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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88" title="لوفتس رود ایستادیومو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لوفتس رود ایستادیومو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Лофтъс Роуд – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лофтъс Роуд" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF" title="ورزشگاه لوفتوس رود – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ورزشگاه لوفتوس رود" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Loftus Road" 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href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%ED%94%84%ED%84%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A1%9C%EB%93%9C" title="로프터스 로드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로프터스 로드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%86%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A4" title="Լոֆտուս Ռոուդ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լոֆտուս Ռոուդ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="ロフタス・ロード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロフタス・ロード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Loftus Road" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B8_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AE" title="ਲੌਫ਼ਟਸ ਰੋਡ ਸਟੇਡੀਅਮ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲੌਫ਼ਟਸ ਰੋਡ ਸਟੇਡੀਅਮ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Road" title="Loftus Road – 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Loftus Road Stadium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium (2019–2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data label">South Africa Road</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush" title="Shepherd's Bush">Shepherd's Bush</a><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a><br />W12 7PJ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/White_City_tube_station" title="White City tube station">White City</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wood_Lane_tube_station" title="Wood Lane tube station">Wood Lane</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Queens Park Rangers Football & Athletic Club Ltd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">18,439<sup id="cite_ref-lookforsiteguard2011_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lookforsiteguard2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">35,353 including standing (Queens Park Rangers v. <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United FC">Leeds United</a>, 27 April 1974); 19,002 all-seated (Queens Park Rangers v. <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester City FC">Manchester City</a>, 6 November 1999)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field size</th><td class="infobox-data">112 by 72 yards (102 by 66 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface</th><td class="infobox-data">Grass</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Scoreboard</th><td class="infobox-data">Electronic</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1904</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1904</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Tenants</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherd's Bush FC">Shepherd's Bush FC</a> (1904–1915)<br /><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a><br />(1917–1931, 1933–1962, 1963–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guinness_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Premiership">Guinness Premiership</a>)<br />(1996–2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fulham_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulham FC">Fulham FC</a> (2002–2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a> (2020–2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Loftus Road</b>, currently known as <b>MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium</b> for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush" title="Shepherd's Bush">Shepherd's Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, which is home to <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers Football Club</a>, with a capacity of 18,439. </p><p>In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial pitch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Omniturf" title="Omniturf">Omniturf</a> installed. This remained in use until 1988, after which a natural grass pitch was reintroduced. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> team <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a> shared the ground with QPR between 1996 and 2002 and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> football club <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> shared it from 2002 to 2004 while <a href="/wiki/Craven_Cottage" title="Craven Cottage">Craven Cottage</a> was closed for reconstruction. AFC Wimbledon started the 2020–2021 season sharing the ground while they waited for <a href="/wiki/Plough_Lane" title="Plough Lane">their new stadium in Merton</a> to be finished. Other users of the stadium have included the <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaican</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australian national football teams</a>. In 1985, <a href="/wiki/Barry_McGuigan" title="Barry McGuigan">Barry McGuigan</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Eusebio_Pedroza" title="Eusebio Pedroza">Eusebio Pedroza</a> for the <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Association" title="World Boxing Association">World Boxing Association</a> featherweight championship at the stadium. </p><p>On 7 June 2019, the club gifted the naming rights to the stadium to The Kiyan Prince Foundation, a charity set up in honour of former QPR youth player <a href="/wiki/Kiyan_Prince" title="Kiyan Prince">Kiyan Prince</a>, resulting in the stadium becoming known as the <b>Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium</b>. On 25 May 2022, the club announced that the stadium name would revert to Loftus Road ahead of the 2022–23 season.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 October 2023, the club announced that it had signed a three-year agreement to sell the naming rights of the stadium to <a href="/wiki/MATRADE" class="mw-redirect" title="MATRADE">MATRADE</a>; thus Loftus Road will be known as the "MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium" until the 2025–26 season.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ground was first used on 11 October 1904 by <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_F.C." title="Shepherd's Bush F.C.">Shepherd's Bush</a>, an amateur side that was disbanded during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">QPR</a> moved to Loftus Road in 1917, having had their ground at <a href="/wiki/Park_Royal" title="Park Royal">Park Royal</a> commandeered by the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">army</a> in February 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time the ground was an open field with a pavilion. One stand from Park Royal was dismantled and re-erected in 1919, forming the Ellerslie Road stand. This stand was the only covered seating in the ground until 1968 and was replaced in 1972. It had a capacity of 2,950.