QPR travel to Carrow Road on Saturday to face fellow newly promoted side Norwich City, a fixture that has brought them little joy in recent seasons.

Recent Meetings

Norwich 1 QPR 0, Saturday January 1, 2011, Championship

QPR have a dreadful recent record at Carrow Road, one win in ten visits prior to last season’s visit which made it one win in 11. Norwich were in great form and closing in on QPR at the top of the Championship table. They’d overhauled Leeds at the top of League One the season before the home supporters spent most of this game taunting the visitors that the same thing was about to happen. It didn’t, QPR went onto win the league, but Norwich did beat Rangers here thanks to a fabulous early strike from full back Russell Martin. QPR’s cause wasn’t helped by Matthew Connolly’s second sending off in as many visits to Norfolk for fouling Grant Holt as he ran through on goal but the R’s should have equalised late on when Patrick Agyemang hit the post with a header that should have been scored. Norwich were promoted in second behind QPR.

Norwich: Ruddy 7, R Martin 7, Nelson 6, Whitbread 6, Drury 6, Smith 7, Crofts 7, Hoolahan 8, C Martin 7, Holt 8, Wilbraham 6 (Gill 82,-)

Subs Not Used: Rudd, Jackson, Johnson, McNamee, Tudur Jones, Berthel Askou

Goals: R Martin 10 (assisted C Martin)

QPR: Kenny 8, Walker 6, Gorkss 6, Connolly 5, Hill 6 (Orr 46, 6), Derry 7, Faurlin 6, Clarke 4, Mackie 6, Taarabt 6 (Tofas 62, 6), Helguson 5 (Agyemang 46, 7)

Subs Not Used: Cerny, Rowlands, Hulse, Borrowdale

Sent Off: Connolly 51 (denying obvious goal scoring opportunity)

Booked: Hill (foul), Taarabt (foul)

QPR 0 Norwich 0, Saturday October 16, 2010, Championship

Wes Hoolahan’s first half penalty miss was the headline of a goalless draw between these two sides at Loftus Road earlier in the season. The Irishman drilled a spot kick wide of Paddy Kenny’s left hand post midway through the first half after a theatrical fall by striker Grant Holt under meagre contact from Matt Connolly in the penalty area. In truth both teams seemed happy with a point from pretty early in the second half and a goalless draw was a fair result from a drab fixture.

QPR: Kenny 7, Walker 8, Connolly 8, Gorkss 8, Hill 7, Derry 6, Buzsaky 7 (Leigertwood 27, 4), Mackie 6, Taarabt 6 (Smith 76), Ephraim 5 (Agyemang 69, 5), Helguson 6

Subs Not Used: Cerny, Orr, Clarke, Faurlin

Booked: Derry (dissent), Mackie (foul)

Norwich: Ruddy 7, R Martin 7, Barnett 6, Ward 7, Drury 6 (Steven Smith 58, 6), Crofts 7, Hoolahan 5 (C Martin 69, 6), Smith 6, Lappin 6, Holt 7, Jackson 5

Subs Not Used: Rudd, Fox, Johnson, McNamee, Berthel Askou

Booked: Ward (foul), Barnett (impeding throw in), Lappin (foul)

Previous Results

Head to Head >>> Norwich wins 43 >>> Draws 33 >>> QPR wins 38

2010/11 Norwich 1 QPR 0

2010/11 QPR 0 Norwich 0

2008/09 QPR 0 Norwich 1

2008/09 Norwich 0 QPR 1 (Rowlands)

2007/08 Norwich 3 QPR 0

2007/08 QPR 1 Norwich 0 (Rowlands)

2006/07 Norwich 1 QPR 0

2006/07 QPR 3 Norwich 3 (Rowlands 2, Smith)

2005/06 Norwich 3 QPR 2 (Ainsworth, Cook)

2005/06 QPR 3 Norwich 0 (Furlong, Santos, Nygaard)

2000/01 Norwich 1 QPR 0

2000/01 QPR 2 Norwich 3 (Carlisle, Wardley)

1999/00 QPR 2 Norwich 2 (Kiwomya 2)

1999/00 Norwich 2 QPR 1 (Wardley)

1998/99 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Murray, Peacock)

1998/99 Norwich 4 QPR 2 (Sheron, Peacock)

