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Post by QPR Report on Oct 26, 2008 7:23:31 GMT
-Bump/Edit ..Below as I wrote some years back (with just a change of years) Even bigger than Chelsea or Tottenham or Liverpool...Manchester United Flashback 54 Years ago today: October 26, 1968, QPR played Manchester United at Loftus Road, just months after Man Ut had become the first English team to win the European Cup. To have Dennis Law, George Best, Bobby Charlton, Pat Crerand and Nobby Styles playing at Loftus Road pitch was beyond simply incredible, to being utterly surreal. 18 months earlier we'd be hosting Darlington and Workington on the same pitch. A then-record crowd (with the new South Africa Road Stand complete) of 31,138 saw QPR lose 3-2 with Mick Leach and Alan Wilks scoring for QPR. (Law and 2 Best from Man Ut for Man Ut - QPR brought out the, special Gold Cover programme (reserved for the biggest game  QPR - Kelly Harris Hazell Hunt Watson Keen Leach R Morgan Bridges Allen Wilks Man Ut Team Alex Stepney Shay Brennan David Sadler Tony Dunne Paddy Crerand Nobby Stiles Willie Morgan Bobby Charlton George Best Brian Kidd Denis Law www.11v11.com/matches/queens-park-rangers-v-manchester-united-26-october-1968-79951/And from Bushman Charlton, Law, Keen, Hazell and Allen  Macmoish - 25 Seconds from QPR's home defeat from 1968/69 QPR vs Manchester United  )(Unfortunately not the QPR Goals...
And then later that season (March 1969!)Don't mention the return 8-1 game at Old Trafford in March 1969!   Bushman's Archives on the 1968/69 Season in Photosqprreport.proboards.com/thread/22767/1st-division-1968-69-season
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Post by scarletpimple on Oct 26, 2008 10:44:48 GMT
I almost lost my job, cos i refused to miss that game, and had agreed ealier to work saturdays at Earls court motorshow for my company.........they were not pleased when i told them.
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Post by manta on Oct 26, 2010 13:00:29 GMT
Must have been a great atmosphere there and QPR fans realising the good times lay ahead! Btw the link doesn't work for me. |
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Post by Bushman on Oct 26, 2012 9:57:20 GMT
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Post by Bushman on Oct 26, 2012 10:20:48 GMT
Charlton, Law, Keen, Hazell and Allen |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2013 7:58:08 GMT
Bump ...
45 Years ago today
Can't really recapture the feeling/experience....
But think if we were playing Barcelona or Real Madrid in the European Championship....
It was just amazing that "Little QPR" were playing MANCHESTER UNITED...
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2013 8:02:44 GMT
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Post by alfaranger on Oct 26, 2013 10:14:36 GMT
Bump ... 45 Years ago today Can't really recapture the feeling/experience.... But think if we were playing Barcelona or Real Madrid in the European Championship.... It was just amazing that "Little QPR" were playing MANCHESTER UNITED... Full of euphoria having just beat Sheffield Wednesday. Lost 3-2 but Barry Bridges had just jumped over a loose ball virtually on the goal line instead of touching it and scoring - wonder if it would have made that much of a difference? |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2013 10:43:51 GMT
I remember the following week (or so) we then lost 4-3 at West Ham...so for a few games we were scoring goals and playing well... So who's to say a couple of points picked up...
We were never as bad as that only 18 points that season suggested
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2014 8:15:59 GMT
Bump...
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Post by stocky on Oct 26, 2014 8:44:17 GMT
Still have my programme-with Matt Busby's autograph addressed to me. Plus the Man U team's signatures in my small autograph book. Putting those away for my son! Bittersweet day though-think it was the last game I went to where dad was still manager?
