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managerial arrival and departures have become a not-infrequent
occurrence at Loftus Road. For at touch of nostalgia, a look back at a
decade of QPR Official statements announcing their latest managerial
appointments and departures: Chris Ramsey....Harry Redknapp...Mark Hughes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...Neil
Warnock...Mick Harford...Paul Hart....Jim Magilton...Paulo
Sousa...Gareth Ainsworth...Iain Dowie...Luigi De Canio...John
Gregory...Gary Waddock...Iain Holloway...Gerry Francis...Ray
Harford...Stuart Houston!.</span> <br /><b>- <a href="http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&teamTabs=managers">List of QPR Managers (including "Acting Managers")</a> --- <a href="http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&teamTabs=managers">Complete list of QPR Managers</a></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> CHRIS RAMSEY RELIEVED OF FIRST TEAM DUTIES</b></span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Nov 4, 2015<br /><br />Chris Ramsey relieved of Head Coach duties with immediate effect ...<br /><br /> Ramsey leaves First Team role<br /> Ferdinand explains reasons for change<br /> Warnock to take temporary charge<br /><br />CHRIS Ramsey has been relieved of his First Team duties at QPR with immediate effect.<br /><br />Ramsey,
53, leaves his position as Head Coach following Tuesday night's 1-0
defeat to Derby County, a result which left the R’s in 13th place in the
Sky Bet Championship.<br /><br />Director of Football, Les Ferdinand, told
http://www.qpr.co.uk: “We've made this decision in the best interests of
the football club.<br /><br />“It’s no secret that we expected to sell some
key players in the summer transfer window, and as such, our target at
the start of the season reflected that.<br /><br />“However, keeping these players at the club has seen the mandate change, owing to what we believe this squad is capable of.<br /><br />“We're
all desperately disappointed it hasn't worked out with Chris. He has
had to deal with this shift in expectation and has worked incredibly
hard in doing so.”<br /><br />The club will undergo an immediate recruitment process as the search gets underway for a new Head Coach.<br /><br />In the interim period, Neil Warnock will take temporary charge of First Team affairs.<br /><br />A further announcement will be made in due course. <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/chris-ramsey-leaves-qpr-first-team-coach-2784931.aspx#geWgk9U8L14QTwmX.99">QPR<br /></a><br /><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<b> <i><span style="font-size: large;">QPR CONFIRM CHRIS RAMSEY APPOINTMENT</span></i></b><br /><br />May 19, 2015 <br />Chris Ramsey appointed QPR Head Coach on permanent basis until 2018 ...<br /><br />Chris Ramsey appointed Head Coach at QPR<br />53-year-old signs three-year deal until the summer of 2018<br />Ramsey vows to build a QPR fans can be proud of<br />CHRIS Ramsey has been appointed Head Coach at QPR.<br /><br />Ramsey has signed a three year contract at Loftus Road until the summer of 2018.<br /><br />Chairman
Tony Fernandes believes the 53 year-old – who took over the position on
a temporary basis following Harry Redknapp’s resignation in February –
is the right man to lead Rangers into the future, commenting: “When
Chris took over the role we were already in a very difficult position,
yet despite our relegation, we – as a board – have been impressed
with the professionalism and attention to detail he has demonstrated
since becoming Head Coach.<br /><br />“He
lives and breathes management and coaching, and I am sure he will
flourish in this role, as we look to bounce back from this season’s
disappointments.<br /><br />“This is a new start for us and one I am confident Chris will relish playing a major part in.”<br /><br />Director
of Football, Les Ferdinand, added: “From the board, to the players, to
the staff, Chris has impressed everyone here in his short time in
charge.<br /><br />“His coaching methods and techniques are second to none
and with an opportunity to work with new players going forward, he is
the ideal candidate for the role in terms of our new philosophy of
nurturing young talent and promoting from within.<br /><br />“Rebuilding the
club is our first target. If we can make an immediate return to the
Premier League, then great, but we have to focus on re-establishing the
traditions of QPR. That will take time, but in Chris we have a man who
is relishing the challenge that lies ahead.”<br /><br />image: <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/cms_images/player/les-ferdinand-chris-ramsey-61364-2461395.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.qpr.co.uk/cms_images/player/les-ferdinand-chris-ramsey-61364-2461395.jpg</a><br />LES FERDINAND CHRIS RAMSEY 613<br />MANTRA: Director of Football Les says Ramsey will 're-establish the traditions of QPR'<br /><br />Speaking exclusively to <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.qpr.co.uk</a>,
Ramsey expressed his delight at being handed the role on a permanent
basis, commenting: “This is a fantastic opportunity for me and one I am
tremendously excited about.<br /><br />“I enjoyed my time in temporary
charge, despite the way the season panned out, and now I’m looking
forward to the challenge of helping rebuild this club over the coming
years.<br /><br />“I am fully aware of what this club means to its
supporters and I intend to do everything possible to help build a QPR
team they can be proud of.”<br /><br />A further announcement regarding Ramsey’s backroom team will be made in due course. <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/chris-ramsey-appointed-qpr-head-coach-2018-2461411.aspx#xowm7PsRyFkExZdr.99">QPR</a><br /></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> CHRIS RAMSEY APPOINTED QPR HEAD COACH</span></b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Feb 13, 2015<br /><br />Club appoint Ramsey until the end of the 2014/15 campaign ...<br /><br />QPR can confirm that Chris Ramsey has been appointed Head Coach until the end of the 2014/15 season.<br /><br />Ramsey
will work alongside Kevin Bond (First Team Coach) and Kevin Hitchcock
(Goalkeeping Coach). Director of Football Les Ferdinand will oversee the
trio whilst also having a presence on the training ground for the
remainder of the campaign.<br /><br />QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, told
http://www.qpr.co.uk: “In the wake of Harry Redknapp’s resignation, it
was my desire to identify the right individual for the job and at this
time, we believe Chris is the ideal candidate.<br /><br />“He has impressed
everyone here in his short time in charge and I firmly believe he is the
right man – working closely with Les – to lead us until the end of the
season.<br /><br />“Chris has an opportunity now to stamp his authority and class on the position. He is part of our long-term plans at QPR.”<br /><br />Fernandes
added: “A lot has been written and said about the position, including
by myself, but the decision has been taken to defer the permanent
appointment until the end of the season.<br /><br />“We spoke to many
individuals who were interested in the role, one of whom I was quoted on
as being a dream, but none of them were right to take the club forward
at this time for a variety of reasons, whereas we firmly believe Chris
is.<br /><br />“We are keen for the position to be a long-term appointment
that will play a major role in shaping the future on-field progression
of QPR. For that reason, it is vitally important that we get the right
individual.<br /><br />“As a Board of Directors, we are determined to make the right appointment in the best interests of the club.<br /><br />“Premier
League survival is our priority in the short term, but in the medium
and long term we want to make sure everything is in place, from the
Academy upwards, to create a lasting legacy and philosophy at QPR.”<br /><br />Ferdinand
added: “I’ve been liaising closely with the Board over the last week or
so regarding the position and it became apparent that Chris is the best
man for the job at this time.<br /><br />“He’s settled into QPR
fantastically well over the last few months. He is highly thought of by
everybody and has the respect of everyone connected to the club.<br /><br />“He
will have a huge part to play in the long-term future of this club at
all levels, and we are confident that Chris, supported by the backroom
staff, will be able to deliver our goal of Premier League survival.”<br /><br />Ramsey
said: “This is a great privilege and an honour for me. I am excited
about leading the club between now and the end of the season.<br /><br />“I believe in this group of players, the staff, and everyone working at the club.<br /><br />“I’d
like to thank the QPR supporters for their support so far and with
their backing, I am confident that we can build on Tuesday’s win at
Sunderland and start to climb the table.<br /><br />“During this period, I
will still be involved in the running of the Academy for the rest of
this season and beyond. Continuity is very important when it comes to
the development of young players, which is something I am very mindful
of.” <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/qpr-queens-park-rangers-chris-ramsey-tony-fernandes-les-ferdinand-2266517.aspx#hA6aQHUTEm0LeUDo.99">QPR</a><br /></span><br />
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HARRY Redknapp has tendered his resignation at QPR, which has been accepted by the Board.</div>
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charge – informed Chairman Tony Fernandes of his decision to resign this
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He will undergo knee replacement surgery in the coming weeks.</div>
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Redknapp told <b><a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/www.qpr.co.uk">www.qpr.co.uk</a></b>:
“I have had such a fantastic time at QPR. I would like to thank the
Board, the players and all my staff, and especially the supporters who
have been absolutely fantastic to me since I arrived at the club for
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“Sadly I need
immediate surgery on my knee which is going to stop me from doing my job
in the coming weeks. It means I won’t be able to be out on the training
pitch every day, and if I can’t give 100 per-cent I feel it’s better
for someone else to take over the reins.</div>
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relationship with Tony Fernandes has been one of the highlights of my
footballing career and I wish the club every success. I am confident
they will survive in the Premier League this year.”</div>
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on behalf of the Board, QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes added: “I would
like to take this opportunity to thank Harry for everything he has done
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“We part on good terms and I would personally like to wish him all the best for the future.”</div>
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<i>The club will be making no further comment. <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/qpr-harry-redknapp-tony-fernandes-les-ferdinand-chris-ramsey-2245953.aspx#CrJKoRKpeyC0Amgo.99">QPR</a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EXCLUSIVE: REDKNAPP APPOINTED</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Harry pens two-and-a-half year deal ...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I can’t wait to get to work and get the results necessary to kick-start our season"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Harry Redknapp as the club’s new manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The
65 year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road
and will watch his new team from the stands when the R’s take on
Manchester United at Old Trafford this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Redknapp said: “I’m delighted to be back in the managerial hot-seat at QPR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“When I spoke to the Shareholders and they told me about their plans I knew this was too good an opportunity to turn down.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“There’s
no doubt there’s a lot of ability in the squad, but for one reason or
another things haven’t gone as well as everyone expected since the start
of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“I can’t wait to get to work and get the results necessary to kick-start our season.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Redknapp’s arrival in W12 represents a significant coup for the club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Widely-regarded
as one of the best English managers in the business, Redknapp’s track
record at the highest level speaks for itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After
guiding Portsmouth to an FA Cup Final victory in 2007/08, he enjoyed
arguably his finest hour in management at Tottenham Hotspur, where he
led them into the Champions League for the first time in their history
at the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He was also named Premier League Manager of the Year at the end of that campaign.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking
on behalf of the QPR Shareholders, QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes, said:
“Harry was our number one target, the unanimous choice of the Board and
we’re delighted we’ve been able to attract him to the club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“He
has a proven track record in the Premier League and has all the
characteristics we were looking for to get us out of the current
situation we find ourselves in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“His
man-management skills are second to none and we are confident he is the
right man to lead us away from the bottom of the table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“We
believe we have a manager with significant experience at the highest
level of football, who can come in and immediately help deliver our
objectives.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Shareholder Kamarudin Bin Meranun added: “While we look forward with
Harry we would also like to place on the record our appreciation to
Mark.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Though
results have not been good this season, Mark has moved the club
forwards in terms of infrastructure and advancing QPR as a Premier
League club. For that, we want to thank him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“He
was a consummate professional and it was a difficult decision to make
as we had all grown to respect him. We all wish him and his family well
for the future.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hughes contract terminated with immediate effect</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS Park Rangers Football Club has today (Friday) terminated the contract of manager Mark Hughes with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This
decision has been taken after careful consideration by the Board of
Directors, following numerous meetings over the last few days.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board of Directors wish to thank Mark for his commitment, hard work and dedication in his ten months in charge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark
has shown integrity and professionalism throughout his time here, but
ultimately the circumstances we find ourselves in have left the Board of
Directors with very little choice but to make a change.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board will now be working actively to put a new managerial structure in place as soon as possible.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark
Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki will take charge of the R's trip to
Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The club will be making a further announcement in due course.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EXCLUSIVE: HUGHES APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Posted on: Tue 10 Jan 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as the Club's new Manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 48 year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Loftus Road and will take charge of First Team training this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Hughes said: "It's a great feeling to be back in football and to be the Manager of QPR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm fully aware of the challenge in the short and long term and I am genuinely excited about the ambition of the owners.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Nobody can doubt the history of this great Football Club and the passion of its fantastically loyal supporters.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Now
the immediate priority is to consolidate our place in the Barclays
Premier League, but beyond that, the future is very bright and fills me
with great enthusiasm."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: "Mark has a proven track record in the
Premier League, bringing a wealth of experience at both Club and
international level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He has a great passion to achieve as a Manager and has already been hugely successful in his career.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"His ambitions match those of the Board and we are delighted to have him at the helm."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Vice Chairman, Amit Bhatia, added: "Mark has a great managerial
pedigree and has proven over the years to be a very astute Manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am looking forward to working with him to bring success to the Club."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
CEO, Philip Beard, said: "Having spoken at length with Mark, I know he
is brimming with enthusiasm and anticipation about the challenge of
taking QPR forward and I believe he is the perfect choice to deliver the
success we all desire."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vastly-experienced,
Hughes has built a reputation as one of Britain's most admired
Managers, with success at both Club and international level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He
has a proven track record in the transfer market, recruiting the likes
of Vincent Kompany, Nigel de Jong, Moussa Dembele and Christopher Samba
to the Premier League.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In
his five years in charge of Wales, Hughes turned around the fortunes of
the national side, before being appointed Blackburn Rovers boss in
September 2004.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He
guided Rovers to seventh place in the 2007/08 Premier League campaign,
before moving to Manchester City at the start of the following season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">City,
with the riches of the Abu Dhabi United investment group, would go on
to finish tenth in Hughes' first season in charge, as well as reaching
the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">His
spell in Manchester ended in December 2009, however, when he was
controversially replaced by Roberto Mancini despite City sitting pretty
in sixth place in the top-flight.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fulham
was his next port of call, where he exceeded all expectations with an
eighth place finish and Europa League qualification through the Fair
Play League.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hughes
- who has only finished outside the top half of the top-flight once in
his managerial career - will be joined at the Club by Assistant Manager
Mark Bowen, First Team Coach Eddie Niedzwiecki and Goalkeeping Coach
Kevin Hitchcock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*Mark Hughes will be officially unveiled as the Club's new Manager at a Press Conference on Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2571588,00.html</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - January 2012 - WARNOCK AXED</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />QPR PART COMPANY WITH WARNOCK</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Posted on: Sun 08 Jan 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today (Sunday 8th January 2012) parted company with Manager Neil Warnock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Warnock joined the Club in March 2010, overseeing 84 matches in charge, winning 33, drawing 27 and losing 24.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last season, he successfully guided the Club back to the Premier League for the first time in 15 years.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board's commitment to retaining our Premier League status ultimately led to this decision.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Assistant Manager Mick Jones and First Team Coach Keith Curle have also left the Club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: "This decision has been made in the
best interests of the Club and I can assure everyone that this is not a
decision that was made lightly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Sadly,
our recent run of poor form has seen us slip alarmingly down the table
and the Board felt it was the right time to make a change.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Neil
has acted with honesty, professionalism and integrity throughout his
time at the Club, and I would personally like to thank him for his
significant contribution to QPR over the last 22 months.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I genuinely wish him all the very best for the future and he will always be welcome back at Loftus Road."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Vice-Chairman, Amit Bhatia, added: "It is with a very heavy heart that we make this announcement.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I played a key role in bringing Neil to Loftus Road and consider him to be a close personal friend and a great professional.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I would like to place on the record my thanks to him for transforming us from a Championship Club to a Premier League Club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"As
a Club we have gained enormously from Neil's wisdom, experience and
leadership. He has always performed his managerial duties to the very
highest of standards.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I wish Neil every success going forward and he will always be welcome at QPR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I now look forward to the future and the rest of the season as we work towards stabilising our position in the Premier League."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Neil Warnock said: "Obviously I'm very disappointed, but having achieved so much, I leave the Club with a great sense of pride.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I have enjoyed my time here more than anywhere else and the QPR fans have been brilliant with me - they deserve success.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"My
biggest regret is that the takeover didn't happen earlier, because that
would have given me the opportunity to bring in the targets I'd
pinpointed all last summer and probably given us a better chance to
succeed in the Premier League."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He added: "The board at QPR are hugely ambitious and I wish them every success for the future.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've
been involved in the game a long time and I will be spending the
immediate future with my family and friends before deciding my next
career move."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will now begin its search for a new Manager and will make a further announcement in due course.</span></div>
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more:
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - March1, 2010</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EXCLUSIVE: WARNOCK CONFIRMED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil
Warnock as First Team Manager with immediate effect.- Warnock has today
signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Loftus Road after a
compensation agreement was reached with his former club, Crystal Palace
FC.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Warnock, who
guided Sheffield United to the Premier League in 2006, said: "I am
delighted to be joining a club with the history that QPR has.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "As a manager, Loftus Road is always a place I loved because of the fantastic atmosphere there.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Looking from afar I believe this is the perfect time for me to come in, with the new structure and chairman in place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Together we can give the club the stability that it needs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I am really looking forward to the challenge that's in front of me."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- QPR Chairman
Ishan Saksena said: "Neil was always our number one target and so we are
delighted to announce him as our manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has great
experience in English football and a phenomenal track record. I believe
he is the right man to help QPR achieve its ambitions.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Neil will be given the full support of the Board, and I know our fans will give him their full backing as well."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Caretaker manager Mick Harford and his assistant Tony Coton have stepped down from their respective roles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Harford said:
"I was more than happy to help the club out when they asked me, and I
did the best I could during my time in caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The club needs an experienced manager in order to move forward, and I wish Neil every success.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has joined a fantastic football club with brilliant supporters, and I sincerely hope he does well.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The club is
in good hands now with the new structure, Ishan Saksena and Gianni
Paladini, and I believe QPR has a very bright future." QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FEBRUARY 2010 - MICK HARFORD DEPARTS</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT Fri 15 Jan 2010 - PAUL HART DEPARTS...MICK HARFORD APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club can confirm that Manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-
Assistant Manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of First Team
affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">December 2009 - QPR OFFICIAL SITE: PAUL HART APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club is pleased to confirm the arrival of Paul Hart as First Team Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions late last night after Jim Magilton's and John Gorman's
departures, the appointment was concluded this morning.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hart will be joined at the Club by new Assistant Manager Mick Harford in a deal which runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham for their efforts while in Caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAUL HART DEPARTS & MICK HARFORD APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT Fri 15 Jan 2010</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club can confirm that Manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-
Assistant Manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of First Team
affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAUL HART ARRIVES</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">December 2009</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club is pleased to confirm the arrival of Paul Hart as First Team Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions late last night after Jim Magilton's and John Gorman's
