Past QPR Boxing Day Games & Teams

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Edit: As posted a year before we had that strange Bristol City game, with Paul Hart picking up a victory


Past QPR Boxing Day Results
, Alberti - yet another of HIS great signings, made his QPR debut.

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SOME PAST BOXING DAY QPR RESULTS & TEAMS

1966 QPR 3 Brighton 0

1967 Plymouth 0 QPR 1 (Keen Pen)

1968 QPR 0 WBA 4 (Part of our Division One 1968/69 Humiliation Season!)

1969 Millwall 2 QPR 0

1972 QPR 3 Orient 1 (Leach, Givens, Thomas)

1973 Spurs 0 QPR 0

1974 QPR 4 Leicester 2 (Beck, Thomas, Givens, Westwood)

1975 QPR 2 Norwich

1977 QPR 0 Derby 0

1978 QPR 2 Spurs 2 (Bowles, Shanks)

1980 QPR 3 West Ham 0 (Silkman, Curie, Stainrod)

1981 QPR 0 Chelsea 2

1984 QPR 2 Chelsea 2 (Bannister. MCdonald)

1987 QPR 1 Chelsea 1 (Kerslake)

1988 Aston Villa 2 QPR 1 (T. Francis)

1989 QPR 1 Coventry 1 (Falco)

1990 QPR 1 Liverpool 1 (Falco)

1991 QPR 0 Liverpool 0

1994 Crystal Palce 0 QPR 0

1995 Arsenal QPR 0

1996 QPR 3 Norwich 2 (Peacock, Dichio, Mcdermott)

1997 Portsmouth 3 QPR 1 (Sheron)

1998 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Murray Peacock)

1999 Norwich 2 QPR 1

2000 QPR 2 Norwich 3

2001 QPR 0 Brighton 0

2002 QPR 2 Wycombe 1 (Rose, Gallen)

2003 Notts County 3 QPR 3

2004 Plymouth 2 QPR 1

2005 Brighton 1 QPR 0

2006 Birmingham 2 QPR 1

2007 Plymouth 2 QPR 1 (Ainsworth)

2008 Charlton 2 QPR 2

2009 QPR 2 Bristol City 1

2010 QPR 4 Swansea 0 (Mackie, Helguson, Taarabt (2)

2011 (27/12) Swansea 1 QPR 1

2012 QPR 1 WBA 2

2013 - Nott F 2 QPR 0

2014 Arsenal 2 QPR 1

2015 - Ipswich 2 QPR 1

2016 (27/12) Brighton 3 QPR 0

2017 0 Ipswich 0 QPR 0

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Boxing Day 2010: QPR 4 Swansea 0

01 Kenny
03 Hill red card
13 Gorkss
15 Walker
16 Connolly
04 Derry
07 Taarabt (Rowlands 83)
11 Faurlin
09 Helguson (Hulse 86)
12 Mackie
21 Smith (Orr 21)
Substitutes 24 Cerny, 02 Orr, 14 Rowlands, 25 Ephraim, 08 Clarke, 19 Agyemang, 20 Hulse
Match Reports: qprreport.blogspot.com/2010/12/qpr-report-monday-qpr-crush-swansea.html


Boxing Day 2008 - Charlton 2 QPR 2QPR: Cerny; Ramage, Connolly, Hall, Gorkss; Alberti (Ephraim 60), Leigertwood, Cook (Ledesma 67), Rowlands; Di Carmine (Helguson 82), Blackstock. Subs (not used): Mahon, Agyemang. - Match Reports and Comments

Boxing Day 2007 - Plymouth 2-1 QPR 1
QPR: Camp, Barker, Bolder, Buzsaky (Blackstock, 78), Ainsworth, Rowlands (Nygaard, 67), Walton, Malcolm, Vine, Rehman, Leigertwood.Subs: Cole, Moore, Kanyuka.
Goals: Ainsworth (19) Bookings: Buzsaky (30), Rowlands (45), Ainsworth (51), Walton (52), Bolder (70), Nygaard (76), Leigertwood (90) - Match Reports and Comments

