Placing Les Ferdinand in the also-ran bracket is to do a disservice to someone who, on his day, was as good as any striker the Premier League has seen
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A lengthy YouTube session reminiscing over Vinnie Jones’ antics from the 90s deserves to be screened at Leicester Square as much as any of his movies
A glance back at QPR in this era gives a revealing reminder of what was once possible for ordinary clubs and players outside the elite academies
When Ian Holloway’s departure from Queens Park Rangers was announced earlier this year, it came to the surprise of absolutely nobody. Holloway has a knack for not staying put too long, to…
THE 1975/76 SEASON in the old Division One was a whirlwind of beauty and, for a budding Queens Park Rangers, one of unspeakable cruelty. Liverpool supporters might barely have noticed Rangers being…
At the sound of the final whistle, several players appeared as though they might collapse onto the pitch. One hundred and twenty minutes of frantic football could not separate Brazil and Chile,…
This was a story that never seemed to unfold the way onlookers would have expected. No matter the twists and the turns, the odd and chaotic reign of Formula One moguls Bernie…
Above all else, Harry Redknapp is a football manager, arguably the last English manager to work at a top team in his homeland, and one who represents a dying breed. Seen as…
Blessed with more ability than most professional footballers could ever dream of, Adel Taarabt has spent more time believing his hype than generating it
SOMETIMES IN FOOTBALL, it’s difficult not to feel sorry for goalkeepers. Yes, in the modern game they may be protected species, but they’re still faced with the answerable putdown of having a…
The story of plastic pitches in English football, their rise, unfair advantages and sweeping controversy from QPR to Oldham and Luton to England.