We're back to 1967 in QPR History this week as QPR's 4-1 win at St Andrew's sets them up for a League Cup final victory.

Memorable Match

Birmingham City 1 Queens Park Rangers 4, Tuesday January 17, 1967, League Cup Semi Final

Third Division QPR, of course, beat First Division West Bromwich Albion in the 1967 League Cup final at Wembley — the first to be staged at the national stadium - recovering from two goals down at half time to win 3-2. But the scorer of the winning goal in the final, Mark Lazarus, always rated the rampant 7-2 aggregate win against Birmingham in the semi-final, and the win against Leicester before that, as the better achievement.

QPR started the 1966/67 Third Division season with a draw against Shrewsbury in the first match and a defeat to Watford in the second. It gave little indication of what was to follow as Alec Stock’s team went onto secure a historic league and cup double, winning promotion into the Second Division and claiming the League Cup at Wembley into the bargain.

The run to a two legged semi-final with Birmingham City had been long and arduous. A famous 4-2 giant killing against Leicester City with goals from Rodney Marsh, Les Allen and Mark Lazarus had been the highlight but Rangers had also ploughed through Colchester who’d been vanquished 5-0 with four goals from Marsh; Aldershot where a replay at Loftus Road was required after a 1-1 draw away from home; Swansea Town who were beaten by goals from defenders Mike Keen and Tony Hazell; and Carlisle United.

Birmingham were a Second Division side themselves, managed by Stan Cullis and backed by millionaire owner Clifford Coombs. They’d spent big on Bert Murray and Barry Bridges from Chelsea and Nottingham Forest winger Trevor Hockey among others and were therefore heavy favourites in the semi-final and in fact led 1-0 at half time in the first leg up at St Andrews. But QPR cut loose in the second half, with Allen, Marsh and Lazarus on the scoresheet again along with Roger Morgan in a 4-1 win. That set up a second leg at Loftus Road where QPR simply had to see the job through.

Initially there were nerves, with Birmingham throwing caution to the wind. But ten minutes after half time Rodney Marsh turned and hit an instinctive snap shot that caught goalkeeper Jim Herriot badly positioned and flat footed. Now 5-1 on aggregate there really was no way back for the visitors. Inside right Eric Barber did find an equaliser for them but gaps started to appear as they chased the impossible creating space for Mike Keen to head home Roger Morgan’s cross and Marsh to stride onto Hazell’s pass and smash in a third.

Rangers had destroyed Birmingham all over again, winning 3-1 to seal a 7-2 aggregate success. Manager Alec Stock said: “I’m as bucked as hell. This is a great thing for the club and could be a great thing for football.” His opposite number Stan Cullis, who would late sign Lazarus from an unhappy spell at Wolves, added: “We didn’t lose it tonight, we lost it at St Andrews. Rangers deserved to win both matches and they go to Wembley with our best wishes.”

QPR went on to play First Division West Brom in the final at Wembley — the Baggies had beaten West Ham in the other semi-final — and despite trailing 2-0 the R’s fought back to win 3-2 for what remains their only major trophy success to this day.

QPR: Springett, Hazell, Langley, Keen, Hunt, Sibley, Lazarus, Sanderson, Allen, Marsh, R Morgan

Birmingham: Herriot, Murray, Green, Thomson, Sharples, Beard, Hockey, Barber, Bullock, Vowden, Bridges

Classic encounters

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Recent Meetings

QPR 2 Birmingham 1, Tuesday December 9, 2025, Championship

An incredible end, late drama at Loftus Road, and a highlight of the 2025/26 season as QPR put their supporters through the ringer in the first meeting. Jimmy Dunne’s first half goal had given Julien Stephan’s side a deserved lead which they looked good to see out as we entered six minutes of stoppage time. But the loss of Amadou Mbengue from the right side of the defence opened up a gap wide enough for Birmingham to plunder a late equaliser through Patrick Roberts. The devastation of blowing the victory so late turned to elation however when Kieran Morgan unleashed a winning goal from 20 yards at the Loft End with the last kick of the game.