Boxing Day 2006 Birmingham 2 QPR 1QPR Royce, Bignot, Mancienne, Rehman, Stewart,Milanese (Rowlands 75), Bircham (Bailey 59), Smith, Cook,Furlong, Blackstock (Ray Jones 81). Subs Not Used: Cole, Ward. Match Reports and Comments

Boxing Day 2004 - Plymouth 2 QPR 1
QPR Day, Bignot, shiteetu, Santos, Padula (Edghill 70), Miller (Best 45), Rowlands, Gallen, Cook (Ainsworth 73), Bircham, Furlong. Subs Not Used: Bean, McLeod. Sporting Life

Boxing Day 2002, QPR 2 Wycombe 1
QPR's squad: Chris Day, Clarke Carlisle, Terrell Forbes, Matthew Rose, Richard Langley, Steve Palmer, Brett Angell, Marc Bircham, Lee Cook, Nicky Culkin, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen, Daniel shiteetu, Andy Thomson

Boxing Day, 1999 Norwich 2 QPR 1QPR: Miklosko, Breacker, Baraclough, Ward, Darlington, Plummer, Wardley, Langley, Murray (Gallen 89), Steiner, Kiwomya. Subs Not Used: Bankole, Kulcsar, McGovern, Bruce Sent Off: Langley (89). Booked: Langley. Goals: Wardley 40. Sporting Life


Boxing Day, 1997 Portmouth 3 QPR 1- Victory for bottom of the table Portsmouth! QPR: Roberts, Yates, Brazier, Quashie, Ready, Maddix, Spencer (Gallen 74), Peacock, Murray, Sheron, Sinclair. Subs Not Used: Barker, Perry. Goals: Sheron 31. Sporting Life

Boxing Day 1968 - QPR 0 WBA 4
Ron Springett - Harris Keetch Hazell Watson - Keen Hunt R. Morgan - Bridges Clarke Marsh - Allen (sub)

Boxing Day 1967: Plymouth 0 QPR 1
On Boxing Day, 1967, QPR won at Plymouth 1-0 through a Mike Keen penalty.
(Four days later, QPR completed their double, by defeating Plymouth 4-1 at Loftus Road. Rodney Marsh, 2 and Mike Keen 2.)
QPR's team at Plymouth: Springett, Clement Hazell Keetch Harris, Morgan, Keen, Sanderson, Morgan, McGovern, Marsh.

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Off the Cuff: Without thinking: Name the QPR Manager on Boxing Day 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005

[Macmoish]

Bump a year:

QPR 2 Bristol City 1

QPR: Cerny, Ramage, Hall, Leigertwood, Routledge, Buzsaky (Connolly 83), Gorkss, Watson, Faurlin (Agyemang 63), Williams, Simpson (Borrowdale 83).
Subs not used: Taylor, Pellicori, Balanta, Taarabt.

Goals: Simpson (32), Leigertwood (40)

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[robster191]

05 and 06 holloway
07 luigi di canio
08 john gregory
off the top of my head

[Macmoish]

Past QPR Christmas Day Games

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The Olde Days: Christmas Day Games

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[Macmoish]

And past Christmas Greetings from Loftus Road

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[londonranger]

Remember the Christmas day games and the boxing day games. Could spend holiday just going to football matches and they started really early.

[terryb]

Well, we can't be as bad tomorrow as when we last played West Brom on Boxing Day!

That game is up there with the very worst that I've seen. Was also there when Phil Parkes had his Boxing Day "goal" disallowed against Leicester.

Can anyone rival the amount of goals seen in one day as by brother managed in 1963 (?). He saw in the morning West Ham 2 Blackburn 8 & then got back home to see Chesham 4 Letchworth 5.

Both Chesham & the 'Ammers won the return games on the following Saturday!

