With Hull at QPR on New Year’s Day, LFW looks back to a game between the sides from 2006 when new manager John Gregory was boosted by the performance of a talented teenage striker.

Recent Meetings

Hull City 1 QPR 1, Saturday September 19, 2015, Championship

QPR turned in one of their more accomplished performances of the season when these sides met at the KC Stadium back in September. There was, naturally, a defensively shambolic goal gifted to the home team after 38 minuttes when Michael Dawson was allowed a free run to power in a header from a Tom Huddlestone free kick. But Rangers were already in front by then, with Austin’s header coming down off the underside of the bar over the line after half an hour, and they could easily have won had Tjaronn Chery not missed an absolute sitter from a yard out in the second half.

Hull: McGregor 6; Bruce 6 (Akprom 65, 6), Davies 6, Dawson 7; Robertson 8, Huddlestone 7, Clucas 6, Diame 6 (Elmohamady 76, 6), Odubajo 6; Hernandez 5 Aluko 4 (Maloney 69, 6)

Subs not used: Jakupovic, Taylor, Meyler, Hayden

Goals: Dawson 38 (assisted Huddlestone)

QPR: Green 6; Perch 6, Onuoha 6, Angella 7, Konchesky 5; Faurlin 8, Henry 6; Phillips 6, Luongo 6 (Doughty 87, -), Chery 5 (Mackie 76, 6); Austin 8

Subs not used: Hall, Gladwin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Smithies, Tozser

Goals: Austin 26 (assisted Chery)

Hull City 2 QPR 1, Saturday February 21, 2015, Premier League Joey Barton was idiotically sent off in a crucial game for the fourth time in his QPR career when these sides met at the KC Stadium back in February. Rangers had already missed a penalty in a 1-0 defeat to City on the opening day and set about gifting them another crucial three points at the bottom of the table with two soft goals and a ridiculous red card. Steven Caulker’s abysmal defensive header set Nikica Jelavic up for a gift in the first half before Barton let his temper and lack of intelligence get the better of him once more by flicking Tom Huddlestone in the balls right in front of the referee. Down to ten, Matt Phillips and Charlie Austin combined to craft an equaliser and with Michael Doughty impressing in the middle of midfield Rangers were actually the better team for much of the second half. But when Robert Green followed an astounding last minute save with a foolish decision to rush from his line for a cross he was never likely to get near, Dame N’Doye was able to head a last gasp winner into the empty net.

Hull: McGregor 6; McShane 5, Dawson 6, Bruce 5 (Ramirez 55, 6), Emohamady 6; Meyler 6 (Aluko 82, -), Livermore 5 (Hernandez 67, 5), Huddlestone 6, Brady 6; Jelavic 7, N’Doye 7

Subs not used: Davies, Harper, Robertson, Quinn

Scorers: Jelavic 16 (unassisted), N’Doye 89 (assisted Brady)

QPR: Green 6; Furlong 6, Ferdinand 6, Caulker 4, Yun 6; Phillips 6, Barton 3, Henry 7, Kranjcar 5 (Traore 78, 6); Austin 6 (Zarate 75, 6), Zamora 5 (Doughty 64, 7)

Subs not used: Hill, McCarthy, Wright-Phillips, Vargas

Scorer: Austin 38 (assisted Phillips)

Sent off: Barton 31 (violent conduct)

Bookings: Furlong 31 (foul), Zamora 57 (repetitive fouling), Zarate 74 (foul), Phillips 79 (foul)

QPR 0 Hull City 1, Saturday August 16, 2014, Premier League QPR, and Charlie Austin, fluffed their lines on return to the Premier League with an opening day defeat at home to Hull City. Austin, top scorer the previous season,m had the perfect opportunity to score his first ever goal in the top flight with four minutes to go when the R’s were awarded a generous penalty by referee Craig Pawson. The former brickie let the occasion get to him, and Allan McGregor made a fine save. Earlier James Chester had scored the crucial goal from a corner but there were signs of the struggles that were to come for the visitors with Robert Snodgrass the first of several long term injuries the Tigers have suffered this season — dislocating a knee on debut, an injury from which he’s yet to recover.