departures, the appointment was concluded this morning.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hart will be joined at the Club by new Assistant Manager Mick Harford in a deal which runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham for their efforts while in Caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JIM MAGILTON</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DEPARTURE - CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wed 16 Dec 2009</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club can confirm that Jim Magilton and John Gorman have left Queens Park Rangers by mutual consent.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Recent events
have been widely reported and whilst Jim Magilton completely denies the
allegations, with the full support of John Gorman, it has been agreed
that it is in the best interests of the Club and Jim Magilton, if the
parties move on in their separate ways.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to wish both Jim Magilton and John Gorman good luck in the future and thank them for their hard work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SUSPENDED -CLUB STATEMENT - December 9, 2009</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club can confirm that Manager Jim Magilton has been suspended with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The suspension relates to an incident which occurred at Monday's Championship fixture against Watford at Vicarage Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">MAGILTON ARRIVAL</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official
Site EXCLUSIVE: MAGILTON APPOINTED - Queens Park Rangers Football Club
is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Magilton as the Club's
new Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The 40
year-old, who made over 50 appearances for Northern Ireland during an
illustrious playing career for both Club and country, has put pen to
paper on a two year deal at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman, Flavio
Briatore, expressed his delight at Magilton's arrival, commenting: "We
had an incredibly high number of applicants, but Jim was the stand-out
candidate for the role.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "We (the
Board) sat down with him on four separate occasions over the last month
to discuss our goals and ambitions and he has really impressed myself,
Mr Ecclestone, Mr Mittal and Mr Bhatia with his knowledge, understanding
and passion for football.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He did a
very good job at Ipswich Town, playing some fine, attacking football,
and he has great ambition to achieve in this next chapter of his
managerial career. We are all really looking forward to working with
him."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Magilton
enjoyed three seasons at the helm at Portman Road, inspiring the Tractor
Boys to an eighth place finish in season 2007/08, before guiding them
towards a comfortable top-half finish prior to his departure in April.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new boss said: "I'm really looking
forward to the challenge of managing this great Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The Board
are highly ambitious, but they are very realistic at the same time. I
have huge ambitions to achieve as a Manager though, and our aim is to
keep progressing, year after year.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "There is a
very strong group of players at the Club and with one or two additions
over the summer, we can expect to be in a position to drastically
improve upon the eleventh place finish secured last season."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Magilton will be joined at the Club by a new Assistant Manager in the coming weeks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAULO SOUSA</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SOUSA DEPARTURE</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers Football Club has today (Thursday) had to terminate Paulo De
Sousa's employment with the Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It
came to the Club's attention that Mr De Sousa had, without authority,
divulged highly confidential and sensitive information. The Club, with
legal advice, responded in this way to protect its position.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Player / Coach Gareth Ainsworth will take Caretaker charge on a temporary basis, from now until the end of the season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 19, 2008 - EXCLUSIVE: R'S APPOINT SOUSA</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Paulo Sousa as First Team Coach.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The 38
year-old, who won 51 caps for Portugal during an illustrious playing
career and spent five years as assistant to Luis Felipe Scolari with the
Portuguese national team, has penned a two-and-a-half year contract
until the summer of 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Sousa, who
will retain the services of temporary Caretaker Manager Gareth Ainsworth
within his backroom staff, will take charge of the R's Coca Cola
Championship fixture against Watford on Saturday.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Sousa said: "It is an honour to be part of
this project. I have always wanted to work for a big Club and I am very
excited about the opportunity to work for Queens Park Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I have great
belief in my ideas and my coaching ability and I firmly believe I can
achieve the objectives set by the management."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Sousa added:
"I believe in playing positive, attacking football. To achieve positive
results you have to maintain a focused outlook and my team will aim to
do this, both for ourselves and for the fans.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I am looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Flavio Briatore, QPR Holdings Limited Chairman, added: "Paulo is a very good appointment for this Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I have been keeping track of his work for the last few months and he is the right man for our project.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has great
experience after working with the Portuguese national team and he is
part of the new generation of coach. He has worked with some of the
World's best players and we are excited about having him.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "His football
career was highly impressive and he has great knowledge of the game.
After five years with Portugal, he is ready for a new challenge and I am
delighted he has agreed to join us."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Briatore
added: "I would like to thank Gareth Ainsworth for his contribution as
Caretaker Manager and confirm that he still has a very important role to
play at this Club. He is QPR through and through and will work very
closely with Paulo as we build for a successful future."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain Dowie's Departure</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR CLUB STATEMENT - 24 Oct 2008 - Dowie</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board of
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has given notice to terminate the
contract of Manager Iain Dowie with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dowie, who took
over the reins at Loftus Road in the summer, oversaw 15 matches in
charge in all competitions and leaves the R's in ninth place in the Coca
Cola Championship.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Player / Coach
Gareth Ainsworth has been appointed Caretaker Manager on a temporary
basis and will take charge of First Team affairs until further notice.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage - QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DOWIE APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- May 2008 QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: DOWIE APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Iain
Dowie as First Team Coach with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 43
year-old, who spent three years in W12 during a distinguished playing
career, has today (Wednesday 14th May 2008) put pen to paper on a
two-year contract at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking about
the appointment, QPR Sporting Director Gianni Paladini, said: "Iain
Dowie has a proven track record in the Championship and we're delighted
to have him on board."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dowie, who
enjoyed a brief stint as Caretaker Manager of the R's, before working
under Gerry Francis in the role of Assistant Manager, also expressed his
delight, commenting: "This is a very exciting long-term project.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm very
privileged to have been given the opportunity under the new ownership to
return to the Club where I served my managerial apprenticeship.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've been
thoroughly impressed by the new investors and their fresh, aggressive
and innovative approach to all sporting matters, as well as the
marketing and commercial aspect of this Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR is a fantastic Club, with a steep and successful history and I'm going to relish the challenge that lies ahead." QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Note: Scroll down for Iain Dowie's previous QPR Departure]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LUIGI DE CANIO</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Farewell to De Canio QPR Official Site CLUB STATEMENT 8 May 2008</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club have parted company with First Team Coach Luigi De
Canio by mutual consent with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would
like to place on the record its thanks to Luigi for his contribution to
QPR and wish him all the best for a successful future.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mr De Canio
also wanted to express his gratitude for the opportunity to manage
Queens Park Rangers and also for the fantastic experience he had during
his time in England.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">An announcement on a successor will be made in due course.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">May 2008</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 29 - QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: DE CANIO APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Luigi De Canio as First Team Coach.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The contract period runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 50 year-old
has an extensive coaching pedigree having taken charge of Udinese,
Napoli, Reggina, Genoa and most recently Siena in Serie A - who he
helped keep in the top-flight for two consecutive seasons before
leaving.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, De Canio said: "I am very excited at this
fantastic opportunity to join Queens Park Rangers as their First Team
Coach.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"For me, it
will be an honour to work for Queens Park Rangers, a Club which is
backed by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, two businessmen with an
incredible track-record of success in sport and other fields.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I would like
to thank them and tell them I will not disappoint their expectations. I
am fully committed to the project and I am looking forward to getting to
work with the players in preparation for our forthcoming home fixture
against Hull City on Saturday."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On behalf of
the new management of QPR, Chairman Gianni Paladini expressed his
delight at the capture of De Canio, commenting: "The Club is going
through a phase of total restructuring and for us the appointment of
Luigi De Canio is the first important step ahead in our long-term
strategy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"De Canio is a
highly motivated professional, whose dynamic and aggressive approach
fits perfectly with the image and philosophy of the new Management."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paladini added:
"De Canio is fully aware of the high standards and objectives that the
new Management has set for the future of the Club, and he is ready and
eager to take up the challenge"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mick Harford,
who has acted as Caretaker Manager since the departure of John Gregory
in early October, has left the Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paladini added:
"We offered Mick a role within the new set-up and we're disappointed
that he has turned this down. He has done a fantastic job since he
arrived here in the summer and his contribution will never be forgotten.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We all wish him the very best for the future."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JOHN GREGORY</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 1, 2007 - John Gregory's Departure QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club have today terminated the employment of John
Gregory as First Team Manager with immediate effect, following Sunday's
5-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First Team
Coach, Mick Harford, has been appointed Caretaker Manager to take the
team to Wednesday's fixture against Colchester United.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Chairman,
Gianni Paladini, said: "The Club would like to thank John for everything
he has done during a difficult period as Manager, in particular for
saving us from relegation last season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"However, the performances and results this season have not met with our expectations. The league table does not lie.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The Club have decided to act swiftly in time to turn things around for the remainder of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Mick will be
Caretaker Manager for Wednesday's away game at Colchester and a further
announcement about the post will be made after that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Everyone at
QPR wants to wish John good luck and success in the future. In the
meantime, Mick and the entire team are focused on achieving the Club's
first win of the season at Colchester."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 - OFFICIAL SITE - GREGORY APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John Gregory has been appointed as QPR First Team Manager with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary Waddock will now work under the former Aston Villa boss in an Assistant Manager's role.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In an exclusive
interview with www.qpr.co.uk, Chairman Gianni Paladini revealed his
delight at the appointment: "It's a fantastic scoop for the Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"John is a proven manager at the highest level and is very eager to get back in to the managerial game.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He's sat down with Gary and talked everything through and the situation is perfect as we look to climb the Championship table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'd like to wish the pair of them the very best in their new roles.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory - who
has been out of the game since leaving Derby County in 2003 - commented:
"I'm back in the hot-seat and it's a huge challenge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR are very close to my heart and it's a fantastic opportunity for me.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This is a job I can very much get my teeth into and I'm relishing the challenge that lies ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Winning matches is what matters most in the business and we aim to do that, starting Saturday.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock said:
"It's the right decision for the club, I'm just thankful that Gianni
thinks enough of me to keep me here as Assistant Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I look forward to working with John, we both played together under Terry Venables and have the same work ethic.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'll learn a lot from him and I'm sure that this appointment will benefit the club I love."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GREGORY EXTENDED - Announcement of Gregory's Two Year Contract</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">April 23, 2007 - QPR Official Site -GAFFER STAYS ON</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club are delighted to announce that John Gregory has agreed a two year extension to his current contract.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the wake of
the R's guaranteeing their Championship status with victory against
Cardiff City on Saturday, Gregory has activated a clause within his
existing contract that will see him remain at Loftus Road until the end
of the 2008/09 campaign.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Gregory said: "I'm delighted to accept the offer made to me by Chairman Gianni Paladini.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I feel very
honoured to have been the Manager of QPR for the last seven months and
to have been given the task of keeping us in the Championship. Now that
has been secured, the rebuilding has to begin.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We need to put
some concrete in the foundations to make sure the Club does not sink to
the appalling depths that it has done this season. That means making
changes throughout the Club, which will not always be popular ones.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I personally
have never been happier. I look forward to working alongside Gianni, as
we strive to build a better future for our loyal fans. All you need is
love.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory joined
the R's on September 20th 2006, replacing Gary Waddock, whose ten games
in charge in all competitions at the start of the season heralded just
two victories.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">His impact was
immediate, as the R's clinched back-to-back wins in his first two games,
before four wins in five outings, culminating in Saturday's 1-0 win
against the Bluebirds, confirmed the R's place in the second tier of
English football.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chairman Gianni
Paladini expressed his delight at the news, commenting: "John Gregory
has done a fantastic job in his short time in charge here and we are all
delighted that he has agreed to be part of our future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The impact he
has made since he arrived here in September has been quite staggering.
The signings he has made have been inspirational and he's proven what a
top Manager he is.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He has our one
hundred per-cent backing and he is most definitely the right man to
lead us to what we hope will be a very bright future.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GARY WADDOCK</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 19, 2006 - QPR OFFICIAL STATEMENT - WADDOCK DEPARTS</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club have parted company with Gary Waddock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock was named as manager on June 28 after a spell as caretaker manager following the departure of Ian Holloway.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The former Rangers midfielder moved into a coaching role when John Gregory was then appointed at the end of last month.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR would like to thank Gary and wish him every success in the future.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">WADDOCK DEMOTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">OFFICIAL SITE - GREGORY APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John Gregory has been appointed as QPR First Team Manager with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary Waddock will now work under the former Aston Villa boss in an Assistant Manager's role.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In an exclusive
interview with www.qpr.co.uk, Chairman Gianni Paladini revealed his
delight at the appointment: "It's a fantastic scoop for the Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"John is a proven manager at the highest level and is very eager to get back in to the managerial game.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He's sat down with Gary and talked everything through and the situation is perfect as we look to climb the Championship table.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'd like to wish the pair of them the very best in their new roles.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory - who
has been out of the game since leaving Derby County in 2003 - commented:
"I'm back in the hot-seat and it's a huge challenge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR are very close to my heart and it's a fantastic opportunity for me.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This is a job I can very much get my teeth into and I'm relishing the challenge that lies ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Winning matches is what matters most in the business and we aim to do that, starting Saturday.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock said:
"It's the right decision for the club, I'm just thankful that Gianni
thinks enough of me to keep me here as Assistant Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I look forward to working with John, we both played together under Terry Venables and have the same work ethic.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'll learn a lot from him and I'm sure that this appointment will benefit the club I love."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">June 28, 2006 - QPR OFFICIAL SITE - WADDOCK APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR have announced Gary Waddock as first team manager following the appointment of Ian Holloway at Plymouth Argyle.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new role
for the former QPR boss means that Waddock, who was named as Caretaker
Manager in February, will now be able to officially take up the title of
QPR manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ian Holloway
was in charge at Loftus Road since February 2001 and oversaw 266 games
in his time at QPR, experiencing relegation and then promotion.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When he was
placed on gardening leave earlier this year, Waddock stepped up from his
position as first team coach to oversee the managerial side and has
since instilled a 'no nonsense' work ethic at Harlington.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock first
recruited Alan McDonald as a first team coach before restructuring the
scouting network and transfer listing and releasing 14 players in a bid
to freshen up the squad and bring in his own men.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new QPR boss said: "I'm delighted that QPR have finally been able to officially announce my position as first team manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Now I'll feel a
lot more confident in my role and I'm looking forward to implementing
further changes behind the scenes as well as on the pitch.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've got a great back room staff here and we've been planning the coming season all summer.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The work ethic
and training methods will be subjected to a complete overhaul and we're
looking forward to seeing the results on the pitch."You can see Gary
Waddock's first interview as QPR manager on QPR World tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~853408,00.html</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAN HOLLOWAY</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - Feburary 2006 - HOLLOWAY ON GARDENING LEAVE</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITECLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR have
announced that Ian Holloway has been placed on 'gardening leave.'Gary
Waddock has been appointed as caretaker manager and will be taking first
team training as of today.Waddock is currently being consulted about a
potential caretaker assistant manager to join him in the next few
days.The move follows speculation about Holloway joining Leicester City
as their new manager.The club is keen to avoid any distraction to the
playing side and to move forward with the rest of the season as speedily
as possible.It has therefore put Ian Holloway and his managerial staff,
Gary Penrice and Tim Breacker, on gardening leave with immediate
effect.Gary Waddock started at work on Monday morning in training with
the players and in preparation for next Saturday's derby game against
Millwall.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gianni Paladini
said: "QPR has not sacked Ian, but we are concerned about recent
performances and the effect the speculation about Ian joining Leicester
City might have on the players."I hope we can sort something out with
Ian as soon as possible. QPR will always be enormously grateful for the
contribution he has made over the past five years, in particular gaining
promotion for us in 2004."However, it is crucial the team are focussed
and able to move forward, which is why we have appointed Gary as
Caretaker Manager. I hope the fans will get behind Gary for the home
derby against Millwall on
Saturday."http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~779128,00.html</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">HOLLOWAY Appointed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - February 26, 2001 - HOLLOWAY CONFIRMED AS BOSS</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAN HOLLOWAY was this afternoon unveiled as the new manager of Queens Park Rangers at a press conference at Loftus Road.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 37-year-old
who managed Bristol Rovers for four and a half seasons left the
Memeorial Ground earlier this season and returns to Loftus Road where he
spent five years as a player. Further details and quotes from the new
boss will appear here later.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - February 26, 2001- HOLLOWAY - I AM MY OWN MAN</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New Rangers boss Ian Holloway insists his return to Loftus Road is a challenge he is cannot wait to undertake.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Holloway, who
spent five years as the club in the mid '90s takes over the reins at
Loftus Road less than a month after leaving his post as boss of Bristol
Rovers, and follows the path of Rangers' Director of Football Gerry
Francis, who also swapped the West Country for a return to West London
in 1991.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Subsequently
Holloway's respect for Francis, who he served under as a player for ten
years, is very high, but the 37-year-old insists that he is very much
his own man.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new boss
has signed a contract until the end of the season with a view to another
year and he is very glad to be back at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I was lucky
enough to work with Gerry for over ten years at two different clubs and
when I met him I thought I knew a lot about football," he said.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"After I met
him I realised I knew nothing. What he doesn't know about the game you
can write on the back of a postage stamp and the affect that he had on
my overall career was so strong that I think without him I wouldn't be
say here right now.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"However, I am
my own person, I have my own ideas and I motivate players in a different
way to Gerry and I want to rub off on these players here and if I need
anybody watched or any guidance then I can talk to Gerry.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am one of
life's optimists but my policy is to be honest and open with our fans.
