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Match Day Thread QPR vs Birmingham City

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  1. daverangers

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    QPR vs Birmingham City
    The Championship
    Saturday 18th March 2022 - 15:00
    Loftus Road

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    Previous history vs Birmingham City;
    Games won: 24
    Games drawn: 17
    Games lost: 25

    Ones to remember;

    17 Jan 1967 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Cup
    17 Oct 1970 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City W 5-2 League Division Two
    18 Feb 2017 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Championship
    11 Dec 2019 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Championship

    Ones to forget;

    30 Aug 1969 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Division Two
    23 Apr 1974 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
    22 Mar 1975 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Division One
    06 Mar 1979 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 3-1 League Division One
    07 May 1979 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City L 1-3 League Division One
    09 Feb 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City L 3-4 League Championship

    Players who have played for both:
    Mike Hellawell

    1955–1957 Queens Park Rangers 45 (7)
    1957–1965 Birmingham City 178 (30)

    Barry Bridges;
    1966–1968 Birmingham City 83 (36)
    1968–1970 Queens Park Rangers 72 (31)

    Don Givens;

    1972–1978 Queens Park Rangers 242 (76)
    1978–1981 Birmingham City 59 (10)

    Trevor Francis

    1971–1979 Birmingham City 280 (119)
    1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)

    Mark Dennis
    1978–1982 Birmingham City 130 (1)
    1987–1988 Queens Park Rangers 28 (0)

    David Seaman;

    1984–1986 Birmingham City 75 (0)
    1986–1990 Queens Park Rangers 141 (0)

    Paul Peschisolido;

    1992–1994 Birmingham City 43 (16)
    1996 Birmingham City 9 (1)
    2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (1)

    Paul Furlong

    1996–2002 Birmingham City 131 (50)
    2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (1)
    2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2)
    2002–2007 Queens Park Rangers 162 (54)

    Tommy Williams;

    2002–2004 Birmingham City 4 (0)
    2002–2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (1)
    2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
    2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)

    Rowan Vine;

    2007–2008 Birmingham City 17 (1)
    2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (4)
    2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 51 (5)

    Ravel Morrisson;

    2012–2013 → Birmingham City (loan) 27 (3)
    2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 15 (6)
    2017 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)

    Lee Camp

    2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
    2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
    2018–2020 Birmingham City 80 (0)

    Dion Sanderson;
    2021–2022 → Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
    2022 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
    2022– → Birmingham City (loan) 30 (1)

    Managed both;
    Jim Smith;

    1978–1982 Birmingham City
    1985–1988 Queens Park Rangers

    Trevor Francis;
    1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers
    1996–2001 Birmingham City

    John Eustace;
    2018–2022 Queens Park Rangers (assistant)
    2019 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
    2022– Birmingham City

    Match Preview;
    Ready to put some thoughts down now, after Tuesday night's capitulation. Three down after fourteen minutes against a team below us. Unbelievable, unforgivable, and bought an apology from Ainsworth. The club are clearly looking to move on from Tuesday night, and make it history. Since the game, news articles have been released on our official website informing us of gift ideas for mother's day, a report on Masterson scoring for Gillingham and my personal favourite, an article informing everyone they can buy custom QPR car mats. We all want to forget it, but I felt car mats were really scrapping the bottom of the barrel for content. In our last five, we've won one and lost four, and sit 19th on 42 points, 7 away from the drop.

    Our visitors on Saturday, Birmingham City, aren't fairing much better. They've won one, lost three and drawn one of their last five. Their manager is the former QPR assistant manager, John Eustace, who was assistant under Steve McLaren, then briefly managed us before Mark Warburton was appointed. He left in June 2022 when some bloke whose name I can't be bothered to remember was appointed our manager, and was appointed manager of Birmingham in July 2022. He has, so far, managed 41, won 12, drawn 11 and lost 18. Their top scorer is Scott Hogan, with 10 goals...but goals come from elsewhere in the form of Troy Deeney, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Auston Trusty. Do we also need to be concerned about their #6...Hannibal. :emoticon-0138-think

    Team news and manager comments to go up when on the official, and as always...

    ...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
     
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  2. Ranger4ever

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    Oh oh, the ones to forget list is a bit short. You all know what that means?

    Plus, they will have someone in their team who has never scored in their career, we know that will change by 5pm on Saturday.
     
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  3. Steelmonkey

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    Journeyman Peschisolido had a handful of games for us when he wasn't too busy with Karen Brady...
     
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    cant hold that against him
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    Just made it longer, so now, hopefully, it means nothing. :emoticon-0145-shake
     
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    She's changed a bit
     
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    On a positive note, after getting smashed, we sure now win this one.
    2-1 will do nicely.
     
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    Phew, thanks for that one! Taken my mind off the football...
     
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  15. SW Ranger

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    Perhaps we need Stacey to do a Hakka for the team before the game? Thinking anything positive will help.
     
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    The worst team in the league against the best team in the league. Only one result possible.
     
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    Simply simply lovely.
     
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    I hope he played better for her than he did for us, or should I say better with her.
    He certainly didn't turn any heads at Loftus Road.
     
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    **** it, if we are going to crash and burn it has to be witnessed. Train strike so I’ll drive down and forgo the usual beer anaesthetic.
     
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  20. SW Ranger

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    Everybody looking forward to the game tomorrow? :emoticon-0138-think
     
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