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45 Years Ago Today...QPR Make it to Wembley Final
« Thread Started on Jan 26, 2011, 3:50pm »

Originally - QPR's 1967 SF Win - Nice Piece in Birmingham Mail

How QPR halted Birmingham City in their Carling Cup quest in 1967

* by Brian Halford, Birmingham Mail
* Jan 26 2011

FOUR years after lifting the League Cup, Blues knocked out Nottingham Forest, Ipswich, Grimsby and Sheffield United to find themselves one step from another final in 1967.

But then they ran into one of the country’s brightest emerging teams – and one of the most dynamic players around.

Queens Park Rangers were storming towards the Division Three title with fast, skilful football which was to bring them more than 100 goals in the league alone that season.

And the leader of their orchestra was Rodney Marsh.

While George Best was lighting up the north with his ineffable skills at Manchester United, down in west London the flamboyant Marsh matched him. Poor Blues were swept away in the semi-final.

Wary of a tough-looking second-leg assignment at Loftus Road, Blues manager Stan Cullis insisted that “nothing less than a two-goal advantage would be good enough” for his team from the first game at St Andrew’s. Blues 1 QPR 4 was not quite what he had in mind.

For 45 minutes, Blues were in command. They took a fourth-minute lead through Barry Bridges and kept the visitors’ roving midfielders reined in to lead 1-0 at the break. Then Rangers ran riot.

Marsh equalised with a 56th-minute glancing header. Nine minutes later, Mark Lazarus, tormenting the Blues defence, set up Ian Morgan who made it 2-1. Marsh then twice unlocked the back-line for Lazarus to add a third and Les Allen a fourth to virtually settle the tie a minute from time to the dismay of most in the 34,295 crowd.

“We were well-beaten by a side without any apparent weaknesses,” admitted Cullis, though there was some consolation in the form of generous post-match words from his QPR counterpart Alec Stock.

“First of all I must say how impressed we all were with the sportsmanship of the Birmingham people,” he said. “Our aim is to become a club like Birmingham City. They have the right approach to the modern game.”

Rangers’ supporters turned up for the second leg ready to party and, though Blues fought hard to keep the tide at bay, eventually the floodgates opened again. After 54 minutes Marsh’s cross-shot looped over a static Jim Herriott.

Eric Barber gave Blues a crumb of consolaion with a cleverly taken goal ten minutes from time but within seconds Mike Keen’s header had the home fans in full voice. When, two minutes later, Malcolm Beard’s slip allowed Marsh in to make it 3-1 – 7-2 on aggregate, the blue-and-white hooped party got into full swing, especially among those of their supporters who had backed Josh Gifford that afternoon as he rode a treble, all trained by Ryan Price, at Plumpton.

Blues had been well-beaten but by one of the coming forces in English football – and Rangers’ party was to carry on at Wembley where Marsh was on target again in a thrilling 3-2 final win over Albion.

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Re: QPR's 1967 SF Win - Nice Piece in Birmingham M
« Reply #1 on Jan 26, 2011, 4:10pm »

Nice one.

Sorry to say, I want West Ham to turn them over as well.

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Re: QPR's 1967 SF Win - Nice Piece in Birmingham M
« Reply #2 on Jan 27, 2011, 5:27am »

“We were well-beaten by a side without any apparent weaknesses,” admitted Cullis, though there was some consolation in the form of generous post-match words from his QPR counterpart Alec Stock.

“First of all I must say how impressed we all were with the sportsmanship of the Birmingham people,” he said. “Our aim is to become a club like Birmingham City. They have the right approach to the modern game.”

At first I thought this was a conversation between Alex Fergusson and Arsene Wenger, then I looked at the date again. How times and attitudes have changed. From professional courtesy and good sportsmanship to the Alex and Arsene show of today.

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Re: QPR's 1967 SF Win - Nice Piece in Birmingham M
« Reply #3 on Feb 7, 2011, 7:29am »

Edit a year:

February 7, 1967 - Second Leg

45 Years ago... Second leg of the Semi - Final...QPR 3 Birmingham 1 and QPR off to Wembley and eternal glory

Almost 25,000.... 2 from Marsh...1 from Keen...
Same team as for the Final itself

Three weeks previously, in the Semi-final first leg. QPR had traveled to Birmingham and won 4-1 (Marsh, R. Morgan, Lazarus & Allen). At Loftus Road, almost 25,000 saw QPR win the second leg 3-1 (Marsh 2 and Keen) to get to play WBA at Wembley the following month. QPR's team 40 years ago, today was the same as the first leg with one exception: Hazell coming in for Ian Watson.

Springett
Hazell Hunt Sibley Langley
Lazarus Keen Sanderson Morgan
Marsh Allen

A (partial) "Where are They Now" of the 1967 Team - Sunday Times "Where Are They Now" - FROM 2003
http://www.ynw62.dial.pipex.com/caught3.htm

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« Reply #5 on Feb 7, 2011, 1:26pm »

Rangers On The March

From inside the Semi- Final 2nd leg programme.

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How they got there.

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Feb 7, 2011, 7:29am, Macmoish wrote:

44 Years ago... Second leg of the Semi - Final...QPR 3 Birmingham 1 and QPR off to Wembley and eternal glory

Almost 25,000.... 2 from Marsh...1 from Keen...
Same team as for the Final itself

Three weeks previously, in the Semi-final first leg. QPR had traveled to Birmingham and won 4-1 (Marsh, R. Morgan, Lazarus & Allen). At Loftus Road, almost 25,000 saw QPR win the second leg 3-1 (Marsh 2 and Keen) to get to play WBA at Wembley the following month. QPR's team 40 years ago, today was the same as the first leg with one exception: Hazell coming in for Ian Watson.

Springett
Hazell Hunt Sibley Langley
Lazarus Keen Sanderson Morgan
Marsh Allen

A (partial) "Where are They Now" of the 1967 Team - Sunday Times "Where Are They Now" - FROM 2003
http://www.ynw62.dial.pipex.com/caught3.htm

Team photo taken from Birmingham City Semi-Final 1st leg programme

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« Reply #8 on Feb 7, 2011, 1:47pm »

Thanks - as always!

Ian Watson is the man who gets no appreciation for his part in QPR Winning the League Cup which is a big shame, iven he played half the games that got us there. The club take the 11 finalists + non-playing sub...

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« Reply #9 on Feb 8, 2011, 1:08pm »

Does any footage still exist of the 2nd leg match? I remember seeing it on the telly (recorded highlights on Sportsnight perhaps). What stands out in my memory is the commentator (David Coleman?) screaming 'here comes Keen!!!!' as the captain rose at the Loft end to crash in a great header. I've searched the 'net to no avail, maybe it's been wiped.

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« Reply #10 on Feb 8, 2011, 1:19pm »

If it exists, I have never seen it...I've never seen any footage of any QPR football of 1966/67 (besides the League Cup Final) - or any pre-1967 video except the 1948 FA Cup game vs Derby and the 1920s game

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« Reply #11 on Feb 7, 2012, 7:38am »

Bump another year... 45 years ago today: We did it!

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