Pizanti’s rocket settles over-crowded cup tie — history Wednesday, 22nd Apr 2015 20:20 by Clive Whittingham Ahead of West Ham’s visit to Loftus Road on Saturday, LFW looks back at a memorable FA Cup tie between them and QPR on this ground in 1988. Recent MeetingsWest Ham 2 QPR 0, Sunday October 4, 2014, Premier LeagueQPR turned in one of their worst performances of the season at Upton Park back in October. Live on Sky on a Sunday afternoon, they fell behind after just four minutes when Nedum Onuoha inadvertently diverted a Stuart Downing corner into his own net — Enner Valencia had glanced it into his path with a hand but only Robert Green appealed. Rio Ferdinand’s horrendous early season form reached a nadir here, and his attempts to stop centre half James Tomkins hooking a ball back across the face of the QPR goal after half time for Diafra Sakho to tap in had to be seen to be believed. Rangers, with their manager motionless on the bench throughout, barely managed a shot in anger. West Ham: Adrian 6; Jenkinson 6, Tomkins 7, Reid 7, Cresswell 7; Song 8, Zárate 7 (Nolan 76, 6), Amalfitano 6; Downing 8; Valencia 7 (Jarvis 85, -) Sakho 8 Subs not used: Jääskeläinen, Poyet, Cole, Burke, Lee Goals: Onuoha own goal 4 (assisted Downing), Sakho 59 (assisted Tomkins) Bookings: Tomkins 48 (foul), Cresswell 82 (foul) QPR: Green 5; Onuoha 5, Caulker 6, Ferdinand 4, Traore 5; Henry 5, Sandro 4 (Taarabt 67, 6); Hoilett 4 (Zamora 46, 6), Fer 5, Kranjcar 6 (Mutch 78, 5); Austin 5 Subs not used: McCarthy, Isla, Dunne, Vargas Bookings: Sandro 13 (foul), Henry 88 (foul)
West Ham 1 QPR 1, Saturday January 19, 2013, Premier League Loic Remy scored on his QPR debut but Rangers were indebted to a fabulous performance from goalkeeper Julio Cesar for preserving a point on their visit to Upton Park in January 2013. The R's were deep in the relegation mire, and would eventually slip into the Championship, but the £8m capture of Remy had raised spirits and the Frenchman raced onto a fine pass from Adel Taarabt to slam in the opening goal after a quarter of an hour. Joe Cole equalised in the second half, having spurned QPR's attempts to buy him and gone to West Ham instead just the week before, but the real headline maker was Cesar who made a string of unlikely saves to keep the home side at bay. West Ham: Jaaskelainen 6, Demel 6, Reid 7, Tomkins 6, O’Brien 6, Noble 7, Diame 7, Nolan 8 (Vaz Te, 88 -), Jarvis 7, Cole 7, Chamakh 6 (Cole 62, 6) Subs not used: Spiegel, Potts, Collison, Taylor , Diarra Goals: J Cole 68 (assisted Jarvis/C Cole) Bookings: Tomkins 72 (foul) QPR: Cesar 9, Onuoha 6, Hill 7, Nelsen 7, Da Silva 7, Derry 6, Mbia 7, Mackie 5 (Bothroyd 67, 5), Wright-Phillips 5 (Traore 58, 6), Taarabt 7 (Park 82, -), Remy 6 Subs not used: Green, Ferdinand, Faurlin, Hoilett Goals: Remy 14 (assisted Taarabt)
QPR 1 West Ham 2, Monday October 1, 2012, Premier League
Subs not used: T McClenahan, R Brevett, J Walker
Previous ResultsHead to Head >>> QPR wins 19 >>> Draws 19 >>> West Ham wins 222014/15 West Ham 2 QPR 0 2012/13 West Ham 1 QPR 1 (Remy)
Memorable MatchQPR 3 West Ham 1, FA Cup Fourth Round, Saturday January 30, 1988In 1988 QPR and West Ham were drawn against each other in an all First Division clash in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Jim Smith’s QPR side had won comfortably at Yeovil in round three, two goals from Mark Falco and one from Kevin Brock sealing a 3-0 win against the non-leaguers, while West Ham had beaten near neighbours Charlton at home. The Hammers lost 3-0 to QPR at Upton Park on the opening day of that season but had got their revenge with a 1-0 success at Loftus Road in the return fixture just a fortnight before this match. The stakes were high, and the knockout tie attracted huge interest on both sides of the capital. So much so in fact that the clubs decided to make it all ticket. Depending on who you believe QPR then either oversold the away end, or West Ham fans laid their hands on several hundred