| Rangers did the double 15:11 - Apr 1 with 1164 views | NewYorkRanger |
My dear departed Dad, long before he died, gave me a box of QPR and other assorted programmes.
Prompted by another thread on here, I've finally decided to index what's there. It's a right old treasure trove, including loads of programmes from the war, and many seasons after that. Loads of interesting things for me including:
They regularly played on Christmas Day during the 1940's
On Boxing Day 1947 we played Watford away. On the 27th Dec we played Watford at home
We played Willesden away a couple of times, to raise funds for the Middlesex Regiment War Memorial Fund. In the 1947 game there was a pitch invasion by the Willesden fans protesting about being deprived of access to their pitch! (I have a newspaper cutting - will see if I can upload it)
In 1947-48 WE DID THE DOUBLE!
Rangers were champions of Division 3 South and also won the Harry Newman Brentford Hospital Cup, beating Brentford in the final 1-0!
We also got the Qtr final of the FA Cup that year, losing to Derby after a replay. The halcyon days.
Loads more seasons to go through. Fascinating stuff
Edit: Link to press cutting here https://jumpshare.com/share/Tj [Post edited 1 Apr 15:14]
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| Rangers did the double on 15:14 - Apr 1 with 1128 views | francisbowles |
Brilliant, keep posting please. |  | | |
| Rangers did the double on 17:07 - Apr 1 with 900 views | terryb |
I hope you enjoy going through all of your items.
As a little bit of information, Christmas Day games were a norm until sometime in the 50's, with the last Football League game on 25th December being in 1965 - Blackpool at home to Blackburn.
My memory tells me that the custom of playing the same team twice over the Christmas period was in place until the late 60's. At Easter, you played the same team on Good Friday & Easter Monday, with a match on the Saturday as well & this survived until sometime in the 70's.
Without checking for later years, the last time I recall playing the same team at Christmas was Plymouth in 1967, with Ipswich in 1974 for Easter. | | | |
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