Friday night is derby night at the Valley : Picture by @YTJourno Championship Charlton Athletic 0 QPR 0 QPR's sudden fondness for 0-0 draws on the road extended to a third successive away day as their solid defence withstood a first-half onslaught to earn a share of the spoils at the Valley. It's now seven away games without a win but it feels like a decent enough follow-up to the excellent win against league leaders Coventry last week. Rangers remain just outside the play-of

Exorcising the memory of a horror day : Picture by @capitalfootball Championship QPR 2 (0) Kone 66, Madsen 73 Coventry 1 (0) Eccles 53 When Queens Park Rangers last met Coventry City, they suffered one of the heaviest defeats in their history. Only once in 144 years of football have they conceded more than the seven they let in on that August afternoon at the CBS Arena. Finishing in the top ten of the Championship table just once in the last ten years means they’re been too f

Signs of life : Picture by @capitalfootball Just when they seemed dead and buried, West Ham have suddenly sprung to life. A couple of weeks ago they lost at home to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest to plunge the club into despond. Now, a week on from a last-gasp win at Spurs they claimed a 3-1 win against Sunderland to breathe more life into their hopes of survival. A first half blitz brought goals from Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (from the penalty spot) and Mateu

Kassam confrontation : Picture by Will Powell Championship Oxford United 0 QPR 0 The Hoops fired another blank against Oxford United on a rainy night at the Kassam Stadium. It follows a 0-0 away four days ago at Stoke City. The game betwewn the sides at Matrade Loftus Road in October was also 0-0. Oxford started the evening in 23rd spot having come into the game off the back of one win against Southampton (home) 2-1, two draws against Bristol City (home) 0-0 last time out and

Looking for FA Cup inspiration. It was East v West London today in the third round FA Cup Third Round West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 45+10, Castellanos 98 Queen's Park Rangers (0) 1 Kone 65, After Extra Time : Score on 90 mins: 1-1 A first Hammers goal for winter signing Taty Castellnos secured West Ham's passage into the forth round of the FA Cup - but not before a gritty Hoops had taken them to extra-time and made life difficult for their cross-town opponents. How the Ir

Picture: @capitalfootball Thomas Frank has refused to condemn the lack of self-control that saw two Spurs players sent off in Saturday night's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Xavi Simons was red carded after 30 minutes for recklessly raking the calf of Virgil van Dijk and skipper Cristian Romero once again showed that he can be a liability at times when he petulantly kicked out at Ibrahima Konate to earn a second yellow. It was not a great night for

Picture: Wikimedia Commons / Adam Haworth A first win at Turf Moor since April 1951 has given Marco Silva's team vital breathing space in the battle to avoid getting sucked into a relegation campaign. Goals from Emile Smith Rowe, Calvin Bassey and Harry Wilson gave Fulham a crucial 3-2 win at Burnley and takes them to 20 points and moves them up to 13th place in the table - seven points clear of 18th placed West Ham , who occupy the third relegation place. It was a perfect s

Picture by @YTJourno Tottenham Hotspur ended a run of six home games in the Premier League without a win when they defeated Brentford 2-0 in N17 this afternoon. It comes on the back of a gutsy 2-2 draw at Newcastle United in midweek - when skipper Christian Romero scored twice and saved the day with a last minute overhead kick. This time, the plaudits went to Richarlison and Xavi Simons, who both scored in the first half. It was Simons' first goal for the club and brought b

Playing his part at number 30 : Picture by @YTJourno It will have been music to his ears. When the substitutes board went up at Ashton Gate six minutes from time, the crowd rose as one to acclaim the man going off who had given everything to the cause. Take a bow Sinclair Armstrong. The striker was not among the Bristol City scorers in a fine 3-0 win over Swansea City which kept the Robins in fourth place in the Championship. He didn't steal the headlines with a hat-trick of

Notes from the boss :Picture by @YTJourno Julien Stephan believes QPR turned in their best performance of the season despite slipping to a third successive defeat in Wednesday night's thrilling clash with Southampton. The metrics were all good for the R's in the Bonfire night contest at Loftus Road, except the one that mattered most - the final scoreline. But the boss took heart from a display in which his side had 60 per cent of the ball, fired 18 shots at goal to double the