A great day out for 1500 QPR supporters whose eleven-month wait for an away win ended in style. Lee Harper passed a late fitness test to start the game but Matthew Rose was left out due to a virus, Tim Breacker filled in and the back 5 was reshuffled.

The match began as expected with Ipswich putting Rangers under early pressure. A high ball in fell straight to Darlington but he made a vital error passing along his own goal to Matt Holland who struck home a simple goal.

The match looked over, Ipswich threw everything at us and should have gone two up soon after. Tim Breacker appeared to fall over the ball and David Johnson scored a killer goal. Ref Paul Danson disallowed the goal for a foul and a similar incident followed with Darlington which was again pulled up for a foul.

Rangers battled back well and almost levelled through Chris Kiwomya. Kiwomya was put through and England keeper of the future, Richard Wright, pushed his shot past the post. Rangers began to gain in confidence and had two goals disallowed. The first was for pushing at a corner and the second for offside after a brilliant ball from Langley found the head of Kiwomya. Rangers continued to break well and got a deserved goal after half an hour.

A good passing move saw Kiwomya set Peacock through and he flicked it over the keeper with a nice finish. Rangers looked comfortable and could have added to that goal when Kiwomya was sent through but he was forced wide of goal.

As half time approached, tempers began to rise and Jim Magilton and Richard Langely were both warned to calm down. This warning didn't work as Magilton twice kicked out at Peacock who was on the floor. Peacock had a kick back but luckily missed. Langley and Maddix were involved in the pushing match, which followed, but defender Thetis ran 30 yards to shove Langley over. Magilton was shown the red card as half time came.

The second half saw Ipswich come at QPR, passing well and playing as we should have been doing against the ten men. For a few minutes QPR couldn't get a touch and a series of corners threatened to win the match for Ipswich. Jamie Scowcroft went on a good run and was hacked down by Ready for a blatant penalty. It wasn't given and Ipswich began to lose their heads.

Rangers were able to get on the ball a bit more and play up the other end for a while. A wayward pass by Langley fell to Thetis but his backpass went straight to Wardley. The youngster went round Wright and produced a nice finish to set up jubilant celebrations in the Cobbold Road stand.

Rangers then used the ball well and a wonderful pass by Richard Langley saw Kiwomya clean through. The former Ipswich man hit straight at Wright but Steiner was on hand to grab the killer goal. Rangers began to dominate midfield and passed the ball well playing some nice stuff. Rob Steiner killed the game with a good run and shot for number four and kissed his shirt as the QPR fans went wild with delight. Wardley and Steiner both had chances for number five but that goals never came.

Danny Maddix went off with an injury in the closing minutes to allow Paul Murray his first appearance of the season. Kevin Gallen and Keith Rowland also came on and the celebrations continued after the game all the way back to London after a great away day.

Team:Harper, Breacker, Darlington, Ready, Maddix (Murray), Baraclough, Wardley, Peacock (Rowland), Langley, Steiner, Kiwomya (Gallen)