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 the groundshare.
Some voters commented additionally that they are only in favour because of QPR’s difficult financial circumstances, whilst others said that they only
voted in favour on condition that no Fulham merchandise or emblems would be seen at the Club on non-Fulham matchdays. QPR1st will ensure that these concerns are passed on to the Club’s managers.
With such an overwhelming mandate, QPR1st will also be lobbying the local authorities to ask that this temporary arrangement be permitted by the borough’s planners. This deal will provide essential cash for our ambition to promote the rebuilding of QPR, which is an aim that MPs and councillors, including Clive Soley MP, have unequivocally endorsed.
QPR1st believes that the revenues earned should be sufficient to offset any further financial losses that might be sustained during the current season.This should mean that the Club’s prospects of survival into the 2002/03 season, with or without new owners, should be much better than they appeared at the beginning of this season. QPR1st therefore calls on the current and prospective owners of the club to ensure that this money goes to the benefit of the Club and is not lost to the horse trading over the Club’s ownership.