With the lull between the Christmas and New Year period well and truly over, this is now proving to be a busy time for your committee. Firstly, we are delighted to announce 4 new appointments onto the committee. Andrew Goss, William Wall, John Dyer and Stuart Whitney contacted us over
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Letter to the Times newspaper
We were contacted by a member of the Dons Trust (Wimbledon FC) regarding an article in today’s times. See the letter we sent reproduced below. Needless to say, we are extremely disappointed with the quality of the article which led us to contact the newspaper with the following: Dear Sir
QPR1st members welcome Fulham groundshare
The overwhelming majority of respondents to the QPR1st poll has voted to accept the proposed Fulham groundshare. Of the 547 QPR1st members polled, 250 voted in favour of the groundshare, 12 against and 12 abstained. That means that 91% of those who replied to our poll are in favour of
General Update
New Year This time last year our team were preparing for the first league fixture of 2001 for the home game against WBA. Little did we suspect what the coming year would bring to QPR. Change of management, Chairman stepping down, administration, relegation to the second division and merger rumours
Calendar update
We are delighted to announce the overwhelming success of the QPR 1st and QPR calendar for 2002. The initial print run of 1000 calendars has almost run out. We are looking into producing some more, but that is not a certainty so if you haven’t got a calendar yet then
Seasons Greetings
QPR 1st would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members and QPR supporters everywhere a happy festive break and New Year. We would also like to say a big thank you to all of you that have contributed to, and/or supported the trust in 2001 and ask
Chesterfield Police update
Yesterday, we made contact with the football office at Chesterfield police station. We spoke to one of their football liaison officers, PC Turner, who told us the following. Following some intelligence information, Chesterfield police were led to understand to expect some trouble, from sections of both Chesterfield and QPR fans.
Chesterfield Police Update
Fairly late yesterday, we spoke to one of the football liaison officer’s for QPR. He informed us that his colleagues and himself had made enquiries after the complaints received from some QPR fans regarding their treatment on arrival at Chesterfield rail station. Chesterfield Constabulary told him that they had received
QPR1st says goodbye to three management committee members
QPR1st is sad to announce that Ian Blackaby, Bill Butler and Julia Hill are standing down from their positions as members of its management committee. Each departure is amicable and QPR1st wishes them all the best for the future. Bill has been under tremendous pressure at work and has found
Complaints regarding Chesterfield policing
Following complaints from supporters regarding their treatment by Chesterfield police upon their arrival at Chesterfield station, we have been in contact with the local football police intelligence unit and they are going to make some preliminary enquiries. We will be speaking with them again tomorrow. In the meantime if anyone