[Macmoish]

Dec 26, 1972 - QPR 3 Orient 1

I COULD be wrong, but I think this was the game when Parkes went off injured in the first half, and of course in those days, no sub goalies

[Macmoish]

From QPR Report Blog - Dcember 25, 2007

Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Nostalgia: Playing Same Team Twice Over Christmas or Easter...Forty Years Ago, QPR's Boxing Day Game at Plymouth
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One of the things that evoke nostalgia for "the good old days" (in hazy memory, if not always at the time) was the old home and away games against the same team, over Christmas or Easter - sometimes even on consecutive days. Not quite clear why this ended: whether it was too punishing on the players, but end it did (as did the three games in four or five days over Easter).

The last time this occurred, was forty years ago in QPR's 1967/68 Promotion season. QPR's opponents: Plymouth Argyle, away on Boxing Day! (And four days later, Plymouth at Loftus Road.)
On Boxing Day, 1967, QPR won at Plymouth 1-0 through a Mike Keen penalty. Four days later, QPR completed their double, by defeating Plymouth 4-1 at Loftus Road. Rodney Marsh, 2 and Mike Keen 2. Springett, Clement Hazell Keetch Harris, Morgan, Keen, Sanderson, Morgan, McGovern, Marsh. (Mick McGovern making his QPR debut) (In the 'return game', Wilks replaced McGovern.

In 1966/67 played Brighton (H) 3-0 and next day away (2-2). In 1964/65: QPR were at Bristol Rovers on Boxing Day, and then a couple of days later, home to Bristol Rovers.
In 1963/64, over Easter, QPR played Wrexham at home; Reading the next day and then Wrexham a couple of days later. And so one.

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[Macmoish]

And Boxing Day from QPR Report Blog

Wednesday, December 26, 2007
QPR's Past Boxing Day Games: Two Against Plymouth
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Below: Results of QPR's Boxing Day Games Over The Past Forty Years, including two against Plymouth, both times, away!
In 1967, QPR won 1-0 at Plymouth, Mike Keen, Penalty, with Mick McGovern making his QPR debut. (Four days later, QPR completed their double, by defeating Plymouth 4-1 at Loftus Road. Rodney Marsh, 2 and Mike Keen 2.) QPR's 1967 team at Plymouth: Springett, Clement Hazell Keetch Harris, Morgan, Keen, Sanderson, Morgan, McGovern, Marsh.
Three years ago, Boxing Day 2004: Plymouth defeated QPR 2-1 in Plymouth. QPR's team: QPR Day, Bignot, Shittu, Santos, Padula (Edghill 70), Miller (Best 45), Rowlands, Gallen, Cook (Ainsworth 73), Bircham, Furlong. Subs Not Used: Bean, McLeod.


BOXING DAY 1967: Plymouth 0 QPR
On Boxing Day, 1967, QPR won at Plymouth 1-0 through a Mike Keen penalty. (Four days later, QPR completed their double, by defeating Plymouth 4-1 at Loftus Road. Rodney Marsh, 2 and Mike Keen 2.) QPR's team at Plymouth: Springett, Clement Hazell Keetch Harris, Morgan, Keen, Sanderson, Morgan, McGovern, Marsh.


