Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End
Coca-Cola Championship
Saturday 5th April, 3pm kick-off

Final Score: QPR2 PNE 2

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90+4 min: It's all over. Scenes of celebration for QPR fans but though it's another game unbeaten and another vital point it feels like a defeat for Preston as they lose all three points in awful circumstances.

90+2 min: Guess what. It's a sickener for PNE. Dexter Blackstock deep into injury-time heads home to equalise and all of North End's good work is undone. To be fair QPR threw everything but the kitchen sink at Alan Irvine's side in the closing stages and it paid off in dramatic style.

90 min: All the talk before the game was of Patrick Agyemang getting a goal against his former club but it was another former North Ender who hands QPR a lifeline, Gareth Ainsworth with a fortuitous looping lob that beats Lonergan all ends up.

85 min: QPR are enjoying their best spell of the game and there are a few goalmouth scrambles that the PNE defence have to deal with but they hold their nerve and stand their ground well.

82 min: A bizarre sequence of events almost leads to QPR getting a goal back. Sedgwick smashes the ball clear but it cannons off the referee and ends up in the opposite direction and out for a QPR throw-in. The action continues and a ball is floated across the box to the back post, Lonergan and Mawene both leave the ball for each other and Blackstock almost sneaks in.

79 min: Fitz Hall tries a shot from distance, although trading standards might be on to me for calling it a shot, it was more a trickly effort that ended up somewhere near the corner flag.

76 min: The midfielder is back on the field but it's Agyemang who is in the thick of the action. He takes advantage of some indecision in the PNE defence and almost profits, he got a toe to the ball before Lonergan arrived on the scene but unfortunately for Patrick the ball trickled the wrong side of the post.

76 min: McKenna, the skipper draws blood after Mikele Leigertwood leaves a stud-mark in his face!

74 min: It's raining at Loftus Road, but the PNE fans are singing in the rain.

68 min: Comply Or Die wins the National but it's North End who almost go clear of the field when Tamas Priskin rises unmarked in the box and powers a header towards goal, it takes an acrobatic save from Lee Camp to stop the ball landing in the back of the net.

64 min: It's 2-0 to North End!!! Majestic skills from Sedgwick on the left flank take him past two defenders in the QPR box and he drills the ball into the six-yard box, Priskin is in there and the ball seems to richochet off a QPR player and off the Hungarian into the box. Priskin's claiming it.

60 min: We've just lost one striker and we almost lost another as Tamas Priskin is left flattened in the centre-circle for a good minute or two whilst QPR launch a strong attack. The ball is finally put out of play for the Hungarian to receive treatment. QPR make a change during the break in play with Rowlands being replaced by Balanta on the right-wing. Priskin also comes onto the pitch after a bit of treatment.

59 min: Today's attendance is 14,966 and a lot of those fans are resplendent in bowler hats. Yes, of course, it's the Return of the Gentry.

57 min: They're off in the National.

53 min: Hogan Ephraim must have had a half-time rocket up the backside as he's been involved in everything good about QPR's play in the second half. The diminutive midfielder bursting onto the ball in the box and he almost comes up with the ball clean through on goal but it just left him at the last minute,

47 min: Priskin makes an immediate impact and is upended twice in the space of a minute. The second time of which is significant because it comes in the QPR penalty-box. Amazingly neither the linesman or the referee spot Fitz Hall clipping the Hungarian's heels. That's just daft.

46 min: There are some TV screens in the press-box which are mercifully showing the Grand National coverage so we'll keep you updated.

1604: Priskin's on and Mellor's off, the rumours were right!

1601: I must have missed it but apparently Neil Mellor has picked up an injury of sorts in the closing stages of the first-half and there are rumours that he will be replaced. Shame really as he was posing all sorts of problems for the Hoops defence.

1550: It's half-time entertainment, but not as we know it! Four inflatable Pritt-Sticks have just been placed on the pitch, I'm saying inflatable but one of them is looking a little deflated. There are several kids on the pitch waiting in earnest, it's my guess that they are going to be dribbling around these obstacles.

45 min: Two minutes of added time are indicated by the fourth official and just as that happens Michael Mancienne is given plenty of room to get at goal and he drifts in from his right-back position before hammering an effort that looks like it has Lonergan beaten but it drifts just wide.

45 min: Another corner from the right causes consternation for the Hoops. This time Sean St. Ledger is given the freedom of the Borough of Hammersmith to power a header at goal. The defender will feel that he should have done a lot better with his effort though as it almost found the second tier of the stand!

44 min: Stewards enquiry. Apparently it was Paul McKenna's corner which led to Preston's opener. Sorry Kenna.

42 min: The second booking of the afternoon is another one for QPR. Connolly sliding in late onto Billy Jones' ankle, Ouch, that looked like it hurt.

