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Queens Park Rangers
Season 2008–09
Manager Flag of Portugal Paulo Sousa
Flag of England Football League Championship season in progress
FA Cup Last 64
League Cup Last 16

During the 2008–09 season, Queens Park Rangers will be playing in the Football League Championship, their fifth season of their current spell at this level.

Contents

[edit] Pre-season

[edit] New managerial team

Ian Dowie was announced as the replacement for Luigi De Canio as manager on 14 May 2008.[1] Tim Flowers was later named Dowie's assistant, reprising his former role with Dowie at Coventry City.[2]

[edit] Sponsorship

Following the termination of the club's sponsorship deals with Car Giant, Le Coq Sportif and Sellotape at the end of the previous season, in July it was announced that Gulf Air would be the new shirt sponsors.[3] Further sponsorship packages were also announced including Abbey Financial Services, Chronotech and Lotto Sport Italia.[4]

[edit] Matches

All but one of QPR's pre-season fixtures were held away from Loftus Road while the ground underwent upgrading work ahead of the new season. Despite the optimism surrounding the club on the back of the investment and player transfers, Rangers suffered defeats in 3 out of 5 of their warm-up fixtures. The club started positively, winning 3–1 against Conference National side Stevenage Borough followed by a 1–0 win over Football League One side Northampton Town. However a pre-season tour to Scotland saw Rangers lose 2–0 and 1–0 (respectively) to Scottish Premier League sides Falkirk and Kilmarnock. The pre-season fixtures culminated in a 2–1 defeat at the hands of Serie A side A.C. ChievoVerona in front of just 3,540 at Loftus Road.

[edit] Events

Queens Park Rangers started the season against Barnsley at Loftus Road. Fitz Hall scored twice in as many minutes after Iain Hume put the Yorkshire side 1-0 up in the fifth minute. Hall also missed a penalty in the second half, but Rangers held on to win the game 2-1. A win at Swindon in the League Cup followed before the first defeat of the season to Sheffield United, 3–0 at Bramall Lane. Comprehensive home wins against Doncaster Rovers, Carlisle (in the League Cup) and Southampton followed before a win away against Norwich City saw Rangers put together a five game unbeaten streak.

Defeat at Coventry was swiftly followed by the highlight of the season so far, an impressive 1-0 win away to Aston Villa in the 3rd round of the League Cup with Damion Stewart getting the decisive goal. The result meant that QPR entered the 4th round of the competition, for the first time since the 1995-96 season, where they were drawn away to Premier League giants Manchester United. The euphoria of the Villa result was short-lived and Rangers returned to losing ways at home to Derby County just 3 days later. By early October, QPR had slipped to 11th in the Championship league table following defeat to leaders Birmingham at St Andrew's and former manager Terry Venables was speculatively linked with a return to Loftus Road to replace Ian Dowie if no improvement was seen in the club's form[5]. Meanwhile Dexter Blackstock stood out as an early contender for the club's top scorer for the season with 5 goals in 13 games in all competitions.

On 23 October reports in the British press announced that the club would cap the maximum ticket price at the Category 'C' (£35) level as a response to the worsening economic situation. This led commentators to speculate that the club was damaged by negative press surrounding earlier proposed ticket price increases[6]. The following day, 24 October, Iain Dowie was sacked after just fifteen games in charge of the club.[7] While the press continued to speculate on Dowie's replacament touting Roberto Mancini and Kenny Jackett among several others as potential candidates,[8] existing player/coach Gareth Ainsworth was appointed caretaker manager in the interim and, in his first game in charge, ended Reading's 100% record at the Madejski Stadium, grinding out a 0–0 draw.

Just over three weeks after their defeat at St Andrew's, Rangers took on league leaders Birmingham again, in a mid-week fixture at Loftus Road. In Ainsworth's second game in charge a 10-man Rangers won 1–0 courtesy of a 25 yard goal from Samuel Di Carmine.[9] At the start of November Rangers travelled to Ipswich losing 2–0 before picking up a 1–0 win over Cardiff at Loftus Road a week later. The mid-week League Cup tie at Old Trafford saw QPR defeated 1–0 missing out on the last eight of the competition courtesy of a Carlos Tévez penalty. The woes continued 4 days later with only the club's second home defeat of the season, this time at the hands of Burnley. By mid-November the side's average of less than 1 goal-per-game led to them being ranked 21st in terms of the attacking statistics of the 24 Championship clubs despite sitting 10th in the league table.[10]