BOXING DAY 2004 - Sporting Life PLYMOUTH 2 QPR 1
A 49th-minute Micky Evans header gave Plymouth Argyle a 2-1 win and condemned Queen's Park Rangers to their fourth consecutive Coca-Cola Championship defeat.
Evans' third goal of the season sealed the win after Paul Wotton had given the Pilgrims the lead before Paul Furlong pulled a goal back for Rangers, who almost claimed a late point.
The home side took the lead in the 13th minute when recent signing Bjarni Gudjonsson, making his first start for Bobby Williamson's side, played the ball to Wotton from the right and the defender smacked a powerful long-range shot that found the top corner of keeper Chris Day's net.
But Plymouth's joy was cut short four minutes later when they were reduced to 10 men as defender Graham Coughlan was sent off for violent conduct after a poor challenge on Paul Furlong.
However, Ian Holloway's side could not make the extra man count and the game became littered with fouls.
QPR's Marc Bircham was next in the book after the half-hour mark for a foul on David Friio before Georges Santos had his name taken for clattering Evans.
Santos received his marching orders six minutes before half-time after receiving a second yellow for a tackle on Friio as Plymouth deservedly went in at the break 1-0 up.
Holloway replaced Adam Miller with on-loan Southampton striker Leon Best for the second half in an effort to give Rangers more attacking impetus.
But, unfortunately for the visitors, it was Plymouth who doubled their lead as Evans nodded in Paul Connolly's cross from the left on 49 minutes for the striker's third goal of the season.
Rangers got back into the game four minutes later through Furlong when Kevin Gallen's free-kick found the veteran striker, who drilled a low shot past Romain Larrieu.
Plymouth spurned a glorious chance to give themselves some breathing space on the hour mark.
Peter Gilbert's inviting cross was met by Marino Keith but the striker, who had been recalled to the Pilgrims' starting line-up, volleyed wide from close in.
QPR were competing better in the second period and Gallen brought a rare save out of Larrieu with a long-range effort before the French keeper kept out a Furlong header.
Holloway threw on Richard Edghill and Gareth Ainsworth in an attempt to salvage a point and Larrieu had to be alert to keep out a Bircham strike as QPR pressed for an equaliser.
Larrieu again came to Plymouth's rescue deep into injury time, parrying Martin Rowlands' shot from inside the area as the Pilgrims held on to claim a first league win in three games.
Teams
Plymouth Larrieu, Connolly, Doumbe, Coughlan, Gilbert, Capaldi, Friio, Wotton, Gudjonsson, Keith, Evans (Crawford 72). Subs Not Used: Hodges, Lasley, Adams, Norris. Sent Off: Coughlan (17). Booked: Wotton, Friio. Goals: Wotton 13, Evans 49.
QPR Day, Bignot, Shittu, Santos, Padula (Edghill 70), Miller (Best 45), Rowlands, Gallen, Cook (Ainsworth 73), Bircham, Furlong. Subs Not Used: Bean, McLeod. Sporting Life

One Year Ago, Boxing Day 2006 Birmingham 2 QPR 1
[Only two players from last season's 11 (at most) will be playing today=

SPORTING LIFE: BIRMINGHAM 2 QPR 1
Birmingham celebrated their 100th anniversary at St Andrews in style as goals from Matthew Upson and Cameron Jerome secured a fifth straight Coca-Cola Championship win and extended their lead at the top of the table to eight points.

QPR winger Lee Cook briefly threatened to spoil the party by cancelling out Upson's 22nd-minute header to silence a near-full house but the Blues had the last laugh as second-half substitute Jerome fired the winner three minutes after replacing DJ Campbell.
Second-placed Preston lost at West Brom and Derby, third, went down at home against Wolves as Birmingham, held to a goalless draw by Middlesbrough in their first match at St Andrews on Boxing Day back in 1906, made it just one defeat in their last 13 league matches.
Birmingham, unchanged from the side that started at Southend on Saturday, went close to taking a second-minute lead when Nicklas Bendtner headed Gary McSheffrey's cross over the crossbar.
QPR responded through Dexter Blackstock, who shot wide from Cook's cross.
Home goalkeeper Maik Taylor held Jimmy Smith's 25-yard shot, while Bendtner saw his effort from the edge of the penalty area blocked by Rangers goalkeeper Simon Royce.
McSheffrey, a £4million summer signing from Coventry, was involved in most of Birmingham's better work and from his free-kick on the left the Blues took a 22nd-minute lead.
Damion Stewart was penalised for his challenge on Campbell and Upson rose highest to head McSheffrey's pin-point cross beyond Royce.
McSheffrey's diving header from Mathew Sadler's cross flashed wide before the visitors put a dampener on their hosts' celebrations in the 31st minute.
Furlong set up Cook on the left side of the area and the winger sent his shot arrowing into the top corner.
Royce turned away Campbell's goalbound 20-yarder at full stretch and held Bendtner's header as City looked to regain their advantage before the break.
Bendtner went close again with a header from another McSheffrey corner shortly after the restart, while Blackstock also headed over and fired wide from 25 yards.
City manager Steve Bruce sent on Jerome for Campbell just before the hour and the striker despatched McSheffrey's pass into the bottom corner from 12 yards three minutes later.
Radhi Jaidi and Upson both went close to extending Birmingham's lead with headers from a free-kick and corner while McSheffrey had two 30-yard strikes that whistled over the crossbar.
QPR used all three of their substitutes - Rowlands, Jones and Stefan Bailey - midway through the second half
but apart from long-range shots from Rehman and Cook, the latter's blocked by Stephen Clemence, the visitors failed to create clear-cut chances.
Teams
Birmingham Maik Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Upson (Larsson 89),Sadler, Johnson, Nafti, Clemence, McSheffrey, Bendtner,Campbell (Jerome 59), Jerome (Muamba 90).
Subs Not Used: Doyle, Danns.
Booked: Bendtner.
Goals: Upson 22, Jerome 62.