QPR: Green 7; Caulker 7, Ferdinand 7, Dunne 6 (Zamora 78, 5); Simpon 5 (Phillips 68, 5), Traore 6; Barton 6, Faurlin 6 (Hoilett 69, 6), Mutch 6; Remy 7, Austin 6

Subs not used: Henry, Onuoha, Hill, Murphy

Bookings: Dunne 68 (foul)

Hull: McGregor 8; Davies 7, Chester 8, Bruce 6 (McShane 45, 6); Robertson 6, Elmohamady 6; Huddlestone 6, Livermore 6, Snodgrass 6 (Quinn 40, 8); Ince 7 (Meyler 82, -), Jelavic 6

Subs not used: Brady, Figueroa, Harper, Aluko

Goals: Chester 52 (assisted Quinn)

Bookings: Davies 26 (foul), Jelavic 78 (foul)

QPR 1 Hull City 1, Monday April 25, 2011, Championship

Loftus Road was all set for a party when these sides met in April 2011, only for midtable Hull City to ruin the celebrations. Neil Warnock’s Rangers needed a win to seal promotion from the Championship and surged into an early lead when loanee Wayne Routledge scorched through on goal and hammered an opener past Matt Duke after just nine minutes. But frustration and tension set in thereafter and although Adel Taarabt had a goal disallowed for offside it was Hull who came roaring back with an emphatic finish from David Amoo down at the School End ten minutes from time. Rangers rallied and could easily have won the game anyway, had hapless substitute Patrick Agyemang not momentarily forgotten who he was and attempted a ridiculous lob finish when played through on Duke — the ball bounced off down Loftus Road towards the tube station — or Ale Faurlin’s agonising last-second free kick dipped into the bottom corner rather than being brilliantly turned around the post by Duke. The QPR fans, bizarrely, invaded the pitch anyway at the end only for a last minute winner at Carrow Road by Norwich’s Simeon Jackson to take the promotion fight to the following weekend. Rangers, though, won through in the end.

QPR: Kenny 7, Orr 6, Hall 8, Gorkss 7, Hill 7, Faurlin 7, Derry 7, Routledge 7, Taarabt 7, Smith 6 (Ephraim 67, 6), Helguson 7 (Agyemang 76, 5)

Subs Not Used: Cerny, Buzsaky, Connolly, Hulse, Shittu

Goals: Routledge 9 (assisted Taarabt)

Hull: Duke 8, Chester 6, Gerrard 7, Hobbs 7, Dawson 6, Garcia 7, Harper 6, Evans - (Akpan 12, 6), Cairney 6 (Mclean 46, 7), Simpson 6 (Amoo 71, 7), Fryatt 7

Subs Not Used: Oxley, Devitt, Solano, Belaid

Bookings: Garcia (foul), Dawson (foul), Gerrard (dissent)

Goals: Amoo (assisted Akpan) 80

Hull City 0 QPR 0, Saturday January 29, 2011, Championship

QPR and Hull drew 0-0 at the KC Stadium in January that season in a game rearranged from December when the health and safety nazis intervened to tell us what we should and shouldn’t do in the snow. Ishmael Miller had a first half goal disallowed for offside and Matty Fryatt missed a one on one chance to win the game in injury time but the big talking point of the whole match was the behaviour of Adel Taarabt who lost the plot well and truly for the only time that season. Tiring of the physical three man marking system employed against him and lack of service from his team mates he appeared to go on strike five minutes before half time refusing to play as the game went on around him. Warnock ignored his repeated requests to be substituted and then when Rangers were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area he became embroiled in a fight with Shaun Derry having suddenly shown an interest in taking it. All of which was much to the home fans’ delight as you may imagine.