QPR: Nardi 6; Mbengue 8 (Morgan 86, -), Dunne 7, Cook 7, Norrington-Davies 7; Smyth 7 (Dembele 67, 6), Varane 6, Madsen 7, Saito 7 (Poku 79, 7); Kone 7, Burrell 7

Subs not used: Frey, Hamer, Bennie, Hayden, Esquerdinha, Morrison

Goals: Dunne 40 (assisted Saito), Morgan 90+6 (assisted Varane)

Yellow Cards: Morgan 90+7 (getting undressed in a public place), Mbengue 90+7 (lunacy)

Birmingham: Beadle 5; Osayi-Samuel 4 (Doyle 46, 6), Neumann 5 (Anderson 82, -), Klarer 5, Robinson 4 (Cashin 68, 6); Iwata 5, Seung-ho 5; Roberts 6, Stansfield 5 (Dykes 68, 5), Gray 6; Ducksch 4 (Furuhashi 46, 5)

Subs not used: Allsop, Koumas, Leonard, Sampsted

Goals: Roberts 90+3 (assisted Gray)

Yellow Cards: Seuong-Ho 80 (foul)

QPR 2 Birmingham City 1, Friday March 29, 2024, Championship

A remarkable relegation six-pointer settled in incredible circumstances in the last minute. QPR were fighting the drop after Marti Cifuentes inherited a team well adrift in October, but relegation still felt more likely than not at this point. Birmingham’s disastrous decision to replace John Eustace with Wayne Rooney had seen them crater down the table, but few believed the newly moneyed Blues would be in any serious trouble. The teams exchanged quickfire goals from Bacuna and Cook just after the hour. When Birmingham were awarded an injury time free kick on the edge of the QPR box the chance for a winner looked on. They struck the ball straight at Asmir Begovic. One long clearance and a Sinclair Armstrong header later and Jimmy Dunne was glancing over his left shoulder before pulling out into traffic. QPR stayed up. Birmingham did not.

QPR: Begovic 5; Dunne 8, Cook 7, Clarke-Salter 7, Paal 6 (Larkeche 87, -); Hayden 7 (Colback 60, 6), Field 6; Chair 6, Andersen 6, Willock 6 (Smyth 76, 6); Frey 5 (Armstrong 59, 6)

Subs not used: Dykes, Fox, Hodge, Cannon, Walsh

Goals: Cook 65 (unassisted), Dunne 90+2 (unassisted)

Yellow Cards: Hayden 58 (foul), Colback 76 (foul)

Birmingham: Ruddy 6; Aiwu 6, Sanderson 5, Buchanan 5; Laird 5, Paik 6, Bielik 6 (Gardner 90+1, -), Drameh 6; Bacuna 7 (James 85, -), Stansfield 5 (Hogan 85, -), Roberts 4 (Miyoshi 73, 5)

Subs not used: Etheridge, Dembele, Sunjic, Hall

Goals: Bacuna 62 (assisted Laird)

Bookings: Laird 47 (foul), Roberts 51 (foul)

Birmingham City 0 QPR 0, Friday September 22, 2023, Championship

One of the (few) better performances under Gareth Ainsworth’s fairly disastrous tutelage came in front of the Sky cameras at St Andrew’s in September 2023. Rangers were indebted to a spectacular goalline clearance by Sam Field, and Asmir Begovic had his best game for the club in goal, but there were plenty of chances at the other end as Sinclair Armstrong, Paul Smyth and Lyndon Dykes were all denied by John Ruddy and Field somehow bundled wide when it seemed easier to score in a second half scramble.

Brum: Ruddy 8; Drameh 6, Sanderson 5, Long 6, Buchanan 6; Bacuna 6, Bielik 7; Miyoshi 7 (Dembele 71, 6), Stansfield 7, Anderson 6 (Burke 43, 7); Hogan 5 (Jutkiewicz 71, 6)

Subs not used: Etheridge, James, Gardner, Longelo, Sunjic, Aiwu

Bookings: Bacuna 54 (foul), Sanderson 67 (foul), Stansfield 90 (foul)

QPR: Begovic 8; Kakay 6, Cook 8, Fox 5; Smyth 6 (Adomah 65, 6), Dozzell 7, Field 8, Paal 6; Chair 7, Dykes 6, Armstrong 6 (Willock 75, 6)