QPR Royce, Bignot, Mancienne, Rehman, Stewart,Milanese (Rowlands 75), Bircham (Bailey 59), Smith, Cook,Furlong, Blackstock (Ray Jones 81).
Subs Not Used: Cole, Ward.
Booked: Milanese. Sporting Life

FIVE YEARS AGO, BOXING DAY 2002, QPR 2 Wycombe 1
QPR's squad: Chris Day, Clarke Carlisle, Terrell Forbes, Matthew Rose, Richard Langley, Steve Palmer, Brett Angell, Marc Bircham, Lee Cook, Nicky Culkin, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen, Daniel Shittu, Andy Thomson

Boxing Day, 1999 Norwich 2 QPR 1
Norwich: A. Marshall, Sutch, Fleming, Jackson, Fuglestad, Anselin, de Blasiis, Russell, Llewellyn, Roberts, Diop.
Subs Not Used: Green, Mackay, Coote, L. Marshall, Kenton.
Sent Off: Llewellyn (90).
Booked: Llewellyn, Fuglestad, Russell.
Goals: Breacker 25 og, Llewellyn 87.

QPR: Miklosko, Breacker, Baraclough, Ward, Darlington, Plummer, Wardley, Langley, Murray (Gallen 89), Steiner, Kiwomya.
Subs Not Used: Bankole, Kulcsar, McGovern, Bruce
Sent Off: Langley (89).
Booked: Langley.
Goals: Wardley 40.
Sporting Life

And A decade ago, Portmouth 3 QPR 1
Victory for bottom of the table Portsmouth!
Portsmouth: Knight, Pethick, Thomson, McLoughlin, Waterman, Awford, Hall (Igoe 89), Foster, Aloisi (Durnin 84), Svensson, Turner.
Subs Not Used: Perrett.
Goals: Pethick 35, McLoughlin 62 pen, Hall 80.

QPR: Roberts, Yates, Brazier, Quashie, Ready, Maddix, Spencer (Gallen 74), Peacock, Murray, Sheron, Sinclair. Subs Not Used: Barker, Perry.
Goals: Sheron 31. Sporting Life

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[Macmoish]

[Macmoish]

Hopefully a 2012 Boxing Day win...and the start of a surge

[Macmoish]

Bump

Last Boxing Day QPR 1 - 2 West Brom


By Peter Scrivener BBC Sport

West Brom won in London for the first time in 11 games to condemn QPR to the bottom of the Premier League table.

Chris Brunt's low 30-yard strike opened the scoring at a rain-soaked Loftus Road as Albion jumped back up to fifth.

QPR keeper Robert Green palmed the ball into his own net to put Albion 2-0 up after Armand Traore's headed clearance dropped under his own bar.
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Redknapp rues 'scandalous' decision

Djibril Cisse dinked the ball over Ben Foster to give QPR hope but the Albion keeper saved Clint Hill's late header.