37 min: Lonergan's save might have been the turning point of the game as North End are ahead!!! The ball was pumped right up the other end of the field and Fitz Hall was forced to concede a corner. Carter stepped up and sent an inswinging one into the box, Mawene flicked it on and Neil Mellor was there to power the ball into the back of the net on the volley. Get in!!!

36 min: The Hoops fans soon have something to get loud about. As Youl Mawene's touch lets him down in front of goal and Dexter Blackstock is through on goal, Blackstock gets to the edge of the box before unleashing a shot that Lonergan does brilliantly to parry wide, great save by the keeper, how many times have we said that this season!

35 min: It's gone a bit quiet and the North End fans are reminding the QPR fans of that fact by going shush!

29 min: Preston really are playing the better football and both Sedgwick and and Whaley are getting in behind their full-backs and putting balls in across the six-yard box. QPR have two bean-pole central defenders in Fitz Hall and Damion Stewart and they don't look comfortable in trying to deal with the low stuff. Keep it up North End!

25 min: The older drunken gentleman I referred to earlier is getting a talking to from the stewards. He's standing up too much and as we all know that's against the draconian rules which are in place at football grounds these days. All of a sudden the crowd are in full support of the old geezer and if I could understand their funny London accents I'd be able to tell you what they were chanting.

22 min: North End carve QPR open again down the left flank. This time Brown sends Whaley away and the speedy wingman clips the ball to the far post where Sedgwick is waiting to square a ball into the path of Mellor, the striker has the goal at his mercy but the ball is behind him and Mellor has to lay it back to Carter who slices the ball over the bar. Great football from Irvine's men.

21 min: St. Ledger is on the end of a Carter corner on the right and he loops a header towards goal but Camp deals with it comfortably.

20 min: A QPR fan down to the left of the press box is trying to rouse the Loftus Road crowd with a virtuoso chanting and singing performance, he's a bit old, and slightly worse for wear after one two many pre-match shandies. He's being ignored by most of the fans around him.

14 min: The first glimpse of Agyemang's pace and it takes him clear of Mawene down the left flank. But Agyemang's ball across the face of goal is comfortably dealt with by Billy Jones.

13 min: Martin Rowlands is the first name in the book, a late lunge on Darren Carter earns him a stern chat from referee Mr Clive Penton.

9 min: PNE are all over them like a cheap suit! Whaley has a chance on the left again, this time as Brown slots the winger through in the channel, Whaley's left-footed shot heads towards the near post and Camp is forced to turn it around for a corner. PNE take it quickly and Whaley dabs a ball across the face of goal and Sedgwick flicks a header into the path of Brown who has a shot at point-blank range, a combination of defender and keeper steer the ball wide for another corner.

7 min: A positive starts from Alan Irvine's men. They are enjoying the territorial advantage in the opening exchanges of the game and QPR are having to hit PNE on the break.

4 min: A great chance for PNE. Whaley, Davidson and Carter are pinging the ball about on the edge of the box and Davidson attempts to play a ball through into the box and it richochets into the path of Mellor in the left channel. Camp comes out to close the angle down and makes a good save at Mellor's feet.

2 min: Apologies for the lack text. The BBC's resident North End fan Paul Fletcher was bending my ear on Preston's prospects for the season. As you've probably guessed, we are underway.

1443: There's a lot of money around these parts and that is clearly evident by the number of security guards and body guards that are in the vicinity. Wonder whether Flavio Briatore will be here or at the Bahrain Grand Prix this afternoon.

1438: This is my first visit to Loftus Road and though it is quite a little compact ground the press box is surprisingly spacious.

1436: Regular Whites World listeners can listen to BBC Radio London's commentary should they prefer a slightly more experienced commentry experience.

So no changes for North End this afternoon, the only difference being that Alan Irvine's team are lining up in the all-red kit. The last time they played in that kit they demolished Derby County in the FA Cup.

QPR: Camp, Mahon, Stewart, Mancienne, Blackstock, Rowlands, Connolly, Agyemang, Ephraim, Hall, Leigertwood. Subs: Pickens, Barker, Ainsworth, Lee, Balanta.
PNE: Lonergan, Davidson, Mawene, Sedgwick, Brown, Carter, St. Ledger, Whaley, McKenna, Jones, Mellor. Subs: C Neal, Chaplow, Hill, Neal, Priskin.

1427: Dave Whillis and Gareth Hollinghurst are the Whites World commentary duo this afternoon. A couple of Preston North End fans they've been drafted in at the last moment to provide some biased views. It's their first effort so be gentle with them.

1424: No team news as yet but both teams are being put through their paces on the Loftus Road turf.

1421: We're finally online after a few technical difficulties. Hopefully that will be the only problem we encounter this afternoon.