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>QPR moved out of Loftus Road at the start of the <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_in_English_football" title="1931–32 in English football">1931–32 season</a>, moving to nearby <a href="/wiki/White_City_Stadium" title="White City Stadium">White City Stadium</a>, but after a loss of £7,000, the team moved back for the start of the 1933–34 season.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, a new covered terrace for 6,000 spectators was constructed by a company called Framed Structures Ltd at the Loftus Road end, taking the overall ground capacity up to 30,000. It cost £7,000 (with £1,500 donated by the QPR Supporters Club) and was opened by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Herbert Morrison</a>, the leading Labour MP and future wartime Home Secretary, at the match against Crystal Palace on 29 October.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The covered section of the terracing was concreted at that time; the uncovered section was concreted in 1945. </p><p>In April 1948, after winning the Third Division (South) championship, the club bought the freehold of the stadium plus 39 houses in Loftus Road and Ellerslie Road for £26,250, financed by a share flotation that raised £30,000. When the club's finances were under pressure in the late 1950s the houses had to be sold. On 5 October 1953 floodlights were used at Loftus Road for the first time for a friendly game against Arsenal. In summer 1966 the original floodlights were replaced by much taller floodlight pylons. In summer 1980 these in turn were replaced with new floodlights. </p><p>QPR experimented once again with a move to White City Stadium in the <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_in_English_football" title="1962–63 in English football">1962–63 season</a>, but moved back to Loftus Road once more after less than one full season. In the summer of 1968 the South Africa Road stand was constructed at a cost of £150,000 to replace the old open terracing.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972 a new stand was completed in Ellerslie Road, replacing the tin-roofed grandstand erected in 1919, and first used in the match against Oxford United on 2 December 1972. The changing rooms and offices were moved to South Africa Road and the television gantry moved in the other direction. </p><p>The stadium's highest recorded attendance of 35,353 was in a game against <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> on 27 April 1974. The following summer the paddock of the South Africa Road stand was converted from terracing to seating with the installation of 4,600 seats, thus lowering the capacity of the stadium to the 31,002 present for the last home match of the 1975/6 season against Leeds United on 24 April 1976. </p><p>During the summer of 1981 an <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial pitch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Omniturf" title="Omniturf">Omniturf</a> was installed at Loftus Road, the first such surface to be used in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">British</a> professional football.<sup id="cite_ref-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surface was not favoured by everyone, with QPR keeper <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hucker" title="Peter Hucker">Peter Hucker</a> describing it as "basically a bit of carpet over two feet of concrete", and stated that as a goalkeeper, he strongly disliked diving onto it saying that "I'd have close to third degree burns because the pitch would totally rip the skin off."<sup id="cite_ref-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rangers lost the first league match played on the new surface 1-2 versus Luton Town on 1 September 1981. During the time that Loftus Road had the Omniturf pitch installed, QPR reached two cup finals and became <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> champions, something that critics claimed was caused by the advantage the pitch presented,<sup id="cite_ref-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and QPR's home games in the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_UEFA_Cup" title="1984–85 UEFA Cup">1984–85 UEFA Cup</a> were played at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal's</a> <a href="/wiki/Highbury_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Highbury Stadium">Highbury Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was claimed that <a href="/wiki/List_of_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._managers" title="List of Queens Park Rangers F.C. managers">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Terry Venables</a> would let opposition teams train on the pitch when it was dry, and then deliberately dampen the pitch so that the ball played differently to what they expected at kick off.<sup id="cite_ref-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-returntoartificialpitcheskilburn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was removed in April 1988 because of football legislation and replaced with grass.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There were just three other league stadiums in the whole country with a plastic pitch, and by 1994 all of these had been ripped up.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loftus_Road_Stadium,_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg/220px-Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg/330px-Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg/440px-Loftus_Road_Stadium%2C_London_-_Shepherd%27s_Bush.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2368" /></a><figcaption>Loftus Road Stadium, South Africa Road entrance.</figcaption></figure> <p>New stands were opened at the School End in the summer of 1980 and one year later at the Loftus Road end. At the same time as the new Loftus Road stand was built executive boxes were installed in the lower tier of the South Africa Road stand and the artificial pitch laid. The stadium capacity at this time was 27,000 and it was one of the most modern and advanced stadiums in Britain having been completely reconstructed over a 13-year period from 1968 to 1981. Between the summer of 1994 and the start of 2022–23 season; Loftus Road ground was an <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater stadium</a> with the construction of seating in the lower Loftus Road stand. The last match where home spectators were able to watch the match from terracing was on 16 April 1994 against Everton. Standing returned to Loftus Road in 2022 when the club introduced rail seating in the ML, NL & PL blocks in the Lower Loft and the R Block in the Stanley Bowles Stand.