QPR Snippets

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(<strong>Updated 11:30 am GMT)

From The Times "The top 50 football kits"
"...17. QPR 1969 Rodney Marsh (yes, THAT Rodney Marsh) inspired Rangers from third division to first in the blue and white hoops." The Times

After last night's Colchester game, QPR have played eight games and gotten three points. Just over a year ago, Gary Waddock's last league game in charge came against Colchester. After that loss, QPR had six points from eight games, and Waddock was removed as manager (after one more cup game).
(QPR's team from the Colchester game, just over a year ago: Cole, Rose, Stewart, Rehman, Milanese, Baidoo (Donnelly 79), Ward, Bircham, Cook, Nygaard, Ray Jones (Czerkas 45). Subs: Bignot, Bailey, Kanyuka.)

Nick Ward Called up for Australia U-23 Olympics Squad for their game against Lebanon. - Australia

Bosnich Seeks Comeback-One Last ShotBy David Hall, FOX Sports Australia
A week is a long time in football, but as Mark Bosnich found out, five years is a lifetime.
After being sacked by Chelsea in 2002 for failing a drug test and battling cocaine addiction and weight problems, the former Socceroo has spent years trying to get his life back on track.
Now the disgraced star is making a comeback, training with English Championship side Queens Park Rangers under former Chelsea teammate Ed de Goey, and hoping for one last shot in professional football.
Talking to FOX SPORTS in London, Bosnich admits he didn’t realise how important football was to him, and how much it means to make the most of his future.
“Sometimes you don’t know how much you miss something until it’s gone,” he says.
“For quite a while I didn’t miss football but toward the end (of his time out of the game) I realised how much I missed being outside, having a healthy lifestyle and being around the guys.
“I didn’t realise the best remedy for anything I had was to keep training and be healthy.”
De Goey admits to having some concerns about the former Manchester United keeper, but says he’s working hard to get back to full fitness.
“He’s doing very well. The first day he came in, I thought, “Oh my God, what’s happening here?’” de Goey says.
“But he’s worked very hard, he’s lost more than two stone and he’s looking fitter by the day.
“I think he can come back. It depends on if a club wants him and will sign him up, but he’s getting fitter and sharper every day” See part one of this exclusive interview with Mark Bosnich on Total Football, tonight at 7.30pm on FOX SPORTS ONE - REport

The Sun reports QPR bid this seasonfor Luton's David Bell. "Luton midfielder David Bell is being watched by Portsmouth and West Brom. Championship strugglers QPR had a £500,000 bid for the 23-year-old rejected this season." - The Sun

Ex-QPR Chairman Bill Power re Swindon
Power gets court date - By Nick Mashiter
Bill Power has thrown his support behind the Portuguese consortium as their protracted takeover of Swindon Town continues and he prepares to take the club's existing board to court.
He and Town will meet on November 9 in the High Couirt in London to settle their dispute over the £1.2 million Power claims he loaned them last May.
The money, which Town insist was a share option, is believed to be one of the issues delaying Best Holding's £6 million takeover at the County Ground. The case adds to the club's woes after it was revealed the players were only due to be paid for September yesterday.
It ended a bad midweek after the club were beaten 2-1 at Swansea on Tuesday.
"If there is a sticking point I know who it will be coming from and it will not be from the new owners," said Power. "I have been reasonable every single step of the way and given them a million opportunities, which they have refused.
We have to resolve it amicably, which will now be done in court, but I don't know why we couldn't do it man to man."
Power has been using his contacts at his former club to find out more information about chairman designate Jim Little and future general manager Jose Veiga.
"I know an ex-QPR player, who is an agent and played in Portugal, who knows them and he said they are absolutely bone fide," he said.
"If they say they have £2 million, six or even 20 then they have it." Little said the consortium was committed. "I am confident we will be able to say something soon about the final completion because both parties really want it done," he said. Swindon Advertiser

Previously: Swindon Advertiser - Swindon Town: Stop gambling with club, says Power
BILL Power insists his Town rescue package is still on the table and has pleaded with all parties involved in the takeover saga to stop gambling with the club's future.
The former investor at the County Ground provided the financial backing for the fans' consortium's failed bid to buy the club over a year ago but, with the Portuguese deal still shrouded in uncertainty, Power claims their interest has never faltered.
Yesterday's revelations in the Swindon Advertiser that the players' wages for September had been delayed, due to a stalemate between the current board and the prospective new owners, highlighted the gravity of the financial situation at the County Ground.
With immediate debts running to more than £3million, including a three-month overdue Company Voluntary Agreement, Power has urged everyone involved to stop playing games and secure a deal that will safeguard Town's long-term future.
He insists he would be "over the moon" if the Portuguese consortium completed the purchase of the club successfully but warns time is running out with creditors and the football league watching the situation with interest.
The former QPR chairman knows a third spell in administration, the likely outcome if the £900,000 CVA bill remains unpaid, would bring the very real danger of a winding up order.
He said: "You get into a game of poker and play until everyone's money runs out.
"The problem is there can be no bluffing in football.
"If these Portuguese people are here and have the money then I would plead with the club to take their money to save Swindon Town.
"I love Swindon Town and of course I am interested and am willing to speak to the club.
"We have not got £6million like the others have but we are still here and want to keep the club running.
"If the deal with the Portuguese people does not go through I can't see they have many options left.
"The problem is the club have never indicated any interest in dealing with us."
Power is currently in the middle of a legal battle against the club, after claiming he is owed £1.2m which the current owners deny, but he insists the past should not deny Town a future.
He said: "When you get divorced, you don't stalk your ex-wife you just get on with your life.
"But if they show interest in listening to us of course our offer is still there.
"We have never gone away to be honest.
"The football club is a lot of people's lives and everything has to be done to make sure it keeps going.
"I hope everyone is of the same attitude." Swindon Advertiser

See also yesterday's Swindon Advertiser "Little: 'Deal is killing us'