Previous Encounters: QPR Vs Bournemouth - Brian Bedford

[Bushman]

QPR 3-1 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers: Coward, Goddard 2.

Att: 9,464

[Bushman]

QPR 0-3 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers:

Att: 18,938



More on this match: qprreport.proboards.com/thread/33282/move-white-city-stadium-season

[Bushman]

QPR 2-0 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers: Cheetham, James.

Att: 12,157

[Bushman]

This match was decided on a sudden death goal in the 136th min, making it the longest single game ever played by Queen's Park Rangers.

QPR 0-1 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers:

Att: 15,000

[Deleted]

bournemouth is a good place to have a previous encounter.

[Bushman]

QPR 3-0 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers:Bedford, Nelson (og), Golding.

Att: 11,410

[Bushman]

QPR 4-0 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers: Keen, Marsh 2, Allen.

Att: 21,558

[Bushman]

QPR 1-0 Bournemouth

Goal Scorers: Furlong

Att: 13.065

[Jon Doeman]

Disgraceful performance Saturday.. Response required .

Good thread as usual Bushman

[Bushman]

[Macmoish]

Bump...and to add

[Macmoish]

Past Encounters which used to be pretty frequent

www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&team2_id=359&teamTabs=h2h


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Head-to-head v Bournemouth
QPR wins Draws Bournemouth wins
League 31 14 26
League Cup 1 0 0
FA Cup 1 0 0
Total 33 14 26
2013/2014
English Championship Tu 03Dec 2013 QPR 3 - 0 Bournemouth



2003/2004
Football League Div 2 Sa 24Jan 2004 Bournemouth 1 - 0 QPR



Football League Div 2 Sa 23Aug 2003 QPR 1 - 0 Bournemouth



2001/2002
Football League Div 2 Tu 22Jan 2002 QPR 1 - 1 Bournemouth



Football League Div 2 Sa 22Dec 2001 Bournemouth 1 - 2 QPR



1977/1978
English League Cup Mo 30Jan 1978 QPR 2 - 0 Bournemouth



1966/1967
English Div 3 (old) Tu 07Mar 1967 QPR 4 - 0 Bournemouth



English FA Cup Mo 30Jan 1967 QPR 2 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (old) Sa 15Oct 1966 Bournemouth 1 - 3 QPR



1965/1966
English Div 3 (old) Sa 21May 1966 QPR 5 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (old) Sa 08Jan 1966 Bournemouth 1 - 1 QPR



1964/1965
English Div 3 (old) Sa 06Mar 1965 Bournemouth 2 - 0 QPR



English Div 3 (old) Fr 29Jan 1965 QPR 1 - 1 Bournemouth



1963/1964
English Div 3 (old) We 16Oct 1963 Bournemouth 4 - 2 QPR



English Div 3 (old) Mo 07Oct 1963 QPR 1 - 0 Bournemouth



1962/1963
English Div 3 (old) Sa 02Mar 1963 QPR 1 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (old) Sa 13Oct 1962 Bournemouth 2 - 1 QPR



1961/1962
English Div 3 (old) Sa 03Feb 1962 Bournemouth 3 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (old) Sa 16Sep 1961 QPR 1 - 1 Bournemouth



1960/1961
English Div 3 (old) Sa 17Dec 1960 QPR 3 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (old) Sa 20Aug 1960 Bournemouth 1 - 0 QPR



1959/1960
English Div 3 (old) Sa 06Feb 1960 Bournemouth 1 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (old) Sa 19Sep 1959 QPR 3 - 0 Bournemouth



1958/1959
English Div 3 (old) Sa 17Jan 1959 QPR 0 - 4 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (old) Sa 06Sep 1958 Bournemouth 2 - 0 QPR



1957/1958
English Div 3 (south) Sa 01Mar 1958 Bournemouth 4 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 19Oct 1957 QPR 3 - 0 Bournemouth



1956/1957
English Div 3 (south) Sa 23Mar 1957 Bournemouth 1 - 0 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 10Nov 1956 QPR 2 - 1 Bournemouth



1955/1956
English Div 3 (south) Sa 24Mar 1956 QPR 0 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 12Nov 1955 Bournemouth 1 - 0 QPR



1954/1955
English Div 3 (south) Sa 01Jan 1955 QPR 1 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 28Aug 1954 Bournemouth 2 - 2 QPR



1953/1954
English Div 3 (south) Sa 17Apr 1954 QPR 2 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) We 07Apr 1954 Bournemouth 0 - 1 QPR



1952/1953
English Div 3 (south) Sa 02May 1953 Bournemouth 1 - 0 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 13Dec 1952 QPR 2 - 1 Bournemouth



1947/1948
English Div 3 (south) We 14Apr 1948 Bournemouth 0 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 18Oct 1947 QPR 1 - 0 Bournemouth



1946/1947
English Div 3 (south) We 25Sep 1946 QPR 3 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) We 04Sep 1946 Bournemouth 1 - 1 QPR



