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53 Years ago....Roger Morgan Making his Tottenham Debut Vs QPR...
From the Bushman Archives
The Morgan Twins - Roger & Ian -
Born November 14, 1946
Identical twins Roger and Ian Morgan were two of a handful of players who put that unique stamp on QPR in the 1966-1968 period. And the devestation fans felt when Roger was sold to Spurs in February 1969 for a then club record fee 100,000 pounds (at a time when the British transfer record was 150,000 pounds.) And Ian Morgan was left behind, with rumours of him joining his brother at Spurs, later.
And the first game Roger played for Spurs after his transfer: Against QPR!
While with Spurs, ROger played for the England U-21 team; Ian didn't. Ian eventually joined Watford in October 1973, for 10,000 pounds.
Both made their QPR debuts in the 1964/65 season. Ian a few weeks earlier. Roger played in the League Cup Final. Ian was a non-playing sub. In total: Roger Morgan made 200+ appearances for QPR, scoring 39 goals. Ian played almost 200 games, scoring 26 goals.
See Also: Roger Morgan Sold to Tottenham - qprreport.proboards.com/thread/38382/roger-morgan-sold-spurs-nicholson
Roger Morgan Debut (and the Jimmy Greaves Fisted Goal!)
Also
Allen's Last Game for QPR - Match Report/summary from Feb 15, 1969
[Note: This was actually the last game Les Allen played for QPR - appropriately enough against Spurs - And the game in which Roger Morgan made his Spurs debut after having just been sold to Spurs for 100,000 pounds+]
FROM - www.mehstg.com/qprmatch.htm
"There was a frosty reception for recently signed Roger Morgan as he returned to Loftus Road, but it was only the freezing conditions that conspired to produce the chill. Most players on both teams wore gloves with Greaves donning fingerless fawn mittens.
Rangers were still near the bottom of the table and although both teams put on a good display of football in difficult conditions, the score was 0-0 at the break. The frosty pitch made errors likely and when Les Allen got past our defence, he put in a cross for Frank Clarke to head QPR into the lead soon after the second half started. It was late in the game that things swung Tottenham's way, with Mullery's free-kick being cleared and Morgan putting the ball back into the area for Jimmy Greaves to knock the ball past the keeper. The home side claimed Greaves had handled in the act of scoring, but the referee waved away their complaints.
Rangers almost won the game at the death with a shot from Ian Morgan (twin of Roger) being kicked off the line by Cyril Knowles to preserve the draw.
Teams :
QPR - , , , , Les Allen, Ian Morgan, Clarke
Spurs - Knowles, Mullery, Roger Morgan, Greaves
Attendance : - 30,013
Referee : - Report www.mehstg.com/qprmatch.htm
[Team: Kelly - Clement Hazell Hunt Watson
Morgan Sibley Allen
Bridges Clarke Marsh
QPR and Les Allen
From Bushman Archives
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/6503/allen-turns-thfc-double-team
And from Bushman Archives for 1966/67
Les Allen has his shirt ripped in the Watford match
- Les Allen/Wikipedia Profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Allen
- Dave Barton's Queens Park Rangers FC Site's warm Profile of Les Allen
www.queensparkrangersfc.com/lallen.htm
- Les Allen/Spurs Profile
Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/thread/6503#ixzz2tO8iVTpm
The Morgan twins were just part of what made QPR so different/special in those mid 1960 seasons
51 Years ago this week QPR's brilliant winger, Roger Morgan was sold to Spurs for 110,000 pounds (at a time when the British transfer record was 150,000 pounds). Twin brother Ian Morgan was rumoured to be joining Spurs later
Photo of Signing [No longer operative cache.gettyimages.com/xc/3271139.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=2C48553CC6AAB74CBF95D0A450498000A55A1E4F32AD3138 ]: Roger Morgan Signing for Spurs - Photo: "7th February 1969: Footballer Roger Morgan, (left), and Tottenham Hotspur FC manager Billy Nicholson at White Hart Lane, north London. Morgan is signing to play for Tottenham Hotspur. "
Both Roger and Ian made their QPR debuts in the 1964/65 season. Ian a few weeks earlier. Roger played in the League Cup Final (and scored). Ian was a non-playing sub. In total: Roger Morgan made 200+ appearances for QPR, scoring 39 goals. Ian played almost 200 games, scoring 26 goals.
