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Blackpool vs QPR - Tonight's Teams:
QPR: Camp, Delaney, Stewart, Mahon, Leigertwood, Routledge, Gorkss, Connolly, Cook, Miller, Helguson. Subs: Bulmer, Hall, Blackstock, Di Carmine, Ephraim.
Blackpool: Rachubka, Evatt, O'Donovan, Campbell, Vaughan, Taylor-Fletcher, Fox, Martin, Edwards, Barker, Harte. Subs: Gilks, Crainey, Baptiste, Nemeth, Owens.
Teams
Note: Blackpool report they haven't won back-to-back home wins for over a year.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
"MoneyBags" QPR at Blackpool...Rehman Looking Forward to Bradford
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Blackpool vs QPR Tonight
Kaspar Gorkss' QPR travel to Ian Evatt & Danny Nardiello's Blackpool tonight. Blackpool's Squad...Blackpool's Results...Blackpool's home record is 4 wins, 5 draws, 5 defeats - (Scored 17; conceded 19)Championship Table.
LEE CAMP SET TO START
London Informer/Paul Warburton - Lee Camp to get in goal for QPR at Blackpool
Lee Camp is ready to pull on the QPR goalkeepers’ jersey at Blackpool tonight for the first time in five months.
The England U21 player steps into the breach vacated by Radek Cerny, who has pulled a hamstring in training.
Camp’s one-and-only previous appearance for the Hoops this term was a 3-2 Carling Cup win against Swindon in August.
But because Cerny had already been inked in as the number one, Camp went on loan to Nottingham Forest for three months where he helped them climb out of the relegation zone.
However, a permanent deal foundered when Forest were not prepared to meet anything like Rs’ £1m valuation for the Derby-born player. London Informer
Blackpool Gazette/Steve Canavan - 27 January 2009
- MAKESHIFT frontman Gary Taylor-Fletcher – who will tonight keep Liverpool's Krisztian Nemeth out of the starting line up – has called on his team-mates to beat moneybags QPR and do it for the bosses.
- Caretaker bosses Tony Parkes and Steve Thompson got a first victory by beating Birmingham.
And a second win in four days – which could lift Pool to 13th place, their highest position since victory over Watford at the start of November – would make it a perfect week for the management team.
"All the lads are right behind Tony and Thommo and we've been doing the right things both on and off the pitch," said Taylor-Fletcher.
"We've played well enough and bar a crazy five minutes at Coventry we would have been unbeaten in the league for quite a while.
"It's up to the chairman what he does regards the long term but I know all the lads are right behind the current managers.
"I hope the chairman makes the right decision but we think it is going well and we're happy with the way it is.
"I think what was important after Simon Grayson went was that all the regular lads, plus the regular coaches, remained – so it's the same people.
"It's not one of those where the manager has been a failure and has been sacked.
"So there was no bickering or anything – it's the same set of lads who have just got on with it and not much has changed really.
"Training has got a bit more intense and we've worked on a few more things, and I think we look quite dangerous on the things we've worked at.
"The win on Saturday was a big boost for us.
"It was crucial we got a win from one of these two home games we had and it's a big bonus that we did it in the first.
"We hadn't won for quite a while and we wanted to get a win on the board for Tony and Thommo."
"Obviously the pressure was on them but now the pressure will be right off all of us.
"We've got that little bit of a gap again now and the three points are there for the taking tonight." Blackpool Gazette
See Also: - Hogan Ephraim on the Official Site QPR
- Clive Whittingham/LoftforWords - Blackpool vs QPR Preview
Zesh Rehman Talking About Bradford
This is Lancashire - 'First and foremost I’m here to play football'
- Zesh Rehman believes his presence at City can attract more Asian fans to Valley Parade.
But the QPR defender, who ignored other Championship interest to sign for the rest of the season, insists he has dropped down two divisions for football reasons.
Omar Khan, the club’s new Asian ambassador, was involved in Rehman’s talks with City. The Pakistan national skipper appreciates the significance of his arrival but said: “First and foremost I’m here to play football.
“The most important thing is about what happens on the pitch. I’ve got no problems with speaking to the community and helping in that way but it’s down to how I do in matches.
“I’m well aware of the Asian community around the club and hopefully I can encourage more to come along. For me, football is the perfect vehicle to bring communities together.”
Birmingham-born Rehman became the first player of Asian origin to appear in the Premiership when he made his Fulham debut at Liverpool in 2004. He played for England from under-17s to under-20s before opting to represent Pakistan at senior level.
With Rehman on board, City have allowed Mark Bower to join Luton on a month’s loan.
Rehman has worked under SEVEN different managers since joining QPR in August 2006.
He admitted: “It is unsettling because you want stability at a club. I had spells when I was a regular in the team, then a new manager would come in with different ideas and his own players and change it all round. It was hard to get established.”
Rehman, who also had a frustrating loan spell at Blackpool, added: “I was only prepared to drop down the leagues to play for this club.
“I spoke to the manager and chairmen and I know they want to get Bradford back up to where they belong. I’ve been involved in relegation battles in the past and it’s nice to be joining a club pushing for promotion – that’s a good pressure to have.”
Rehman, who goes straight into the squad at Bury tonight, is out of contract in the summer.
Stuart McCall said: “Zesh has played at a good level and comes recommended. With TJ (Moncur) going out, we were looking for somebody who can play right back and in the middle.” ...This is Lancashire
Bradford Official Site - Zesh Rehman appreciates significance of his arrival
- Zesh Rehman believes his presence at City can attract more Asian fans to Valley Parade.
But the QPR defender, who ignored other Championship interest to sign for the rest of the season, insists he has dropped down two divisions for football reasons.
Omar Khan, the club's new Asian ambassador, was involved in Rehman's talks with City. The Pakistan national skipper appreciates the significance of his arrival but talking to the Telegraph & Argus said: "First and foremost I'm here to play football.
"The most important thing is about what happens on the pitch. I've got no problems with speaking to the community and helping in that way but it's down to how I do in matches. "I'm well aware of the Asian community around the club and hopefully I can encourage more to come along. For me, football is the perfect vehicle to bring communities together."
Birmingham-born Rehman became the first player of Asian origin to appear in the Premiership when he made his Fulham debut at Liverpool in 2004. He played for England from under-17s to under-20s before opting to represent Pakistan at senior level.
With Rehman on board, City have allowed Mark Bower to join Luton on a month's loan.
Rehman has worked under SEVEN different managers since joining QPR in August 2006.
He admitted: "It is unsettling because you want stability at a club. I had spells when I was a regular in the team, then a new manager would come in with different ideas and his own players and change it all round. It was hard to get established."
Rehman, who also had a frustrating loan spell at Blackpool, added: "I was only prepared to drop down the leagues to play for this club.
"I spoke to the manager and chairmen and I know they want to get Bradford back up to where they belong. I've been involved in relegation battles in the past and it's nice to be joining a club pushing for promotion - that's a good pressure to have."
Rehman, who goes straight into the squad at Bury on Tuesday night, is out of contract in the summer.
Stuart McCall said: "Zesh has played at a good level and comes recommended. With TJ (Moncur) going out, we were looking for somebody who can play right back and in the middle..." Bradford Official Site
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Blackpool vs QPR Tonight
Kaspar Gorkss' QPR travel to Ian Evatt & Danny Nardiello's Blackpool tonight. Blackpool's Squad...Blackpool's Results...Blackpool's home record is 4 wins, 5 draws, 5 defeats - (Scored 17; conceded 19)Championship Table.
LEE CAMP SET TO START
London Informer/Paul Warburton - Lee Camp to get in goal for QPR at Blackpool
Lee Camp is ready to pull on the QPR goalkeepers’ jersey at Blackpool tonight for the first time in five months.
The England U21 player steps into the breach vacated by Radek Cerny, who has pulled a hamstring in training.
Camp’s one-and-only previous appearance for the Hoops this term was a 3-2 Carling Cup win against Swindon in August.
But because Cerny had already been inked in as the number one, Camp went on loan to Nottingham Forest for three months where he helped them climb out of the relegation zone.
However, a permanent deal foundered when Forest were not prepared to meet anything like Rs’ £1m valuation for the Derby-born player. London Informer
Blackpool Gazette/Steve Canavan - 27 January 2009
- MAKESHIFT frontman Gary Taylor-Fletcher – who will tonight keep Liverpool's Krisztian Nemeth out of the starting line up – has called on his team-mates to beat moneybags QPR and do it for the bosses.
- Caretaker bosses Tony Parkes and Steve Thompson got a first victory by beating Birmingham.
And a second win in four days – which could lift Pool to 13th place, their highest position since victory over Watford at the start of November – would make it a perfect week for the management team.
"All the lads are right behind Tony and Thommo and we've been doing the right things both on and off the pitch," said Taylor-Fletcher.
"We've played well enough and bar a crazy five minutes at Coventry we would have been unbeaten in the league for quite a while.
"It's up to the chairman what he does regards the long term but I know all the lads are right behind the current managers.
"I hope the chairman makes the right decision but we think it is going well and we're happy with the way it is.
"I think what was important after Simon Grayson went was that all the regular lads, plus the regular coaches, remained – so it's the same people.
"It's not one of those where the manager has been a failure and has been sacked.
"So there was no bickering or anything – it's the same set of lads who have just got on with it and not much has changed really.
"Training has got a bit more intense and we've worked on a few more things, and I think we look quite dangerous on the things we've worked at.
"The win on Saturday was a big boost for us.
"It was crucial we got a win from one of these two home games we had and it's a big bonus that we did it in the first.
"We hadn't won for quite a while and we wanted to get a win on the board for Tony and Thommo."
"Obviously the pressure was on them but now the pressure will be right off all of us.
"We've got that little bit of a gap again now and the three points are there for the taking tonight." Blackpool Gazette
See Also: - Hogan Ephraim on the Official Site QPR
- Clive Whittingham/LoftforWords - Blackpool vs QPR Preview
Zesh Rehman Talking About Bradford
This is Lancashire - 'First and foremost I’m here to play football'
- Zesh Rehman believes his presence at City can attract more Asian fans to Valley Parade.
But the QPR defender, who ignored other Championship interest to sign for the rest of the season, insists he has dropped down two divisions for football reasons.
Omar Khan, the club’s new Asian ambassador, was involved in Rehman’s talks with City. The Pakistan national skipper appreciates the significance of his arrival but said: “First and foremost I’m here to play football.
“The most important thing is about what happens on the pitch. I’ve got no problems with speaking to the community and helping in that way but it’s down to how I do in matches.
“I’m well aware of the Asian community around the club and hopefully I can encourage more to come along. For me, football is the perfect vehicle to bring communities together.”
Birmingham-born Rehman became the first player of Asian origin to appear in the Premiership when he made his Fulham debut at Liverpool in 2004. He played for England from under-17s to under-20s before opting to represent Pakistan at senior level.
With Rehman on board, City have allowed Mark Bower to join Luton on a month’s loan.
Rehman has worked under SEVEN different managers since joining QPR in August 2006.
He admitted: “It is unsettling because you want stability at a club. I had spells when I was a regular in the team, then a new manager would come in with different ideas and his own players and change it all round. It was hard to get established.”
Rehman, who also had a frustrating loan spell at Blackpool, added: “I was only prepared to drop down the leagues to play for this club.
“I spoke to the manager and chairmen and I know they want to get Bradford back up to where they belong. I’ve been involved in relegation battles in the past and it’s nice to be joining a club pushing for promotion – that’s a good pressure to have.”
Rehman, who goes straight into the squad at Bury tonight, is out of contract in the summer.
Stuart McCall said: “Zesh has played at a good level and comes recommended. With TJ (Moncur) going out, we were looking for somebody who can play right back and in the middle.” ...This is Lancashire
Bradford Official Site - Zesh Rehman appreciates significance of his arrival
- Zesh Rehman believes his presence at City can attract more Asian fans to Valley Parade.
But the QPR defender, who ignored other Championship interest to sign for the rest of the season, insists he has dropped down two divisions for football reasons.
Omar Khan, the club's new Asian ambassador, was involved in Rehman's talks with City. The Pakistan national skipper appreciates the significance of his arrival but talking to the Telegraph & Argus said: "First and foremost I'm here to play football.
"The most important thing is about what happens on the pitch. I've got no problems with speaking to the community and helping in that way but it's down to how I do in matches. "I'm well aware of the Asian community around the club and hopefully I can encourage more to come along. For me, football is the perfect vehicle to bring communities together."
Birmingham-born Rehman became the first player of Asian origin to appear in the Premiership when he made his Fulham debut at Liverpool in 2004. He played for England from under-17s to under-20s before opting to represent Pakistan at senior level.
With Rehman on board, City have allowed Mark Bower to join Luton on a month's loan.
Rehman has worked under SEVEN different managers since joining QPR in August 2006.
He admitted: "It is unsettling because you want stability at a club. I had spells when I was a regular in the team, then a new manager would come in with different ideas and his own players and change it all round. It was hard to get established."
Rehman, who also had a frustrating loan spell at Blackpool, added: "I was only prepared to drop down the leagues to play for this club.
"I spoke to the manager and chairmen and I know they want to get Bradford back up to where they belong. I've been involved in relegation battles in the past and it's nice to be joining a club pushing for promotion - that's a good pressure to have."
Rehman, who goes straight into the squad at Bury on Tuesday night, is out of contract in the summer.
Stuart McCall said: "Zesh has played at a good level and comes recommended. With TJ (Moncur) going out, we were looking for somebody who can play right back and in the middle..." Bradford Official Site
"The 50 Worst Things About Modern Football"....Flashback/Repost: "Where Are the 1975/76 Team Now"?
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50. Technical areas
- Did Bob Paisley need a technical area when Liverpool won three European Cups and six league titles? Did Alf Ramsey need a technical area when England won the World Cup? What’s so technical about a bit of grass and some white lines, anyway? Memo to all modern managers: Sit down and shut up.
49. Motorway service stations..."
- List of "The 50 Worst Things About Modern Football"
- (Feel free to Add to this list)
- Flashback/Repost from April 2004: The 1975/76 Squad: "Where Are They Now"
- [Obviously there have been changes in the past five years, but as a general summary...]