<sup id="cite_ref-Rail_seating_fully_open_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rail_seating_fully_open-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The owning company, also called Loftus Road, of QPR, London Wasps and the stadium itself, went into the red in the late 1990s only a couple of seasons after it was formed in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-valued_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valued-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brumpostlossescut_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brumpostlossescut-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, there were concerns that Queens Park Rangers and the stadium would need to be sold separately when the club went into administration. There was interest from commercial buyers and housing developers.<sup id="cite_ref-qprtosell_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qprtosell-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A supporter's trust was set up to keep the club at Loftus Road, and to fight the suggested move out of the stadium and to <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One further suggestion was a merger between QPR and fellow London club <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a>, with the newly merged club playing at Loftus Road,<sup id="cite_ref-wimbldonmerger_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wimbldonmerger-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this idea was abandoned following the response from supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A £1 million payment by QPR's long time local rivals <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> in 2002 helped to alleviate the financial problems in return for a ground sharing agreement while <a href="/wiki/Craven_Cottage" title="Craven Cottage">Craven Cottage</a> was developed.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Loftus Road briefly became home to non-league football club <a href="/wiki/Yeading_F.C." title="Yeading F.C.">Yeading</a> as they faced Premiership club <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> in the third round of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_2004-05" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup 2004-05">2005</a> <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>. The decision was made as Yeading felt that their home stadium could not suitably segregate the fans.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite holding out for fifty minutes, Yeading went on to lose the match, 2–0.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a fundraiser for the <a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" title="Grenfell Tower fire">Grenfell Tower fire</a>, which happened on 14 June 2017, Loftus Road stadium hosted a special match – appropriately named '<a href="/wiki/Game_4_Grenfell" title="Game 4 Grenfell">Game 4 Grenfell</a>' – for the people who died. Celebrities participating included <a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Mo_Farah" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Mo Farah">Sir Mo Farah</a> and many more. This took place on 2 September 2017. </p><p>On 7 June 2019, following nominations and a fan vote from a shortlist, it was announced that Loftus Road Stadium would be renamed the 'Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium' in honour of the former QPR youth team member <a href="/wiki/Kiyan_Prince" title="Kiyan Prince">Kiyan Prince</a> who was fatally stabbed in 2006. </p><p>In December 2021, it was announced that the Ellerslie Road Stand would be renamed the Stanley Bowles Stand.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2022 the club announced a fundraising campaign, asking supporters to pay for the planned renaming costs.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahead of the 2022–23 season, the club installed just under 1000 rail seats in the ML, NL & PL blocks in the Lower Loft and the R Block in the Stanley Bowles Stand and the upper tier of the School End stand used by visiting supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-Rail_seating_fully_open_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rail_seating_fully_open-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 2023 the old "Blue and White Club" bar in the Lower Loftus Road stand was renamed the "Forever Rs bar", after the former players, managers and coaches association that had been created in 2016. The bar contains memorabilia donated by both fans and the club and is used to host talks with former players and other fan related events. It also lists all of the more than 100 former players, managers and coaches inducted to "Forever Rs" since its creation. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg/220px-Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg/330px-Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg/440px-Safe_standing_at_Loftus_Road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Rail seating in the lower loft</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_future">The future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a number of years of uncertainty about whether the club would expand the capacity of the stadium, or relocate to a new site in the event of a return to the Premier League, chairman <a href="/wiki/Tony_Fernandes" title="Tony Fernandes">Tony Fernandes</a> announced, on 28 November 2011, that the club was investigating the possibility of relocating to a new site in <a href="/wiki/West_London" title="West London">West London</a> in order to build a larger stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-newstadium_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstadium-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current capacity of the stadium is 18,439.<sup id="cite_ref-newstadium_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstadium-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was not the first time that an owner had suggested moving out of Loftus Road, with director Antonio Caliendo suggesting, in March 2006, a potential site for a new shopping and leisure development near the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Television Centre">BBC Television Centre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-readytoleave2006_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-readytoleave2006-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then QPR manager, <a href="/wiki/Luigi_De_Canio" title="Luigi De Canio">Luigi De Canio</a>, suggesting in 2008 that the team needed to leave the stadium in order to fulfil its ambitions.