1997/98 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1997/98 QPR 1 Norwich 1 (Peacock)

1996/97 QPR 3 Norwich 2 (Peacock, Dichio, McDermott)

1996/97 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Impey)

1994/95 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Ferdinand, Gallen)

1994/95 Norwich 4 QPR 2 (Barker, Gallen)

1993/94 Norwich 3 QPR 4 (Barker, Penrice, Peacock, White)

1993/94 QPR 2 Norwich 2 (Sinclair, Ferdinand)

1992/93 QPR 3 Norwich 1 (Ferdinand 2, Wilson)

1992/93 Norwich 2 QPR 1 (Allen)

1991/92 Norwich 0 QPR 1 (Bailey)

1991/92 QPR 0 Norwich 2

1990/91 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1990/91 QPR 1 Norwich 3 (Wegerle)

1989/90 QPR 2 Norwich 1 (Falco, Clarke)

1989/90 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1988/89 QPR 1 Norwich 1 (Falco)

1988/89 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1987/88 QPR 3 Norwich 0 (Channing, Coney, Fereday)

1987/88 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Allen)

1986/87 QPR 1 Norwich 1 (Rosenior)

1986/87 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1984/85 QPR 2 Norwich 2 (Fereday, Wicks)

1984/85 Norwich 2 QPR 0

1983/84 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Dawes, Waddock)

1983/84 Norwich 0 QPR 3 (Stainrod, Fenwick 2)

1981/82 Norwich 0 QPR 1 (Roeder)

1981/82 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Stainrod, Gregory)

1978/79 QPR 0 Norwich 0

1978/79 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (G Francis)

1977/78 QPR 2 Norwich 1 (Eastoe, Cunningham)

1977/78 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Needham)

1976/77 Norwich 2 QPR 0

1976/77 QPR 2 Norwich 3 (Masson, Webb)

1975/76 Norwich 3 QPR 2 (Thomas, Powell og)

1975/76 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Masson, Bowles)

1973/74 QPR 1 Norwich 2 (Bowles

1973/74 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1971/72 QPR 0 Norwich 0

1971/72 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1970/71 Norwich 3 QPR 0

1970/71 QPR 0 Norwich 1

1969/70 QPR 4 Norwich 0 (Marsh, Venables, Clarke, Bridges)

1969/70 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1967/68 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1967/68 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Keen, I Morgan)

1959/60 QPR 0 Norwich 0

1959/60 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1958/59 Norwich 5 QPR 1 (Longbottom)

1958/59 QPR 2 Norwich 1 (Longbottom, Kerrins)

1957/58 QPR 1 Norwich 1 (Cameron)

1957/58 Norwich 2 QPR 0

1956/57 Norwich 1 QPR 2 (Longbottom, Painter)

1956/57 QPR 3 Norwich 1 (Angell, Locke, Quigley)

1955/56 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1955/56 QPR 2 Norwich 3 (Petchley, Smith)

1954/55 QPR 2 Norwich 1 (Angell, Cameron)

1954/55 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Smith)

1953/54 QPR 0 Norwich 2

1953/54 Norwich 2 QPR 2 (Clayton, Hawkins)

1952/53 QPR 3 Norwich 1 (Waugh 2, Tomkys)

1952/53 Norwich 2 QPR 0

1947/48 Norwich 5 QPR 2 (Hatton, Smith)

1947/48 QPR 3 Norwich 1 (Hatton, McEwan, Pettison)

1946/47 Norwich 0 QPR 1 (Mills)

1946/47 QPR 2 Norwich 0*(Hatton, Mills)

1946/47 Norwich 4 QPR 4* (Mills 2, McEwen, Pattison)

1946/47 QPR 1 Norwich 1 (Hatton)

1933/34 Norwich 1 QPR 0

1933/34 QPR 5 Norwich 2 (Blackman 2, Emmerson 2, Clarke)

1932/33 QPR 2 Norwich 2 (Goodier, Howe)

1932/33 Norwich 3 QPR 2 (Marcroft, Goddard)

1931/32 QPR 2 Norwich 2 (Blackman, Cribb)

1931/32 Norwich 2 QPR 1 (Lewis)

1930/31 QPR 3 Norwich 1 (Goddard 2, Rounce)

