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Nice Vital Football/QPR Interview with journalist and football man, Dennis Signy - "Dennis has had a long and illustrious history in football working for QPR, Brentford and Barnet, as well as working for the media covering the latter two clubs. Here he discusses the Alec Stock era in great detail, Rangers move to White City and back again, and the impact Chairman Jim Gregory had on the club...Signy Q&A
Ex-QPR Goalie, Chris Day, Turns 33
Born July 28, 1975.Joined QPR six years ago on a free Transfer from Watford as Ian Holloway started rebuilding the team after their relegation to the (old) Division Three. Played 87 games for QPR including the Playoff Final defeat in Cardiff. A year after our return to the First Division, Day joined Oldham on a free. Now with Millwall.
Ray Wilkins originally tried to sign Day when he was an England-U-21 goalie at Spurs (at the same time that Wilkins signed Steve Slade) Soccerbase
Flashback One Year: QPR's Team One Year Ago against Wycombe:
QPR played a pre-season friendly at Wycombe, July 28, 2007 (winning 1-0). QPR's team: Lee Camp (Jake Cole 65), Michael Mancienne, Dominic Shimmin (Sam Timoska 56), Damion Stewart, John Curtis (Zesh Rehman 79), Danny Nardiello (Stefan Moore 56), Adam Bolder, Simon Walton (Stefan Bailey 86), Martin Rowlands, Dexter Blackstock (Marc Nygaard 79), Ray Jones(Ben Sahar 56). - Match Reports
Mark Bosnich Update
Mark Bosnich, who trained with QPR for several months last year, made his full return to football in Australia, keeping a clean sheet and saving a penalty ( even as the Sun has a sad snippet Mark Bosnich Goes Bankrupt )
Herald Sun- July 28, 2008 - Mark Bosnich stars in game that may save his Career
FORMER cocaine addict Mark Bosnich made a fairytale soccer comeback yesterday in his first competitive match for seven years.
The one-time Socceroos, Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa goalkeeper made four great saves and kept a clean sheet for Central Coast Mariners.
The on-trial outing could finally see him resurrect a top-flight career he destroyed.
After the 3-0 pre-season cup victory against Sydney FC in Gosford, a smiling Bosnich said: "One swallow doesn't make a summer -- there's still a long way to go. If today went another way I'd still say the same thing."
Infamously dismissed from his $60,000-a-week contract at Chelsea in 2001 after testing positive for cocaine, Bosnich quit the game.
His life then descended into public pantomime as Britain's newspapers tracked his drug-addled and stormy relationship with supermodel Sophie Anderton, also an addict.
But those dark days looked long behind him yesterday as he showed the form that made him one of the most respected keepers in the game and an Australian hero in the 1990s.
He said at the post-match press-conference: "Experience has taught me not to get too out of control but it was a really good start."
Sydney coach John Kosmina didn't think the Mariners were three goals better, but admitted Bosnich was "the difference between the teams".
Desperate to get his life back on track, Bosnich - who last year did months of fitness training with London club Queens Park Rangers - admitted he was very nervous.
But when he made his first spectacular save - turning a rocket shot over the bar with one hand - the 36-year-old grew in confidence. He also saved a penalty.
Bosnich said: "It was a pleasure to play and I am really thankful to everybody. I'd like to thank people like (radio king) Alan Jones, who has been in my thoughts and prayers (due to a cancer operation). He's been a fantastic help and I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for him.
"It was a very important step for me today. There's still three weeks to go before the start of the season."
Bosnich got his chance with the Mariners as regular keeper Danny Vukovic is about to serve a suspension.
He said: "If Danny can play the first two games that will give me extra weeks to get into super-fit condition.
"I am just trying to be a little bit humble -- balanced -- for once. It felt really good."
Yet to make a decision on whether to give Bosnich a contract, Mariners manager Lawrie McKinna said: "It's not one game -- it's the full package, it's how he goes at training too. But he's feeling great about himself and we're feeling great for him.
"Mark had a lot to lose today. He could have had a nightmare and everybody would have said 'you're too old'. But he's played well. And as he says, he can take another step forward next week." Herald Sun
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Snippets: Q&A With Dennis Signy On The Old QPR of Stock and Gregory...Ex-QPR Goalie, Chris Day Birthday...Bosnich Update
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