- Over the weekend, reposted here a 2006 When Saturday Comes (WSC) article on QPR's 1975/76 Promotion Season "...Quite how and why QPR did not win the title is a football tragedy. . They were the best and most entertaining team [in the country"
The Sunday Times/Rob Maul, April 18, 2004 - Caught in Time: QPR, championship runners-up, 1975-76
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1 Steve Jones A former QPR apprentice, Jones did not play for the first team. In 1979 he moved to Walsall and then to Wimbledon, where he remained until 1982, when injury ended his career. Owns a nightclub in Windsor
2 Tommy Cunningham Signed on a free from Chelsea in May 1975, Cunningham made 30 appearances before moving to Wimbledon in March 1979. He played most of his career at Leyton Orient and later became assistant manager at Brisbane Road. Now director of football at Harlow Town in the Ryman Division One North
3 Tony Tagg The central defender played four times under Sexton before moving to Millwall on a free transfer and then Wimbledon. He later became a taxi driver
4 Don Givens Givens won 56 caps for the Republic of Ireland, for whom he scored 19 goals. He coached Arsenal’s youth team and then worked in Switzerland. He has been Ireland’s under-21 coach since 1999
5 Martyn Busby Busby had two spells at QPR. He also played for Portsmouth and Notts County. He broke his leg during his second spell with the club and then became manager of non-League clubs Beaconsfield United and Maidenhead United. Runs a painting and decorating business near Slough
6 Phil Parkes If Ray Clemence and Peter Shilton had not been around, Parkes would have been England goalkeeper for many years. He won the FA Cup with West Ham in 1980 after they smashed the transfer record for a goalkeeper (£560,000) and he played 344 games for both clubs in a career that spanned 22 years. Returned to QPR in September 1991 as goalkeeping coach, but now runs a building firm in Reading
7 David Webb Best known for his 1970 FA Cup final-winning goal for Chelsea, Webb formed a solid defensive partnership with Frank McLintock. After QPR, he played for Leicester and Derby before managing Bournemouth, Torquay, Southend and Chelsea. He runs a property business
8 Keith Pritchett A Scot who played for Wolves, Doncaster, QPR and Blackpool, Pritchett spent most of his career with Watford. Emigrated to New Zealand, where he became a manager and then a football writer
9 Richard Teale Understudy to Parkes, Teale made only two appearances before moving to Fulham in August 1976. Runs a building firm in Eggham, Surrey
10 Ron Abbott Spent his entire, but admittedly short, career with Rangers, making 54 appearances. Once the central defender left QPR, he became a London taxi driver
11 Mick Leach Won promotion from the Third Division with QPR in 1967 and spent 13 years at Loftus Road, before moving to Detroit Express in 1978 for a fee of £30,000. He later went into coaching. Leach died in 1992, aged 55, after a long illness
12 Don Shanks Moved to QPR from Luton Town in 1974, making 206 appearances and scoring 11 goals before joining Brighton on a free in 1981. Now a children’s football coach, travelling around Europe and America
13 Stan Bowles One of football’s most colourful characters, Stan was, alongside Rodney Marsh, arguably QPR’s greatest player. Gambling problems dogged his career, and he should have won more than five England caps. He started his career with Manchester City, before moving to QPR from Carlisle. Was unemployed for a long spell, until he coached with David Webb at Brentford. He is writing his second autobiography
14 Gerry Francis Captained club and country, but spent much of his career battling injury. After Rangers, he played for Crystal Palace, before returning to QPR, Coventry, Exeter, as player-manager, Cardiff, Swansea and Portsmouth. He cut his managerial teeth with Bristol Rovers, then managed QPR between 1991-94, lifting the team to fifth place in the Premiership, before taking over at Spurs. Runs a number of theatre and property companies and presents a weekly football show on Sky Sports News
15 Ian Gillard A reliable full-back. Caught the eye of England manager Don Revie and made his international debut against West Germany at Wembley in 1975. In 1982 he moved to Aldershot as a player-coach. Worked at the Mars factory in Slough before scouting for QPR and coaching at the Reading School of Excellence. Runs a cleaning firm
16 Don Masson Scottish midfielder who signed from Notts County in December 1974 and went on to make 144 appearances, scoring 24 goals before moving to Derby County in 1977. He ended his playing days at Notts County. Runs a hotel near Nottingham
17 John Beck Beck played for QPR, Coventry, Fulham, Bournemouth and Cambridge, before becoming manager at Abbey stadium in 1990. After taking Cambridge to successive promotions and an FA Cup quarter- final, he managed Preston and Lincoln City. He returned to Cambridge, but resigned in November 2001
18 Danny Westwood A prolific goalscorer for QPR’s reserves after joining from Billericay Town in July 1974, Westwood made only one appearance for Rangers before moving to Gillingham. He works in the City of London
19 Frank McLintock Captain of the Arsenal Double-winning side of 1970-71, he was one of the few defenders to win Footballer of the Year. Capped nine times by Scotland, McLintock moved into management with Leicester and Brentford. He also became an agent and set up the Cash Converter chain of shops. Aged 64, he is a Sky Sports pundit
20 John Hollins A member of Chelsea’s FA Cup and Cup Winners Cup teams of the early 1970s, Hollins later became manager at Stamford Bridge before being sacked. Managed QPR, Swansea and Rochdale. Aged 57, he manages Stockport Tiger-Star in China
21 Don Rogers Goalscoring hero of Swindon Town’s League Cup victory in 1969, Rogers came to QPR via Crystal Palace. After retiring, he opened a sports shop in Swindon
22 Dave Thomas A quick winger who joined QPR from Burnley in 1972, making 220 appearances and scoring 33 goals before joining Everton in 1977. Later became Portsmouth’s youth coach. He lives in Chichester and teaches PE at a local secondary school
23 Dave Clement Father of West Brom’s Neil, Clement was capped five times by England. After Rangers, he moved to Bolton, Fulham and Wimbledon until retiring in 1981. He committed suicide in 1982, aged 34
The Times
[Any updated information about "Where Are They Now" welcomed]
- Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles and latest football updates throughout the day (both QPR and non-QPR); as well as posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome, including new posters! For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Posting Registration required.)
- Reminder:Vote for the Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer - For 2009 Fanzine Awards. Friday February 6 Deadline for Voting.
- "The 50 Worst Things About Modern Football" - Absolutely brilliant Times compilation: "...Reasons Why The Modern Game Makes Us Mad - Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. - - These are the 50 worst things about modern football. It could have been 500...."
50. Technical areas
- Did Bob Paisley need a technical area when Liverpool won three European Cups and six league titles? Did Alf Ramsey need a technical area when England won the World Cup? What’s so technical about a bit of grass and some white lines, anyway? Memo to all modern managers: Sit down and shut up.
49. Motorway service stations..."
- List of "The 50 Worst Things About Modern Football"
- (Feel free to Add to this list)
- Flashback/Repost from April 2004: The 1975/76 Squad: "Where Are They Now"
- [Obviously there have been changes in the past five years, but as a general summary...]
- Over the weekend, reposted here a 2006 When Saturday Comes (WSC) article on QPR's 1975/76 Promotion Season "...Quite how and why QPR did not win the title is a football tragedy. . They were the best and most entertaining team [in the country"
The Sunday Times/Rob Maul, April 18, 2004 - Caught in Time: QPR, championship runners-up, 1975-76
...
1 Steve Jones A former QPR apprentice, Jones did not play for the first team. In 1979 he moved to Walsall and then to Wimbledon, where he remained until 1982, when injury ended his career. Owns a nightclub in Windsor
2 Tommy Cunningham Signed on a free from Chelsea in May 1975, Cunningham made 30 appearances before moving to Wimbledon in March 1979. He played most of his career at Leyton Orient and later became assistant manager at Brisbane Road. Now director of football at Harlow Town in the Ryman Division One North
3 Tony Tagg The central defender played four times under Sexton before moving to Millwall on a free transfer and then Wimbledon. He later became a taxi driver
4 Don Givens Givens won 56 caps for the Republic of Ireland, for whom he scored 19 goals. He coached Arsenal’s youth team and then worked in Switzerland. He has been Ireland’s under-21 coach since 1999
5 Martyn Busby Busby had two spells at QPR. He also played for Portsmouth and Notts County. He broke his leg during his second spell with the club and then became manager of non-League clubs Beaconsfield United and Maidenhead United. Runs a painting and decorating business near Slough
6 Phil Parkes If Ray Clemence and Peter Shilton had not been around, Parkes would have been England goalkeeper for many years. He won the FA Cup with West Ham in 1980 after they smashed the transfer record for a goalkeeper (£560,000) and he played 344 games for both clubs in a career that spanned 22 years. Returned to QPR in September 1991 as goalkeeping coach, but now runs a building firm in Reading
7 David Webb Best known for his 1970 FA Cup final-winning goal for Chelsea, Webb formed a solid defensive partnership with Frank McLintock. After QPR, he played for Leicester and Derby before managing Bournemouth, Torquay, Southend and Chelsea. He runs a property business
8 Keith Pritchett A Scot who played for Wolves, Doncaster, QPR and Blackpool, Pritchett spent most of his career with Watford. Emigrated to New Zealand, where he became a manager and then a football writer
9 Richard Teale Understudy to Parkes, Teale made only two appearances before moving to Fulham in August 1976. Runs a building firm in Eggham, Surrey
10 Ron Abbott Spent his entire, but admittedly short, career with Rangers, making 54 appearances. Once the central defender left QPR, he became a London taxi driver
11 Mick Leach Won promotion from the Third Division with QPR in 1967 and spent 13 years at Loftus Road, before moving to Detroit Express in 1978 for a fee of £30,000. He later went into coaching. Leach died in 1992, aged 55, after a long illness
12 Don Shanks Moved to QPR from Luton Town in 1974, making 206 appearances and scoring 11 goals before joining Brighton on a free in 1981. Now a children’s football coach, travelling around Europe and America
13 Stan Bowles One of football’s most colourful characters, Stan was, alongside Rodney Marsh, arguably QPR’s greatest player. Gambling problems dogged his career, and he should have won more than five England caps. He started his career with Manchester City, before moving to QPR from Carlisle. Was unemployed for a long spell, until he coached with David Webb at Brentford. He is writing his second autobiography
14 Gerry Francis Captained club and country, but spent much of his career battling injury. After Rangers, he played for Crystal Palace, before returning to QPR, Coventry, Exeter, as player-manager, Cardiff, Swansea and Portsmouth. He cut his managerial teeth with Bristol Rovers, then managed QPR between 1991-94, lifting the team to fifth place in the Premiership, before taking over at Spurs. Runs a number of theatre and property companies and presents a weekly football show on Sky Sports News
15 Ian Gillard A reliable full-back. Caught the eye of England manager Don Revie and made his international debut against West Germany at Wembley in 1975. In 1982 he moved to Aldershot as a player-coach. Worked at the Mars factory in Slough before scouting for QPR and coaching at the Reading School of Excellence. Runs a cleaning firm
16 Don Masson Scottish midfielder who signed from Notts County in December 1974 and went on to make 144 appearances, scoring 24 goals before moving to Derby County in 1977. He ended his playing days at Notts County. Runs a hotel near Nottingham
17 John Beck Beck played for QPR, Coventry, Fulham, Bournemouth and Cambridge, before becoming manager at Abbey stadium in 1990. After taking Cambridge to successive promotions and an FA Cup quarter- final, he managed Preston and Lincoln City. He returned to Cambridge, but resigned in November 2001
18 Danny Westwood A prolific goalscorer for QPR’s reserves after joining from Billericay Town in July 1974, Westwood made only one appearance for Rangers before moving to Gillingham. He works in the City of London
19 Frank McLintock Captain of the Arsenal Double-winning side of 1970-71, he was one of the few defenders to win Footballer of the Year. Capped nine times by Scotland, McLintock moved into management with Leicester and Brentford. He also became an agent and set up the Cash Converter chain of shops. Aged 64, he is a Sky Sports pundit
20 John Hollins A member of Chelsea’s FA Cup and Cup Winners Cup teams of the early 1970s, Hollins later became manager at Stamford Bridge before being sacked. Managed QPR, Swansea and Rochdale. Aged 57, he manages Stockport Tiger-Star in China
21 Don Rogers Goalscoring hero of Swindon Town’s League Cup victory in 1969, Rogers came to QPR via Crystal Palace. After retiring, he opened a sports shop in Swindon
22 Dave Thomas A quick winger who joined QPR from Burnley in 1972, making 220 appearances and scoring 33 goals before joining Everton in 1977. Later became Portsmouth’s youth coach. He lives in Chichester and teaches PE at a local secondary school
23 Dave Clement Father of West Brom’s Neil, Clement was capped five times by England. After Rangers, he moved to Bolton, Fulham and Wimbledon until retiring in 1981. He committed suicide in 1982, aged 34
The Times
[Any updated information about "Where Are They Now" welcomed]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Flashback: One Decade Ago QPR's Most-Expensive Signing, Mike Sheron Sold Off at Big Loss, Marking New Era's End
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(Over the Weekend, QPR Report Blog and Messageboard Postings include:
- QPR's Bernie Ecclestone Ranked 13th on "100 Most Influential People in British Sport"
- Reposting 2006 WSC article on the brilliance of QPR's 1975/76 Championship season.
- Four Words From Rodney Marsh Answers "Which Was His Favourite Team" (And the perennial Marsh vs Bowles Debate: Views welcomed!]
MARKING ONE DECADE AGO TODAY: QPR's MOST-EXPENSIVE SIGNING, MIKE SHERON DEPARTS QPR
On July 1st, 1997, after oubidding Birmingham, QPR's Stuart Houston paid a record fee of some 2.7 million pounds for Stoke's forward, Mike Sheron. Sheron was QPR's last big signing before they went into financial free fall. Joining up with John Spencer and Trevor Sinclair (and a recovering Kevin Gallen), the "on paper" unbeatable forward line, looked a good for promotion. Unfortunately not!
Some 18 months later, after 56 league games and 13 goals, Gerry Francis sold him to Barnsley for 1 million pounds plus (in part to cut down on QPR wages).
See also: QPR Report: Flashback: July 1, 2007 - A Decade Ago QPR's Record Signing: Stoke's Mike Sheron
QPR Official Site - Jan 26, 1999 SHERON JOINS BARNSLEY
- QUEENS PARK RANGERS confirmed this afternoon that Mike Sheron has joined Barnsley for a fee around £1.5m. The 27-year-old striker joined Rangers in July 1997 from Stoke City. More details to follow.
QPR Official Site - FRANCIS ON SHERON SALE
- MIKE SHERON has joined Barnsley in a £1.5 million transfer deal. R's director of football Gerry Francis says:"Mike has been sold for financial reasons. But I knew about the financial situation when I rejoined the club. So the transfer was not unexpected. At the end of the day, we have to safeguard the future of QPR in the long term.".
QPR Official Site - CHAIRMAN ON SHERON TRANSFER
- RANGERS chairman Chris Wright has revealed the details behind Mike Sheron's £1.5 million transfer to Barnsley.
- Mr Wright said:" Obviously I’m disappointed to lose a player of Mike’s ability. But unfortunately he was on a very, very high salary. We paid a Premier League transfer fee to buy him and we gave him Premier League wages to come to the club.
- "So the wage structure that the player was on meant we were prepared to let him move on elsewhere. With the salary that we were paying Mike Sheron, we should be able to afford to bring up to four other good players into the club and still have change left over."
The Mirror Football: Sheri pays high price.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); January 28, 1999 ; 57 words... MIKE SHERON was forced out of QPR because he was earning enough to pay four players, chairman Chris Wright has claimed. Sheron, 27, was on..."
STEW FOR STOKE.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); June 21, 1997 ; 33 words... Stoke City are trying to sign veteran Sunderland striker Paul Stewart to clear the way for the sale of pounds 2.5million-rated Mike Sheron, who is already the subject of big-money offers from Birmingham and QPR.
SHER PERSISTENCE.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); May 29, 1997 ; 22 words... QPR manager Stuart Houston is making a third swoop for Stoke City striker Mike Sheron. He hopes to succeed this time with a pounds 2.7million bid. Sheron
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(Over the Weekend, QPR Report Blog and Messageboard Postings include:
- QPR's Bernie Ecclestone Ranked 13th on "100 Most Influential People in British Sport"
- Reposting 2006 WSC article on the brilliance of QPR's 1975/76 Championship season.
- Four Words From Rodney Marsh Answers "Which Was His Favourite Team" (And the perennial Marsh vs Bowles Debate: Views welcomed!]
MARKING ONE DECADE AGO TODAY: QPR's MOST-EXPENSIVE SIGNING, MIKE SHERON DEPARTS QPR
On July 1st, 1997, after oubidding Birmingham, QPR's Stuart Houston paid a record fee of some 2.7 million pounds for Stoke's forward, Mike Sheron. Sheron was QPR's last big signing before they went into financial free fall. Joining up with John Spencer and Trevor Sinclair (and a recovering Kevin Gallen), the "on paper" unbeatable forward line, looked a good for promotion. Unfortunately not!
Some 18 months later, after 56 league games and 13 goals, Gerry Francis sold him to Barnsley for 1 million pounds plus (in part to cut down on QPR wages).
