You could be forgiven for thinking that to watch any sporting competition with the designation “All Ireland” you’d have to take a trip to Dublin and beyond, but Gaelic Football was actually one of the leaders of the current trend to play matches in your …
Londonist was deeply shocked and saddened at the weekend when we learned of the death of promising Queens Park Rangers striker Ray Jones. Tomorrow would have been his nineteenth birthday, but just after midnight on Saturday morning a car he was travelling in collided with …
QPR 1 Leyton Orient 2 Loftus Road Tuesday 14th August, 2007 It seems every time Londonist attends Loftus Road, the visitors score two. On Tuesday night John Gregory, manager of Championship side Queens Park Rangers, was left to rue the injuries, loan arrangements and appendix …
Usually calls to aid the police in their inquiries are a bit grim, but we’re kicking off with this one because it’s the best part of the story: Anyone who sees three foot Power Rangers, boxed Star Wars memorabilia or anything suspicious call Detective Constable …
The might of the Church of England has been unleashed upon reality television and dumb programming in general. Its members point out that Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing and even Little Britain aren’t very good. In fact they are accused of lowering standards of behaviour …
This week – Simon Pegg polices the country town of Sandford (Hot Fuzz) and Jennifer Love Hewitt lives in Bristol (The Truth About Love). First, we must say sorry for the lack of Saturday Cinema Summary last week. We were saving London from certain destruction. …
It might not be a vintage season in the league, where many of the capital’s football clubs are looking nervously over their shoulders at relegation, but London seems determined to have at least one finalist in the first FA Cup showpiece at the new Wembley …
QPR 1 Sunderland 2 Loftus Road Tuesday 28th November, 2006 Tuesday night in Shepherd’s Bush saw a duel between two recently installed Championship managers dealing with the burden of great expectations. Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland superstar Roy Keane had been in charge …
When he was running through what he would say in the run up to his side’s match with Queens Park Rangers last Saturday, we’re guessing Coventry City manager Micky Adams, once in charge at nearby Fulham, hadn’t reckoned on the above request. Fans often have …
Londonist has to say that, despite Charlton’s poor start to the season, we were still pretty gobsmacked when we learned on Monday night that a club who had employed its previous manager for almost 15 years had just shown the door to his successor after …
Now you see it, now you don’t. The surprise announcement a week ago that Leyton Orient’s Matchroom Stadium would host an international for the first time ever proved to be a touch premature as the Congolese Football Federation yesterday announced that their proposed game with …
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