Flashback: When Future England Captain, Gerry Francis Made his League Debut - For QPR Against Liverpool

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- QPR Metro Blog "Diary of a depressed, discombobulated QPR fan! And where’s the player of the year dinner?


- Old QPR Videos from 1920s, 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s

RECALLING GERRY FRANCIS' QPR DEBUT

  44 Years ago today, March 29, 1969: 17 year old Gerry Francis came on as a second-half sub for Les Allen's Queen's Park Rangers (QPR) against Liverpool at Loftus Road.

In the end, Liverpool won 2-1 against the already-relegated QPR (although Rodney Marsh shone against Bill Shankly's team).

Notable among other things: Nine of the QPR 12 were "Home Growns" - having come through the QPR Youth Team. (By contrast, not a single one of the present QPR squad of 25 are "Home Growns." Not one. )

Of the other three in the QPR 12: Ian Watson had a been a bargain buy from Chelsea (£5,000). Rodney Marsh, of course a steal from Fulham (£15,000). And Barry Bridges, once of Chelsea, was at the time QPR's record signing at £50,000.

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  Reference to Gerry Francis' debut against Liverpool, in the Michael Wale report below.

                                            

Some Old QPR Videos from 1923, 1948, 1958, 1962, Etc...Winston Churchill's Father and QPR

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Winston Churchill's Father, Lord Randolph Churchill, QPR Patron

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- London Call-in Tonight With Rodney Marsh and Rufus Brevett

- QPR's Changing Kit Over the Decades


- Next: Fulham - Old Programmes/Team Sheets

OLD QPR VIDEO

With all of today's Premier League games televized and recorded, the tragedy is that there are so few recordings of old QPR...


- Video: 1923 QPR vs Sheffield United


- Video II: 1923 QPR vs Sheffield United


- Video: 1962 QPR vs Newport


- Video: 1948: QPR vs Derby County


- Video: 1958 QPR vs Southampton


- 1962 Video Interview with QPR Manager Alec Stock


- Video: 1962 QPR vs Hinckley


- 1981: QPR Go Plastic - The Opening Game vs Luton


- 1948: Athlete McDonald Bailey trains for Olympic competition: Sprinter Emmanuel McDonald Bailey begins training for the 1948 London Summer Olympics with the Queens Park Rangers football club


- Video (Silent): A Younger Jim Gregory Talking about Selling Phil Parkes (Lip Readers Only!)


- VIDEO: Last Kick of the Game Winner for QPR - In 1974, QPR Played Coventry in the FA Cup Fifth Round. Moving Into Injury Time, at 2-2 Stan Bowles Took the Free Kick( Parkes - Hazell Mclintock Mancini Clement - Venables Leach Francis, Thomas Bowles Givens.)


- 1962 Brentford Fans Protesting Planned Merger with QPR


- Video: Martin Allen Being Fined for Being with His Baby

QPR History: Photos from #QPR's 1904-05 Southern League Season

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Southern League 1904-1905 Season

Courtesy of the Bushman Photo Archives

QPR finished in 7th place in there sixth season as a professional club on 36pts. Played 14. Won 13. 8 Draws. Lost12. Goals: For 51. Against 46. Top goalscorer Fred Bevan with 20 goals. Joint highest home attendance 16,000 v Reading 4-2. 17 September 1904 and Tottenham 1-2. 5 November 1904.



Club President: Sir Richard Melvill Beachcroft




Chairman Arthur Lythaby & Captain of the 2nd XI















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Jess Saxby Club Director.
44 High Rd Kilburn is now a Dental Clinic.





Club Director William Earley. Albert Pearsall became a club Director several years later.
125 Westbourne Park Rd is now a Mexican bar.









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Southern Football League Dinner
QPR Chairman Arthur Lythaby in the second row from the left and sitting eighth from the left.

 QPR History in Photos: From the 1880s to the 21st Century - The Bushman QPR Photo Archives

The #QPR Accounts for the Year Ended May 31, 201

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- Also: Evening Standard/Andy Hodgson - QPR suffer £22m loss on return to the top flight

- Profound thanks to Niall Rogers ‏@nrogers959 for passing on to me these accounts














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QPR Official Supporters Club (OSC) Committee Resigns En Masse - OSC Committee Statement

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Monday , 4 March 2013, 14:49

Statement from OSC Committee (sent by Linda Favell on behalf of all Committee Members)

We announce that, with immediate effect, the Committee members of the QPR Official Supporters Club (OSC) have resigned en masse and have no wish to continue serving in their respective roles. 

It has become evident that the role of the OSC Committee has been diminishing increasingly of late. The historical objectives and purposes as listed in its Constitution are rarely sought by the Club.  With technological media advances in recent years, the Club is able to communicate with individual supporters in ways that render the OSC Committee unnecessary.  The Committee members have been keenly aware of this decline in the recent past, feel under-utilised and consider their contributions unappreciated and unacknowledged.

Ultimately, the decision was reached as a result of the sharp disdain experienced at the recent Fans Forum where seemingly fresh topics were brought to the Forum by various supporters’ groups and individuals despite the OSC having discussed the same issues with the Club over the past 18 months.  The Club's demonstration of concern at the Forum suggested that the its executives and staff had been blithely unaware of some of these issues.  This, in turn, has also demonstrated that the efforts made by the OSC Committee in voicing concerns on behalf of supporters - in an attempt to improve the match day experience - had at best been given minimal recognition, if not entirely dismissed. 

The Committee, as a whole, has adopted the viewpoint of no confidence and stands down in the belief that working with the Club has been and will continue to be a futile exercise.

Topics raised at previous OSC meetings:

Date of meeting	Topic Raised	Comments
OSC EGM/AGM 4.1.2012	John Reid (LSA) complained that the LSA had written several letters to the Club, with no responses.	Philip Beard wanted to commit to open lines of communication with fans groups.  He wanted to arrange and diarise a set of regular meetings throughout the year.
OSC EGM/AGM 4.1.2012	Stewarding, ticket sales, loyalty points, website information.	Items to be raised at future OSC meetings (see below).
OSC EGM/AGM 4.1.2012	Fans Liaison Officer.	Philip Beard said Club needed to prioritise and would be unlikely to be able to fund necessary headcount for this role. He considered communication should be straightforward.
OSC EGM/AGM 4.1.2012	Loyalty Points	Philip Beard recognised the need to review the Loyalty Points scheme.
OSC Committee meeting 29.2.2012 attended by Becky Grote and Dan Laryea	Stewarding issues	No further action despite several individual emails to the Club.
OSC Committee meeting 1.8.2012 attended by Philip Beard, Becky Grote, Dan Laryea, Jon Davies	OSC Membership (what benefits?) and Function	Philip Beard suggested OSC membership should be “opt-in”.  He asked the Committee what it wanted the OSC function to be.
OSC Committee meeting 1.8.2012 attended by Philip Beard, Becky Grote, Dan Laryea, Jon Davies	Family Stand – OSC stated that the issue should have been handled more sensitively, with prior consultation.	Philip Beard said the decision had to be made quickly and that the Lower Loft was the easiest section to change.  The decision stands. OSC noted that the Box Office staff had worked well when moving supporters’ seats.
OSC Committee meeting 1.8.2012 attended by Philip Beard, Becky Grote, Dan Laryea, Jon Davies	Ticket Touts brought up at meeting and emailed to Box Office.  What controls in place to prevent this.  Can tickets be tracked back to individuals?	Club encouraged use of Viagogo.  Nothing could be done to stop ticket touts.
OSC Committee meeting 1.8.2012 attended by Philip Beard, Becky Grote, Dan Laryea, Jon Davies	Club tradition and history. Wanted contact maintained with ex-players and staff to keep tradition alive.	Philip Beard happy to have a viable scheme set upif there was a particular purpose.
OSC Committee meeting 1.8.2012 attended by Philip Beard, Becky Grote, Dan Laryea, Jon Davies	Hospitality too expensive for most regular supporters. Asked whether less expensive facilities could be provided for supporters’ special occasions.	All hospitality packages to be sold at maximum cost in order to accrue maximum profits.