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HORROR FLASHBACK: QPR GO INTO ADMINISTRATION
April 2, 2001 - QPR Official Statement - RANGERS IN ADMINISTRATION
The
Board of Loftus Road PLC regrets to inform shareholders and supporters
that after consultation with its advisors it has decided that the best
course of action to help ensure the Group's longer term survival, is to
put the holding company, Loftus Road PLC, and its wholly owned
subsidiary The Queens Park Rangers Football and Athletic Club Ltd (QPR),
into administration.
This decision has not been taken lightly and is
a direct result of the losses incurred by the Group, currently running
at �570,000 per month, over a sustained period of time.
The main
objective of the Board is not only to ensure the continued operation of
QPR and Wasps as professional sports teams in the short term, but to
maximise their opportunity for a more prosperous future.
Chris Wright
will be honouring his prior commitment to the Group and providing
whatever financial support is necessary to ensure the continued running
of the Clubs until a long term successor can be found or, initially,
until at least the end of October 2001.
Chris Wright said :"It is
a very sad day for everyone involved in Loftus Road. The last six
months have been a real struggle financially and although my intention
was to secure a sale to the right buyer before having to take this
decision, it has not been forthcoming. I will continue to fund the day
to day running of the Group until the end of the season and help to find
a purchaser for QPR and Wasps.
Hopefully the day to day impact on
the operation of QPR and Wasps as professional sports teams will be
negligible, at least in the short term, and will in fact make the longer
term more viable. My support for both Clubs remains undiminished and my
greatest wish would be for the right individual with ready funds,
energy and ideas to step in and secure their future as soon as
possible." QPR Official
BBC, 2 April, 2001 - QPR put into administration
Troubled Queens Park Rangers plight worsened when the club were put into administration on Monday.
A
statement on the club's website read: "The decision has not been taken
lightly and is a direct result of the losses incurred by the Group,
currently running at £570,000 per month, over a sustained period of
time."
The club is owned by Loftus Road plc and shares in the company have been suspended.
This move comes after chairman Chris Wright failed to find a buyer for the club.
Hopefully the day to day impact on the operation of QPR and Wasps as professional sports teams will be negligible
Wright was believed to be in discussions with former director Andrew Ellis, but those talks seem to have broken down.
QPR
share their Loftus Road ground with Wasps and Wright says he will
continue to finance the day-to-day running of the club until the end of
the season.
The London club's problems could further deteriorate if they lose their battle against relegation.
Wright said: "It is a very sad day for everyone involved in Loftus Road.
"The
last six months have been a real struggle financially and although my
intention was to secure a sale to the right buyer before having to take
this decision, it has not been forthcoming.
"I will continue to
fund the day to day running of the Group until the end of the season and
help to find a purchaser for QPR and Wasps.
"Hopefully the day to
day impact on the operation of QPR and Wasps as professional sports
teams will be negligible, at least in the short term, and will in fact
make the longer term more viable." BBC
INDEPENDENT/Nick Harris - QPR go into administration
Tuesday, 3 April 2001
Queen's
Park Rangers went into administration last night after the struggling
First Division club's parent company announced its losses are running at
£575,000 a month. "This decision [to put QPR into administration] has
not been taken lightly and is a direct result of the losses incurred by
the group," a statement from Loftus Road plc, which also owns Wasps
rugby club, said last night.
Queen's Park Rangers went into
administration last night after the struggling First Division club's
parent company announced its losses are running at £575,000 a month.
"This decision [to put QPR into administration] has not been taken
lightly and is a direct result of the losses incurred by the group," a
statement from Loftus Road plc, which also owns Wasps rugby club, said
last night.
Wasps have not been put in administration because a
takeover by an unnamed buyer is understood to be imminent. It has been
reported that a former director of QPR, Andrew Ellis, is considering a
takeover of the football club but negotiations are understood to be in
their infancy.
Chris Wright, who stepped down as QPR chairman
earlier this year, seems destined to lose the majority of the £20m
investment he has put into the football club. He said last night,
however, that he would continue to fund both QPR and Wasps until October
or until buyers for them are found, whichever comes sooner. "Hopefully
the day-to-day impact on the operation of QPR and Wasps as professional
sports teams will be negligible, at least in the short term, and will in
fact make the longer term more viable," he said.