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2013, QPR started discussions with Hammersmith and Fulham Council about moving into a new stadium, believed to be at Old Oak Common,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and soon after, in December, confirmed that they would be leaving Loftus Road for the short move across west London.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in July 2014, those plans suffered a setback, with the current tenants at Old Oak – Car Giant – suggesting the club's plans were "speculative and presumptuous".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new stadium was planned to be called New Queens Park. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest,_27_November_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Loftus Road before a game against Nottingham Forest in 2019"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg/800px-Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg/1200px-Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg/1600px-Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest%2C_27_November_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11008" data-file-height="3732" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Loftus_Road_before_QPR_vs_Nottingham_Forest,_27_November_2019.jpg" title="File:Loftus Road before QPR vs Nottingham Forest, 27 November 2019.jpg"> </a></div>Loftus Road before a game against <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Forest">Nottingham Forest</a> in 2019</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naming_history">Naming history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Naming history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1904–2019: Loftus Road Stadium</li> <li>2019–2022: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium</li> <li>2022–2023: Loftus Road Stadium</li> <li>2023–present: MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structures_and_facilities">Structures and facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structures and facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The stadium has a capacity of 18,439.<sup id="cite_ref-lookforsiteguard2011_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lookforsiteguard2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four stands are the Loftus Road End (often shortened to The Loft), The Stanley Bowles Stand, Bhatia Stand and the Achilleus Security Stand, the Upper Tier of which is used by away supporters with the lower tier also allocated when demand justifies it. </p><p>Because of the size of the stadium, supporters find themselves much closer to the pitch compared to many other stadiums. All four of the modern stands meet with no gaps, giving the overall impression of a tightly enclosed stadium. All the stands have two tiers, with the exception of the Stanley Bowles Stand.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bhatia stand, formerly known as the South Africa Road stand, is the biggest of the four stands. It is a two tier stand which includes The Paddocks and contains a row of executive boxes separating The Paddocks and the upper tier. It also houses the dugouts, changing rooms, executive suites, tunnel, club offices, club shop, box office and press conference rooms. The Paddocks area is the cheapest in the ground, whereas the upper tier is the most expensive. The exclusive W12 and C Clubs are located here. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg/220px-Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg/330px-Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg/440px-Loftus_Road_en_Ao%C3%BBt_2016_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The Loftus Road Stadium before a League Cup game between QPR and Swindon Town.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Loft is a two tier stand built in 1981 behind the goal and is traditionally where most members and season ticket holders sit. The lower tier became a Family Stand in the summer of 2012. This is the third most expensive stand to sit in. QPR generally opt to attack this end in the second half because it is believed to be good luck. The police crowd observation box is located in this stand and it is home to the members' bar in the ground, The Blue and White Bar. A new colour scoreboard is located at this end, installed in Summer 2008, on the advertising boards between the upper and lower tiers. As of August 2022 The Lower Loft contains 726 rail seats used for safe standing in Blocks ML, NL and PL.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Stanley Bowles Stand, formerly known as the Ellerslie Road stand, was rebuilt in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-fsfqprhist_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsfqprhist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a single tiered stand and is the smallest in height, but not in noise and capacity. It is home to the "Q Block" where, along with the Loft's P and R blocks QPR's loudest and most partisan following are located. The R Block contains 237 rail seats so the rowdiest fans can stand during the game. This stand is a favourite of some fans because of the view and atmosphere, and is the second most expensive stand in the stadium. It is also home to the commentary and television camera gantry, and is the only stand whose seat colours are not arranged in blue and white hoops, spelling out "QPR" instead and chants of “captain jack” can be heard echoing around the stadium </p><p>At the west end of the stadium is the Achilles Security Stand. The upper tier holds around 1850 seats which are allocated to away fans. with the lower tier now only occupied by home fans for league games, with the exception of cup matches, with the away fans being allocated both the upper and lower tiers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loftus Road was home to professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> team <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a> from September 1996 to the end of the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> season,<sup id="cite_ref-movingmoment_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-movingmoment-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having moved from their home in <a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_London" title="Sudbury, London">Sudbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, as part of the deal in which Chris Wright took control of both Wasps and QPR.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wasps won the <a href="/wiki/English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="English Premiership (rugby union)">English Premiership</a> in their first season at Loftus Road.