-
-
____________________________________________
- 13 Years Ago: QPR Announced the Closure of their Youth Accademy
____________________________________________
- 13 Years Ago: QPR Announced the Closure of their Youth Accademy
NEIL WARNOCK TURNS 65
Happy 65th Birthday to Neil Warnock: Manager of many clubs, including Notts County, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.
In his time at QPR, in his first few months, Warnock Saved QPR from looming relegation to League One (Division 3.)
In his first full-season, Warnock Guided to Promotion (as Champions) from the Championship.
In his second season (first few months), before his axing, was mixed, but there were good reasons.
And all QPR Fans will always be grateful to Neil Warnock for what he accomplished at QPR
QPR Official Site - March 1, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: WARNOCK CONFIRMED
- Queens Park
Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil
Warnock as First Team Manager with immediate effect.- Warnock has today
signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Loftus Road after a
compensation agreement was reached with his former club, Crystal Palace
FC.
- Warnock, who
guided Sheffield United to the Premier League in 2006, said: "I am
delighted to be joining a club with the history that QPR has.
- "As a manager, Loftus Road is always a place I loved because of the fantastic atmosphere there.
- "Looking from afar I believe this is the perfect time for me to come in, with the new structure and chairman in place.
- "Together we can give the club the stability that it needs.
- "I am really looking forward to the challenge that's in front of me."
- QPR Chairman
Ishan Saksena said: "Neil was always our number one target and so we are
delighted to announce him as our manager.
- "He has great
experience in English football and a phenomenal track record. I believe
he is the right man to help QPR achieve its ambitions.
- "Neil will be given the full support of the Board, and I know our fans will give him their full backing as well."
- Caretaker manager Mick Harford and his assistant Tony Coton have stepped down from their respective roles.
- Harford said:
"I was more than happy to help the club out when they asked me, and I
did the best I could during my time in caretaker charge.
- "The club needs an experienced manager in order to move forward, and I wish Neil every success.
- "He has joined a fantastic football club with brilliant supporters, and I sincerely hope he does well.
- "The club is
in good hands now with the new structure, Ishan Saksena and Gianni
Paladini, and I believe QPR has a very bright future." QPR
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - January 8, 2012
QPR PART COMPANY WITH WARNOCK
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today (Sunday 8th January 2012) parted company with Manager Neil Warnock.
Warnock joined the Club in March 2010, overseeing 84 matches in charge, winning 33, drawing 27 and losing 24.
Last season, he successfully guided the Club back to the Premier League for the first time in 15 years.
The Board's commitment to retaining our Premier League status ultimately led to this decision.
QPR Assistant Manager Mick Jones and First Team Coach Keith Curle have also left the Club.
QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: "This decision has been made in the best interests of the Club and I can assure everyone that this is not a decision that was made lightly.
"Sadly, our recent run of poor form has seen us slip alarmingly down the table and the Board felt it was the right time to make a change.
"Neil has acted with honesty, professionalism and integrity throughout his time at the Club, and I would personally like to thank him for his significant contribution to QPR over the last 22 months.
"I genuinely wish him all the very best for the future and he will always be welcome back at Loftus Road."
QPR Vice-Chairman, Amit Bhatia, added: "It is with a very heavy heart that we make this announcement.
"I played a key role in bringing Neil to Loftus Road and consider him to be a close personal friend and a great professional.
"I would like to place on the record my thanks to him for transforming us from a Championship Club to a Premier League Club.
"As a Club we have gained enormously from Neil's wisdom, experience and leadership. He has always performed his managerial duties to the very highest of standards.
"I wish Neil every success going forward and he will always be welcome at QPR.
"I now look forward to the future and the rest of the season as we work towards stabilising our position in the Premier League."
Neil Warnock said: "Obviously I'm very disappointed, but having achieved so much, I leave the Club with a great sense of pride.
"I have enjoyed my time here more than anywhere else and the QPR fans have been brilliant with me - they deserve success.
"My biggest regret is that the takeover didn't happen earlier, because that would have given me the opportunity to bring in the targets I'd pinpointed all last summer and probably given us a better chance to succeed in the Premier League."
He added: "The board at QPR are hugely ambitious and I wish them every success for the future.
"I've been involved in the game a long time and I will be spending the immediate future with my family and friends before deciding my next career move."
The Club will now begin its search for a new Manager and will make a further announcement in due course.
