As QPR prepare to travel to promoted Leicester City, LFW looks back at a crucial win for John Gregory's side on this ground back in 2007.

Recent Meetings:

QPR 0 Leicester City 1, Saturday December 21, 2013, Championship

Leicester struck a decisive blow in the race for automatic promotion with a 1-0 win in front of the Sky cameras at Loftus Road back in December. In a game delayed for five minutes in the first half by the return of the Loftus Road squirrel the Foxes took a first half lead through a crisp finish by striker Jamie Vardy. Joey Barton was sent off late in the second half after losing the plot with referee Paul Tierney and becoming embroiled in a spat with Gary Taylor Fletcher.

QPR: Green 6; Simpson 6, Dunne 6, Hill 6, Assou-Ekotto 6; Barton 6, Carroll 6 (Benayoun 69, 6); O’Neil 5 (Hoilett 46, 5), Kranjcar 7, Phillips 5; Austin 6

Subs not used: Murphy, Henry, Jenas, Onuoha, Traore

Sent off: Barton 83 (two yellows)

Bookings: O’Neil 24 (foul), Assou-Ekotto 66 (foul), Barton 83 (repetitive fouling), 83 (dissent)

Leicester: Schmeichel 7; De Laet 6 (Wasilewski 82, -) Morgan 7, Moore 7, Konchesky 6; Dyer 6, Drinkwater 6, James 6, Knockaert 6; Nugent 7 (Schlupp 78, 6), Vardy 8 (Taylor-Fletcher 68, 5)

Subs not used: Hammond, King, Miquel, Logan

Goal: Vardy 41 (assisted Schmeichel/Nugent)

Bookings: James 65 (foul)

QPR 1 Leicester City 0, Saturday March 5, 2011, Championship

QPR ground out a televised victory against Leicester City when these sides last met at Loftus Road during the R’s 2010/11 promotion campaign. Goalkeeper and Player of the Year elect Paddy Kenny made a series of outstanding saves, including an outrageous backwards flip to keep out a first half lob attempt from Yakubu, to lay the platform for substitute Ishamel Miller to win the game with his first touch of the ball after coming on as a substitute four minutes from time.

QPR: Kenny 8, Orr, 7 Shittu 8, Hall 6 (Connolly 31, 5), Hill 7, Derry 7, Faurlin 7, Routledge 6, Taarabt 6 (Miller 86, -), Buzsaky 6 (Ephraim 90, -), Helguson 6

Subs Not Used: Cerny, Hulse, Smith, Moen

Booked: Helguson (foul)

Goals: Miller 88 (assisted Routledge)

Leicester: Ricardo 7, Naughton 7, Bruma 8, Bamba 8, Mee 8, Oakley 6, Wellens 6, King 6 (Gallagher 79, 6), Abe 6, Vassell 6 (Waghorn 65, 7), Yakubu 7 (Dyer 86, -)

Subs Not Used: Weale, Miguel Vitor, Teixeira, Berner

Booked: Bamba (foul)

Leicester City 0 QPR 2, Saturday September 18, 2010, Championship

Earlier in that season QPR went to Leicester still unbeaten seven matches into the league campaign while the Foxes were struggling under the management of former R Paulo Sousa. The game finished 2-0, although that wasn’t really a fair reflection of a match that Rangers laboured through at times and were fortunate to win so comfortably. Jamie Mackie opened the scoring early doors with a flying header after arriving late in the penalty area and sealed the victory with a fine individual goal eight minutes from time but there was a good deal of hanging on in the meantime.

