OTD in 1971 - Rodney Marsh's England Debut

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(November 10 1971) RODNEY MARSH made his England Debut - coming on as a late, late, sub against Switzerland at Wembley - the first QPR Player to play for England since Evelyn Lintott at the beginning of the century

That was such a proud, proud moment for QPR fans after years of chanting "Rodney for England"


Caps Club
Peter Leslie Shilton
3 Leicester City F.C., Leicester

Paul Edward Madeley
3 Leeds United A.F.C., Leeds
Terence "Terry" Cooper
19 Leeds United A.F.C., Leeds

Peter Edwin Storey
4 Arsenal F.C., London
Laurence Valentine "Larry" Lloyd
2 Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore Captain of team

91 West Ham United F.C., London
Mike Summerbee 83'
4 Manchester City F.C., Manchester
83' Martin Harcourt Chivers
7 Tottenham Hotspur F.C., London
Alan James Ball

52 Everton F.C., Liverpool
Geoffrey Charles Hurst
47 West Ham United F.C., London
Francis Henry Lee 83'
25 Manchester City F.C., Manchester

SUBS
83' Rodney William Marsh
1 Queens Park Rangers F.C., London
Emlyn Walter Hughes "Crazy Horse"
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Then a few months later, RODDDD NEEEE was sold to Man City for a massive 200,000 pounds....and QPR went on a 20 or 21 game unbeaten run (near the end of which, QPR signed Stan Bowles - and then Dave Thomas)

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Esso ran a competition for the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany and the idea was that you had to name a starting XI for a team representing Great Britain.

I knew I should have chosen Kevin Keegan or Kenny Dalglish, but my love of Rodney Marsh meant he got the nod from me instead.

The first prize of an all expenses paid trip to the World Cup Finals eluded me, but I did win a two week adventure holiday in the Lake District as a second prize.

Oh well...



Esso issued a collection of 22 thin metal discs with player's pictures in colour from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

You could stick the discs in a special album and you got one free disc for every four gallons of petrol you bought.

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47 years ago

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49 Years ag

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Proud, proud, proud moment as a QPR Supporter after years of "Rodney for England"

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OTD in 1971