QPR Win Promotion - Five Year Flashback

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QPR WIN PROMOTION
- Five years ago today, QPR under Ian Holloway achived the club's only promotion in the last quarter century!

- May 8, 2004, Ian Holloway's QPR won their last game of the season at Sheffield Wednesday with goals through Kevin Gallen, Paul Furlong and an own goal, to gain Automatic Promotion., just beating out Bristol City.
- Video of The Goals. It's been smooth sailing ever since!

- Kevin Gallen finished the 2004/05 season as QPR's top scorer with 17 goals, followed by Paul Furlong with 16. See Players/Appearances/Scorers in 2004-2005. Also QPR's 2003-2004 Results

Team for that final game: Lee Camp - Gino Padula, Clarke Carlisle, Matthew Rose, Richard Edghill- Gareth Ainsworth, Marc Bircham, Richard Johnson, Martin Rowlands, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen - Subs: Arthur Gnohere, Jamie Cureton, Steve Palmer

BBC Sheff Wed 1-3 QPR
- QPR won automatic promotion back to Division One with victory over Sheffield Wednesday in front of nearly 30,000 fans at Hillsborough.
Kevin Gallen put Rangers ahead after 35 minutes, slotting home after shots from Paul Furlong and Martin Rowlands.
- Furlong doubled his side's lead two minutes after the break, blasting the ball past Kevin Pressman.
- Jon Shaw put the Owls back in the game with a sweet shot but Chris Carr's own goal put the result beyond doubt.
- At the final whistle, the QPR fans' jubilation contrasted with the dark mood of the home supporters, who booed their team off before invading the pitch to protest against chairman Dave Allen. BBC
- Sheff Wed: Pressman, Geary, Barry-Murphy, Dean Smith, Wood, McLaren, McMahon, Cooke, Brunt, Robins, Shaw. Subs: Tidman, Olsen, Chambers, Mustoe, Carr.
- QPR: Camp, Padula, Carlisle, Rose, Edghill, Ainsworth, Bircham, Richard Johnson, Rowlands, Furlong, Gallen. Subs: Day, Palmer, Thorpe, Gnohere, Cureton. BBC


Guardian/Aidan Magee: Holloway looks to Rangers
- The dust was still settling on Queens Park Rangers' first promotion for 21 years when the battle to secure their manager Ian Holloway got under way. - Holloway's contract expired just as Mark Clattenburg blew the whistle on his side's convincing win at Sheffield Wednesday which sealed promotion to the First Division ahead of Bristol City.
- About 10,000 Rangers fans had made the trip from west London knowing that their team, with a slender one-point advantage in second place before kick-off, had to match City's result to earn automatic promotion.
- With the most important task out of the way, however, attention turned to Holloway's future and that of eight of his first-team players who will also see their contracts expire.
- Rangers are fortunate to have, in Marc Bircham, a player who lives and breathes QPR. The midfielder even hired a coach for his friends and family to watch the game.
- Bircham believes the charismatic Holloway is the embodiment and saviour of Rangers and called on the board to secure the manager's future services.
- "Hopefully we can tie him down for a good couple of years on a contract. He is essential to this club's hopes of moving forward. People have talked about players being out of contract but he is more important to QPR than any of the players. He wears his heart on his sleeve and everyone, in or out of the team, wants to play for him," Bircham said.
- For Holloway, the victory-gained through goals by Kevin Gallen, Paul Furlong and an own-goal by the substitute Chris Carr - provided just the platform to reel off some of his inimitable post-match lines.
- He had felt the need to produce a pre-match motivational speech to rival the best on offer from Sir Winston Churchill. "It was a bit of Winnie - 'we'll fight them on the beaches' and all that type of stuff," he said. "I wanted to create an atmosphere where the team were not frightened to lose and I wanted to show them that no matter what they did I am proud of them for their effort.
-"I think every dog has its day at some time or other and at the moment I feel like going 'woof'."
-Whereas Holloway will spend the summer deciding what is needed to help his team in the First Division, his opposite number at Hillsborough, Chris Turner, was left reflecting on a desperate season....
- Man of the match: Martin Rowlands (QPR) Guardian

- And a Fan Comments on the Season "Now You're Going to Believe Us"

QPR Stats for 2003/2004

Ainsworth Gareth Forward 7 1 0 0.21
Bean Marcus Midfield 1 9 0 0.03
Bignot Marcus Defence 0 0 1 0
Bircham Marc Midfield 2 10 0 0.05
Camp Lee Goal 0 0 0 0
Carlisle Clarke Defence 1 7 0 0.03
Cureton Jamie Forward 2 0 0 0.15
Day Chris Goal 0 0 0 0
Edghill Richard Defence 0 2 0 0
Forbes Terrell Defence 0 3 1 0
Furlong Paul Forward 16 7 1 0.42
Gallen Kevin Forward 17 6 0 0.35
Langley Richard Midfield 2 1 0 1
Marney Dean Midfield 0 0 0 0
McLeod Kevin Midfield 3 4 1 0.08
Padula Gino Defence 3 9 0 0.08
Rose Matthew Defence 0 3 0 0
Rowlands Martin Midfield 12 11 0 0.27
Shittu Daniel Defence 0 2 0 0
Williams Tom Defence 0 0 0 0

Scored 80 Conceded 45
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Soccerbase - Final 2003/2004 Football League One Table
P HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA Points GD
Plymouth 46 17 5 1 52 13 9 7 7 33 28 90 +44
QPR 46 16 7 0 47 12 6 10 7 33 33 83 +35

