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Best in person, probably the Oldham semi-final. That was definitely the loudest I've ever heard it at Loftus Road. Not just when the goal went in, but before the match and everything.
Another one that always sticks in the mind, the last game of the season 6-0 against Palace to stay up. The biggest piss-up W12 has ever seen. Starting from the British Queen, then the Coningham, the Queen Adelaide, a few more until we ended up in Swakeleys. We kept having to move from pub to pub because they were running out of beer. We have a lot of stories from that day!
Best one on telly, hmm can't think of that many good ones. Probably the 4-1 v Man U Dennis Bailey Hallelujah!!
Worst ones that I've been there in person, the Milk Cup final certainly. But whilst it was annoying at the time I was only 15 and I was less upset than on my previous time seeing QPR at Wembley (FA Cup replay v Spurs). At the time QPR were a very good team and I naively thought I'd see us play in several other cup finals.
So many terrible and infuriating matches I've been to, both at home & especially away. That Huddersfield away match which confirmed our relegation in 2001 probably the most miserable I've felt at and after a match.
One that springs to mind for worst TV game was losing 4-0 to Swansea in the FA Cup first round. Also there was a TV game against Liverpool in the Premier League when that cúnt Redknapp was our manager. We were at home and they beat us comfortably. Suarez scored a hat-trick I think. We looked a trillion miles away from being able to compete at that level. And that's because we were. Those 3 seasons we had in the Premier League in the 2000s were some of the most misery-packed times in all my years supporting this club. Totally made me fall out of love with the Premier League, I got out of the habit of watching Match of the Day during those seasons and I've never got back into it.
Had 3 weeks in New Zealand in August 2024 with the wife & my kids aged 14 & 11.
We have family & friends near Christchurch & also near Auckland so we went to both south & north islands.
Given it was winter and some of the adventure sports stuff was closed, I think we had just the right amount of time in Rotorua (3 full days) None of my family are really city people so we thought a day spent in each was plenty in Christchurch and Auckland. That left more time for the more scenic places and there are oh so many of those. Everywhere else we went, we just wished we had longer there to explore!! 3 weeks sounds like a long time but I feel like we only just scraped the surface of New Zealand.
I'll just copy & paste this list that I wrote on the plane home.
Saturday 3rd: Arrive Christchurch Waikuku beach
Sunday 4th: Walk around Christchurch Lunch @ The Riverside Flying Nun record shop Margaret Mahy playground
Monday 5th: Akaroa Fudge from Pot Pourri shop Akaroa museum
Tuesday 6th: Breakfast @ Raeward, near Christchurch airport Drive to Kaikoura Whale watching trip whalewatch.co.nz Seals at Ohau Point Fish & chips @ Coopers Catch, Kaikoura
Wednesday 7th: Drive Ohoka - Hokitika Sheffield Pies Homer's donut Castle Hill Feeding eels in Hokitika Walk along beach in Hokitika Stay @ Shining Star, Hokitika Dinner @ Stumpers, Hokitika Glow worm dell
Thursday 8th: Drive Hokitika - Haast Helicopter trip Fox Glacier Walk around Lake Matheson Sunset at Ship Creek Stay @ Haast Beach Motel
Friday 9th: Drive Haast - Wanaka Thunder Creek Falls Fantail Falls Blue Pools walk Puzzling World Sal’s pizza / Wanaka Brew Bar
Saturday 10th: Walk up Mount Iron Lunch at Cardrona Hotel Rippon Wine tasting “That Wanaka Tree” Eel feeding on jetty Speights pub (All Blacks v Argentina)
Sunday 11th: Drive from Wanaka to Tekapo Ice cream @ Oasis cafe, Omarama Drive alongside Lake Pukaki Walk the Hooker Valley Track Stay @ Mantra, Lake Tekapo Dark Sky observatory
Monday 12th: Church @ Lake Tekapo Breakfast @ Fairlie Bakehouse Drive back to Christchurch
Tuesday 13th: Willow Bank wildlife reserve near Christchurch airport Fly to Auckland