1938/1939
English Div 3 (south) Sa 21Jan 1939 Bournemouth 4 - 2 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 17Sep 1938 QPR 2 - 0 Bournemouth



1937/1938
English Div 3 (south) Sa 15Jan 1938 QPR 1 - 2 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 04Sep 1937 Bournemouth 1 - 1 QPR



1936/1937
English Div 3 (south) Sa 10Apr 1937 QPR 1 - 2 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 05Dec 1936 Bournemouth 3 - 1 QPR



1935/1936
English Div 3 (south) Sa 29Feb 1936 Bournemouth 0 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 09Nov 1935 QPR 2 - 0 Bournemouth



1934/1935
English Div 3 (south) Sa 04May 1935 Bournemouth 0 - 2 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 22Dec 1934 QPR 2 - 1 Bournemouth



1933/1934
English Div 3 (south) Sa 10Mar 1934 QPR 1 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 28Oct 1933 Bournemouth 3 - 2 QPR



1932/1933
English Div 3 (south) Sa 08Apr 1933 QPR 3 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) We 18Jan 1933 Bournemouth 3 - 0 QPR



1931/1932
English Div 3 (south) Sa 16Jan 1932 Bournemouth 2 - 2 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 05Sep 1931 QPR 0 - 3 Bournemouth



1930/1931
English Div 3 (south) Sa 02May 1931 QPR 3 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) We 03Sep 1930 Bournemouth 2 - 0 QPR



1929/1930
English Div 3 (south) Sa 15Feb 1930 QPR 3 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 12Oct 1929 Bournemouth 0 - 0 QPR



1928/1929
English Div 3 (south) Sa 02Mar 1929 Bournemouth 2 - 3 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 20Oct 1928 QPR 0 - 0 Bournemouth



1927/1928
English Div 3 (south) Sa 24Dec 1927 QPR 2 - 0 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) We 21Sep 1927 Bournemouth 1 - 2 QPR



1926/1927
English Div 3 (south) Sa 19Feb 1927 QPR 1 - 1 Bournemouth



English Div 3 (south) Sa 02Oct 1926 Bournemouth 6 - 2 QPR



1925/1926
English Div 3 (south) Mo 05Apr 1926 Bournemouth 4 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Fr 02Apr 1926 QPR 2 - 2 Bournemouth



1924/1925
English Div 3 (south) We 22Apr 1925 Bournemouth 0 - 2 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 21Mar 1925 QPR 0 - 2 Bournemouth



1923/1924
English Div 3 (south) Sa 08Mar 1924 Bournemouth 3 - 1 QPR



English Div 3 (south) Sa 01Mar 1924 QPR 0 - 1 Bournemouth

[Macmoish]

Played for Both: Brian Bedford

As copy/pasted on QPR Report Blog some 6 years ago!

Friday, February 15, 2008
QPR's Pre-1967 Goal Machine, Brian Bedford Profiled and Interviewed
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QPR Official Site - BLAST FROM THE PAST - Brian Bedford

In our latest instalment of exclusive past player interviews on www.qpr.co.uk, former R's front-man Brian Bedford comes under the spotlight.

Brian Bedford (1959-1965)

Dexter Blackstock had a fantastic campaign for Queens Park Rangers in 2006/07, notching 14 goals; and Patrick Agyemang has made an immediate goalscoring impact since his January transfer from Preston North End.

But what would be the modern day value of a striker who was guaranteed to score a minimum of 25 goals for the R's every year? One such player from the past was Brian Bedford.

In his six full seasons at Loftus Road, Bedford scored a grand total of 180 goals. His lowest tally was 25 in 1963/64. His highest was a staggering 39 in 1961/62, thereby equalling George Goddard's record from 1929/30 for the all-time QPR record of League and Cup goals scored by one player in a season.

Bedford was born in Wales and joined Rangers from Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in July 1959. He remembers the transfer with some amusement.

"When I signed for QPR, Alec Stock had just been named as the new Manager," said Bedford.

"I travelled up to West London to be interviewed by the Club and Alec said 'You'll score 30 goals a year for me son!' Just like that! So I said 'You're joking?' as my record down at Bournemouth was something like 32 goals over three years. But Alec said 'Yes you will!' And he wasn't far wrong, was he?"

Stock's all-out attacking policy was really beneficial for the strikers at Rangers and Bedford was happy to rattle home goals by the truckload.

"Alec played a big part in my goalscoring. We used to play with those old fashioned players called wingers. We always seemed to get good wide men at the Club like Mark Lazarus who could provide excellent crosses. So I was the benefactor of that.

"Then we would have one inside-forward who dropped deep. I was the inside-right and I would play up front alongside the centre-forward.

"Bernie Evans was my strike partner in my first few years at Rangers. He was a big, strong boy who was pretty useful in the air. So it was just sort of...BANG...flick on...run on...BANG...GOAL...and that's it! Very simple stuff.

"I was a very direct and hard-running player. I could hit the ball with both feet and I was good with my headers.

"I've still got the pen, plaque and two trophies that the QPR Supporters' Club presented me with for my goals in the 1961/62 season. I got six hat-tricks that year, including four in a game against Southend United.