On 19 November Paulo Sousa, a former Portugal midfielder and previously assistant coach of the Portugese national side, was announced as the first team coach ending Gareth Ainsworth's six game run as caretaker.[11] The following day Tim Flowers stepped down as assistant coach and news sources (including the club's official website) reported Rangers had signed Bolton striker Heiðar Helguson on an emergency loan deal.[12] Signed to a two-and-a-half year contract, Paulo Sousa became the sixth first team coach of the club in 13 months. Just three days into his appointment, Sousa's first game in charge saw a ten-man QPR comprehensively beaten 3–0 away at Watford leaving them firmly in mid-table, 9 points above the relegation zone and 3 points from the play-offs.[13] Purported new signing Helguson did not appear for the club at Vicarage Road with rumours later surfacing that the deal had not completed.[14] On 24 November QPR announced that long-serving club secretary Sheila Marson's contract had been terminated. She had been with QPR since 1973.[15] A mid-week fixture against struggling Charlton saw Sousa's first victory (2–1) with Dexter Blackstock (who returned from suspension) scoring twice. Four days later Rangers travelled across London to Selhurst Park, drawing 0–0 with Crystal Palace, a match which featured Premier League striker, Heiðar Helguson, who had completed his loan move from Bolton earlier in the week.[16]

QPR took on league-leaders Wolves in the first game of December. Played in a late kick-off at Loftus Road and in front of the Sky Sports cameras, Rangers put on a fine performance despatching their high-flying opponents with a 1–0 win courtesy of a 20 yard effort from skipper Martin Rowlands in his first full appearance since returning from injury.[17] Despite dominating their next game, away to Sheffield Wednesday, QPR were beaten 1–0. The game marked Rangers' sixth defeat from eleven away fixtures, and in which they had only scored twice.[18] A week later Rangers scored their first goal in 9 'away' fixtures, managing a 1–1 draw with Plymouth. Loan-signing Heiðar Helguson put QPR into an early lead before Plymouth equalised late in the second half.[19] On 20 December, Helguson was again on the scoresheet, netting twice alongside Dexter Blackstock's winner in Rangers' 3–2 victory over Preston North End.[20]

The Christmas period saw Rangers draw 2–2, twice surrendering the lead, away from home at Charlton on Boxing Day.[21] Two days later they played host to Watford, holding them to a 0–0 draw.[22] As the January transfer window opened, QPR signed former England U21 international Wayne Routledge from Aston Villa. The club also made recent loan signings Borrowdale and Helguson's moves permanent.[23][24] A small crowd of under 9,000 spectators saw Rangers start their FA Cup campaign with a goal-less draw with fellow Championship side Burnley, in the Third Round Proper. Returning to action in the Championship, QPR drew at home to Coventry on 10 January with Dexter Blackstock again on the scoresheet.[25] The result left QPR in 9th place in the league table for the 6th consecutive game, 5 points outside of the promotion play-off places and 13 points above the relegation zone. In the same week Rangers also secured a permanent return to the club for Lee Cook and released veteran Italian midfielder Damiano Tommasi.[26][27] Travelling to Turf Moor for the FA Cup Third Round replay, QPR lost 2–1 after Burnley scored from a defensive error in the last minute of extra time. Samuel Di Carmine put Rangers ahead in the 54th minute with Burnley equalising just 6 minutes later before their last-gasp winner. Martin Rowlands also hit the woodwork and Heiðar Helguson had a goal disallowed in an eventful match played in front of just 3,760 spectators.[28]

On 17 January QPR achieved their first away victory in all competitions since September. They defeated Derby 2–0 at Pride Park with new signing Wayne Routledge opening the scoring.[29] Ten days later Rangers travelled to Bloomfield Road and defeated Blackpool 3–0 with Heiðar Helguson scoring twice.[30] During the same month, QPR terminated former captain Adam Bolder's contract and loaned Zesh Rehman out to Bradford.[31][32] On 31 January, QPR extended their unbeaten run to 8 games with a scoreless draw at home to second-placed Reading.[33] The result left Rangers in seventh place with 15 games remaining, 2 points outside of the playoff positions and 16 points above the relegation zone.[10]

The next scheduled game, a home fixture against Swansea, was postponed due to heavy snowfalls in central London,[34] however QPR continued their unbeaten run into February beginning with a 2–2 draw away to Notts Forest. In an entertaining match, Matteo Alberti scored his first goals for the club within the space of three minutes after half time.[35] On 17 February, the club announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Jordi López on a 3 month deal.[36] Rangers unbeaten run was finally ended in their next match, at home, courtesy of Ipswich Town. Despite QPR taking an early lead with a Samuel Di Carmine goal, Ipswich came back to win 3–1. The match was played in front of the Sky Sports cameras and with England manager Fabio Capello in attendance.[37][38] Four days later Rangers travelled to Cardiff and earned a 0–0 draw.[39] In a busy fixture period against both play-off rivals and relegation candidates, QPR next faced up to Barnsley at Oakwell. The South Yorkshire club added to Rangers recent slump in form, running out 2–1 winners.[40]

