By Brian Sears 19 December 2014 Queens Park Rangers play at home this weekend – and that must be a relief. On home form alone, Harry Redknapp’s team would be eighth in the Premier League, just behind Arsenal, after winning four and drawing two of their eight home league matches at Loftus Road this season. […]

By Brian Sears 15 July 2014  The Premier League is about to start its 23rd season, the 23rd season since England’s top division was rebranded ‘Premier League’ and effectively broke away from the rest of English football. The 23rd season of the ‘money era’ when TV riches have poured into the game in ever-increasing amounts. The […]

By Brian Sears 29 March 2013 QPR face a London derby this Easter weekend that will partly determine whether their season can be resurrected. That one is played on Monday, and a week later the two clubs from Manchester – champions-elect United and champions (reigning) City – will also meet in a derby, at Old Trafford. […]

By Brian Sears 22 February 2013 QPR have 12 Premier League games remaining to try to maintain their top-flight status, hanging in the balance as they lie seven points adrift of safety before the weekend’s action. Two wins in 26 league games this season, away at Fulham and at home to Chelsea, tell their own […]

By Brian Sears 2 January 2013 Queens Park Rangers had the joint worst record in the calendar year 2012 of any club in English professional football (four main divisions). With just seven wins in 39 matches and just 30 points from those games, QPR’s average tally of points was 0.77 points per game. This was […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 11 December 2012 Queens Park Rangers are odds-on to be relegated from the Premier League this season but it should be no surprise that they are struggling. They achieved far too little last season, considering the money they spent, and avoided relegation by a point. […]

By Brian Sears 26 October 2012 Arsenal have endured a turbulent week as their absentee American owner’s visit to London coincided with the club’s AGM and back-to-back defeats, first against Norwich in the Premier League and then against Schalke in Europe. And now they face two Premier League matches versus the two current top-flight clubs […]

By Brian Sears 1 March 2012 Certain football club pairings throw up a dominance by one over another across very different eras that logic alone cannot explain. Everton by most neutrals’ estimation are a ‘bigger’ club in all senses than Queens Park Rangers. Everton have won nine English league titles and five FA Cups and […]

By Brian Sears 24 November 2011 As Swansea City’s manager Brendan Rodgers starts talks about a new contract, analysis by Sportingintelligence shows that Swansea and their fellow promoted teams in the Premier League – QPR and Norwich – each have at least a 76 per cent chance of survival this season, based on their decent […]

By Brian Sears  26 October 2011 What with all the brouhaha about alleged incidents that have nothing to do with any beautiful game, it’s been easy to forget that QPR’s defeat of Chelsea at the weekend ended an unbeaten run of more than 10 years by Chelsea against promoted sides in the Premier League. As […]