See also: QPR Report: Flashback: July 1, 2007 - A Decade Ago QPR's Record Signing: Stoke's Mike Sheron
QPR Official Site - Jan 26, 1999 SHERON JOINS BARNSLEY
- QUEENS PARK RANGERS confirmed this afternoon that Mike Sheron has joined Barnsley for a fee around £1.5m. The 27-year-old striker joined Rangers in July 1997 from Stoke City. More details to follow.
QPR Official Site - FRANCIS ON SHERON SALE
- MIKE SHERON has joined Barnsley in a £1.5 million transfer deal. R's director of football Gerry Francis says:"Mike has been sold for financial reasons. But I knew about the financial situation when I rejoined the club. So the transfer was not unexpected. At the end of the day, we have to safeguard the future of QPR in the long term.".
QPR Official Site - CHAIRMAN ON SHERON TRANSFER
- RANGERS chairman Chris Wright has revealed the details behind Mike Sheron's £1.5 million transfer to Barnsley.
- Mr Wright said:" Obviously I’m disappointed to lose a player of Mike’s ability. But unfortunately he was on a very, very high salary. We paid a Premier League transfer fee to buy him and we gave him Premier League wages to come to the club.
- "So the wage structure that the player was on meant we were prepared to let him move on elsewhere. With the salary that we were paying Mike Sheron, we should be able to afford to bring up to four other good players into the club and still have change left over."
The Mirror Football: Sheri pays high price.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); January 28, 1999 ; 57 words... MIKE SHERON was forced out of QPR because he was earning enough to pay four players, chairman Chris Wright has claimed. Sheron, 27, was on..."
STEW FOR STOKE.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); June 21, 1997 ; 33 words... Stoke City are trying to sign veteran Sunderland striker Paul Stewart to clear the way for the sale of pounds 2.5million-rated Mike Sheron, who is already the subject of big-money offers from Birmingham and QPR.
SHER PERSISTENCE.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); May 29, 1997 ; 22 words... QPR manager Stuart Houston is making a third swoop for Stoke City striker Mike Sheron. He hopes to succeed this time with a pounds 2.7million bid. Sheron
Sunday, January 25, 2009
QPR's Bernie Ecclestone Ranked 13th on "100 Most Influential People in British Sport"...Forthcoming: Football League Awards Nominations
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Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR: QPR's Past Failure to Sign Beckford and Flashback: QPR and St John Ambulance Brigade non-Payment; and non-QPR: Norwich Freeze Ticket prices); Video (The QPR-Newcastle Comeback); and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome!For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Posting Registration required.)
- Reminder: Vote for the Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer - For 2009 Fanzine Awards
- Bernie Ecclestone #13 in The Times List of the "Sporting Power 100...The most influential people in British sport today.".
List from 100-1..."#13....Bernie Ecclestone - Chief executive, Formula One Wily, mischievous, funny and something of a genius, nobody seems to have told Ecclestone that he is 78. He still thinks he is 30 and is determined to go on running the show. Criticised for running a sport that is too extravagant and not exciting enough, yet it enjoyed massive audiences last year. Could face his biggest test yet with the recession biting and teams forming a united front to demand more money from the little emperor of F1. Joint ownership of Queens Park Rangers no more than a distraction for now..." Entire 100 Listing.
-Set to be Announced: 2009: Football League Awards Shortlists
- 2008 Football League Awards 2008 Shortlist and the 2007 Shortlist
- PST FOOTBALL LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
--- 2008
The full list of winners from The Football League Awards is as follows:
- EA SPORTS Fan of the Year
Paul Samrah - Brighton and Hove Albion
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 2
Notts County - 'On The Ball'
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 1
Brighton and Hove Albion - 'RSL Football Inclusion Project'
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola Championship
Charlton Athletic - 'Kent Social Inclusion Programme'
- Perform Best Fan Marketing Campaign
Bradford City - 'The Cheapest Season Ticket In The Football League'
- ProgrammeMaster Best Matchday Programme
Bristol City - 'Well Red'
- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 2
Ryan Bennett - Grimsby Town
- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 1
Daniel Broadbent - Huddersfield Town
- Wickes Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola Championship
Mark Beevers - Sheffield Wednesday
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2
Wycombe Wanderers
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship
Norwich City
- Wickes Community Club of the Year
Watford
- Mitre Goal of the Year (Voting technology provided by Perform)
Jermaine Beckford
-FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year**
Michael Kightly - Wolverhampton Wanderers
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Keith Andrews - Milton Keynes Dons
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Jermaine Beckford - Leeds United
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Kevin Phillips - West Bromwich Albion
- Thomas Cook Sport Contribution to League Football
Jimmy Armfield
*These awards was presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
**This award was presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
--- 2007 WINNERS
Community Club of the Year - sponsored by Wickes
Brighton and Hove Albion
Best Community Initiative - sponsored by The Football Foundation
Norwich City
Best Club Sponsorship - sponsored by Carling
Brentford
Best Club Marketing Campaign - sponsored by CSI Sports
Norwich City
Best Matchday Programme - sponsored by PA Sport
Colchester United
Best Use of New Media - sponsored by Football Manager
Cardiff City
Best Kit Design - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Burnley (Away Kit)
Best Away Ground - sponsored by Thomas Cook Sport and run in conjunction with BBC Radio Five Live
Sunderland - Stadium of Light
Fan of the Year - sponsored by FIFA '07
Stan McGowen, Bury
Contribution to League Football - sponsored by SBJ Sports
Jack Taylor
Good Sport Award - sponsored by Wash and Go
Chris Doig, Northampton Town
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Jason Koumas, West Bromwich Albion
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Billy Sharp, Scunthorpe United
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Izale McLeod, Milton Keynes Dons
FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Football League **
Gareth Bale, Southampton
Wickes Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola Championship
Chris Gunter, Cardiff City
Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 1 - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Joe Skarz, Huddersfield Town
Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 2 - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Joe Thompson, Rochdale
Goal of the Year - sponsored by Mitre
Joe Ledley, Barnsley v Cardiff, 5th August 2006
*These awards were presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
**This award was presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
--- 2006 WINNERS
Community Club of the Year sponsored by Asda Stores
Brentford FC
Fan of the Year sponsored by FourFourTwo
Jeff Hall - a fan of Chesterfield FC
Best Club Sponsorship sponsored by Image Directors
Norwich City
Best Club Marketing Campaign sponsored by Marketing Magazine
Preston North End
Best Kit Design sponsored by Ted Baker
Leyton Orient
Programme of the Year sponsored by Ryman
Crystal Palace
Best Club Website sponsored by Premium TV
Nottingham Forest
Contribution To Football Award sponsored by BT and voted for by listeners of BBC Five Live
Gerry Murphy - Huddersfield Town
Best Ground - sponsored by Carling and voted for by away fans
Hull City
The Wash & Go Good Sport Award
Lee Bullen - Sheffield Wednesday
Championship Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Phil Jagielka - Sheffield United
League 1 Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Lee Trundle - Swansea City
League 2 Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Karl Hawley - Carlisle United
The Football League Young Player of the Year sponsored by Dodge
David Nugent - Preston North End
The Wickes Young Apprentice Award For The Football League Championship
Lewin Nyatanga - Derby County
The Football League Top League 1 Apprentice sponsored by League Football Education
Scott Golbourne - Bristol City (now moved to Reading)
The Football League Top League 2 Apprentice sponsored by League Football Education
Ikechi Anya - Wycombe Wanderers
Goal of the Year sponsored by Sports TV
Stefan Oakes - Notts County v Yeovil Town (now moved to Wycombe Wanderers)
Most Admired Football League Club sponsored by The League Paper
Crewe Alexandra Past Football League Awards Winners
Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR: QPR's Past Failure to Sign Beckford and Flashback: QPR and St John Ambulance Brigade non-Payment; and non-QPR: Norwich Freeze Ticket prices); Video (The QPR-Newcastle Comeback); and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome!For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Posting Registration required.)
- Reminder: Vote for the Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer - For 2009 Fanzine Awards
- Bernie Ecclestone #13 in The Times List of the "Sporting Power 100...The most influential people in British sport today.".
List from 100-1..."#13....Bernie Ecclestone - Chief executive, Formula One Wily, mischievous, funny and something of a genius, nobody seems to have told Ecclestone that he is 78. He still thinks he is 30 and is determined to go on running the show. Criticised for running a sport that is too extravagant and not exciting enough, yet it enjoyed massive audiences last year. Could face his biggest test yet with the recession biting and teams forming a united front to demand more money from the little emperor of F1. Joint ownership of Queens Park Rangers no more than a distraction for now..." Entire 100 Listing.
-Set to be Announced: 2009: Football League Awards Shortlists
- 2008 Football League Awards 2008 Shortlist and the 2007 Shortlist
- PST FOOTBALL LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
--- 2008
The full list of winners from The Football League Awards is as follows:
- EA SPORTS Fan of the Year
Paul Samrah - Brighton and Hove Albion
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 2
Notts County - 'On The Ball'
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 1
Brighton and Hove Albion - 'RSL Football Inclusion Project'
- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola Championship
Charlton Athletic - 'Kent Social Inclusion Programme'
- Perform Best Fan Marketing Campaign
Bradford City - 'The Cheapest Season Ticket In The Football League'
- ProgrammeMaster Best Matchday Programme
Bristol City - 'Well Red'
- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 2
Ryan Bennett - Grimsby Town
- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 1
Daniel Broadbent - Huddersfield Town
- Wickes Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola Championship
Mark Beevers - Sheffield Wednesday
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2
Wycombe Wanderers
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town
- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship
Norwich City
- Wickes Community Club of the Year
Watford
- Mitre Goal of the Year (Voting technology provided by Perform)
Jermaine Beckford
-FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year**
Michael Kightly - Wolverhampton Wanderers
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Keith Andrews - Milton Keynes Dons
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Jermaine Beckford - Leeds United
- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Kevin Phillips - West Bromwich Albion
- Thomas Cook Sport Contribution to League Football
Jimmy Armfield
*These awards was presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
**This award was presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
--- 2007 WINNERS
Community Club of the Year - sponsored by Wickes
Brighton and Hove Albion
Best Community Initiative - sponsored by The Football Foundation
Norwich City
Best Club Sponsorship - sponsored by Carling
Brentford
Best Club Marketing Campaign - sponsored by CSI Sports
Norwich City
Best Matchday Programme - sponsored by PA Sport
Colchester United
Best Use of New Media - sponsored by Football Manager
Cardiff City
Best Kit Design - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Burnley (Away Kit)
Best Away Ground - sponsored by Thomas Cook Sport and run in conjunction with BBC Radio Five Live
Sunderland - Stadium of Light
Fan of the Year - sponsored by FIFA '07
Stan McGowen, Bury
Contribution to League Football - sponsored by SBJ Sports
Jack Taylor
Good Sport Award - sponsored by Wash and Go
Chris Doig, Northampton Town
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Jason Koumas, West Bromwich Albion
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Billy Sharp, Scunthorpe United
FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Izale McLeod, Milton Keynes Dons
FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Football League **
Gareth Bale, Southampton
Wickes Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola Championship
Chris Gunter, Cardiff City
Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 1 - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Joe Skarz, Huddersfield Town
Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 2 - sponsored by Nivea for Men Weekend Wonders
Joe Thompson, Rochdale
Goal of the Year - sponsored by Mitre
Joe Ledley, Barnsley v Cardiff, 5th August 2006
*These awards were presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
**This award was presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
--- 2006 WINNERS
Community Club of the Year sponsored by Asda Stores
Brentford FC
Fan of the Year sponsored by FourFourTwo
Jeff Hall - a fan of Chesterfield FC
Best Club Sponsorship sponsored by Image Directors
Norwich City
Best Club Marketing Campaign sponsored by Marketing Magazine
Preston North End
Best Kit Design sponsored by Ted Baker
Leyton Orient
Programme of the Year sponsored by Ryman
Crystal Palace
Best Club Website sponsored by Premium TV
Nottingham Forest
Contribution To Football Award sponsored by BT and voted for by listeners of BBC Five Live
Gerry Murphy - Huddersfield Town
Best Ground - sponsored by Carling and voted for by away fans
Hull City
The Wash & Go Good Sport Award
Lee Bullen - Sheffield Wednesday
Championship Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Phil Jagielka - Sheffield United
League 1 Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Lee Trundle - Swansea City
League 2 Player of the Year sponsored by Coca-Cola
Karl Hawley - Carlisle United
The Football League Young Player of the Year sponsored by Dodge
David Nugent - Preston North End
The Wickes Young Apprentice Award For The Football League Championship
Lewin Nyatanga - Derby County
The Football League Top League 1 Apprentice sponsored by League Football Education
Scott Golbourne - Bristol City (now moved to Reading)
The Football League Top League 2 Apprentice sponsored by League Football Education
Ikechi Anya - Wycombe Wanderers
Goal of the Year sponsored by Sports TV
Stefan Oakes - Notts County v Yeovil Town (now moved to Wycombe Wanderers)
Most Admired Football League Club sponsored by The League Paper
Crewe Alexandra Past Football League Awards Winners
QPR's 1975-76 Brilliant 'Championship' Season Recalled (Flashback/Repost) -"They were the best and Most Entertaining Team..."
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Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR: QPR's Past Failure to Sign Beckford and Flashback: QPR and St John Ambulance Brigade non-Payment; and non-QPR: Norwich Freeze Ticket prices); Video (The QPR-Newcastle Comeback); and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome!For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Posting Registration required.)
- Reminder: Vote for the Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer - For 2009 Fanzine Awards
- Bernie Ecclestone #13 in The Times List of the 100 most powerful and influential people in British sport.
"...#13....Bernie Ecclestone - Chief executive, Formula One Wily, mischievous, funny and something of a genius, nobody seems to have told Ecclestone that he is 78. He still thinks he is 30 and is determined to go on running the show. Criticised for running a sport that is too extravagant and not exciting enough, yet it enjoyed massive audiences last year. Could face his biggest test yet with the recession biting and teams forming a united front to demand more money from the little emperor of F1. Joint ownership of Queens Park Rangers no more than a distraction for now..." Entire 100 Listing.
- On This Football Day Flashback: "January 25 - Trevor [Sinclair] Wonder Goal
"...Today we are marking the anniversary of the best goal Sinclair ever scored. It was on this day in 1997 that Trevor, at the time playing for QPR, lined up for the Hoops at Loftus Road to face fellow Division One club Barnsley in the FA Cup Fourth Round..." [Sinclair] Wonder Goal -- Sinclair Goal Video
Reposting an July 2006 When Saturday Comes (WSC) article re QPR's 1976/76 Season
July 2006 - When Saturday Comes, from 2006
As good as it got Queens Park Rangers 1975-76
Queens Park Rangers 1975-76
- Thirty years ago a west London club very nearly won the title – and it would have been a popular success, too. Graham Dunbar recalls QPR's finest 42 games
- It is April 17, 2006, Easter Monday, and Queens Park Rangers lose 3-2 at Norwich in the definitive meaningless and mediocre end-of-season game. Two teams playing second-rate, second-tier football in what could be the worst five-goal affair anyone has seen; a match with no significance beyond reminding both clubs that the Premiership is a distant dream.
- Flip back 30 years and it is April 17, 1976, Easter Saturday in the old Division One, and QPR again lose 3-2 at Carrow Road, with rather more at stake. On a blazing hot holiday weekend, the top-flight title is on the line and, if you buy even slightly into the arguments of chaos theory, the future of European club football is about to be shaped.
- A hugely popular QPR team would lose the title by a single point to Liverpool, who, trophyless the previous year, would beat Wolves in a controversial last game, finish the season by winning the UEFA Cup and, 12 months later, hoist the European Cup for the first time. For want of a win in Norfolk, chaos theory says, the Reds’ rule over Europe was allowed to happen.