Rangers' woes continued into March. A second consecutive home defeat to Norwich (0–1)[41] was followed by a 0–0 draw at home to Sheffield United.[42] On March 10, QPR suffered their twelfth league defeat of the season, 2–0 away to Doncaster.[43] The run of poor form left Rangers 11th in the Championship league table, 8 points adrift from the play-off places and 10 points above the relegation zone with nine games left to play.

QPR's defensive streak improved with a draw to the now relegated Southamption Football Club[44], which was further built on in a 1-0 win over Swansea City, courtesy of Mikele Leigertwood's head[45]. The Hoop's form continued with a 2-1 win over Bristol City[46]. QPR initally went one up with a bending free kick from Jordi Lopez, until a powerful strike from Michael McIndoe put the visitors level. 4 minutes later, Adel Taarabt scores the winner past Adriano Basso from close range.

QPR salvage a goalless draw against local rivals Crystal Palace, though they could have been 2-0 down with close shots from Craig Beattie and Paul Ifill[47]. Equally, Heidar Helguson scuppers a near open goal. Luckily though, the experience of Radek Cerny held QPR on by the teeth in the final stages.

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Current squad

As of 17 February 2009.[48]
No. Position Player
1 Flag of England GK Lee Camp
2 Flag of Ireland DF Damien Delaney
3 Flag of Jamaica DF Damion Stewart
4 Flag of England MF Gavin Mahon
5 Flag of England DF Fitz Hall
6 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda MF Mikele Leigertwood
7 Flag of England MF Wayne Routledge
8 Flag of England FW Rowan Vine
9 Flag of England FW Dexter Blackstock
10 Flag of Hungary MF Ákos Buzsáky
11 Flag of Ghana FW Patrick Agyemang
13 Flag of Latvia DF Kaspars Gorkšs
14 Flag of Ireland MF Martin Rowlands (captain)
15 Flag of England DF Peter Ramage
16 Flag of England DF Matthew Connolly
17 Flag of England MF Lee Cook
No. Position Player
18 Flag of Ireland MF Liam Miller
19 Flag of Colombia FW Angelo Balanta
20 Flag of Spain MF Jordi López
21 Flag of Italy MF Matteo Alberti
22 Flag of Italy FW Samuel Di Carmine (on loan from Fiorentina)
23 Flag of England GK Jake Cole
24 Flag of the Czech Republic GK Radek Černý
25 Flag of England MF Hogan Ephraim
26 Flag of England MF Gareth Ainsworth
27 Flag of Iceland FW Heiðar Helguson
28 Flag of England DF Joe Oastler
29 Flag of England DF Gary Borrowdale
30 Flag of England FW Romone Rose
32 Flag of England FW Antonio German
33 Flag of Australia GK Reece Crowther
34 Flag of England GK Niki-Lee Bulmer

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player
–– Flag of Pakistan DF Zeshan Rehman (at Bradford City)
9 Flag of England FW Dexter Blackstock (at Nottingham Forest)
29 Flag of England DF Gary Borrowdale (at Brighton)

[edit] Transfers

In

Name Nationality Position From Fee
Radek Cerny Flag of the Czech Republic GK Slavia Prague Free
Peter Ramage Flag of England DF Newcastle United Free
Kaspars Gorkšs Flag of Latvia DF Blackpool £250,000
Joe Oastler Flag of England DF Portsmouth Free
Emmanuel Ledesma Flag of Argentina MF Genoa C.F.C. Loan
Matteo Alberti Flag of Italy MF Chievo Verona £200,000
Lee Cook Flag of England MF Fulham £750,000
Daniel Parejo Muñoz Flag of Spain MF Real Madrid Loan
Damiano Tommasi Flag of Italy MF Levante UD Free
Samuel Di Carmine Flag of Italy FW Fiorentina Loan
Heiðar Helguson Flag of Iceland FW Bolton Wanderers £500,000
Gary Borrowdale Flag of England DF Coventry City £650,000
Wayne Routledge Flag of England MF Aston Villa £300,000
Liam Miller Flag of Ireland MF Sunderland Loan
Jordi López Flag of Spain MF Real Mallorca Free
Adel Taarabt Flag of Morocco MF Tottenham Hotspur Loan

