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Post by Macmoish on Jan 1, 2016 9:17:11 GMT
New Year's Day 1972 - QPR 3 Burnley 1 (and poor floodlights made TV watching difficult!) This was Jan. By Mid-March, Marsh had joined Man City...
As noted on QPR Report Blog a few years ago
Remembering another New Years Day game versus Burnley at Loftus Road: January 1, 1972. 14,600 saw the two promotion chasing teams (neither of which made it that year - both of which made it the following season: Burnley as Champions; QPR as runners up; with Dave Thomas switching sides!) And a couple months after this game, Marsh had moved on. QPR eventually won the game 3-1 with 2 from Mick Leach; 1 from Rodney Marsh . But really it was a question of the score not truly reflecting the game as Phil Parkes saving QPR with a bunch of brilliant saves. The game was also notable because when it was shown later on Match of The Day, on the TV it was almost impossible to watch/extremely fuzzy - such was the quality of our floodlights at the time.
The QPR Team on that Day:
Parkes Clement Hunt Mancini Hazell Francis Saul Venables Leach Marsh O'Rourke
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 1, 2016 9:20:49 GMT
Thinking about it: This may have been the last game, Rodney Marsh was show on TV wearing the hoops. (Almost certainly the last televized goal he scored for QPR)
He only played a very few more games for QPR. Then missed a couple of games injured, and then was sold to Man City on that black day in early March 1972
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 1, 2017 11:30:48 GMT
45 Years ago...
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 1, 2018 11:38:56 GMT
Bump
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 1, 2020 11:50:08 GMT
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