The date, Saturday 7th September 1957, Harold Macmillan the British Prime Minister informed me that I had, “Never had it so good” and dressed in my smart short grey flannel trousers and school blazer flushed with two shillings a week pocket money, perhaps he was right. Furthermore, as a bonus, I was being taken to Continue reading
Month: September 2007
QPR U18 (1) – Luton Town U18 (2)
Puma Youth Alliance Cup Group 3 Team: Crowther, Coyne, Ford, Brown, Arthur, O’Brien. Maguire, Vanterpool, Balanta, Rose, Folkes. Subs Used: German for Rose, Wright for Folkes, Davenport for Vanterpool Subs Not Used: Goodchild and Gardener Rangers lined up in their now familiar 4-3-3 formation but once again were slow out of their blocks and found Continue reading
QPR, John Gregory And The Future
Kaveh Solhekol wrote the following article which appeared in ‘The Times’ Gregory’s hard times over with QPR in the fast lane again. The Manager can put away his credit card with an affluent new ownership team in place to pick up the bills instead. Where do you start ? John Gregory has been the Manager Continue reading
Message From Kevin Gallen
I have asked Paul Finney to put the following message up on the Indy R’s Website:- I was shocked and upset in hearing that the Chairman gave an interview recently stating that I was laughing after we had lost a game. Can I just say that I am a life long fan of Queen’s Park Continue reading
Steve Zico Has Been Drinking
Being (like) Roman Abramovich ? Imagine if you were, I don’t mean having the political connections, running huge companies or employing armies of bodyguards and security people. No, I mean waking up one fine morning and realising that you have billions tucked away, plus this fortune is growing (just like Roman’s) at the rate of Continue reading
Wycombe Wanderers U18 (1) QPR U18 (1)
Team: Goodchild, Coyne, Brown, O’Brien, Ford, Harris, Folkes, Maguire, German, Rose, Arthur Subs Used: Vanterpool for O’Brien, Wright for Harris and Balanta for Rose Subs Not Used: Crowther and Gardner Not having visited Bisham Abbey before, I found the trip most interesting with its tremendous facilities of course and everything beautifully kept. The Abbey itself Continue reading
In Memoriam: Alan Barnes Pays Tribute To Ray Jones
I was talking to Ray Jones just a few weeks ago at Harlington. The 1st Team had played Barnet on the Wednesday and the U18’s had played Palace the following day, so I forget which day it was but Ray Jones was injured and he was walking around the pitch with Aaron Goode, who was Continue reading
F1 Bosses Have A Premier Plan For QPR
Jeremy Wilson and Alistair Grant wrote the following article that appeared in today’s ‘Daily Telegraph’:- Queens Park Rangers might lie in the relegation zone of the Championship but Flavio Briatore and Bernie Eccleston have wasted little time in outlining their aim of taking the Club into the Premier League by 2011. “Gianni, Bernie and I Continue reading
QPR U18 (1) – Luton Town U18 (1)
Team: Goodchild, Coyne, Harris, Ford, Brown, O’Brien, Maguire, Vanterpool, German, Rose, Folkes. Subs Used: Arthur for Vanterpool and Gardner for Folkes Subs Not Used: Crowther, Jordan and Balanta Rangers dominated most of this game and created enough chances to win by two or three goals but had to settle for a point as some wayward Continue reading