One Year Flashback - Sensationalist Headline "QPR Face The Drop Over Loan Deal"

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One year ago...another item to make hardened QPR fans worry, even as felt for sure it was just media hype! But certainly it's a very different QPR today

Sunday Mirror/Paul Smith - July 8, 2007 - QPR FACE DROP OVER LOAN DEAL
QUEENS Park Rangers face being relegated from the Championship or handicapped with a severe points deduction when the Football League board meet on Thursday.
The League is furious that QPR seriously breached their rules by entering into an illegal loan agreement with League One Oldham.
They borrowed £500,000 against the future sale of 24-year-old winger Lee Cook. The Football League has ordered QPR to repay the money.
But QPR's financial crisis has deepened leaving them in a perilous position after the original cheque they issued to - repay Oldham bounced.
However, QPR chairman Gianni Paladini insisted last night: "We paid the cheque to Oldham on Friday. I can tell you now that everything is satisfactory."
A Football League source said: "We have unlimited powers to take an acceptable course of action in the case of QPR." Sunday Mirror
Also: Links to earlier,more "grounded" stories re Blitz/QPR


Rather more prosaically, two years ago:

Two years ago, yesterday: QPR, after announced the signing of Nick Ward "QPR Official Site - WARD SIGNS

And two years ago, today: July 8, 2006: Gary Waddock's QPR opened up their pre-season games with a 1-1 draw at Alderhot. Reports and Comments
QPR first half: Thomas, Bignot, Tonkin, Armel, Tobi, Kanyuka, Ainsworth, Olisen, Moore, Doherty, Baidoo
QPR second half: Thomas, Kanyuka (Tobi), Munday, Cook, Evatt, Lomas, Donnelly, Gallen, Bailey, Trialist, Hislop - Scorers: Doherty
Aldershot: Bull, Smith, Anderson (Milletti), Lee, Edwards, Winfield, Soares, Molesley, Grant, Gayle, Williams - Reports and Comments. -- Further comments and photos

[The four trialists who played vs Aldershot "Egutu Oliseh...left-back Anthony Tonkin, who made nearly 100 appearances for Crewe during the last three years, as well as Congolese striker Betu Tshamanga and former Bristol Rovers centre-back Tobi Jinadu." Kilburn Times


And Three Years ago this week, Padula Joined Nottingham Forest
BBC -July 6, 2005 - Forest sign QPR left-back Padula
League One side Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of QPR left-back Gino Padula on a free transfer.
The 29-year-old Argentine has signed a two-year contract with the City Ground side after his deal with Rangers expired at the end of last season..BBC