THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF QPR
Rangers have played their home games in 18 different locations since they were formed in 1882, starting at Welford’s Fields (1886-1888) and presently at Loftus Road (their home since 1963).
Rangers have had four different coloured home jerseys in their time before settling to their current strip of blue and white hooped shirts.
Rangers’ first impact on the history of the game came in 1967 when- as a 3rd Division club- they won the League Cup, beating the holders, West Bromwich Albion of Division 1. In the first final of the competition to be held at Wembley.
In the same year (1967), Rangers also won the 3rd Division Championship to pull off a unique double.
The following season Rangers were denied entry to the European Fairs Cup as League Cup Winners because they were not in the top flight of domestic football.
In the August of 1975, Rangers beat the reigning champions of three countries- England (Derby County 5-1), West Germany (Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-1); and Portugal (Benfica 4-2).
Rangers’ current mascot- Jude the Cat- came about when a mystery black cat was found hanging around the club in 1999. The sightings of the Cat coincided with Rangers’ best run of the season and the club abandoned their old mascot Ernie (a cartoon man with a football head) for the \\\"Jude the Stadium Cat\\\".
Rangers were the first club in Britain to install an Omni-turf pitch at Loftus Road in the early eighties following years of waterlogged surfaces. Luton Town soon followed suit.
In 2001 two avid Rangers supporting brothers-the Wintons- bought two players out of their own pockets.
Famous names who enjoy supporting Rangers in their spare time.
Howard Antony - former EastEnders actor (Alan Jackson)
Bill Bailey - comedian
Martin Clunes - actor - Men Behaving Badly, Staggered
Ade Edmondson - comedian, actor - Bottom, The Young Ones
Robert Elms - DJ
Neil Fouldes - snooker player
Ashley Giles -cricketer
Wendy James - former singer with Transvision Vamp
Mick Jones - the Clash
The Libertines - group
Glen Matlock - the Sex Pistols
Rodney Marsh - Sky Sports Presenter
Michael Nyman - composer
Robert Smith - the Cure
Leslie Thomas - author of The Virgin Soldiers
Alex Tudor - cricketer
Sir George Young
Rat Scabbies- Damned (drummer)
Nick Cave
Graham Parker
Tony Selby- comedy \\\"Get Some in\\\"
Andrew Ridgely- ex Wham )
Phil Collins- singer
Shane Ritchie- Eastenders
Ralf Little- \\\"The Royal Family\\\"
Alan Wilder- former member of Depeche Mode
Dennis Wise- footballer
Jamie Oliver- TV Chef
Emily- Character from hit BBC comedy Little Britain
James DeGale - Boxer and Olympian
