A bright sunny day in Shepherds bush and for the first time since the final days of Sir Les at Shepherds Bush, Rangers had nothing to play for in the final home game of the season.

This match was an important one with West Brom needing a win to guarantee safety. Over 3,500 travelled down many in suits after West Brom were voted the least fashionable supporters in England. On my way to the ground several of them seemed to be regretting that idea as some very red and sweating faces walked along South Africa Road moaning "Its bloody hot, whose idea was this" well something like that anyway.

Inside the ground it seemed a disappointing turnout but the ground soon filled up and the best atmosphere since the Fulham game was evident with the Q, P and R blocks singing non stop for 90 minutes. Sadly the game matched the Fulham one and was not the entertainment feats we had hoped for.

Surprisingly Rangers made just one change with Lee Harper back in goal in pace of Miklosko. Kevin Gallen remained on the bench with Koejoe up front. West Brom started as you would expect with lots of passion and hard work but they lacked the ability and skill to break Rangers down.

Rangers never looked in any real danger early on and played some nice football with Richard Langley involved in our best moments. "Going down in your cheap suits" was the chant from the P block and it did look that way as West Brom created very little and James Quinn spent more time arguing with officials than running at the Rangers back 5.

The one time he did run at us he almost scored, leaving Bruce trailing but his shot was easily dealt with. Rangers had the best chances, a good move down the left saw Bruce put in an excellent cross and Gavin Peacocks diving header hit the outside of the post and flew wide. Rangers were having some joy in a good spell, an outrageous flick from Koejoe sent Langley through but his shot went wide.

Langley then showed all of his ability with a stepover which left Sneekes standing and Langley ran forward with confidence and hit a 25 yard shot but it was straight at the keeper. Wardley had is usual shot but missed and Kiwomya was causing problems with his running as usual. You did feel for the West Brom supporters who were singing their hearts out and it was only 12 months ago when we were in exactly the same position. West Brom saved us that day but we didn't look likely to repay the favour.

So at half time it was goalless and the news that Walsall were 1-0 up seemed to shock the away end into near silence. The second half saw West Brom come flying out and attack Rangers with a series of long throws and corners but still Lee Harper had very little to do. What exactly happened in this period I am not totally sure due to a cock up in the P Block. A few people seemed to be in the wrong seats so we were all left standing around waiting for a steward to sort it out which he did do eventually.

The atmosphere was still good and we had our best spell of the game. A couple of corners seemed to cause panic in their defence and one of their defenders (Carbon I think) almost put through his own net with a header. Rangers should have taken advantage as keeper Brian Jensen was all over the place, he panicked again at a ball forward and Wardley was faced with an open goal. His weak header fell was partly blocked and fell to Sammy Koejoe who sliced his shot wide when he should have buried it into an open net. To be fair to Sammy, I was told after the game that Kiwomya was in his way but the view from upstairs is not always the best.

Then came the only goal of the game, which was quickly ruled out. Ready seemed to be pulled down in the box by a defender but the ref waved play on and Koejoe fired home. I have no idea what was given but West Brom had a free kick. My view was it was either a penalty or a goal but not many players complained so it must have been a fair decision.

Gary Megson seems to have a cheek moaning about a penalty that they should have had. Two blatant handballs should have resulted in at least our third penalty of the game but at least the ref was consistent in being poor for both sides. Changes were made with Gallen coming on for Koejoe for perhaps his last game for Rangers at Loftus Road. Gallen did well again but did not have enough time to make a lasting impression. So with time running out a draw looked a certainty but West Brom pilled forward with a few set pieces.

Bob Taylor was clearly brought down for a penalty but the ref obviously had a no score draw on his coupon. Taylor should have won the game when Lee Harper kicked straight against him but the ball ran straight back to Harper and Rangers got very lucky. Wardley almost won it with a great dummy but his shot summed up his performance and was below par.

As for West Brom, well they gave everything they had but looked a very poor side. They created little and will need a huge performance next week to stay up. I actually hope they do stay up, nothing against Walsall or Crewe but a side with such fantastic support deserves better than they are getting.

So full time and a pitch invasion despite the pleas to stay off the pitch. I did as I was told and stayed in my seat (well it's a bit of a walk to go down to the upper loft to be pushed by a steward) The stewards once again over reacted in pushing fans back and one bloke fell arse over head and tried to style it out by picking up his son. Nice try mate. Then a few idiots followed by several more ran over to the West Brom end to give them some stick. As I said only 12 months ago that was us, so laughing at them shows how short some peoples memories are.

The Horses were soon on the pitch and the supporters were back in the stand. The players then came out for a lap of honour. This was a big moment for me. I remember Les's last game when he waved goodbye, I was looking to see if anyone did this who is out of contract. Well Bye Bye Gallen after his reaction. He waved goodbye to the loft and gave his boots and shin pads away. Then as he turned away from the loft he walked in a pile of Horse shit. Poor man, he can't even say goodbye without being poked fun at.

So the end of another season at Loftus Road, a good one as far as I am concerned and with Rose, Maddix, Steiner, Breacker, Morrow, Heinola and Darlington all to come back. The future looks brighter than it did 12 months ago.