They are the ones who pay the money to come in. Anyone who knows me will
tell you I am a wholehearted, passionate person and I was brought here
before to rub off on the other players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am hoping I
can do that here with the players at the club and I am desperately
looking forward to meeting them tomorrow morning and getting down to
work." "I am absolutely delighted to be taking this on this challenge
and I believe that by all pulling in the right direction we can get out
of the position we are in."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">More comprehensive quotes and a closer look at the new Rangers boss will appear here this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site, February 21, 2001 - DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (Nick Blackburn) ON HOLLOWAY APPOINTMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN
Nick Blackburn believes the Rangers board have appointed the right man
in Ian Holloway to take over as manager from Gerry Francis.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We set a
certain criteria in appointing a new manager; we wanted someone the
ability to motivate, coach well, had experience of management but also
someone who was on their way up in the game, someone to help
re-structure the club in terms of the academy and the youth system and
finally a man who knows players at a lower level in the game or people
from Academy league clubs," he said.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We also knew
that Ian made a lot of money in the transfer market with Bristol Rovers
which is something we have failed to do in recent years and also his
ability to spot and develop players which he has done with the likes of
Barry Hayles, Jason Roberts and Bobby Zamora in his time there.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I know he
brings a lot of passion in the way he works and has a lot of passion for
this football club and after last Saturday's performance at Wimbledon, I
hope some of that passion transmits to the players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Ian has signed
a contract until the end of this season with another year with options
and he is very heavily incentivised especially if he can keep us in the
First Division this year which is absolutley crucial to the future of
this club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He is also
heavily incentivised in terms of league positions so I hope he is going
to be here for another few years because if he is it will be because he
has been able to bring success to the football club</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE II</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - March 7, 2001: DOWIE LEAVES QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">THREE ON THE MOVE AS OLLY MAKES HIS MARK - Mach 7. 2001</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE has
left QPR after having his contract paid up in full by the club. Dowie
has worked very hard during his time at QPR and the club wishes him
every success in the future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New manager Ian
Holloway is looking to bring in his own backroom staff. Holloway said:
"When I got the job I talked about bringing in my own backroom staff
which most people do in football. I've taken this decision now in order
to give him the best chance of getting another job.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Iain has worked very hard for the club and I'm sure he will do very well in the future. We wish him all the best."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Antti Heinola
is also leaving Loftus Road and returning to his native Finland. The QPR
defender, whose contract has been terminated by mutual consent, is
going home to begin studying for an economics degree.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Another player to be leaving Loftus Road is Leon Jeanne after completing a period of notice issued by the club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - 2001 - IAIN - I'D LOVE TO BE BOSS</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IN THE build-up
to the Gillingham game, assistant boss Iain Dowie has been putting
forward his case in the interviews for the manager's job at Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain said: "I've had my interview and I put my point to the board. I think continuity here is very important.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We've got 18 players out of contract and it is important that the new manager does know the players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I also feel I've got something fresh to give. I think I am an innovative coach and I can get a response from the lads.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I also feel I
can step into the mantle of a manager. I've got some bright ideas and
things I want to implement. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I consider
this to be a very good club and one that I've really enjoyed my time at.
Hopefully my hard work will have earned me the opportunity to be the
next manager. If I don't get the job, it won't be through lack of hard
work when I've been coaching.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"It's nice that
a large percentage of the fans feel that I should get the opportunity. I
understand that people have been putting my name forward on the
internet, which is lovely. It's nice to know that I have that support
and I'd like to get Rangers back to a position where we can challenge
for honours."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GERRY FRANCIS</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">February 2001 CLUB STATEMENT 16 February 2001 - Francis StAnds Down</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We have known
that Gerry Francis was considering retirement at the end of this season
when his contract expires and this week he confirmed to the QPR Board
that this was the case.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions with Gerry it was mutually agreed that it was important to
install a new manager now in order to plan for next season, particularly
with regard to existing players' contracts and any incoming players.
The new manager when appointed will immediately assume responsibility
for the First team and will obviously focus on doing everything possible
to ensure that QPR do not get relegated this season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gerry has been
asked to remain with QPR until his contract expires and will work with
the new manager on planning for next season, including such issues as
our Academy situation and our Scouting network.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board would
like to go on record as publicly thanking Gerry for the job he has
performed over the last two years in very difficult circumstances,
keeping QPR up in the first year and finishing tenth last season. His
commitment to the club is second to none and we feel that he has made a
major contribution in trying to turn the club around. He has been
offered a place on the Club Board next year should he wish to take it
up.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Discussions
with candidates for the manager's job have already started and the Board
hopes to be in a position to make an announcement as soon as possible.
In the meantime, Gerry Francis will be in charge for the match against
Barnsley and we hope he leaves the job with the win the club needs.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Febaury 2001 - GERRY SAYS GOODBYE</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GERRY FRANCIS was emotional about the 2-0 win over Barnsley in what was probably his last home game in charge as manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gerry said: "It was a very sad day and an emotional day for me. The fans were fantastic again on Saturday.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Some
supporters look deeply at the situation. They ask why did the man come
back in the first place? He didn't have to and the club was going
nowhere, bottom of the league and nine points adrift.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He knew the
situation, he didn't moan and groan because he didn't have any money, he
didn't moan and groan about having to cut wages, he didn't moan and
groan that he had no signing on fees. He brought a couple of kids
through, he went to non-League. And he found a couple of players which
are the club's future, like Peter Crouch and Clarke Carlisle.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He had tragic
injury problems this year with six broken legs, Rob Steiner retiring,
Danny Maddix not playing all season and two cruciate ligaments. Any
manager in the country - including Alex Ferguson - would have struggled
with those injuries. I've never known anything like it in my life.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"So I just feel
that supporters looking at football and managers can see beyond results
sometimes. Obviously I am delighted that they can.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This has been
the hardest job I've had to do in my career, with some very difficult
circumstances and problems along the way. I feel I've earned a rest now.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"It was a very,
very nice gesture to offer me a place on the board here. But no one
knows what the situation will be here in a couple of months. The club is
still up for sale. A new owner might come in and not know who I am! So
you just don't know what is around the corner."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 16 1998 FRANCIS BACK HOME</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS PARK
RANGERS today announced that Gerry Francis has been appointed the club's
new Director of Football. Chairman Chris Wright confirmed that Francis
would take up the position immediately.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis who
sent more than 17 years at Queens Park Rangers, both as manager and
player, has been appointed on a three year contract and fills the gap
left recently by Ray Harford who resigned on September 28th.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis, who
has been out of football since leaving Spurs a year ago, said of his new
appointment:"I'm delighted to be back at Loftus Road. I spent many
happy and successful years here and it's great to be home again.
Although there is a major job ahead, I believe the club has huge
potential and I look forward to the challenge."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Welcoming
Francis back to Loftus Road, Chris Wright said "It is great to have
Gerry back. We chose him because of his proven track record and
significantly, his achievements as a manager. This talent, coupled with
his strong emotional commitment to the club, is a combination we beleive
is impossible to find elsewhere."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain Dowie, who
took over as caretaker manager following Harford's departure last
month, has been appointed player/coach working alongside Francis.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis' will
attend QPR's league fixture at Huddersfield tomorrow, but Dowie, who has
been preparing the team for this tough game, will remain in charge in
his role as caretaker manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - October 16, 1998 FRANCIS BACK HOME</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">NEW RANGERS
manager Gerry Francis has spoken about his decision to come back to
Rangers and is prepared for the cahallenges ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis, the
fans top choice to succeed Ray Harford, was installed on Friday
afternoon at Loftus Road and is pleased to be back again at the club
that nurtured his prestigious career.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm pleased to
be back, but I know what a challenge it is and I've committed myself to
the situation and now I have to see if I can pull QPR back to where I
left it."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"There is no
money to spend on players, but I knew this when I came on and you can't
hide behind those things, I put my reputation on the line and it's up to
me to sort it out."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've gone into
this sort of situation before, Tottenham at ten months bristol Rovers
was dire I had to lend them money to buy players. It's a difficiult
situation but you've got to be positive."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In 11 months
I've turned down 12 opportunites flat to go back into the game, it was
only my love and concern for QPR that let me to talk to Chris Wright. I
was shocked when I found out the bottom line, and I had several other
meetings but I in the end I decided to take it - I know Chris will say I
did that with hy heart rather than my head, and he's probably right but
we'll have to see how things go. We've got to get up the league and
build a team that can get us promotion to the premeir league, because
that's where I want to be. I want to show my commitment to the club and
I'm prepared to buy in on the share side of it and try and change things
around.. What I'll be working for is to try and improve that and on the
field as well. Certainly we can't carry on with the current financial
situation, that has to be turned around. The likes of the Gallen's,
Quashie's and Dichio's that I lef there when i left have to be brought
through again because they are vital to the club because we have no
money to buy players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE I</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - October 12, 1998 - DOWIE IGNORES THE HYPE</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CARETAKER boss
Iain Dowie has returned to training at Rangers after a successful
weekend away with Northern Ireland, and is ignoring all the media hype
regarding the vacant manager's position.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain says: "
Whatever the scenario is at QPR, I’m just taking it day by day and
working very hard to get the lads prepared for Saturday. I can’t affect
anything that goes on off the field. I had a chat with the directors at
Rangers and they will make their decision.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Whatever that
is, I’ll go along with it. I just want to see QPR do well. That’s the
most important thing at the moment. It’s not about personalities. It’s
about everyone fighting and pulling the same way for the benefit of the
club."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RAY HARFORD</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - September 28, 1998 - HARFORD RESIGNS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RAY HARFORD STEPS DOWN</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers FC announced on Monday morning the resignation of Manager Ray
Harford following the team's 4-1 defeat at Oxford United on Saturday.
Ray felt that at this difficult time it was in the Club's best interests
he should step down.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club has
appointed player/coach Iain Dowie, who has also been managing the
unbeaten Reserve Team, as Caretaker Manager. Dowie will be in charge of
the team for tomorrow's game at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and for next
Saturday's home match against Grimsby Town.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Board
intend to advertise the position of manager and will be hoping to
interview a short lisst of candidates over the next two weeks. An
appointment will be made in due course.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- In the
probability of the home game against Ipswich Town on 11th October being
postponed due to International duties, the Board will endeavour to have a
manager in place by the following game away to Huddersfield town (17th
October).</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Board
gave careful consideration to appointing Player/Assistant Manager Vinnie
Jones as Manager. The Board decided that it was in the best interests
of the Club to formulate a short list of candidates for the position of
Manager who will be interviewed in due course. Vinnie will be considered
as part of this process.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- A further announcement will be made in due course.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - December 1997 - RAY IS OUR MAN</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR CHAIRMAN
CHRIS WRIGHT tonight confirmed the widest known secret in football that
Ray Harford was to be appointed the new manager at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The QPR supremo
revealed that negotiations for Harford's signature were almost complete
and that he expected the former West Brom boss to be at the helm before
the weekend.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I can tell all Rangers fans that we have agreed the basic terms for Ray Harford to become the new manager of QPR."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" He has
resigned from his position at WBA, who are refusing to accept he is out
of contract. As far as we and our lawyers are concerned he is not in
contract and we hope to conclude the agreement sometime tomorrow morning
in time for him to take training."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Chairman
then indicated the reasons for Ray's selection and the role of John
Hollins who has been acting as caretaker manager since the dismissal of
Stewart Houston.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We have asked
Ray to take John Hollins as his assistant and at the moment John is
considering all his options, but we very much hope the two of them will
be managing the first team."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Ray's record
speaks for itself. He has managed at all levels, both in the lower
divisions and in the Premier League. He was coach at Blackburn with
Kenny Dalglish and then took over. He has done an excellent job at WBA,
taking a team last season who were close to relegation and turning them
into promotion candidates."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" He comes with
more experience than virtually any manager in the country, he has an
excellent record in the transfer market and is an expert at bringing
players on. He lives in London and he is welcoming the chance to work at
QPR believing we have the potential to get back into the Premier
League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I believe Ray will prove to be an excellent choice to take QPR into the Premiership and stay there."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris Wright
complimented John Hollins on the job he had done over the last few weeks
and complimented him for restoring spirit at the club and with the
fans.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" John has been brilliant. Spirit is excellent between the players and the fans think they have reclaimed their club."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm looking forward to working with Ray and I am sure he will do an excellent job."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - HARFORD FREE FOR RANGERS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RANGERS and
West Brom reached an agreement over Ray Harford on Friday morning,
leaving the way clear for the former Hawthornes boss to take over this
afternoon at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">West Brom had
tried to prevent Harford, who resigned from his Hawthorns post on
Thursday morning, from taking up the Rangers post without them receiving
any compensation and were believed to be seeking a sum in the region of
£500,000 for the loss their boss.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Harford is now
free to resume as manager and is expected to take over training this
afternoon. A decision as to whether John Hollins will accept the
appointment as assistant manager is expected in the near future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking after
the agreement between the two clubs had reached its faviourable
conclusion, Ray revealed his relief at the outcome.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I'm very excited about the opportunity and can't wait to get my feet under the table."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I think the
next few games are vitally important as given the right results they
could put us right in amongst the chasing pack."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ray will not be
in charge for Saturday's game against Sunderland, but will be watching
from the stands. John Hollins will be in the dugout and will select the
side.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">STUART HOUSTON (AND BRUCE RIOCH)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 10, 1997 - BOARD RELEASE HOUSTON AND RIOCH</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BOSS
Stewart Houston and Assistant Manager Bruce Rioch have parted company
with Queens Park Rangers, after a board meeting at Loftus Road on Monday
night.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A statement issued by the club read:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Following a
meeting of the Board of QPR, at which Stuart Houston was present, the
club has reluctantly decided to release both Stuart Houston and Bruce
Rioch.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A caretaker manager will be appointed in the interim period."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chairman Chris
Wright will issue a full statement following the AGM of Loftus Road plc
tomorrow afternoon. The excusive interview will be available on this
site from around 6pm GMT.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 11, 1997 - THE WRIGHT WAY FORWARD</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CHRIS
WRIGHT revealed today that fan power had necessitated the removal of
Stewart Houston and Bruce Rioch as the managerial team at Loftus Road</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As John Hollins
was installed as caretaker boss, the chairman insisted he would not be
rushed into finding immediate replacements.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I did feel it
was important that Stewart carried the body of the fans with him, we
had taken six points from 24 and the feeling was we were not moving in
the right direction."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I know that
Stewart never really endeared himself to the fans, he didn't see that as
part of his job and I felt Stewart was struggling to carry support with
him."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I wanted to give him until the end of the year, but I felt it was better to make a clean break."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Turning his attention to the fuure and the installation of the new man at the helm, Wright revealed.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I don't want
to lurch from one manager to another. I want to go into this feeling,
this is the best man, rather than getting in someone tomorrow
afternoon."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" It could be days, weeks, months or even the end of the season."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" Twelve months
ago we felt we were a Premiership Club who would be promoted. We gave
players contracts thinking we would be back in 12 months time. The
reality is now we are a Division One club. To get out of this division
is now a priority and we're looking for a manager capable of getting us
well equipped to survive and then getting us out of the division."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" We want
someone who knows about the Nationwide League and its players, who will
bring the best ones to QPR to get us into the Premier League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As the Rangers
supremo laid out his plans, he apologised to Bruce Rioch over the way he
had found out about his dismissal, on Ceefax rather than having been
informed directly.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" Stewart was
to inform Bruce. I don't know why Stewart took a little longer than we
anticipated to contact him. I'm genuinely sorry Bruce found out the way
he did."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Having aligned
himself with popular opinion in making the managerial change, Chris made
a personal plea to R's supporters to get back and stand full square
behind John Hollins and the team saying.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" This is your
club. It's up to you to get behind your team. You've been quiet at home,
now show everybody how much you feel for the club. I know your
opinions, we've acted on them, now get behind us again."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[JOHN HOLLINS]</span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 18 - JOHN WANTS TOP JOB</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CARETAKER boss John Hollins has expressed a keen interest in becoming the next manager of Queens Park Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John is in charge on a temporary basis, starting with Saturday's home game against Stoke. But he'd like the job permanently.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hollins
says:"It would be an honour and I'd be very pleased. First things first,
though, and we've got one match on Saturday. Let's take each game as it
comes and look for a Rangers victory."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We have some
great guys to work with. I want Rangers a happy place to play. Football
is an enjoyable game and I enjoy working with the squad. I want these
guys to have a smile on their faces, but with grit and determination in
matches to make sure we win.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Note: The Wilkins departure/Houston appointment announcement yet to be found!]]</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-9774080866855802952015-08-13T10:54:00.002+01:002015-08-13T10:54:58.951+01:00Joint #QPRFan Group Reps Meeting with New #QPR CEO, Lee Hoos<b><span style="font-size: large;">Joint Fan Group Reps Meeting with New QPR CEO, Lee Hoos</span><br /><br /><i> </i></b><br />
<b><i>Report prepared and produced by Loft For Words' Clive Whittingham with minutes taken by </i></b><b><i><b>Neil Dejyothin.</b></i><br /><br /><i>This is being posted on the various QPR Messageboards</i></b><br /><br /><br /><b><br />Present from QPR: </b><br />Lee Hoos, CEO (LH)<br />Ian Taylor, head of media and communications (IT)<br />Paul Morrissey, press and media manager (PM)<br /><br /><br /><b>From the sites:</b><br />Steve Sayce, IndyRs (SS)<br />Paul Finney, QPR Podcast (PF)<br />Bethan Lang, Not606 (BL)<br />Saffa Michail, Dot.Org (SM)<br />Hud Saunders, WATRBs (HS)<br />Clive Whittingham, LFW (CW)<br />Eusebio, QPR Report (EQR)<br /><br /><b>Minutes:<br />Neil Dejyothin (ND)</b><br />
<b> </b><br /><b><br />1 - Introduction</b><br />LH began the meeting by running through his background prior to arriving at QPR.<br />-
Been in the UK for 19 years, originally from Maryland in the US with a
background in legal and HR. Starting to understand cricket.<br />- Started
at Fulham when Mohammed Al Fayed had taken over and was given a remit
to build the infrastructure of the club one-step ahead of its progress
on the field so that when it got to the Premier League the set up was of
sufficient standard for the highest level. Looked at the way major
clubs in other sports in the UK, US and Australia operated and
incorporated it into a blueprint he has used at the clubs he’s worked
at. LH said, when he first started in football, oddly, he found in the
UK a lot of the innovation, creativity and dynamism was coming from
clubs lower down the chain because they had to, and the higher up you
went the more static and stuck in their ways they were. <br />- Spent a
shorter period at Southampton post relegation from the Premier League
and after their parachute payments had ended. Regretted not being able
to stay there longer and have more effect. Said the board situation was
complex at the time and that made it difficult to make progress.<br />-
Milan Mandaric called him a week after he left Southampton and took him
up to Leicester just after their relegation from the Championship.
