Ahead of QPR’s trip to Upton Park this Saturday, LFW looks back at a meeting between the two sides on this ground in 1993 when Les Ferdinand was in typically formidable form.

Recent Meetings

QPR 1 West Ham 2, Monday October 1, 2012, Premier League

West Ham won the first competitive meeting between these sides in eight years by the odd goal in three back in October, although in truth the final scoreline flattered QPR. Optimism was still high around Loftus Road at this stage, despite a winless start to the season stretching to five league matches, but a midweek cup defeat by newly promoted Reading had set alarm bells ringing the week before and Sam Allardyce delivered a tactical lesson to Mark Hughes in this televised Monday night game. The Hammers took an early lead through a scrappy Matt Jarvis goal and doubled it before half time through Ricardo Vaz Te as their three man midfield completely trampled on QPR’s lightweight central foursome. Hughes brought Adel Taarabt in from his latest exile and was rewarded with a stunning goal to halve the deficit with his first touch of the ball but when Samba Diakite, another substitute, fell foul of card-happy referee Mark Clattenburg and was sent off the game was up. Decent performances against Chelsea and Spurs just prior to this long forgotten, this was the game when it really started to unravel for Mark Hughes at Loftus Road.

QPR: Cesar 6, Onuoha 4 (Hoilett 84, -), Nelsen 5, Mbia 4, Hill 4, Park 3 (Diakite 56, 5), Granero 5, Faurlin 5, Wright-Phillips 4 (Taarabt 56, 8), Cisse 6, Zamora 6

Subs not used: Green, Mackie, Ephraim, Ehmer

Goals: Taarabt 57 (unassisted)

Bookings: Taarabt 57 (over celebrating), Diakite 58 (foul), 74 (foul)

Red Cards: Diakite 74 (two yellows)

West Ham: Jaaskelainen 7, Demel 6, Collins 6, Reid 6 (Tomkins 23, 7), O’Brien 6 (McCartney 35, 6), Noble 8, Diame 8, Nolan 8, Jarvis 7, Vaz Te 7, Cole 7 (Carroll 72, 7)

Subs not used: Henderson, Benayoun, O’Neil, Maiga

Goals: Jarvis 3 (assisted Nolan), Vaz Te 35 (assisted Tomkins)

Bookings: (Deep breath) Diame 38 (foul), Noble 45 (foul), McCartney 62 (foul), Jaaskelainen 66 (time wasting), Cole 68 (repetitive fouling), Nolan 68 (dissent), Collins 77 (time wasting), Tomkins 90 (time wasting)

QPR 1 West Ham 0, Saturday October 16, 2004, Championship

West Ham were the newly relegated title favourites and QPR the freshly promoted upstarts when they last met before this season, but the spoils went the way of Ian Holloway’s men as part of a remarkable seven match winning run. The campaign had started badly for Rangers who took four games to record a win and pressure was being applied to Ian Holloway by the board of directors, with new Italian investor Gianni Paladini apparently engineering a move for Argentinean Ramon Diaz behind the scenes. A 3-2 win against Plymouth at Loftus Road got Rangers going and away wins at Crewe, Brighton and Stoke sandwiched home successes against Leicester and Coventry. A capacity crowd was inside Loftus Road to see Matthew Rose maraud forward from left back and slot in the only goal of the game to stretch the run out to seven matches.

QPR: C Day, M Bignot, D Shittu (S Branco, 89), G Santos, M Rose, M Rowlands , M Bircham (G Padula, 89), K Gallen, L Cook, P Furlong, J Cureton (K McLeod, 85)

Subs not used: R Edghill, M Bean

West Ham: S Bywater, H Mullins, T Repka, A Ferdinand, C Powell, L Chadwick (C Cohen, 66), N Reo-Coker, S Lomas, M Harewood, S Rebrov , B Zamora (D Hutchison, 81) Subs not used: T McClenahan, R Brevett, J Walker

West Ham 2 QPR 1, Saturday November 6, 2004, Championship

The return fixture came less than a month later at Upton Park, and the old saying about familiarity breeding contempt certainly seemed to hold water on this occasion as a vile challenge from Tomasz Repka through the back of Tony Thorpe left the striker nursing an injury from which his career never recovered. With Repka still on the pitch West Ham opened the scoring with a Marlon Harewood penalty before half time but QPR pegged them back in the second half when Kevin McLeod netted from close range. Sadly for the R’s Harewood, who has always enjoyed scoring against QPR, bagged a winner six minutes from time.

