2008–09 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 2008–09 season, Queens Park Rangers played in the Football League Championship, their fifth consecutive season at this level.

Queens Park Rangers

2008–09 season
Manager	Iain Dowie Paulo Sousa Jim Magilton
Championship	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Dexter Blackstock (11) All: Dexter Blackstock (12)[1]
Highest home attendance	17,120 (vs. Reading, 31 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	12,286 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 25 November 2008)
Average home league attendance	14,003[2]

Pre-season

New managerial team

Ian Dowie was announced as the replacement for Luigi De Canio as manager on 14 May 2008.[3] Tim Flowers was later named Dowie's assistant, reprising his former role with Dowie at Coventry City. Paulo Sousa was named as manager after Ian Dowie was fired. When Sousa was fired, Gareth Ainsworth became caretaker manager.[4]

Sponsorship

Following the termination of the club's sponsorship deals with Car Giant, Le Coq Sportif and Sellotape at the end of the previous season, in July it was announced that Gulf Air would be the new shirt sponsors.[5] Further sponsorship packages were also announced, including Abbey Financial Services, Chronotech and Lotto Sport Italia.[6]

Matches

All but one of QPR's pre-season fixtures were held away from Loftus Road while the ground underwent upgrading work ahead of the new season. Despite the optimism surrounding the club on the back of the investment and player transfers, Rangers suffered defeats in 3 out of 5 of their warm-up fixtures. The club started positively, winning 3–1 against Conference National side Stevenage Borough followed by a 1–0 win over Football League One side Northampton Town. However a pre-season tour to Scotland saw Rangers lose 2–0 and 1–0 (respectively) to Scottish Premier League sides Falkirk and Kilmarnock. The pre-season fixtures culminated in a 2–1 defeat at the hands of Serie A side Chievo in front of just 3,540 at Loftus Road.

Events

Queens Park Rangers started the season against Barnsley at Loftus Road. Fitz Hall scored twice in as many minutes after Iain Hume put the Yorkshire side 1–0 up in the fifth minute. Hall also missed a penalty in the second half, but Rangers held on to win the game 2–1.[7] A win at Swindon Town in the League Cup followed before the first defeat of the season, to Sheffield United, 3–0 at Bramall Lane. Comprehensive home wins against Doncaster Rovers, Carlisle United (in the League Cup) and Southampton followed, before a win away against Norwich City saw Rangers put together a five-game unbeaten streak.

A defeat at Coventry City was followed by a 1–0 win at Aston Villa in the third round of the League Cup with Damion Stewart getting the decisive goal. The result meant that QPR entered the fourth round of the competition for the first time since the 1995–96 season, where they were drawn away to reigning Premier League champions Manchester United. The euphoria of the Villa result was short-lived and Rangers returned to losing ways at home to Derby County just three days later. By early October, QPR had slipped to 11th in the Championship, following defeat to league leaders Birmingham City at St Andrew's. Former manager Terry Venables was speculatively linked with a return to Loftus Road to replace Iain Dowie if no improvement was seen in the club's form.[8] Meanwhile, Dexter Blackstock stood out as an early contender for the club's top scorer for the season with 5 goals in 13 matches in all competitions.

On 23 October, reports in the British press announced that the club would cap the maximum ticket price at the Category "C" (£35) level as a response to the worsening financial crisis of 2007–2008. This led commentators to speculate that the club was damaged by negative press surrounding earlier proposed ticket price increases.[9] The following day, Iain Dowie was sacked after just fifteen games in charge of the club.[10] While the press continued to speculate on Dowie's replacement, touting Roberto Mancini and Kenny Jackett among several others as potential candidates,[11] existing player/coach Gareth Ainsworth was appointed caretaker manager in the interim. In his first game in charge Rangers ended Reading's 100% record at the Madejski Stadium, grinding out a 0–0 draw.