Integral to taking Nigel Pearson there following his departure from
Southampton. Mandaric subsequently sold the club to current Thai owners
after promotion back to the Championship and LH departed.<br />- Attracted
by the stable board and presence of Eddie Howe at Burnley. Subsequently
Howe went back to Bournemouth and Sean Dyche came in. Hoos, Dyche and
the board focused on crafting a “one club mentality” which had key
messages and aims – number one of which was ‘be financially
sustainable’. Dyche bought into this and worked within it very
successfully. Planning permission just granted for a training ground
development which will enable them to move up from category 3 academy to
category 2. <br />- Says the QPR owners are brilliant people, desperate
for success, who have learnt some expensive lessons. Rather than spend
big to get back to the Premier League the aim is to run the club more
rationally and that is LH’s remit – build a solid platform from which to
grow in a sustainable manner . Not a short term thinker.<br /><br /><br /><b>2 - Club values, strengths and weaknesses</b><br />LH
said he is keen to get a broad cross section of opinions, not just hear
from one specific interest group. He wants to hear from people from all
over the ground, season ticket holders and casual attenders, people who
work for the club and play for it so he can get to grips with the DNA
and the fabric of the club and build a blueprint from there. <br />LH
asked those in attendance to say what the club meant to them, what they
felt it should be and where they thought it was at the moment. From that
a list of strengths and weaknesses/opportunities was produced which, by
and large, tallied with what he’d been told by other QPR supporters
he’s spoken to so far.<br /><br /><br /><b>Strengths:</b><br />- The stadium, the location, the proximity to the pitch<br />- Colours/kit<br />- History, the flair and style of the 1970s team<br />- An active and pro-active fanbase, which has previously fought off mergers and collected money in hard times.<br />- The current media output from the club, behind the scenes access, reconnecting with supporters. <br />- The Community Trust<br />- Feels like we are moving now in the right direction.<br /><br /><br /><b>Weaknesses:</b><br />- Loss of loyalty. The club used to be known for its long serving players and staff.<br />- The lack of legacy that was left owing to a couple of seasons of spending in the Premier League<br />- Naivety. Past decisions were not informed decisions. Heart ruling the head.<br />- False promises, often through the chairman’s social media.<br />- The debt, and lack of clarity on who holds the debt, who’s responsible for it, what happens if the backing is withdrawn. <br />- The bad press we attract.<br />- Lack of consultation, often not realising a decision being taken really matters to supporters.<br />-
Lack of consistency in messaging has resulted in good ideas being
poorly executed (Family Stand). Skewed expectation levels as a result. <br /><br /><b><br />3 - Question and Answer<br /><br />New Stadium/Training Ground:</b><br /><br />LH
said he’s here to make the club sustainable. He said that even standing
still would be falling behind, because other clubs are moving forwards
all the time. The new stadium was a long term aspiration, but it is
important to do it in a staged way. The first stage of that is to grow
the fanbase to demonstrate there is a need for it, because it was
difficult going from 10,500 season ticket holders and suddenly having a
35,000 seater stadium. LH says the training ground and infrastructure is
– in his view – a key priority because improving the football is the
best way to grow the fanbase. <br /> “I would urge if it comes down to a
choice, which isn’t what I am suggesting is the case at the moment,
between investing in the training ground or investing in the stadium, do
the training ground because that’s where the players spend all their
time and that’s what will help make the difference on the pitch on
Saturday at three o’clock.”<br /><br /><br /><b>FFP</b><br />The club remains in
dialogue with the Football League and whilst this issue is ongoing, the
club is not in a position to comment publicly.<br /><br />How the roles divide up between Les Ferdinand and LH<br />LH
says he does not “try and play FIFA or Football Manager in real life,
it’s not my role.” LH says he knows the market but the model he wanted
at Burnley was the one we have now at QPR with a DoF with a CEO as a
back-up and support. Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey calls the shots, he
and Chris Ramsey are the football experts. LH says he works to enable
them to do their job. He has no input on the players coming in other
than how it affects the budget. They’re trying to integrate the whole
operation into the ‘one club’ mentality.<br />Les is in charge of the
playing side. LH says Les knows what financial position we have to get
to on the playing side and it’s everyone’s jobs to help Les to get us
there in a balanced manner.<br />“My job is to enable experts in their jobs and make sure they have everything they need to be successful.”<br /><br /><br /><b>Family Stand/Lower Loft</b><br />LH
asked about the potential take up for selling season tickets in the
Lower School End, trying to build a regular following there and
partially addressing that lack of vocal support behind the goals. The
group agreed there was potential for it to be ‘occupied’ and made our
own.<br />LH said from what he understood the idea of the Family Stand was
a very good one, but poorly executed due to the lack of consultation. <br /><br /><br /><b>Stats-based approach</b><br />LH
said he saw it as part of a wider picture. He likes managers who are
into their ProZone and Opta stats but doesn’t believe football works in
the same way as Baseball and the famous Moneyball example. There is a
place for it, it doesn’t replace the eyes and ears of a guy going out
and watching a player but can raise interesting players to watch and
target. Can also help reinforce what you think you saw.<br /><br /><br /><b>Sandro</b><br />Our
licence to sponsor foreign employees has been restored having initially
been suspended after the Sandro situation transpired. Sandro has
applied for his permit to return and the club is confident he will
return before the close of the transfer window. But he has conditioning
work to do having missed pre-season and will not be able to return
straight to the first team.<br /><br /><br /><b>Viagogo</b><br />LH said the
official relationship with Viagogo will not continue. That’s not to say
we won’t use them to occasionally sell tickets in the future, but the
current relationship is discontinued. The only way we’d consider using
them is to fill the Lower School End for certain matches. We want to
fill the stadium for every match, we want to move casual attenders up to
members and embers up to season ticket holders. We want to market to
the supporters we have data on ourselves.<br />LH says the club is looking
into other ticket re-sale options, possibly in-house. He says there
were 2,600 “no-shows” in the Premier League (people who have bought
tickets but don’t turn up) on average at QPR home games. Says that the
family stand rules affecting midweek attendances may skew that average.
Barcoded tickets it makes it very easy to manage and it’s one of the
first things LH is looking at.<br /><br /><br /><b>Communication</b><br />LH has
previously operated a ‘Supporters’ Consultation Committee’ at other
clubs with a cross representation of supporters from different stands,
supporter associations, disability associations and so on to meet
regularly and provide feedback and get answers to key issues. The
websites were asked to nominate one individual, or run it on a rotation
basis, to meet with LH as part of that. First meeting early September.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-34193693339986880172015-06-04T08:59:00.002+01:002015-06-04T09:02:43.288+01:00The Spirit of #QPR! 75 Years Ago Today; Winston #Churchil's "Dunkirk" Speech - "We Shall Never Surrender"-<br />
75 Years ago today: In the aftermath of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk, recently-appointed Prime Minister, Winston Churchill gave his famed "We shall Never Surrender" address to the House of Parliament.<br />
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The most-famous part of Churchill's speech: His concluding sentences:<br />
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"We shall go on
to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and
oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in
the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall
fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall
fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we
shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe,
this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then
our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet,
would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World,
with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the
liberation of the old."<br />
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<b><a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/board/5/history-qpr-photos"> See Bushman History Archives of QPR's Early Days</a></b><br />
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Since taking over the club almost four years ago, QPR's Owners have been talking about building a new QPR Stadium away from Loftus Road.<br /><br />A New Stadium has in fact been a topic of conversation by various QPR's owners over the years (even over the decades)<br />
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The latest proposed QPR Stadium is targeted in the Old Oak area (as part of a much bigger development)<br />
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For now, the new stadium is contingent on what is approved regarding the future development of "Old Oak Commons/New Queens Park." For starters, there is a "rival" development coalition spearheaded by Car Giant, who have their own ideas re developing the area!<br />
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Whatever happens, happens. But from the QPR perspective, if there is to be a stadium, beyond questions of who exactly will own the stadium, and so forth: <br />
<br />For the past couple of years, the club after initially saying they had not decided on the size of the new (multi-purpose) stadium, have basically been saying 40,000 size stadium.<br />
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Hitherto, QPR have been talking about 40,000. Various past announcements from QPR. such as this one in December 2013 entitled "<a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/121213-new-stadium-plans-1232327.aspx#2XwyfpHX2pFrf0Ct.99">Club unveils plans for new 40,000 seater stadium in Old Oak..."</a> <br />
<br /> Various pronouncements and interviews since have continue to use the number "40,000" <br /><br /> The Official "QPR-offshoot" "<a href="http://www.new-queens-park.co.uk/">New Queens Park</a>" Site has under FAQs: "How big will the stadium be?The stadium will have 40,000 seats" (and this continues to be online)<br />
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Yet on Saturday, QPR's Chairman Tony Fernandes tweeted.<br />
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"who said we are getting 40 k. I'm more keen on 30 to 35"<a class="u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink" data-datetime="2015-03-07T11:08:59+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp" href="https://twitter.com/tonyfernandes/status/574164836545753088"><time class="dt-updated" datetime="2015-03-07T11:08:59+0000" pubdate="" title="Time posted: 07 Mar 2015, 11:08:59 (UTC)"> 6:08 AM - 7 Mar 2015</time></a><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
<br />So was just this a one-off tweet from the Chairman expressing his own views rather than the corporate entity? Or is this a case (seemingly like Warren Farm) in which the club owners have an "evolving" attitude towards what they will be building?<br /></div>
On the basis of over 125 years of Fan support for QPR and the size of their Fan support one can make a very good case for a smaller-size stadium (ideally with potential for future growth). <br /><br /> If the primary criteria is the multi-purpose usage and the belief that a larger-size stadium is necessary for that (along with hypothetically, greater growth in support for QPR and "Neutrals" coming to watch the team.)<br />
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So a case can certainly be made either way. Many fans would probably welcome a smaller stadium.<br />
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Either way, a certain consistency might be nice though. Maybe the club truly hasn't decided on size in which case, maybe it should make that clear. <br /><br />Obviously behind all this, there is the fact that there may not be a new Stadium, unless the London authorities give the go ahead. But that is for another day!<br />
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Good to read!<br /><br />A <a href="https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/03/04/chelsea-and-millwall-fans-voted-worst-london/">YouGov Survey </a>of how residents viewed Fans of the various London Football Clubs in the Premiership, Championship and League One. Results below.<br />
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HARRY Redknapp has tendered his resignation at QPR, which has been accepted by the Board.</div>
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He will undergo knee replacement surgery in the coming weeks.</div>
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Redknapp told <b><a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/www.qpr.co.uk">www.qpr.co.uk</a></b>:
“I have had such a fantastic time at QPR. I would like to thank the
Board, the players and all my staff, and especially the supporters who
have been absolutely fantastic to me since I arrived at the club for
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“Sadly I need
immediate surgery on my knee which is going to stop me from doing my job
in the coming weeks. It means I won’t be able to be out on the training
pitch every day, and if I can’t give 100 per-cent I feel it’s better
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relationship with Tony Fernandes has been one of the highlights of my
footballing career and I wish the club every success. I am confident
they will survive in the Premier League this year.”</div>
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like to take this opportunity to thank Harry for everything he has done
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“We part on good terms and I would personally like to wish him all the best for the future.”</div>
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Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey have been placed in temporary charge of the team until further notice.</div>
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<i>The club will be making no further comment. <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/qpr-harry-redknapp-tony-fernandes-les-ferdinand-chris-ramsey-2245953.aspx#CrJKoRKpeyC0Amgo.99">QPR</a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EXCLUSIVE: REDKNAPP APPOINTED</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10:54 24th November 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Harry pens two-and-a-half year deal ...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I can’t wait to get to work and get the results necessary to kick-start our season"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Harry Redknapp</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Harry Redknapp as the club’s new manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The
65 year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road
and will watch his new team from the stands when the R’s take on
Manchester United at Old Trafford this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Redknapp said: “I’m delighted to be back in the managerial hot-seat at QPR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“When I spoke to the Shareholders and they told me about their plans I knew this was too good an opportunity to turn down.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“There’s
no doubt there’s a lot of ability in the squad, but for one reason or
another things haven’t gone as well as everyone expected since the start
of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“I can’t wait to get to work and get the results necessary to kick-start our season.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Redknapp’s arrival in W12 represents a significant coup for the club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Widely-regarded
as one of the best English managers in the business, Redknapp’s track
record at the highest level speaks for itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After
guiding Portsmouth to an FA Cup Final victory in 2007/08, he enjoyed
arguably his finest hour in management at Tottenham Hotspur, where he
led them into the Champions League for the first time in their history
at the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He was also named Premier League Manager of the Year at the end of that campaign.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking
on behalf of the QPR Shareholders, QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes, said:
“Harry was our number one target, the unanimous choice of the Board and
we’re delighted we’ve been able to attract him to the club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“He
has a proven track record in the Premier League and has all the
characteristics we were looking for to get us out of the current
situation we find ourselves in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“His
man-management skills are second to none and we are confident he is the
right man to lead us away from the bottom of the table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“We
believe we have a manager with significant experience at the highest
level of football, who can come in and immediately help deliver our
objectives.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Shareholder Kamarudin Bin Meranun added: “While we look forward with
Harry we would also like to place on the record our appreciation to
Mark.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Though
results have not been good this season, Mark has moved the club
forwards in terms of infrastructure and advancing QPR as a Premier
League club. For that, we want to thank him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“He
was a consummate professional and it was a difficult decision to make
as we had all grown to respect him. We all wish him and his family well
for the future.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A further announcement regarding Redknapp’s backroom team will be made in due course. <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/241112-exclusive-redknapp-appointed-505785.aspx?pageView=full#anchored">QPR</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10:45 23rd November 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hughes contract terminated with immediate effect</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS Park Rangers Football Club has today (Friday) terminated the contract of manager Mark Hughes with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This
decision has been taken after careful consideration by the Board of
Directors, following numerous meetings over the last few days.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board of Directors wish to thank Mark for his commitment, hard work and dedication in his ten months in charge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark
has shown integrity and professionalism throughout his time here, but
ultimately the circumstances we find ourselves in have left the Board of
Directors with very little choice but to make a change.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board will now be working actively to put a new managerial structure in place as soon as possible.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark
Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki will take charge of the R's trip to
Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The club will be making a further announcement in due course.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Posted on: Tue 10 Jan 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as the Club's new Manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 48 year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Loftus Road and will take charge of First Team training this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Hughes said: "It's a great feeling to be back in football and to be the Manager of QPR.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm fully aware of the challenge in the short and long term and I am genuinely excited about the ambition of the owners.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Nobody can doubt the history of this great Football Club and the passion of its fantastically loyal supporters.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Now
the immediate priority is to consolidate our place in the Barclays
Premier League, but beyond that, the future is very bright and fills me
with great enthusiasm."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: "Mark has a proven track record in the
Premier League, bringing a wealth of experience at both Club and
international level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He has a great passion to achieve as a Manager and has already been hugely successful in his career.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"His ambitions match those of the Board and we are delighted to have him at the helm."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Vice Chairman, Amit Bhatia, added: "Mark has a great managerial
pedigree and has proven over the years to be a very astute Manager.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am looking forward to working with him to bring success to the Club."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
CEO, Philip Beard, said: "Having spoken at length with Mark, I know he
is brimming with enthusiasm and anticipation about the challenge of
taking QPR forward and I believe he is the perfect choice to deliver the
success we all desire."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vastly-experienced,
Hughes has built a reputation as one of Britain's most admired
Managers, with success at both Club and international level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He
has a proven track record in the transfer market, recruiting the likes
of Vincent Kompany, Nigel de Jong, Moussa Dembele and Christopher Samba
to the Premier League.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In
his five years in charge of Wales, Hughes turned around the fortunes of
the national side, before being appointed Blackburn Rovers boss in
September 2004.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He
guided Rovers to seventh place in the 2007/08 Premier League campaign,
before moving to Manchester City at the start of the following season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">City,
with the riches of the Abu Dhabi United investment group, would go on
to finish tenth in Hughes' first season in charge, as well as reaching
the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">His
spell in Manchester ended in December 2009, however, when he was
controversially replaced by Roberto Mancini despite City sitting pretty
in sixth place in the top-flight.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fulham
was his next port of call, where he exceeded all expectations with an
eighth place finish and Europa League qualification through the Fair
Play League.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hughes
- who has only finished outside the top half of the top-flight once in
his managerial career - will be joined at the Club by Assistant Manager
Mark Bowen, First Team Coach Eddie Niedzwiecki and Goalkeeping Coach
Kevin Hitchcock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*Mark Hughes will be officially unveiled as the Club's new Manager at a Press Conference on Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Posted on: Sun 08 Jan 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today (Sunday 8th January 2012) parted company with Manager Neil Warnock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Warnock joined the Club in March 2010, overseeing 84 matches in charge, winning 33, drawing 27 and losing 24.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last season, he successfully guided the Club back to the Premier League for the first time in 15 years.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board's commitment to retaining our Premier League status ultimately led to this decision.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Assistant Manager Mick Jones and First Team Coach Keith Curle have also left the Club.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR
Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: "This decision has been made in the
best interests of the Club and I can assure everyone that this is not a
decision that was made lightly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Sadly,
our recent run of poor form has seen us slip alarmingly down the table
and the Board felt it was the right time to make a change.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Neil
has acted with honesty, professionalism and integrity throughout his
time at the Club, and I would personally like to thank him for his