Subs not used: Clarke-Salter, Dixon-Bonner, Larkeche, Kelman, Duke-McKenna, Walsh, Kolli

Bookings: Field 45 (foul), Smyth 61 (foul)

QPR 0 Birmingham City 1, Saturday March 18, 2023, Championship

The standard early QPR defensive collapse, this time with a dire Albert Adomah tackle at its heart, saw Birmingham City in for a third minute opener through Chong which turned out to be enough to win the whole game when these sides met at Loftus Road in March 2023. Rangers, in the midst of a run of two wins from 28 that looked for a long time like ending up in League One, posed precious little threat in return and would have lost by more but for Seny Dieng’s save onto the bar from Lukas Jutkiewicz in the second half.

QPR: Dieng 5; Adomah 3, Dickie 4 (Armstrong 77, 6), Dunne 4, Field 4, Kakay 5 (Drewe 45, 5); Iroegbunam 5, Amos 3 (Johansen 61, 4), Lowe 2 (Dixon-Bonner 82, -); Martin 4, Dykes 4

Subs not used: Archer, Gubbins, Dozzell

Bookings: Field 22 (foul), Amos 56 (foul), Armstrong 90+6 (fighting), Johansen 90+6 (fighting)

Birmingham: Ruddy 6; Colin 6, Roberts 7, Long 6, Trusty 6; Chong 7 (Graham 86, -), Bielik 6, Bacuna 7 (Chang 63, 6), Khadra 7 (Mejbri 72, 6); Hall 5, Jutkiewicz 6

Subs not used: Etheridge, Hogan, Longelo, James

Goals: Chong 3 (assisted Bacuna)

Bookings: Ruddy 78 (time wasting), Trusty 81 (foul), Long 90+6 (fighting)

Birmingham City 2 QPR 0, Friday October 28, 2022, Championship

That nightmare run began at Birmingham in October. Trusty’s improvised hook into the net from Birmingham’s first corner of the game set the scene for a televised Friday evening of frustration for the R’s and Longelo doubled that lead from the edge of the box on the half hour after Tyler Roberts and Lyndon Dykes had both missed presentable chances to equalise. Rangers had reason to feel aggrieved that Birmingham were allowed to substitute Hannibal Mejbri long after the Tunisian should have been sent off, but referee Tim Robinson did award the visitors a late penalty for a high boot on Ethan Laird only for Dykes to miss from the spot.

Birmingham: Ruddy 7; Colin 6, Dean 6, Sanderson 6, Trusty 7, Longelo 7; Chong 8 (Hall 81, -), Bielik 7, Mejbri 8 (Bacuna 54, 6); Hogan 7 (James 88, -), Deeney 7 (Jutkiewicz 81, -)

Subs not used: Etheridge, Graham, Bellingham

Goals: Trusty 4 (assisted Bielik), Longelo 29 (assisted Mejbri)

Bookings: Mejbri 7 (miracle), Trusty 35 (foul), Bielik 55 (foul), Longelo 78 (foul)

QPR: Dieng 5; Laird 5, Balogun 5, Clarke-Salter 4 (Dickie 21, 5), Paal 5; Johansen 5 (Amos 45, 6), Field 6 (Richards 81, -), Iroegbunam 5; Roberts 3 (Armstrong 27, 5), Chair 5, Dykes 4

Subs not used: Kakay, Archer, Dozzell

Bookings: Dickie 53 (dissent), Balogun 60 (foul), Iroebugnam 70 (foul)

Birmingham City 1 QPR 2, Sunday January 2, 2022, Championship

When Mick Beale talked about the team he inherited occasionally being too “results happy” and not “performance happy”, you couldn’t get a much starker example than the win at Birmingham in January 2022. Albert Adomah’s first half opener should have set promotion chasing QPR away for a comfortable victory against a woeful Brum side, but even with Chris Willock’s outstanding second half goal - that brought back memories of Bright Osayi-Samuel’s strike at the same end a couple of years prior — in the bag it became a real struggle to the conclusion with Chuks Aneke pulling a late one back. In truth, Rangers were poor all day, and lucky to get away with the three.