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2014 9:23:10 GMT
Ah the Magic of the Programme back then. Much, much smaller than today. But every page a gem. And of course, pre- internet, no other way club communicated with Fans. And Fans found out what was happening; heard the view of the club; etc, etc Maybe because was younger, but those programmes were so great.  And even a more Fan belief that the board of QPR WERE QPR; doing their best for QPR. Knew what they were doing, etc - even in our time of turmoil. And of course this was the SPECIAL GOLD Cover  (Re Alec Stock, I thought he'd gone far earlier) |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2014 9:43:58 GMT
Man Ut Team www.11v11.com/matches/queens-park-rangers-v-manchester-united-26-october-1968-79951/Denis Law G George Best G George Best G Starting lineup: Starting lineup: Goalkeeper Alex Stepney Defender/Right back Shay Brennan Defender/Forward David Sadler Defender/Left back Tony Dunne Midfielder Paddy Crerand Midfielder Nobby Stiles Midfielder Willie Morgan Midfielder/Forward Bobby Charlton Midfielder/Forward George Best Forward Brian Kidd Forward Denis Law |
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Post by Bushman on Oct 26, 2014 10:32:04 GMT
Ah the Magic of the Programme back then. Much, much smaller than today. But every page a gem. And of course, pre- internet, no other way club communicated with Fans. And Fans found out what was happening; heard the view of the club; etc, etc Maybe because was younger, but those programmes were so great. And even a more Fan belief that the board of QPR WERE QPR; doing their best for QPR. Knew what they were doing, etc - even in our time of turmoil. And of course this was the SPECIAL GOLD Cover (Re Alec Stock, I thought he'd gone far earlier) Alec was still General Manager. Bill Dodgin was team manager. |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2014 10:38:03 GMT
I guess "The Doc" was the Harry Redknapp of his time (or would become) -
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Post by ingham on Oct 26, 2014 12:07:42 GMT
Yes, my memory - uncertain at this distance in time - is that Marsh was injured for much of the season, Les Allen had retired, Morgan had gone to Spurs, and Lazarus had also left or retired - and we'd swapped Peter Springett for his brother, who was many years past his England best.
Leaving us with a much weaker team than the one that won the Third Division. The reason given by older supporters was that Gregory put the money into the new stand.
Considering the way he strengthened the side in 1965-66, and, under Jago and Sexton in the 1970s, the gulf in quality is apparent.
My memory of a season I enjoyed (for the sheer wonder of being in the top flight, something I never even bothered to dream about) and suffered (for the results, and some games in the cold, wet and mud where we got hammered) is that we were not so much bad, as just extraordinarily WEAK. Really, really weak.
And the loss of the masterful Allen, who orchestrated so much, especially vital set pieces, in our most important games (League Cup SF, Wembley, Ipswich and Villa away in 68) means it it seems much less shocking looking back.
It is easy to forget that our defence was as noteworthy as our attack in 1966-68, absolutely miserly totals of goals conceded, especially 1967-68, when we couldn't hammer teams as freely as we did in the Third Division, and went up largely courtesy of what seemed like a succession of 1-0 and 2-0 wins.
It didn't sour our achievement in the years before, I don't think, because that was almost literally unbelievable, and because the team's weaknesses were so obvious, and we had an untried manager with the difficult job of salvaging something when he was utterly inexperienced, was a player, not even a coach at the Club, and it would have taken a George Graham or an even more steely lower league fighter of a manager to have reshaped that team without money and keep it up. A Pulis of the day, as it were.
Looking back, Gregory's thrift appears almost irrational. Did the new stand really transform our finances? I suppose so. Maybe the more expensive seats enabled us to fund Dave Thomas, Masson, Bowles et al in the even more astonishing attempt to snatch the title less than a decade on.
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2014 13:31:42 GMT
Opening Day: QPR Had a new Stand (actually didnt, because it wasnt finished!)
And our Opponents, Leicester, had a new Forward - Alan Clarke - Record Transfer Fee of 150,000 Pounds
About the same was spent on both.
Both clubs were relegated!
But as said before, the pure, pure Magic of being in the First Division was unequalled - Think of QPR being in the FA Cup Final...or QPR Winning the Title (Almost!) And multiply 10 or 100 times.