It was a terrific effort by the England keeper, aided by his midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu on the line, as QPR piled on the pressure in the closing minutes in an attempt to rescue a point from the game.

Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson and Liam Ridgewell all put in timely blocks to repel wave after wave of attacks in injury time as Albion held on.

The defeat was QPR's 11th of the season and returned them to the bottom of the table on goal difference after Reading picked up a point against Swansea at the Madejski Stadium.

The last time QPR and Albion met on Boxing Day was in the 1968-9 season. West Brom won 4-0 at Loftus Road on that day and Rangers went on to be relegated from the top flight.

And it looked likely that Albion would repeat that scoreline on Wednesday after they opened up a 2-0 lead early in the second half.
Too many reds, too few wins

QPR have had more red cards (nine) than Premier League wins (seven) in 2012

Brunt ran on to Marc Antoine-Fortune's simple pass and without breaking stride, drove a low shot beyond Green's left hand to put Albion ahead.

James Morrison almost doubled the lead before half-time with a sharp flick, turn and volley but his 22-yard effort dipped over the bar.

The second goal did come though, albeit in controversial fashion.

Traore, in attempting to head Brunt's corner clear, succeeded only in sending the ball high into the air and towards his own goal-line.

Home keeper Green, who claimed he was being impeded by Marc-Antoine Fortune, could only palm the ball into his own net and referee Chris Foy waved away QPR protests.

Green was at his best though to twice deny Romelu Lukaku in one-on-one situations, advancing quickly to snuff out the danger on both occasions.
Play media

Clarke demands Baggies 'respect'

However, Rangers were struggling in attack and their lack of quality in front of goal was summed up by Stephane Mbia, who headed an Adel Taarabt corner straight back to the midfielder instead of towards goal.

The visitors were well in command but a defensive lapse allowed QPR a foothold in the game - Mbia threading a beautifully weighted through ball to Cisse, who lifted his shot over the advancing Foster to make it 2-1.

And from that moment, the home side looked the more likely to score. Albion defenders McAuley and Olsson both blocked shots while QPR's appeals for a penalty were waved away after Mbia's header struck Ridgewell on the elbow.

From the corner, Hill rose highest but his downward header was brilliantly saved by Foster as Albion held on for the win.
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Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Premier League
Home Team Score Away Team Time
QPR 1-2 West Brom FT
(HT 0-1)

Cisse 68


Brunt 29
Green (og) 49


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QPR

01 Green
03 Traore
05 Ferdinand
06 Hill
20 Fabio (Hoilett 64)
10 Taarabt
11 Wright-Phillips
32 Faurlin (Diakite 64)
40 M'bia yellow card
09 Cisse
12 Mackie

Substitutes

33 Julio Cesar,
02 Diakite,
04 Derry,
14 Granero,
18 Dyer,
28 Ehmer,
23 Hoilett

West Brom

01 Foster
03 Olsson
04 Popov (Ridgewell 35)
23 McAuley
28 Jones
07 Morrison (Tamas 86)
11 Brunt
21 Mulumbu
22 Gera
20 Lukaku (Long 76)
32 Fortune

Substitutes

13 Myhill,
06 Ridgewell,
30 Tamas,
17 Dorrans,
08 Rosenberg,
09 Long,
24 Odemwingie

Ref: FoyAtt: 17,782


1 Man Utd 19 20 46
2 Man City 19 18 39
3 Chelsea 18 20 35
4 Tottenham 19 9 33
5 Everton 19 9 33
6 West Brom 19 5 33
7 Arsenal 18 14 30
8 Stoke 19 4 28
9 Swansea 19 4 25
10 Liverpool 19 2 25
11 Norwich 19 -8 25
12 West Ham 18 0 23
13 Sunderland 19 -4 22
14 Fulham 19 -5 21
15 Newcastle 19 -7 20
16 Aston Villa 19 -21 18
17 Southampton 18 -11 16
18 Wigan 19 -16 15
19 Reading 19 -16 10
20 QPR 19 -17 10

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