- Gerry Francis was Rangers captain in a season that kicked off with a 2-0 defeat of Liverpool at Loftus Road. He was their inspiration during a glorious final 15-match run of 13 wins, a draw and that single defeat on the penultimate Saturday. Francis would recall: “Those points lost at Norwich could have been the difference. You can’t believe we lost the game.”
- The game has lost plenty in the last three decades. Comparing the state of our football nation in 1976 with today is fairly banal and pointless, but let’s have a go – what QPR achieved perhaps compares with what Wigan did for the first half of this season.
- A decade before becoming every neutral’s delight, QPR had meandered round 15 home grounds and settled in Division Three when Jim Gregory, a real-life Arthur Daley before the fictional one, joined the board. Money began to be spent, on Les Allen, a Double-winner at Tottenham, and Rodney Marsh from Fulham – the start of a series of raids on London rivals that served Rangers spectacularly well.
- Alec Stock’s side won Division Three in 1967 at a stroll, just weeks after leaping into the nation’s living rooms in maybe the best League Cup final of all, the first at Wembley, before a live television audience – when that actually meant something. First Division West Bromwich Albion’s 2-0 half-time lead was brushed aside by goals from Roger Morgan, Marsh after a mazy dribble and Mark Lazarus.
- Another promotion the next year just set up QPR as the next Northampton Town, for a debut top-flight season even Sunderland fans would count as disappointing. But Gordon Jago arrived and built his 1972-73 promotion team by selling Marsh and gambling on the genius of Stan Bowles. A procession of apprentices were blended with wise old heads such as Frank McLintock, two years on from leading Arsenal to the Double, then David Webb (whose barrel chest hardly suited being wrapped in hoops) and John Hollins, downsized from Chelsea to Shepherd’s Bush.
- When Jago went early in 1974-75, another King’s Road refugee, Dave Sexton, spent most of his first season in charge dealing with Bowles’s tantrums and assembling a midfield even Stan would be mad to turn away from. Francis started and bare-shinned winger Dave Thomas came on in Don Revie’s first England game – a 3-0 qualifying group win against eventual European champions Czechoslovakia – and full-backs Dave Clement and Ian Gillard soon joined them. At Revie’s time of greatest need, the World Cup qualifier in Italy in November 1976, he turned to Bowles. (It didn’t work, but that’s not the point.)
- Francis was 23 when Revie made him captain after humiliating Scotland in 1975. “Just to get in the England team you were competing with Bell, Ball, Hudson, Brooking and Currie for just two places in midfield. It was an honour for a QPR player to be England captain.” Gerry announced his authority with the goal of the season past Ray Clemence as Rangers started the season by beating Liverpool; Stan weighed in with a hat-trick in a 5-1 demolition of Derby County, the reigning champions, a week later.
- Quite how and why QPR did not win the title is a football tragedy. They were the best and most entertaining team, were unbeaten at home, never slumped and beat every side in the division except West Ham. Frankly, Norwich fans should be ashamed of their club – and their good fortune on the day – for spiking Rangers’ champagne.
- Francis has a vivid recall of the game that should be disturbing in a grown man with a long and successful career, and is actually painful to hear. “We totally dominated but you have games where nothing seems to go right. In the first half I was sent through by Stan and lobbed Kevin Keelan from 25, 30 yards but it landed on top of the net. Keelan made a couple of great saves from me.” Match reports detail Keelan, himself a loveable Seventies maverick, laughing when a close-range Webb header hit him and bounced away.
- At the other end, a ludicrous mix-up gifted Ted McDougall a goal before a manically determined Thomas equalised. While Liverpool were beating Stoke City 5-3 at Anfield, Norwich scored two more – a fluke shot from Peter Morris and Phil Boyer’s header while offside – before giving Rangers a late own goal.
- Rangers finished with home wins against Arsenal and then Leeds on the last Saturday, as Liverpool put their feet up while John Toshack played for Wales in a European Championship quarter-final against Yugoslavia. Ten days later, Francis and co watched in a Thames TV studio as Liverpool struck three times in the last 13 minutes at Molineux.
- “The bad taste in our mouth wasn’t necessarily from losing the Norwich game, though people point the finger at it, but the way Liverpool didn’t have to play their last game on the same day. They should have played under the same pressure – we were in a television studio watching our season slip away. When Kevin Keegan scored most of us walked out.”
- The last hurrah for Sexton’s side was a goal-strewn run to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, before losing on penalties at AEK Athens, while Liverpool took the European Cup road leading to Rome and immortality against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
- Francis says: “We could have gone a long way in the European Cup. We played the sort of football that was equipped for European competition, but there’s no doubt Liverpool were an outstanding side. Quality-wise, we were a match for Liverpool, but they could strengthen and we were a small, selling club.”
- So QPR almost matched the Derby side of 1972 in winning the league three seasons after getting promoted. In 1978 Nottingham Forest would do it a year after coming up in third spot. Instead, Rangers joined Ipswich Town at club level and Holland on the world stage as vibrant sides in the total football era who fell just short of a defining triumph but are all the more beloved for it. “Everyone says QPR were their second-favourite team at that time, a nice, family club – like Ipswich and Norwich – who were consistent and could beat anybody on their day,” says Francis.
- A generation on and a world away, QPR, Derby and Ipswich are all mired in the second division having spent parts of the 21st century in administration. And whatever happened to Liverpool in Europe? WSC
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- Reminder: Vote for the Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer - For 2009 Fanzine Awards
- Bernie Ecclestone #13 in The Times List of the 100 most powerful and influential people in British sport.
"...#13....Bernie Ecclestone - Chief executive, Formula One Wily, mischievous, funny and something of a genius, nobody seems to have told Ecclestone that he is 78. He still thinks he is 30 and is determined to go on running the show. Criticised for running a sport that is too extravagant and not exciting enough, yet it enjoyed massive audiences last year. Could face his biggest test yet with the recession biting and teams forming a united front to demand more money from the little emperor of F1. Joint ownership of Queens Park Rangers no more than a distraction for now..." Entire 100 Listing.
- On This Football Day Flashback: "January 25 - Trevor [Sinclair] Wonder Goal
"...Today we are marking the anniversary of the best goal Sinclair ever scored. It was on this day in 1997 that Trevor, at the time playing for QPR, lined up for the Hoops at Loftus Road to face fellow Division One club Barnsley in the FA Cup Fourth Round..." [Sinclair] Wonder Goal -- Sinclair Goal Video
Reposting an July 2006 When Saturday Comes (WSC) article re QPR's 1976/76 Season
July 2006 - When Saturday Comes, from 2006
As good as it got Queens Park Rangers 1975-76
Queens Park Rangers 1975-76
- Thirty years ago a west London club very nearly won the title – and it would have been a popular success, too. Graham Dunbar recalls QPR's finest 42 games
- It is April 17, 2006, Easter Monday, and Queens Park Rangers lose 3-2 at Norwich in the definitive meaningless and mediocre end-of-season game. Two teams playing second-rate, second-tier football in what could be the worst five-goal affair anyone has seen; a match with no significance beyond reminding both clubs that the Premiership is a distant dream.
- Flip back 30 years and it is April 17, 1976, Easter Saturday in the old Division One, and QPR again lose 3-2 at Carrow Road, with rather more at stake. On a blazing hot holiday weekend, the top-flight title is on the line and, if you buy even slightly into the arguments of chaos theory, the future of European club football is about to be shaped.
- A hugely popular QPR team would lose the title by a single point to Liverpool, who, trophyless the previous year, would beat Wolves in a controversial last game, finish the season by winning the UEFA Cup and, 12 months later, hoist the European Cup for the first time. For want of a win in Norfolk, chaos theory says, the Reds’ rule over Europe was allowed to happen.
- Gerry Francis was Rangers captain in a season that kicked off with a 2-0 defeat of Liverpool at Loftus Road. He was their inspiration during a glorious final 15-match run of 13 wins, a draw and that single defeat on the penultimate Saturday. Francis would recall: “Those points lost at Norwich could have been the difference. You can’t believe we lost the game.”
- The game has lost plenty in the last three decades. Comparing the state of our football nation in 1976 with today is fairly banal and pointless, but let’s have a go – what QPR achieved perhaps compares with what Wigan did for the first half of this season.
- A decade before becoming every neutral’s delight, QPR had meandered round 15 home grounds and settled in Division Three when Jim Gregory, a real-life Arthur Daley before the fictional one, joined the board. Money began to be spent, on Les Allen, a Double-winner at Tottenham, and Rodney Marsh from Fulham – the start of a series of raids on London rivals that served Rangers spectacularly well.
- Alec Stock’s side won Division Three in 1967 at a stroll, just weeks after leaping into the nation’s living rooms in maybe the best League Cup final of all, the first at Wembley, before a live television audience – when that actually meant something. First Division West Bromwich Albion’s 2-0 half-time lead was brushed aside by goals from Roger Morgan, Marsh after a mazy dribble and Mark Lazarus.
- Another promotion the next year just set up QPR as the next Northampton Town, for a debut top-flight season even Sunderland fans would count as disappointing. But Gordon Jago arrived and built his 1972-73 promotion team by selling Marsh and gambling on the genius of Stan Bowles. A procession of apprentices were blended with wise old heads such as Frank McLintock, two years on from leading Arsenal to the Double, then David Webb (whose barrel chest hardly suited being wrapped in hoops) and John Hollins, downsized from Chelsea to Shepherd’s Bush.
- When Jago went early in 1974-75, another King’s Road refugee, Dave Sexton, spent most of his first season in charge dealing with Bowles’s tantrums and assembling a midfield even Stan would be mad to turn away from. Francis started and bare-shinned winger Dave Thomas came on in Don Revie’s first England game – a 3-0 qualifying group win against eventual European champions Czechoslovakia – and full-backs Dave Clement and Ian Gillard soon joined them. At Revie’s time of greatest need, the World Cup qualifier in Italy in November 1976, he turned to Bowles. (It didn’t work, but that’s not the point.)
- Francis was 23 when Revie made him captain after humiliating Scotland in 1975. “Just to get in the England team you were competing with Bell, Ball, Hudson, Brooking and Currie for just two places in midfield. It was an honour for a QPR player to be England captain.” Gerry announced his authority with the goal of the season past Ray Clemence as Rangers started the season by beating Liverpool; Stan weighed in with a hat-trick in a 5-1 demolition of Derby County, the reigning champions, a week later.
- Quite how and why QPR did not win the title is a football tragedy. They were the best and most entertaining team, were unbeaten at home, never slumped and beat every side in the division except West Ham. Frankly, Norwich fans should be ashamed of their club – and their good fortune on the day – for spiking Rangers’ champagne.
- Francis has a vivid recall of the game that should be disturbing in a grown man with a long and successful career, and is actually painful to hear. “We totally dominated but you have games where nothing seems to go right. In the first half I was sent through by Stan and lobbed Kevin Keelan from 25, 30 yards but it landed on top of the net. Keelan made a couple of great saves from me.” Match reports detail Keelan, himself a loveable Seventies maverick, laughing when a close-range Webb header hit him and bounced away.
- At the other end, a ludicrous mix-up gifted Ted McDougall a goal before a manically determined Thomas equalised. While Liverpool were beating Stoke City 5-3 at Anfield, Norwich scored two more – a fluke shot from Peter Morris and Phil Boyer’s header while offside – before giving Rangers a late own goal.
- Rangers finished with home wins against Arsenal and then Leeds on the last Saturday, as Liverpool put their feet up while John Toshack played for Wales in a European Championship quarter-final against Yugoslavia. Ten days later, Francis and co watched in a Thames TV studio as Liverpool struck three times in the last 13 minutes at Molineux.
- “The bad taste in our mouth wasn’t necessarily from losing the Norwich game, though people point the finger at it, but the way Liverpool didn’t have to play their last game on the same day. They should have played under the same pressure – we were in a television studio watching our season slip away. When Kevin Keegan scored most of us walked out.”
- The last hurrah for Sexton’s side was a goal-strewn run to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, before losing on penalties at AEK Athens, while Liverpool took the European Cup road leading to Rome and immortality against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
- Francis says: “We could have gone a long way in the European Cup. We played the sort of football that was equipped for European competition, but there’s no doubt Liverpool were an outstanding side. Quality-wise, we were a match for Liverpool, but they could strengthen and we were a small, selling club.”
- So QPR almost matched the Derby side of 1972 in winning the league three seasons after getting promoted. In 1978 Nottingham Forest would do it a year after coming up in third spot. Instead, Rangers joined Ipswich Town at club level and Holland on the world stage as vibrant sides in the total football era who fell just short of a defining triumph but are all the more beloved for it. “Everyone says QPR were their second-favourite team at that time, a nice, family club – like Ipswich and Norwich – who were consistent and could beat anybody on their day,” says Francis.
- A generation on and a world away, QPR, Derby and Ipswich are all mired in the second division having spent parts of the 21st century in administration. And whatever happened to Liverpool in Europe? WSC
Saturday, January 24, 2009
The 2009 Fanzine Awards Nominations - Best QPR Fanzine, Blog, Editor, Writer
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Football Fan Census
-The survey is just 5 questions long. To participate you have to be registered with the FFC which, if you haven't done previously, you can do at the end of this survey and register the team you support.
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- Q1. Best Print Fanzine (name + team):
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- Q3. Best Blog (name + team):
- Q4. Best Editor (name + publication + team):
- Q5. Best Writer (name + publication + team):
Football Fans Census --- VOTE HERE
The AWARDS PROCESS
Round 1 - Nominations
- You can nominate fanzines for any one or more of the categories up until Friday 6th February. The more nominations a fanzine has, the more chance it has of progressing to the next Round....
So if you want to put forward your favorite Fanzine all you need to do is simply click the following link NOMINATE NOW and add it to the nominations list.
We will draw up a longlist from the fanzines with the most nominations who will go forward to Round 2.
Round 2 - Assessment
Fanzines nominated for the longlist will be listed on the FFC site from Monday 9th February and fans will have the chance to evaluate the fanzines in a number of ways including: design, forum, writing style, regularity of updates etc.
Round 3 - Judging
The Judging Panel will decide the winner of each category as well as the overall winner – “The UK Football Fanzine of the Year 2009. The Process
FLASHBACK - The 2008 FANZINE AWARDS
2008: QPR Official Site - FANZINE AWARDS
...The nominations are in and the following QPR Fanzines are up for the awards.
- Best Championship Fanzine: Vital Queens Park Rangers, Loft For Words, A Kick Up The R's, QPRnet.com.
Best Editor: Clive Whittingham (Loft For Words), Ron Norris (QPRnet), Dave Thomas (A Kick Up The R's), Peter Davies (We Are The Ragers Boys), Hoops aka Dave Hindle (Vital QPR).
- Best Writer: Bosh Times (Loft For Words), Metallica_Hoop (Loft For Words), Hoops aka Dave Hindle (Vital QPR), Simon Skinner (QPRnet), Dave Thomas (A Kick Up The R's), Mike (QPR Report Blogspot), Clive Whittingham (Loft For Words), Boxer (Vital QPR).
- Best Blog: Lofty Heights, QPR Report, Tonto's Tribulations on QPR.net.
