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Monday, December 15, 2008

Articles of Interest (Monday) - 50 Best-Ever Football Books

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Visit the QPR Report Messageboard for articles and Board Perspectives. If interested, offer your own views. Among today's Postings:

UPDATED:

- Portsmouth Fined. Portsmouth Astounded by Fine

- Ex-QPR Dean Parrett Set for Spurs Debut

- Another Manager (ex-QPR "Nemesis")Axed

- More Suspects in Spurs vs Portsmouth Racist Chanting Questioned by Police


EARLIER

- Top Fifty Football Books - Ever


- Another QPR Video Compilation


- QPR Strips Over the Years: Select Your Favourite


- The Football Museum: London or Preston?


- The Football League and Development of Stars - and the issue of Selling youths for high up-front prices.


[Included in Recent Previous Days' "Articles of Interest"]

-- Articles of Interest (Sunday)

-- Various Articles of Interest (Saturday)

-- Various Articles of Interest (Friday)

-- Various Articles of Interest (Thursday)


Articles of Interest (SUNDAY)
-- Briatore Says Will Quit Renault in two Years.
-- Journalist Dave McIntyre re his QPR Coverage
-- Fans/Club Reps (David Davies, Mark Devlin, etc) Meeting Report - From Exactly a Decade Ago: The Issues of Concern - Ground Sharing with Fulham; WASPS; Fan-Club Communication, etc.
-- Football League Meeting December 18 to consider "Home Grown" Quotas for Clubs, starting next season
-- Wycombe vs Luton: Almost saw two QPRs: Kevin Gallen vs Angelo Balanta
-- Various Football Snippets - (Including Mark Hughes saying owners not involved in tactics! and "Best Football Books of the Year")


Various Articles of Interest (SATURDAY)
- The Different Types of Messageboard Poster ("Work in Progress"!)
- Football Fan Survey Findings
- "... Style of football (33%), family tradition (14%) and history of success (13%) were highlighted as the main factors behind team support • 85% of Barclays Premier League fans would never change the team they support....92% consume the league via TV, and 82% use desktop computers to keep up to date • 54% of fans keep up to date with news and results by logging online via a desktop PC, while a further 24% access the web via their mobile phones..."
- Premiership Manager of the Month and Player of the Month Announced
- Transfer Window Stays Open another Day
- Putting Managerial "Pressure" into Perspective....And the reality of Player Power and "Tapping."
- Arsenal Players Available for Loan: And the potential benefits/risks to the Players
- More on Premiership/Asia Link being formed (and possible "39th game"
- More on Racist Chanting: The Portsmouth - Spurs Case
- VAT/Football Price Reductions (or non-reductions) Watch



Various Articles of Interest (FRIDAY)

- Premership/Asia Link and Impact....England Fans Abroad Want Protection....Non-League Lewes Close to Administration
- See: World Football Fan Survey Findings
- Why Italian coaches go back for seconds
- Office of Fair Trade Investigates Ticketing Policy of Manchester United (but of obvious general fan interest)
- Not nice: Chelsea helping out Spurs Opponent in the EUFA Cup
- Video: 1997 QPR Goal of the Season
- VAT Price Reduction Watch: Thread III



Various Articles of Interest (THURSDAY)

- VAT/Club Reductions (or otherwise). Leeds take a step to help seasonticket holders. (QPR's announced actions thus far remain limited to the one Burnley game)
- The Five Worst-Run Football Clubs
- News of Ex-QPR Holding Chairman at the time of "The Boardroom 'coup'" (Kevin McGrath)
- Ex-QPR Tony Thorpe & Coach Tim Flowers
- QPR Youth Drawn at Home in Next Round of FA Youth Cup
- QPR's FA Youth Cup Comeback vs Bristol City
- Video of one of QPR's Greatest Comebacks.
- Video of QPR's Last League Victory Over Chelsea
- Watch London football for under £10
- QPR One of Clubs Supposedly "chasing" Non League Player
- Crackdown on Racist Chanting: Two Spurs Fans arrested; Newcastle fan NOT banned over Mito Chanting
- Swindon's Caretaker Manager, Byrne Really Going After Swindon Fans Posting on the Messageboards