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[Steve Russell]

.....inducted into the Forever R's Club.
Good news from the Club...

'BILLY Barnes, Alf Ridyard and Arthur Longbottom will posthumously be inducted into the Forever R’s Club
when QPR host Stoke City at MATRADE Loftus Road this weekend.

The trio all made in excess of 200 appearances for us and are worthy inductions to our former players’ association.

Barnes, a tricky winger, was named captain as soon as he arrived at the club in 1907. He spent six years with us
and made 234 appearances, scoring 37 goals.

Ridyard was signed for £625 in 1938. The centre-back spent a decade at QPR and made 231 appearances, scoring
nine times during his period with us.

Nearly 200 of his matches for the club came during wartime.

After retiring, Ridyard became assistant manager and later had a spell as chief coach before going on to become
head scout.

Striker Longbottom made 212 outings and scored 67 goals for Rangers between 1954 and 1961.

He was the club’s top scorer three years in a row between 1956/57 and 1958/59.

Coincidentally, Longbottom’s posthumous induction will come 67 years to the day he scored four in a 5-1 win at
Northampton Town, which is also the last time a Rangers player scored four times in an away game.

We look forward to welcoming the families of Billy, Alf and Arthur to W12 on Saturday.'

[Kerrins]

Good!