QPR wins against Bolton have been few and far between in recent years, but the R’s have some big wins from the past to draw strength from before Saturday’s opening fixture.

Recent Meetings

Bolton’s new Reebok Stadium has been an unhappy hunting ground for QPR since it was opened – three visits, three defeats. The most comprehensive of those was on our last visit to that particular corner of Lancashire. Rangers, quite remarkably when you look at the team, actually took the lead three minutes before half time when a young Peter Crouch struck for Gerry Francis’ men. In typical style though they couldn’t hang on for three minutes and Gudni Bergsson equalised before half time. Bolton took control just after the hour with two goals in three minutes from Robbie Elliott and Michael Ricketts.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Bergsson, Fish, O’Kane, Elliott, Frandsen, Nolan, Gardner, Farrelly, Rickets (Rankine 79), Hansen

Subs not used: Banks, Richardson, Barness, Passi

Goals: Bergsson 45, Elliott 62, Ricketts 65

Bookings: Ricketts

QPR: Harper, Breaker, Carlisle, Broomes, Rose, Morrow (Koejoe 72), Peacock, Langley (Wardley 81), Warren, Connolly, Crouch

Subs not used: Miklosko, Ready, Perry

Goals: Crouch 42

Bookings: Carlisle

Few games could sum up the relegation season of 2000/01 more than the match with Bolton at Loftus Road. With the club already deeply embroiled in a relegation battle and reeling from the loss of Clarke Carlisle and Richard Langley who suffered ruptured cruciate knee ligaments within ten minutes of each other in the previous home match Rangers though their luck had finally turned when referee Uriah Rennie sent goalkeeper Steve Banks off for deliberate handball outside his area. It took until the second half for the advantage to be pressed home but Michel Ngonge did indeed give QPR the lead after 53 minutes. But Bolton, with ten men and a reserve goalkeeper, fought back to equalise through Per Frandsen with just three minutes left to play.

QPR: Miklosko, Darlington, Rose, Morrow, Baraclough, Wardley, Peacock, Kulscar, Connolly, Crouch (Dowie 77), Ngonge.

Subs not used: Harper, Heinola, Perry, Bruce

Goals: Ngonge 53

Bolton: Banks, Bergsson, Elliott, Hendry, Warhurst (Marshall 79), Frandsen, Summerbee (Wright 19), Nolan, Farrelly (Gardner 64), Holdsworth, Hansen

Subs: Barness, Passi

Goals: Frandsen 87

Sent Off: Banks 18

Previous Results

Head to Head >>> QPR wins 9 >>> Draws 3 >>> Bolton wins 12

2000/01 QPR 1 Bolton 1 (Ngonge)

2000/01 Bolton 3 QPR 1 (Crouch)

1999/00 QPR 0 Bolton 1

1999/00 Bolton 2 QPR 1 (Peacock)

1998/99 Bolton 2 QPR 1 (Rowland)

1998/99 QPR 2 Bolton 0 (Gallen, Sheron)

1996/97 Bolton 2 QPR 1 (Morrow)

1996/97 QPR 1 Bolton 2 (McDonald)

1995/96 QPR 2 Bolton 1 (Osbourn, Impey)

1995/96 Bolton 0 QPR 1 (Dichio)

1982/83 Bolton 3 QPR 2 (Gregory, Sealy)

1982/83 QPR 1 Bolton 0 (Stainrod)

1981/82 QPR 7 Bolton 1 (Flanagan 2, Gregory, Micklewhite, Fenwick, Allen, Stainrod)

1981/82 Bolton 1 QPR 0

1980/81 Bolton 1 QPR 2 (Stainrod, Flanagan)

1980/81 QPR 3 Bolton 1 (Langley, Burke, Neal)

1978/79 Bolton 2 QPR 1 (Goddard)

1978/79 QPR 1 Bolton 3 (Harkouk)

1970/71 QPR 4 Bolton 0 (Marsh 3, Leach)

1970/71 Bolton 2 QPR 2 (Venables 2)

1969/70 QPR 0 Bolton 4

1969/70 Bolton 6 QPR 4 (Leach, Bridges, Clement, Marsh)

1967/68 Bolton 1 QPR 1 (R Mogan)

1967/68 QPR 1 Bolton 0 (Wilks)

Played for Both Clubs

Dave Clement >>> QPR 1965 to 1979 >>> Bolton 1979 to 1981

The tragic story of one of QPR’s very best players is well known to the older generations of fans at Loftus Road. Younger fans probably know more about Dave’s son Neil, who always received a warm welcome when he arrived at QPR with West Brom, despite his history as a Chelsea youth player.

Dave Clement was a product of the QPR youth set up, a youngster in the system at Loftus Road when Rangers lifted their one and only major trophy of their history – the 1967 League Cup. Clement made his debut that season, appearing for the first time in April in a 5-1 home victory against Scunthorpe United, after signing pro terms in 1965. Rangers were also Third Division champions that season, the first and only time a team has done that particular double in English football.

Clement made 34 appearances in the Second Division a season later and went on to become the regular QPR right back during the halcyon days of the 1970s when a talented QPR team came within a whisker of beating Liverpool to the First Division title. He missed just six matches between 1970 and 1974. He won four England caps, starting for the first time against Wales in march 1976, and made 476 appearances for Rangers during his time here. The R’s sold him onto Bolton in 1979 for £170,000 following their relegation to the Second Division.

He went onto play for Fulham and Wimbledon but tragically committed suicide in 1982 while suffering from depression brought on by a broken leg which looked set to end his career. Will always be regarded as one of the QPR greats.

Others >>> Heidar Helguson, Bolton 2007 to 2009, QPR 2009 to present >>> Danny Shittu, QPR 2001 to 2006 and 2011 to present, Bolton 2008 to 2010 >>> Les Ferdinand, QPR 1987 to 1995, Bolton 2004 to 2005 >>> Peter Reid, Bolton 1974 to 1982, QPR 1989 to 1990 >>>John Gregory, QPR 1981 to 1985, manager 2006 to 2007, Bolton 1990 >>> Sammy Lee, QPR 1986 to 1987, Bolton manager 2007

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SonofNorfolt added 02:07 - Aug 11 Remember, there was footie before '92.
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Monahoop added 16:23 - Aug 11 Good of you Clive, to mention the late, great Dave Clement. Whenever I saw him he always seemed to give 100% and more sometimes, even when results were going against us. I remember the 7-1 belting we gave them and the 3-1 win the year before when Langley scored after 11 seconds. For some unknown reason I keep thinking it was Clive Allen who scored that goal when I know full well it wasn't. Strange how the mind works sometimes!

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