Hull: Guzan 6, Rosenior 6, Chester 7, Gerrard 6, Dawson 6, Koren 6, Evans 6, Harper 7, Stewart 7 (Devitt 73, 6), Fryatt 5, Mclean 5 (Barmby 65, 6)

Subs Not Used: Duke, McShane, Cairney, Simpson, Belaid

Booked: Harper (foul)

QPR: Kenny 7, Orr 7, Gorkss 6, Connolly 6, Hill 6, Derry 7, Faurlin 5 (Moen 67, 6), Routledge 6, Taarabt 5, Smith 7 (Hulse 72, 5), Miller 7 (Ephraim 85, -)

Subs Not Used: Cerny, Hall, Chimbonda, Shittu

QPR 2 Hull City 0, Saturday November 3, 2007, Championship

Luigi De Canio got his QPR reign off to a flying start against a poor Hull City side at Loftus Road back in November 2007. A fine first half strike from Hogan Ephraim, who cut in from the left flank before curling a low right footed shot into the corner from the edge of the area, preceded a vintage Mikele Ligertwood goal after the break. There was only really one team on the pitch which makes it all the more surprising that by the end of the season Rangers had stayed in much the same position at the lower end of the table while Hull won promotion into the Premier League.

QPR: Camp 7, Mancienne 7, Cranie 8, Stewart 7, Barker 7, Rowlands 7, Ephraim 8, Leigertwood 8, Buzsaky 7 (Ainsworth 86, -),Vine 7 (Nardiello 90, -), Nygaard 7 (Bolder 81, -)

Subs Not Used: Cole, Timoska

Booked: Mancienne (foul), Barker (foul), Stewart (foul), Vine (wasting time)

Goals: Ephraim 26 (assisted Rowlands) Leigertwood 56 (assisted Ephraim)

Hull: Myhill 5, Ricketts 5, Turner 6, Brown 7, Delaney 4, Garcia 5 (McPhee 58, 6), Ashbee 4, Marney 7, Okocha 4 (Featherstone 71, 6), Windass 7, Campbell 6

Subs Not Used: Duke, Dawson, Livermore

Booked: Turner (foul), Delaney (foul)

Previous Results

2015/16 Hull City 1 QPR 1 (Austin)

2014/15 Hull City 2 QPR 1 (Austin)

2014/15 QPR 0 Hull 1

2010/11 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Routledge)

2010/11 Hull 0 QPR 0

2007/08 Hull 1 QPR 1 (Blackstock)

2007/08 QPR 2 Hull 0 (Ephraim, Leigertwood)

2006/07 Hull 2 QPR 1 (Blackstock)

2006/07 QPR 2 Hull 0 (Blackstock, Jones)

2005/06 QPR 2 Hull 2 (Ainsworth 2)

2005/06 Hull 0 QPR 0

1991/92 QPR 5 Hull 1* (Thompson 2, Bailey 2, Bardsley)

1991/92 Hull 0 QPR 3* (Barker 2, Thompson)

1985/86 Hull 1 QPR 5* (Kerslake 2, Rosenior 2, Fillery)

1985/86 QPR 3 Hull 0* (Kerslake, Dawes, Bannister)

1972/73 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Bowles)

1972/73 Hull 4 QPR 1 (Givens)

1971/72 Hull 1 QPR 1 (O’Rourke)

1971/72 QPR 2 Hull 1 (O’Rourke, I Morgan)

1970/71 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Marsh)

1970/71 Hull 1 QPR 1 (Leach)

1969/70 Hull 1 QPR 2 (Marsh, Clarke)

1969/70 QPR 3 Hull 0 (Clark, Clarke, Leach)

1967/68 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Marsh)

1967/68 QPR 2 Hull 1* (Leach, Keen)

1967/68 Hull 2 QPR 0

1965/66 QPR 3 Hull 3 (Collins 3)