Leicester: Ikeme 5, Neilson 6, Morrison 5, Hobbs 7, Berner 6, Oakley 6 (Howard 63, 7), King 7, Wellens 7, Dyer 7 (Gallagher 58, 7), Fryatt 7, Waghorn 7

Subs Not Used: Logan, Miguel Vitor, Moreno, Abe, Moussa

Booked: Berner (foul), Waghorn (foul)

QPR: Kenny 8, Walker 7, Connolly 9, Gorkss 8, Hill 7, Derry 8, Buzsaky 5, Taarabt 6 (Leigertwood 78, 7), Ephraim 6, Mackie 8 (Smith 89, -), Helguson 6 (Agyemang 73, 6)

Subs Not Used: Cerny, German, Parker, Rowlands

Booked: Walker (time wasting), Buzsaky (foul)

Goals: Mackie 12 (assisted Taarabt), 86 (assisted Leigertwood)

QPR 1 Leicester City 2, Friday October 30, 2009, Championship

Rangers were on a roll when Leicester came to Loftus Road the previous season for a match in front of a live television audience and capacity Loftus Road crowd. Everything seemed to be going according to plan when Adel Taarabt opened the scoring midway through the first half but Leicester had already had a Martyn Waghorn goal disallowed for offside by that point and were the better side. Matty Fryatt got the equaliser before the break and then profited from a terrible goal kick from Radek Cerny to race through and win the game in the second. Cerny’s career at QPR has never really recovered from that howler and QPR’s promotion push soon descended into a relegation battle and three quick-fire managerial changes.

QPR: Cerny 5, Ramage 5 (Vine 67, 6), Stewart 4 (Hall 54, 6), Gorkss 6, Borrowdale 6, Routledge 6, Buzsaky 6, Leigertwood 5, Faurlin 5,Taarabt 7 (Agyemang 86, -), Simpson 6

Subs Not Used: Heaton, Alberti, Ainsworth, Parker

Goals: Taarabt 33 (assisted Simpson)

Leicester: Weale 7, Neilson 7, Brown 7, Hobbs 6, Berner 6, King 6, Oakley 7, Wellens 7, N'Guessan 8, Waghorn 9 (McGivern 90, -),Fryatt 8 (Gallagher 75, 6)

Subs Not Used: Logan, Morrison, Howard, Dyer, Kermorgant

Booked: Neilson, N'Guessan, Oakley

Goals: Fryatt 37, 64

Previous Results

Head to Head >>> Leicester wins 21 >>> Draws 10 >>> QPR wins 25

Previous Results:

2013/14 QPR 0 Leicester 1

2010/11 QPR 1 Leicester 0 (Miller)

2010/11 Leicester 0 QPR 2 (Mackie 2)

2009/10 Leicester 4 QPR 0

2009/10 QPR 1 Leicester 2 (Taarabt)

2007/08 QPR 3 Leicester 1 (Stewart, Bolder, Blackstock)

2007/08 Leicester 1 QPR 1 (Leigertwood)

2006/07 Leicester 1 QPR 3 (Nygaard 2, Idiakez)

2006/07 QPR 1 Leicester 1 (Rowlands)

2005/06 QPR 2 Leicester 3 (Ainsworth, Shittu)

2005/06 Leicester 1 QPR 2 (Nygaard, Furlong)

2004/05 Leicester 1 QPR 0

2004/05 QPR 3 Leicester 2 (Furlong 2, Cook)

1994/95 QPR 2 Leicester 0 (Wilson, McDonald)

1994/95 Leicester 1 QPR 1 (Willis og)

1986/87 Leicester 4 QPR 1 (Rosenior)

1986/87 QPR 5 Leicester 2* (Fenwick 2, Lee, James, Byrne)

1986/87 QPR 0 Leicester 1

1985/86 Leicester 1 QPR 4 (Allen, Bannister, Robinson, Byrne)

1985/86 QPR 2 Leicester 0 (Wicks, Fereday)

1984/85 QPR 4 Leicester 3 (Fillery, Gregory, Bannister, Robinson)

1984/85 Leicester 4 QPR 0

1983/84 QPR 2 Leicester 0 (Allen, Fereday)

1983/84 Leicester 2 QPR 1 (Fenwick)