BBC - Tuesday, 3 April, 2001 - Rangers safe, say administrators
The newly-appointed administrators of Queens Park Rangers have insisted the First Division club's future is not under threat.
Ray
Hocking and Simon Michaels, of BDO Stoy Hayward Business Recovery
Services, have been appointed joint administrators to holding company
Loftus Road plc and their wholly-owned subsidiary QPR.
The
administration was applied for by directors of Loftus Road plc as the
best course of action for their long-term survival. The company have
amassed debts of up to £11m.
"I don't see it as an
existence-threatening position. I see it as a necessary step to ensure
in the future there will be a Queens Park Rangers," said Hocking.
"Our priority is to secure a buyer for the company and the club and to ensure that creditors receive their monies."
There's no panic to dispose of this in the next few days or the next few weeks
Ray Hocking, QPR administrator
Chris
Wright, majority shareholder and chairman of Loftus Road plc, will
continue to fund the club and Hocking confirmed that rugby union club
Wasps - another subsidiary of Loftus Road plc - has not been put into
administration.
Hocking insisted he was in no rush to find a buyer
for the company and the club and said: "It could take a couple of weeks
and it could take a season or more. It really does depend on who comes
along.
"We will wait until we get the right offer. There's no
panic to dispose of this in the next few days or the next few weeks. We
are looking at a long-term survival programme here, not a quick fix."
Hocking
also stressed the club's assets were worth more than their liabilities.
"The club owns its ground and its training ground and they are worth
considerable sums of money," he said.
I think it's fair to say that the atmosphere among the players is pretty good
David Davies, chief executive of Loftus Road plc
"Any offers that include those have got to be considerable. We have got to be looking well above the £15-20m mark."
David
Davies, the newly-appointed chief executive of Loftus Road plc, said
the players, currently battling against relegation, remained positive.
"I
think it's fair to say that the atmosphere among the players is pretty
good," he said. " I see it as the beginning of a new era for QPR. BBC
TELEGRAPH
QPR kicks into administration as Man Utd tops profit league
By Benjamin Wootliff 03 Apr 2001
IT
was a game of two halves yesterday as Manchester United announced
record profits while its former Premier League rival Queens Park Rangers
was put into administration...
By contrast, West London's Queens
Park Rangers was heading to the biggest drop of all when holding
company Loftus Road, which also owns the Wasps rugby club, admitted that
it had run out of money, and had its share listing cancelled ahead of
calling in administrators.
Chairman Chris Wright, who had been
effectively bankrolling Loftus Road, said: "Although my intention was to
secure a sale to the right buyer before having to take this decision,
it has not been forthcoming."
Earlier, the club refused to
comment on rumours that former director and property investor Andrew
Ellis had offered £9m to buy the club and move QPR to a new West London
site near Heathrow Airport, while redeveloping the existing ground.
QPR's plight knocked the shares of rival Nottingham Forest, which tumbled 4.5 to 12p...." Administration
FLASHBACK 6 YEARS
Six years ago:
MAIL April 2008 - QPR striker Vine breaks leg and is out for rest of season
Queens Park Rangers striker Rowan Vine will miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken leg in training.
The 25-year-old requires an operation after fracturing his left leg towards the end of today's training session.
Out for season: QPR forward Rowan Vine has broken his leg in training and will miss the rest of the season
We are nothing like Chelsea, says QPR vice-chairman Bhatia as he reveals Rangers' masterplan
Rangers
physio Paul Hunter said: "Rowan is understandably upset right now, but
he is already thinking about getting himself fit as soon as possible."
Vine has hit seven goals for the west Londoners since joining from Birmingham in January for £1million.
He
has helped the club climb from relegation trouble in the Championship,
with a top half finish possible if they finish the season strongly.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-556008/QPR-striker-Vine-breaks-leg-rest-season.html#ixzz1qxSzoE3y
- Ref for QPR's Game at Bournemouth is Jonathan Moss: 97 Yellow and 3 Red (including 6 Yellow in QPR-Derby Game)
- Video Flashback: QPR Win the London Evening Standard Five-a-side Competition - 1985
- Other old Video: QPR of 1923, 1948, 1958, 1962,
- 75 Years of Supporting QPR: John "Gramps" Clifford
- Flashback 5 Years: Sousa - I won't Get Fired by QPR
- Comprehensive, Explaining Financial Fair Play (FFP)
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