round.

 

Nice one Dave

O'Neil - manager for them and sent off for
us on OBZ Day

Nailed on win, Dykes hatrick

 

Fully expect Bournemouth B side to thump our B side, the last thing we need at the moment are more injuries to the first 11.

 

Tony Scully to add to the list. Fantastic in the 6-0 Palace game.

 

Good shout. One of my happiest memories at Loftus Road. Fantastic day.

 

So we are the worst performing team in the 3rd round and have the worst league record for the last 5 years?

 

Probably the only football league team to fail to beat a bunch of blokes working in a car factory twice too.

 

I've decided to go. I imagine it's rather like a drug habit, you know it's not going to do you any good but you just can't resist it.

 

See you there. I’ll be the one behind the goal.

 

A few of us are travelling from Ireland on cheap ryanair flights hoping against hope for a miracle

 

At least with class a’s there’s a high. I’m behind the goal too

 

Hope it doesn't make me a plastic fan but I'm not going. Enough torment just with the league.

We'll probably win now.