1982/83 QPR 2 Leicester 2 (Gregory, Sealy)

1982/83 Leicester 0 QPR 1 (O’Neill og)

1981/82 Leicester 3 QPR 2 (Currie, Stainrod)

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

1979/80 Leicester 2 QPR 0

1979/80 QPR 1 Leicester 4 (Allen)

1977/78 Leicester 0 QPR 0

1977/78 QPR 3 Leicester 0 (Givens Francis, Needham)

1976/77 QPR 3 Leicester 2 (Givens, Hollins, Francis)

1976/77 Leicester 2 QPR 2 (Givens, Hollins)

1975/76 Leicester 0 QPR 1 (Thomas)

1975/76 QPR 1 Leicester 0 (Leach)

1974/75 QPR 4 Leicester 2 (Beck, Thomas, Givens, Westwood)

1974/75 Leicester 3 QPR 1 (Francis)

1973/74 QPR 0 Leicester 0

1973/74 QPR 0 Leicester 2*

1973/74 Leicester 2 QPR 0

1970/71 Leicester 0 QPR 0

1970/71 QPR 1 Leicester 3 (Venables)

1969/70 Leicester 2 QPR 1 (Marsh)

1969/70 QPR 1 Leicester 1 (Bridges)

1968/69 Leicester 2 QPR 0

1968/69 QPR 1 Leicester 1 (Allen)

1966/67 QPR 4 Leicester 2** (Allen 2, R Morgan, Lazarus)

1951/52 QPR 1 Leicester 0 (Addinall)

1951/52 Leicester 4 QPR 0

1950/51 QPR 3 Leicester 0 (Addinall, Hatton, Shepherd)

1950/51 Leicester 6 QPR 2 (Addinall, Shepherd)

1949/50 QPR 2 Leicester 0 (Addinall 2)

1949/50 Leicester 3 QPR 2 (Addinall, Parkinson)

1948/49 Leicester 2 QPR 3 (Hatton 2, Mills)

1948/49 QPR 4 Leicester 1 (Addinall 3, Parkinson)

* - FA Cup

** - League Cup

Memorable Match

Leicester City 1 Queens Park Rangers 3, Saturday March 17, 2007, Championship

QPR looked destined for relegation from the very beginning of the 2006/07 season. Cash strapped and under the management of rookie boss Gary Waddock, the R’s endured a farcical summer of turmoil where senior players Marc Bircham, Kevin Gallen, Steve Lomas, Ian Evatt and others sent to train with the reserves while weird and wonderful additions from abroad like Armel Tchakounte, Adam Czerkas and Nick Ward.

One win from the first eight games saw Waddock sacked and left John Gregory faced with one of the worst QPR teams of the modern era, a closed transfer window and no money to do anything about it. Gregory loaned in Michael Mancienne and Jimmy Smith from Chelsea, and enjoyed success with a strike pairing of Dexter Blackstock and Ray Jones fed from the left by the impeccable service of Lee Cook. Victories at Southampton, Luton and, memorably in the last minute, at Cardiff as well as a 3-3 draw at West Brom and home victories against Hull and Palace gave hope of a revival.

But Christmas was long, hard, cold and riddled with defeats. The R’s lost 11 and drew one of 15 games culminating in an embarrassing 5-0 hammering on the television at Southend United.

But Gregory worked the transfer market well, adding hard-tackling finish defender Sampsa Timoska and Danny Cullip to his back four, Adam Bolder from Derby to the midfield and goalkeeper Lee Camp on loan. The rot was stopped with four draws in five games but things were looking grim when a fine performance at Derby yielded only a point despite leading until the final minute. Gregory entered the loan market again, adding cultured Spanish midfielder Inigo Idiakez to his arsenal, ahead of a St Patrick’s Day trip to Leicester City. What happened next was remarkable.

