QPR Snippets: 11 Years Since Spencer's Barnsley Hatrick...Two Ex-Birthdays...Year Since Gallen Left...Vastly Changed QPR Squad

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Eleven Years ago, January 11, 1997: "THE" John Spencer Hattrick vs Barnsley QPR 3 Barnsley 1 - John Spencer hattrick. QPR Team that day:
Roberts
Brevitt Ready McDonald Graham
Brazier Murray Peacock Sinclair
Hately Spencer
Subs: Dichio, Maddix, Impey


One year ago, January 11, 2007: Kevin Gallen left QPR, initially joining Plymouth on six months loan. Gallen to Plymouth


Birthdays Today: It's the 36th Birthday of Ex-QPR's Mike Sheron & Alan McCarthy. Both born January 11, 1972 (They bot got to experience for a couple of months a world in which Rodney Marsh was King of Loftus Road!)
McCarthy played a few games for QPR in the 1989-1990 period.
Sheron was the last signing - and still QPR's record signing - before QPR really started to implode - See Sheron/Wikipedia


And a flashback: What QPR's squad consisted of Eighteen Months ago:
July 12, 2006 - QPR Announce Team Numbers-[The list includes a number of people who are/were transfer listed and some of whom who have since left of gone on loan - such Danny Shittu and Ian Evatt and Kevin Gallen, and others. The squad numbers were given just prior to the signings of Adam Czerkas and Egutu Oliseh The various Chelsea loan signings; the "return" of Ugo Ukah and a host of other players who arrived and since left QPR.

1. Simon Royce
2. Marcus Bignot
3. Mauro Milanese
4. Ian Evatt
5. Dan Shittu
6. Tommy Doherty
7. Matthew Rose
8. Marc Bircham
9. Nick Ward
10. Kevin Gallen
11. Gareth Ainsworth
12. Jake Cole
14. Martin Rowlands
15. Dominic Shimmin
16. Steve Lomas
17. Lee Cook
18. Stefan Moore
19. Tchakounte-A
20. Scott Donnelly
21. Paul Jones
22. Shabazz Baidoo
23. Stefan Bailey
24. Pat Kanyuka
25. Damion Stewart
26. Sean Thomas
29. Paul Furlong
30. Marc Nygaard
34. Matthew Hislop
35. John Munday


QPR's SQUAD TODAY
[To be further 'updated!'

1 Lee Camp Goalkeeper
2 Marcus Bignot Defender
3 Chris Barker Defender
4 Gavin Mahon Midfielder
5 Damion Stewart Defender
6 Michael Mancienne
(on loan from Chelsea ) Defender
7 Adam Bolder Midfielder
8 Daniel Nardiello Striker
9 Dexter Blackstock Striker
10 Akos Buzsaky Midfielder
11 Gareth Ainsworth Midfielder
12 Jake Cole Goalkeeper
14 Martin Rowlands Midfielder
15 Dominic Shimmin Defender
16 Matthew Connolly Defender
17 Patrick Agyemang Striker
18 Stefan Moore Striker
19 Simon Walton Midfielder
20 Kieron St Aimie Midfielder
21 Kieran Lee
(on loan from Man U ) Defender
22 Shabazz Baidoo Striker
23 Stefan Bailey Midfielder
24 Patrick Kanyuka Defender
25 Hogan Ephraim Midfielder
27 Sampsa Timoska Defender
28 Zeshan Rehman Defender
29 Fitz Hall Defender
30 Marc Nygaard Striker
31 Ray Jones Striker
32 Mikele Leigertwood Midfielder
35 Chris Goodchild Goalkeeper
36 Angelo Balanta Striker
Aaron Goode Defender
Andrew Howell Defender
Sean Thomas Goalkeeper
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