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53 Years ago....Roger Morgan Making his Tottenham Debut Vs QPR...
From the Bushman Archives
The Morgan Twins - Roger & Ian -
Born November 14, 1946
Identical twins Roger and Ian Morgan were two of a handful of players who put that unique stamp on QPR in the 1966-1968 period. And the devestation fans felt when Roger was sold to Spurs in February 1969 for a then club record fee 100,000 pounds (at a time when the British transfer record was 150,000 pounds.) And Ian Morgan was left behind, with rumours of him joining his brother at Spurs, later.
And the first game Roger played for Spurs after his transfer: Against QPR!
While with Spurs, ROger played for the England U-21 team; Ian didn't. Ian eventually joined Watford in October 1973, for 10,000 pounds.
Both made their QPR debuts in the 1964/65 season. Ian a few weeks earlier. Roger played in the League Cup Final. Ian was a non-playing sub. In total: Roger Morgan made 200+ appearances for QPR, scoring 39 goals. Ian played almost 200 games, scoring 26 goals.
See Also: Roger Morgan Sold to Tottenham - qprreport.proboards.com/thread/38382/roger-morgan-sold-spurs-nicholson
Roger Morgan Debut (and the Jimmy Greaves Fisted Goal!)
Also
Allen's Last Game for QPR - Match Report/summary from Feb 15, 1969
[Note: This was actually the last game Les Allen played for QPR - appropriately enough against Spurs - And the game in which Roger Morgan made his Spurs debut after having just been sold to Spurs for 100,000 pounds+]
FROM - www.mehstg.com/qprmatch.htm
"There was a frosty reception for recently signed Roger Morgan as he returned to Loftus Road, but it was only the freezing conditions that conspired to produce the chill. Most players on both teams wore gloves with Greaves donning fingerless fawn mittens.
Rangers were still near the bottom of the table and although both teams put on a good display of football in difficult conditions, the score was 0-0 at the break. The frosty pitch made errors likely and when Les Allen got past our defence, he put in a cross for Frank Clarke to head QPR into the lead soon after the second half started. It was late in the game that things swung Tottenham's way, with Mullery's free-kick being cleared and Morgan putting the ball back into the area for Jimmy Greaves to knock the ball past the keeper. The home side claimed Greaves had handled in the act of scoring, but the referee waved away their complaints.
Rangers almost won the game at the death with a shot from Ian Morgan (twin of Roger) being kicked off the line by Cyril Knowles to preserve the draw.
Teams :
QPR - , , , , Les Allen, Ian Morgan, Clarke
Spurs - Knowles, Mullery, Roger Morgan, Greaves
Attendance : - 30,013
Referee : - Report www.mehstg.com/qprmatch.htm
[Team: Kelly - Clement Hazell Hunt Watson
Morgan Sibley Allen
Bridges Clarke Marsh
QPR and Les Allen
From Bushman Archives
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/6503/allen-turns-thfc-double-team
And from Bushman Archives for 1966/67
Les Allen has his shirt ripped in the Watford match
- Les Allen/Wikipedia Profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Allen
- Dave Barton's Queens Park Rangers FC Site's warm Profile of Les Allen
www.queensparkrangersfc.com/lallen.htm
- Les Allen/Spurs Profile
Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/thread/6503#ixzz2tO8iVTpm
The Morgan twins were just part of what made QPR so different/special in those mid 1960 seasons
51 Years ago this week QPR's brilliant winger, Roger Morgan was sold to Spurs for 110,000 pounds (at a time when the British transfer record was 150,000 pounds). Twin brother Ian Morgan was rumoured to be joining Spurs later
Photo of Signing [No longer operative cache.gettyimages.com/xc/3271139.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=2C48553CC6AAB74CBF95D0A450498000A55A1E4F32AD3138 ]: Roger Morgan Signing for Spurs - Photo: "7th February 1969: Footballer Roger Morgan, (left), and Tottenham Hotspur FC manager Billy Nicholson at White Hart Lane, north London. Morgan is signing to play for Tottenham Hotspur. "
Both Roger and Ian made their QPR debuts in the 1964/65 season. Ian a few weeks earlier. Roger played in the League Cup Final (and scored). Ian was a non-playing sub. In total: Roger Morgan made 200+ appearances for QPR, scoring 39 goals. Ian played almost 200 games, scoring 26 goals.
