The grass is always greener on the other side of the wall. A.S.Roma, the Italian First Division Club, appointed me team manager in August 1957 because they felt they needed the iron fist of an English manager; and Leyton Orient agreed to release me from a ten-year contract because they believed that when I returned Continue reading
Month: December 2007
QPR Seek Slice Of Mittal’s ¬£26bn
QPR Seek Slice Of Mittal’s ¬£26bn There had been some rumours regarding the possibility of another big investor coming in and then the following article, written by Tom Collomosse appeared in the ‘The Daily Telegraph’:- Queens Park Rangers hope to persuade Lakshmi Mittal, the world’s fifth-richest man, to invest some of his estimated ¬£26 billion Continue reading
Introduction By Cos Ataliotis To Alec Stock’s Italian Adventure
Introduction By Cos Ataliotis To Alec Stock’s Italian Adventure So, what do you know about Alec Stock as a Manager ? Almost certainly, you’ll know that he ranks amongst the best Managers in the history of Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, responsible for back to back promotions to the top flight and our famous League Continue reading
QPR Screen References: No.7 – ‘Home To Roost’
Episode: ‘Crime Watch’ I didn’t know anything at all about this series until very recently. John Thaw plays Henry Willows, a middle aged divorcee who lives alone with the assistance of a ‘Home Help’. Then one day, much to his amazement, his 18 year old son Matthew turns up after falling out with his mum. Continue reading
QPR U18’s (3) – Ipswich Town U18’s (5)
FA Youth Cup 3rd Round Team: Goodchild, Coyne, Ford, Lawrence, Brown, Arthur, M.O’Brien, Davenport, Parker, Balanta, Rose. Subs Used: Morgan-Cummings for Parker, Harris for Ford and Vanterpool for Arthur. Subs Not Used: L.O’Brien and Smith I went onto the FA Website recently to check the ruling on the players age limit and it stated on Continue reading
QPR In Iceland
On 18th September 1984, Rangers played K.R. Reykjavik in the UEFA Cup. The R’s won this first leg 3-0 in front of a crowd given as 1,600. Nigel Clarke wrote in the ‘Daily Mirror”Simon Stainrod the striker who gives Rangers such style and swagger, last night hit two goals to tie up this European adventure. Continue reading
QPR U18 (4) – Brentford U18 (0)
Team: O’Brien, Coyne, Waters, O’Brien, Ford, Lawrence, Balanta, Davenport, Parker, Rose, Arthur. Subs Used: Mirzai for Waters, Vanterpool for Balanta and Morgan-Cummings for Rose Subs Not Used: Crowther and Cox This proved to be a comfortable victory over Brentford and it took just two minutes for the R’s to open the scoring. Matt O’Brien picked Continue reading
The Hammersmith Badge
Despite the Club dispensing with it in the early 70’s, I had wondered when the old Borough Coat of Arms had been adopted. Some time ago, Michael Benwell asked me to contact the Shepherd’s Bush Historical Society for an explanation as to what it all actually means ? Then by chance, I happened to come Continue reading