forgeries, but however it came about it resulted in a farcical situation during the first half where Wet Ham fans spilled out onto the plastic pitch and had to be shuffled around the ground into any available space before play could restart. The match, played in front of an official attendance of 23,651, was delayed by an hour while order was restored and large amounts of police horse manure had to be cleared from the artificial playing surface. To begin with QPR had the better of the play. In the twelfth minute a long throw, flicked on at the near post in a similar style to Terry Fenwick’s equaliser in the 1982 cup final, gave Martin Allen a chance to arrive late and head for goal but he could only direct the ball over the bar and into the dangerously overfilled terrace in the lower School End. Minutes later a deep cross from Fereday picked out Alan McDonald at the far post, still up from a previous corner, but his angled header dropped just wide of the far post. But there was already clearly a problem behind the goal at this stage, with the action being played out against a backdrop of West Ham fans swarming onto the side of the pitch behind the goal. Despite the 1980s being known for football hooliganism the atmosphere seemed remarkably good natured as West Ham fans started to spread out around the pitch and sit down cross legged with their backs to the advertising hoardings. As polite chaos ensued police horses were brought onto the pitch to try and help the situation and it was a good hour before play could restart again. With space found in various parts of the ground for the overspill Rangers picked up where they’d left off, going close to beating Tom McAllister in the West Ham goal when Falco got on the end of McDonald’s downward header and hooked wide of the target. That technique of getting McDonald free at the back post for set pieces almost paid dividends again as darkness fell when he nodded Brock’s cross back into the goal mouth and Gavin Maguire headed over. Rangers hadn’t made their domination pay, but they then took the lead in spectacular fashion within four minutes of the start of the second half. Full back David Pizanti, starting for the first time all season in the absence of Mark Dennis ad Warren Neill, carried the ball down the left flank and when faced with little other option decided to let rip with a shot from fully thirty yards out wide on the flank that flew like a guided missile right into the stanchion in the top corner of the net. The travelling thousands didn’t have to wait long to get back on terms though. Their second corner of the game was nodded down by Tony Gale and the near post and a young Tony Cottee was on hand from typically close range to turn in an equaliser. Rangers retook the lead with another long range strike, this time striker Gary Bannister turning on the edge of the box after good build up from Dawes and Brock and catching McAllister out with an early shot that the keeper should perhaps still have done better with. Forced to chase the game West Ham left themselves vulnerable at the back and when Bannister played Allen into the right channel they switched off, perhaps believing the midfielder was sure to cross from so tight to the byline. Instead Allen cut back onto his left foot, ran back to the corner of the six yard box and then thumped the decisive third goal into the roof of the net at the Loft End. There was still time for Brady to curl a long range free kick goalwards, but Nicky Johns, deputising for David Seaman, saved comfortably in the top corner. QPR: Johns, Dawes, Pizanti, Parker, McDonald, Maguire, M Allen, Fereday (Byrne), Brock, Falco, Bannister Highlights >>> West Ham 2 QPR 2, 91/92 >>> QPR 3 West Ham 1, 1988 >>> West Ham 2 QPR 2, 1983/84 >>> QPR 3 West Ham 0, 1980/81 >>> West Ham 0 QPR 2, 1976 League Cup >>>QPR 3 West Ham 4, 1968/69 Photo: Action Images Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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