Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
This is our 3rd New Year's day visit to Loftus Road in the last 6 years. We've lost the last two.
Loftus road is a real bogey ground for us, winning 9 and losing 28 of 41 trips there. We've conceded 90 goals there, we've only let in more at Deepdale.
Surprisingly we've only played 36 games on New Year's day down the years. In total we've won 12, drawn 5 and lost 19. 12 of our games have been at home, 24 have been away. Of the 24 away games, we've won 4, drawn 3 and lost 17.
For excitement, the 4-4 draw at Plymouth in 1986 must rank as the top game. Away defeats include 11-2 at Sheff Utd, 6-1 at QPR, 5-0 at Preston, 4-0 at Northampton and 4-1 at Darlington. There was also a 5-0 home defeat to Maidstone.
QPR join Plymouth today as our most regular NYD opponents. While we can't buy a Boxing day result against Plymouth, on NYD we've won 2 and drawn 1.
Since we beat Plymouth 1-0 in 2008, we've won 1 of our last 7 NYD fixtures, losing the last 5 on the trot.