Wednesday 14th: Walk to Cockle Bay / Shelly Beach Ferry to Auckland from Pine Harbour Bakery @ Maritime Museum Walk around marinas Skywalk @ Sky Tower Real Groovy record shop Myers Park Rock Shop guitar shop, Karangahape Rd
Thursday 15th: Walk @ Kohimahara beach Walk @ Half Moon Bay Lunch @ Grangers, Half Moon Bay marina Ten pin bowling / Video games @ Time Zone, Botany
Friday 16th: Drive Cockle Bay to Pauanui (coastal route) Walk along coast @ Kaiaua Evening walk @ Pauanui beach
Saturday 17th: Hot Water Beach Hot Waves café Stay @ Pauanui
Sunday 18th: Tairua estuary walk Drive to Rotorua (very rainy!) Dinner @ CBK, Eat Street Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Monday 19th: The ultimate canopy tour (cancelled, high winds) Luge @ Skylines Kuirau geothermal park Dinner / drinks @ The Fat Brother Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Tuesday 20th: Wai O Tapu geothermal wonderland Wild swim @ Kerosene Creek Drive to Blue Lake / Green Lake / Lake Okareka Glow worms @ Blue Lake Redwoods Nightlights tree walk Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Wednesday 21st: Hobbiton Drive back to Auckland
Thursday 22nd: Little Lane coffee @ Clevedon Walk by beach @ Maraetai Fly home from Auckland
I was at that Doncaster away match and yes that was a cold one. Also that Oldham one that someone already mentioned.
A couple of others that stick in the mind, Pompey away on Boxing Day late 90s. Mike Sheron put us 1-0 up but then they scored 3 times. No roof, back or sides on the away stand so you just got hit by the wind coming off the Solent. Man, it was cold.
Another Boxing Day match, 3-3 away at Notts County, Gallen got a last minute equaliser.
Another cold one was home match against Coventry. They had a man sent off early on & it became one of *those* games where we were just shit and couldn't score even against 10 men. They scored (inevitably) near the end, and then Dexter Blackstock got a very late equaliser to give us an undeserved draw. A terrible game of football played that was no fun to watch and I nearly froze to death in the process. Definitely one of those games that makes you question your life choices.
Another couple that spring to mind for wettest, Blackpool away. Helguson scored a couple, we won 3-0. I think it was Wayne Routledge's first game for us. Blackpool defenders just couldn't handle him or Lee Cook or Hogan Ephraim.
Another one around Xmas time was this home game v Sunderland in the Don Howe era. I was in the Paddock getting absolutely drenched but I can still visualise that Mark Falco winner like it was yesterday.
Alan McDonald's QPR career lasted 15 years and he made nearly 500 apperances. Only 2 players in the entire history of our club have played more.
Nobody loves Jimmy Dunne more than me but he has been here 3 and a bit years, played about 130 times. He is clearly a lovely bloke who cares about our club, and he is the heart of our team. But he's not the new Macca.
When Minnie Riperton recorded her hit song "Lovin' You" she sang it to her baby daughter who was in the studio with her that day. Her daughter is the actress / comedian Maya Rudolph.
Malcolm Messiter who plays the oboe on Tanita Tikaram's Twist In My Sobriety is the son of Ian Messiter who invented the radio panel game Just A Minute.
lots of drinks (including porter) mentioned in this Christy Moore cover of the Elvis Costello song "Deportees Club" a.k.a. "Deportee" on Elvis's own version.
Never ceases to amaze me how Clive spends a lot of effort writing these match reports, and pretty much every time the first replies are from people quibbling about the marks given to the players. It's ok, Clive is allowed to have a slightly different opinion to yours.
Exclusive footage of Clive on a Sunday night below....
Love that. The Mrs lived on Harvist Road when I first met her and I was working in Ladbroke Grove at the time. Spent most of the late 90s in the Corrib Rest, the North Pole, the Salusbury, The Elgin, Paradise bar, William IV, the Western Arms etc etc etc. Then get a post-pub curry at Curry Nights with a complimentary sambuca at the end and a rose for the lady.
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