Birmingham: Sarkic 6; Colin 5, Sanderson 7, Friend 6, Pedersen 5, Castillo 2 (Woods 46, 6); Gardner 4 (Aneke 67, 6), Sunjic 4, James 5; Deeney 3, Hall 5 (Hogan 85, -)

Subs not used: Etheridge, Bellingham, Walker, Campbell

Goals: Aneke 75 (assisted Colin)

Yellow cards: Sunjic 87 (foul)

QPR: Dieng 6; Adomah 7, Dickie 7, Dunne 8, Barbet 7, Wallace 6; Field 6, Amos 6, Willock 8; Dykes 5 (Austin 85, -), Gray 5 (Johansen 63, 6)

Subs not used: Kakay, Ball, Archer, Thomas

Goals: Adomah 14 (assisted Wallace), Willock 71 (unassisted)

Yellow Cards: Dickie 59 (foul), Amos 74 (foul), Field 87 (dissent)

QPR 2 Birmingham City 0, Tuesday September 28, 2021, Championship

A typically sluggish start from the 21/22 QPR side saw Birmingham miss great chances to take the lead through Chong and Deeney before Ilias Chair’s deflected opener settled nerves. Chair had been criticised for his performance in the previous game at West Brom but hit back at those critics by bursting through the middle of the Brum defence to score a game-sealing second goal just after the hour, with Lyndon Dykes forging a brilliant assist from a crowded midfield area.

QPR: Dieng 6; Odubajo 6, Dickie 7, Dunne 7, Barbet 6, Willock 7; Ball 6, Dozzell 6 (Amos 63, 7), Chair 8; Austin 6 (Gray 72, 5), Dykes 6 (Adomah 72, 7)

Subs not used: Kakay, De Wijs, Thomas, Walsh

Goals: Chair 34 (assisted Odubajo), 64 (assisted Dykes)

Bookings: Dozzell 54 (foul)

Birmingham: Sarkic 5; Colin 6, Roberts 6 (McGree 71, 6), Dean 6, Sanderson 6, Bela 7; Woods 6, Sunjic 5, Chong 5; Hogan 6 (Aneke 71, 5), Deeney 4 (Jutkiewicz 56, 6)

Subs not used: Friend, Graham, Trueman, Chang

Bookings: Sunjic 86 (foul)

Birmingham City 2 QPR 1, Saturday February 27, 2021, Championship

With QPR’s flying post-Christmas form starting to threaten an unlikely play-off push, and Aitor Karanka by this point so unpopular at Birmingham that even most of their players wanted to lose this game to prolong their abysmal run of results and push him closer to the exit, it was no real surprise when Todd Kane crossed for Charlie Austin to open the scoring before half time. That looked like being that in a dire game played on a pudding pitch, but QPR switched off after clearing a late Marc Roberts long throw and allowed him to re-cross for Kristian Pedersen to head home a late equaliser. If that was against the run of play, the glorious late winner from Alen Halilovic was an absolute liberty.

Birmingham: Etheridge 6; Colin 5, Dean 6, Clarke-Salter 6 (Roberts 63, 6), Pedersen 6; Sunjic 6; Sanchez 6 (Valery 90+1, -), Harper 6, Gardner 6 (Halilovic 63, 7), Bela 6 (Leko 63, 5); Hogan 5 (Jutkiewicz 71, 5)

Subs not used: Prieto, Friend, Clayton, McGree

Goals: Pedersen 82 (assisted Roberts), Halilovic 86 (unassisted)

Bookings: Pedersen 51 (foul), Halilovic 86 (over celebrating), Roberts 90+6 (time wasting)

QPR: Dieng 6; Dickie 6, Cameron 5, Barbet 5; Kane 6, Willock 5 (Field 56, 5), Ball 5, Johansen 5 (Adomah 87, -), Hämäläinen 5; Bonne 5 (Kelman 87, -), Austin 6 (Dykes 56, 5)

Subs not used: Lumley, Chair, Bettache, Thomas, Kakay

Goals: Austin 44 (assisted Kane)

Bookings Willock 13 (foul), Bonne 73 (time wasting)

QPR 0 Birmingham City 0, Saturday October 24, 2020, Championship

Karanka still wanks himself to sleep over it.