significant contribution to QPR over the last 22 months.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I genuinely wish him all the very best for the future and he will always be welcome back at Loftus Road."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Vice-Chairman, Amit Bhatia, added: "It is with a very heavy heart that we make this announcement.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I played a key role in bringing Neil to Loftus Road and consider him to be a close personal friend and a great professional.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I would like to place on the record my thanks to him for transforming us from a Championship Club to a Premier League Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"As
a Club we have gained enormously from Neil's wisdom, experience and
leadership. He has always performed his managerial duties to the very
highest of standards.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I wish Neil every success going forward and he will always be welcome at QPR.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I now look forward to the future and the rest of the season as we work towards stabilising our position in the Premier League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Neil Warnock said: "Obviously I'm very disappointed, but having achieved so much, I leave the Club with a great sense of pride.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I have enjoyed my time here more than anywhere else and the QPR fans have been brilliant with me - they deserve success.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"My
biggest regret is that the takeover didn't happen earlier, because that
would have given me the opportunity to bring in the targets I'd
pinpointed all last summer and probably given us a better chance to
succeed in the Premier League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He added: "The board at QPR are hugely ambitious and I wish them every success for the future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've
been involved in the game a long time and I will be spending the
immediate future with my family and friends before deciding my next
career move."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will now begin its search for a new Manager and will make a further announcement in due course.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read
more:
http://qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=28762&page=1#ixzz1iwW50jnL</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">November 24, 2012</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - March1, 2010</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EXCLUSIVE: WARNOCK CONFIRMED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil
Warnock as First Team Manager with immediate effect.- Warnock has today
signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Loftus Road after a
compensation agreement was reached with his former club, Crystal Palace
FC.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Warnock, who
guided Sheffield United to the Premier League in 2006, said: "I am
delighted to be joining a club with the history that QPR has.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "As a manager, Loftus Road is always a place I loved because of the fantastic atmosphere there.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Looking from afar I believe this is the perfect time for me to come in, with the new structure and chairman in place.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Together we can give the club the stability that it needs.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I am really looking forward to the challenge that's in front of me."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- QPR Chairman
Ishan Saksena said: "Neil was always our number one target and so we are
delighted to announce him as our manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has great
experience in English football and a phenomenal track record. I believe
he is the right man to help QPR achieve its ambitions.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "Neil will be given the full support of the Board, and I know our fans will give him their full backing as well."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Caretaker manager Mick Harford and his assistant Tony Coton have stepped down from their respective roles.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Harford said:
"I was more than happy to help the club out when they asked me, and I
did the best I could during my time in caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The club needs an experienced manager in order to move forward, and I wish Neil every success.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has joined a fantastic football club with brilliant supporters, and I sincerely hope he does well.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The club is
in good hands now with the new structure, Ishan Saksena and Gianni
Paladini, and I believe QPR has a very bright future." QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FEBRUARY 2010 - MICK HARFORD DEPARTS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT Fri 15 Jan 2010 - PAUL HART DEPARTS...MICK HARFORD APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club can confirm that Manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-
Assistant Manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of First Team
affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">December 2009 - QPR OFFICIAL SITE: PAUL HART APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club is pleased to confirm the arrival of Paul Hart as First Team Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions late last night after Jim Magilton's and John Gorman's
departures, the appointment was concluded this morning.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hart will be joined at the Club by new Assistant Manager Mick Harford in a deal which runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham for their efforts while in Caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAUL HART DEPARTS & MICK HARFORD APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT Fri 15 Jan 2010</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club can confirm that Manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-
Assistant Manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of First Team
affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAUL HART ARRIVES</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">December 2009</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club is pleased to confirm the arrival of Paul Hart as First Team Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions late last night after Jim Magilton's and John Gorman's
departures, the appointment was concluded this morning.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hart will be joined at the Club by new Assistant Manager Mick Harford in a deal which runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham for their efforts while in Caretaker charge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JIM MAGILTON</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DEPARTURE - CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wed 16 Dec 2009</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club can confirm that Jim Magilton and John Gorman have left Queens Park Rangers by mutual consent.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Recent events
have been widely reported and whilst Jim Magilton completely denies the
allegations, with the full support of John Gorman, it has been agreed
that it is in the best interests of the Club and Jim Magilton, if the
parties move on in their separate ways.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would like to wish both Jim Magilton and John Gorman good luck in the future and thank them for their hard work.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SUSPENDED -CLUB STATEMENT - December 9, 2009</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club can confirm that Manager Jim Magilton has been suspended with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The suspension relates to an incident which occurred at Monday's Championship fixture against Watford at Vicarage Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">MAGILTON ARRIVAL</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official
Site EXCLUSIVE: MAGILTON APPOINTED - Queens Park Rangers Football Club
is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Magilton as the Club's
new Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The 40
year-old, who made over 50 appearances for Northern Ireland during an
illustrious playing career for both Club and country, has put pen to
paper on a two year deal at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman, Flavio
Briatore, expressed his delight at Magilton's arrival, commenting: "We
had an incredibly high number of applicants, but Jim was the stand-out
candidate for the role.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "We (the
Board) sat down with him on four separate occasions over the last month
to discuss our goals and ambitions and he has really impressed myself,
Mr Ecclestone, Mr Mittal and Mr Bhatia with his knowledge, understanding
and passion for football.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He did a
very good job at Ipswich Town, playing some fine, attacking football,
and he has great ambition to achieve in this next chapter of his
managerial career. We are all really looking forward to working with
him."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Magilton
enjoyed three seasons at the helm at Portman Road, inspiring the Tractor
Boys to an eighth place finish in season 2007/08, before guiding them
towards a comfortable top-half finish prior to his departure in April.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's new boss said: "I'm really looking
forward to the challenge of managing this great Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "The Board
are highly ambitious, but they are very realistic at the same time. I
have huge ambitions to achieve as a Manager though, and our aim is to
keep progressing, year after year.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "There is a
very strong group of players at the Club and with one or two additions
over the summer, we can expect to be in a position to drastically
improve upon the eleventh place finish secured last season."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Magilton will be joined at the Club by a new Assistant Manager in the coming weeks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PAULO SOUSA</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SOUSA DEPARTURE</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers Football Club has today (Thursday) had to terminate Paulo De
Sousa's employment with the Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It
came to the Club's attention that Mr De Sousa had, without authority,
divulged highly confidential and sensitive information. The Club, with
legal advice, responded in this way to protect its position.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Player / Coach Gareth Ainsworth will take Caretaker charge on a temporary basis, from now until the end of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 19, 2008 - EXCLUSIVE: R'S APPOINT SOUSA</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Paulo Sousa as First Team Coach.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The 38
year-old, who won 51 caps for Portugal during an illustrious playing
career and spent five years as assistant to Luis Felipe Scolari with the
Portuguese national team, has penned a two-and-a-half year contract
until the summer of 2011.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Sousa, who
will retain the services of temporary Caretaker Manager Gareth Ainsworth
within his backroom staff, will take charge of the R's Coca Cola
Championship fixture against Watford on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Sousa said: "It is an honour to be part of
this project. I have always wanted to work for a big Club and I am very
excited about the opportunity to work for Queens Park Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I have great
belief in my ideas and my coaching ability and I firmly believe I can
achieve the objectives set by the management."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Sousa added:
"I believe in playing positive, attacking football. To achieve positive
results you have to maintain a focused outlook and my team will aim to
do this, both for ourselves and for the fans.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I am looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Flavio Briatore, QPR Holdings Limited Chairman, added: "Paulo is a very good appointment for this Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "I have been keeping track of his work for the last few months and he is the right man for our project.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "He has great
experience after working with the Portuguese national team and he is
part of the new generation of coach. He has worked with some of the
World's best players and we are excited about having him.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- "His football
career was highly impressive and he has great knowledge of the game.
After five years with Portugal, he is ready for a new challenge and I am
delighted he has agreed to join us."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Briatore
added: "I would like to thank Gareth Ainsworth for his contribution as
Caretaker Manager and confirm that he still has a very important role to
play at this Club. He is QPR through and through and will work very
closely with Paulo as we build for a successful future."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain Dowie's Departure</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR CLUB STATEMENT - 24 Oct 2008 - Dowie</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board of
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has given notice to terminate the
contract of Manager Iain Dowie with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dowie, who took
over the reins at Loftus Road in the summer, oversaw 15 matches in
charge in all competitions and leaves the R's in ninth place in the Coca
Cola Championship.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Player / Coach
Gareth Ainsworth has been appointed Caretaker Manager on a temporary
basis and will take charge of First Team affairs until further notice.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage - QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DOWIE APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- May 2008 QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: DOWIE APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Iain
Dowie as First Team Coach with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 43
year-old, who spent three years in W12 during a distinguished playing
career, has today (Wednesday 14th May 2008) put pen to paper on a
two-year contract at Loftus Road.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking about
the appointment, QPR Sporting Director Gianni Paladini, said: "Iain
Dowie has a proven track record in the Championship and we're delighted
to have him on board."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dowie, who
enjoyed a brief stint as Caretaker Manager of the R's, before working
under Gerry Francis in the role of Assistant Manager, also expressed his
delight, commenting: "This is a very exciting long-term project.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm very
privileged to have been given the opportunity under the new ownership to
return to the Club where I served my managerial apprenticeship.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've been
thoroughly impressed by the new investors and their fresh, aggressive
and innovative approach to all sporting matters, as well as the
marketing and commercial aspect of this Football Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR is a fantastic Club, with a steep and successful history and I'm going to relish the challenge that lies ahead." QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Note: Scroll down for Iain Dowie's previous QPR Departure]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LUIGI DE CANIO</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Farewell to De Canio QPR Official Site CLUB STATEMENT 8 May 2008</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club have parted company with First Team Coach Luigi De
Canio by mutual consent with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club would
like to place on the record its thanks to Luigi for his contribution to
QPR and wish him all the best for a successful future.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mr De Canio
also wanted to express his gratitude for the opportunity to manage
Queens Park Rangers and also for the fantastic experience he had during
his time in England.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">An announcement on a successor will be made in due course.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">May 2008</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 29 - QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: DE CANIO APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Luigi De Canio as First Team Coach.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The contract period runs until the end of the 2009/10 season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 50 year-old
has an extensive coaching pedigree having taken charge of Udinese,
Napoli, Reggina, Genoa and most recently Siena in Serie A - who he
helped keep in the top-flight for two consecutive seasons before
leaving.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking
exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, De Canio said: "I am very excited at this
fantastic opportunity to join Queens Park Rangers as their First Team
Coach.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"For me, it
will be an honour to work for Queens Park Rangers, a Club which is
backed by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, two businessmen with an
incredible track-record of success in sport and other fields.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I would like
to thank them and tell them I will not disappoint their expectations. I
am fully committed to the project and I am looking forward to getting to
work with the players in preparation for our forthcoming home fixture
against Hull City on Saturday."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On behalf of
the new management of QPR, Chairman Gianni Paladini expressed his
delight at the capture of De Canio, commenting: "The Club is going
through a phase of total restructuring and for us the appointment of
Luigi De Canio is the first important step ahead in our long-term
strategy.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"De Canio is a
highly motivated professional, whose dynamic and aggressive approach
fits perfectly with the image and philosophy of the new Management."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paladini added:
"De Canio is fully aware of the high standards and objectives that the
new Management has set for the future of the Club, and he is ready and
eager to take up the challenge"</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mick Harford,
who has acted as Caretaker Manager since the departure of John Gregory
in early October, has left the Club with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paladini added:
"We offered Mick a role within the new set-up and we're disappointed
that he has turned this down. He has done a fantastic job since he
arrived here in the summer and his contribution will never be forgotten.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We all wish him the very best for the future."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JOHN GREGORY</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 1, 2007 - John Gregory's Departure QPR Official Site - CLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park
Rangers Football Club have today terminated the employment of John
Gregory as First Team Manager with immediate effect, following Sunday's
5-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First Team
Coach, Mick Harford, has been appointed Caretaker Manager to take the
team to Wednesday's fixture against Colchester United.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Chairman,
Gianni Paladini, said: "The Club would like to thank John for everything
he has done during a difficult period as Manager, in particular for
saving us from relegation last season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"However, the performances and results this season have not met with our expectations. The league table does not lie.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The Club have decided to act swiftly in time to turn things around for the remainder of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Mick will be
Caretaker Manager for Wednesday's away game at Colchester and a further
announcement about the post will be made after that.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Everyone at
QPR wants to wish John good luck and success in the future. In the
meantime, Mick and the entire team are focused on achieving the Club's
first win of the season at Colchester."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 - OFFICIAL SITE - GREGORY APPOINTED</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John Gregory has been appointed as QPR First Team Manager with immediate effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary Waddock will now work under the former Aston Villa boss in an Assistant Manager's role.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In an exclusive
interview with www.qpr.co.uk, Chairman Gianni Paladini revealed his
delight at the appointment: "It's a fantastic scoop for the Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"John is a proven manager at the highest level and is very eager to get back in to the managerial game.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He's sat down with Gary and talked everything through and the situation is perfect as we look to climb the Championship table.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'd like to wish the pair of them the very best in their new roles.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory - who
has been out of the game since leaving Derby County in 2003 - commented:
"I'm back in the hot-seat and it's a huge challenge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR are very close to my heart and it's a fantastic opportunity for me.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This is a job I can very much get my teeth into and I'm relishing the challenge that lies ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Winning matches is what matters most in the business and we aim to do that, starting Saturday.''</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock said:
"It's the right decision for the club, I'm just thankful that Gianni
thinks enough of me to keep me here as Assistant Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I look forward to working with John, we both played together under Terry Venables and have the same work ethic.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'll learn a lot from him and I'm sure that this appointment will benefit the club I love."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GREGORY EXTENDED - Announcement of Gregory's Two Year Contract</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">April 23, 2007 - QPR Official Site -GAFFER STAYS ON</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Club are delighted to announce that John Gregory has agreed a two year extension to his current contract.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the wake of
the R's guaranteeing their Championship status with victory against
Cardiff City on Saturday, Gregory has activated a clause within his
existing contract that will see him remain at Loftus Road until the end
of the 2008/09 campaign.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Gregory said: "I'm delighted to accept the offer made to me by Chairman Gianni Paladini.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I feel very
honoured to have been the Manager of QPR for the last seven months and
to have been given the task of keeping us in the Championship. Now that
has been secured, the rebuilding has to begin.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We need to put
some concrete in the foundations to make sure the Club does not sink to
the appalling depths that it has done this season. That means making
changes throughout the Club, which will not always be popular ones.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I personally
have never been happier. I look forward to working alongside Gianni, as
we strive to build a better future for our loyal fans. All you need is
love.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory joined
the R's on September 20th 2006, replacing Gary Waddock, whose ten games
in charge in all competitions at the start of the season heralded just
two victories.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">His impact was
immediate, as the R's clinched back-to-back wins in his first two games,
before four wins in five outings, culminating in Saturday's 1-0 win
against the Bluebirds, confirmed the R's place in the second tier of
English football.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chairman Gianni
Paladini expressed his delight at the news, commenting: "John Gregory
has done a fantastic job in his short time in charge here and we are all
delighted that he has agreed to be part of our future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The impact he
has made since he arrived here in September has been quite staggering.