Just over three weeks after their defeat at St Andrew's, Rangers played Birmingham again in a mid-week fixture at Loftus Road. In Ainsworth's second match in charge, a ten-man Rangers side won 1–0 courtesy of a 25-yard goal from Samuel Di Carmine.[12] At the start of November, Rangers lost 2–0 to Ipswich Town beating Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road one week later. The mid-week League Cup tie at Old Trafford saw QPR defeated 1–0 missing out on the last eight of the competition courtesy of a Carlos Tevez penalty. The woes continued four days later with only the club's second home defeat of the season, this time at the hands of Burnley. By mid-November, the side's average of less than one goal-per-match led to them being ranked 21st in terms of the attacking statistics of the 24 Championship clubs, despite sitting tenth in the league table.[13]

On 19 November, Paulo Sousa, a former Portugal midfielder and previously assistant coach of the Portugal national team, was announced as the first team coach, ending Ainsworth's six-match run as caretaker.[14] The following day, Tim Flowers stepped down as assistant coach and news sources (including the club's official website) reported Rangers had signed Bolton striker Heiðar Helguson on an emergency loan deal.[15] Signed to a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year contract, Sousa became the sixth first team coach of the club in 13 months. Just three days into his appointment, Sousa's first match in charge saw a ten-man QPR comprehensively beaten 3–0 away at Watford, leaving them firmly in mid-table, nine points above the relegation zone and three points from the play-offs.[16] Purported new signing Helguson did not appear for the club at Vicarage Road, with rumours later surfacing the deal had not been completed.[17] A mid-week fixture against struggling Charlton Athletic saw Sousa's first victory (2–1), with Dexter Blackstock (who returned from suspension) scoring twice. Four days later, Rangers travelled across London to Selhurst Park, drawing 0–0 with Crystal Palace, a match which featured Premier League striker Heiðar Helguson, who had completed his loan move from Bolton Wanderers earlier in the week.[18]

QPR played league-leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first match of December. Played in a late kick-off at Loftus Road and in front of the Sky Sports cameras, QPR put on a fine performance, despatching their high-flying opponents with a 1–0 win courtesy of a 20-yard effort from skipper Martin Rowlands in his first full appearance since returning from injury.[19] Despite dominating their next match, away to Sheffield Wednesday, QPR were beaten 1–0. The game marked QPR's 6th defeat from 11 away fixtures, and in which they had only scored twice.[20] One week later, QPR scored their first goal in nine "away" fixtures, managing a 1–1 draw with Plymouth Argyle. Heiðar Helguson put QPR into an early lead before Plymouth equalised late in the second half.[21] On 20 December, Helguson was again on the scoresheet, scoring twice alongside Dexter Blackstock's winner in Rangers' 3–2 victory over Preston North End.[22]

The Christmas period saw QPR draw 2–2, twice surrendering the lead, away from home at Charlton Athletic on Boxing Day.[23] Two days later, QPR played host to Watford, holding them to a 0–0 draw.[24] As the January transfer window opened, QPR signed former England U21 international Wayne Routledge from Aston Villa. The club also made recent loan signings Borrowdale and Helguson's moves permanent.[25][26] A small crowd of under 9,000 spectators saw Rangers start their FA Cup campaign with a goalless draw with fellow Championship side Burnley, in the third round. Returning to action in the Championship, QPR drew at home to Coventry City on 10 January with Dexter Blackstock again on the scoresheet.[27] The result left QPR in ninth place in the league table for the sixth consecutive match, five points outside of the promotion play-off places and 13 points above the relegation zone. In the same week, Rangers also secured a permanent return to the club for Lee Cook and released veteran Italian midfielder Damiano Tommasi.[28][29] Travelling to Turf Moor for the FA Cup third round replay, QPR lost 2–1 after Burnley scored from a defensive error in the last minute of extra time. Samuel Di Carmine put Rangers ahead in the 54th minute with Burnley equalising just six minutes later before their last-gasp winner. Martin Rowlands also hit the woodwork and Helguson had a goal disallowed in an eventful match played in front of just 3,760 spectators.[30]

On 17 January, QPR achieved their first away victory in all competitions since September. They defeated Derby County 2–0 at Pride Park Stadium, with new signing Wayne Routledge opening the scoring.[31] Ten days later, Rangers travelled to Bloomfield Road and defeated Blackpool 3–0, with Heiðar Helguson scoring twice.[32] During the same month, QPR terminated former captain Adam Bolder's contract and loaned Zesh Rehman out to Bradford City.[33][34] On 31 January, QPR extended their unbeaten run to eight matches with a scoreless draw at home to second-placed Reading.[35] The result left Rangers in seventh place with 15 matches remaining, two points outside of the playoff positions and 16 points above the relegation zone.[13]