QPR: Dieng 7; Kakay 6, Dickie 6, Barbet 7, Wallace 5 (Hamalainen 30, 6); Cameron 5; Adomah 6 (Ball 69, 6), Chair 5, Bonne 5, Osayi-Samuel 6; Dykes 6 (Willock 69, 5)

Subs not used: Kelly, Kane, Masterson, Bettache

Bookings: Dickie 18 (foul)

Birmingham: Etheridge 6; Roberts 6, Dean 7, Friend 6; Colin 6, Gardner 6, San Jose 6, Sunjic 7, Pedersen 6; Leko 6 (Jutkiewicz 62, 5), Hogan 5 (Sanchez 76, -)

Subs not used: Prieto, Kieftenbeld, Bela, Dacres-Cogley, Boyd-Munce

QPR 2 Birmingham City 2, Saturday February 29, 2020, Championship

A rare Saturday February 29 outing produced a very Championship 2-2 draw between two midtable sides at Loftus Road last season. QPR’s propensity to concoct defensively calamitous goals against reared its head twice to Scott Hogan’s advantage, first running the ball into an empty net through a chaotic mess, than heading home unmarked from a corner — of course. In between, Marc Pugh and My Chemical Hugill both made short work of close range finishes after good approach work, notably from in-form Bright Osayi-Samuel. It was the last time we were at Loftus Road together, turning and heading for home from the Crown that night vowing to see everybody again next week. If only we’d known.

QPR: Kelly 6; Rangel 6, Barbet 6, Masterson 6, Manning 6; Ball 7, Cameron 6; Osayi-Samuel 8, Eze 7, Pugh 7 (Chair 74, 6); Hugill 7

Subs not used: Lumley, Kane, Amos, Shodipo, Clarke, Oteh

Goals: Pugh 51 (assisted Hugill), Hugill 55 (assisted Osayi-Samuel)

Birmingham: Camp 7; Colin 6, Roberts 6, Dean 6, Pedersen 5; Bela 7 (Montero 73, 6), Gardner 6, Sunjic 6, Crowley 6 (Kieftenbeld 83, -); Jutkiewicz 6, Hogan 8

Subs not used: Harding, Clarke-Salter, Mrabti, Bellingham, Trueman

Goals: Hogan 24 (assisted Colin), 81 (assisted Gardner)

Birmingham City 0 QPR 2, Wednesday December 11, 2019, Championship

Bright Osayi-Samuel lit up St Andrew’s with a spectacular goal as QPR won in the second city once again before Christmas. Grant Hall had already scrambled an opener against his former club from a first half corner when Osayi-Samuel took advantage of Maxime Colin’s yellow card for dissent and torched the full back down the outside. Unable to foul, Colin could do little against the winger’s pace and power and this time there was a finish to match, high into the roof of the net. Nahki Wells, waiting for a cut back, slightly less thrilled than the rest of us.

Birmingham: Trueman 6; Colin 5, Dean 6, Harding 6, Pedersen 5; McEachran 5, Sunjic 5; Maghoma 6, Bellingham 6 (Montero 64, 5), Bela 6 (Bailey 54, 5); Gimenez 5 (Jutkiewicz 53, 4)

Subs not used: Camp, Gardner, Davis, Bajrami

Bookings: Colin 51 (dissent), Maghoma 77 (foul)

QPR: Lumley 6; Kane 6, Hall 8, Leistner 6, Manning 7; Cameron 7, Amos 7 (Smith 90+2, -); Osayi-Samuel 7, Pugh 6 (Ball 71, 6), Eze 7; Wells 5 (Hugill 70, 5)

Subs not used: Wallace, Mlakar, Chair, Barnes

Goals: Hall 45+1 (assisted Eze), Osayi-Samuel 68 (unassisted)

Bookings: Leistner 61 (foul), Eze 90+1 (unsporting)

