The title doesn’t refer to a warning given out to the other Premier League Clubs, but it actually comes from a WW1 propaganda postcard that I have in my collection. It looked interesting when I purchased it and realised of course, that it might not even have any connection with the Bush. Later on closer 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
QPR Holdings Ltd Enter Into Preliminary Discussions with Tony Fernandes Over a Possible Takeover
Following Lakshmi Mittal’s unsuccessful bid to take control at Loftus Road, London based investment Bank Seymour Pierce were said to have been recruited to find a buyer after they apparently approached Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore. Then, last Thursday, the following statement was issued on behalf of QPR Holdings Limited: ‘On 4th March 2011 the Continue reading
The Crown & Sceptre, 57 Melina Road, London W12 – Part One
George Evans’s dad used to work behind the bar years ago and one thing that he remembers well that is, ‘every Christmas the blokes from the BBC would do the place up with all fancy lights. A couple of the well known ‘chaps’ used to get in there from time to time.’ Jimmy Murray also Continue reading
That Club Statement on Behalf of Majority Shareholders Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore
‘We are pleased to confirm that Adel Taarabt will be staying at QPR this summer. Despite receiving a substantial bid for our Moroccan international, we rebuffed all approaches and indeed, we are keen to build for the future in the Barclays Premier League, and not sell one of our prized assets. Should we have decided Continue reading
Message For the Norwegian R’s
Just to tell you that we’re thinking of you all and share in your grief at such a tragic time for your country. From all your friends at the Indy R’s
St Albans City (0) – QPR X1 (4)
Team: Putnins, Harriman, Borrowdale, Rowlands, Parmenter, Ehmer, Cook, Clarke, Sharif, Doughty, Balanta Subs: Olley, German, Gibbons, Andrade, Henry-Francis, Pellicori Attendance: 551 Paul Finney picked me up opposite Stanmore station for my first visit to St Albans. The R’s had previously won 5-2 at Clarence Park on 11th July 1997 in front of a crowd of Continue reading
Harrow Borough (0) – QPR (1)
Team: Cerny, Orr, Hill, Derry, Hall, trialist, Webber, Vaagan Moen, Helguson, Smith, Faurlin Subs: Putnins, Gorkss, Ramage, Shittu, trialist, Connolly, Ephraim, Doughty, Agyemang, Hulse. Attendance: 1,688 Although there was a decent crowd, the admission prices certainly put some fans off. Simon Grigor wrote in the matchday programme: ‘Tonight’s game comes as a result of Troy Continue reading
In Memory of My Friend Paul Farley
Friends, sometimes we determine who they will be. Sometimes they kind of find us. Perhaps it’s common ideals; or maybe its people you work with; or neighbours. Or perhaps it’s a common interest that throws you together initially, and your friendship develops from there. Well, in the case of Paul Farley and myself, it was Continue reading
History in the Making – The Unveiling of the Plaque at St. Jude’s Hall
I knew that Droop Street School was still there (now known as Queen’s Park Primary) and I knew that St Jude’s Church was no longer in Lancefield Street, but it came as a big surprise to me when some years ago, Joe English informed me that the old Mission Hall was still in existence. Then Continue reading