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Post by Lonegunmen on Feb 21, 2011 22:03:02 GMT
Welcome aboard Ranger Ray.
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Post by rowingman on Feb 22, 2011 16:05:49 GMT
I've supported QPR all of my life!
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Post by Lonegunmen on Feb 22, 2011 21:09:29 GMT
Welcome to the board Rowingman. 30 years of support - good stuff.
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Post by sirleslie10 on Feb 23, 2011 9:45:19 GMT
Been going to Loftus Rd since 1968. Third generation R's fan with family roots in Shepherds Bush since the 1930's. Come on you R's.... Great to see Danny back last night.
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Post by Bushman on Feb 23, 2011 13:28:13 GMT
Been going to Loftus Rd since 1968. Third generation R's fan with family roots in Shepherds Bush since the 1930's. Come on you R's.... Great to see Danny back last night. Welcome sirleslie10. |
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Post by Lonegunmen on Feb 23, 2011 21:07:48 GMT
A warm welcome to all of our new posters on here. Your input is much appreciated and the experiences you tell.
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Post by piccyman on Feb 24, 2011 18:54:13 GMT
39 years for me
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Post by harlowranger on Feb 24, 2011 19:52:43 GMT
Welcome Piccyman !
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Post by Macmoish on Feb 24, 2011 20:11:01 GMT
Welcome all of you, including of course Piccyman...
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Post by piccyman on Feb 24, 2011 20:54:10 GMT
hello everyone ;D
why do i have Ian's name next to mine?
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Post by Macmoish on Feb 24, 2011 22:35:06 GMT
If you'd prefer Gianni's...  It's a (little ad-hoc) for number of posts/managerial designation... So move up to Venables, Jago, Mullery, Sexton, Stock, etc (ok perhaps one of these names is incorrect!). |
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Post by scooterist on Feb 25, 2011 14:53:58 GMT
34 years. seems like longer!  |
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Post by w12 on Feb 25, 2011 23:53:36 GMT
Since 1982 me thro bad times and good,always will u rrrrrrrrrrrrs.
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Post by saphilip on Feb 26, 2011 17:08:16 GMT
Around Sep / Oct 1976 for me - so nearly 35 years service from me. Not bad for somebody who have yet to see QPR play in the flesh and in living in a country where we barely rate a mention.
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Post by gregusmeus on Feb 27, 2011 11:40:49 GMT
The first game I attended was QPR vs Preston in 1979 when I was 6 years old. My Dad and his dad (who died before I was born) grew up in Shepherds Bush/Hammersmith and are/were life long Rangers fans. One-all, Preston scored in the first half, QPR equalised in the second. I remember the game lasting *hours*. I guess six year olds have shorter attention spans... So if we say that game was the start of my support, I've been a fan for 32 years....wow! I wonder how many managers that's been...
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Post by rangeparker on Feb 27, 2011 16:42:53 GMT
The most euphoric Rangers moment of my 42 years as a hoop? Clive Allen's goal at Highbury in the semi final in '82.
Worst moment? Martyn Busby's broken leg at Craven Cottage. Sickening.
Most amusing? Rodney catching the ball and crashing it in the net v Villa circa 1969. Captain Venables gave him a real telling off, we went on to win 4-2.
Best team performance: 5-2 win over Slovan Bratislava in 76/77. Great atmosphere that night. They had the nucleus of the Czechoslovakian national side that won the Euro Nations Cup a few months before.
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Post by scarletpimple on Feb 28, 2011 0:48:26 GMT
Was at the Villa game and the slovan game as well. ;D
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Post by betacam on Feb 28, 2011 22:25:56 GMT
Since March 1974.
Televised games from England to Scandinavia was a weekly business which got me hooked. Then I discovered Mr. Bowles. Then I realised that we had the greatest shirts ever made, then...
First game in HQ: Liverpool, October 1983.