1930/31 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Goddard)

1929/30 QPR 3 Norwich 2 (Goddard 3)

1929/30 Norwich 3 QPR 0

1928/29 Norwich 3 QPR 1 (Goddard)

1928/29 QPR 3 Norwich 0 (Coward 2, Rounce)

1927/28 QPR 0 Norwich 0

1927/28 Norwich 3 QPR 1 (Johnson)

1926/27 Norwich 0 QPR 1 (Lofthouse)

1926/27 QPR 4 Norwich 0 (Goddard 2, Lofthouse, Vargo)

1925/26 QPR 0 Norwich 1

1925/26 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Whitehead)

1924/25 Norwich 5 QPR 0

1924/25 QPR 1 Norwich 2 (Ogley)

1923/24 Norwich 5 QPR 0

1923/24 QPR 2 Norwich 1 (Parker, Johnson)

1922/23 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Gregory, Birch)

1922/23 Norwich 1 QPR 1 (Davis)

1921/22 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Gregory, Smith)

1921/22 Norwich 0 QPR 0

1920/21 QPR 2 Norwich 0 (Gregory, Birch)

1920/21 Norwich 2 QPR 0

1909/10 QPR 3 Norwich 0* (Steer, McNaught, Whyman)

1909/10 Norwich 0 QPR 0*

* - FA Cup

Connections

Although born a West Country boy of Bristol, Cureton actually started his footballing career over in Norfolk with Norwich City. He made his debut for the Canaries in their last Premier League season before relegation and scored an impressive eight goals in just 17 games for City. However Cureton struggled to get into the team the following season and despite becoming a cult-hero at Carrow Road for dying his hair green and yellow for a match against rivals Ipswich in 1996, Cureton moved onto Second Division Bristol Rovers under manager Ian Holloway. It was at The Memorial Stadium that Cureton really showed his goal-scoring prowess, twice scoring more than twenty goals in one season to finish as Rovers top scorer.

A move to promotion hopefuls Reading followed and he continued his goal-scoring feats with the Royals and helped them gain promotion to the First Division in 2002. A year later though Cureton decided to try his luck abroad and signed for South Korean club Buscan Icons, turning down a summer move to Loftus Road in the process. The gamble never really paid off for Jamie though and a year on with just four goals to his name in Asia, Cureton decided to come back to England.

It look as though it would be with Peterborough until former gaffer Ian Holloway got his man at the second attempt with the help of the ‘Our QPR’ fund. This was somewhat controversial at the time as the fund had initially been started to pay bills and keep the threat of administration away from a potentially promotion winning QPR side – chief executive David Davies had said earlier in the season that players may have to be sold to meet costs. QPR had also bought Tony Thorpe after being rejected by Cureton that summer so the move was a strange one all round. He struggled to get into the side that won promotion back to the Championship that season with a last day win over Sheffield Wednesday, but did contribute two vital goals, including one with the last kick of the game, to a 3-2 win against Port Vale at Loftus Road without which Bristol City would have beaten us to second place.

The goals never quite came for him, mainly due to Holloway repeatedly playing him out of a position on the right-wing to accommodate Tony Thorpe along with Kevin Gallen and Paul Furlong. His only goals in the Championship the following season strangely came against Coventry, with a memorable hat-trick that included a Van Basten like volley at Loftus Road and another at Highfield Road but he soon found himself surplus to requirement and was farmed out first on loan to Swindon then Colchester before landing a permanent moved to Layer Road in 2006. It was here he rediscovered his shooting boots winning the Championship Golden Boot award with 24 in the 2006/07 season and securing a move back to his first club Norwich City.

Cureton has been very hit and miss for his entire career – enjoying great spells with Bristol Rovers and Reading, and poor ones with QPR and then Norwich second time around. Cureton managed just 48 starts, and a further 28 substitute appearances across three years in his second spell with the club – a time that saw Norwich quickly rattle through four managers and sink down into League One. He spent time on loan with Barnsley and then Shrewsbury looking for first team football before joining Exeter City in 2010. His time at St James’ Park was prolific, he scored 17 League One goals last season but left to join Leyton Orient prior to this season and has yet to score in 14 appearances for Russell Slade’s team.

