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Monday, March 31, 2014

75 Years Supporting #QPR: Congratulations to John "Gramps" Clifford


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                    75 Years of Following QPR: John "Gramps" Clifford



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75 Years Following QPR

   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!)

- Flashback to  John Clifford's Very First Game: February 25, 1939 (from Bushman Archives)

 For details of these early years of John's QPR-following years see his Book "QPR The Old Days"

 

You can contact John at john@qprtheolddays.com or call 01 621 858 090 or 07957 245281.


 


Friday, March 7, 2014

Chairman #TonyFernandes Responds to #QPR's Massive Loss - "Qpr fans sleep easy. Uncle tony, amit din, ruban all around for a long long time..."

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- The QPR 2012-13 Accounts have been filed  and the press have all focused on QPR's massive losses and what they may mean.

 THE 2012-2013 QPR ACCOUNTS


UPDATE: CLUB HAS NOW ISSUED A STATEMENT


QPR OFFICIAL SITE - CLUB STATEMENT


10:19 7th March 2014

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         @tonyfernandes

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.


Tony Fernandes         @tonyfernandes

Qpr fans sleep easy. Uncle tony, amit din, ruban all around for a long long time. Journey continues. Let's focus on Birmingham

Fascinating Dave Mcintyre on QPR Losses and Tony Fernandes "Huge losses is old news – what happens next is important"


- On This Day in 1967: Supposedly Rodney Marsh's Greatest Game for QPR!


- Two Years Ago: The Official Supporters Club (OSC) Report


- 32 Years ago Yesterday: QPR Reach the FA Cup Semi-Final

 

 

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Amazing: #QPR Lost More than 64 Million Pounds in 2012-2013

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- The QPR 2012-13 Accounts have been filed 


- UPDATE: THE ACTUAL 2012-2013 QPR ACCOUNTS

Shout out to 
3m If you haven’t seen it already, here’s a link to QPR’s latest accounts:


According to...The Tweets of....Niall Rogers
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This is interesting, there is a breakdown of the income. The year we signed Park (Becks of Korea) commercial revenue fell from£4.5m to £3.6m
  1. So highlights Turnover £60.6m, Costs £114.6m, profit from player sales £433k, operating loss after interest etc, £65.381m
  2. Shareholder financing of £72.7m to buy £41.1m of players that could not keep us in the premier league.
     
    For a club not in debt net debt it £177m up from £91.4m last year.
  3. Wow, that's huge. loss for the year 2012 - 2013 £65.4m !!! Turnover was £60.6m so spent twice as much as earned.

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- 32 Years ago: QPR Reach the FA Cup Semi-Final