Sky Blues On The Road - Queens Park Rangers

WHO ARE THEY?
1885 or 1886 depending on which source you believe, was the date when Christchurch Rangers and St Judes Institute amalgamated to form Queens Park Rangers. They turned professional in 1989 and entered the Football League in 1920 losing 2-1 at Waford in their first league game.

QPR have won Division 2,Division 3 and Division 3 South and in 1975/76 finished as Runners Up in the top flight. After three seasons in what is now League One, QPR are in their third season in the Championship.

A club who has played home matches on thirteen different grounds, Rangers moved to Loftus Road in 1917. Apart from two spells at thew world famous White City Stadium, they have played at Loftus Road since then.

Rangers are on their third manager in less than six months with John Gregory now in charge after taking over from Gary Waddock who replaced Ian Holloway.
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THEIR WEBSITE
http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk
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LAST MATCH
City beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 at home whilst QPR won 1-0 at league leaders Cardiff City.

This is the 99th game between the two sides. City have won on forty occasions with twenty five draws. Last season, City won 1-0 at QPR thanks to a Gary McSheffrey penalty.

City are eleventh in the table with QPR 15th.
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TEAM NEWS
Stern John is back training again and should be fit, whilst Darren Currie should be included and could make his debut.

For QPR, former Sky Blue Paul Furlong,Kevin Gallen and Martin Rowlands are all fit and expected to play.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee is C. Penton. His assistants are M Bull and G R Young with the Fourth Official being D J Phillips.

Mr Penton has not been in charge of a City game this season but was in charge for the 0-0 draw at Cardiff City last season.
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ON THE GAME
Adrian Heath told the club website: "QPR have had an upturn in fortunes since John Gregory has come in. "It seems whoever we play in the last few weeks are on a good run of results. "It is always difficult at Loftus Road, it's a tight pitch and a good atmosphere in the stadium but we will go there and give it our all."

Micky Adams said: "There are no easy away games in this league, that's for sure, but the win at the weekend has given us a little bit of confidence going in to the two games. But I don't think they are games to worry about.

"We got a win at Loftus Road last year and I remember it wasn't a particularly good game. "Just as we were about to take Gary McSheffrey off, because he looked like he was going to get sent off, he got a penalty.
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MATCH DETAILS
Admission prices for City supporters are Adults £24 in the School End upper tier. U16's with Adult £5, Without Adult £8,Students/ U21/Senior Citizen £14, U8's free
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WEATHER FORECAST
A cloudy day with kick off time temperatures expected to be thirteen degrees.
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HOW TO GET THERE
CCFC Coach Adult £20,Senior Citizen/Junior £17 Adult season ticket holder £15, Concession £10,Disabled £13 Coaches Depart Arena at 10am.

By car:
From North M1 onto A406 West, then A40 at Hanger Lane to Central London. Turn off to White City, right into Wood Lane, then right into South Africa Road.

From East A40(M)Westway, then turn off to White City, left into Wood Lane, then right into South Africa Road.

From South A3 follow signs for Hammersmith, then A219 to Shepherds Bush, then towards White City (Wood Lane), and left into South Africa Road.

From West M4 to Chiswick, A315 and A402 to Shepherds Bush, then towards White City (Wood Lane), and left into South Africa Road.

By train: Acton Central Station, then bus.
By bus: 283 to Bloemfontein Road 72, 95, 220 to White City Station.
By tube: White City (Central Line) or Shepherds Bush (Hammersmith & City Line)