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Over the year, QPR's games against Sheffield United have usually been relatively close and QPR have a relatively good away record at Sheffield United. Yesterday's 0-3 defeat of QPR to Sheffield United was the most one-sided result(for either side) of any of their encounters. Past Results


Nick Townsend/The Times - Billy Sharp cuts up Rangers

With a name like his, Billy Sharp's destiny as a goalscorer was as obvious as that of the fictional Roy Race. Click to continue reading...

No, not this year. Not yet. In a couple years time though Villa, Pompey, City or Spurs fans will rejoice as they look forward to a couple of matches against Sparta Prague, before being outclassed by some Spaniards and crashing out in the group stages. Still, it will be a better crusade than that experienced by Everton in 2005. Click to continue reading...

Both Sheffield clubs have strikers missing for the next few weeks, perhaps the supporters of both clubs can have a pint together while commisserating over their respective losses. While two-goal hero Akpo Sodje is out for at least a month after getting injured against Burnley on Saturday, James Beattie is yet to take to the [. Click to continue reading...

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Football League - Championship Preview

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
Matt Smith takes a closer look at this years runners and riders in the Coca-Cola Championship.

THE MAIN CONTENDERSStood on a golf course, in the middle of the short summer break we all get from football these days, a fan of a Championship club asked me whether I thought it would be a total lottery again this season. Click to continue reading...

The Sun reckons that after running his gaze over Andy Johnson and James Beattie, Roy Keane has finally settled on a striker that he thinks will shoot Sunderland up the league, none other than peripheral extortionate Spurs signing Darren Bent. Word on the street (and in The Sun) is that Keano fancies a bit [. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is looking towards the Championship for a Kenwyne Jones replacement but is this really the man for the job? Yep, the Sunderland gaffer is desperate, so desperate that he's having a sniff around James Beattie, a man whose relationship with sticking the ball in the back of the net was [. Click to continue reading...

Everton gaffer Davie Moyes has had a pop back at James Beattie, a clodhopping shire horse of a striker, who recently claimed that: "I don't think I was treated with the respect I deserved during my time with Everton." Moyes seemed a bit shocked to hear such tripe from an ex-player, especially one given [. Click to continue reading...