The signings he has made have been inspirational and he's proven what a
top Manager he is.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He has our one
hundred per-cent backing and he is most definitely the right man to
lead us to what we hope will be a very bright future.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GARY WADDOCK</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 19, 2006 - QPR OFFICIAL STATEMENT - WADDOCK DEPARTS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Queens Park Rangers Football Club have parted company with Gary Waddock.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock was named as manager on June 28 after a spell as caretaker manager following the departure of Ian Holloway.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The former Rangers midfielder moved into a coaching role when John Gregory was then appointed at the end of last month.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR would like to thank Gary and wish him every success in the future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">WADDOCK DEMOTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">OFFICIAL SITE - GREGORY APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John Gregory has been appointed as QPR First Team Manager with immediate effect.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary Waddock will now work under the former Aston Villa boss in an Assistant Manager's role.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In an exclusive
interview with www.qpr.co.uk, Chairman Gianni Paladini revealed his
delight at the appointment: "It's a fantastic scoop for the Club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"John is a proven manager at the highest level and is very eager to get back in to the managerial game.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He's sat down with Gary and talked everything through and the situation is perfect as we look to climb the Championship table.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'd like to wish the pair of them the very best in their new roles.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gregory - who
has been out of the game since leaving Derby County in 2003 - commented:
"I'm back in the hot-seat and it's a huge challenge.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"QPR are very close to my heart and it's a fantastic opportunity for me.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This is a job I can very much get my teeth into and I'm relishing the challenge that lies ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Winning matches is what matters most in the business and we aim to do that, starting Saturday.''</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock said:
"It's the right decision for the club, I'm just thankful that Gianni
thinks enough of me to keep me here as Assistant Manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I look forward to working with John, we both played together under Terry Venables and have the same work ethic.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'll learn a lot from him and I'm sure that this appointment will benefit the club I love."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">June 28, 2006 - QPR OFFICIAL SITE - WADDOCK APPOINTED</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR have announced Gary Waddock as first team manager following the appointment of Ian Holloway at Plymouth Argyle.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new role
for the former QPR boss means that Waddock, who was named as Caretaker
Manager in February, will now be able to officially take up the title of
QPR manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ian Holloway
was in charge at Loftus Road since February 2001 and oversaw 266 games
in his time at QPR, experiencing relegation and then promotion.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When he was
placed on gardening leave earlier this year, Waddock stepped up from his
position as first team coach to oversee the managerial side and has
since instilled a 'no nonsense' work ethic at Harlington.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waddock first
recruited Alan McDonald as a first team coach before restructuring the
scouting network and transfer listing and releasing 14 players in a bid
to freshen up the squad and bring in his own men.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new QPR boss said: "I'm delighted that QPR have finally been able to officially announce my position as first team manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Now I'll feel a
lot more confident in my role and I'm looking forward to implementing
further changes behind the scenes as well as on the pitch.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've got a great back room staff here and we've been planning the coming season all summer.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The work ethic
and training methods will be subjected to a complete overhaul and we're
looking forward to seeing the results on the pitch."You can see Gary
Waddock's first interview as QPR manager on QPR World tomorrow.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~853408,00.html</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAN HOLLOWAY</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - Feburary 2006 - HOLLOWAY ON GARDENING LEAVE</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITECLUB STATEMENT</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR have
announced that Ian Holloway has been placed on 'gardening leave.'Gary
Waddock has been appointed as caretaker manager and will be taking first
team training as of today.Waddock is currently being consulted about a
potential caretaker assistant manager to join him in the next few
days.The move follows speculation about Holloway joining Leicester City
as their new manager.The club is keen to avoid any distraction to the
playing side and to move forward with the rest of the season as speedily
as possible.It has therefore put Ian Holloway and his managerial staff,
Gary Penrice and Tim Breacker, on gardening leave with immediate
effect.Gary Waddock started at work on Monday morning in training with
the players and in preparation for next Saturday's derby game against
Millwall.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gianni Paladini
said: "QPR has not sacked Ian, but we are concerned about recent
performances and the effect the speculation about Ian joining Leicester
City might have on the players."I hope we can sort something out with
Ian as soon as possible. QPR will always be enormously grateful for the
contribution he has made over the past five years, in particular gaining
promotion for us in 2004."However, it is crucial the team are focussed
and able to move forward, which is why we have appointed Gary as
Caretaker Manager. I hope the fans will get behind Gary for the home
derby against Millwall on
Saturday."http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~779128,00.html</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">HOLLOWAY Appointed</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - February 26, 2001 - HOLLOWAY CONFIRMED AS BOSS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAN HOLLOWAY was this afternoon unveiled as the new manager of Queens Park Rangers at a press conference at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 37-year-old
who managed Bristol Rovers for four and a half seasons left the
Memeorial Ground earlier this season and returns to Loftus Road where he
spent five years as a player. Further details and quotes from the new
boss will appear here later.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - February 26, 2001- HOLLOWAY - I AM MY OWN MAN</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New Rangers boss Ian Holloway insists his return to Loftus Road is a challenge he is cannot wait to undertake.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Holloway, who
spent five years as the club in the mid '90s takes over the reins at
Loftus Road less than a month after leaving his post as boss of Bristol
Rovers, and follows the path of Rangers' Director of Football Gerry
Francis, who also swapped the West Country for a return to West London
in 1991.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Subsequently
Holloway's respect for Francis, who he served under as a player for ten
years, is very high, but the 37-year-old insists that he is very much
his own man.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The new boss
has signed a contract until the end of the season with a view to another
year and he is very glad to be back at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I was lucky
enough to work with Gerry for over ten years at two different clubs and
when I met him I thought I knew a lot about football," he said.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"After I met
him I realised I knew nothing. What he doesn't know about the game you
can write on the back of a postage stamp and the affect that he had on
my overall career was so strong that I think without him I wouldn't be
say here right now.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"However, I am
my own person, I have my own ideas and I motivate players in a different
way to Gerry and I want to rub off on these players here and if I need
anybody watched or any guidance then I can talk to Gerry.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am one of
life's optimists but my policy is to be honest and open with our fans.
They are the ones who pay the money to come in. Anyone who knows me will
tell you I am a wholehearted, passionate person and I was brought here
before to rub off on the other players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I am hoping I
can do that here with the players at the club and I am desperately
looking forward to meeting them tomorrow morning and getting down to
work." "I am absolutely delighted to be taking this on this challenge
and I believe that by all pulling in the right direction we can get out
of the position we are in."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">More comprehensive quotes and a closer look at the new Rangers boss will appear here this afternoon.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site, February 21, 2001 - DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (Nick Blackburn) ON HOLLOWAY APPOINTMENT</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN
Nick Blackburn believes the Rangers board have appointed the right man
in Ian Holloway to take over as manager from Gerry Francis.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We set a
certain criteria in appointing a new manager; we wanted someone the
ability to motivate, coach well, had experience of management but also
someone who was on their way up in the game, someone to help
re-structure the club in terms of the academy and the youth system and
finally a man who knows players at a lower level in the game or people
from Academy league clubs," he said.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We also knew
that Ian made a lot of money in the transfer market with Bristol Rovers
which is something we have failed to do in recent years and also his
ability to spot and develop players which he has done with the likes of
Barry Hayles, Jason Roberts and Bobby Zamora in his time there.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I know he
brings a lot of passion in the way he works and has a lot of passion for
this football club and after last Saturday's performance at Wimbledon, I
hope some of that passion transmits to the players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Ian has signed
a contract until the end of this season with another year with options
and he is very heavily incentivised especially if he can keep us in the
First Division this year which is absolutley crucial to the future of
this club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He is also
heavily incentivised in terms of league positions so I hope he is going
to be here for another few years because if he is it will be because he
has been able to bring success to the football club</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE II</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - March 7, 2001: DOWIE LEAVES QPR</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">THREE ON THE MOVE AS OLLY MAKES HIS MARK - Mach 7. 2001</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE has
left QPR after having his contract paid up in full by the club. Dowie
has worked very hard during his time at QPR and the club wishes him
every success in the future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New manager Ian
Holloway is looking to bring in his own backroom staff. Holloway said:
"When I got the job I talked about bringing in my own backroom staff
which most people do in football. I've taken this decision now in order
to give him the best chance of getting another job.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Iain has worked very hard for the club and I'm sure he will do very well in the future. We wish him all the best."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Antti Heinola
is also leaving Loftus Road and returning to his native Finland. The QPR
defender, whose contract has been terminated by mutual consent, is
going home to begin studying for an economics degree.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Another player to be leaving Loftus Road is Leon Jeanne after completing a period of notice issued by the club.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - 2001 - IAIN - I'D LOVE TO BE BOSS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IN THE build-up
to the Gillingham game, assistant boss Iain Dowie has been putting
forward his case in the interviews for the manager's job at Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain said: "I've had my interview and I put my point to the board. I think continuity here is very important.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We've got 18 players out of contract and it is important that the new manager does know the players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I also feel I've got something fresh to give. I think I am an innovative coach and I can get a response from the lads.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I also feel I
can step into the mantle of a manager. I've got some bright ideas and
things I want to implement. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I consider
this to be a very good club and one that I've really enjoyed my time at.
Hopefully my hard work will have earned me the opportunity to be the
next manager. If I don't get the job, it won't be through lack of hard
work when I've been coaching.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"It's nice that
a large percentage of the fans feel that I should get the opportunity. I
understand that people have been putting my name forward on the
internet, which is lovely. It's nice to know that I have that support
and I'd like to get Rangers back to a position where we can challenge
for honours."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GERRY FRANCIS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">February 2001 CLUB STATEMENT 16 February 2001 - Francis StAnds Down</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We have known
that Gerry Francis was considering retirement at the end of this season
when his contract expires and this week he confirmed to the QPR Board
that this was the case.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Following
discussions with Gerry it was mutually agreed that it was important to
install a new manager now in order to plan for next season, particularly
with regard to existing players' contracts and any incoming players.
The new manager when appointed will immediately assume responsibility
for the First team and will obviously focus on doing everything possible
to ensure that QPR do not get relegated this season.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gerry has been
asked to remain with QPR until his contract expires and will work with
the new manager on planning for next season, including such issues as
our Academy situation and our Scouting network.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Board would
like to go on record as publicly thanking Gerry for the job he has
performed over the last two years in very difficult circumstances,
keeping QPR up in the first year and finishing tenth last season. His
commitment to the club is second to none and we feel that he has made a
major contribution in trying to turn the club around. He has been
offered a place on the Club Board next year should he wish to take it
up.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Discussions
with candidates for the manager's job have already started and the Board
hopes to be in a position to make an announcement as soon as possible.
In the meantime, Gerry Francis will be in charge for the match against
Barnsley and we hope he leaves the job with the win the club needs.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Febaury 2001 - GERRY SAYS GOODBYE</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GERRY FRANCIS was emotional about the 2-0 win over Barnsley in what was probably his last home game in charge as manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gerry said: "It was a very sad day and an emotional day for me. The fans were fantastic again on Saturday.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Some
supporters look deeply at the situation. They ask why did the man come
back in the first place? He didn't have to and the club was going
nowhere, bottom of the league and nine points adrift.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He knew the
situation, he didn't moan and groan because he didn't have any money, he
didn't moan and groan about having to cut wages, he didn't moan and
groan that he had no signing on fees. He brought a couple of kids
through, he went to non-League. And he found a couple of players which
are the club's future, like Peter Crouch and Clarke Carlisle.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"He had tragic
injury problems this year with six broken legs, Rob Steiner retiring,
Danny Maddix not playing all season and two cruciate ligaments. Any
manager in the country - including Alex Ferguson - would have struggled
with those injuries. I've never known anything like it in my life.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"So I just feel
that supporters looking at football and managers can see beyond results
sometimes. Obviously I am delighted that they can.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"This has been
the hardest job I've had to do in my career, with some very difficult
circumstances and problems along the way. I feel I've earned a rest now.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"It was a very,
very nice gesture to offer me a place on the board here. But no one
knows what the situation will be here in a couple of months. The club is
still up for sale. A new owner might come in and not know who I am! So
you just don't know what is around the corner."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">October 16 1998 FRANCIS BACK HOME</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUEENS PARK
RANGERS today announced that Gerry Francis has been appointed the club's
new Director of Football. Chairman Chris Wright confirmed that Francis
would take up the position immediately.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis who
sent more than 17 years at Queens Park Rangers, both as manager and
player, has been appointed on a three year contract and fills the gap
left recently by Ray Harford who resigned on September 28th.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis, who
has been out of football since leaving Spurs a year ago, said of his new
appointment:"I'm delighted to be back at Loftus Road. I spent many
happy and successful years here and it's great to be home again.