<sup id="cite_ref-movingmoment_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-movingmoment-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was part of a 7-year ground share deal negotiated by Chris Wright who had just bought Wasps as rugby union became professional. Wasps agreed to move out, to <a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Adams_Park" title="Adams Park">Adams Park</a> ground, at the end of the 2001–02 season to allow <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham F.C.</a> to rent for 2 seasons between 2002 and 2004, while their ground, <a href="/wiki/Craven_Cottage" title="Craven Cottage">Craven Cottage</a>, was redeveloped. It was Fulham's preferred temporary ground, with the other suggested alternative being <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham's</a> <a href="/wiki/Boleyn_Ground" title="Boleyn Ground">Upton Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-movingmoment_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-movingmoment-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was open for Wasps to return,<sup id="cite_ref-movingmoment_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-movingmoment-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Wasps decided not to move back after Fulham left.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been used to host the final of the <a href="/wiki/British_Universities_and_Colleges_Sport" title="British Universities and Colleges Sport">British Universities and Colleges Sport</a> football tournaments.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The venue has also been used to host boxing in the past, with the most notable bout being between Irishman <a href="/wiki/Barry_McGuigan" title="Barry McGuigan">Barry McGuigan</a> and Panamanian <a href="/wiki/Eusebio_Pedroza" title="Eusebio Pedroza">Eusebio Pedroza</a> on 8 June 1985 for the <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Association" title="World Boxing Association">WBA</a> featherweight championship in front of a sold out capacity of 27,000 spectators. The stadium was transformed into a little bit of Ireland for the evening,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <i><a href="/wiki/Ireland%27s_Saturday_Night" title="Ireland's Saturday Night">Ireland's Saturday Night</a></i> on sale, and man dressed as a <a href="/wiki/Leprechaun" title="Leprechaun">leprechaun</a> dancing around the ring before the main event. McGuigan knocked the Panamanian down in the 7th round en route to a unanimous decision win: Pedroza was making the nineteenth defense of his title, and Ireland had not had a boxing world champion for 35 years.<sup id="cite_ref-ourbarry_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourbarry-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band <a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a> performed at the stadium on 10 May 1975, which was recorded and featured on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internationals">Internationals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Internationals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loftus Road hosted two <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_B_team" title="England national football B team">England B</a> internationals. The first was against <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_B_team" title="France national football B team">France B</a> in 1992 with the hosts winning, 2–0,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the other was against <a href="/wiki/Russia-2_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia-2 national football team">Russia-2</a> in 1998 and won, 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-highbeam.com_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highbeam.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was the first 'neutral' venue to capitalise on hosting international friendlies not involving <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-highbeam.com_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highbeam.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-loftusroadtour_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loftusroadtour-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Testimonial" title="Testimonial">testimonial</a> match for <a href="/wiki/Simon_Barker" title="Simon Barker">Simon Barker</a> saw QPR lose to the Jamaica national team by 2–1 in March 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-dazzler_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dazzler-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the national team returning to Loftus Road in 2002 to play <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> where they lost, 1–0.<sup id="cite_ref-jamnigeria_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jamnigeria-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a> requested to play their <a href="/wiki/Euro_2004_qualifying" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro 2004 qualifying">Euro 2004 qualifying</a> match against <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_national_football_team" title="Cyprus national football team">Cyprus</a> as UEFA had banned Israel from hosting home games on its own territory due to security concerns. The application was rejected as there were already five scheduled matches over the course of thirteen days as it was during the time that QPR were sharing Loftus Road with Fulham.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QPR themselves played the <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iranian national team</a> in a pre-season friendly on 23 July 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 November 2006, Australia drew 1–1 with <a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a> in an international friendly at the ground. In 2007 <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> won, 3–1, against Australia at Loftus Road.<sup id="cite_ref-denmark_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denmark-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Australia played another friendly at Loftus Road against <a href="/wiki/South_African_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South African national football team">South Africa</a>, the match ended 2–2.<sup id="cite_ref-aussouthaf_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aussouthaf-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a> won, 2–0, against <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a> at Loftus Road on 3 March 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-ivorycoast_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ivorycoast-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Loftus Road hosted the <a href="/wiki/2015_Saudi_Super_Cup" title="2015 Saudi Super Cup">2015 Saudi Super Cup</a> between <a href="/wiki/Al_Nassr" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Nassr">Al Nassr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Hilal_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Hilal FC">Al Hilal</a>, marking the first time that the competition was held outside of Saudi Arabia. </p><p>The stadium hosted two rugby league internationals. The first was a <a href="/wiki/2004_Rugby_League_Tri-Nations" title="2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations">2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_league_team" title="Australia national rugby league team">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_league_team" title="New Zealand national rugby league team">New Zealand</a> on Saturday 23 October 2004 with Australia winning, 32–16.