Match Day Thread Reading vs QPR

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Reading vs QPR
The Championship
Saturday 11th September : 15:00
The Select Car Leasing Stadium

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How to get there;
Car: 37 miles and just under an hour down the M4.
Train : 1 hour 27 minutes - Hammersmith and City line to Paddignton, then GWR train to Reading then the 6 Emerald bus to the stadium.
Bike : An achievable 40.5 mile ride on cycle route 61.

Previous meetings;
Games won: 31
Games drawn: 25
Games lost: 42

Ones to remember;
11 Jan 1908 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 1-0 FA Cup
26 Feb 1938 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 3-0 Division Three (South)
17 Mar 1958 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 3-0 Division Three (South)
03 Oct 1960 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 5-2 League Division Three
14 Apr 1964 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 4-2 League Division Three
20 Oct 2009 Queens Park Rangers v Reading W 4-1 League Championship

Ones to forget;
16 Feb 1924 Queens Park Rangers v Reading L 1-4 Division Three (South)
23 Feb 1924 Reading v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 Division Three (South)
31 Mar 1934 Reading v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 Division Three (South)
21 Aug 1961 Queens Park Rangers v Reading L 3-6 League Division Three
16 Sep 1964 Reading v Queens Park Rangers L 5-3 League Division Three
23 Sep 1964 Reading v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Cup

Players who have played for both;
Les Ferdinand;
1987–1995 Queens Park Rangers 163 (80)
2005 Reading 12 (1)

Michael Meaker;
1990–1995 Queens Park Rangers 34 (1)
1995–1998 Reading 67 (2)

Steve Morrow;
1991 → Reading (loan) 10 (0)
1991 → Reading (loan) 3 (0)
1997 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 1 (1)
1997–2001 Queens Park Rangers 91 (1)

Matt Connolly;
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 116 (2)
2012 → Reading (loan) 6 (0)

Kaspars Gorkss;
2008–2011 Queens Park Rangers 114 (6)
2011–2014 Reading 81 (7)

Mikele Leighertwood;
2007–2011 Queens Park Rangers 131 (12)
2010–2011 → Reading (loan) 22 (1)
2011–2014 Reading 75 (6)

Alex Mcarthy;
2007–2014 Reading 70 (0)
2014–2015 Queens Park Rangers 3 (0)

Kevin Doyle;
2005–2009 Reading 157 (55)
2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9 (2)

Anton Ferdinand;
2011–2013 Queens Park Rangers 44 (0)
2014–2016 Reading 21 (0)

Jamie Mackie;
2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 85 (18)
2014–2015 → Reading (loan) 32 (5)
2015–2018 Queens Park Rangers 54 (6)

Junior Hoilett;
2012–2016 Queens Park Rangers 112 (12)
2021– Reading 2 (0)

Match Preview;​
I know we still have a week of international football to look forward, but in case Netherlands vs Turkey, France vs Finland and then England vs Poland doesn't get the blood pumping, thought I'd get this match day thread up nice and early so we can look forward to having a Rangers game again next Saturday.

Reading have lost 4 and won 1 this year, with their last game being a 4-0 loss to Huddersfield Town. They have scored 7 goals (John Swift is their top scorer...3 goals), which is more than anyone else outside the top 11, but they have conceded 13, which is at least 5 more than any other team in the division so far. This leaves them in 21st place, just 1 point above the relegation zone, but also 1 good win away from 13th, so it is early days.

As for us, my hope is that the international break will have been a chance to give the players a good break, and give those recovering from injury a chance to get better and back to full fitness. Sam Field is the only long-term absentee, having had knee surgery. Otherwise, the aim is surely to start where we left off having started the season with 3 wins and 2 draws, a start that sees us sit 3rd in the table.

Andre Gray has joined since our last game. He played under Warburton at Brentford, and so I'm assuming that means Warburton thinks highly of him, and that he should fit in well as a second half replacement for Austin alongside Dykes, or even to start. His goal scoring record isn't too prolific, having scored 19 in 113 games for Watford since 2017, but here's hoping he starts well and contributes a lot to the team.

I'll add team news and manager comments when they go on the official...enjoy those who'll be there (there is a separate thread about the ticket fiasco so I won't go into it here...) and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
 
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awjm said:
What happened? Sorry, I'm out of the loop on this one.
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The Morroccan football team including Chair and Adel were in Guinea the day before their game there, had already trained, when the military coup happened. They could hear gunshots from their hotel apparently and the borders to the country were reportedly closed. Their game was cancelled. The Morroccan FA claim they negotiated travel for the team out, there's info on their website..There are clips of them in their hotel, with Adel waiting for another bus, then more dramatically, from their bus on the way to the airport when what sounds like gunshots can be heard. Sounds like something for them to tell their grandchildren one day. Guess Chair will gave a game less than planned in his legs Saturday, no pun intended, ha.
 
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QPR Oslo said:
The Morroccan football team including Chair and Adel were in Guinea the day before their game there, had already trained, when the military coup happened. They could hear gunshots from their hotel apparently and the borders to the country were reportedly closed. Their game was cancelled. The Morroccan FA claim they negotiated travel for the team out, there's info on their website..There are clips of them in their hotel, with Adel waiting for another bus, then more dramatically, from their bus on the way to the airport when what sounds like gunshots can be heard. Sounds like something for them to tell their grandchildren one day. Guess Chair will gave a game less than planned in his legs Saturday, no pun intended, ha.
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Was adel waiting for the 220
 
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QPR Oslo said:
The Morroccan football team including Chair and Adel were in Guinea the day before their game there, had already trained, when the military coup happened. They could hear gunshots from their hotel apparently and the borders to the country were reportedly closed. Their game was cancelled. The Morroccan FA claim they negotiated travel for the team out, there's info on their website..There are clips of them in their hotel, with Adel waiting for another bus, then more dramatically, from their bus on the way to the airport when what sounds like gunshots can be heard. Sounds like something for them to tell their grandchildren one day. Guess Chair will gave a game less than planned in his legs Saturday, no pun intended, ha.
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Sound very traumatic. I hope it has not affected him in any psychological way.
 
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Did Lyndon Dykes get through the Scotland match injured?

Is there there any news on him?
 
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