QPR 3 Birmingham City 4, Saturday February 9, 2019, Championship

QPR came within a missed penalty of salvaging a point from a game they trailed 4-0 in for the third time in the history of the club when these sides met at Loftus Road in February, 2019. A first half defensive collapse with Joel Lynch at its heart saw Che Adams register a hat trick between 21 and 41 minutes, with Harlee Dean powering in a fourth in amongst it for good measure. There were people heading for home before the half time whistle but Matt Smith rekindled hope with a pair of goals immediately before and after the break. Rangers introduced Pawel Wszolek and laid siege to the Birmingham goal in the second half with our former keeper Lee Camp performing absolute heroics for his latest team. The visitors eventually cracked when Jordan Cousins lashed in his one and only goal for Rangers to set up a grand stand finish with ten minutes left and Matt Smith nearly equalised with his hat trick goal directly from the kick off. It felt like it was written, and when Luke Freeman was chopped by Craig Gardner in injury time the R’s had a penalty to complete the fairytale. Tragically, Camp went the right way and saved a weak kick to get his side over the line for a win.

QPR 1st Half: Lumley 3; Furlong 4, Hall 3, Lynch 2, Bidwell 4; Osayi-Samuel 6, Scowen 3, Luongo 5, Freeman 5; Smith 6, Wells 5

QPR 2nd half: Lumley 6; Leistner 7, Hall 5, Lynch 5 (Wszolek 61, 7); Furlong 6, Bidwell 6; Cousins 7, Freeman 8, Luongo 7; Wells 5, Smith 9

QPR Overall: Lumley 4; Furlong 5, Hall 4, Lynch 3 (Wszolek 61, 7), Bidwell 5; Osayi-Samuel 6 (Cousins 46, 7), Scowen 3 (Leistner 46, 7), Luongo 6, Freeman 7; Wells 5, Smith 8

Subs not used: Ingram, Eze, Manning, Hemed

Goals: Smith 41 (assisted Freeman), 48 (assisted Wells), Cousins 80 (assisted Freeman)

Bookings: Lynch 53 (foul)

Birmingham 1st half: Camp 6; Harding 7, Morrison 7, Dean 7, Colin 7; Gardner 7, Kieftenbeld 8, Maghoma 8, Jota 10; Jutkiewicz 8, Adams 10

Birmingham 2nd half: Camp 9; Harding 6, Morrison 5, Dean 5, Colin 6; G Gardner 7, Kieftenbeld 7, Maghoma 6 (C Gardner 74, 6), Jota 6; Jutkiewicz 6 (Mrabti 68, 5), Adams 7 (Vassell 82, -)

Birmingham overall: Camp 8; Harding 6, Morrison 6, Dean 6, Colin 6; G Gardner 7, Kieftenbeld 8, Maghoma 7 (C Gardner 74, 6), Jota 8; Jutkiewicz 7 (Mrabti 68, 5), Adams 9 (Vassell 82, -)

Subs not used: Pedersen, Mahoney, Davis, Trueman

Goals: Adams 21 (unassisted), 26 (assisted Jota), 42 (assisted Jota), Dean 36 (assisted Jota)

Bookings: Maghoma 58 (foul)

Birmingham City 0 QPR 0, Saturday September 1, 2018, Championship

The first meeting between these sides in 2018/19 was one of the worst games of football I’ve ever seen before in my life.

Birmingham: Camp 6; Colin 5 (Harding 59, 6), Morrison 6, Dean 5, Pedersen 6; Maghoma 6, G Gardner 6, Kieftenbeld 6, Jota 6; Adams 6 (Solomon-Otabor 68, 6), Jutkiewicz 6 (Bogle 86, -)

Subs not used: Roberts, Mahoney, C Gardner, Trueman

Bookings: Maghoma 30 (foul), Pedersen 53 (foul)

QPR: Lumley 6; Rangel 6, Leistner 6, Lynch 6, Bidwell 6; Eze 6, Cousins 6, Luongo 5, Freeman 6; Wells 6 (Smith 85, -), Hemed 6 (Cameron 89, -)

Subs not used: Ingram, Baptiste, Osayi-Samuel, Wszolek, Smyth

Previous Results

Head to Head >>> Birmingham wins 26 >>> Draws 17 >>> QPR wins 26

2025/26 QPR 2 Birmingham 1 (Dunne, Morgan)