The next scheduled match, a home fixture against Swansea City, was postponed due to heavy snowfalls in central London.[36] However, QPR continued their unbeaten run into February beginning with a 2–2 draw away to Nottingham Forest. In an entertaining match, Matteo Alberti scored his first goals for the club within the space of three minutes after half-time.[37] On 17 February, the club announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Jordi López on a three-month contract.[38] QPR's unbeaten run was finally ended in their next match, at home, courtesy of Ipswich Town. Despite QPR taking an early lead through a Samuel Di Carmine goal, Ipswich came back to win 3–1. The match was played in front of the Sky Sports cameras and with England national team manager Fabio Capello in attendance.[39][40] Four days later, Rangers travelled to Cardiff City and earned a 0–0 draw.[41] In a busy fixture period against both play-off rivals and relegation candidates, QPR next faced up to Barnsley at Oakwell. The South Yorkshire club added to Rangers' recent slump in form, running out 2–1 winners.[42]

Rangers' woes continued into March. A second consecutive home defeat to Norwich City (0–1)[43] was followed by a 0–0 draw at home to Sheffield United.[44] On 10 March, QPR suffered their |12th league defeat of the season, 2–0 away to Doncaster Rovers.[45] The run of poor form left Rangers |11th in the Championship league table, eight points adrift of the play-off places and ten points above the relegation zone with nine matches left to play.

QPR's defensive streak improved with a draw to now-relegated Southamption,[46] which was further built on in a 1–0 win over Swansea City, courtesy of Mikele Leigertwood's head.[47] The Hoop's form continued with a 2–1 win over Bristol City.[48] QPR initially went one up with a bending free kick from Jordi López, until a powerful strike from Michael McIndoe put the visitors level. Four minutes later, Adel Taarabt scored the winner from close range.

QPR salvaged a goalless draw against local rivals Crystal Palace, though they could have been 2–0 down with close shots from Craig Beattie and Paul Ifill.[49] Equally, Heidar Helguson scuppered a near open goal. However, the experience of Radek Cerny held QPR on in the final stages.

Players

First-team squad

Updated 17 February 2009.[50]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Lee Camp[notes 1] 2 DF  IRL Damien Delaney 3 DF  JAM Damion Stewart 4 MF  ENG Gavin Mahon 5 DF  ENG Fitz Hall 6 MF  ATG Mikele Leigertwood[notes 2] 7 MF  ENG Wayne Routledge 8 FW  ENG Rowan Vine 10 MF  HUN Ákos Buzsáky 11 FW  GHA Patrick Agyemang[notes 3] 13 DF  LVA Kaspars Gorkšs 14 MF  IRL Martin Rowlands[notes 4] (captain) 15 DF  ENG Peter Ramage 16 DF  ENG Matthew Connolly 17 MF  ENG Lee Cook

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  IRL Liam Miller 19 FW  COL Ángelo Balanta 20 MF  ESP Jordi López 21 MF  ITA Matteo Alberti 22 FW  ITA Samuel Di Carmine (on loan from Fiorentina) 23 GK  ENG Jake Cole 24 GK  CZE Radek Černý 25 MF  ENG Hogan Ephraim 26 MF  ENG Gareth Ainsworth 27 FW  ISL Heiðar Helguson 28 DF  ENG Joe Oastler 30 FW  ENG Romone Rose 32 FW  ENG Antonio German 33 GK  AUS Reece Crowther 34 GK  ENG Niki-Lee Bulmer 35 FW  SCO Bradley Middleton

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ENG Dexter Blackstock[notes 5] (at Nottingham Forest) 29 DF  ENG Gary Borrowdale (at Brighton & Hove Albion)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  PAK Zesh Rehman[notes 6] (at Bradford City)

Transfers

In

Name	Nationality	Position	From	Fee
Radek Černý		GK	Slavia Prague	Free
Peter Ramage		DF	Newcastle United	Free
Kaspars Gorkšs		DF	Blackpool	£250,000
Joe Oastler		DF	Portsmouth	Free
Emmanuel Ledesma		MF	Genoa	Loan
Matteo Alberti		MF	Chievo	£200,000
Lee Cook		MF	Fulham	£750,000
Dani Parejo		MF	Real Madrid	Loan
Damiano Tommasi		MF	Levante	Free
Samuel Di Carmine		FW	Fiorentina	Loan
Heiðar Helguson		FW	Bolton Wanderers	£500,000
Gary Borrowdale		DF	Coventry City	£650,000
Wayne Routledge		MF	Aston Villa	£300,000
Liam Miller		MF	Sunderland	Loan
Jordi López		MF	Mallorca	Free
Adel Taarabt[notes 7]		MF	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan

