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#STOQPR Preview-ish

QPR’s escalating injury problems make tomorrow’s trip to in form Stoke look even more unappetizing than normal, but it is tempered by some seriously good news coming out of the club this week.

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A cold, wet Saturday afternoon in Stoke – Preview - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR’s escalating injury problems make tomorrow’s trip to in form Stoke look even more unappetizing than normal, but it is tempered by some seriously good news coming out of the club this week.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
#STOQPR Oppo Profile

Stoke City are...
a) in the top half of the Championship
b) quite confident

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a cartoon character from the simpsons says " we 're through the looking glass here people "
ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons says " we 're through the looking glass here people "
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January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
#STOQPR History

Ahead of the trip to Stoke, we look back at QPR's win on this ground in 2011 that put them 8th in the Premier League and had optimism coursing - within 10 games Neil Warnock had been sacked and Mark Hughes approached.

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Helguson's Stoke masterclass has QPR flying high in the Prem – History - Queens Park Rangers News
Ahead of Saturday’s trip to Stoke, we look back at a QPR win on this ground in 2011 that put them eighth in the Premier League and had optimism coursing through the club - within ten games Neil Warnoc...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:16 AM
#WHUQPR 2-1 AET

Pride & disappointment. Impossible not to feel for players who poured everything into it for no reward. Emotional looking at Jimmy Dunne, and the reaction of that huge travelling support. But Hamlet did, indeed, die in the end.

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The rules of Road Runner – Report - Queens Park Rangers News
Close, but no fourth round cigar for QPR who suffered their annual FA Cup third round exit in fairly agonising circumstances in front of an enormous travelling support at West Ham on Sunday.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Ronnie returns, but is it the handsome deal QPR hope?

He's here, and he's beautiful etc etc.

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Ronnie returns, but is it the handsome deal QPR hope? – Signing - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR have their man at the second transfer window of asking, signing Ronnie Edwards on a permanent deal from Southampton for a fee reported in the region of £4.5m.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
#WHUQPR Preview-ish

West Ham’s season is turning into such an unmitigated disaster you’d back almost any Championship team to go there and cause a cup upset this weekend, but does QPR’s ridiculous FA Cup record + injuries make them the exception?

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Unstoppable force versus immovable object – Preview - Queens Park Rangers News
West Ham’s Premier League season is turning into such an unmitigated disaster you’d back almost any Championship team to go to the London Stadium and cause a cup upset this weekend, but does QPR’s rid...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
#WHUQPR Oppo Profile

Tuesday's controversial defeat to Nottm Forest leaves West Ham seven points adrift and staring the Championship in the face after years of mismanagement and decline.

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Staring down the barrel – Oppo Profile - Queens Park Rangers News
Tuesday night’s controversial home defeat to Nottingham Forest leaves Sunday’s opponents West Ham seven points adrift and staring the Championship in the face after years of mismanagement and decline ...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
#WHUQPR History

QPR are 3/3 against West Ham in FA Cup ties, and ahead of Sunday’s trip across London we look back to a chaotic fourth round tie from 1988 + how the Hammers came to steal one of the heroes of a 1995 win for an absolute song.

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Pizanti’s FA Cup rocket, and QPR’s worst ever transfer - History - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR are three for three against West Ham in FA Cup ties, and ahead of Sunday’s big trip across London we look back to a chaotic fourth round tie from 1988, and how the Hammers came to steal one of the...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
#QPRSHW 3-0

"Needed to win. Won." But in 2,500 words with some pretty pictures.

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Kolli rescues Rangers, but injuries mount – Report - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR got the job done at home to divisional whipping boys Sheff Wed on Sunday morning, but the 3-0 win came at considerable cost with four first teamers injured by half time including top scorer Rumarn...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#QPRSHW Photo Gallery

Pics from Loftus Road yesterday, mostly of Rayan Kolli having a lovely old time while the rest of us froze to death...

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January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
#QPRSHW Preview-ish

Barry Bannan has played against QPR more than any other club, and in those 19 appearances he has lost... three times.

Goooooooooood luck everybody.

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Insert paragraph about Barry Bannan – Preview - Queens Park Rangers News
Having blown out their Christmas and New Year with one point from three eminently winnable games, QPR will hope to salvage something from Sheff Wed at home on Sunday and avoid the humiliation of losin...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
#QPRSHW History

We're back to 1988 for the memorable match this week as Jim Smith's QPR halt the rot of a dire start to the season with a 2-0 victory over Sheff Wed on the new grass pitch at Loftus Road.

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Smith's class of 88 off the mark with Wednesday win - History - Queens Park Rangers News
We're back to 1988 for the memorable match this week as Jim Smith's QPR halt the rot of a dire start to the season with a 2-0 victory over Sheff Wed on the new grass pitch at Loftus Road.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
#QPRNOR 1-2

The season of evil starts with the birth of a New Year.

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Nightmare start to the New Year as Norwich beat QPR again - Report - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR started 2026 with a rank display at home to Norwich City, losing to the relegation-threatened Canaries for the second time in a month.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
#QPRNOR Photo Gallery

Pictures of the New Year's Day extravaganza at Loftus Road....

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January 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
#QPRNOR Preview-ish

QPR have an incredible opportunity ahead of them – three points off the play-offs with the bottom two to come at home and an FA Cup tie away at destitute West Ham in front of 9,000 away fans.

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All just a little bit of history repeating? Preview - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR have an incredible opportunity ahead of them – three points off the play-offs with the bottom two to come at home and an FA Cup tie away at destitute West Ham in front of 9,000 away fans.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#QPRNOR History

We're back to Boxing Day 1996 this week for the Memorable Match with tomorrow’s opposition Norwich - a late Andy McDermott winner made it five on the spin for a QPR team that should have achieved so much more that season.

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McDermott's late strike settles Norwich Boxing Day belter - History - Queens Park Rangers News
We're back to Boxing Day 1996 this week for the Memorable Match with tomorrow’s opposition Norwich - a late Andy McDermott winner made it five on the spin for a QPR team that should have achieved so m...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tomorrow's (it is tomorrow, right?) referee is...

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Whitestone in charge of Norwich visit - Referee - Queens Park Rangers News
Experienced Championship official Dean Whitestone is the man in the middle on New Year’s Day as QPR face struggling Norwich City.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#WBAQPR 2-1

'A long, tough, grinding watch. Chaotic casting, weird side-lining of popular characters, needless over complication. I’ve seen Stranger Things than Sam Field starting up front, but not many.'

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Chaotic team selection, chaotic outcome as R's slip at West Brom - Report - Queens Park Rangers News
A raft of changes and a whole load of square pegs in round holes brought a predictably disjointed display and defeat for QPR at West Brom on Monday night.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#WBAQPR Preview-ish

Very quick look ahead to tonight before I jump on the train...

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QPR look to conquer away jitters at restless West Brom - Preview - Queens Park Rangers News
QPR will aim to correct their recent away slump and hunt their first double of the season - possibly pushing Ryan Mason closer to the West Brom exit door if they achieve it - when they face a Baggies ...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#WBAQPR History

Ahead of tomorrow's trip to West Brom we’re looking back more than 15 years (yes really) to a trip to The Hawthorns when Marc Bircham and Steve Gallen were randomly in charge of the R’s

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Bircham and Gallen’s managerial debut – History - Queens Park Rangers News
Ahead of tomorrow's trip to West Brom we’re looking back more than 15 years (yes really) to a trip to The Hawthorns when Marc Bircham and Steve Gallen were randomly in charge of the R’s.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM