Thank you Neil Warnock

Published January 9, 2012

The dismissal of Neil Warnock as QPR manager is regrettable but, given recent results, not surprising. Over the last few weeks fans have been watching the same mistakes and the same weaknesses in the team appear time and again. The decline in our league position reflects this. Few managers, no matter what their experience and the respect in which they are held, will survive such a depressing run of results.

It would have been wonderful for Neil Warnock to have the fairy tale ending to his career he wanted with Rangers’ safety in the Premier League assured and the opportunity to select his own successor on his retirement. Unfortunately fairy tales rarely happen in football. However, nightmares do and we will never forget Neil Warnock for his work in waking QPR from the nightmare of the last four years under the previous owners. His work and experience restored Rangers to the Premier League after 15 long years , turned Adel Taarabt from a liability to a hero, gave us two legends in Derry and Hill, showed why Paddy Kenny was so poorly treated by his previous club, unearthed an international footballer in Jamie Mackie, and took the pressure off the team by his positive and relaxed statements to the press.

The final legacy of Ecclestone and Briatore’s reign was Warnock being left high and dry in the close season and having to make do with free transfers and not his first choice targets. We concur totally with Warnock’s comments in his farewell statement. Once again we hope that the next manager will be given time in the role and the resources to prove himself.

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QPR Official Supporters Club EGM and AGM announcement

Published December 24, 2011

Queens Park Rangers FC have announced the following update regarding the Official Supporters Club.

Wednesday 4 January 2012, 7.00 – 9.00 pm
Loftus Road Stadium

An Extraordinary General meeting of the QPR Official Supporters Club will be held at Loftus Road Stadium on Wednesday 4 January at 7.00 pm, followed by the Official Supporters Club’s Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be also be attended by representatives of Queens Park Rangers. QPR Season Ticket holders and Members are invited to attend; please RSVP prior to 31 December 2011 (see below).

The EGM will deal with the election of 11 Committee Members, including positions of office*, namely:

Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Trust Liaison
Media Liaison

In addition, there are three general Committee member positions to be filled.

The agenda for the AGM will include:
• Report of OSC activities 2011;
• Report of OSC accounts 2011;
• Any other supporter-related business.

IMPORTANT please note:
• Admittance to the meeting is strictly by prior notification to qprosc@yahoo.co.uk by Saturday 31 December 2011. Please quote your season ticket/membership reference number.
• *Applications to join the Committee must be made in writing to qprosc@yahoo.co.uk by Saturday 31 December 2011. Please quote your season ticket/membership reference number.
(Applicants may be required to provide supporting information as to their strengths, qualities and talents for any particular role.)
• Any other supporter-related business to be notified in advance to qprosc@yahoo.co.uk by Saturday 31 December 2011. Please quote your season ticket/membership reference number.

Posted in All News

The Four Year Plan documentary

Published November 29, 2011

The Four Year Plan offers an incredible insight behind the scenes at Queens Park Rangers Football Club and would be of interest to all football fans, but confirms many of our worst fears in terms of the way the club was being governed during this period.

The club hope the current owners learn from the mistakes covered in The Four Year Plan and that more professional conduct and measures are put in place to allow us to prosper. It’s clear from this documentary that we lacked the foundations to grow properly and at times, despite the best intentions, the club was treated like a playground for rich people and that communication between internal departments at the club was poor, let alone communication with the fans.

The appointment of Neil Warnock was crucial to the club and his experience within football and his character allowed us to find the success we craved when it seemed unlikely. The board deserve credit for identifying Mr Warnock as the right man for the job, but it took far too long to reach that consensus and the strategy to hire a strong and experienced character when they could have done that from the outset.

And while Mr Amit Bhatia deserves credit for supporting Mr Warnock and allowing him to do his job properly, it’s evident that the lack of footballing expertise on the board was a hindrance overall, and we urge our current owners to engage more regularly with their supporters and ensure there is a greater understanding of our expectations and that healthy and mutually beneficial relationships are developed both internally between different departments and externally with the fans.