West Ham: S Bywater, H Mullins, T Repka , C Davenport, C Powell , D Hutchison (A Ferdinand, 88), C Fletcher, S Lomas, M Etherington, M Harewood, L Chadwick (B Zamora, 75)

Subs not used: S Rebrov, J Walker, R Brevett

QPR: C Day, D Shittu, M Rose, G Santos, M Bircham, T Thorpe (G Ainsworth, 29), J Cureton, L Cook (K McLeod, 62), F Simek (G Padula, 87), K Gallen, P Furlong

Subs not used: S Branco, M Bean

Previous Results

2012/13 QPR 1 West Ham 2 (Taarabt)

2004/05 West Ham 2 QPR 1 (McLeod)

2004/05 QPR 1 West Ham 0 (Rose)

1995/96 QPR 3 West Ham 0 (Gallen 2, Ready)

1995/96 West Ham 1 QPR 0

1994/95 West Ham 0 QPR 0

1994/95 QPR 1 West Ham 0* (Impey)

1994/95 QPR 2 West Ham 1 (Ferdinand, Sinclair)

1993/94 QPR 0 West Ham 0

1993/94 West Ham 0 QPR 4 (Ferdinand 2, Peacock, Penrice)

1991/92 West Ham 2 QPR 2 (B Allen 2)

1991/92 QPR 0 West Ham 0

1988/89 West Ham 0 QPR 0

1988/89 QPR 2 West Ham 1 (Maddix, Stein)

1987/88 QPR 3 West Ham 1* (Pizanti, Bannister, M Allen)

1987/88 West Ham 1 QPR 0

1987/88 QPR 3 West Ham 0 (Bannister, Brock, Stewart og)

1986/87 West Ham 1 QPR 1 (Fenwick)

1986/87 QPR 2 West Ham 3 (James, Byrne)

1985/86 QPR 0 West Ham 1

1985/86 West Ham 3 QPR 1 (Byrne)

1984/85 QPR 4 West Ham 2 (Bannister 2, Byrne, Fenwick)

1984/85 West Ham 1 QPR 3 (Byrne, Bannister, Waddock)

1983/84 West Ham 2 QPR 2 (C Allen 2)

1983/84 QPR 1 West Ham 1 (Stainrod)

1980/81 West Ham 3 QPR 0

1980/81 QPR 3 West Ham 0 (Silkman, Currie, Stainrod)

1979/80 West Ham 2 QPR 1 (Goddard)

1979/80 QPR 3 West Ham 0 (C Allen 2, Goddard)

1977/78 QPR 1 West Ham 0 (Cunningham)

1977/78 QPR 6 West Ham 1*(Busby 2, Bowles, Givens, Hollins, James)

1977/78 West Ham 1 QPR 1*(Howe)

1977/78 West Ham 2 QPR 2 (Eastoe, Lock og)

1976/77 QPR 1 West Ham 1 (Eastoe)

1976/77 West Ham 0 QPR 2** (Bowles, Clement)

1976/77 West Ham 1 QPR 0

1975/76 West Ham 1 QPR 0

1975/76 QPR 1 West Ham 1 (Givens)

1974/75 West Ham 2 QPR 1* (Clement)

1974/75 West Ham 2 QPR 2 (Bowles, Masson)

1974/75 QPR 0 West Ham 2

1973/74 West Ham 2 QPR 3 (Givens 2, Abbott)

1973/74 QPR 0 West Ham 0

1968/69 QPR 1 West Ham 1 (Clarke)

1968/69 West Ham 4 QPR 3 (Leach 2, Bridges)

1951/52 West Ham 4 QPR 2 (Gilberg, Hatton)

1951/52 QPR 2 West Ham 0 (Addinall, Shepherd)

1950/51 QPR 3 West Ham 3 (Clayton, Farrow, Duggan)

1950/51 West Ham 4 QPR 1 (Addinall)

