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Today Marks 10 Years Since the Start of the 2003-2004 Promotion Season!
The Season which began with a 5-0 Crushing of Blackpool....
Saw us sell Richard Langley And ended with that win at Hillsbrough Post by Macmoish on about an hour ago
The opening Game
August 9 2003 BBC QPR 5-0 Blackpool Richard Langley celebrates with Paul Furlong Gareth Ainsworth scored his first League goals in a QPR shirt to help the London club to an impressive win over Blackpool. Ainsworth, who signed from Cardiff during the close season, took just three minutes to give Ian Holloway's side the lead with the most straightforward of goals. Gino Padula's corner drifted over the Blackpool defence and Ainsworth was left unmarked to turn in the loose ball at the back post. On the stroke of half-time Richard Langley effectively secured the points by steering home a cross from Kevin Gallen, who then got his own reward when he bundled a rebound into the net in the 56th minute. Ainsworth then drove a close-range strike past Phil Barnes and Steve Palmer wrapped up an emphatic win in injury time. Blackpool had Richie Wellens dismissed for a second bookable offence after bringing down defender Clarke Carlisle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QPR: Day, Forbes, Padula, Carlisle, shiteeetu, Langley, Ainsworth, Palmer, Bircham, Gallen, Furlong. Subs: Culkin, Sabin, Oli, Williams, Rowlands. Blackpool: Barnes, Grayson, Hilton, Flynn, Davis, Coid, Bullock, Wellens, Danns, Sheron, Taylor. Subs: Jones, Richardson, Walker, Douglas, Clarke. Referee: Paul Taylor (Hertfordshire) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/3113693.stm Final Table Full Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pt 1 Plymouth Argyle 46 26 12 8 85 41 17 5 1 52 13 9 7 7 33 28 +44 90 2 Queens Park Rangers 46 22 17 7 80 45 16 7 0 47 12 6 10 7 33 33 +35 83 3 Bristol City 46 23 13 10 58 37 15 6 2 34 12 8 7 8 24 25 +21 82 4 Brighton and Hove A 46 22 11 13 64 43 17 4 2 39 11 5 7 11 25 32 +21 77 5 Swindon Town 46 20 13 13 76 58 12 7 4 41 23 8 6 9 35 35 +18 73 6 Hartlepool United 46 20 13 13 76 61 10 8 5 39 24 10 5 8 37 37 +15 73 7 Port Vale 46 21 10 15 73 63 15 6 2 45 28 6 4 13 28 35 +10 73 8 Tranmere Rovers 46 17 16 13 59 56 13 7 3 36 18 4 9 10 23 38 +3 67 9 Bournemouth 46 17 15 14 56 51 11 8 4 35 25 6 7 10 21 26 +5 66 10 Luton Town 46 17 15 14 69 66 14 6 3 44 27 3 9 11 25 39 +3 66 11 Colchester United 46 17 13 16 52 56 11 8 4 33 23 6 5 12 19 33 -4 64 12 Barnsley 46 15 17 14 54 58 7 12 4 25 19 8 5 10 29 39 -4 62 13 Wrexham 46 17 9 20 50 60 9 6 8 27 21 8 3 12 23 39 -10 60 14 Blackpool 46 16 11 19 58 65 9 5 9 31 28 7 6 10 27 37 -7 59 15 Oldham Athletic 46 12 21 13 66 60 9 8 6 37 25 3 13 7 29 35 +6 57 16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 14 19 48 64 7 9 7 25 26 6 5 12 23 38 -16 53 17 Brentford 46 14 11 21 52 69 9 5 9 34 38 5 6 12 18 31 -17 53 18 Peterborough United 46 12 16 18 58 58 5 8 10 36 33 7 8 8 22 25 0 52 19 Stockport County 46 11 19 16 62 70 6 8 9 31 36 5 11 7 31 34 -8 52 20 Chesterfield 46 12 15 19 49 71 9 7 7 34 31 3 8 12 15 40 -22 51 21 Grimsby Town 46 13 11 22 55 81 10 5 8 36 26 3 6 14 19 55 -26 50 22 Rushden and Diamonds 46 13 9 24 60 74 9 5 9 37 34 4 4 15 23 40 -14 48 23 Notts County 46 10 12 24 50 78 6 9 8 32 27 4 3 16 18 51 -28 42 24 Wycombe Wanderers 46 6 19 21 50 75 5 7 11 31 39 1 12 10 19 36 -25 37 3 points for a win Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points 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 shitetu Daniel Defence 0 2 0 0 Williams Tom Defence 0 0 0 0 Scored 80 Conceded 45 Stats 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 Soccerbase 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 SOCCERBASE Player Appearances PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP OTHER APPS / GLS APPS / GLS APPS / GLS APPS / GLS Gareth Ainsworth (M) 21 (8) 6 1 (0) 0 2 (1) 1 2 (0) 0 Warren Barton (D) 2 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 Marcus Bean (M) 23 (8) 1 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 Marcus Bignot (D) 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Marc Bircham (M) 36 (2) 2 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 Lee Camp (G) 12 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Clarke Carlisle (D) 32 (1) 1 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 Jake Cole (G) 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Nick Culkin (G) 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 Jamie Cureton (F) 2 (11) 2 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Wes Daly (M) 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Chris Day (G) 29 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 Richard Edghill (D) 15 (5) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 John Fletcher 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Terrell Forbes (D) 30 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 Paul Furlong (F) 31 (5) 16 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 Kevin Gallen (F) 44 (1) 17 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 2 (2) 0 Arthur Gnohere (D) 17 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 Marien Ifura (D) 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Richard Johnson (M) 10 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Richard Langley (M) 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 Dean Marney (M) 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 Kevin McLeod (M) 26 (9) 3 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 Dennis Oli (F) 0 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 Richard Pacquette (F) 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 Gino Padula (D) 36 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 Steve Palmer (D) 24 (11) 4 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (2) 1 Matthew Rose (D) 15 (5) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 Martin Rowlands (M) 41 (1) 10 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 2 3 (0) 0 Eric Sabin (F) 3 (7) 1 1 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 2 (1) 0 Dan shiteetu (D) 18 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 Tony Thorpe (F) 22 (9) 10 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 1 Ben Walshe (M) 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Tom Williams (D) 4 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes 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