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Post by jbol on Oct 26, 2014 16:05:59 GMT
Here's a report on the painful 0-1 defeat vs. Leeds in January 1969 taken from the Mighty Mighty Whites website. It's one of the few games I remember from that season. Didn't Leeds score in the gloom because the floodlights came on 5 minutes late? "Leeds had another vital game in London the following Friday, facing bottom club Queens Park Rangers in a fixture brought forward from Good Friday. Don Revie later identified the match as the turning point of the season. "I am baffled that Rangers are not near the top, instead of at the bottom. We could have lost 4 or 5-1. That little bit of luck had swayed in our favour that night." The Londoners needed a point to get off the foot of the table, but nearly got both, hammering United from the start. They almost took a shock lead in the first minute. Roger Morgan's free kick beat Gary Sprake, but Jack Charlton had it covered. Apparently thinking it was going wide, he allowed it to drop over his head. The ball struck the post, sparing United embarrassment. It was United, though, who took the lead a minute later. Madeley brought the ball through from half way and got in a shot. It came back off the keeper and Jones fired home from around 12 yards. Rangers were quickly back at the visitors, and Leeds survived a penalty appeal in the first half. Just after the interval QPR were successful with another appeal for a spot kick but Sprake dived to his right to save Keetch's effort. United brought Belfitt on for the injured Giles as Rangers pushed yet harder. Rodney Marsh was having an inspired game and he and Mick Leach both came close to an equaliser before Frank Clarke missed a sitter. Sprake was then lucky to grab a fine glancing header by Clarke on the line. Shots continued to rain in on the United goal but somehow they survived to take home both points." www.mightyleeds.co.uk/seasons/196869part2.htm |
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Post by Bushman on Oct 26, 2014 22:30:13 GMT
Here's a report on the painful 0-1 defeat vs. Leeds in January 1969 taken from the Mighty Mighty Whites website. It's one of the few games I remember from that season. Didn't Leeds score in the gloom because the floodlights came on 5 minutes late? "Leeds had another vital game in London the following Friday, facing bottom club Queens Park Rangers in a fixture brought forward from Good Friday. Don Revie later identified the match as the turning point of the season. "I am baffled that Rangers are not near the top, instead of at the bottom. We could have lost 4 or 5-1. That little bit of luck had swayed in our favour that night." The Londoners needed a point to get off the foot of the table, but nearly got both, hammering United from the start. They almost took a shock lead in the first minute. Roger Morgan's free kick beat Gary Sprake, but Jack Charlton had it covered. Apparently thinking it was going wide, he allowed it to drop over his head. The ball struck the post, sparing United embarrassment. It was United, though, who took the lead a minute later. Madeley brought the ball through from half way and got in a shot. It came back off the keeper and Jones fired home from around 12 yards. Rangers were quickly back at the visitors, and Leeds survived a penalty appeal in the first half. Just after the interval QPR were successful with another appeal for a spot kick but Sprake dived to his right to save Keetch's effort. United brought Belfitt on for the injured Giles as Rangers pushed yet harder. Rodney Marsh was having an inspired game and he and Mick Leach both came close to an equaliser before Frank Clarke missed a sitter. Sprake was then lucky to grab a fine glancing header by Clarke on the line. Shots continued to rain in on the United goal but somehow they survived to take home both points." www.mightyleeds.co.uk/seasons/196869part2.htmMarsh ripped them to pieces that night, but we couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2015 7:18:04 GMT
25 Seconds from QPR's home defeat from 1968/69 QPR vs Manchester United )(Unfortunately not the QPR Goals... |
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2016 6:50:10 GMT
Bump...48 Years ago
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Post by Macmoish on Oct 26, 2017 7:01:33 GMT
49 Years...
That feeling of AWE...Maybe we'll go up again; maybe we'll play them in the Cup. But that feeling of amazement won't be replicated
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Post by Lonegunmen on Oct 26, 2017 8:04:14 GMT
Best goal Denis Law ever scored was a cheeky one for Man City against United in 1974.
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)(Unfortunately not the QPR Goals...
