Tag Archives: Queens Park Rangers
QPR vs Brentford: What One Might Call a Second-Tier West London Derby
Queens Park Rangers vs Brentford certainly qualifies as a West London Derby, the two clubs being just under four miles apart. But neither club’s fans rank the other as their top rival, even though QPR once tried to literally wipe Brentford off the map. This could be for all sorts of reasons, the biggest being…
Watching English Soccer: Queens Park Rangers
One of the most amazing things about seeing soccer in England is that stadiums which host top-flight players in one of the world’s greatest leagues are often right in the middle of some residential neighborhood -- and the fans are right on top of the pitch. Nowhere is this more in evidence than at Loftus…
Forget the Premier League: Check Out These London-Area Lower League Teams
Seems everybody in the world is trying to get tickets to a Premier League game, but here is some advice I wish more people would follow: Forget the Premier League and check out the lower leagues. Why? Here are some starters: Tickets are a whole lot easier, as in "Walk up to the ticket office…