| Played for both on 07:52 - Sep 14 with 962 views | DWQPR |
| Played for both on 06:19 - Sep 14 by Discodroids |
Did you ever see him play? I've never met a QPR fan who did.
Before the internet, i was convinced i had conjured his existence up in my distorted imagination during a bout of Scarlet Fever in my teens. |
Remember Neal playing a few games early in the season under Tommy Doc in 1979. Am pretty certain he scored a bit of a scorcher down the School End, top right corner of the goal. That was a golden age of producing kids. Not only Allen and Goddard, but Fereday, who score twice on his debut, Ian Muir, who looked like he could be a goal machine but for some reason ended up being a goal machine at Tranmere, Dawes and Neill, Waddock and of course Macca. We even produced our own keeper with Peter Hucker. And one other kid that looked the part for a while was Barry Wallace. What the club would give for a production line like that nowadays. 11 youth players making first team debuts in around a three year period.
Just had a look on wiki for Dean Neal. 8 goals in 22 games for Rangers between 1979 and 1981 before being shipped out to Tulsa. Seems a combo of injuries and eventually Venables not rating him given that he had brought in Stainrod, Flanagan, Sealy and brought back Allen. [Post edited 14 Sep 2022 7:56]
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| Played for both on 08:06 - Sep 14 with 944 views | Discodroids |
| Played for both on 07:52 - Sep 14 by DWQPR |
Remember Neal playing a few games early in the season under Tommy Doc in 1979. Am pretty certain he scored a bit of a scorcher down the School End, top right corner of the goal. That was a golden age of producing kids. Not only Allen and Goddard, but Fereday, who score twice on his debut, Ian Muir, who looked like he could be a goal machine but for some reason ended up being a goal machine at Tranmere, Dawes and Neill, Waddock and of course Macca. We even produced our own keeper with Peter Hucker. And one other kid that looked the part for a while was Barry Wallace. What the club would give for a production line like that nowadays. 11 youth players making first team debuts in around a three year period.
Just had a look on wiki for Dean Neal. 8 goals in 22 games for Rangers between 1979 and 1981 before being shipped out to Tulsa. Seems a combo of injuries and eventually Venables not rating him given that he had brought in Stainrod, Flanagan, Sealy and brought back Allen. [Post edited 14 Sep 2022 7:56]
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Cheers for filling in the gaps of my shot memory and the info on the ubiquitous Mr Neal. Peter Hucker was above me at School at Langdon comp in east Ham.
ian Muir and Barry Wallace.. I forgot them completely... I loved that era at QPR '79-84, Probably to do wth my age at the time i suppose. |  |
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| Played for both on 12:52 - Sep 14 with 839 views | TheChef |
| Played for both on 06:11 - Sep 14 by Discodroids |
what a lovely story. I'd Love to see the Picture. £1000 as well! , that must be at least 3 or 4 grand now in todays terms.
I went crazy when Stewart Scored the Winner for Northern Ireland against West Germany back in '82 in the World cup Qualifiers
Just look at this German Line up they beat Unbelivable!. imo that must be one of the strongest international teams i've ever seen committed to paper. More or less the side that went on to the'82 final against Italy. The Irish must have played like Devils that night.
Harald Schumacher
Hans Peter Briegel
Bernd Förster
Manfred Kaltz
Ulrich Stielike
Gerhard Strack
rPierre Littbarski
Lothar Matthäus
Bernd Schuster
Klaus Allofs
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (captain)
As you say, back on topic With Gordon Hill , A a kid i was excited when we signed him, Much like the Andy king Signing, Sadly both never played anywhere near their true potential here. [Post edited 14 Sep 2022 6:21]
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Hans Peter Briegel. Terrifying.
Didn't play for Millwall though. Probably should have. |  |
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| Played for both on 13:42 - Sep 14 with 808 views | DannyPaddox |
Ray and Pat Brady (Liam’s older brothers) played for both Millwall and the Rs. George Petchey played for the Rs up till the 60s and later had a brief stint managing Millwall in 79/80
Maurice the Millwall Lion played for QPR U18s pre-WWII before his stunt double work in the Wizard of Oz. Grrr. |  | | |
| Played for both on 20:27 - Sep 14 with 640 views | MrSheen |
| Played for both on 17:54 - Sep 14 by Discodroids |
I thought of you mr sheen when i slung that West German side up. I bet you noticed no Paul Breitner and Hansi Müller!! |
I would have cried myself to sleep at not seeing Horst Hrubesch, a 14th century David Cross, the white Serginho. |  | | |
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| Played for both on 20:29 - Sep 14 with 639 views | silverbirch |
| Played for both on 07:43 - Sep 14 by Discodroids |
Thanks for those interesting memories mate, I kept a QPR scrap book around that time as well.
I would have been around 12 when he came into the side and do vaguely recall those 4-0 thrashings you mention which i would have recorded in the Daily Mail wall chart stuck with blutak on my bedroom crumbling damp woodchip next to my pin ups of Gary Numan, Chaka Khan and Oscar Goldman.
Dean Neal, Gone but never not forgotten. (Except by Clive!) [Post edited 14 Sep 2022 8:10]
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I was around 12 too. From following posts, I’m now doubting myself as I definitely saw fereday score a couple against city.
I definitely had wood chip wall paper, though. | | | |
| Played for both on 09:36 - Sep 15 with 576 views | francisbowles |
| Played for both on 20:27 - Sep 14 by MrSheen |
I would have cried myself to sleep at not seeing Horst Hrubesch, a 14th century David Cross, the white Serginho. |
'The lad 'rubbish', as pronounced by Jack Charlton! | | | |
| Played for both on 09:42 - Sep 15 with 566 views | MrSheen |
| Played for both on 09:36 - Sep 15 by francisbowles |
'The lad 'rubbish', as pronounced by Jack Charlton! |
Matched only by Don Howe’s “the boy Fuser”, as in apprentice electrician rather than Argentinian international. | | | |
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