Bristol C 46 15 6 2 34 12 8 7 8 24 25 82 +21
Brighton 46 17 4 2 39 11 5 7 11 25 32 77 +21
Swindon 46 12 7 4 41 23 8 6 9 35 35 73 +18
Hartlepool 46 10 8 5 39 24 10 5 8 37 37 73 +15
Port Vale 46 15 6 2 45 28 6 4 13 28 35 73 +10
Tranmere 46 13 7 3 36 18 4 9 10 23 38 67 +3
Bournemouth 46 11 8 4 35 25 6 7 10 21 26 66 +5
Luton 46 14 6 3 44 27 3 9 11 25 39 66 +3
Colchester 46 11 8 4 33 23 6 5 12 19 33 64 -4
Barnsley 46 7 12 4 25 19 8 5 10 29 39 62 -4
Wrexham 46 9 6 8 27 21 8 3 12 23 39 60 -10
Blackpool 46 9 5 9 31 28 7 6 10 27 37 59 -7
Oldham 46 9 8 6 37 25 3 13 7 29 35 57 +6
Sheff Wed 46 7 9 7 25 26 6 5 12 23 38 53 -16
Brentford 46 9 5 9 34 38 5 6 12 18 31 53 -17
Peterborough 46 5 8 10 36 33 7 8 8 22 25 52 0
Stockport 46 6 8 9 31 36 5 11 7 31 34 52 -8
Chesterfield 46 9 7 7 34 31 3 8 12 15 40 51 -22
Grimsby 46 10 5 8 36 26 3 6 14 19 55 50 -26
Rushden 46 9 5 9 37 34 4 4 15 23 40 48 -14
Notts Co 46 6 9 8 32 27 4 3 16 18 51 42 -28
Wycombe 46 5 7 11 31 39 1 12 10 19 36 37 -25
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QPR 2003/2004 results and fixtures
Football League One QPR 5-0 Blackpool 09-08-2003
English League Cup Cheltenham 1-2 QPR 12-08-2003
Football League One Brighton 2-1 QPR 18-08-2003
Football League One QPR 1-0 Bournemouth 23-08-2003
Football League One Rushden 3-3 QPR 25-08-2003
Football League One QPR 3-0 Chesterfield 30-08-2003
Football League One Colchester 2-2 QPR 06-09-2003
Football League One QPR 0-0 Wycombe 13-09-2003
Football League One Wrexham 0-2 QPR 16-09-2003
Football League One Luton 1-1 QPR 20-09-2003
English League Cup Sheff Utd 0-2 QPR 23-09-2003
Football League One QPR 1-1 Bristol C 27-09-2003
Football League One QPR 4-0 Barnsley 30-09-2003
Football League One Grimsby 0-1 QPR 04-10-2003
Football League Trophy QPR 2-0 Kidderminster 14-10-2003
Football League One Peterborough 0-0 QPR 18-10-2003
Football League One Port Vale 2-0 QPR 21-10-2003
Football League One QPR 1-1 Tranmere 25-10-2003
English League Cup QPR 0-3 Man City 28-10-2003
Football League One Stockport 1-2 QPR 01-11-2003
Football League Trophy QPR 2-1 Dag & Red 04-11-2003
English FA Cup Grimsby 1-0 QPR 08-11-2003
Football League One QPR 1-0 Brentford 11-11-2003
Football League One QPR 3-0 Plymouth 15-11-2003
Football League One Swindon 1-1 QPR 22-11-2003
Football League One QPR 3-0 Sheff Wed 29-11-2003
Football League Trophy QPR 2-1 Brighton 07-12-2003
Football League One QPR 4-1 Hartlepool 13-12-2003
Football League One Oldham 2-1 QPR 20-12-2003
Football League One Notts Co 3-3 QPR 26-12-2003
Football League One QPR 2-0 Colchester 28-12-2003
Football League One QPR 1-0 Rushden 03-01-2004
Football League One Blackpool 0-1 QPR 10-01-2004
Football League One QPR 2-1 Brighton 17-01-2004
Football League Trophy Southend 4-0 QPR 20-01-2004
Football League One Bournemouth 1-0 QPR 24-01-2004
Football League One Chesterfield 4-2 QPR 31-01-2004
Football League One QPR 3-2 Notts Co 07-02-2004
Football League One Brentford 1-1 QPR 14-02-2004
Football League One QPR 1-1 Peterborough 20-02-2004
Football League One QPR 3-2 Port Vale 02-03-2004
Football League One QPR 1-1 Oldham 06-03-2004
Football League One Hartlepool 1-4 QPR 13-03-2004
Football League One QPR 2-0 Wrexham 16-03-2004
Football League One Wycombe 2-2 QPR 20-03-2004
Football League One QPR 1-1 Luton 27-03-2004
Football League One Bristol C 1-0 QPR 03-04-2004
Football League One Tranmere 0-0 QPR 06-04-2004
Football League One QPR 3-0 Grimsby 10-04-2004
Football League One Barnsley 3-3 QPR 12-04-2004
Football League One QPR 1-1 Stockport 17-04-2004
Football League One Plymouth 2-0 QPR 24-04-2004
Football League One QPR 1-0 Swindon 01-05-2004
Football League One Sheff Wed 1-3 QPR 08-05-2004

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