Please note, these nominations were made by the Football QPR Report
MARCH 18, 2008 The "FINALISTS" - Fanzine Awards Shortlists - QPR Inclusions
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FANZINE AWARDS SHORTLIST - Fanzine Awards Shortlist Categories
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FANZINES -SHORTLIST
Here are the shortlisted entries for the Championship category:
Bristol City One Team in Bristol
Burnley Clarets MAD
Burnley When the Ball Moves
Crystal Palace The Holmesdale Online
Ipswich Town Those Were The Days (TWTD)
Plymouth Argyle Greens On Screen
QPR A Kick Up The R's
QPR Loft For Words
Stoke City The Oatcake
Watford Gloryhorns
BEST EDITOR SHORTLIST
Here are the shortlisted entries for the Best Editor category:
Aston Villa Jonathan Fear , Vital Villa
Bradford Mike Harrison, The City Gent
Everton Sausage, Bluekipper
FC United of Manchester Simon Howles AKA Wolfie, Under The Boardwalk
Ipswich Town Philip Ham, Those Were The Days
Middlesbrough Rob Nichols, Fly Me To The Moon
Notts County Paul Edgar, Youpies.co.uk
QPR Clive Whittingham, Loft For Words
Sunderland Martyn McFadden, A Love Supreme
Tottenham Jim Duggan, Topspurs.com
BEST BLOG SHORTLIST
Here are shortlisted entries for the Best Blog category:
Aston Villa AVFC Blog
Celtic Celtic Quick news
Fulham Craven Cottage Newsround
General The 100 Football Grounds Club
Liverpool Kop Blog
QPR QPR Report
Rangers Fat Eck
Sunderland Sobs on Soccer
Watford BHaPPY
QPR Report
May 2008: And the Ultimate Winners - Including AKUTRS for Best Championship
Fanzine
2008 Fanzine Awards - The Winners
The winning fanzines in the ‘The New Football Pools Fanzine Awards 2008’ powered by the Football Fans Census.
Over 6,000 fans voted in the Awards and comments from the judges, are as follows:
Best Overall Fanzine – ‘A Love Supreme’ – Sunderland AFC
A high standard of design and writing, combined with exceptional levels of fan participation made ‘A Love Supreme’ a hit with the fans and judges. Original, amusing and packed with content, it fully deserves its accolade as the best football fanzine in Britain.
Best Premier League Fanzine – ‘A Love Supreme’ – Sunderland AFC
Short listed in four separate categories and receiving more nominations than any other publication, Sunderland deservedly came first in the Premier League – not a phrase you often hear.
Best Championship Fanzine – ‘A Kick Up The R’s’ – Queens Park Rangers FC
The QPR fanzine took the plaudits in the Championship, praised by the judges for its design and overall presentation, the fanzine provides a terrific read for any football fan.
Best League One Fanzine – ‘Monkey Business’ – Hartlepool United FC‘Monkey Business’ impressed with its unique brand of comedy. The first edition was published back in 1989, with letters, articles, jokes and fan photos making it a very amusing read. It’s very much a fanzine written for the love of football and for those who religiously follow the Pool week in, week out.
Best League Two Fanzine – ‘The City Gent’ – Bradford City FC‘The City Gent’ has now been running for over 20 years, oozes quality and is quite possibly the oldest active fanzine in Britain. Well-written, it contains some excellent articles and is a smart, well-presented fanzine which lives up to its name – a true city gent!
Best Non-League Fanzine – ‘We’re Not Playing on THAT pitch’ – Silsden AFC‘We’re Not Playing On THAT Pitch’ touched the judges with it’s positive approach to its club. Witty, informative and generous in spirit, it encapsulates much of what is good about the beautiful game.
Best League SPL Fanzine – ‘Follow Follow’ on Footymad – Rangers FC
The site received the highest number of nominations from fans of SPL clubs - scoring over 50% of fans nominations in this category.
Best Editor – Jonathan Fear, editor of Vital Villa – Aston Villa FC
Well respected and admired by Villa fans, Jonathan Fear, editor of Vital Villa, is described by his editorial team as ‘fun’, ‘witty’ and ‘having that rare ability to poke fun at the club he loves and at himself’. Judges were particularly impressed by the contribution he has made in improving the relationship between the fans and the club.
Best Writer – Mickey Blue Eyes, writer for Blue Kipper – Everton FC
Michael Durkin or ‘Mickey Blue Eyes’ as he is affectionately known, writes for popular Everton fanzine ‘Blue Kipper’. His original, humorous and personal style of writing, coupled with his articulate approach, earned him the biggest vote from the fans.
Best Blog – Kopblog – Liverpool FC
Another accolade for Merseyside - Kopblog received the most nominations in this award category. Frequently updated with news, match previews, well written articles and reports, Kopblog is a passionate take on the life and times of Liverpool FC.
Each category winner has received a special engraved trophy
Football Fanzine AwardsQPR Report
- A List of QPR Sites to choose from!
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NOMINATED YOUR CHOICES FOR 2009 FANZINE AWARDS
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- Q1. Best Print Fanzine (name + team):
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FOOTBALL FAN CENSUS - FANZINE AWARDS
- The New Football Pools Annual Fanzine Awards are all about celebrating the passion, talent, creativity and dedication of the people who make up the media of the fans - the fanzines. Get involved and show your appreciation - this is your chance to nominate and vote for your favourite fanzine in The New Football Pools Fanzine Awards 2009 powered by The Football Fans Census....
To nominate your favourite fanzine, blog, editor or writer simply follow the link below, both print and online fanzines are eligible. Many thanks for your support. The FFC Team - VOTE HERE
Football Fan Census
-The survey is just 5 questions long. To participate you have to be registered with the FFC which, if you haven't done previously, you can do at the end of this survey and register the team you support.
- This is your chance to nominate and vote for your favourite fanzine, blog, editor or writer in the New Football Pools Fanzine Awards 2009 powered by The Football Fans Census.- Please nominate who you would like shortlisted by entering their name(s) in the relevant boxes below (each category is optional):
- Q1. Best Print Fanzine (name + team):
- Q2. Best Online Fanzine (name + team):
- Q3. Best Blog (name + team):
- Q4. Best Editor (name + publication + team):
- Q5. Best Writer (name + publication + team):
Football Fans Census --- VOTE HERE
The AWARDS PROCESS
Round 1 - Nominations
- You can nominate fanzines for any one or more of the categories up until Friday 6th February. The more nominations a fanzine has, the more chance it has of progressing to the next Round....
So if you want to put forward your favorite Fanzine all you need to do is simply click the following link NOMINATE NOW and add it to the nominations list.
We will draw up a longlist from the fanzines with the most nominations who will go forward to Round 2.
Round 2 - Assessment
Fanzines nominated for the longlist will be listed on the FFC site from Monday 9th February and fans will have the chance to evaluate the fanzines in a number of ways including: design, forum, writing style, regularity of updates etc.
Round 3 - Judging
The Judging Panel will decide the winner of each category as well as the overall winner – “The UK Football Fanzine of the Year 2009. The Process
FLASHBACK - The 2008 FANZINE AWARDS
2008: QPR Official Site - FANZINE AWARDS
...The nominations are in and the following QPR Fanzines are up for the awards.
- Best Championship Fanzine: Vital Queens Park Rangers, Loft For Words, A Kick Up The R's, QPRnet.com.
Best Editor: Clive Whittingham (Loft For Words), Ron Norris (QPRnet), Dave Thomas (A Kick Up The R's), Peter Davies (We Are The Ragers Boys), Hoops aka Dave Hindle (Vital QPR).
- Best Writer: Bosh Times (Loft For Words), Metallica_Hoop (Loft For Words), Hoops aka Dave Hindle (Vital QPR), Simon Skinner (QPRnet), Dave Thomas (A Kick Up The R's), Mike (QPR Report Blogspot), Clive Whittingham (Loft For Words), Boxer (Vital QPR).
- Best Blog: Lofty Heights, QPR Report, Tonto's Tribulations on QPR.net.
Please note, these nominations were made by the Football QPR Report
MARCH 18, 2008 The "FINALISTS" - Fanzine Awards Shortlists - QPR Inclusions
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FANZINE AWARDS SHORTLIST - Fanzine Awards Shortlist Categories
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FANZINES -SHORTLIST
Here are the shortlisted entries for the Championship category:
Bristol City One Team in Bristol
Burnley Clarets MAD
Burnley When the Ball Moves
Crystal Palace The Holmesdale Online
Ipswich Town Those Were The Days (TWTD)
Plymouth Argyle Greens On Screen
QPR A Kick Up The R's
QPR Loft For Words
Stoke City The Oatcake
Watford Gloryhorns
BEST EDITOR SHORTLIST
Here are the shortlisted entries for the Best Editor category:
Aston Villa Jonathan Fear , Vital Villa
Bradford Mike Harrison, The City Gent
Everton Sausage, Bluekipper
FC United of Manchester Simon Howles AKA Wolfie, Under The Boardwalk
Ipswich Town Philip Ham, Those Were The Days
Middlesbrough Rob Nichols, Fly Me To The Moon
Notts County Paul Edgar, Youpies.co.uk
QPR Clive Whittingham, Loft For Words
Sunderland Martyn McFadden, A Love Supreme
Tottenham Jim Duggan, Topspurs.com
BEST BLOG SHORTLIST
Here are shortlisted entries for the Best Blog category:
Aston Villa AVFC Blog
Celtic Celtic Quick news
Fulham Craven Cottage Newsround
General The 100 Football Grounds Club
Liverpool Kop Blog
QPR QPR Report
Rangers Fat Eck
Sunderland Sobs on Soccer
Watford BHaPPY
QPR Report
May 2008: And the Ultimate Winners - Including AKUTRS for Best Championship
Fanzine
2008 Fanzine Awards - The Winners
The winning fanzines in the ‘The New Football Pools Fanzine Awards 2008’ powered by the Football Fans Census.
Over 6,000 fans voted in the Awards and comments from the judges, are as follows:
Best Overall Fanzine – ‘A Love Supreme’ – Sunderland AFC
A high standard of design and writing, combined with exceptional levels of fan participation made ‘A Love Supreme’ a hit with the fans and judges. Original, amusing and packed with content, it fully deserves its accolade as the best football fanzine in Britain.
Best Premier League Fanzine – ‘A Love Supreme’ – Sunderland AFC
Short listed in four separate categories and receiving more nominations than any other publication, Sunderland deservedly came first in the Premier League – not a phrase you often hear.
Best Championship Fanzine – ‘A Kick Up The R’s’ – Queens Park Rangers FC
The QPR fanzine took the plaudits in the Championship, praised by the judges for its design and overall presentation, the fanzine provides a terrific read for any football fan.
Best League One Fanzine – ‘Monkey Business’ – Hartlepool United FC‘Monkey Business’ impressed with its unique brand of comedy. The first edition was published back in 1989, with letters, articles, jokes and fan photos making it a very amusing read. It’s very much a fanzine written for the love of football and for those who religiously follow the Pool week in, week out.
Best League Two Fanzine – ‘The City Gent’ – Bradford City FC‘The City Gent’ has now been running for over 20 years, oozes quality and is quite possibly the oldest active fanzine in Britain. Well-written, it contains some excellent articles and is a smart, well-presented fanzine which lives up to its name – a true city gent!
Best Non-League Fanzine – ‘We’re Not Playing on THAT pitch’ – Silsden AFC‘We’re Not Playing On THAT Pitch’ touched the judges with it’s positive approach to its club. Witty, informative and generous in spirit, it encapsulates much of what is good about the beautiful game.
Best League SPL Fanzine – ‘Follow Follow’ on Footymad – Rangers FC
The site received the highest number of nominations from fans of SPL clubs - scoring over 50% of fans nominations in this category.
Best Editor – Jonathan Fear, editor of Vital Villa – Aston Villa FC
Well respected and admired by Villa fans, Jonathan Fear, editor of Vital Villa, is described by his editorial team as ‘fun’, ‘witty’ and ‘having that rare ability to poke fun at the club he loves and at himself’. Judges were particularly impressed by the contribution he has made in improving the relationship between the fans and the club.
Best Writer – Mickey Blue Eyes, writer for Blue Kipper – Everton FC
Michael Durkin or ‘Mickey Blue Eyes’ as he is affectionately known, writes for popular Everton fanzine ‘Blue Kipper’. His original, humorous and personal style of writing, coupled with his articulate approach, earned him the biggest vote from the fans.
Best Blog – Kopblog – Liverpool FC
Another accolade for Merseyside - Kopblog received the most nominations in this award category. Frequently updated with news, match previews, well written articles and reports, Kopblog is a passionate take on the life and times of Liverpool FC.
Each category winner has received a special engraved trophy
Football Fanzine AwardsQPR Report
- A List of QPR Sites to choose from!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Four Words From Rodney Marsh Answers Age-Old Question....Two Year Flashback No China Game at Loftus Road...Other "On This Day" Flashbacks
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- Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR, such as: Southampon Goalkeeper happy to not move; and non-QPR, such as: Top 50 Wingers List and re clubs finances'); today's somewhat-different QPR Video; and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome!For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Posting Registration required.)
- The Answer to the Perennial Question: Which Club: QPR, Fulham or Manchester City, Was Rodney Marsh's "True" Love?: - A Four Word Answer From Rodney Marsh: "My favourite club...QPR"
- [Which leads to that perennial question: "Marsh or Bowles: Who was "better"? - Your opinions welcomed!]
"ON THIS DAY" FLASHBACKS:
No China Game at Loftus Road
Two years ago today, after reports in the press that QPR would be play a friendly against China, the club issued a denial: "Correction: The Club has had it brought to its attention that Ceefax and Teletext are reporting a game between QPR and China on February 8. We would like to confirm that no such fixture is taking place at Loftus Road and we have already asked both parties to remove the story. No China Game."
Of course the subsequent QPR-China Training ground scrimmage truly was "The Shot heard around the world!"
Pre-QPR Statement Press Reports of China Olympics Team UK Visit
International Herald Tribune/AP
-China's Olympic soccer team to play three friendlies in England
The Associated Press Monday, January 22, 2007
- China's Olympic soccer team will play three friendly matches next month in England, part of the club's two-week training stint with London club Chelsea.
The Chinese Football Association confirmed Tuesday that its Olympic team will face Chelsea's reserve team on Feb. 5, followed by matches against Queens Park Rangers on Feb. 8 and Brentford on Feb. 16.
Queens Park plays in the League Championship, the level just below the Premier League. Brentford plays in League One, two rungs below the Premier League.
China, coached by Ratomir Dujkovic, is training in France and is expected to arrive on London on Feb. 1. Tribune
Chinese People Daily Dates confirmed for China Olympic soccer team's England tour
- The Chinese Olympic team's two-week England tour schedule has been confirmed with Ratomir Dujkovic's men expected to arrive in London on February 1, according to the Chinese Football Association.
- China will go up against the Chelsea reserves on Feb. 5 and two more friendlies await the team on February 8 (League Championship side Queen's Park Rangers) and 14th (League One side Brentford) before the squad returns home on February 16.
Queen's Park Rangers is standing at 21st at the 24-team League Championship with 30 points, one position above the relegation zone. Brentford is at the bottom of League One with 22 points. ..... Source: Xinhua
- QPR Report
Also Two Years ago, January 23, 2007: FA Cup Defeat for QPR -
- QPR got knocked out of the FA Cup by Luton, in a replay at Luton which had forced the club to cancel or reschedule a friendly against Witney United. Match Reports and Comments of Luton 1 QPR 0 with QPR dominating; Bailey getting sent off; and Rehman scoring an own goal. QPR's team that night: Royce, Rehman, Mancienne, Stewart, Milanese,Smith (Ainsworth 84), Bailey, Lomas, Cook, Blackstock,Nygaard (Ray Jones 72). Subs Not Used: Cole, Kanyuka, Furlong.