Although there is a major job ahead, I believe the club has huge
potential and I look forward to the challenge."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Welcoming
Francis back to Loftus Road, Chris Wright said "It is great to have
Gerry back. We chose him because of his proven track record and
significantly, his achievements as a manager. This talent, coupled with
his strong emotional commitment to the club, is a combination we beleive
is impossible to find elsewhere."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain Dowie, who
took over as caretaker manager following Harford's departure last
month, has been appointed player/coach working alongside Francis.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis' will
attend QPR's league fixture at Huddersfield tomorrow, but Dowie, who has
been preparing the team for this tough game, will remain in charge in
his role as caretaker manager.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - October 16, 1998 FRANCIS BACK HOME</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">NEW RANGERS
manager Gerry Francis has spoken about his decision to come back to
Rangers and is prepared for the cahallenges ahead.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Francis, the
fans top choice to succeed Ray Harford, was installed on Friday
afternoon at Loftus Road and is pleased to be back again at the club
that nurtured his prestigious career.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm pleased to
be back, but I know what a challenge it is and I've committed myself to
the situation and now I have to see if I can pull QPR back to where I
left it."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"There is no
money to spend on players, but I knew this when I came on and you can't
hide behind those things, I put my reputation on the line and it's up to
me to sort it out."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I've gone into
this sort of situation before, Tottenham at ten months bristol Rovers
was dire I had to lend them money to buy players. It's a difficiult
situation but you've got to be positive."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In 11 months
I've turned down 12 opportunites flat to go back into the game, it was
only my love and concern for QPR that let me to talk to Chris Wright. I
was shocked when I found out the bottom line, and I had several other
meetings but I in the end I decided to take it - I know Chris will say I
did that with hy heart rather than my head, and he's probably right but
we'll have to see how things go. We've got to get up the league and
build a team that can get us promotion to the premeir league, because
that's where I want to be. I want to show my commitment to the club and
I'm prepared to buy in on the share side of it and try and change things
around.. What I'll be working for is to try and improve that and on the
field as well. Certainly we can't carry on with the current financial
situation, that has to be turned around. The likes of the Gallen's,
Quashie's and Dichio's that I lef there when i left have to be brought
through again because they are vital to the club because we have no
money to buy players.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IAIN DOWIE I</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - October 12, 1998 - DOWIE IGNORES THE HYPE</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CARETAKER boss
Iain Dowie has returned to training at Rangers after a successful
weekend away with Northern Ireland, and is ignoring all the media hype
regarding the vacant manager's position.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iain says: "
Whatever the scenario is at QPR, I’m just taking it day by day and
working very hard to get the lads prepared for Saturday. I can’t affect
anything that goes on off the field. I had a chat with the directors at
Rangers and they will make their decision.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Whatever that
is, I’ll go along with it. I just want to see QPR do well. That’s the
most important thing at the moment. It’s not about personalities. It’s
about everyone fighting and pulling the same way for the benefit of the
club."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RAY HARFORD</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - September 28, 1998 - HARFORD RESIGNS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RAY HARFORD STEPS DOWN</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- Queens Park
Rangers FC announced on Monday morning the resignation of Manager Ray
Harford following the team's 4-1 defeat at Oxford United on Saturday.
Ray felt that at this difficult time it was in the Club's best interests
he should step down.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Club has
appointed player/coach Iain Dowie, who has also been managing the
unbeaten Reserve Team, as Caretaker Manager. Dowie will be in charge of
the team for tomorrow's game at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and for next
Saturday's home match against Grimsby Town.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Board
intend to advertise the position of manager and will be hoping to
interview a short lisst of candidates over the next two weeks. An
appointment will be made in due course.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- In the
probability of the home game against Ipswich Town on 11th October being
postponed due to International duties, the Board will endeavour to have a
manager in place by the following game away to Huddersfield town (17th
October).</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- The Board
gave careful consideration to appointing Player/Assistant Manager Vinnie
Jones as Manager. The Board decided that it was in the best interests
of the Club to formulate a short list of candidates for the position of
Manager who will be interviewed in due course. Vinnie will be considered
as part of this process.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">- A further announcement will be made in due course.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR OFFICIAL SITE - December 1997 - RAY IS OUR MAN</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR CHAIRMAN
CHRIS WRIGHT tonight confirmed the widest known secret in football that
Ray Harford was to be appointed the new manager at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The QPR supremo
revealed that negotiations for Harford's signature were almost complete
and that he expected the former West Brom boss to be at the helm before
the weekend.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I can tell all Rangers fans that we have agreed the basic terms for Ray Harford to become the new manager of QPR."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" He has
resigned from his position at WBA, who are refusing to accept he is out
of contract. As far as we and our lawyers are concerned he is not in
contract and we hope to conclude the agreement sometime tomorrow morning
in time for him to take training."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Chairman
then indicated the reasons for Ray's selection and the role of John
Hollins who has been acting as caretaker manager since the dismissal of
Stewart Houston.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We have asked
Ray to take John Hollins as his assistant and at the moment John is
considering all his options, but we very much hope the two of them will
be managing the first team."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Ray's record
speaks for itself. He has managed at all levels, both in the lower
divisions and in the Premier League. He was coach at Blackburn with
Kenny Dalglish and then took over. He has done an excellent job at WBA,
taking a team last season who were close to relegation and turning them
into promotion candidates."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" He comes with
more experience than virtually any manager in the country, he has an
excellent record in the transfer market and is an expert at bringing
players on. He lives in London and he is welcoming the chance to work at
QPR believing we have the potential to get back into the Premier
League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I believe Ray will prove to be an excellent choice to take QPR into the Premiership and stay there."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris Wright
complimented John Hollins on the job he had done over the last few weeks
and complimented him for restoring spirit at the club and with the
fans.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" John has been brilliant. Spirit is excellent between the players and the fans think they have reclaimed their club."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"I'm looking forward to working with Ray and I am sure he will do an excellent job."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - HARFORD FREE FOR RANGERS</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">RANGERS and
West Brom reached an agreement over Ray Harford on Friday morning,
leaving the way clear for the former Hawthornes boss to take over this
afternoon at Loftus Road.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">West Brom had
tried to prevent Harford, who resigned from his Hawthorns post on
Thursday morning, from taking up the Rangers post without them receiving
any compensation and were believed to be seeking a sum in the region of
£500,000 for the loss their boss.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Harford is now
free to resume as manager and is expected to take over training this
afternoon. A decision as to whether John Hollins will accept the
appointment as assistant manager is expected in the near future.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Speaking after
the agreement between the two clubs had reached its faviourable
conclusion, Ray revealed his relief at the outcome.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I'm very excited about the opportunity and can't wait to get my feet under the table."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I think the
next few games are vitally important as given the right results they
could put us right in amongst the chasing pack."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ray will not be
in charge for Saturday's game against Sunderland, but will be watching
from the stands. John Hollins will be in the dugout and will select the
side.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">STUART HOUSTON (AND BRUCE RIOCH)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 10, 1997 - BOARD RELEASE HOUSTON AND RIOCH</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BOSS
Stewart Houston and Assistant Manager Bruce Rioch have parted company
with Queens Park Rangers, after a board meeting at Loftus Road on Monday
night.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A statement issued by the club read:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Following a
meeting of the Board of QPR, at which Stuart Houston was present, the
club has reluctantly decided to release both Stuart Houston and Bruce
Rioch.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A caretaker manager will be appointed in the interim period."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chairman Chris
Wright will issue a full statement following the AGM of Loftus Road plc
tomorrow afternoon. The excusive interview will be available on this
site from around 6pm GMT.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 11, 1997 - THE WRIGHT WAY FORWARD</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CHRIS
WRIGHT revealed today that fan power had necessitated the removal of
Stewart Houston and Bruce Rioch as the managerial team at Loftus Road</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As John Hollins
was installed as caretaker boss, the chairman insisted he would not be
rushed into finding immediate replacements.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I did feel it
was important that Stewart carried the body of the fans with him, we
had taken six points from 24 and the feeling was we were not moving in
the right direction."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I know that
Stewart never really endeared himself to the fans, he didn't see that as
part of his job and I felt Stewart was struggling to carry support with
him."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I wanted to give him until the end of the year, but I felt it was better to make a clean break."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Turning his attention to the fuure and the installation of the new man at the helm, Wright revealed.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" I don't want
to lurch from one manager to another. I want to go into this feeling,
this is the best man, rather than getting in someone tomorrow
afternoon."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" It could be days, weeks, months or even the end of the season."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" Twelve months
ago we felt we were a Premiership Club who would be promoted. We gave
players contracts thinking we would be back in 12 months time. The
reality is now we are a Division One club. To get out of this division
is now a priority and we're looking for a manager capable of getting us
well equipped to survive and then getting us out of the division."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" We want
someone who knows about the Nationwide League and its players, who will
bring the best ones to QPR to get us into the Premier League."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As the Rangers
supremo laid out his plans, he apologised to Bruce Rioch over the way he
had found out about his dismissal, on Ceefax rather than having been
informed directly.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" Stewart was
to inform Bruce. I don't know why Stewart took a little longer than we
anticipated to contact him. I'm genuinely sorry Bruce found out the way
he did."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Having aligned
himself with popular opinion in making the managerial change, Chris made
a personal plea to R's supporters to get back and stand full square
behind John Hollins and the team saying.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" This is your
club. It's up to you to get behind your team. You've been quiet at home,
now show everybody how much you feel for the club. I know your
opinions, we've acted on them, now get behind us again."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[JOHN HOLLINS]</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QPR Official Site - November 18 - JOHN WANTS TOP JOB</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CARETAKER boss John Hollins has expressed a keen interest in becoming the next manager of Queens Park Rangers.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John is in charge on a temporary basis, starting with Saturday's home game against Stoke. But he'd like the job permanently.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hollins
says:"It would be an honour and I'd be very pleased. First things first,
though, and we've got one match on Saturday. Let's take each game as it
comes and look for a Rangers victory."</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We have some
great guys to work with. I want Rangers a happy place to play. Football
is an enjoyable game and I enjoy working with the squad. I want these
guys to have a smile on their faces, but with grit and determination in
matches to make sure we win.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Note: The Wilkins departure/Houston appointment announcement yet to be found!]]</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-51780053892474105442014-12-30T08:55:00.000+00:002014-12-30T08:55:03.425+00:00"Antisemitism in Football" - Excerpt from the Government Report "Government Action on Anti-Semitism" <b><i>-<br /> Brief football-related Excerpt from the UK Government Report from the Department for Communities and Local Government <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/390904/Government_Action_on_Antisemitism_final_24_Dec.pdf">"Government Action on Anti-Semitism"</a></i></b><br /><br />
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<b>II Antisemitism in football</b><br /><br />"While not as overt as
abuse directed at black players in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a
worrying rise in antisemitism in the last few years that has received
less back-page coverage than it perhaps ought to have done.<br /><br />At
the urging of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism and
following a special meeting of the Cross Government Working Group on
Antisemitism, the Football Association held a conference to highlight
their work to tackle antisemitism in football. Among the issues of
concern that were discussed was the nature of communication between the
Football Association and the Jewish community specifically with
reference to former West Bromwich Albion striker Nicolas Anelka who was
fined £80,000 by the English Football Association after making the
"quenelle" gesture during a match.<br /><br />The Football Association said
that in the 2012 -13 season they had handled ten disciplinary cases
involving antisemitism. Five were in the professional game and five at
grassroots. Nine resulted in some kind Of Football Association action,
either punishment or education (for young players in grassroots
football.<br /><br />Reports to Kick It Out of antisemitic incidents rose by
284% from the 2012-13 season to the 2013 - 14 season, from 7 incidents
to 57. This was mainly due to social media: the number of incidents
involving antisemitism on social media rose from 2 to 43. Overall, 20%
of reports to Kick It Out involve antisemitism.<br /><br />The Premier
League is now working with the British Council to run cultural awareness
programmes for footballers and will be running equality training for
youth teams.<br /><br />The Football Association has introduced Strict
Liability for clubs regarding fans’ behaviour. This means that clubs
are no longer able to argue the due diligence defence, that if they have
taken all reasonable steps to safeguard against (for example) racist
chanting then they can’t be punished for it. The Football Association
will also punish clubs if there are two offences involving the same club
within 12 months."<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-76420268032158318372014-12-10T10:02:00.000+00:002014-12-10T10:03:10.346+00:00Merry Christmas From Loftus Road - From #QPR Players And Staff<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> Merry Christmas...Happy Hannukah!</b></i></span><br /><br /><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-15483348314161669212014-11-28T10:24:00.000+00:002014-11-29T13:29:03.883+00:00QPR and Air Asia Chairman Tony Fernandes Says No Change in His Position at QPR<b>-</b><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tony Fernandes Says No Change in Running QPR</b></span></i><br />
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A couple days ago, a brief part of a supposed interview with QPR (and Air Asia) Chairman, Tony Fernandes in some publication, was sent around originally on twitter; and then reposted on various QPR Messageboards.<br />
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In that apparent interview excerpt, Fernandes said "...I have moved out of Formula 1 Work and [English Premier League team] QPR work. I am now leaving it to Ruben (Gnanalingam) and Amit (Bhatia, son-in-law of Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal) to take a bigger role in managing this. I am also reducing the number of directorships I have in Tune [group]. I will be spending more time in Malaysia working on Air Asia and Air Asia X" <a href="http://twitter.com/hillmania/status/537644199286689792/photo/1">Original Twitter Link</a><br />
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A number of people took note of this and further disseminated it in tweets and on Messageboards<br />
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</span><span class="p-nickname" data-scribe="element:screen_name" dir="ltr">"@<b>QPRReport</b></span></a> If anyone missed yesterday: Snippet <a class="profile customisable h-card" data-scribe="element:mention" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/tonyfernandes">@<b class="p-nickname">TonyFernandes</b></a> interview saying was leaving more to Ruben & Amit Running of <a class="hashtag customisable" data-query-source="hashtag_click" data-scribe="element:hashtag" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QPR?src=hash" rel="tag">#<b>QPR</b></a> <a class="link customisable" data-expanded-url="http://goo.gl/zhx4hV" data-scribe="element:url" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/1IKY2V468W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://goo.gl/zhx4hV"><span class="tco-hidden">http://</span><span class="tco-display">goo.gl/zhx4hV</span></a><br />
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Last Night, Chairman Fernandes declared in a tweet: "absolute rubbish as per normal. No Change in my position Chairman as long as everyone wants Ruban and Amit have always helped"<a class="link customisable" data-expanded-url="http://goo.gl/zhx4hV" data-scribe="element:url" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/1IKY2V468W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://goo.gl/zhx4hV"><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="tco-hidden"><br /></span></span></a>
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absolute rubbish as per normal. No change in my position. Chairman as
long as everyone wants . RUBAN and amit have always helped<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-43888576176447067662014-10-03T12:53:00.004+01:002014-10-03T12:54:18.746+01:00#QPR Fan Sites - Club Meeting– September 2014 – Minutes<br />
<i>Thanks to Ian Taylor and the others in the QPR Communications Department; to Mark and to the Fan Reps from the other boards</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>FANS SITES MEETING – SEPTEMBER 2014 – MINUTES</b></i></span><br />
<br />
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2014<br />
Venue: Loftus Road Stadium<br />
Agenda<br />
-QPR Player / You Tube<br />
-New Matchday App<br />
-Former Player Recognition<br />
-@qpr handle<br />
-Players Social Media Conduct<br />
-London Call-In<br />
-#weRtogether campaign<br />
-Lower Loft<br />
-New Stadium PR<br />
-AOB<br />
<b><br />Introduction</b><br />
•
Ian Taylor (Head of Media & Communications) thanked everybody for
attending and touched upon the previous fan site meetings over the past
year, re-iterating their usefulness and that they were part of a wider
effort by the club to improve communication with supporters over all
areas of the business.<br />
• Ian Taylor stated that the meeting was to
discuss items relating to the media department, and that he, Paul
Morrissey (Press Manager) and David Scriven (Webmaster) would not be
able to speak on behalf of other departments, but any feedback that did
overlap would be passed on where appropriate.<br />
• Recent issues such as
the Lower Loft and New Stadium PR were added to the initial agenda very
late on, but Ian Taylor thought it was essential they were discussed
from a communications perspective.<br />
(QPR – QPR Media / FS – Fans Sites)<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>*QPR Player / You Tube</b><br />
Why
have there been so many changes recently in terms of what is available
through each platform? Why don’t we get extended highlights for free on
You Tube this season?<br />
QPR - The service offered through Player has
changed recently. This is owing to pressure that has been applied
through other clubs offering much of their interview content free via
their YouTube channels. It has been a difficult decision for us, but
