QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has revealed the club are evaluating three potential sites for a new stadium. The Malaysian businessman completed his takeover at Loftus Road less than a year ago and had been quick to try and bring both the playing squad and facilities up to Premier League standard. The R’s have already announced Continue reading
Season Review – January 2012
2012 opened with an explosive match against my least-favourite team from Norfolk on Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd January. At last, Amy was attending a Premier League home game AT Loftus Road (not through her computer !) to both of our joy. We enjoyed watching together as QPR took an early lead, arguably against the run Continue reading
The Hop Poles: 17-19 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6
In the 1800’s, Hammersmith was little more than a hamlet with a population of around 5,600. There were 37 public houses recorded in the area including no less than three of them named ‘The Hop Poles’. One theory is that it probably takes its name from the gangs of locals who provided seasonal labour for Continue reading
Dave Anderson’s Moving Tribute to His Friend Alan McDonald
Apparently Dave Anderson was too upset to appear on BBC London’s weekly Non-League Football Show last Monday. His very moving tribute to Macca is from the West London Sport website – Steve Russell ‘I’m incredibly sad today, but I’m also very proud to be able to say that Alan McDonald – a legend who meant Continue reading
A Guide to Some of QPR’s Rumoured Transfer Targets
The list of transfer targets that QPR have been linked with reads like a who’s who of the football world: ……’s free agents and players not getting first-team football. So I’ve come up with a handy pocket guide (if you have a wifi in your pocket) on who some of them are, the likelihood of Continue reading
Alan ‘Macca’ McDonald: QPR Legend – God Bless Him
The Rangers Community is in a state of shock and deeply saddened following the terrible news that Alan McDonald had died. We heard that he had died suddenly after collapsing while playing golf this morning, he was only 48. Sammy McIlroy said: “I’m shell-shocked. Words can’t even enter my head at the moment. Forty-eight is Continue reading
The Comic Connection – No.6 – Rover – 10th January 1970
Published by D.C. Thomson, the ‘Rover’ started up as long ago as 1922. It merged with ‘Adventure’ in 1961 and two years later ‘The Wizard’ was discontinued and became the ‘Rover and Wizard’. The Rover is particularly famous for the text stories that later went on to become strips in comics such as the ‘Hornet’ Continue reading
Season Review – December 2011
December opened with a home fixture against West Brom on Saturday 3rd. How did we contrive to not win that match ? We led from yet another Heidar Helguson strike on 20 minutes, but couldn’t turn our superiority into goals. How could Shaun Wright-Phillips’s superb effort have been ruled offside (which TV later showed should Continue reading
‘Yes I Do Dive, But Only to Avoid Injury !’ – Rodney Marsh
The following interview with Rodney Marsh appeared in ‘Shoot’ magazine sometime, I would think, during the 1970-71 season: Q: You have a reputation for being a soccer clown. Is this deserved ? A: It used to be. When I was playing for Fulham I made the crowd laugh purely by chance – I had been Continue reading
Would You Like a New Ground With Your Television Money ?
Yesterday the Premier League renewed its television rights deal, with BSkyB and BT, sharing the total of 154 live matches between them (in a 116-38 split). The total paid by the two broadcasters was a staggering ¬£33bn, a rise of more than 70% on the previous arrangement, which was worth ¬£1.773bn. While Queen’s Park Rangers Continue reading