2023/24 QPR 2 Birmingham 1 (Cook, Dunne)

2023/24 Birmingham 0 QPR 0

2022/23 QPR 0 Birmingham 1

2022/23 Birmingham 2 QPR 0

2021/22 Birmimgham 1 QPR 2 (Adomah, Willock)

2021/22 QPR 2 Birmingham 0 (Chair 2)

2020/21 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Austin)

2020/21 QPR 0 Birmingham 0

2019/20 QPR 2 Birmingham 2 (Pugh, Hugill)

2019/20 Birmingham 0 QPR 2 (Hall, Osayi-Samuel)

2018/19 QPR 3 Birmingham 4 (Smith 2, Cousins)

2018/19 Birmingham 0 QPR 0

2017/18 QPR 3 Birmingham 1 (Osayi-Samuel, Chair, Smith)

2017/18 Birmingham 1 QPR 2 (Robinson 2)

2016/17 Birmingham 1 QPR 4 (Smith, Washington, Sylla, Ngbakoto)

2016/17 QPR 1 Birmingham 1 (Caulker)

2015/16 QPR 2 Birmingham 0 (Chery,

2015/16 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Phillips)

2013/14 Birmingham 0 QPR 2 (Morrison 2)

2013/14 QPR 1 Birmingham 0 (Austin)

2008/09 QPR 1 Birmingham 0 (Di Carmine)

2008/09 Birmingham 1 QPR 0

2006/07 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Cook)

2006/07 QPR 0 Birmingham 2

2000/01 Birmingham 0 QPR 0

2000/01 QPR 0 Birmingham 0

1999/00 QPR 2 Birmingham 2 (Steiner, Kiwomya)

1999/00 Birmingham 2 QPR 0

1998/99 Birmingham 1 QPR 0

1998/99 QPR 0 Birmingham 1

1997/98 Birmingham 1 QPR 0

1997/98 QPR 1 Birmingham 1 (Barker)

1996/97 QPR 1 Birmingham 1 (Spencer)

1996/97 Birmingham 0 QPR 0

1985/86 Birmingham 2 QPR 0

1985/86 QPR 3 Birmingham 1 (Bannister, Rosenior, Dawes)

1983/84 Birmingham 0 QPR 2 (Gregory, Fenwick)

1983/84 QPR 2 Birmingham 1 (Stainrod, Fenwick)

1979/80 QPR 1 Birmingham 1 (Burke)

1979/80 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Allen)

1978/79 QPR 1 Birmingham 3 (Roeder)

1978/79 Birmingham 3 QPR 1 (Busby)

1977/78 QPR 0 Birmingham 0

1977/78 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Masson)

1976/77 QPR 2 Birmingham 2 (Masson, Webb)

1976/77 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Eastoe)

1975/76 QPR 2 Birmingham 1 (Masson 2)

1975/76 Birmingham 1 QPR 1 (Thomas)

1974/75 Birmingham 4 QPR 1 (Thomas)

1974/75 QPR 0 Birmingham 1

1973/74 Birmingham 4 QPR 0

1973/74 QPR 2 Birmingham 0* (Leach, Givens)

1973/74 QPR 2 Birmingham 2 (Bowles, Hynd og)

1971/72 Birmingham 0 QPR 0

1971/72 QPR 2 Birmingham 0** (Francis, Marsh)

1971/72 QPR 1 Birmingham 0 (Marsh)

1970/71 QPR 5 Birmingham 2 (Marsh 3, Venables, McCulloch)

1970/71 Birmingham 2 QPR 1 (Bridges)

1969/70 QPR 2 Birmingham 1 (Bridges 2)

1969/70 Birmingham 3 QPR 0

1967/68 QPR 2 Birmingham 0 (Leach, I Morgan)

1967/68 Birmingham 2 QPR 0

1966/67 QPR 3 Birmingham 1** (Marsh 2, Keen)

1966/67 Birmingham 1 QPR 4** (Marsh, R Morgan, Lazarus, Allen)

1951/52 Birmingham 1 QPR 0

1951/52 QPR 0 Birmingham 2

1950/51 QPR 2 Birmingham 0 (Farrow, Shepherd)

1950/51 Birmingham 1 QPR 1 (Addinall)

1913/14 Birmingham 1 QPR 2*(Gregory, Miller)

* - FA Cup

** - League Cup

Connections

Trevor Francis >>> Birmingham 1971-1979 >>> QPR 1988-1990

Trevor Francis was enjoying a fruitful Indian summer spearheading the QPR attack under Jim Smith towards the end of the 1980s when he was thrust into the managerial spotlight himself for the first time.