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other was a <a href="/wiki/2005_Rugby_League_Tri-Nations" title="2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations">2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team" title="Great Britain national rugby league team">Great Britain</a> and New Zealand on 29 October 2005 with New Zealand winning, 42–26.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="List_of_international_football_matches">List of international football matches</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of international football matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_vs._South_Africa,_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg/220px-Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg/330px-Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg/440px-Australia_vs._South_Africa%2C_Loftus_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_928852.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Australia vs South Africa international at the Loftus Road Stadium in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Team #1 </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Team #2 </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> </td> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaica</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-jamnigeria_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jamnigeria-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a> </td> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-showtime_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-showtime-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago national football team">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iceland_national_football_team" title="Iceland national football team">Iceland</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> </td> <td align="center">3–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-denmark_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denmark-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a> </td> <td align="center">2–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national football team">South Africa</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-aussouthaf_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aussouthaf-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a> </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ivorycoast_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ivorycoast-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> stations near the stadium, the closest being <a href="/wiki/White_City_Underground_station" class="mw-redirect" title="White City Underground station">White City</a>, which is on the <a href="/wiki/Central_line_(London_Underground)" title="Central line (London Underground)">Central line</a>, about five minutes walk away from the stadium. A further two minutes walk away is <a href="/wiki/Wood_Lane_tube_station" title="Wood Lane tube station">Wood Lane</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_%26_City_line" title="Hammersmith & City line">Hammersmith & City line</a>. <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_Market_tube_station" title="Shepherd's Bush Market tube station">Shepherd's Bush Market</a> is also on the Hammersmith & City line. Other nearby stations include those at <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_tube_station" title="Shepherd's Bush tube station">Shepherd's Bush</a> on the Central line, and <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_railway_station" title="Shepherd's Bush railway station">Shepherd's Bush</a> which operates trains on the <a href="/wiki/London_Overground" title="London Overground">London Overground</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern (train operating company)">Southern</a> networks.<sup id="cite_ref-directions_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directions-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Underground stations have on rare occasions been a means for Away teams to arrive, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a>'s players arrived via the tube station in 2008 after their coach got stuck in traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of <a href="/wiki/London_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="London Bus">London Bus</a> routes run near the stadium. From South Africa Road to the north, the <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_228" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 228">228</a> runs in both directions, terminating at <a href="/wiki/Maida_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Maida Hill">Maida Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Middlesex_Hospital" title="Central Middlesex Hospital">Central Middlesex Hospital</a>. On the same road, the <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_283" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 283">283</a> runs through to <a href="/wiki/East_Acton" title="East Acton">East Acton</a>, and although it does not stop when running in the other direction on South Africa Road, it does stop on the adjacent Bloemfontein Road. Other buses nearby are the <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_260" class="mw-redirect" title="London Buses route 260">260</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_207" title="London Buses route 207">207</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Buses_route_SL8" title="London Buses route SL8">SL8</a>, each of which run down the <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_Road" title="Uxbridge Road">Uxbridge Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loftus_Road&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Specific</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-lookforsiteguard2011-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lookforsiteguard2011_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lookforsiteguard2011_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/28/qpr-owner-45000-venue-loftus-road">"QPR looking for site for 45,000-seat venue to replace Loftus Road"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 28 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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