You can read reviews of The Four Year Plan at LoftForWords and QPR Today.

Posted in All News, Boardroom

Gianni Paladini’s departure

Published November 20, 2011

Gianni Paladini will be remembered as one of the QPR’s most influential and flamboyant figures, but it is also difficult to think of anyone involved in the Club’s management who has attracted so much controversy and heated debate.

In the end his departure will be seen by many fans as drawing a line in the sand and an opportunity for us to move on with a greater sense of unity and shared vision.

Posted in All News, Boardroom

Raffle to win W12 club tickets for the Villa game

Published September 13, 2011

The Friends of Wormholt Park – local to the Loftus Road ground – are a voluntary group taking care of the park and have just celebrated the park’s 100th birthday: http://friendsofwormholtpark.org.uk/

Winkworths have given the Friends group a pair of W12 Club hospitality tickets for Sunday 25th September match QPR v Aston Villa. The Friends of Wormholt Park are running a raffle for them this week only, winning ticket drawn next Monday 19th September2011 at 4pm.

The £2 tickets in the local pubs pre-match with Newcastle, plus again during the away match next Saturday.

The tickets can also be  bought at:

  • Winkworths, 97 Uxbridge Road
  • The Cafe, 65 Bloemfontein Road
  • Hummingbird Cafe, 1 Oaklands Grove
  • The Queen Adelaide, 412 Uxbridge Road
  • The Conningham Arms, 191 Uxbridge Road

If you have any queries the official promoter is

Bob Still

07932 762448

Chair, Friends of Wormholt Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Football Museum Calls all Football Fans

Published September 6, 2011

The National Football Museum has launched its new holding website, and is asking for football fans to help countdown to the launch of the museum, due to open early next year.

The website asks users to join in with the countdown by picking a number that personally connects them to football, and ‘doodling’ a design to accompany the fact.

Facts already on the page include ‘1 player to ever score a hat-trick in a World Cup final’ and ‘25 Yellow cards shown to Holland in the 2010 World Cup’.

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Petition for Partial Fan Ownership of English football clubs

Published August 26, 2011

There is currently an online petition to promote partial fans ownership of football clubs in England.

The petition requests that:

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Posted in Community

Support Hendon on Non League Day

Published August 26, 2011

We received the following from the Hendon Football Club Supporters Trust and urge anyone in the area to pop along and support this fixture :

I am contacting you on behalf of Hendon Football Club Supporters Trust where I am a member of the board. We have now been sole owners of Hendon Football Club, of the Ryman League Premier Division, for just over a year now and are working hard to ensure a long term future for the club.

You may be aware that the first weekend of September has been set aside as ‘Non League Day’ where by many Non League clubs are running promotions of various kinds to try and attract fans of clubs affected by the International break and who may be looking for live football that weekend through the gate. Hendon were due to play Lewes on Saturday 3rd September but due to a clash with landlords Wembley FC’s FA Cup commitments our match has been put back to 3pm on Sunday 4th September.

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QPR1st welcomes the purchase of the club by Tony Fernandes

Published August 19, 2011

We are delighted that the club can now move forward after months of uncertainty. The Trust is pleased to welcome back Amit Bhatia as vice-chair and that the Mittals have maintained their stake in the club. Having listened to and read Mr Fernandes’ initial media interviews we are glad that we have an owner who it appears will take a long term view of the club and wants to build the infrastructure and the management team.

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Posted in Boardroom, QPR1st

OSC Secretary’s resignation sparks rumours of mass walkout

Published June 29, 2011

QPR1st understands Linda Favell has resigned from her position as Secretary of the Official Supporters Club. It is understood that other members of the OSC Committee have followed suit and stepped down.

The committee is currently made up of the following: Karen Hampshire, Zach Hampshire, Brian Ahearne, Linda Favell, Rebecca Favell, Brian Patterson, Simon Patterson and Ian Stenning. It’s unclear at this stage, who the others are who have resigned, but if true, we presume elections will be arranged by the Club to create a new committee.

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