Rangers gave a full home debut to Sammy Koejoe as Gerry Francis looked to complete the double over Ipswich at Loftus Road.

The first half was a surprising quiet encounter. Rangers started quite well and almost went ahead through Ipswich old boy Chris Kiwomya. Kiwomya once again received stick throughout the game from the away end but just as he did at Portman Road last April and October, he was causing problems and well up for the game.

Mark Perry opened up the Ipswich defence with a clever pass and Kiwomya's shot was well saved by Richard Wright. Ipswich needed a win to keep alive their promotion hopes but they never stepped up a gear during the first half despite enjoying plenty of possession.

They did have a few chances to take the lead. Firstly Baraclough did well to head away Scowcrofts overhead kick and then Bara produced a fine tackle after poor defending by Plummer had seen Johnson run clear.

David Johnson had several chances to give Ipswich the lead but his finishing was woeful and he seemed to be a striker short of confidence. Rangers were coping well with Ipswich and Richard Langley was standing out in midfield showing some excellent skills and vision and his almost gave Rangers the lead with a good run and shot but Wright dealt with the danger comfortably. So half time saw both fans satisfied with the match nicely balanced.

My feeling was that Ipswich were wasting a golden opportunity. If I were an Ipswich fan I would be looking to QPR for an easy 3 points especially at this stage of the season with nothing to play for. They seemed a little too patient though and the longer the game went you felt Rangers might nick something here.

Rather than nick something Rangers came out a different side and went ahead straight from kick off. Richard Langley did well to run though the Ipswich defence and his shot was blocked by Wright but Gavin Peacock headed over the keeper to set off wild celebrations in the Loft. Peacock ran straight towards the Q Block kissing his badge and acknowledging the superb support from that section again.

Chants of "Your gonna lose in the playoffs" followed but Ipswich should have levelled straight away. Johnson turned and left Ready for dead but shot wide when he should have done better. Veteran defender Tony Mowbray then headed over from a corner but Rangers were looking dangerous on the break with the pace of Koejoe and Kiwomya.

These two combined for number two when Kiwomya put Koejoe in and his used his pace to run onto the ball and fire and unstoppable shot past Richard Wright. The Rangers fans were ecstatic and it looked like a case of how many. Paul Bruce crossed after a good Rangers move and Gavin Peacocks volley went just wide. Stuart Wardley also found himself with time and space in the area but he fired high and wide on two occasions.

The Rangers fans were in good voice with chants of "6-1 to the Superhoops", "We'll see you all next year" and plenty of Koejoe songs were flying around the stadium. It was too good to be true and Rangers invited Ipswich onto them to set up a frantic finish.

Ipswich finally looked like a side hungry for goals and Johnson again missed simple chances. Harper fumbled Reuser's shot and was left grounded by a kick from Johnson; but Baraclough cleared as Johnson and Holland attempted to bulldoze the ball over the line. The referee seemed to completely ignore the rules here and played on despite an injury and allowed Ipswich to attack from the thrown in instead of giving us the ball back.

Rangers then made two changes with Bruce and Koejoe being replaced by Gallen and Kulscar. Koejoe was given a standing ovation after an impressive display. Ipswich finally got a goal that they deserved through a penalty. Langley brought down Magilton and the midfielder got up and struck his penalty past Harper who almost got a hand to the ball. Rangers now looked a nervous team and Ipswich through everything at Rangers as the QPR midfield could not hold onto the ball in midfield.

Johnson again missed chance after chance blazing high and wide but their best chance came after the board was held up showing five minutes of injury time. Matt Holland found space inside the area and dragged the ball across the face of goal where Reuser just failed to connect.

Rangers broke again with Gallen doing very well on the left. Wardley laid the ball off to him and Gallen's cross fell straight to Kiwomya who took great satisfaction in putting his shot into the bottom corner of the net. So Rangers fans went home very happy with a top half finish now almost guaranteed and the expectations for next season are rising by the week.