Match Day Thread QPR vs Birmingham

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QPR vs Birmingham City
The Championship
Friday 29th March at 15:00
Loftus Road

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Previous meetings vs Birmingham City;
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 18
Games lost: 26

Ones to remember;
17 Jan 1967 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Cup
7 Feb 1967 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City 3-1 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)

Mike Kelly;
1966–1970 Queens Park Rangers 54 (0)
1970–1976 Birmingham City 62 (0)

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)

Matt Jackson;
1996 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 7 (0)
1996 → Birmingham City (loan) 10 (0)

Paul Peschisolido;
1992–1994 Birmingham City 43 (16)
1996 Birmingham City 9 (1)
2000→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (1)

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)

Andy Johnson;
1998–2002 Birmingham City 83 (8)
2012–2014 Queens Park Rangers 20 (2)

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

Richard Edghill;
2000 → Birmingham City (loan) 3 (0)
2003–2005 Queens Park Rangers 40 (0)

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 29 (1)

Ethan Laird;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 32 (1)
2023– Birmingham City 17 (0)

Andre Dozzell;
2021– Queens Park Rangers 88 (2)
2024– → Birmingham City (loan) 9 (1)

Tyler Roberts;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (3)
2023– Birmingham City 14 (0)


Match Preview;
Two wins, two draws and one loss in our last five suggests the tide is turning for us. That said, we're still only two places and one point outside the relegation zone. Our top scorers are Dykes and Chair with 5 a piece. Those two hitting the net a few times on Friday night would be splendid, because at present the only team between us and the relegation zone is our opponent on Friday, Birmingham City.

Birmingham have been on a terrible run, losing five and drawing one since their last win, 2-1 against Sunderland on February 17th. Their top scorer is Stansfield with 10 goals. Gary Rowett took over, albeit on a temporary basis, on March 19th, so he'll be looking to turn the ship at St Andrew's and get the points needed to keep Birmingham in The Championship.

Enjoy it if you can make it to HQ, team news and manager comments to go up when on the official, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

have we never played them before

 

Good to know someone is checking! Thanks.

 

Nice one Dave.

Looking forward to this.

 

Me too. I'll be booking the Westwood if you fancy it.

 

Rodneys’s hat-trick in 1970 always comes to mind

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...wqsBegQIDRAE&usg=AOvVaw2lLawt7rmyU5m_FEtrUzLS

 

Cheers, but got a Blues mate joining me early, will probably be in the C&S coming up from Hammersmith.

 

No problem.

 

Classic, classic six pointer.
Will nerves play a part?
Will Marti get the team selection right?
Will he start with Dykes?
Will the atmosphere be electric?

I shall be at the Albert Hall for Handel's Messiah. Trying to decide whether to switch phone off or silent so I can see alerts on my watch!!

Either way, COYRsss!

 

Paul Peschisolido

 

Shouldn't the 3-1 League Cup 2nd Leg in 67 be one of ganes to remember?

No pressure Dave.....

 

Loftus Road is sold out.




Gulp!

 

Both added.

 

Andy Johnson.

 

Hoping they play Dozzell

 

Ineligible. Roberts, Laird and Sanderson will all probably play at some point.

 

We should have put it in his contract that he had to play against us!

 

Matt Jackson

 

I think we should ban players who were only ever loaned to both clubs, and played a maximum of 10 games.