"I recall that the top wage in the Third Division - which Rangers were in at the time - was about £35 to £40 a week. Ridiculous really! But it was still much better than the average working man's salary. Not only that, as far as I was concerned I was getting paid for something I loved doing. That was a big thing for me.

"There was certainly much more emphasis on attacking football in those days than there is today. A lot of teams nowadays play with just one lone striker, which I think is ludicrous. I call it 'dinosaur football.'

"When I see one man up front on his own, I feel so sorry for him, because he is on a hiding to nothing and it is not good entertainment for the fans."

After his great goalscoring adventures, Bedford eventually left Rangers to sign for Sc**thorpe United in September 1965. It was a time of great change at Loftus Road.

"Jim Gregory was appointed as Chairman of QPR and he started pouring some money in with new players being signed. Unfortunately, I was just starting to go a little bit over the hill as far as age was concerned. I was nearly 32 years old then. The Club had to offload some of the playing staff and I was one of them, I'm afraid.

"I had six very happy seasons at Rangers. Then they transferred me to that Godforsaken place called Sc**thorpe! I don't think Alec Stock wanted me to sign for any other London team or any nearby club in case I embarrassed him.

"It was very sad. I didn't like leaving Loftus Road. But you have to move on don't you? That's life."

Following spells with Sc**thorpe United and then Brentford, Brian Bedford's football career started to wind down - but he continued to work in the sporting environment after hanging up his boots.

"In 1967, I went over to America to sign for a soccer team called Atlanta Chiefs. While I was out there, I started playing tennis. We had outdoor courts that were floodlit so we used to play well into the evening.

"I became a little bit addicted as I knew my time in football was more-or-less over. So when I returned to the United Kingdom, I became a professional tennis coach. I did it until my knees gave out and so I retired from that.

"Then I returned to QPR as Stadium Manager in the late 1980's for five years. It was a bit archaic compared to what they have at the Club now. There was only me running the whole ground to begin with, although eventually I managed to get a plumber to help out as the place was falling apart!

"I can remember one year when we had a very severe frost. Rangers were due to play Southampton on the Saturday and there were problems everywhere around the stadium. Most of the toilets were leaking and the overhead pipes were burst. So we stayed until four o'clock in the morning before the game repairing everything! We didn't get much money for it, but there you are."

Brian Bedford is now 73 and lives just outside Cardiff. He keeps himself busy on the local golf courses and continues to watch out for all of the R's results.

"I'm a golfing fanatic! But unfortunately, I'm having a lot of trouble with my legs at the moment so I am going to have to buy myself a buggy.

"It is hardly surprising when you consider the amount of strain I have put on my body over the years. One doctor said to me 'This is pay-back time!' It is poor circulation I think.

"I still follow football and the first score I always look for is QPR. I wish the Club well, I really do. They were really good times for me at Loftus Road - the best days of my life actually." QPR

qprreport.blogspot.com/2008/02/qprs-pre-1967-goal-machine-brian.html

[Deleted]

nice one for putting that up mac, that is a good read that

Also mac is his health not to good, as i didnt see his name mentioned(as in who attended) on the Alec Stock day thread, wish him all the best legend of the club.

[Macmoish]

Pre-QPR: From 1957 - Video Brian Bedford Scoring for Bournemouth against Manchester United in the FA Cup 6th Round

Click for Text/VIDEO
"... Ball coming in, Manchester appealing for the ball. Wood knocks it against the bar but Brian Bedford dashes in and heads it into the goal and jumps for joy. GV. Bedford runs away waving his arms with joy. GV. Crowd cheering. GV. ..."
www.britishpathe.com/video/bournemouth-v-manchester-united/query/bournemouth+Manchester+united

STILL Photographs (Frame by Frame) from Video


www.britishpathe.com/video/stills/bournemouth-v-manchester-united

[kerrins]

What about the 1958/59 fixture at Loftus road when Brian Bedford scored for BOURNEMOUTH as they beat us 4-0?. I was there.

A lot of people seem to forget these days the big part played by Brian Bedford in that fantastic Cup run by Bournemouth 56/57.

[Bushman]

Apr 4, 2014 21:46:25 GMT @ohwestlondon said:

nice one for putting that up mac, that is a good read that

Also mac is his health not to good, as i didnt see his name mentioned(as in who attended) on the Alec Stock day thread, wish him all the best legend of the club.

Brian's health is fine, he just couldn't be bothered to come. He could have had a lift to and from the game, but chose not to take it.

[Bushman]

Apr 5, 2014 9:58:51 GMT kerrins said:

What about the 1958/59 fixture at Loftus road when Brian Bedford scored for BOURNEMOUTH as they beat us 4-0?. I was there.

A lot of people seem to forget these days the big part played by Brian Bedford in that fantastic Cup run by Bournemouth 56/57.

[Bushman]

14th Apr 1948
Bournemouth 0 - 1 QPR

Goalscorer: Durrant

Att: 25,495