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QPR Fan, John "Gramps" Clifford recently marked a truly amazing Milestone: 75 Years of Supporting QPR. From the days of QPR in the Old Division III South - to the 1948 Promotion...and 1952 relegation; the years in the wilderness; 1967 and on...and so forth
Johnvery first game was at Loftus Road pre-World War II: February 25, 1939. In the words of John " QPR 1 Torquay United 1. Our goal scored by inside
right (number 8) Harry Lowe. As usual, we were 0-1 down before getting
the equaliser (nothing new there) and Alec Stock played in that game.
Attendance: 7,783."
Since then John many hundreds - if not thousands of player- have worn the QPR shirt and more than 40 QPR Managers and Acting Managers over this period (although just four manager - Ted Vizard, Dave Mangall, Jack Taylor and Alec Stock for the first almost 30 years of John's supporting days!)
Chairman Tony Fernandes issues statement on behalf of QPR Shareholders …
Tony
Fernandes, speaking on behalf of the QPR Shareholders, has today issued
the following statement in relation to the club’s latest statutory
accounts.
‘When we took ownership of QPR in August 2011, our
initial objective was to secure Premier League stability and to
establish the club in the top flight.
While we worked hard to
achieve this, we were always mindful that relegation was a possibility,
just as it is for the majority of clubs competing in the top division of
English football.
While relegation was not part of our strategy, it was something we were prepared for.
Every
great endeavour needs support in the short term. Every business
requires capital to get off the ground. When we bought this club there
were no assets. We had to build from the ground up.
Now we have
great assets and we are in a position where we can use this asset base
to develop our squad, without the need to invest new capital.
Relegation
wasn't part of the plan and it has cost us financially and emotionally,
but I and my fellow Shareholder are fighters. We are committed and here
for the long term.
With regards to the debt it is important to understand that this is through shareholder loans.
The debt in the club is owed TO the Shareholders BY the Shareholders.
We
are all fully committed to QPR in the short, medium and long term and
are 100 per-cent focused on delivering our vision for the club.
Promotion back to the Premier League is a major challenge, but one we are committed to.
Achieving promotion this season is not critical to our long-term strategy, but it remains our short term goal.
If we fail in our bid for promotion, the support is there and there is no need for any more advances to build a squad.
We
are now in a position where we can work with what we have, and raise
capital to invest in the squad by selling players who are not part of
the manager’s plans.
We would like to reassure the QPR supporters that our commitment is unwavering and we remain passionate about our club.’ QPR
Earlier... From the Club Chairman a couple of tweets: Tony Fernandes✔@tonyfernandesFollow Staement will come out once we have seen
all press so we can answer. Club is fine weather we in premier or
championship. support continues.