1949/50 West Ham 1 QPR 0

1949/50 QPR 0 West Ham 1

1948/49 West Ham 2 QPR 0

1948/49 QPR 2 West Ham 1 (Hatton, Hudson)

1938/39 QPR 1 West Ham 2*(Cheetham)

1909/10 West Ham 0 QPR 1*(Steer)

1909/10 QPR 1 West Ham 1*(Steer)

1908/09 West Ham 1 QPR 0*

1908/09 QPR 0 West Ham 0*

* - FA Cup

** - League Cup

Memorable Match

West Ham 0 QPR 4, Saturday August 28, 1993, Premier League

QPR had finished fifth in the inaugural Premier League in 1992/93, the top placed London club, but endured a tough pre-season prior to the 1993/94 campaign with Alan McDonald picking up an Achilles injury before a ball had even been kicked and Ian Holloway leaving the field early on the opening day of the season at Aston Villa after taking a knee to the back which would keep him out until October. Andy Sinton had also been sold to Sheffield Wednesday, with a young Trevor Sinclair coming in from Blackpool as his replacement.

Rangers lost that first fixture at Villa Park 4-1 but had dominated for long periods, scoring a fabulous equaliser through Les Ferdinand and then seeing a second that would have given them the lead ruled out incorrectly with the England striker flagged offside when level. Villa subsequently ran their own goal of the season competition in the final four minutes of the game, scoring three outrageous long range goals to record a flattering opening day win. Liverpool then came to Loftus Road four days later and won 3-1 with their only three shots on goal. The R’s rallied to beat Southampton 2-1 with goals from Gary Penrice and Clive Wilson but lost 2-0 at Chelsea and there was plenty of frustration to get out of their systems in the second away match of the campaign at Upton Park.

West Ham meanwhile were newly promoted. They’d finished second in the First Division the year before on goal difference ahead of Portsmouth after winning the final four matches of the season and took their place in the Premier League alongside champions Newcastle and play off winners Swindon Town. But having won that promotion manager Billy Bonds and his team found the going tough at the higher level initially and had already lost at home to Wimbledon (2-0) and away to Leeds (1-0) before a 1-1 draw at Coventry and first win at home against Sheffield Wednesday (2-0) thanks to a brace from veteran former QPR forward Clive Allen.

With one end of Upton Park reduced to rubble as work on a new stand progressed there was a strange atmosphere as the teams took to the field, and QPR silenced the home fans further by taking the lead early in the first half. A delicate chipped corner from Ray Wilkins in the twelfth minute tempted Ludek Miklosko from his line into an area he should never have considered occupying and Darren Peacock duly met the ball with a firm header at the near post and guided the ball into the empty net.

A narrow lead at half time then and no real indication of the massacre to come. Things were all too easy for Rangers initially as Bardsley played a ball forwards for Wilkins to chest into the path of Penrice – all three in acres of space in the West Ham half – and when Penrice then lofted a speculative ball in behind a static back line Les Ferdinand reacted quickest to beat Miklosko to the ball, and then force it beyond him and into the net with the power of his shot and double QPR’s lead with just two minutes played.

The Wilkins and Peacock set piece combination worked well again in the fifty third minute when the ageing midfielder dollied a free kick up to the back post for Peacock to nod back into the danger area. Penrice controlled the ball on the edge of the six yard box with his back to goal, swivelled and struck a third goal that once again the goalkeeper probably should have done better with.

And the mood of the home fans wasn’t improved much 20 minutes from time when Sinclair punted a ball forwards for Ferdinand to chase and, despite being easily third favourite behind Colin Foster and Miklosko, seize possession on the edge of the area, turn a full 360 degrees to bamboozle the ragged home defence, and then finish into the open net for 18 yards out.

Manager Gerry Francis sent on striker Bradley Allen as a late substitute to join his brother Clive and cousin Martin on the field. No fewer than five of the West Ham players that day either played for QPR previously, or went on to join the R’s later including Miklosko despite his horror show here.

The teams shared a goalless draw at Loftus Road later in the season as the Hammers rallied to finish thirteenth. QPR finished ninth.