And way back on this day...:
- January 23 1989 - Manchester United defeated Trevor Francis' QPR 3-0 in an FA Cup replay at Old Trafford. QPR's team: Seaman - Pizanti Law Mcdonald Maddix - Channing Barker Parker Kerslake - Stein Coney Subs: (Bradley) Allen Fleming
- January 23, 1982: QPR's Wembley Cup march almost ended as Terry Venables' QPR drew 0-0 at Blackpool (before winning the replay 5-1 with 4 goals by Clive Allen.) QPR's team: Hucker, Fenwick Howe Roeder Gillard - Flanagan Currie Waddock Gregory - Stainrod Allen
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- The Answer to the Perennial Question: Which Club: QPR, Fulham or Manchester City, Was Rodney Marsh's "True" Love?: - A Four Word Answer From Rodney Marsh: "My favourite club...QPR"
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"ON THIS DAY" FLASHBACKS:
No China Game at Loftus Road
Two years ago today, after reports in the press that QPR would be play a friendly against China, the club issued a denial: "Correction: The Club has had it brought to its attention that Ceefax and Teletext are reporting a game between QPR and China on February 8. We would like to confirm that no such fixture is taking place at Loftus Road and we have already asked both parties to remove the story. No China Game."
Of course the subsequent QPR-China Training ground scrimmage truly was "The Shot heard around the world!"
Pre-QPR Statement Press Reports of China Olympics Team UK Visit
International Herald Tribune/AP
-China's Olympic soccer team to play three friendlies in England
The Associated Press Monday, January 22, 2007
- China's Olympic soccer team will play three friendly matches next month in England, part of the club's two-week training stint with London club Chelsea.
The Chinese Football Association confirmed Tuesday that its Olympic team will face Chelsea's reserve team on Feb. 5, followed by matches against Queens Park Rangers on Feb. 8 and Brentford on Feb. 16.
Queens Park plays in the League Championship, the level just below the Premier League. Brentford plays in League One, two rungs below the Premier League.
China, coached by Ratomir Dujkovic, is training in France and is expected to arrive on London on Feb. 1. Tribune
Chinese People Daily Dates confirmed for China Olympic soccer team's England tour
- The Chinese Olympic team's two-week England tour schedule has been confirmed with Ratomir Dujkovic's men expected to arrive in London on February 1, according to the Chinese Football Association.
- China will go up against the Chelsea reserves on Feb. 5 and two more friendlies await the team on February 8 (League Championship side Queen's Park Rangers) and 14th (League One side Brentford) before the squad returns home on February 16.
Queen's Park Rangers is standing at 21st at the 24-team League Championship with 30 points, one position above the relegation zone. Brentford is at the bottom of League One with 22 points. ..... Source: Xinhua
- QPR Report
Also Two Years ago, January 23, 2007: FA Cup Defeat for QPR -
- QPR got knocked out of the FA Cup by Luton, in a replay at Luton which had forced the club to cancel or reschedule a friendly against Witney United. Match Reports and Comments of Luton 1 QPR 0 with QPR dominating; Bailey getting sent off; and Rehman scoring an own goal. QPR's team that night: Royce, Rehman, Mancienne, Stewart, Milanese,Smith (Ainsworth 84), Bailey, Lomas, Cook, Blackstock,Nygaard (Ray Jones 72). Subs Not Used: Cole, Kanyuka, Furlong.
And way back on this day...:
- January 23 1989 - Manchester United defeated Trevor Francis' QPR 3-0 in an FA Cup replay at Old Trafford. QPR's team: Seaman - Pizanti Law Mcdonald Maddix - Channing Barker Parker Kerslake - Stein Coney Subs: (Bradley) Allen Fleming
- January 23, 1982: QPR's Wembley Cup march almost ended as Terry Venables' QPR drew 0-0 at Blackpool (before winning the replay 5-1 with 4 goals by Clive Allen.) QPR's team: Hucker, Fenwick Howe Roeder Gillard - Flanagan Currie Waddock Gregory - Stainrod Allen
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Briatore Denies re QPR and Turin
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Update Via The QPR Italia Website
- QPR Italia - English Web Translation
"... Meanwhile, following rumors published yesterday by the journal, Flavio Briatore has strongly denied being interested in Toro paired with Antonio Giraudo, former managing director of Juventus fan grenade known but for the time being enough work in Renault and the Queen's Park Rangers. We now expect the position taken by the Farinetti: whose biography just out in the library is titled, I miss it on purpose," QPR Italia - English Web Translation
- QPR Italia - Briatore: "Non sono io 'Mister X'"
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Update Via The QPR Italia Website
- QPR Italia - English Web Translation
"... Meanwhile, following rumors published yesterday by the journal, Flavio Briatore has strongly denied being interested in Toro paired with Antonio Giraudo, former managing director of Juventus fan grenade known but for the time being enough work in Renault and the Queen's Park Rangers. We now expect the position taken by the Farinetti: whose biography just out in the library is titled, I miss it on purpose," QPR Italia - English Web Translation
- QPR Italia - Briatore: "Non sono io 'Mister X'"
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Peter Beagrie Not Optimistic About QPR's Playoff Chances
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Recent QPR or General Football Articles Posted:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Briatore Interested in Buying Turin?
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
Sky Sports - Peter Beagrie Q&A
RANGERS RISING
I commented recently on the improvement you will see from QPR after our owners finally opened the chequebook and our win at Derby says something. I reckon Reading and Birmingham will take the automatics with Wolves and Preston definites for the play-offs. Then any two from Sheff Utd, Crystal Palace, Cardiff and QPR. What do you reckon Peter? Can QPR get there? Darryl Garvey (Queens Park Rangers fan)
PETER REPLIES: At the start of the season we all thought they were going to sign some well-known players but that hasn't really happened. They've gone for experienced Championship players and they haven't signed a Championship-level 'Robinho' despite the wealth of their owners.
I don't think they do have what it takes to reach the play-offs unless there is an influx of players in January. They'll be hoping that win at Derby is a turning point but I think there are better sides in the division. I was hoping they'd find a more fluent style under their new manager but they still play with one striker at times and they do struggle to score goals. They are solid at the back but for all the glamour attached to the club, there has been a lack of entertainment on the pitch.
I agree with some of the other clubs you mention though Darryl. The top two will definitely come from Wolves, Birmingham and Reading. Sheffield United look the part at the moment and along with Preston they are the form side in the Championship. I think that leaves one play-off spot and I'd say teams like Burnley and Crystal Palace are far better than QPR. You can also throw Cardiff into the mix who have drawn a lot of games, along with Swansea who I also believe are stronger than QPR. I feel Rangers will need significant improvement if they are to beat those teams to a play-off spot. Skysports
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Recent QPR or General Football Articles Posted:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Briatore Interested in Buying Turin?
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
Sky Sports - Peter Beagrie Q&A
RANGERS RISING
I commented recently on the improvement you will see from QPR after our owners finally opened the chequebook and our win at Derby says something. I reckon Reading and Birmingham will take the automatics with Wolves and Preston definites for the play-offs. Then any two from Sheff Utd, Crystal Palace, Cardiff and QPR. What do you reckon Peter? Can QPR get there? Darryl Garvey (Queens Park Rangers fan)
PETER REPLIES: At the start of the season we all thought they were going to sign some well-known players but that hasn't really happened. They've gone for experienced Championship players and they haven't signed a Championship-level 'Robinho' despite the wealth of their owners.
I don't think they do have what it takes to reach the play-offs unless there is an influx of players in January. They'll be hoping that win at Derby is a turning point but I think there are better sides in the division. I was hoping they'd find a more fluent style under their new manager but they still play with one striker at times and they do struggle to score goals. They are solid at the back but for all the glamour attached to the club, there has been a lack of entertainment on the pitch.
I agree with some of the other clubs you mention though Darryl. The top two will definitely come from Wolves, Birmingham and Reading. Sheffield United look the part at the moment and along with Preston they are the form side in the Championship. I think that leaves one play-off spot and I'd say teams like Burnley and Crystal Palace are far better than QPR. You can also throw Cardiff into the mix who have drawn a lot of games, along with Swansea who I also believe are stronger than QPR. I feel Rangers will need significant improvement if they are to beat those teams to a play-off spot. Skysports
Agyemang (Bad News) Injury Update...Sousa: Gradually Building at QPR...Warnock on QPR's "Derogatory" Offer for Watson...QPR Masters Cup
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QPR Official Site TALKING WOUNDED: AGYEMANG UPDATE
- R's front-man Patrick Agyemang is looking at 'months rather than weeks' on the sidelines with the thigh muscle injury he sustained in training 15 days ago.
- The 28 year-old underwent exploratory surgery just under a fortnight ago, but as Head Physio Paul Hunter revealed, the former Preston ace is likely to be on the treatment table until mid-April at best.
Hunter told www.qpr.co.uk: "In terms of recovery time, unfortunately we're talking months rather than weeks - we're hoping it will be around the three-month mark.
"We have already had a review with the surgeon, who is happy with the early progress he is making.
"To be fair to him, Pat has been first class so far, but realistically the earliest comeback for him is mid-April."
*An in-depth interview with R's Head Physio Paul Hunter will be available on QPR World tomorrow (Friday). Hunter speaks openly about long-term injury victims Martin Rowlands and Akos Buzsaky, as well as providing some good news on the progress of Rowan Vine. QPR
Football League - BASE BUILDING AT QPR
- Restoring Queens Park Rangers to the Premiership is the aim of recently appointed manager Paulo Sousa, but despite his attacking instincts the former Portugal midfielder is intent on building steadily rather than taking a gung-ho approach to promotion.- Two months after Sousa's arrival at what is one of the richest clubs in the world following the 2007 take-over led by Formula 1 millionaire Flavio Briatore, QPR sit eighth in the Coca-Cola Championship table, three points below the Play-Off places.
- And that position, for the time being at least reckons the manager, is okay as long as progress is being made. "It's good to stay close to the Play-Offs," says Sousa, "because you can look at targets and that gives more motivation and ambition.
- "But the most important thing is to create a good base to achieve those targets - to build a team that can compete in each stadium we have to play at and to create a good style of play for the fans to enjoy."
- "I believe in playing positive, attacking football, but to achieve positive results you have to maintain a focused outlook and my team will aim to do this, both for ourselves and for the fans as well."
-Sousa knows all about good styles of play having been a classy midfielder who earned 51 international caps and twice won the Champions League - with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund - as well as starring for Benfica and Inter Milan.
- After his playing career was prematurely ended through injury he was appointed to the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team under the then head coach - and now Chelsea manager - Luiz Felipe Scolari.
- So it was with quite a pedigree that Sousa started his first managerial job last November. Results to date have been mixed, but his first away win - at Derby County last Saturday - brought delight as well as encouragement for the manager.
- Four days earlier the Hoops had lost their FA Cup third round replay at Burnley, whose winner arrived in the last minute of extra time, so to bounce back with what could be a crucial away win was very important says Sousa.
- "When you lose a game over 120 minutes, creating a lot of opportunities and deserving to win but then not winning, psychology comes in - players can get down and it's not easy to handle this," notes Sousa.
- "But my players told me they would give me their answer and they showed big personality to win (at Derby). To play so well and to get the result means that all the hard work we've been doing for the last two months is beginning to pay off." Football League
- Crystal Palace's Neil Warnock "“We had such a derogatory offer of £500,000 from QPR and early on in the season it was unsettling for Ben. “£2m is more realistic for someone of Ben’s quality.”
Streatham Guardian/Graham Moody - Palace unlikely to replace Watson- Neil Warnock will not be targeting a replacement for Ben Watson should the midfielder complete a £2m move to the Premier League this month.
- The 23-year-old is currently discussing personal terms with Middlesbrough after the Teesside club had a bid accepted yesterday, but two more top flight clubs are also understood to have entered the race for this signature.
- “I don’t think we will be able to get anyone on a free transfer any better than that on our wage structure. For me the only chance we have of bringing a player in on decent money is if we sign a striker.“
- Neil Warnock is not planning on replacing Ben WatsonWarnock refused to name the side’s involved but denied reports they were london duo Fulham and West Ham.
“There is a couple of clubs that have made enquiries and we’ve agreed fees with,” he said.
“I can tell you West Ham and Fulham it is not.
“I don’t know whether Ben is going to speak to anyone else but he is up in Middlesbrough discussing terms now. “I will be sad personally, I think all the lads will be, he is part of the furniture here but he is going to be a very exciting player.
“I’m pleased for him and the club, especially the chairman.
“We had such a derogatory offer of £500,000 from QPR and early on in the season it was unsettling for Ben.
“£2m is more realistic for someone of Ben’s quality.” Watson’s departure would leave Palace with Shaun Derry, Neil Danns, John Oster, Nick Carle and Carl Fletcher as experienced midfielders and Warnock does not see himself adding to that number.
He said: “It’s what you get for no money, do you get any better than what we have?
“For me we’ve got Neil Danns who is like a new player, you’ve got Fletcher if he doesn’t go and young James Comley.
“I don’t think we will be able to get anyone on a free transfer any better than that on our wage structure. For me the only chance we have of bringing a player in on decent money is if we sign a striker.“ Streatham Guardian
QPR Official Site MASTERS Cup 2009
QPR have been selected as one of six teams to contest Heat Three of the 2009 Masters Cup, televised live on Sky Sports, on Saturday 20th June at Wembley Arena.
QPR Masters will play fellow legends from Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Fulham and Arsenal, with the winners going through to compete in the 2009 Masters Cup Grand Final on Sunday 6th September Further details will follow in the build-up to the event, but in the meantime click here for more information.QPR
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QPR Official Site TALKING WOUNDED: AGYEMANG UPDATE
- R's front-man Patrick Agyemang is looking at 'months rather than weeks' on the sidelines with the thigh muscle injury he sustained in training 15 days ago.
- The 28 year-old underwent exploratory surgery just under a fortnight ago, but as Head Physio Paul Hunter revealed, the former Preston ace is likely to be on the treatment table until mid-April at best.
Hunter told www.qpr.co.uk: "In terms of recovery time, unfortunately we're talking months rather than weeks - we're hoping it will be around the three-month mark.
"We have already had a review with the surgeon, who is happy with the early progress he is making.
"To be fair to him, Pat has been first class so far, but realistically the earliest comeback for him is mid-April."
*An in-depth interview with R's Head Physio Paul Hunter will be available on QPR World tomorrow (Friday). Hunter speaks openly about long-term injury victims Martin Rowlands and Akos Buzsaky, as well as providing some good news on the progress of Rowan Vine. QPR
Football League - BASE BUILDING AT QPR
- Restoring Queens Park Rangers to the Premiership is the aim of recently appointed manager Paulo Sousa, but despite his attacking instincts the former Portugal midfielder is intent on building steadily rather than taking a gung-ho approach to promotion.- Two months after Sousa's arrival at what is one of the richest clubs in the world following the 2007 take-over led by Formula 1 millionaire Flavio Briatore, QPR sit eighth in the Coca-Cola Championship table, three points below the Play-Off places.
- And that position, for the time being at least reckons the manager, is okay as long as progress is being made. "It's good to stay close to the Play-Offs," says Sousa, "because you can look at targets and that gives more motivation and ambition.
- "But the most important thing is to create a good base to achieve those targets - to build a team that can compete in each stadium we have to play at and to create a good style of play for the fans to enjoy."
- "I believe in playing positive, attacking football, but to achieve positive results you have to maintain a focused outlook and my team will aim to do this, both for ourselves and for the fans as well."
-Sousa knows all about good styles of play having been a classy midfielder who earned 51 international caps and twice won the Champions League - with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund - as well as starring for Benfica and Inter Milan.
- After his playing career was prematurely ended through injury he was appointed to the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team under the then head coach - and now Chelsea manager - Luiz Felipe Scolari.
- So it was with quite a pedigree that Sousa started his first managerial job last November. Results to date have been mixed, but his first away win - at Derby County last Saturday - brought delight as well as encouragement for the manager.
