Tony Fernandes, the owner of Queen’s Park Rangers, said yesterday that he was not “scared” by relegation from the Premier League. Only goal difference is keeping QPR out of the bottom three and there have been doubts whether the Malaysian, who took over the club at the start of the season, will stay if relegation Continue reading
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Mark Hughes Wants to Build QPR Legacy after being Appointed Manager
Mark Hughes is determined to build a legacy at Queen’s Park Rangers after replacing Neil Warnock as the club’s manager. Hughes is targeting a place in the Europa League next year, if he is successful in avoiding relegation this season. Hughes, who will be joined by Mark Bowen as assistant manager, Eddie Niedzwiecki as first-team Continue reading
Tony Fernandes on Barton, Beckham and the Future of QPR
The following article was written by Jamie Jackson and appeared recently in the Guardian. Who would have thought a month ago that we would get to read something like this – Steve Russell Tony Fernandes, Queens Park Rangers’ new owner, is clear about why he signed Joey Barton: “You’ve got to have winners. If they’re Continue reading
Rodney Marsh Accuses Flavio Briatore & Bernie Ecclestone of Treating R’s Fans like Mushrooms
Rodney Marsh’s comments about the current owners appeared recently in an article written by Joe Bernstein for the Mail: QPR legend Rodney Marsh has accused owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone of treating fans ‘like mushrooms’ – and said he would have respected manager Neil Warnock if he had quit. Marsh, who scored at Wembley Continue reading
Flavio & Bernie Couldn’t Care Less About QPR Fans
This personal view from Ben Kosky appeared recently in the Kilburn Times and I would think that many other R’s fans would share his anger and frustration: There can’t be many neutral football fans who felt anything but delight when AFC Wimbledon won promotion to the Football League. It was a triumph for Dons supporters, Continue reading
Why QPR Were Fined Rather Than Deducted Points
The following article was written by David Conn and appeared recently in the Guardian: Details of the Alejandro Faurlin ruling show how lucrative life can be as a football agent. The 86-page document in which the FA-appointed regulatory commission has explained why it did not deduct points from Queen’s Park Rangers over the Alejandro Faurlin Continue reading
Amit Bhatia’s QPR Offer ‘Insultingly Low’ Say Bernie Ecclestone & Flavio Briatore
As the war of words intensifies, Andy Sims wrote the following article in the Independent following the joint statement put out by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore: Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore have hit out at Amit Bhatia’s “insultingly low” offer to buy QPR outright. Bhatia, the son-in-law of Rangers’ billionaire co-owner Lakshmi Mittal, on Continue reading
QPR Mulls Move To TV Centre As BBC Plots Sale To Developer.
As the BBC are in the process of re-locating from the Television Centre, there have been rumours circulating regarding the possibility of QPR moving there and developing a new stadium. Following news that the site was put up for sale last week, Laura Chesters wrote the following article for the Independent on it’s possible future Continue reading
‘How Graft On Training Ground Put QPR On Top’
A superb article and an interesting insight that appeared in the Independent last Friday, which was written by Glenn Moore who went behind the scenes to hear Shaun Derry explain how Neil Warnock has transformed things – Steve Russell ‘There is a buzz about a training ground when a club is top of the table Continue reading
‘Rangers Learn Lesson Of Sterling Saga’
Youth team boss Steve Gallen says QPR were determined to avoid a repeat of the Raheem Sterling saga after agreeing terms with two more teenage prospects. Rangers eventually lost 15-year-old Sterling to Liverpool last year after the youngster had forced his way into the R’s reserve side and the England under-18 team, attracting a swathe Continue reading