West Ham: Miklosko, Breaker, Potts, Foster, Dicks, M Allen, Robson, Butler, Rowland, Morley, C Allen

Subs not used: Gale, Peyton, Holmes

QPR: Roberts, Bardsley, Peacock, McDonald, Wilson, Sinclair, Wilkins (Ready 76), Barker, Impey, Penrice (B Allen 83), Ferdinand

Sub not used: Stejskal

Attendance: 18,084

Highlights >>> West Ham 2 QPR 2, 91/92 >>> QPR 3 West Ham 1, 1988 >>> West Ham 2 QPR 2, 1983/84 >>> QPR 3 West Ham 0, 1980/81 >>> West Ham 0 QPR 2, 1976 League Cup >>>QPR 3 West Ham 4, 1968/69

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eastside_r added 00:54 - Jan 18 Excellent spot for the feature match. Being an East Londoner and knowing many WHam fans (including family members) these fixtures are always poignant. Not only had Macca been injured for the start of the season, but also David Bardsley; two of my favourite best players ever. The locals thought a shellacking was imminent (in their favour.) But not so. As it happened Macca and DB were back to shore up the defence and Les Ferdinand terrorised them all afternoon. Over the years we have had a good record at Upton Park, and as an East London R this has made life somewhat tolerable.

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eastside_r added 00:57 - Jan 18 And of course there was the 0-3 game in 1987 when I was younger and less gracious, but that's another story.
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SonofNorfolt added 01:39 - Jan 18 Eastside you are right, that opener for the 87/88 season is burnt into my memory. Paul Parker's debut along with Coney, Brock and the excellent, for too short a time in hoops, Mark Dennis. Maybe more without checking. Top London Club that season. I missed Brock's goal, our third, just before Ht, as I went for a beer, grinning that we were two up already.
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Roller added 05:42 - Jan 18 I can still vividly recall Clive Allen scoring a magnificent goal against West Ham (in the 2-2 draw in 83/4 I'd guess). Receiving the ball just outside their area, he twisted and turned past their defence with a couple of drag backs before planting his shot in the corner of the net. It surely must be time for Clive to come home.
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izlingtonhoop added 07:45 - Jan 18 No West Ham fan I ever speak to remembers the 6-1 FA cup trouncing in 78. Selective blindness?
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richranger added 08:00 - Jan 18 Here's Clive Allen's goal in 83/84
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JB007007 added 08:23 - Jan 18 What a day that was in 93. With our wedding day planned long before, the one one fixture that we didn't want, was my brothers West Ham. We both couldn't believe it. Obviously before the days of mobile phones etc to keep an eye on proceedings and during his best man speech he informed everyone that his Hammers had done us 4-0. Me and a couple of others managed to get to a radio during sports report shortly after - the real party began! There was quite a group of us in the honeymoon suite watching match of the day later. One of the only days my brother and I have actually laughed at a QPR/West Ham game together.

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ngbqpr added 08:59 - Jan 18 The 0-4 was one of my favourite ever awaydays. Highlight was a long break for an injury when we were 3 or 4 up - the Rs fans chanted the name of all 11 players (the only time I think I've heard that - certainly mid-game), and to a man they acknowledged it.
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dixiedean added 09:45 - Jan 18 The 6-1 cup replay was amazing- I think they scored first and then we blitzed them. I remember Leighton James scoring a blistering free kick at the Loft End.Did we go down that season ? But the 3-0 away win at the start of the 87-88 season tops that one. Brock's 30-yarder lives long in the memory ( bad time to go for a pint, Northolt !) And David Pizanti's ( who he ? another Israeli international- TBH not our first ) 30 yard curler at home in the cup win ?Not only did 5 of their '93 team play for us, but 3 of ours that day also played for them later.V incestuous. Never forgave them for stealing Tricky Trev and fobbing us off with their dross( Rowland , Dowie I think and Breaker,who is the only footballer ever to run at the same speed the whole time, like a clockwork toy). I fancy us tomorrow- hope the Nanny State police don't call it off because the streets are slippery. Cue Clive rant !

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TacticalR added 15:40 - Jan 18 West Ham vs QPR was a regular feature until our relegation from the Premier League in 1995/96. As dixiedean said, over the years West Ham have made a habit of robbing us of excellent players, and lumbering us with dross, as we declined. Given that, our head to head record against them is not too bad.
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