One trick is to tell them stories that don’t go anywhere – and in that spirit we kick the 2026/27 set of Awaydays off with a convoluted journey from Portsmouth to Blackburn via Hibs’ ‘win and in’ Euro...

Message board regular Dorse ponders whether the current iteration of QPR might offer up a couple of candidates for the club’s list of cult heroes.

QPR completed a remarkable comeback with ten men against Preston North End at Loftus Road on Saturday after a nightmare first half left them two goals down and a man light.

QPR let their guard down as far as admitting the aim for the season is a top six finish at the Fans Forum on Wednesday, so all that’s needed now to cement a place there and cap a very satisfactory sta...

It’s been a dreadful start for Saturday’s opposition Preston, who have lost six of their first seven games and become the first team in the league to change their manager after Paul Heckingbottom was ...

An entertaining game from Paulo Sousa’s reign as QPR manager is memorable in and of itself, but Dexter Blackstock’s late Loft End winner after a double from Heidar Helguson against Preston in December...

Championship newbie Thomas Parsons takes charge of QPR for the first time this weekend as the R’s host struggling Preston.

QPR remain unbeaten away from home and in the midst of the early play-off picture after a spirited effort to take a draw from league leaders West Brom on Saturday morning.

Despite heavy squad rotation through the opening games, QPR go to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday missing a clutch of key players through injury once more – they’re not alone in this, mind.

James Morrison has been able to continue the form from his caretaker manager spell and has West Brom sitting pretty as the Championship’s surprise early leaders – Matt Graham (@SAHistoryMatt) tells us...

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.

Championship newbie Ruebyn Ricardo, a referee with an interesting back story, is the man in the middle for QPR’s Saturday breakfast date with West Brom.

QPR were attractive and dominant for much of Wednesday night’s game at Charlton, but familiar stories of profligacy and player availability were the main talking points from a second scoreless draw in...

As QPR head to Charlton on Wednesday evening, we reflect on the Rangers career and legacy of Adel Taarabt who has announced his retirement from the sport this week.

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Few expected Charlton to fly out of the traps with three victories from the first three games, including a win at West Ham, so is the weekend 4-0 loss at Stoke a blip or a portent of things to come? ...

Ahead of the visit to Charlton on Wednesday, we’re looking back to another memorable televised trip to The Valley when Mick Harford secured a big victory as caretaker manager.

For the second season in a row, Tom Nield is the referee in charge of QPR’s trip across London to Charlton.

QPR's unbeaten start to the season stops at game five as old foe Middlesbrough win for the sixth meeting in a row, albeit in a closer and more keenly contested game than the last few here - Tom Morgan...

QPR have made their best start to a season since they were last promoted 13 years ago and launched a new ‘anthem’ to mark the occasion – just another week at the country’s smallest big club and bigges...

Not the first (second or third) time LFW has had Middlesbrough down as a potential title challenger, but can Kim Hellberg's team convert a big summer of transfer activity into a proper challenge? Jonny from @Boro_Breakdown gives us his thoughts...

We're back to 1998 for the History this week, as a woeful and apparently relegation-bound QPR side suddenly coughed into life and stunned expensively assembled promotion chasers Middlesbrough at Loftu...

Premier League referee Andy Madley is in charge of this weekend’s visit from much fancied Middlesbrough.

Rumarn Burrell kick-started his 2026/27 with a brace, and QPR created a boatload of chances besides, before just about seeing out a 2-1 home win against newly promoted Cardiff City on Wednesday night ...

A serene end to an unusually calm transfer window for QPR and with a team in place they’ll now be hoping to continue their promising start on the pitch when newly promoted Cardiff visit Loftus Road th...

It’s three games and three draws back in the Championship for Brian Barry-Murphy’s stylish Cardiff team, so what direction do the guys from the View From The Ninian Podcast expect things to go from he...

As QPR and Cardiff prepare to meet on Wednesday we look back to November 2010 when this was a top two clash populated by the brilliance of Kyle Walker, Adel Taarabt, Peter Whittingham and Craig Bellam...

Premier League referee Tim Robinson is in town on Wednesday night taking charge of QPR’s home game against Cardiff.

QPR continued their unbeaten start to the season and won for the third time in four visits to Blackburn thanks to second half goals from Paul Smyth and Jimmy Dunne at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Blackburn were the last opponent QPR beat while holding more possession, but that was 18 months ago and the sport’s current trend is heading in the opposite direction.

It’s been another summer of angst, upheaval and protest at Blackburn but - as usual when we tip them to struggle - Rovers have started well after the second coming of Tony Mowbray – Ian Herbert tells ...

We're back to 1994 for this week's memorable match ahead of Saturday's trip to Blackburn, and an unlikely rescue act from Karl Ready after Tim Sherwood hobbled Les Ferdinand at Ewood Park.

Our old friend Gavin Ward is the man in the middle for this weekend’s long trip up to Blackburn.

Slick in possession and slack with their finishing, QPR glided over, round and right the way straight through newly promoted Bolton at Loftus Road on Saturday, and in the end all they had to show for ...

An opening day win for the first time in six years and the only Championship side to score three goals in round one, QPR have a chance to bring more supplies aboard the HMS Piss The League when they f...

Bolton were in quite the state when last in the Championship and it's taken them seven years to make it back, but Steven Schumacher's side showed enough on day one to suggest they may be back for good...

There weren’t many highlights of Chris Ramsey’s time in charge at Loftus Road, nor Jay Emmanuel-Thomas’ QPR career, but a last minute 4-3 homer against Bolton 11 years ago (yes, really) was one to get...

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Preston’s Edward Duckworth is the man in the middle for this Saturday’s top of the table clash with newly promoted Bolton.

Ilias Chair was back to his best and QPR looked slick on the front foot (once they’d recovered from a ropey start) against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday.

Expectations and optimism continues to ramp up around QPR after a first opening day win in five years, and the capture of former Sunderland left back Dennis Cirkin on a free transfer last week certain...

There’s a good deal more optimism around QPR this summer than there has been for quite sometime, but what’s that based on, is it justified, and will it survive its first examination at Portsmouth on S...

Portsmouth just about negotiated their tricky second Championship album despite the meltdown at Loftus Road in March, but can there be more to life than getting to 52 points in 26/27 for John Mousinho...

A televised Friday night victory with a late goal should have been terrific news for Ray Wilkins’ QPR as they looked to get their Premier League bounce-back 96/97 season up and running, but the injury...

The third and final part of our season preview focuses on the bookies’ favourites for promotion this year where, as usual, parachute payments and newly relegated clubs dominate the thinking, but there...

Recorded before we received the shock news of Turki's about turn, here is my season preview interview with the pre-eminent QPR wordsmith, Cl

Part two of our annual look at the 23 clubs QPR will face this season takes us into the stodgy swamplands of the division’s midtable. Can any of these Championship forever stories escape long lasting ...

Our mammoth run down and in depth look at the 23 other teams in the Championship starts, as always, with the teams the bookies think will be struggling against relegation this year. Read on to find out if we agree…

QPR went strong, and attacking, to try and cure their League Cup woes against Millwall at Loftus Road on Saturday, but if you can’t put the ball in the net from 12 yards…