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QPR had reached the bottom (Thus far!)...The long, hard, climb back began
23 Years Ago Today...August 11, 2001: First Game Back in Division III
...Of course it's no longer called "Division 3" but that's what it is. Stoke have done pretty well since then!
As really was..But thank G-d we had Holloway and the fans to stop the slide and get us back us up. Yes there was a QPR before Gianni Paladini et al arrived to "save" us!
Ian Holloway and Kenny Jackett and there work-in-progress team rebuilding.
BBC
BBC - Saturday, 11 August, 2001, QPR 1-0 Stoke
Andy Thomson's 23rd-minute strike was enough to give QPR a 1-0 win over promotion candidates Stoke City on their return to Division Two.
Rangers - in their first game in the third tier of the league since 1967 - got off to the start manager Ian Holloway would have wanted.
Thomson struck a sweet shot from the edge of the penalty area following Stuart Wardley's pass, to leave Gavin Ward helpless in the Stoke goal.
Rangers dominated the game and could well have added to their tally against a Stoke side who had four players booked.
Thomson, Marcus Bignot and Steve Palmer all went close but in the end Holloway had to settle for the 1-0 victory.
QPR: Day, Forbes, Ben Askar, Palmer, Bruce, Perry, Bignot, Bonnot, Connolly, Thomson, Wardley. Subs: Bull, Rose, Griffiths, Warren, Koejoe.
Stoke: Ward, Thomas, Handyside, Shtaniuk, Clarke, Gudjonsson, Vandeurzen, O'Connor, Hoekstra, Thorne, Cooke. Subs: Cutler, Iwelumo, Thordarson, Rowson, Henry. BBC
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/1482542.stm
TELEGRAPH
QPR (1) 1 Stoke (0) 0
QPR: Day, Forbes, Ben Askar, Palmer, Bruce, Perry, Bignot, Bonnot, Connolly (Warren 90), Thomson, Wardley (Griffiths 59), Griffiths (Koejoe 69).
Subs Not Used: Bull, Rose.
Booked: Thomson.
Goals: Thomson 23.
Stoke: Ward, Thomas, Handyside, Shtaniuk, Clarke (Rowson 79), Gudjonsson, Vandeurzen, O'Connor, Hoekstra, Thorne, Cooke (Iwelumo 80).
Subs Not Used: Cutler, Thordarson, Henry.
Booked: Thomas, Cooke, Handyside, Shtaniuk.
Att: 14,357
Ref: E Wolstenholme (Blackburn).
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/fixtures/3010642/Nationwide-Division-Two.html
QPR had reached the bottom (Thus far!)...The long, hard, climb back began
23 Years Ago Today...August 11, 2001: First Game Back in Division III
...Of course it's no longer called "Division 3" but that's what it is. Stoke have done pretty well since then!
As really was..But thank G-d we had Holloway and the fans to stop the slide and get us back us up. Yes there was a QPR before Gianni Paladini et al arrived to "save" us!
Ian Holloway and Kenny Jackett and there work-in-progress team rebuilding.
BBC
BBC - Saturday, 11 August, 2001, QPR 1-0 Stoke
Andy Thomson's 23rd-minute strike was enough to give QPR a 1-0 win over promotion candidates Stoke City on their return to Division Two.
Rangers - in their first game in the third tier of the league since 1967 - got off to the start manager Ian Holloway would have wanted.
Thomson struck a sweet shot from the edge of the penalty area following Stuart Wardley's pass, to leave Gavin Ward helpless in the Stoke goal.
Rangers dominated the game and could well have added to their tally against a Stoke side who had four players booked.
Thomson, Marcus Bignot and Steve Palmer all went close but in the end Holloway had to settle for the 1-0 victory.
QPR: Day, Forbes, Ben Askar, Palmer, Bruce, Perry, Bignot, Bonnot, Connolly, Thomson, Wardley. Subs: Bull, Rose, Griffiths, Warren, Koejoe.
Stoke: Ward, Thomas, Handyside, Shtaniuk, Clarke, Gudjonsson, Vandeurzen, O'Connor, Hoekstra, Thorne, Cooke. Subs: Cutler, Iwelumo, Thordarson, Rowson, Henry. BBC
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/1482542.stm
TELEGRAPH
QPR (1) 1 Stoke (0) 0
QPR: Day, Forbes, Ben Askar, Palmer, Bruce, Perry, Bignot, Bonnot, Connolly (Warren 90), Thomson, Wardley (Griffiths 59), Griffiths (Koejoe 69).
Subs Not Used: Bull, Rose.
Booked: Thomson.
Goals: Thomson 23.
Stoke: Ward, Thomas, Handyside, Shtaniuk, Clarke (Rowson 79), Gudjonsson, Vandeurzen, O'Connor, Hoekstra, Thorne, Cooke (Iwelumo 80).
Subs Not Used: Cutler, Thordarson, Henry.
Booked: Thomas, Cooke, Handyside, Shtaniuk.
Att: 14,357
Ref: E Wolstenholme (Blackburn).
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/fixtures/3010642/Nationwide-Division-Two.html