Out

Name Nationality Position To Fee
Jake Cole Flag of England GK Oxford United Loan
Matt Pickens Flag of the United States GK Released
Sean Thomas Flag of England GK Wealdstone Released
Chris Goodchild Flag of England GK Released
Chris Barker Flag of England DF Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed
Zeshan Rehman Flag of Pakistan DF Blackpool Loan
Andrew Howell Flag of England DF Released
Aaron Goode Flag of England DF Released
Stefan Bailey Flag of England MF Grays Athletic Released
Simon Walton Flag of England MF Plymouth Argyle £750,000
Daniel Nardiello Flag of Wales FW Blackpool Part Exchange
Angelo Balanta Flag of Colombia FW Wycombe Wanderers Loan
Damiano Tommasi Flag of Italy MF Released
Jake Cole Flag of England GK Barnet Loan
Gary Borrowdale Flag of England DF Brighton Loan
Chris Arthur Flag of England MF Rushden & Diamonds Loan
Danny Maguire Flag of England MF Yeovil Town Loan
Dexter Blackstock Flag of England FW Nottingham Forest Loan

[edit] Results

[edit] Football League Championship

Kick Off Opponents H / A Result Scorers Referee Attendance Position
2008-08-09 15:00 Barnsley H 2–1 Fitz Hall 29, 31 Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire) 14,694 6
2008-08-16 15:00 Sheffield United A 0–3 Graham Laws (Tyne and Wear) 25,273 15
2008-08-23 15:00 Doncaster Rovers H 2–0 Dexter Blackstock 5, Emmanuel Ledesma 28 Mike Thorpe (Suffolk) 15,536 8
2008-08-30 15:00 Bristol City A 1–1 Dexter Blackstock 18 Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire) 17543 8
2008-09-14 16:00 Southampton H 4–1 Dexter Blackstock 1, 77 Damion Stewart 63, Patrick Agyemang 90 Kevin Friend (Lancashire) 13,770 4
2008-09-17 19:45 Norwich A 1–0 Martin Rowlands 33 Rob Shoebridge (Derbyshire) 24,249 4
2008-09-20 15:00 Coventry A 0–1 Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire) 16,718 4
2008-09-27 15:00 Derby H 0–2 Anthony Taylor (Greater Manchester) 14,311 5
2008-09-30 20:00 Blackpool H 1–1 Dexter Blackstock 79 Grant Hegley (Hertfordshire) 12,500 8
2008-10-04 12:45 Birmingham A 0–1 Andy D'Urso (Essex) 18,498 11
2008-10-18 15:00 Nottingham Forest H 2–1 Angelo Balanta 48, Ákos Buzsáky 60 Fred Graham (Essex) 15,122 7
2008-10-21 19:45 Swansea City A 0–0 Tony Bates (Staffordshire) 13,475 9
2008-10-25 17:20 Reading A 0–0 Chris Foy (Merseyside) 20,571 9
2008-10-28 20:00 Birmingham H 1–0 Samuel Di Carmine 54 Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire) 13,594 7
2008-11-01 15:00 Ipswich Town A 0–2 Trevor Kettle (Rutland) 20,966 7
2008-11-08 15:00 Cardiff City H 1–0 Gavin Mahon 80 Lee Probert (Gloucestershire) 13,247 7
2008-11-15 15:00 Burnley H 1–2 Dexter Blackstock 14 Keith Woolmer (Northamptonshire) 13,226 10
2008-11-22 15:00 Watford A 0–3 Andy Penn (West Midlands) 16,201 12
2008-11-25 20:00 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 Dexter Blackstock 17, 80 Keith Stroud (Hampshire) 12,286 10
2008-11-29 15:00 Crystal Palace A 0–0 Rob Styles (Hampshire) 16,411 10
2008-12-06 17:20 Wolves H 1–0 Martin Rowlands 63 Iain Williamson (Berkshire) 13,416 7
2008-12-09 19:45 Sheff Wed A 0–1 Nigel Miller (Durham) 14,792 9
2008-12-13 15:00 Plymouth A 1–1 Heiðar Helguson 16 Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) 10,747 9
2008-12-20 15:00 Preston H 3–2 Heiðar Helguson 16, 34, Dexter Blackstock 86 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) 14,103 9
2008-12-26 13:00 Charlton Athletic A 2–2 Lee Cook 18 Dexter Blackstock 68 Paul Taylor (Luton) 21,023 9
2008-12-28 15:00 Watford H 0–0 Clive Penton (Sussex) 16,196 9
2009-01-10 15:00 Coventry H 1–1 Dexter Blackstock 87 Keith Stroud (Hampshire) 13,330 9
2009-01-17 15:00 Derby A 2–0 Wayne Routledge 22, Mikele Leigertwood 36 Kevin Wright (Cambridgeshire) 28,390 8
2009-01-27 19:45 Blackpool A 3–0 Heiðar Helguson 17, 58 pen, Hogan Ephraim 90 Graham Laws (Tyne and Wear) 6,656 7
2009-01-31 15:00 Reading H 0–0 Jon Moss (West Yorkshire) 17,120 7
2009-02-07 15:00 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 Matteo Alberti 45, 48 Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire) 25,859 9
2009-02-21 19:00 Ipswich Town H 1–3 Samuel Di Carmine 3 Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire) 13,904 11
2009-02-25 19:45 Cardiff City A 0–0 Roger East (Wiltshire) 17,340 11
2009-02-28 15:00 Barnsley A 1–2 Damien Delaney 35 Rob Shoebridge (Derbyshire) 11,614 11
2009-03-03 20:00 Norwich H 0–1 Graham Scott (Devon) 13,533 11
2009-03-07 15:00 Sheffield Utd H 0–0 Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire) 13,718 11
2009-03-10 19:45 Doncaster Rovers A 0–2 Colin Webster (Tyne & Wear) 10,223 11