Others >>> Lee Camp, QPR (loan) 2004, (loan) 2007, 2007-2009, Norwich (loan) 2006 >>> Jimmy Smith, QPR (loan) 2006-2007, Norwich (loan) 2007 >>> Jason Jarrett, Norwich 2005-2006, QPR (loan) 2007-2008 >>> Zesh Rehman, Norwich (loan) 2006, QPR 2006-2009 >>> Dean Marney, QPR (loan) 2004, Norwich (loan) 2005 >>> Robert Taylor, Norwich 1990-1991, QPR (loan) 2001 >>> Peter Crouch, QPR 2000-2001, Norwich (loan) 2003 >>>Paul Peschisolido, QPR (loan) 2000, Norwich (loan) 2001>>> Brian McGovern, QPR (loan) 1999-2000, Norwich 2000-2002 >>> Bruce Rioch, QPR (coach) 1996-1997, Norwich (manager) 1998-2000 >>> Matt Jackson, QPR (loan) 1996, Norwich 1996-2001 >>> Mike Sheron, Norwich 1994-1995, QPR 1997-1999 >>> Andy Linighan, Norwich 1988-1990, QPR (loan) 1999 >>> Dean Coney, QPR 1987-1989, Norwich 1989-1991 >>> John O’Neill, QPR 1987, Norwich 1987-1988 >>> Glenn Roeder , QPR 1978-1983, Norwich (manager) 2007-2009 >>> Chris Woods, QPR 1979-1981, Norwich 1981-1986

Memorable Match

Norwich 3 QPR 2, Saturday April 17, 1976, First Division

The consistency and ability of Neil Warnock’s team last season meant that Rangers were finally able to lift the silver jug as winners of the First Division for the first time in their history. That jug was once the prize for the champions of England before the breakaway Premier League was formed in 1992 and it’s rather ironic that we lifted it despite a New Year’s Day loss at Norwich because it was a heartbreaking defeat on that ground in 1976 that cost Rangers their only other chance of winning it and being crowned champions for the only time in their history.

In the 1975/76 season QPR had one of the best teams in the country. It was a glorious mixture of skill, ability, experience and guile; Parkes, Clement, Gillard, Hollins, McLintock, Webb, Thomas, Francis, Masson, Bowles and Givens with an honourable mention for Mick Leach. Rangers only used 17 players in the entire season but that was all they needed to set themselves up for a tilt at the title in the closing weeks of the season. Rangers had won six straight games, and won ten and drawn one of their previous 11, prior to a visit to Carrow Road here games before the end of the season. Win, and there would be only two more hurdles to clear before the league championship was presented at Loftus Road.

In true QPR style, they gifted Norwich a 3-2 win – their only defeat in the final 15 matches of the season but it cost them the title all the same. Norwich took a first half lead when Dave Clement’s weak back header to Phil Parkes was poked home by Ted MacDougall but an equaliser soon followed when Stan Bowles found Dave Thomas wide on the left and he superbly cut into the area past two opponents before firing home.

Even back then QPR were rather prone to the Lloyd Doyley effect – where players yet to score in a ridiculous number of games suddenly break their duck against Rangers – and they fell behind in the second half to a fabulous long range volley from Peter Morris, who scored just that one time in 66 appearances for the Canaries. Phil Parkes probably thought he’d done enough when he punched a corner a good 30 yards clear of his goal but Morris had other ideas and found the net from distance. When Norwich then made it three with a suspiciously offside looking goal the game, and the season, was up

Tony Powell lobbed a farcical own goal past his own keeper late on to halve the deficit but Rangers could not fight back. QPR beat Arsenal and then Leeds with goals from Bowles and Thomas sealing a 2-0 win in front of 31,002 in Shepherds Bush. Sadly, as we all know, Liverpool played Wolves in a game in hand some ten days later and scored three times in the final 15 minutes to snatch our title away from us.

QPR: Parkes, Clement, McLintock, Webb, Gillard, Thomas, Francis, Hollins, Givens, Bowles, Masson.

