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Friday, August 25, 2006

Aug 25 Season Openers...1973-Southampton...1984-WBA...1990-Nottm Forest

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August 25, 1973: QPR 1 Southampton 1
QPR's First Game back in the First Division under Gordon Jago/Bobby Campbell. At home to Southampton. With John Delve replacing suspended Gerry Francis, QPR drew 1-1
Parkes
Clement Mancini Hazell Watson
Venables Delve Leach
Thomas Bowles Givens

August 25th 1984 QPR 3 WBA 1:
Alan Mullery's first game in charge of QPR having replaced Terry Venables (and the one-week appointment of Gordon Jago).: Things good looked aug 25 1984 ...With 2 wins and 2 draws from our first 4 games things looked good...Then came a 0-5 defeat at Spurs; THE 5-5 draw at home to Newcastle...and after 17 games, Mullery was axed.
Hucker
Neil Wicks Fenwick Dawes
Stewart Gregory Fillery Mickelwhite
Stainrod Bannister
Fereday

Aug 25 1990: Nottingham Forest 1 QPR 1
Don Howe started his first (and only) full season in charge of QPR having replaced Trevor Francis half-way through the previous season.
Roberts
Sansom Bardsley McDonald Maddix
Channing Sinton Wilkins Wilson
Falco Wegerle
Subs: Barker Ferdinand
Goal - Wegerle

Some other August 25 Games - But NOT opening Games

Aug 25, 2003 Rushden 3 QPR 3

Aug 25 2001 QPR 0 Reading 0

Aug 25 1999 QPR 0 Cardiff 1 - League Cup

Aug 25 1993 Chelsea 2 QPR 0

Aug 25 1979 QPR 1 Leicester 4 (Tommy Docherty's Allen/Goddard's QPR!)