Post by Macmoish on Apr 28, 2013 6:47:13 GMT
49 Years ago..."On This Day" in 1973 - One more game till our brilliant season ended, runners up to Burnley
QPR 2 Fulham 0 - Dave Clement & Stan Bowles
Parkes Clement Watson Venables Mancini Hazell Thomas Leach Francis Bowles Givens
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUEENS-PARK-RANGERS-V-FULHAM-28-APRIL-1973-PROMOTION-SOUVENIR-ISSUE-/231052247168?hash=item35cbc98080:g:KyYAAOxyYBJSMCj4
Via Bushman
Via Roller
From QPRNet's excellent interview with Terry
www.qprnet.com/index.php/interviews-2/int-players/52-interview-mancini
QPRnet.com: How did you end up wearing a wig on the pitch?
TS: We won promotion to the First Division and a scribe during the week wrote what a good side we were and what a credit to the First Division we would be. They went through the team and analysed us all like this, Phil Parkes – should play for England, Dave Clement – future international, Gerry Francis this and that etc etc. The only player that they said should be replaced as soon as possible was me. I think I only missed two games that season so it hurt a bit, you spend all season playing your best, you get promoted then before you’ve kicked a ball in the top flight people are writing you off saying “he’s crap, he’ll never make it”.
So after these write ups came out we played Fulham and I concocted this idea with Venables to wear a wig to confuse everyone. So I borrowed a wig from my wife and put it on before we went out, the place was packed out for the last game of the season, the crowd roared as we walked out and then you could hear this sort of murmuring going round “who the F*** is this, Mancini must have gone”. I always used to have a few headers before the game started and Venables knocked one up for me and I whipped the wig off and the crowd went berserk! I could have fallen over my feet that day and the fans would have thought it was a trick. I probably did actually!
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/40414/terry-mancini-wig
www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/match/index.html?event=9;season=1972%2F73;team=336
s Team P W D L GA Pts
1 Burnley (P) 42 24 14 4 2.057 62
2 QPR (P) 42 24 13 5 2.189 61
3 Aston Villa 42 18 14 10 1.085 50
4 Middlesbro 42 17 13 12 1.069 47
5 Bristol City 42 17 12 13 1.235 46
6 Sunderland 42 17 12 13 1.204 46
7 Blackpool 42 18 10 14 1.098 46
8 Oxford 42 19 7 16 1.209 45
9 Fulham 42 16 12 14 1.183 44
10 Sheff Weds 42 17 10 15 1.072 44
11 Millwall 42 16 10 16 1.170 42
12 Luton 42 15 11 16 0.830 41
13 Hull 42 14 12 16 1.084 40
14 Nott Forest 42 14 12 16 0.903 40
15 Orient 42 12 12 18 0.924 36
16 Swindon 42 10 16 16 0.766 36
17 Portsmouth 42 12 11 19 0.711 35
18 Carlisle 42 11 12 19 0.961 34
19 Preston NE 42 11 12 19 0.578 34
20 Cardiff 42 11 11 20 0.741 33
21 Huddersfield (R) 42 8 17 17 0.642 33
22 Brighton (R) 42 8 13 21 0.554 29
QPR 2 Fulham 0 - Dave Clement & Stan Bowles
Parkes Clement Watson Venables Mancini Hazell Thomas Leach Francis Bowles Givens
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUEENS-PARK-RANGERS-V-FULHAM-28-APRIL-1973-PROMOTION-SOUVENIR-ISSUE-/231052247168?hash=item35cbc98080:g:KyYAAOxyYBJSMCj4
Via Bushman
Via Roller
www.qprnet.com/index.php/interviews-2/int-players/52-interview-mancini
QPRnet.com: How did you end up wearing a wig on the pitch?
TS: We won promotion to the First Division and a scribe during the week wrote what a good side we were and what a credit to the First Division we would be. They went through the team and analysed us all like this, Phil Parkes – should play for England, Dave Clement – future international, Gerry Francis this and that etc etc. The only player that they said should be replaced as soon as possible was me. I think I only missed two games that season so it hurt a bit, you spend all season playing your best, you get promoted then before you’ve kicked a ball in the top flight people are writing you off saying “he’s crap, he’ll never make it”.
So after these write ups came out we played Fulham and I concocted this idea with Venables to wear a wig to confuse everyone. So I borrowed a wig from my wife and put it on before we went out, the place was packed out for the last game of the season, the crowd roared as we walked out and then you could hear this sort of murmuring going round “who the F*** is this, Mancini must have gone”. I always used to have a few headers before the game started and Venables knocked one up for me and I whipped the wig off and the crowd went berserk! I could have fallen over my feet that day and the fans would have thought it was a trick. I probably did actually!
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/40414/terry-mancini-wig
www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/match/index.html?event=9;season=1972%2F73;team=336
s Team P W D L GA Pts
1 Burnley (P) 42 24 14 4 2.057 62
2 QPR (P) 42 24 13 5 2.189 61
3 Aston Villa 42 18 14 10 1.085 50
4 Middlesbro 42 17 13 12 1.069 47
5 Bristol City 42 17 12 13 1.235 46
6 Sunderland 42 17 12 13 1.204 46
7 Blackpool 42 18 10 14 1.098 46
8 Oxford 42 19 7 16 1.209 45
9 Fulham 42 16 12 14 1.183 44
10 Sheff Weds 42 17 10 15 1.072 44
11 Millwall 42 16 10 16 1.170 42
12 Luton 42 15 11 16 0.830 41
13 Hull 42 14 12 16 1.084 40
14 Nott Forest 42 14 12 16 0.903 40
15 Orient 42 12 12 18 0.924 36
16 Swindon 42 10 16 16 0.766 36
17 Portsmouth 42 12 11 19 0.711 35
18 Carlisle 42 11 12 19 0.961 34
19 Preston NE 42 11 12 19 0.578 34
20 Cardiff 42 11 11 20 0.741 33
21 Huddersfield (R) 42 8 17 17 0.642 33
22 Brighton (R) 42 8 13 21 0.554 29