Links >>> Norwich 1 QPR 0 Match Report >>> Norwich 3 QPR 2 1976 Highlights >>> QPR 2 Norwich 0 1967 Highlights

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QPRski added 07:03 - Nov 24 I still feel heat broken when I recall that match in 1976 so let's fast forward 35 years to this Saturday. Matches against teams such as Norwich (this saturday) and West Brom (next week) are the type of matches where we need to play well and get good results. It will really make our position on the premiership sustainable. Imagine 2 wins and we would have 21 pts from 14 played, thus the half half way stage for survival with a prospect of a good final position or an allowance for our difficult end of season run in. It would be great. If we do not do well with these matches we will have to get points from the difficult matches of the Manchesters, Aresenal, Liverpools, Chelseas, etc. Of course it is possible but suprise results would be more feasable when we play them with less pressure of the need to win points. I hope that we are able to put in a performance & attitude as we did recently agianst Chelsea, Spurs (2nd half), Man C and Stoke rather than that of Fulham or Blackburn. If we do then this match could be winnable whatever the record books say. Key here will be the attitiude and team selction/tactics.

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richranger added 08:58 - Nov 24 Yes, the Norwich game in 1976 was heartbreaking - but in hindsight the game that lost us the Championship was a 0-0 draw at Sheffield Utd in the middle of our winning run. Sheffield finished bottom that season and were awful - we should have thrashed them but somehow couldn't score. A win in that game would have taken a lot of the pressure off and I'm convinced we would have gone on to win the league.

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QPRski added 12:32 - Nov 24 richranger: You are correct on the Sheff Utd analysis. However I recall the Norwich game was the one that left it out of ours hands. After the euphoria of the Leeds match, all of West London was tuned to the live radio commentary of the Wolves v Liverpool match which unfortunately was another heartbreak. After so many years, I believe it was a priviledge to have taken part in those games and I truly hope that the Fernadez era will create a similarly memorable and great team! Let's dream and hope of the future, but let's get a result against the Canaries this Saturday!!!

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sligoranger added 16:05 - Nov 24 Yeah, my day was going ok until I was reminded of that match at Norwich in '76. What a downer that day was--and indeed still is---- we trooped up to Carrow Rd. feeling virtually invincible, all we had to do was turn up! I remember leaving that match feeling choked, could not believe that those turnip crunchers had put one over on us, just felt that we had left the title behind us that afternoon and thats how it did turn out. Agree with QPRski, it was indeed a priviledge to have been able to watch that mid-seventies team, to my mind they played some of the most attractive football of that era and beyond any doubt were the best team QPR ever put out, everyone an international if my memory is correct. Think that the current team still have a bit to go to match the '75/76 squad but we are certinally going in the right direction and it is great to be back in the top flight again,even if it is harder for a long distance Ranger like me to get tickets. In fairness I'm also a bit pleased to see Norwich back up as well and doing reasonably ok, their a well run club, however, hopefully we will get a result on Sat.......... come on you R'rrrsss!!

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canary added 18:33 - Nov 24 COME ON YOU YELLOWS!
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Myke added 23:25 - Nov 24 Hey sligoranger, another sligo ranger here! 1976 team the reason I began following QPR and have been ever since. Webb the only player uncapped I believe. i can still rattle that team off without drawing a breath and couldn't say that too many times over the last 35 years. Looking at Monday nights game between Spurs and AV, then you would have to say that 8th place is attainable this season. Ok ok let's not get carried away, but apart from the obvious top 6 and the great start Newcastle have had, there is no reason, with the proper strengthening in Jan, why we cannot finish 8th

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NorthfieldsR added 01:29 - Nov 25 I remember being at the '08 1-0 win when we were reduced to 10 men and held on valiantly. Dowie coming over to the QPR at the end and punching the air with real passion. The new Briatore money had not gone sour and there was no meddling apparent. Who knows what would have happenned if he'd been left alone to do the job? Anyway forget that memory, apart from the fact that another performance like that night and 3 points will be ours again!

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W7Ranger added 11:45 - Nov 25 Seems Rowlands and Gavin Peacock liked to play against the Canaries didn't they? Another name that jumped out at me whilst looking through that list of scorers was Mcdermott (Amdrew?). He was a decent player I seem to recall. An Aussie too. Usually a decent game and a high scoring fixture this one (apart from the last few years that is!). Would settle for a boring 1-0 win, but the boys will be confident they can create plenty of chances tomorrow and we're in good form in front of goal at the mo. I'll go for a 2-1 win.

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