[edit] FA Cup

Round Kick Off Opponents H / A Result Scorers Referee Attendance
R3 2009-01-03 15:00 Burnley H 0-0 Anthony Bates (Staffordshire) 8,896
R3 Replay 2009-01-13 19:30 Burnley A 1–2 (aet) Samuel Di Carmine 54 Colin Webster (Tyne & Wear) 3,760

[edit] League Cup

Round Kick Off Opponents H / A Result Scorers Referee Attendance
R1 2008-08-12 19:45 Swindon Town A 3-2 Balanta 32, Blackstock 46, Delaney 54 Richard Beeby 7,230
R2 2008-08-26 19:45 Carlisle United H 4-0 Stewart 48, Ledesma 56, 63, 85 Keith Hill 8,021
R3 2008-09-24 19:45 Aston Villa A 1-0 Stewart 58 Lee Mason 21,541
R4 2008-11-11 20:00 Manchester United A 0-1 Phil Dowd 62,539

[edit] Competitions

[edit] League Championship Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 61 15 16 15 42 44 -2 12 7 4 28 19 +9 3 9 11 14 25 -11

Last updated: 3 July 2009
Source: [1]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] League Championship Results by round

Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A H A H A A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A A H H A A H H H A H A H A
Result W L W D W W L L D L W D D W L W L L W D W L D W D D D W W D D L D L L D L D W W D L W L D L

Last updated: 11 March 2009.
Source: Competitive Matches (League Championship)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

[edit] League table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  (C) (P) 46 27 9 10 80 52 +28 90 Promotion to
Premier League
2 Birmingham City  (P) 46 23 14 9 54 37 +17 83
3 Sheffield United 46 22 14 10 64 39 +25 80 Qualification to
League Championship playoffs
4 Reading 46 21 14 11 72 40 +32 77
5 Burnley  (P) 46 21 13 12 72 60 +12 76
6 Preston North End 46 21 11 14 66 54 +12 74
7 Cardiff City 46 19 17 10 65 53 +12 74
8 Swansea City 46 16 20 10 63 50 +13 68
9 Ipswich Town 46 17 15 14 62 53 +9 66
10 Bristol City 46 15 16 15 54 54 0 61
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 15 16 15 42 44 −2 61
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 13 17 51 58 −7 61
13 Watford 46 16 10 20 68 72 −4 58
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 17 7 22 42 53 −11 58
15 Crystal Palace 46 15 12 19 52 55 −3 561
16 Blackpool 46 13 17 16 47 58 −11 56
17 Coventry City 46 13 15 18 47 58 −11 54
18 Derby County 46 14 12 20 55 67 −12 54
19 Nottingham Forest 46 13 14 19 50 65 −15 53
20 Barnsley 46 13 13 20 45 58 −13 52
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 12 21 44 57 −13 51
22 Norwich City  (R) 46 12 10 24 57 70 −13 46 Relegation to
League One
23 Southampton  (R) 46 10 15 21 46 69 −23 452
24 Charlton Athletic  (R) 46 8 15 23 52 74 −22 39

Updated to games played on 3 July 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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