Ex-QPR Update

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Iorfa Talks Big...Peter Crouch Wants to Stay at Liverpool...Danny Dichio spends July 4 in Utah...Trevor Challis signs new deal. Former QPR Chairman, Bill Powers faces "competing" consortium takeover effort at Swindon...EJuly 4th Birthday for Ned Zelic...Three July 2nd Birthdays

Born on the 4th of July: Ned Zelic (1971)

Three Ex-QPR born, July 2nd: Steve Morrow (1970), Matt Brazier (1976)and Tim Breacker - (1965)

Peter Crouch says he want to stay at Liverpool and Liverpool say they want him to stay, despite Liverpool's new signing - Independent.

Danny Dichio: 07/03/2007 Toronto FC trip swings through Utah
REAL SALT LAKE v TORONTO FC RICE-ECCLES STADIUM, Salt Lake City, Utah 8 p.m. MT (KSL; RSN [Ont.]) In Toronto's last game, Dichio scored again: "...Dichio it was his fifth goal in nine games ..." Toronto

Dominic Iorfa - Scotsmsn - We'll put four past you, predict confident Nigerians
GRAEME MCNEIL
"NIGERIA head coach Idan Ladan Bosso bawled at his players through a tough training workout here yesterday that would have left the casual observer to conclude that it was the Africans, and not Scotland, who had everything to lose ahead of tomorrow's Group F clash at the Under-20 World Cup...
More talkative on Scotland's chances, or lack of them, was Dominic Iorfa, board member of the Nigerian Football Association and former Royal Antwerp, QPR, Galatasaray and, for three games in 1996, Falkirk player.
"We'll be playing to beat them by at least four. Anything less than three would be disappointing," said Iorfa. "Scotland will find it very difficult to beat Nigeria. They don't look strong enough mentally or physically. Scottish teams always lack something in competition play, from the Under-20s to the senior team."
When asked if the Nigerians knew any of the Scottish players Iorfa was dismissive. He said: "In modern football it doesn't matter. After five or ten minutes on the pitch you can see what they are doing and adapt. We are one of the favourites. There is no point in studying Scotland or Japan, we'll take each game as it comes. We are looking to progress from the group and go to at least the final four - it doesn't matter who we face."
Such bombast could normally be written off as overblown pride, but Iorfa knows of which he speaks having won 25 caps for Nigeria between 1986 and 1996, including being a member of the 1988 Nigerian Olympic squad.
Scotland will need to get over Sunday's disappointment quickly if they are to pose a challenge to one of the most fancied teams in the tournament...
Scotsman

Ex-QPR Trevor Challis recently signed a new deal at Weymouth
BBC Sport, June 29, 2007 "Two more sign new Weymouth deals Weymouth captain Trevor Challis and goalkeeper Jason Matthews have signed new one-year contracts..." BBC
Challis Weymouth Profile

At Swindon: More on the alternative consortium to the one headed by former QPR Chairman, Bill Power : Swindon Advertiser "Foreign legion set for Swindon -
A FOREIGN investor is set to plough millions of pounds into the County Ground to save Swindon Town from financial ruin.
The club revealed yesterday they have attracted "significant investment" that will see a new consortium take over within the next eight weeks, and "disperse forever the dark financial clouds" hanging over the County Ground.
The Swindon Advertiser understands a foreign businesman is leading the bid, with promises to clear the £900,000 Company Voluntary Arrangement bill, pay off other remaining debts and provide a substantial transfer kitty...." Swindon Advertiser

TRUST IS COOL ON SWINDON TAKEOVER PLAN
Western Daily Press
Swindon Town Supporters' Trust chairman Paul Davis believes that a large section of the club's fans remain sceptical after the current board revealed that a new consortium had entered formal talks over a takeover.
Swindon director Bob Holt yesterday claimed that the club could have new owners within two months after revealing that a fresh set of potential investors were preparing to examine the Robins' current financial state with a view to completing a deal within the next eight weeks.
But Davis, who spoke to a number of supporters yesterday, believes the club will have to reveal further details of the group's identity and their intentions before fans warm to the idea.
Davis said: "We have seen nothing concrete and the statement raises more questions than it answers.
"The fans want to know more about who this new consortium is, what level of funds they are going to commit and what their long-term intentions are."
Davis also insisted that the Bill Power-backed Fans Consortium would continue to pursue their interest in their bid to buy the club."The Fans' Consortium position remains as it was," Davis added."Due diligence is just the start of the formal talks process and there is no guarantees that any discussions will be concluded successfully..." Western Daily Press