Out

Name	Nationality	Position	To	Fee
Jake Cole		GK	Oxford United	Loan
Matt Pickens		GK		Released
Sean Thomas		GK	Wealdstone	Released
Chris Goodchild		GK		Released
Chris Barker		DF	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed
Zesh Rehman		DF	Blackpool	Loan
Andrew Howell		DF		Released
Aaron Goode		DF		Released
Stefan Bailey		MF	Grays Athletic	Released
Simon Walton		MF	Plymouth Argyle	£750,000
Daniel Nardiello		FW	Blackpool	Part-exchange
Ángelo Balanta		FW	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
Damiano Tommasi		MF		Released
Jake Cole		GK	Barnet	Loan
Gary Borrowdale		DF	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
Chris Arthur		MF	Rushden & Diamonds	Loan
Danny Maguire		MF	Yeovil Town	Loan
Dexter Blackstock		FW	Nottingham Forest	Loan

Results

Football League Championship

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Referee	Attendance	Ref
9 August 2008	6th	Barnsley	H	W	2–1	Hall (2)	Swarbrick	14,694	[7]
16 August 2008	5th	Sheffield United	A	L	0–3		Laws	25,273	[51]
23 August 2008	8th	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2–0	Blackstock, Ledesma	Thorpe	15,536	[52]
30 August 2008	8th	Bristol City	A	D	1–1	Blackstock	Deadman	17543	[53]
14 September 2008	4th	Southampton	H	W	4–1	Blackstock (2), Stewart, Agyemang	Friend	13,770	[54]
17 September 2008	4th	Norwich City	A	W	1–0	Rowlands	Shoebridge	24,249	[55]
20 September 2008	4th	Coventry City	A	L	0–1		Whitestone	16,718	[56]
27 September 2008	5th	Derby County	H	L	0–2		Taylor	14,311	[57]
30 September 2008	8th	Blackpool	H	D	1–1	Blackstock	Hegley	12,500	[58]
4 October 2008	11th	Birmingham City	A	L	0–1		D'Urso	18,498	[59]
18 October 2008	7th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	2–1	Balanta, Buzsáky	Graham	15,122	[60]
21 October 2008	9th	Swansea City	A	D	0–0		Bates	13,475	[61]
25 October 2008	9th	Reading	A	D	0–0		Foy	20,571	[62]
28 October 2008	7th	Birmingham City	H	W	1–0	Di Carmine	Attwell	13,594	[12]
1 November 2008	7th	Ipswich Town	A	L	0–2		Kettle	20,966	[63]
8 November 2008	7th	Cardiff City	H	W	1–0	Mahon	Probert	13,247	[64]
15 November 2008	10th	Burnley	H	L	1–2	Blackstock	Woolmer	13,226	[65]
22 November 2008	12th	Watford	A	L	0–3		Penn	16,201	[16]
25 November 2008	10th	Charlton Athletic	H	W	2–1	Blackstock (2)	Stroud	12,286	[66]
29 November 2008	10th	Crystal Palace	A	D	0–0		Styles	16,411	[18]
6 December 2008	7th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	1–0	Rowlands	Williamson	13,416	[19]
9 December 2008	9th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	0–1		Miller	14,792	[20]
13 December 2008	9th	Plymouth Argyle	A	D	1–1	Helguson	Friend	10,747	[21]
20 December 2008	9th	Preston North End	H	W	3–2	Helguson (2), Blackstock	Wiley	14,103	[22]
26 December 2008	9th	Charlton Athletic	A	D	2–2	Cook, Blackstock	Taylor	21,023	[23]
28 December 2008	9th	Watford	H	D	0–0		Penton	16,196	[24]
10 January 2009	9th	Coventry City	H	D	1–1	Blackstock	Stroud	13,330	[27]
17 January 2009	8th	Derby County	A	W	2–0	Routledge, Leigertwood	Wright	28,390	[31]
27 January 2009	7th	Blackpool	A	W	3–0	Helguson (2), Ephraim	Laws	6,656	[32]
31 January 2009	7th	Reading	H	D	0–0		Moss	17,120	[35]
7 February 2009	9th	Nottingham Forest	A	D	2–2	Alberti (2)	Deadman	25,859	[37]
21 February 2009	11th	Ipswich Town	H	L	1–3	Di Carmine	Attwell	13,904	[40]
25 February 2009	11th	Cardiff City	A	D	0–0		East	17,340	[41]
28 February 2009	11th	Barnsley	A	L	1–2	Delaney	Shoebridge	11,614	[42]
3 March 2009	11th	Norwich City	H	L	0–1		Scott	13,533	[43]
7 March 2009	11th	Sheffield United	H	D	0–0		Swarbrick	13,718	[44]
10 March 2009	11th	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–2		Webster	10,223	[45]
14 March 2009	12th	Southampton	A	D	0–0		Jones	18,691	[46]
17 March 2009	11th	Swansea City	H	W	1–0	Leigertwood	Horwood	12,288	[47]
21 March 2009	11th	Bristol City	H	W	2–1	López, Taarabt	Hegley	14,059	[48]
4 April 2009	10th	Crystal Palace	H	D	0–0		Mathieson	15,234	[49]
11 April 2009	10th	Burnley	A	L	0–1		Haywood	15,058	[67]
13 April 2009	10th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	3–2	Mahon, Vine, Stewart	Deadman	13,742	[68]
18 April 2009	11th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–1		Moss	27,511	[69]
25 April 2009	11th	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	0–0		Miller	14,779	[70]
3 May 2009	11th	Preston North End	A	L	1–2	Agyemang	Oliver	18,264	[71]