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Post by sandyhoops on Mar 1, 2011 18:09:44 GMT
Mid-September 1973 thanks to my best friend at senior school - but, y'know, I cant for the life of me remember who we played, only that we won and I was hooked - hook, line & sinker :-D
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Post by Macmoish on Mar 1, 2011 19:59:03 GMT
Mid-September 1973 thanks to my best friend at senior school - but, y'know, I cant for the life of me remember who we played, only that we won and I was hooked - hook, line & sinker :-D If September, would have been down to one of these ( I was there ... Before later in the season, became the "Three Day Week" etc www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&comp_id=2#teamTabs=resultsEnglish Division 1 (old) Tu 04Sep 1973 QPR 0 - 0 West Ham English Division 1 (old) Sa 08Sep 1973 QPR 3 - 3 Stoke English Division 1 (old) Sa 22Sep 1973 QPR 2 - 2 Birmingham |
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Post by sandyhoops on Mar 1, 2011 21:15:18 GMT
Mid-September 1973 thanks to my best friend at senior school - but, y'know, I cant for the life of me remember who we played, only that we won and I was hooked - hook, line & sinker :-D If September, would have been down to one of these ( I was there ... Before later in the season, became the "Three Day Week" etc www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&comp_id=2#teamTabs=resultsEnglish Division 1 (old) Tu 04Sep 1973 QPR 0 - 0 West Ham English Division 1 (old) Sa 08Sep 1973 QPR 3 - 3 Stoke English Division 1 (old) Sa 22Sep 1973 QPR 2 - 2 Birmingham Thanks, mate, but I know we won - so maybe it was a bit later? I'll go trawl the records myself (now you've given me a hint!) - I've been desperate to remember!! |
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Post by sandyhoops on Mar 1, 2011 21:19:15 GMT
Woe! Just realised it was either Arsenal (who we beat 2-0) or Coventry (who we beat 3-0).
Now I'm pretty sure I remember the score as being a 2-0 win - and probably explains why I so easily "forgot" the opposition - coz I totally HATED Arsenal back then but ...
Of all the ironies or ironies, my first-ever QPR game appears to have been against Arsenal AND I'M NOW MARRIED TO A GOONER !!!!
Flippin' Nora - fact is wayyyyyyyyy stranger than fiction ;-)
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Post by Lonegunmen on Mar 1, 2011 23:00:16 GMT
Could be worse, she could have been a Chelski fan!
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Post by Macmoish on Mar 2, 2011 0:12:19 GMT
Woe! Just realised it was either Arsenal (who we beat 2-0) or Coventry (who we beat 3-0). Now I'm pretty sure I remember the score as being a 2-0 win - and probably explains why I so easily "forgot" the opposition - coz I totally HATED Arsenal back then but ... Of all the ironies or ironies, my first-ever QPR game appears to have been against Arsenal AND I'M NOW MARRIED TO A GOONER !!!! Flippin' Nora - fact is wayyyyyyyyy stranger than fiction ;-) Arsenal 1973  |
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Post by kewgreen on Mar 2, 2011 13:25:47 GMT
My first memory was from 1947 standing in the kids pen behind the goal front of the loft, with Frank Neary hitting the back of the net and the ball finishing two inches from my face.
I'm proud to confess at being to see us at our lowest home gate and our biggest at Wembley.
Years later game after game watching from the South Africa Road "embankment" and moving to the other end at half time to follow the attack.
Refeshments were Percy Daltons peanuts "tanner a bag" being sold from a sack by someone who paid to get in, leaving the terraces littered with shells.
My family are in the fifth generation for supporting the Rs, my Grandfather being the first who spoke of helping to carry the posts to where ever we were playing in our Nomadic days.
We hope but not always expect, but when our hopes are realised they become all the more sweeter.
So many treasured memories.
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Post by harlowranger on Mar 2, 2011 19:45:21 GMT
Nice to read Kewgreen , lets hope things keep going in the direction we are heading !
Tanner a bag of Nuts in this day and age , soon would be a Tenner a bag!
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Post by Lonegunmen on Mar 3, 2011 0:07:39 GMT
Great post Kewgreen, please share your memories and opinions. I personally love reading about charactors and events from games prior to my start in 1975.
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Post by The Scooter on Mar 3, 2011 9:55:18 GMT
First got dragged along in September 1972 by my Dad. I was too young to remember that game. I have hazy memories of the 75/76 campaign but can vividly remember the home UEFA game v Brann. 1st evening game I was allowed to go to! Great night.
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Post by blueeyedcptcook on Mar 3, 2011 10:50:52 GMT
My background is exactly the same as saphilip. 1976, 35years. I have only seen them when on tele. I have only left the shores of OZ once, last Xmas when I went to Bali with the family.  |
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Post by pelboy on Mar 3, 2011 19:30:03 GMT
Started going to Rangers in 1978 when I attended at Sir Christopher Wren School. Born in Notting Hill and raised in Hammersmith. Once in the armed forces I went to as many games as I could and still do although being in Liverpool now it is somewhat hard. Not many Rangers up here but I wear my top with pride in any scouse boozer..........always get positive remarks.
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