He'd been part of an English invasion at Glasgow Rangers under Graeme Souness, and won the Scottish League Cup in 1987 before moving back south of the border to Loftus Road. He was reasonably prolific for Rangers, starting 1988/89 in particularly decent touch, scoring three of QPR's first five goals before missing a penalty in fairly shambolic circumstances in a 3-2 loss at Millwall's hostile Old Den.

On the field he's best remembered among the faithful few in Shepherd's Bush for a remarkable hat trick in a victory against Aston Villa at Villa Park, the third a thing or real beauty and one in the eye for the home fans who'd abused him for his Birmingham City connections throughout the game.

When Smith left for Newcastle Francis was made player manager at Loftus Road but his inexperience, and perhaps arrogance, showed when he infamously fined midfielder Martin Allen for leaving the team hotel on the eve of a game at Newcastle to attend the birth of his child back in London.

Allen told QPRnet: "I have no regrets over the situation now. I was honest with Trevor Francis on the Thursday, and I told Peter Shreeves on the Friday night what I was doing. My wife went into labour at half past two on the Saturday morning, she was still in labour at half past six when I rang again and I have no regrets about getting on that aeroplane.

"When I was playing for West Ham against Trevor’s Sheffield Wednesday I ended up in hospital with a punctured lung and broken ribs. I had an operation on the Saturday evening and about eleven o’clock that night the sister came in and told me that Trevor had phoned the hospital asking how I was and wishing me the very best. I must admit when she told me I wondered if I was still under the aesthetic. But it was the truth, he did ring and since that day whenever we’ve met each other we’ve always had a smile, shook hands and wished each other well and so you should."

Rangers were in relegation trouble by the time he departed after little over a year in charge. His parting shot was a spectacular one though, second from bottom QPR beat second from top Liverpool 3-2 at Loftus Road with two goals from Paul Wright and a trademark spectacular shot from Mark Falco at the Loft End.

Francis, fresh out of hospital after an operation on a long-term injury, sat at the front of the director's box in South Africa Road and was jumped on by his wife Helen in a giant fur coat at full time. He subsequently agreed a deal to bring his old friend Ray Wilkins down from Rangers to join him — Wilkins subsequently forced to deny he was taking the job himself when Francis left a week later. Ultimately, Don Howe was given the responsibility.

Francis was originally a star teenager at Birmingham City, coming through the ranks to make his debut as a 16 year old, notably scoring four times in a match against Bolton and ending his first season with 15 goals from just 22 games. His goal against QPR in 1976 has gone down in club folklore and he made the England squad for the first time a year later under Don Revie.

After a brief loan/secondment playing in the first version of the MLS for Detroit, he became the first million pound player in the UK when he was bought by Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest in February 1979. At the City Ground he became part of the remarkable rise to the pinnacle of European football — registered in time to play in the semi-finals of the European Cup, Francis scored the only goal of the final against Malmo as Forest completed a remarkable rise from midtable obscurity in Division Two to champions of the UK and Europe in little more than two years.

He was regularly used as a winger by Clough, and missed the final the following year against Hamburg with an Achilles injury that plagued him for months and eventually saw him sold off to Man City. Once more injuries hampered him, and City's growing financial problems forced a £700,000 sale to Sampdoria where he was part of the side that won the Copa Italia for the first time in the club's history. A spell at Atalanta preceded his time in Scotland.

After QPR he joined Sheffield Wednesday, initially as a player under Ron Atkinson and then later as manager where he lost in both cup 1993 cup finals to Arsenal. A subsequent spell in charge at Birmingham brought numerous play-off near misses, and a League Cup Final defeat to Liverpool, before he was replaced by Steve Bruce.

He passed away in July, 2023, aged 69.

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