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Referee	Attendance	Ref
3 January 2009	Third round	Burnley	H	D	0–0		Bates	8,896
13 January 2009	Third round replay	Burnley	A	L	1–2 (aet)	Di Carmine	Webster	3,760	[30]

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Referee	Attendance	Ref
12 August 2008	First round	Swindon Town	A	W	3–2	Balanta, Blackstock, Delaney	Beeby	7,230
26 August 2008	Second round	Carlisle United	H	W	4–0	Stewart, Ledesma (3)	Hill	8,021
24 September 2008	Third round	Aston Villa	A	W	1–0	Stewart	Mason	21,541
11 November 2008	Fourth round	Manchester United	A	L	0–1		Dowd	62,539

Competitions

League Championship results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	16	15	42	44	−2	61	12	7	4	28	19	+9	3	9	11	14	25	−11

Last updated: 3 July 2009.
Source: [72]

League Championship results by matchday

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2009. Source: Competitive Matches (League Championship)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Ipswich Town	46	17	15	14	62	53	+9	66
10	Bristol City	46	15	16	15	54	54	0	61
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	16	15	42	44	−2	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	13	17	51	58	−7	61
13	Watford	46	16	10	20	68	72	−4	58

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Dexter Blackstock	FW	10	1	0	11
2	Heiðar Helguson	FW	5	0	0	5
3	Emmanuel Ledesma	MF	1	3	0	4
4	Samuel Di Carmine	FW	2	0	1	3
=	Damion Stewart	FW	1	2	0	3
6	Fitz Hall	DF	2	0	0	2
=	Martin Rowlands	MF	2	0	0	2
=	Matteo Alberti	MF	2	0	0	2
=	Mikele Leigertwood	MF	2	0	0	2
=	Ángelo Balanta	MF	1	1	0	2
=	Damien Delaney	DF	1	1	0	2
12	Patrick Agyemang	FW	1	0	0	1
=	Ákos Buzsáky	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Gavin Mahon	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Lee Cook	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Wayne Routledge	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Hogan Ephraim	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Jordi López	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Adel Taarabt	MF	1	0	0	1
TOTAL			37	8	1	46

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Radek Černý	GK	15	1	2	18
2	Lee Camp	GK	2	0	0	2
Total			17	1	2	20

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Notes

1. Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.
2. Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.
3. Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.
4. Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.
5. Blackstock was born in Oxford, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in February 2012.
6. Rehman was born in Birmingham, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.
7. Taarabt was born in Fez, Morocco, but was raised in France and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Morocco in February 2009.