| QPR history 10:47 - Jul 17 with 1955 views | joe90 |
I’ve been working my way through ‘Inverting The Pyramid -The history of football tactics’ and I came across a bit of QPR history. A little bit tenuous, but note worthy…
Billy Barnes was the second manager of Athletic Bilbao (1914-1916 & 1920-1921) and led the team to two Copa Del Ray’s before WW1 and 1 Copa Del Ray after.
He made 234 appearances for the R’s.
Fred Pentland (also a former R) managed Athletic Bilbao (1922-1925) and also won the Copa Del Ray.
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| QPR history on 08:51 - Jul 18 with 1732 views | CheshireR |
Both were key players in our 1907-08 Southern League winning team that then competed in the very first Charity Shield with Manchester United.
Fred Pentland played in the 1908 England trial match at Manchester City's ground alongside QPR team mate Evelyn Lintott. The latter catching the selectors eye and gaining QPR's first England cap. Fred later played for England but only after he had moved on to Middlesbrough.
Pentland is still very much revered in Bilbao as he not only won the Copa Del Rey as manager, but also La Liga and Copa Del Rey doubles in the early 1930's.
It's well worth a trip to the San Mames museum to see his legacy. [Post edited 18 Jul 2022 9:03]
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| QPR history on 09:56 - Jul 18 with 1622 views | Sonofpugwash |
There's some shamelss,blatant book advertising going on out there....
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| QPR history on 10:36 - Jul 18 with 1569 views | TacticalR |
Previous discussion on 'Inverting the Pyramid' at the end of this thread:
Phil Neville instead of 'Arry? by hoopsa07 1 Jun 2013 0:08@NChampionship: Everton captain Phil Neville, 36, is being lined up by Brighton as a possible replacement for manager Gus Poyet. (Telegraph)
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