A blog of two halves

My first ever FA Cup tie was a 3rd Round match at Craven Cottage against Walsall, on Saturday 8 January 1949.

For the first time in 22 years Queens Park Rangers will be in the draw for the 4th round of the FA Cup, after a 2-1 victory over Championship leaders Leeds United.

With Darnell Furlong missing through injury Steve McClaren must have feared the worst when 36 year old Àngel Rangel was ruled out for up to eight weeks.

No one can explain why we supposedly hate Nottingham Forest. It features in one of the Blues’ oldest continually sung terrace chants, yet half today’s fans weren’t born when Chelsea regularly played them in the league.

After the bore draw at Newcastle, Fulham treated us to a Christmas stocking full of excitement, with moments of real excellence.

In my report of the Leicester City match I commented:

In what were treacherous conditions at Loftus Road on Saturday, Rangers persevered against the elements to claim their first win in five attempts.

The best possible Christmas present for Chelsea fans would be Eden Hazard fishing out a biro and signing a new deal.

Of course it would be typical Chelsea to fall flat on their faces a week after giving Manchester City a footballing lesson at Stamford Bridge.

The Rangers form bubble has finally burst at the hands of Hull City.