QPR fans have been through enough uncertainty. Please can David Davies and his team end this, either by signing or by telling us why they can’t.
April 2001
QPR enter administration
Soon after, a proposed merger with Wimbledon is discussed between the owners of both clubs
May 2001
Lord Razzall announces a Consortium to bid for both QPR and Wasps
The shambles of a Loftus Road plc EGM takes place. Chris Wright takes both Wasps and the Twyford Avenue training ground out of the plc equation to purchase them himself.
The Lord Razzall Consortium pull out from bidding, rumoured to be because of the plc demerger.
A Brian Melzack headed Consortium confirm interest in bidding for the club
Pete Winkleman calls a meeting to discuss his plans to move us to Milton keynes with various fans in a Shepherds pub.
June 2001
Andrew Ellis reveals plans for a new superstadium for the Rs near Heathrow
A bid for the club by Richard Thompson, and a business colleague Clive Taylor, is tabled.
July 2001
Andrew Ellis enters exclusive talks with the administrators and is given a deadline of 2 weeks in order to finalise his plans.
His bid/plans subsequently fail.
August 2001
Maurice Fitzgerald, along with other unnamed interested parties, launches his original bid.
September 2001
The bid headed by Maurice Fitzgerald is put on the back burner by the administrators due to the Brian Melzack headed Consortium entering into a lock-out period.
October 2001
The lock-out period for the Brian Melzack headed Consortium is extended.
November 2001
Sporting Rangers Ltd, the company set up by the Brian Melzack Consortium, is registered at Companies House.
A document which included apparent discussions with the house building company, Wimpys, being interested in purchasing the Loftus Road Ground is leaked and becomes public knowledge. Those talks apparently took place over 2 years ago.
December 2001
News breaks of Wasps moving out and Fulham FC groundsharing at Loftus Road whilst Craven Cottage is renovated.
The Brian Melzack Consortium are unable to finalise the details of their bid and Maurice Fitzgerald launches a rescue package for the remainder of the season.
January 2002
Matthew and Alex Winton, the brothers who paid for Dou Dou’s wages, and would later pay the money in order to purchase Danny, enabling them to both become QPR players, announce plans for a player purchase scheme, via a plc, which would be called Weareqpr.
Brentford FC rumours surface with news of Ron Noades being interested in purchasing the Loftus Road ground.
February 2002
Due to a complaint about player purchases whilst still being in administration, a Football League transfer embargo is placed upon the club.
The Fulham groundshare deal is announced.
March 2002
The Winton family then table a bid themselves, only for Chris Wright, after taking a call from the administrator, to turn them down at a meeting. The Wintons slam Chris Wright, and the administrators, for their show of unprofessionalism towards them.
Shortly afterwards an announcement is made about a ‘financial restructure’ involving David Davies, Ross Jones, Nick Blackburn and a mystery backer.
Alex Winton announces, on one of the internet messageboards, plans regarding an offer to Loftusroad plc shareholders, to swap one WAQ share for each LR share held.
April 2002
Members of the financial restructure team announce that they expect the deal to be finalised, therefore allowing us to have the administrative court order placed upon the club last April, to be lifted with “the next 10-15 days”.
This deadline is then changed to April 26th, only for the team to then announce, as the time became nearer to this date, that some tax and legal issues were to be resolved and to expect an update in due course.
May 2002
One year and a month later since being placed into administration.
What the hell is going on????