QPR1st welcomes the news that QPR is to come out of administration by April 26th, This move will guarantee a future in the Nationwide league for the club and will enable a return to normal transfer activities. QPR1st also recognises the roles that chief executive David Davies and director Ross Jones have fulfilled in taking the club back to normal trading.
QPR1st has concerns over certain issues, however. One of these is Nick Blackburn, the current acting chairman of the club. Many members, including elected and co-opted committee members, have voiced their deep suspicions ofhis history at the club and his motives for the future. They particularly remember his, at the time widely-discussed, role in the proposed takeover of QPR by Wimbledon a year ago. QPR1st believes that Mr Blackburn at the very least owes supporters an explanation of his actions at that time and of the future of his relationship with Chris Wright, if he is to play a role in building trust between our members and the new management structure.
QPR1st is also concerned that the identity of the mystery backer, who is lending the £10m to buy out Chris Wright and pay off his loans, remains unknown. The publication of his/her identity would go a long way towards settling once and for all the rumours that continue to circulate about Ron Noades or Wright himself being in some way linked to the loan.
Because we have these doubts, your committee has not yet asked members to vote on how to respond to the new deal. As things stand, we expect to continue working as we are today, as an independent fans representative group. We will continue to question the club on all issues and to offer the club support in meeting the challenges of the future.
In the meantime, we wish the new management structure at the club every success in taking the club forward, after the waste of the last decade.