- Four days earlier the Hoops had lost their FA Cup third round replay at Burnley, whose winner arrived in the last minute of extra time, so to bounce back with what could be a crucial away win was very important says Sousa.
- "When you lose a game over 120 minutes, creating a lot of opportunities and deserving to win but then not winning, psychology comes in - players can get down and it's not easy to handle this," notes Sousa.
- "But my players told me they would give me their answer and they showed big personality to win (at Derby). To play so well and to get the result means that all the hard work we've been doing for the last two months is beginning to pay off." Football League
- Crystal Palace's Neil Warnock "“We had such a derogatory offer of £500,000 from QPR and early on in the season it was unsettling for Ben. “£2m is more realistic for someone of Ben’s quality.”
Streatham Guardian/Graham Moody - Palace unlikely to replace Watson- Neil Warnock will not be targeting a replacement for Ben Watson should the midfielder complete a £2m move to the Premier League this month.
- The 23-year-old is currently discussing personal terms with Middlesbrough after the Teesside club had a bid accepted yesterday, but two more top flight clubs are also understood to have entered the race for this signature.
- “I don’t think we will be able to get anyone on a free transfer any better than that on our wage structure. For me the only chance we have of bringing a player in on decent money is if we sign a striker.“
- Neil Warnock is not planning on replacing Ben WatsonWarnock refused to name the side’s involved but denied reports they were london duo Fulham and West Ham.
“There is a couple of clubs that have made enquiries and we’ve agreed fees with,” he said.
“I can tell you West Ham and Fulham it is not.
“I don’t know whether Ben is going to speak to anyone else but he is up in Middlesbrough discussing terms now. “I will be sad personally, I think all the lads will be, he is part of the furniture here but he is going to be a very exciting player.
“I’m pleased for him and the club, especially the chairman.
“We had such a derogatory offer of £500,000 from QPR and early on in the season it was unsettling for Ben.
“£2m is more realistic for someone of Ben’s quality.” Watson’s departure would leave Palace with Shaun Derry, Neil Danns, John Oster, Nick Carle and Carl Fletcher as experienced midfielders and Warnock does not see himself adding to that number.
He said: “It’s what you get for no money, do you get any better than what we have?
“For me we’ve got Neil Danns who is like a new player, you’ve got Fletcher if he doesn’t go and young James Comley.
“I don’t think we will be able to get anyone on a free transfer any better than that on our wage structure. For me the only chance we have of bringing a player in on decent money is if we sign a striker.“ Streatham Guardian
QPR Official Site MASTERS Cup 2009
QPR have been selected as one of six teams to contest Heat Three of the 2009 Masters Cup, televised live on Sky Sports, on Saturday 20th June at Wembley Arena.
QPR Masters will play fellow legends from Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Fulham and Arsenal, with the winners going through to compete in the 2009 Masters Cup Grand Final on Sunday 6th September Further details will follow in the build-up to the event, but in the meantime click here for more information.QPR
Italian Site Claims QPR's Briatore Interested in Turin/Turino?...Blackstock Reportedly Signs New Contract....Helguson Iceland Call-up
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Recent QPR or General Football Articles Posted:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
For what it's worth, the Italian site claiming Briatore interest in Turin/Turino:
-Via the QPR Italia Site - QPR Italia - English Web Translation
- QPR Italia - Italian
Mirror - Dexter Blackstock signs new QPR deal
Dexter Blackstock has signed a new three-and-a-half year deal at QPR.
Hitman Blackstock has been watched by Fulham - but QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore has now finalised a £15,000-a-week contract.
Rangers have also targeted Hull's Caleb Folan to boost their firepower, after moves for Manchester United's Danny Welbeck and Leroy Lita of Reading were snubbed." Mirror
QPR Official Site - INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR HEIDAR
- Heidar Helguson has been called up to the Iceland squad for their forthcoming international friendly against Liechtenstein.
The R's front-man will travel to Spain for the friendly fixture on Wednesday 11th February. Helguson's last international outing proved to be a successful one, with the former Bolton ace notching the only goal of the game against Malta on the eve of his initial loan move to the R's.QPR
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Recent QPR or General Football Articles Posted:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
For what it's worth, the Italian site claiming Briatore interest in Turin/Turino:
-Via the QPR Italia Site - QPR Italia - English Web Translation
- QPR Italia - Italian
Mirror - Dexter Blackstock signs new QPR deal
Dexter Blackstock has signed a new three-and-a-half year deal at QPR.
Hitman Blackstock has been watched by Fulham - but QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore has now finalised a £15,000-a-week contract.
Rangers have also targeted Hull's Caleb Folan to boost their firepower, after moves for Manchester United's Danny Welbeck and Leroy Lita of Reading were snubbed." Mirror
QPR Official Site - INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR HEIDAR
- Heidar Helguson has been called up to the Iceland squad for their forthcoming international friendly against Liechtenstein.
The R's front-man will travel to Spain for the friendly fixture on Wednesday 11th February. Helguson's last international outing proved to be a successful one, with the former Bolton ace notching the only goal of the game against Malta on the eve of his initial loan move to the R's.QPR
QPR Supposed Interest in Hull Forward Caleb Folan...Matt Pickens Back in the MLS
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-Recent QPR or General Football Messageboard Postings:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
- QPR are once again being linked to Hull's Caleb Folan (whose goalscoring record is not exactly prolific.]
The Sun
- QPR have turned to Hull’s Caleb Folan, 26, in their desperate search for a new striker, after moves for Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck and Reading’s Leroy Lita were snubbed The Sun
London Informer/Paul Warburton - QPR set sights on Caleb Folan
- QPR have turned their attentions to Hull City's Caleb Folan as the last part of an attacking jigsaw.
Rs boss Paulo Sousa believes he only needs one more option up front - and wants the out-of-favour Irish international to plug the gap.
Folan started the season by notching the winner in his side's opening day 2-1 victory over Fulham, but has since been restricted to a watching brief from the Tigers bench - getting only one Premiership start doing the 26-year-old no favours at all. Hull were whacked 5-0 at home to Wigan at the end of August.
But Sousa wants his club to have another go at getting a player manager Phil Brown wanted to hang onto when Rangers asked the question last summer.
Folan would come on loan initially, and if things worked out would sign permanently for somewhere around the £1m Hull paid for his services when he joined from Wigan in A ugust, 2007.
But a Hoops insider revealed there would be no further chasing Leroy Lita at Reading.
The striker is priced at £1.3m, but Hoops will keep their money in their pockets both for he and Southampton keeper Kelvin Davies - also linked with the club this week in an apparent £1m switch.
The source said: "Lita wants to see where he is with Reading at the end of the season. And as it stands Rangers have two top keepers. Even if Lee Camp eventually leaves, the club can get an emergency keeper on loan should it be necessary." London Informer
Sky Sports Leigertwood happy at QPR -Midfielder rejects Wolves and Bolton talk
QPR star Mikele Leigertwood insists he is happy to stay at Loftus Road despite being linked with a move away from the club.
Wolves and Bolton have both been strongly linked with the former Crystal Palace and Sheffield United midfielder in this month's transfer window.
Leigertwood has played down the speculation and says he is happy with life at QPR.
"There has been a bit in the paper about whether I am going or not," Leigertwood told the club's official website.
"But I have been told that I am not going anywhere and I do not really want to go anywhere. So as long as people are happy to keep me here then I am happy to stay.
"When I came I knew what was going to happen. Probably people wanted it to happen quicker than it is but these things take time.
"But it is an exciting project that I want to be part of." SkySports
Chicago Tribune/Luis Arroyave - Matt Pickens returns to MLS
Goalkeeper learns from frustrating stint in England
- Second-tier English club Queens Park Rangers released the former Fire goalkeeper in May and he had hoped to catch on with another European team once his separated shoulder healed. He spent three months trying out for different European clubs between August and November but had no luck.
- "It was tough to be on trial on and off," said Pickens, whose rights the Fire traded to Colorado during the Jan. 15 MLS draft. "You would train one week and be off another. There wasn't much consistency. It definitely was not fun. But it's not supposed to be."
- Pickens had other options, but they would have required assistance from his former MLS club.
- "I knew there was interest in MLS," Pickens said. "But it was like, 'Great. I can't do anything until Chicago trades my rights.' They weren't going to give them away free."
- Eventually the Fire sent Pickens' rights and its second-round pick (No. 28 overall) to the Rapids for their second-round pick (No. 20) and allocation money.
- The 26-year-old keeper is excited about playing home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, one of MLS' newest stadiums, and he is looking forward to seeing what sort of playing style new coach Gary Smith brings to the team.
- Would Pickens have liked to play for the Fire again?
- "I would have been interested if they had been interested," he said.
- As for Europe, he admits he would like to return some day.
- "I would go back if I could," Pickens said. "But I probably wouldn't sign if it's to sit on the bench."
- Pickens joined Queens Park in February but failed to play a minute in his brief time with the club. Although it was frustrating, he believes he learned from the experience.
- "I learned about life in general," said Pickens, who now is training with the U.S. national team. "I learned how to get knocked down and get back up."
- The United States faces Sweden in a friendly Saturday in Carson, Calif. Chicago Tribune
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-Recent QPR or General Football Messageboard Postings:
- "Football's Greatest-Ever Wingers" List in English Football. Three QPR players in the top 50 List (thus far)
- Football League Mandates Changes to Dressing Rooms
- Impact of Bubble BurstinG: Pay TV, Money and The Economic Crisis
- Premier League Crackdown on Internet Pirates
- Clive Allen's brilliant goal vs West Ham
- QPR are once again being linked to Hull's Caleb Folan (whose goalscoring record is not exactly prolific.]
The Sun
- QPR have turned to Hull’s Caleb Folan, 26, in their desperate search for a new striker, after moves for Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck and Reading’s Leroy Lita were snubbed The Sun
London Informer/Paul Warburton - QPR set sights on Caleb Folan
- QPR have turned their attentions to Hull City's Caleb Folan as the last part of an attacking jigsaw.
Rs boss Paulo Sousa believes he only needs one more option up front - and wants the out-of-favour Irish international to plug the gap.
Folan started the season by notching the winner in his side's opening day 2-1 victory over Fulham, but has since been restricted to a watching brief from the Tigers bench - getting only one Premiership start doing the 26-year-old no favours at all. Hull were whacked 5-0 at home to Wigan at the end of August.
But Sousa wants his club to have another go at getting a player manager Phil Brown wanted to hang onto when Rangers asked the question last summer.
Folan would come on loan initially, and if things worked out would sign permanently for somewhere around the £1m Hull paid for his services when he joined from Wigan in A ugust, 2007.
But a Hoops insider revealed there would be no further chasing Leroy Lita at Reading.
The striker is priced at £1.3m, but Hoops will keep their money in their pockets both for he and Southampton keeper Kelvin Davies - also linked with the club this week in an apparent £1m switch.
The source said: "Lita wants to see where he is with Reading at the end of the season. And as it stands Rangers have two top keepers. Even if Lee Camp eventually leaves, the club can get an emergency keeper on loan should it be necessary." London Informer
Sky Sports Leigertwood happy at QPR -Midfielder rejects Wolves and Bolton talk
QPR star Mikele Leigertwood insists he is happy to stay at Loftus Road despite being linked with a move away from the club.
Wolves and Bolton have both been strongly linked with the former Crystal Palace and Sheffield United midfielder in this month's transfer window.
Leigertwood has played down the speculation and says he is happy with life at QPR.
"There has been a bit in the paper about whether I am going or not," Leigertwood told the club's official website.
"But I have been told that I am not going anywhere and I do not really want to go anywhere. So as long as people are happy to keep me here then I am happy to stay.
"When I came I knew what was going to happen. Probably people wanted it to happen quicker than it is but these things take time.
"But it is an exciting project that I want to be part of." SkySports
Chicago Tribune/Luis Arroyave - Matt Pickens returns to MLS
Goalkeeper learns from frustrating stint in England
- Second-tier English club Queens Park Rangers released the former Fire goalkeeper in May and he had hoped to catch on with another European team once his separated shoulder healed. He spent three months trying out for different European clubs between August and November but had no luck.
- "It was tough to be on trial on and off," said Pickens, whose rights the Fire traded to Colorado during the Jan. 15 MLS draft. "You would train one week and be off another. There wasn't much consistency. It definitely was not fun. But it's not supposed to be."
- Pickens had other options, but they would have required assistance from his former MLS club.
- "I knew there was interest in MLS," Pickens said. "But it was like, 'Great. I can't do anything until Chicago trades my rights.' They weren't going to give them away free."
- Eventually the Fire sent Pickens' rights and its second-round pick (No. 28 overall) to the Rapids for their second-round pick (No. 20) and allocation money.
- The 26-year-old keeper is excited about playing home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, one of MLS' newest stadiums, and he is looking forward to seeing what sort of playing style new coach Gary Smith brings to the team.
- Would Pickens have liked to play for the Fire again?
- "I would have been interested if they had been interested," he said.
- As for Europe, he admits he would like to return some day.
- "I would go back if I could," Pickens said. "But I probably wouldn't sign if it's to sit on the bench."
- Pickens joined Queens Park in February but failed to play a minute in his brief time with the club. Although it was frustrating, he believes he learned from the experience.
- "I learned about life in general," said Pickens, who now is training with the U.S. national team. "I learned how to get knocked down and get back up."
- The United States faces Sweden in a friendly Saturday in Carson, Calif. Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Balanta on England U-19 Standby...Players Say Support Sousa's Rotation Policy
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- QPR paid £400,000 for Liam Miller?
- Ben Watson Set for Middlesbrough...QPR Reportedly offered 500k000 pounds for him.
- At least Two Former QPR Wingers in Greatest Wingers
- Real Madrid's Michael Salgado Did Speak to QPR
QPR Official Site - BALANTA ON STANDBY
- Angelo Balanta has been placed on standby for the England Under-19 squad.
- In the event of any pull-outs, the teenage striker - who is currently on loan at League Two high-fliers Wycombe Wanderers - will join up with the squad for their international friendly against Spain.
- The fixture takes place on Tuesday 10th February at Bournemouth's Dean Court Stadium - 7.00pm kick-off. QPR
London Informer/Jacob Murtagh - Paulo Sousa rotation wins support of QPR players
- QPR boss Paulo Sousa's insistence on a rotation policy has found whole-hearted support from his troops - even if they're on the end of his chopping and changing.
The Portugese boss has yet to field the same QPR starting XI twice in a row. Admittedly, injuries have also played their part, but the manager's insistence on fielding the freshest side available has won over Kaspar Gorkss.
Five players were axed from the starting XI for the Boxing Day draw at Charlton, and he rung the changes again at Watford two days later and for the FA Cup home draw with Burnley.
Gorkss starred over the festive period, but was still bombed out for the Boxing Day trip to Vicarage Road before returning for the shut-out against the Clarets.
But the Latvian international played all 90 minutes in the heartening 2-0 away win at Derby on Saturday.
He said: "I think the new manager wants to have a look at what he's got. He's said he wants to use every player, and we have four good centre-backs, so it's good competition.
"If you have two games in three days you need to rest somebody and I don't mind that.
"As a footballer you want to play games, but we have a big squad and the boss wants to see everyone in action." London Informer
- Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR and non-QPR): Video (1975: QPR vs Stoke); and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome! (Suggestion: Instead of - or in addition to - posting comments on this blog, consider posting comments on the Messageboard!) For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Registration required.)
- QPR paid £400,000 for Liam Miller?
- Ben Watson Set for Middlesbrough...QPR Reportedly offered 500k000 pounds for him.