Two minutes after half time a deep Martin Rowlands free kick was nodded back across the goal by giant striker Marc Nygaard and Idiakez expertly guided a looping header back across goal, over keeper Henderson and into the far corner of the net. With the QPR fans up in the corner in raptures Gregory’s men swiftly doubled their advantage from the penalty spot. Paul Furlong made the most of a push from Alan Maybury to win a penalty which Nygaard coolly rolled home.

But Nygaard really stole the show with his second and Rangers’ third 20 minutes from time. There appeared to be little danger to Leicester when Furlong directed Camp’s clearance towards Nygaard on the corner of the penalty box but the Danish target man, much maligned during his time at Loftus Road, decided to take on an outrageous 25 yard shot full on the volley that flew perfectly into the far corner of the net.

While Lee Camp and John Gregory would have been disappointed not to keep a clean sheet — Cullip harshly penalised by referee Swarbrick for handling the ball in the area when it seemed to come off his thigh and be outside the box in any case allowing Iain Hume to make it 3-1 from the spot — the LoftforWords crew for the day were left with a three figure win from a 3-1 pre-match bet. A messy night in the St Patrick’s Day tent in Sheffield City Centre ensued.

QPR won a crucial game in hand at home to Preston ten days later with a spectacular Dexter Blackstock goal and went on to win five of seven including victories at home to Luton and away at Coventry to secure their Championship status. A wonderful achievement by Gregory and his team.

Leicester: Henderson 6, Maybury 5, Kenton 6, Kisnorbo 6, Johansson 6,Newton 7, Jarrett 7 (Wesolowski 76, -), Hughes 6 (Tiatto 76, -), Yeates 7,Hume 7, Horsfield 6 (Hammond 62, 6).

Subs Not Used: Logan, Stearman

Booked: Johansson (handball), Hume (foul)

Goals: Hume 90 pen

QPR: Camp 8, Mancienne 7, Cullip 7, Stewart 7, Bignot 7,Ainsworth 6 (Smith 88, -), Bolder 8, Idiakez 7 (Lomas 63, 7), Cook 6, Furlong 8 (Ray Jones 84, -), Nygaard 8.

Subs Not Used: Cole, Kanyuka.

Booked: Stewart (foul), Cullip (foul), Furlong (kicking the ball away), Ray Jones (foul).

Goals: Idiakez 47, Nygaard 51 pen, 68.

Attendance: 24,558

Connections

Frank McLintock >>> Leicester 1957-1964 >>> QPR 1973-1977

Frank McLintock was born in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and turned down a career in ship building to pursue his dream of professional football in England with Leicester City. He signed pro terms at Filbert Street in 1957 on his seventeenth birthday, made his senior debut in 1959, and went on to win a League Cup in 1964 and lose in two FA Cup finals.

He trained as a painter and decorator and sign writer while with Leicester, and even the day before they played Spurs in an FA Cup final he worked a day’s shift before getting the team coach down to London. McLintock was a wing half in those days, forming a feared half back partnership with Colin Appleton and Ian King and eventually attracting the interest of Arsenal.

The Gunners spent a club record £80,000 on him in October 1964 and moved him from attacking midfield to centre half. Bertie Mee made him captain in 1967 but he handed a transfer request in two years later after successive League Cup Final defeats. Mee persuaded him to stay and they both reaped the rewards as Arsenal won the Fairs Cup in 1970 and a league and FA Cup double in 1971. He was named the Football Writers’ Player of the Year in that double season.

In 1972/73 they finished second in the league and lost in the FA Cup final to Leeds. At the end of the campaign Arsenal sold McLintock to Queens Park Rangers for £20,000 and it was the famous R’s side of 1976 which McLintock rated as the best he played in, despite its lack of trophies.

