The March to Wembley

[W12_Ranger]

One of my earliest memories as a child was sitting on my dads shoulders up to in 1982 marching with the Rangers to Wembley before he handed me to my mother to continue marching on. That year the ole man destroyed some of my mums best bedsheets by spray painting them with slogans such as 'Big Bad Bob Bites your Balls' and hanging them outside the house on Blomefontein Road for all the fans marching past.

I have seen the photos from 67 of the coffin carrying on Blom with the Al Jolson lookalike and Klu Klux Clan dressed fan (not politically correct I know but it did happen) and I remember the march in 86 because I marched all the way .

I think the QPR march to Wembley is legendary, I know not of another club who does anything like this and whilst I think we nicked the idea of some Cardiff fans spotted carrying a coffin to play Arsenal at Paddington station a few years earlier, we've made it our thing to do.

In this day and age I think such an event would attract a lot of media coverage, almost taking the viewer back to a bygone era when football fans were not all Sky Sports Generation Cardboard Cut Outs. The next time QPR march to Wembley I hope to see it go down in folklore as an event etched into football fans memory up and down the land.

Should QPR reach another Wembley Final will we march again, how many would join the precession, what is the official route, what are your memories???


Anyone care to put a figure 67. 82 & 86 of those fans who marched?

[Gtleighsr3]

did the 86 and was well hung over.Remember a white golf convertable with Oxford fans sitting at lights in.2 birds 2 blokes,got the contents of what seemed like 1000 pints of beer launched into thier motor.He shot off.

[stan_bowles]

did the 86 and was well hung over.Remember a white golf convertable with Oxford fans sitting at lights in.2 birds 2 blokes,got the contents of what seemed like 1000 pints of beer launched into thier motor.He shot off.

Deserved that just for driving a white Golf conv.

[bushcelt1]

done the 82 and 86 walks. started out from ladbroke grove and met up with all the walkers from bush etc at the top of srubbs lane....happy days. would deffo do again.

[superhoop67]

done the 82 and 86 walks. started out from ladbroke grove and met up with all the walkers from bush etc at the top of srubbs lane....happy days. would deffo do again.

At this moment in time I would do it on my hands and knees

[RamseyR]

It's so unlikely that if we got there again I'd do it like this

[The Merry Ploughboy]

went to the game but walked to wembley from northolt with mates.worst day ever as a rangers fan.think rangers thought they just had to turn up vs oxford after knocking out chels and the scousers

what a shame threads like these get overlooked for drivel from limelight seeking halfwitted posters who claim to be Itk or hang on to so called itk deluded predictions.

[W12_Ranger]

what a shame threads like these get overlooked for drivel from limelight seeking halfwitted posters who claim to be Itk or hang on to so called itk deluded predictions.

You know what, I went to bed last night and thought that having posted this first thing in the morning I was very disappointed to not get a reasonable response.

The March to Wembley is part of the identity of the club, you have to know where you are coming from to know where you are going to I say.

[The Merry Ploughboy]

You know what, I went to bed last night and thought that having posted this first thing in the morning I was very disappointed to not get a reasonable response.

The March to Wembley is part of the identity of the club, you have to know where you are coming from to know where you are going to I say.

the lack of response could very well point to the type of supporters who use this board

[80sCasual]

the lack of response could very well point to the type of supporters who use this board

Too true, i would have thought this would have been quite a big one.
To me the whole day in 82 (beginning with the walk from the Bush) goes down as one of the best there has been at the club.

[W12_Ranger]

Speaking with some people in 86 they reckon there could have been anything between 5-10k on the march I'd have thought there would have been a lot of people to have say on the matter.

Still I guess the next 'ITK' BS rumour is more interesting to posters than an epic event in the history of the club.

[Gtleighsr3]

remember it seemed like oxford only had 10 k and every where else was hoops/cant of een just seemed it.Id again like to apoligise to the big black lady who i asked to wake me up on the bus when we got to N H G only for me to snap at her.I was very pished but no excuse.

[bushcelt1]

thousands on both marches... agreed... poor show on this thread.

[W12_Ranger]

remember it seemed like oxford only had 10 k and every where else was hoops/cant of een just seemed it.Id again like to apoligise to the big black lady who i asked to wake me up on the bus when we got to N H G only for me to snap at her.I was very pished but no excuse.

I think the crowd that day was 93000 with QPR breaking ticket sales for single club in a Wembley Cup Final of something like 62000 and still a record I think.

Worse thing was my old man made me march home as well after 75 mins to White City in floods of tears.

[Bluehoop]

Well my memories of both are so limited due to drink that I can't really elaborate But would do it again without a second thought - may be if we enter the odd cup competition we would have a chance of getting there