- At least Two Former QPR Wingers in Greatest Wingers
- Real Madrid's Michael Salgado Did Speak to QPR
QPR Official Site - BALANTA ON STANDBY
- Angelo Balanta has been placed on standby for the England Under-19 squad.
- In the event of any pull-outs, the teenage striker - who is currently on loan at League Two high-fliers Wycombe Wanderers - will join up with the squad for their international friendly against Spain.
- The fixture takes place on Tuesday 10th February at Bournemouth's Dean Court Stadium - 7.00pm kick-off. QPR
London Informer/Jacob Murtagh - Paulo Sousa rotation wins support of QPR players
- QPR boss Paulo Sousa's insistence on a rotation policy has found whole-hearted support from his troops - even if they're on the end of his chopping and changing.
The Portugese boss has yet to field the same QPR starting XI twice in a row. Admittedly, injuries have also played their part, but the manager's insistence on fielding the freshest side available has won over Kaspar Gorkss.
Five players were axed from the starting XI for the Boxing Day draw at Charlton, and he rung the changes again at Watford two days later and for the FA Cup home draw with Burnley.
Gorkss starred over the festive period, but was still bombed out for the Boxing Day trip to Vicarage Road before returning for the shut-out against the Clarets.
But the Latvian international played all 90 minutes in the heartening 2-0 away win at Derby on Saturday.
He said: "I think the new manager wants to have a look at what he's got. He's said he wants to use every player, and we have four good centre-backs, so it's good competition.
"If you have two games in three days you need to rest somebody and I don't mind that.
"As a footballer you want to play games, but we have a big squad and the boss wants to see everyone in action." London Informer
QPR One of "Top 10 Family-Owned Sports Teams"...£400,000 for Miller?...Birmingham's Bent?..."Dead Cert" Watson to Middlesbrough...Sousa on Routledge
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- QPR paid £400,000 for Liam Miller?
- Ben Watson Set for Middlesbrough...QPR Reportedly offered 500k000 pounds for him.
- At least Two Former QPR Wingers in Greatest Wingers
- Real Madrid's Michael Salgado Did Speak to QPR
[From August 2008] Camden FB - Top 10 family-owned sports teams - Thursday 28th August 2008
-"Owning a sports team is seen by some as the ultimate status symbol and recently more and more families have been getting in on the act. Here we present our very own Top 10 family-owned sports teams, ranked according to a combination of length of ownership and sporting success or, in some cases, potential. On your marks, set, go!
Top 10 family-owned sports teams...
8. QPR FC
- Another English football team and the newest entry on the list. Currently in the league below the Premier League, the west London club was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year when a consortium led by Formula One pairing Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone were joined by the financial muscle of the Mittal family, owners of steel giant Arcelor Mittal. One to watch..."
Edit: Complete Article: Campden FB - Top 10 family-owned sports teams Thursday 28th August 2008
Owning a sports team is seen by some as the ultimate status symbol and recently more and more families have been getting in on the act. Here we present our very own Top 10 family-owned sports teams, ranked according to a combination of length of ownership and sporting success or, in some cases, potential. On your marks, set, go!
1. New York Yankees
Depending on who you talk to, it's either the most loved or most deeply reviled team in Major League Baseball, and it's owned by one of the sport's most outspoken and controversial figures — billionaire George Steinbrenner (pictured, left, with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani at the Yankees' 2000 World Series victory parade). The son of American shipping magnate Henry Steinbrenner, George bought the club in 1973, making him the longest club owner in history. Under his ownership, the team has garnered six World Series titles and is home to some of the most famous faces in baseball. Since 2006 George has spent most of his time in Florida, leaving the running of the club to his two sons, Hal and Hank.
2. Ellerston polo
Named after the family's country estate in Eastern Australia, the team was originally run by Australian media mogul Kerry Packer. Since his death, his son James has taken over the reins. Earlier this year, in a closely played final, Ellerston claimed a record-breaking sixth Queen's Cup win. James followed in his father's footsteps, accepting the trophy from Queen Elizabeth II. Ellerston had previously won the trophy in 1991, '92, '96,'98 and '99.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Rooney family has owned this storied American football team for 75 years and has been a fixture in the upper echelons of the NFL since 1933. Present chairman/owner Dan, founder Art's eldest son, is currently trying to buy his four brother's shares to ensure the family keeps hold of the team. The team has won five Super Bowls Championships (most recently in 2005) and plays at Heinz Field (sponsored by Pittsburgh's venerable Heinz family company).
4. Manchester Utd FC
The world's second richest football team with a value of $388 million is owned by America's Glazer family who purchased the club in 2005. However, the ride was far from smooth as supporters reacted with outrage and a minority set up a rival club in protest. However, winning the English Premiership and European Champion's League last season has silenced the protests for now.
5. Detroit Red Wings
Detroit native Mike Ilitch founded the pizza delivery chain Little Caesars in 1959 but in the sports arena he's best known as owner of ice hockey's Detroit Red Wings and baseball's Detroit Tigers. He bought the Red Wings in 1982 for $8 million and it is now one of the most valuable franchises in the National Hockey League. Under Ilitch, the Red Wings have made the division championships 14 times and raised the Stanley Cup (the league's championship trophy) four times, most notably beating the Pittsburgh Penguins last season.
6. Toronto Blue Jays
Canada-based baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays have been owned by the Rogers family since 2000. The owners, the family behind Rogers communications, also bought the Jays' stadium for $21 million in 2004. They are the first and only team outside the US to win a World Series, the first team to win a World Series in Canada, and the fastest American League expansion franchise to win a World Series.
7. Mumbai Indians
In January Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani pipped his brother Anil to the purchase of this cricket team that helped launch the new Indian Premier League. Revolutionary in the traditional world of cricket, the IPL promises incredible riches as it looks to capitalise on India's number one sport. Captained by India's biggest sporting star Sachin Tendulker, Ambani has assured himself of some fantastic exposure.
8. QPR FC
Another English football team and the newest entry on the list. Currently in the league below the Premier League, the west London club was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year when a consortium led by Formula One pairing Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone were joined by the financial muscle of the Mittal family, owners of steel giant Arcelor Mittal. One to watch.
9. New York Knicks
James Dolan's father, Charles, founded the telecommunications, media and entertainment company Cablevision in 1973. Now James serves as president and CEO of the company but is also the proud owner of basketball's New York Knicks, ice hockey's New York Rangers, and their shared home, Madison Square Gardens. The Knicks are considered the most valuable basketball franchise in the US, valued at around $608 million. However, the team has yet to replicate its financial success on the hardwood and hasn't won a championship since it was purchased by Dolan.
10. South Sydney Rabbitohs
In Australian Rugby League, the saying goes "When Souths are going well, Rugby League is going well". One of only two remaining founding members of the country's original league, the Rabbitohs have won 20 first grade premierships since their establishment in 1908. In 2006, Peter Holmes à Court, the son of the late billionaire businessman Robert Holmes à Court, and Hollywood actor Russell Crowe bought the team, which most recently made the semi-final playoffs in the 2007 season. Camden FB
NB: Posted Yesterday also from Camden FB "Amit Bhatia and QPR - In Depth Bhatia Interview re Bhatia and QPR, The Mittal Involvement and Relations With Briatore and Eccelstone
Ostensible QPR interest in Birmingham's 30-year old, much-travelled/low-scoring forward, Marcus Bent
- Mirror -QPR keen on Marcus Bent after he fails to impress at Birmingham By Football Spy 21/01/2009
Alex McLeish is preparing to boot Marcus Bent out of Birmingham this month - with QPR ready to pounce.
Former Everton striker Bent will be allowed to leave as the Brum board look to trim their wage bill. Bent, 30, has failed to impress boss McLeish this season.
But Rangers head the chase with Cardiff also ready to make an offer - and Bent is now set to join his 13th club. Mirror
- See Wikipedia/Marcus Bent
QPR Official Site - SOUSA PRAISE FOR ROUTLEDGE SOU FAR, SOU GOOD FOR WAYNE
R's gaffer Paulo Sousa has praised the impact made by new signing Wayne Routledge following his arrival from Aston Villa.
The 23 year-old midfielder was the star of the show in Rangers' 2-0 victory against Derby County on Saturday, scoring one and providing another, as the R's ended their away day jinx with a straightforward win at Pride Park.
"Wayne really impressed," Sousa told www.qpr.co.uk.
"He was fantastic for us and his team-mates complimented him too, so it worked out really well.
"He is a hugely important player for us, as we bid to progress as a team."
Sousa added: "Wayne was one of my priorities during this transfer window and the Board backed me to bring him in here and I really appreciate that.
"The dynamics of the side are improving because we have greater options now. Wayne is integral to that, as are the rest of the players." QPR
- Visit the football-only, QPR Report Messageboard for additional articles (both QPR and non-QPR): Video (1975: QPR vs Stoke); and posters' opinions. All perspectives welcome! (Suggestion: Instead of - or in addition to - posting comments on this blog, consider posting comments on the Messageboard!) For first-time posters: There's a simple, one-time Registration required.)
- QPR paid £400,000 for Liam Miller?
- Ben Watson Set for Middlesbrough...QPR Reportedly offered 500k000 pounds for him.
- At least Two Former QPR Wingers in Greatest Wingers
- Real Madrid's Michael Salgado Did Speak to QPR
[From August 2008] Camden FB - Top 10 family-owned sports teams - Thursday 28th August 2008
-"Owning a sports team is seen by some as the ultimate status symbol and recently more and more families have been getting in on the act. Here we present our very own Top 10 family-owned sports teams, ranked according to a combination of length of ownership and sporting success or, in some cases, potential. On your marks, set, go!
Top 10 family-owned sports teams...
8. QPR FC
- Another English football team and the newest entry on the list. Currently in the league below the Premier League, the west London club was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year when a consortium led by Formula One pairing Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone were joined by the financial muscle of the Mittal family, owners of steel giant Arcelor Mittal. One to watch..."
Edit: Complete Article: Campden FB - Top 10 family-owned sports teams Thursday 28th August 2008
Owning a sports team is seen by some as the ultimate status symbol and recently more and more families have been getting in on the act. Here we present our very own Top 10 family-owned sports teams, ranked according to a combination of length of ownership and sporting success or, in some cases, potential. On your marks, set, go!
1. New York Yankees
Depending on who you talk to, it's either the most loved or most deeply reviled team in Major League Baseball, and it's owned by one of the sport's most outspoken and controversial figures — billionaire George Steinbrenner (pictured, left, with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani at the Yankees' 2000 World Series victory parade). The son of American shipping magnate Henry Steinbrenner, George bought the club in 1973, making him the longest club owner in history. Under his ownership, the team has garnered six World Series titles and is home to some of the most famous faces in baseball. Since 2006 George has spent most of his time in Florida, leaving the running of the club to his two sons, Hal and Hank.
2. Ellerston polo
Named after the family's country estate in Eastern Australia, the team was originally run by Australian media mogul Kerry Packer. Since his death, his son James has taken over the reins. Earlier this year, in a closely played final, Ellerston claimed a record-breaking sixth Queen's Cup win. James followed in his father's footsteps, accepting the trophy from Queen Elizabeth II. Ellerston had previously won the trophy in 1991, '92, '96,'98 and '99.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Rooney family has owned this storied American football team for 75 years and has been a fixture in the upper echelons of the NFL since 1933. Present chairman/owner Dan, founder Art's eldest son, is currently trying to buy his four brother's shares to ensure the family keeps hold of the team. The team has won five Super Bowls Championships (most recently in 2005) and plays at Heinz Field (sponsored by Pittsburgh's venerable Heinz family company).
4. Manchester Utd FC
The world's second richest football team with a value of $388 million is owned by America's Glazer family who purchased the club in 2005. However, the ride was far from smooth as supporters reacted with outrage and a minority set up a rival club in protest. However, winning the English Premiership and European Champion's League last season has silenced the protests for now.
5. Detroit Red Wings
Detroit native Mike Ilitch founded the pizza delivery chain Little Caesars in 1959 but in the sports arena he's best known as owner of ice hockey's Detroit Red Wings and baseball's Detroit Tigers. He bought the Red Wings in 1982 for $8 million and it is now one of the most valuable franchises in the National Hockey League. Under Ilitch, the Red Wings have made the division championships 14 times and raised the Stanley Cup (the league's championship trophy) four times, most notably beating the Pittsburgh Penguins last season.
6. Toronto Blue Jays
Canada-based baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays have been owned by the Rogers family since 2000. The owners, the family behind Rogers communications, also bought the Jays' stadium for $21 million in 2004. They are the first and only team outside the US to win a World Series, the first team to win a World Series in Canada, and the fastest American League expansion franchise to win a World Series.
7. Mumbai Indians
In January Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani pipped his brother Anil to the purchase of this cricket team that helped launch the new Indian Premier League. Revolutionary in the traditional world of cricket, the IPL promises incredible riches as it looks to capitalise on India's number one sport. Captained by India's biggest sporting star Sachin Tendulker, Ambani has assured himself of some fantastic exposure.
8. QPR FC
Another English football team and the newest entry on the list. Currently in the league below the Premier League, the west London club was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year when a consortium led by Formula One pairing Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone were joined by the financial muscle of the Mittal family, owners of steel giant Arcelor Mittal. One to watch.
9. New York Knicks
James Dolan's father, Charles, founded the telecommunications, media and entertainment company Cablevision in 1973. Now James serves as president and CEO of the company but is also the proud owner of basketball's New York Knicks, ice hockey's New York Rangers, and their shared home, Madison Square Gardens. The Knicks are considered the most valuable basketball franchise in the US, valued at around $608 million. However, the team has yet to replicate its financial success on the hardwood and hasn't won a championship since it was purchased by Dolan.
10. South Sydney Rabbitohs
In Australian Rugby League, the saying goes "When Souths are going well, Rugby League is going well". One of only two remaining founding members of the country's original league, the Rabbitohs have won 20 first grade premierships since their establishment in 1908. In 2006, Peter Holmes à Court, the son of the late billionaire businessman Robert Holmes à Court, and Hollywood actor Russell Crowe bought the team, which most recently made the semi-final playoffs in the 2007 season. Camden FB
NB: Posted Yesterday also from Camden FB "Amit Bhatia and QPR - In Depth Bhatia Interview re Bhatia and QPR, The Mittal Involvement and Relations With Briatore and Eccelstone
Ostensible QPR interest in Birmingham's 30-year old, much-travelled/low-scoring forward, Marcus Bent
- Mirror -QPR keen on Marcus Bent after he fails to impress at Birmingham By Football Spy 21/01/2009
Alex McLeish is preparing to boot Marcus Bent out of Birmingham this month - with QPR ready to pounce.
Former Everton striker Bent will be allowed to leave as the Brum board look to trim their wage bill. Bent, 30, has failed to impress boss McLeish this season.
But Rangers head the chase with Cardiff also ready to make an offer - and Bent is now set to join his 13th club. Mirror
- See Wikipedia/Marcus Bent
QPR Official Site - SOUSA PRAISE FOR ROUTLEDGE SOU FAR, SOU GOOD FOR WAYNE
R's gaffer Paulo Sousa has praised the impact made by new signing Wayne Routledge following his arrival from Aston Villa.
The 23 year-old midfielder was the star of the show in Rangers' 2-0 victory against Derby County on Saturday, scoring one and providing another, as the R's ended their away day jinx with a straightforward win at Pride Park.
"Wayne really impressed," Sousa told www.qpr.co.uk.
"He was fantastic for us and his team-mates complimented him too, so it worked out really well.
"He is a hugely important player for us, as we bid to progress as a team."
Sousa added: "Wayne was one of my priorities during this transfer window and the Board backed me to bring him in here and I really appreciate that.
"The dynamics of the side are improving because we have greater options now. Wayne is integral to that, as are the rest of the players." QPR
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