McLintock partnered Dave Webb at the heart of the Rangers defence and told QPR’s official website: “Bertie Mee didn't think I was capable of playing in the top flight any more, but I knew I could still produce the goods at the highest level. It was a simple choice to make - I didn't want my family to leave London. I knew very little about QPR as a club, but they'd recently got promoted so I saw it as a great opportunity, a great challenge if you like. I didn't go there expecting much, but I received one of the biggest surprises of my life. The quality within the QPR squad was something else. It took me totally by surprise. I arrived at QPR intent on proving a point to Bertie Mee and as it contrived a few years later, Arsenal dropped down the table and we were up there competing for the title.

“We were the best football team in the country that year, probably in the whole of Britain. It was a magnificent team to play for. It was a joy to behold playing in that team and the team spirit at the time was as good as I'd known throughout my playing career. They were four of the best years of my life. I was so happy during my time at QPR and that's me speaking straight from the heart.''

McLintock was popular with his QPR team mates of the time as well. Don Givens told QPRNet: “We had someone in Frank McLintock who was a marvellous influence on the team, he’d come from Arsenal where things were done at a different level and he tried to introduce those things to QPR and help make it better for us. He didn’t always succeed on the club side of things but he did help the team. He was probably the most influential player I’ve ever lined up with.”

He made 162 appearances for Rangers between 1973 and 1977. He scored five goals in that time with two of them coming against his former Arsenal team mates — one in 1975/76 and the other a season later.

McLintock, who won nine caps for Scotland, had unsuccessful spells as a manager at Leicester, who were relegated under his charge despite him signing old QPR team mates Dave Webb and Eddie Kelly, and Brentford before retiring to a life of after dinner speaking and punditry on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday programme. He turns 74 this week.

Others >>> Lloyd Dyer, Leicester 2008-present, QPR (loan) 2005 >>> DJ Campbell, QPR 2011-2013, Leicester 2007-2010 >>> Marcus Bent, QPR (loan) 2010, Leicester (loan) 2003-2004 >>> Carl Ikeme, Leicester (loan) 2010, QPR (loan) 2010 >>> Damien Delaney, QPR 2008-2009, Leicester 2000-2002 >>> Dean Sturridge, QPR 2005-2006, Leicester 2001 >>> Simon Royce, 2005-2007, Leicester 2000-2003 >>> Stefan Moore, QPR 2005-2008, Leicester (loan) 2005 >>> Ian Baraclough, QPR 1998-2001, Leicester 1988-1991 >>> Ian Holloway, Leicester (manager) 2007-2008, QPR (manager) 2001-2006, (player) 1991-1996 >>> Andy Impey, Leicester 1998-2004, QPR 1990-1997 >>> Rufus Brevett, Leicester (loan) 2006, QPR 1991-1998 >>> Les Ferdinand, Leicester 2003-2004, QPR 1987-1995 >>> Bob Hazell, Leicester 1983-1986, QPR 1979-1983 >>> Robbie James, Leicester 1987-1988, QPR 1984-1987 >>> Tony Sealy, Leicester 1985-1987, QPR 1981-1983 >>> Peter Eastoe, Leicester (loan) 1984, QPR 1976-1979 >>> John O’Neill, QPR 1987, Leicester 1977-1987 >>> Eddie Kelly, Leicester 1981-1983, 1977-1980, QPR 1976-1977 >>> Dave Webb, Leicester 1977-1978, QPR 1974-1977

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hoops_legend added 21:52 - Apr 18 That nygaard strike was fantastic. He never scored sensational goals aside from that one really however scored some vital goals. In between his numerous injuries felt he was good for qpr during a time of a terrible squad...
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SonofNorfolt added 02:10 - Apr 19 Idiakez. There's a name. Decent footballer. Up there as one of our great one goal wonders. Phil Nutt, David Mcreery, Sammy Lee, David Pizanti and probably a few this season etc. Our only Basque? Not mine obviously, black with scarlet trimming.............
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TacticalR added 22:47 - Apr 20 Great stuff. The interesting thing about the McLintock signing is that it shows that it is possible to sign a player late in his career, as long as you know what you are doing and sign the right player.
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