QPR Beat Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League Cup




The first trophy I have ever seen lifted at Loftus Road



Last night I went to a football match at my local stadium. The team I favour is called Queens Park Rangers. They play in blue and white horizontal stripes.  There stadium is Loftus Road stadium in Shepherds Bush . It is actually just behind the BBC studios and offices at Television centre. So even though you may not have heard of the team you perhaps have seen the stadium being used by the BBC to film a drama or such. Or if you know the video to Bittersweet symphony by the verve, it is a little up the road from there  . The football season is drawing to a close.  So the two teams I watched were under 21 teams. They were my team Queens Park Rangers and Brentford FC. Brentford are probably more famous now as they play in the Premier League- The top competition of English football along with Chelsea and Manchester Utd . When I was a lad, the opposite was true QPR were in the top group and Brentford below them

. This was a cup final match- the under 21 teams in London have their separate competitions - I believe it is the case that only 10 percent of young men playing professional football at 21 are doing so at 25 years old.  As Queens Park Rangers and Brentford are local rivals the grounds are less than 3 miles apart. There was a lot of interest in this game.  3 quarters of the stadium had been filled by fans from both teams.  There were many banners and flags. One celebrating Kiyan Prince a former youth player for QPR who was murdered  a few years ago.  It was an exciting match but not a skillful one. There was a lot of chanting - The  QPR fans chant at the Brentford fans You're just a bus stop in Houslow. Hounslow is the name of the borough Brentford play in 
 My team ended up winning 3 goals to Brentford's one. 
 Some young fans invaded the pitch. We then had a pyrotechnical display as QPR lifted a trophy. To think I should live to see such a day
 

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