Match Thread Coventry City - Queens Park Rangers Match Thread - Saturday 23rd Aug (2 Viewers)

[chiefdave]

Have the club said if they're doing anything for the 20th anniversary of the stadium opening?

Wouldn't normally expect much for something like that but as we're playing QPR as we did in the first game thought there might be something.

Mad to think we're likely to get a much bigger crowd Saturday than we did for that game.

 

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[Trueskyblue20]

Spoke to a mate of mine who is a Watford fan and said QPR were absolutely horrendous at the weekend and lucky it wasn’t a cricket score.

Lump your money on QPR.

 

[Skybluecol]

What position is she playing?

The way she's been today it could be 2 positions...
Right Back (at home)
Left Back (with her mum)

 

[Captain Dart]

Im sure he’s a great guy and everything but if my surname was Bear, I’m not sure I’d be shortening my first name.

Ted's a great bloke.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Have the club said if they're doing anything for the 20th anniversary of the stadium opening?

Wouldn't normally expect much for something like that but as we're playing QPR as we did in the first game thought there might be something.

Mad to think we're likely to get a much bigger crowd Saturday than we did for that game.

They're putting on a special train service. Thomas & Friends. They're just going to drive past though, as they can’t stop.

20 years celebrating a football stadium built next to a train track that still has no workable station. Outstanding.

 

[harvey098]

Ted's a great bloke.

A group of us do his “last one standing”. It’s on a big rollover at the moment and really decent money to win. Worth getting on it if you’re not already

 

[Sick Boy]

Spoke to a mate of mine who is a Watford fan and said QPR were absolutely horrendous at the weekend and lucky it wasn’t a cricket score.

Lump your money on QPR.

1-0 defeat it is then!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Have the club said if they're doing anything for the 20th anniversary of the stadium opening?

Wouldn't normally expect much for something like that but as we're playing QPR as we did in the first game thought there might be something.

Mad to think we're likely to get a much bigger crowd Saturday than we did for that game.

Never 20 years wow

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Maybe being cautious Cos no Saka in front of him?

Never normally a problem

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Spoke to a mate of mine who is a Watford fan and said QPR were absolutely horrendous at the weekend and lucky it wasn’t a cricket score.

Lump your money on QPR.

I watched the highlights, QPR could have scored 2, before the third

 

[Trueskyblue20]

I watched the highlights, QPR could have scored 2, before the third

I’m just going off what he told me mate. He’s quite an honest fan when they are decent or poor but he said QPR were ones of the worst teams he’s seen in recent years. To use a new SBT favourite id say they are honking

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

I’m just going off what he told me mate. He’s quite an honest fan when they are decent or poor but he said QPR were ones of the worst teams he’s seen in recent years. To use a new SBT favourite id say they are honking

Fair play, not saying they are any good, but it could have been 2. 2, not long before.

 

[mmttww]

To use a new SBT favourite id say they are honking

 

[quinn1971]

Benefit of the doubt against hull, first game of the season but we need to be beating teams like QPR so 1-1

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Have the club said if they're doing anything for the 20th anniversary of the stadium opening?

Wouldn't normally expect much for something like that but as we're playing QPR as we did in the first game thought there might be something.

Mad to think we're likely to get a much bigger crowd Saturday than we did for that game.

Mark h confirms the actual anniversary is today and they’ll be marking it today and on Saturday

Can’t belive it’s 20 years

 

[shmmeee]

Ted's a great bloke.

As I said I’m sure he is. It wasn’t a slight at the man.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Have the club said if they're doing anything for the 20th anniversary of the stadium opening?

Wouldn't normally expect much for something like that but as we're playing QPR as we did in the first game thought there might be something.

Mad to think we're likely to get a much bigger crowd Saturday than we did for that game.

That answers that then, looking back at memorable moments in the buildup to the game appears to be it

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/20-years-of-the-coventry-building-society-arena/

 

[skybluelee]

Ticket sales not looking as strong as the Hull game. Reckon we're heading for 28K if QPR bring 2K. Still decent obviously.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Ticket sales not looking as strong as the Hull game. Reckon we're heading for 28K if QPR bring 2K. Still decent obviously.

Surprising but still holiday now

 

[Viktor17]

Ticket sales not looking as strong as the Hull game. Reckon we're heading for 28K if QPR bring 2K. Still decent obviously.

Nuts how we are slightly disappointed with circa 28K now! Think your about right with that, not sure how many QPR sold, they normal Travel pretty well, thought they might sell out.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Ticket sales not looking as strong as the Hull game. Reckon we're heading for 28K if QPR bring 2K. Still decent obviously.

I thought they were looking OK.

I think they’ve released some of the “reserved areas” earlier than they did for Hull.

 

[skyblue_55]

QPR don’t travel well & the other season they did sell out here , as it was the final game , but that was their biggest following ever here

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

QPR don’t travel well & the other season they did sell out here , as it was the final game , but that was their biggest following ever here

Remember them bringing good numbers in 2022 and ‘23 unless mistaken

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Am I right in remembering Jorgensen scored our first goal that day and QPR had a man sent off?

Can't believe it was 20 yrs ago.

 

[Sick Boy]

Am I right in remembering Jorgensen scored our first goal that day and QPR had a man sent off?

Can't believe it was 20 yrs ago.

Yep, it was him.

 

[skybluelee]

Nuts how we are slightly disappointed with circa 28K now! Think your about right with that, not sure how many QPR sold, they normal Travel pretty well, thought they might sell out.

They were talking in the region of 2K on their forum.

 

[alexccfc99]

QPR don’t travel well & the other season they did sell out here , as it was the final game , but that was their biggest following ever here

Didn't they have pretty much all behind the goal a few years ago? The game Shipley scored that pisser of a goal

Admittedly, it is the only time I ever remember them bringing a strong following up here

 

[alexccfc99]

Just remembered one of the funnier moments of last season was their away following slaughtering Lampard all game for us to go and score with the last kick of the game

 

[Offhegoes]

QPR will play the low block. Although, I don't necessarily associate them for that kind of tactic unlike say Preston.
OPR teams normally have a lot of flair players, and are wildly inconsistent, but you don't want want to catch them on one of their good days.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

QPR will play the low block. Although, I don't necessarily associate them for that kind of tactic unlike say Preston.
OPR teams normally have a lot of flair players, and are wildly inconsistent, but you don't want want to catch them on one of their good days.

Not dissimilar to their iconic Mr Bowles

 

[Hobo]

Not dissimilar to their iconic Mr Bowles

Bowles, Francis, Givens, Thomas and Masson. A Quality outfit mid 1970’s.

 

[Johhny Blue]

Not dissimilar to their iconic Mr Bowles

I still remember his last minute winner while I was taking a piss just before extra time

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Bowles, Francis, Givens, Thomas and Masson. A Quality outfit mid 1970’s.

Bowles the type of player and personality you may still see in the Championship but probably never again in the top flight.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Bowles, Francis, Givens, Thomas and Masson. A Quality outfit mid 1970’s.

A fine side who at one stage should have won the old Div 1 trophy. Think out of their last 10 games they only lost one at Norwich and it allowed Liverpool to win the league at Wolves.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

A fine side who at one stage should have won the old Div 1 trophy. Think out of their last 10 games they only lost one at Norwich and it allowed Liverpool to win the league at Wolves.

I watched them midweek once in a European game which they won 5-2 and then on the Saturday went to watch West Ham who beat Spurs 5-3.