1965/66 Hull 1 QPR 3 (Allen 2, R Morgan)

1964/65 Hull 3 QPR 1 (McAdams)

1964/65 QPR 2 Hull 1 (Keen McAdams)

1963/64 Hull 3 QPR 0

1963/64 QPR 0 Hull 2

1962/63 Hull 4 QPR 1 (Leary)

1962/63 QPR 4 Hull 1 (Bedford 3, Lazarus)

1961/62 Hull 3 QPR 1 (Bedford)

1961/62 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Francis)

1960/61 QPR 2 Hull 1 (Bedford, Keen)

1960/61 Hull 3 QPR 1 (Bedford)

1958/59 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Whitelaw)

1958/59 Hull 1 QPR 0

1951/52 Hull 4 QPR 1 (Smith)

1951/52 QPR 1 Hull 1 (Smith)

1950/51 QPR 3 Hull 1 (Farrow 2, Smith)

1950/51 Hull 5 QPR 1 (Hatton)

1949/50 Hull 1 QPR 1 (Mills)

1949/50 QPR 1 Hull 4 (Duggan)

* - League Cup

Memorable Match

QPR 2 Hull City 0, Saturday September 23, 2006, Championship

The summer of 2006/07 will surely go down as one of the most bizarre, and darkest, in the history of Queens Park Rangers.

Promoted from the third tier in 2004 under the guidance of inspirational manager Ian Holloway, who had rebuilt the squad from a base of seven professional players and taken it back into the Championship in double quick time, things had been getting steadily worse ever since. Despite consolidating the club's Championship status in 2004/05, going on an extraordinary seven match winning run at one stage that threatened a second consecutive promotion, Holloway's position had been steadily undermined by his new short-tempered Italian chairman.

Gianni Paladini, who claimed to be a former football agent who'd worked on deals to bring Ravanelli and Juninho to Middlesbrough back in the day, had invested £600,000 into QPR in the division below. He later brought Italian agent Antonio Caliendo and legendary former Brazil captain Dunga on board as investors, only to then use their votes to oust popular chairman Bill Power from his seat. Later Paladini claimed he'd been forced to resign from the club at gun point by a gang of hired heavies during a home game with Sheffield United — all were found not guilty as Paladini's eccentric witness box performance failed to impress a jury.

QPR steadily lost money and the negative publicity kept on coming. Stories about being locked out of the training ground were frequent and Paladini said he walked around in a stab proof vest because of threats from supporters. He fed information and freebies to a chosen select few QPR fans in exchange for their support on forums and the pubs of Shepherds Bush. Those who questioned and criticised were targeted and ostracised from their club. Ian Holloway was finally dismissed midway through the 2005/06 season, allegedly for going to speak to Leicester about their vacant managerial position. Paladini said you don't go off with another woman if you're happy with your wife, Holloway said Paladini had given him permission to speak with them.

Holloway was replaced by Gary Waddock, a popular former player who'd worked with the youth set up at Loftus Road prior to his promotion. Despite being hired by, and working alongside, Holloway, Waddock came out and publicly criticised the style of play of the first team under his predecessor and promised an immediate return to the traditions of the great QPR teams of old. Problem was, apart from Lee Cook, Rangers didn't really have any players capable of putting it into action. With the legendary Alan McDonald as his assistant, Waddock secured early wins against Millwall at Loftus Road and Sheffield United at Bramall Lane but failed to win any of the last 11 matches of the season.

That summer was a farce. Waddock and Paladini ostracised senior players from the squad — Marc Bircham, Steve Lomas, Ian Evatt and others were left back in the UK to play for the youth team in pre-season while the firsts travelled to Sorrento where their hotel was absolutely glorious and the training facilities completely abysmal. Rangers travelled more than an hour by coach every day to find a suitable training pitch, and when they did it was in the middle of a rough Naples estate with ankle length grass and gun shots in the back ground. Their first friendly against the local Sorrento side saw McDonald come out of retirement to play at centre half, and goalkeeper coach Tony Roberts picked up front in a 5-1 defeat — Waddock unwilling to risk his better players on a dodgy artificial pitch.

Paladini promised international players but delivered a madcap selection of unknown foreigners. Egutu Oliseh, brother of Sunday, and Polish striker Adam Czerkas arrived along with Fulham's accident prone Pakistan international Zesh Rehman and untried Australian youth midfielder Nick Ward. The club spent good money, nearly £500,000, on Southampton striker Dexter Blackstock but he was a shining light in a murky world. The decision to bring in Armel Tchakounte, a Cameroon midfielder who'd failed to make the bench at Carshalton the year before and whose only experience apart from that was in the Hong Kong league, about summed the situation up.

Waddock did unearth promising striker Ray Jones from the youth set up and give him his first team bow, but the R's were clearly a dreadful team that season and they won just one of their first eight league games. A 2-0 home defeat by Birmingham, 2-1 set back at Colchester, and League Cup exit at lower-league Port Vale saw him sacked on September 20.

Paladini moved quickly to secure the services of his old friend John Gregory, a former player during Terry Venables time at QPR who'd previously managed Wycombe and Villa to notable success and Derby to a disastrous failure. His first match in charge was against Hull City at Loftus Road. Gregory said he knew more about the opposition than his own squad but QPR scrapped out a win thanks to two second half goals.

First, on the hour, Ray Jones bundled the ball over the line after Blackstock had nodded down a cross from Martin Rowlands. Then ten minutes from time the trademark combination of Cook crossing for Blackstock to score with his head put Rangers out of sight.

Gregory strengthened the side using the loan market, bringing in Chelsea youngsters Michael Mancienne and Jimmy Smith to good effect. Returning the likes of Lomas and Bircham to the fold gave the worst QPR team in living memory much needed impetus and impressive, memorable wins followed at Southampton, Luton, Cardiff in the last minute and at home to Crystal Palace. In January Gregory's transfer business bordered on a masterstroke — Lee Camp, Danny Cullip and Adam Bolder were brought in right down the middle of the team, providing a much needed spine to the side.

A run of defeats that included a televised 5-0 debacle at Southend threatened to relegate the R's anyway but another loan signing, Inigo Idiakez, sparked a 3-1 win at Leicester and Rangers won five and drew one of the last eight to survive with plenty to spare.

Flavio Briatore and his multi-millionaire consortium bought the club that summer, rescuing it from bankruptcy. Would they have done so had Gregory not kept the R's up that season? Unfortunately the takeover happened too late for significant team strengthening that summer and QPR struggled badly at the start of the following season. No wins in the first nine games, with the tragic death of teenage striker Jones to contend with, saw Gregory sacked after a 5-1 loss at West Brom.

His replacement, Luigi De Canio, also started life at Loftus Road with a 2-0 victory at home to… Hull City.

QPR: Paul Jones 7, Bignot 7, Rehman 6, Stewart 6, Rose 6 (Kanyuka 45, 7), Rowlands 6, Bircham 6 (Ward 64, 6), Bailey 6 (Lomas 64, 6), Cook 7, Ray Jones 7, Blackstock 7

Subs Not Used: Royce, Baidoo

Booked: Ray Jones, Rehman, Paul Jones

Goals: Ray Jones 60, Blackstock 80

Hull: Myhill, Mills, Turner, Collins, Dawson, Fagan, Livermore (Marney 75), Ashbee, France (Yeates 67), Parkin, Bridges (Forster 67).

Subs Not Used: Duke, Thelwell

Booked: Collins, Mills, Livermore.

Attendance: 11,381

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TacticalR added 23:46 - Dec 31 Not sure if we have really recovered from the Paladini era. We found last summer that you don't need Paladini to organise a farcical Italian pre-season tour.
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