ultimately we have decided to follow a similar path.<br />
QPR - The prime
benefits of the Player service are the live audio commentary from every
first-team fixture, and extended match highlights which are not
available anywhere else. In the Championship, we were able to show some
highlights on our YouTube channel and London Call-In, but PL
broadcasting rights prevent this, so this is a major driver for the
Player service. <br />
FS - We felt this was not clear to fans (that it’s a
restriction placed on the club, not a decision by the club) and should
maybe be explained.<br />
QPR - Player video does not work on some mobile
devices and this is something the 3rd party developers have been
promising to resolve but we have not yet seen any progress on this
problem.<br />
FS - This was raised as probably the biggest issue as all YT
content is freely available on mobiles – thus driving people away from
player, in addition to the free content available elsewhere.<br />
FS -
There are fan complaints about the standard of video in the ‘paid for’
player offer – especially compared to the free video available via
youtube.<br />
QPR - The club explained video quality of QPR player cannot
be at the level of YouTube simply due to the scale of the Youtube
infrastructure and the encoding we require to get the video into player.<br />
QPR
- We can only put 30 seconds of Premier League highlights on YouTube /
Facebook 14 days after the match. Therefore, we can no longer provide
regular highlights the day after a game on these platforms, which is why
Player is the default platform for highlights in the Premier League.<br />
QPR
- Embargo times: Saturday game (Sunday midnight), Sunday game (Sunday
midnight), Midweek game (midnight that night). We will continue our
highlights on Player as normal. Please note, these have moved from
midday to midnight (Premier League rules).<br />
QPR - Other media outlets
(Mail / The Sun / BT Sport / Sky etc) publish our pre and post-match
press conferences for free. Previously in the Championship, we were the
only people filming the pre and post-match press conferences. We are
forced to put out more content for free so we are not charging fans for a
service which is free elsewhere.<br />
QPR - Fans may have noticed we now
use our YouTube channel to raise the profile of our academy with
highlights and post-match interviews every week. We also use the
channel, as well as the Ladies Facebook page, to raise the profile of
our Ladies team.<br />
FS - The coverage on the academy and ladies team was welcomed and seen as a positive step.<br />
FS
- It was recognised that the site has significantly improved over the
past months, although still within the very out-dated site design and
structure we are using. It is very likely the club will move away from
the centralised templates shared with other clubs when the contract
comes up for renewal in 2017.<br />
<br />
<b><br />*New Matchday App</b><br />
What is the latest with the App? How successful has it been etc?<br />
QPR
- We are one of six clubs currently piloting this app. Brighton &
Hove Albion worked with Sussex University 12 months ago to come up with
a solution to improve mobile connectivity inside their stadium. The app
works by sharing internet connectivity between users running the app
who can get online to access basic matchday information.<br />
QPR - It
also works away from the stadium in the week and serves as an app to
access latest QPR news. We’ve some ideas about what we’d like to do next
with it like integrate QPR Player in it and also ticketing, shopping
etc … however we must first decide if we are going to continue with it
as whilst the trial has been free, we’re looking at costs of 5-10k for
the app and 5k a year running costs.<br />
FS - General feedback from those
in the group who had used the app was positive, although one member
reported issues accessing the app during the last home game – something
the club will look at.<br />
FS - It was raised that the “sharing” element of the app should be made a little more transparent to the end user. <br />
FS
- The other benefits of the app (greater connectivity on match day)
should probably be pushed more visibly, as this is a frequent complaint
of fans at the game.<br />
FS - There were also questions raised about the
need to download 2 apps on android devices which is something the club
will look into with the developers to try and align with iTunes and a
single-app approach.<br />
QPR - Concerning in-stadium Wi-Fi, the club have
yet to find a solution that is effective; this includes having tested
the services proposed at several other grounds around the country.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>*Former player recognition</b><br />
What is being done now? How receptive have former players been to the club’s new ideas?<br />
QPR
- Continued effort being made to improve this aspect of the club – IT
& PM met with R’s fans Martin Percival and Chris Guy.<br />
QPR - Ray
Wilkins, Richard Langley, Wayne Fereday, Andy Sinton, Kevin Gallen, Rob
Steiner, amongst former players already in attendance at fixtures this
season , A small number of tickets are set aside for every home game for
former players and partners. <br />
QPR - Some former players wish not to
attend. Others happy to do so, but not interested in the on-pitch
interview so it is not always visible to the fans in the stadium when we
are inviting former players back to the club.<br />
FS - This was
discussed by the group as there was a lot of surprise that players we
all remembered fondly may have reservations about putting themselves in
front of the fans on the pitch. It was suggested that we should think
about other ways of reassuring the players in order for them to receive
the recognition they deserve on the pitch.<br />
FS - It was mentioned that
the continued effort the club is making in this area is welcomed and,
along the same lines, asked if there were any plans to also approach any
players from our legendary 1975-76 squad, particularly in light of the
memorable Paul Morrissey interview with Ian Gillard. The likes of Webb,
McLintock, Hollins, Masson, Givens and Thomas would be hugely popular. <br />
QPR - Trevor Sinclair, Clive Wilson, Rufus Brevett all confirmed for upcoming fixtures.<br />
<b><br /><br />*@QPR handle</b><br />
A discussion about the handling of the @qpr twitter handle with QPR Report<br />
QPR - Admit we could have handled the situation better, and IT & AH apologised to Mike / QPR Report.<br />
QPR
- Contact at Twitter on @qpr: "It is a great benefit to football clubs
to have short, easily identifiable @handles, so that fans understand at a
glance how to interact with their club before, during and after
matches. It is not enough for QPR to just continue with the excellent,
on-Twitter conversations they have. In order to reach more fans, they
need to promote the @handle and relevant hashtags in and around Loftus
Road. Those calls to action - on the dugout, for example - will be all
the stronger if they point to @qpr, which is the identity fans would
expect the club to own on Twitter."<br />
QPR - The @qpr account has only tweeted four times since July 29th 2014.<br />
QPR - Disappointed that we couldn’t work together as the point of these meetings is to work together.<br />
QPR
- Understand now that we could have retrieved the situation after
initial fall-out, but didn’t feel like that at the time. If we could
have been tipped off that it was still retrievable, it would have been
useful to know. Surprised conversations were taking place between
members of the group, and no-one actually let us know. If we didn’t do
enough in the end to satisfy him, why couldn’t one of the guys say to us
on the quiet, it would have been good to have been told by others
involved ‘Listen, he’s not happy but if you do X, Y and Z, you might be
able to sort this out amicably’?<br />
FS - It was raised that the vast
majority of people have never heard Mike's side of the story, which
seems unfortunate in terms of getting a more overall and balanced
understanding of the issue. Fans will inevitably jump to their own
conclusions otherwise. It is noted however that he did offer to share
his correspondence with the club to our group, but in the end it was
decided against doing so because this wouldn't have allowed enough time
for other matters on the agenda.<br />
FS - QPR Report’s representative stated that he and others from the forum encouraged Mike to hand over the handle to the club.<br />
<br />
<b><br />*Players social media conduct</b><br />
On-going
concerns about the players tweeting their views on non-footballing
matters that don’t necessarily portray the club in the best light<br />
FS -
There was a discussion around the unease created by some players’
comments, especially Joey Barton, when he strays into politics and/or
religion. It was felt that the club needed to be able to distance
themselves from personal comments that may have offended some of our
fans. Our fanbase is extremely diverse and we must be mindful of
comments that may upset any fans, as they will inevitably be linked to
the club. However, the group also accepted the upside of the access to
players on twitter is that we actually learn far more about the
individuals playing for our club than ever before (for good or for bad).<br />
QPR - As discussed previously, new code of conduct in place for all staff.<br />
QPR - Working towards integrating ‘all views are my own’ into bios of players.<br />
QPR - Individuals reminded of twitter behaviour as and where relevant.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>*London Call-In</b><br />
What is being done this season and going-forward to improve the show?<br />
QPR - New studio setting.<br />
QPR - Intention to have regular on-sofa guests.<br />
QPR - Plans to move to Harlington restricted by internet limitations when players are in building.<br />
QPR - Club looked into dedicated internet connection, and cost was substantial.<br />
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<b>*#weRtogether campaign</b><br />
How successful was the campaign and what was the feedback like from the club?<br />
FS
- This campaign was welcomed as extremely successful and positive by
all – the timing of it, and the introduction of Steve Black, were seen
as key factors in uniting both the team and the fanbase. <br />
FS - The
mosaic at Loftus Road in the semi-final, and the flags at Wembley, were
both seen as high-impact initiatives that helped created the atmosphere.
It was also mentioned that the Derby fans were frustrated that their
teams hadn’t done anything similar.<br />
QPR - 382,000 views to #weRtogether related content.<br />
QPR
- Joey Barton, QPR Player: “The campaign really helped the fans to
relate to where we, as a club, were coming from, and the mind-set that
was within the training camp and the group of players. For us to be able
to see that playing out in social media space amongst the supporters
was very powerful. We certainly felt galvanised by it and anybody who
turned up at Wembley saw first-hand how together our football club
became. From the volunteers who put out 40,000 flags for the fans –
which was a Sisyphean task in itself – to the people who supported us,
to the players on the pitch, it was a powerful occasion. For what it’s
worth, I don’t think we would have made it to the Play-Off Final without
the unity that existed between the players, staff and supporters. It’s
amazing the impact that campaigns like the #weRtogether one can have. It
may seem relatively simple or futile to the outside eye, but when you
see how powerful it was during the most vital games of our season, it’s a
huge credit to everyone that was involved in it.”<br />
QPR - The campaign
has been shortlisted in the Football Business Awards on November 6th,
as well entering into this season’s Digital Football Awards.<br />
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<b><br />*Lower Loft</b><br />
What happened at the recent home fixture against Stoke City? Why did it happen? What is being done?<br />
FS
- The level of negative feedback in the forums over the activities
against Stoke City, where multiple fans complained about being refused
entry or being treated badly by stewards at the entrance to the Lower
Loft was raised. This has created a significant amount of negativity and
it is generally felt that this was handled very badly.<br />
FS - The
question as to whether the Lower Loft is the right place for the family
stand was considered a separate issue to the apparent abuse of the
current system in place. The Club received complaints from other family
season ticket holders about adults attending without juniors and using
bad language. <br />
QPR - Club received complaints from other family
season ticket holders about adults attending without juniors and using
bad language. As a result we opted to monitor those attending to
discover the extent of non-compliance to the requirement to have an
Under 16 year old in the family group.<br />
QPR - To be clear, no one was refused entry, despite a few delays.<br />
QPR
- Some of the stewarding was inappropriate on the day and Operations
have taken responsibility for this and replied to all emails from fans
voicing their concerns.<br />
FS - It was raised that over-zealous stewarding has often been the root of problems at the ground, not the way to solve them.<br />
QPR - Next steps – the club has written to every adult Season Ticket holder in the Family Stand.<br />
QPR
- A group of families will be invited into Loftus Road for a meeting
with club staff to discuss any outstanding issues This meeting will take
place before the next home match (Liverpool) and Customer Services, Box
Office, Marketing and Operations will all be represented.<br />
QPR -
There is no intention of preventing anyone following the official
guidelines on seating in the family stand from attending the Liverpool
match.<br />
QPR - The guidelines around the family stand are that any
ticket holder who should normally attend with a child but finds
themselves in the situation that the child is unable to attend the game
must get in touch with the club at the earliest possible opportunity.
This should be done either by phone to the box office in advance of the
game or in person at the box office on the day of the game.<br />
QPR - In the meantime, we welcome any further feedback. Please email boxoffice@qpr.co.uk<br />
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<b><br />*New Stadium PR</b><br />
The
fact that we now find ourselves in a situation whereby the matter is
being played out in the media, with what appears to be two opposing
sides<br />
FS - We are very disappointed with the image that this apparent
‘dispute’ with a former sponsor is happening in the public eye and were
keen to know if this could have been avoided by the club. <br />
FS - It is unfortunate that only negative stories are appearing in the press.<br />
QPR - Owing to the current and sensitive nature of this subject, we aren’t in a position to discuss at length.<br />
QPR - All PR is controlled and decided by Forty Shillings, whose area of expertise is in the PR of such projects.<br />
QPR - Consultation with fans sites / fans groups will continue over the coming weeks and months.<br />
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But this past Tuesday a tweet from the London Assembly Member, <a href="https://twitter.com/muradqureshiam">Murad Quershi</a> who serve on the Regen Committee declared: @muradqureshiam: At Regeneration Committee @londonassembly where @qpr 's Mark Donnelly confirms club is still committed to Warren Farm facilities in Ealing”</div>
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The London Assembly’s Regeneration Committee will meet <b>tomorrow</b> to examine the stadium-led regeneration schemes underway at the Olympic Park and proposed at Old Oak Common.<br />
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The Committee will hear from West Ham United FC and QPR FC on how
they plan to engage with their local communities and deliver successful
regeneration schemes.<br />
The Committee will question the following guests;<br />
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<li>Neale Coleman, Deputy Chair, LLDC</li>
<li>Tara Warren, Marketing and Communications Director, West Ham United Football Club</li>
<li>Mark Donnelly, Chief Operating Officer, Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club</li>
<li>Kim Bromley-Derry, Chief Executive, London Borough of Newham</li>
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The Committee is also inviting Londoners living or working near a
football stadium to have their say on how rebuilding or refurbishing
facilities has affected them or benefited their community. The <a href="http://talklondon.london.gov.uk/content/impact-new-stadium">survey</a> is currently live.<br />
The meeting will take place on <b>Tuesday, 16 September from 10.00am</b> in Committee Room 5 (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).<br />
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<b>Media and members of the public are invited to attend. </b>The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.<br />
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1. The stadium-led regeneration survey: <a href="http://talklondon.london.gov.uk/content/impact-new-stadium">http://talklondon.london.gov.uk/content/impact-new-stadium</a><br />
2. Gareth Bacon AM, Chairman of the Regeneration Committee, is available for interview. See contact details below.<br />
3. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.<br />
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For more details, please contact Lisa Lam in the Assembly Media Office
on 020 7983 4067. For out-of-hours media enquiries please call 020 7983
4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries
should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit, Greater London Authority,
on 020 7983 4100. <a href="http://www.london.gov.uk/media/assembly-press-releases/2014/09/qpr-v-west-ham-assembly-examines-their-regeneration-schemes">London Assembly</a></b></div>
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<b>Regeneration Committee - Tue 16 September 2014, 10am</b> (With QPR's Mark Donnelly)<br />
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Reading Terry Venables' new autobiography, "Born to Manage" (a prize from Queen's Park Rangers FC), I was fascinated - and shocked - to read that Terry Venables, when manager of QPR back in the early 1980s, had suggested changing the name of QPR to London FC. But QPR Chairman Jim Gregory had demurred.<br />
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Venables writes "I
even suggested changing the club's name, but I have to admit that Jim Gregory was uneasy about the idea. His love affair with QPR was
genuine. When I put it to him that London FC would be a name for the
future, he could see what I was trying to achieve but never sounded
convinced."<br />
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"I find it astonishing that London is the capital
city, yest there is not one club with London as part of its
name.....Rangers is not even in Queens Park. That was why I wanted to
see us adopt a new name . London FC would have been simple, straightforward and instantly recognisable but it didn't happen as it
went against the grain for traditionalists such as Jim."<br />
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Ironically just a few years ago (September, 2008), Charles Sale in the Daily Mail reported that "The super-rich owners of London Championship team QPR have been discussing changing the name of the club to Queens Park City in order to emphasis its location in the capital. Renault
boss Flavio Briatore...has been openly debating the
idea with friends in football and motor racing."<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1063092/QPC-definitely-far-Flavio.html"> Daily Mail</a><br />
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In response to that Sale article, QPR Chairman Flavio Briatore issued an official Statement <br />
"This is pure fabrication and I don't know where the story has come from. I haven't spoken to anybody about this subject. "I don't know the journalist, but I know the story is totally untrue
and we will be contacting our lawyers to pursue this matter further. "I can categorically deny that there is any truth in this article...."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008674984304081947.post-32840729123558092482014-06-04T08:17:00.004+01:002014-06-04T08:18:52.006+01:00QPR Officially Join the Premier League Today<br />
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-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">-<i><b> </b></i><b><b><i><a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=history" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">From the 1880s and on! - The Bushman QPR Photo Archives </a></i></b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/board/3" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><br /><br />-<i> QPR Report Messageboard</i></a></b></span></b><br /><b>-</b><br /><b>- <i><a href="http://twitter.com/QPRReport" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Follow QPR REPORT on TWITTER!</a></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> -<a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/39327/rules-queens-rangers-football-season"> QPR History: Queen's Park Rangers Rules of 1896-97 (from the Bushman Archives)</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> "...the colours be green and white stripes"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/39265/members-card-1896-season-robertson">1896-97 Member's Card of the Man who gave the Club the name, Queen's Park Rangers (Bushman Archives)</a><br /><br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/31801/day-life-programme-editorial-1957">QPR Programme Editorial from 1957</a><br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//ITN/1963/09/04/VS040963016/?s=queens+park+rangers&st=0&pn=1">From 1963 Video: Frank Sibley Interviewed on the eve of his making his QPR Debut at the age of 15 (Still the youngest QPR 1st team player)</a><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>- <a href="http://davidmcintyre.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/end-of-season-ratings/">Year Flashback: David McIntyre's Player-by-Player Assessment of the 2012-13 "Team"</a></b></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">- QPR Officially join the Premier League Today</span></b></i><br />
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Premier League "...Queens Park Rangers join the champions of the
Championship, Leicester City, and Burnley in getting promoted to the
Barclays Premier League. They will formally become members of the
Premier League at the shareholders' meeting on 4 June. " <a href="http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/qpr-promoted-to-barclays-premier-league-after-play-off-final-win.html">Premier League</a><a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/39338/todays-officially-join-premier-league" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[/quote]</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>Explaining the Process and Meaning of Premier League Membership</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Premier League - Thursday 06 June 2013</b><br />
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<b>Premier League AGM marks changing of the seasons<br />The promotion of Cardiff City, Hull City and Crystal Palace to Premier League is formally confirmed</b><br />
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At
the Premier League's Annual General Meeting in Darlington on Thursday, 6
June, one of the procedures undertaken is the formal end of the 2012/13
season and the start of the 2013/14 campaign, where the relegation and
promotion of clubs are confirmed. This is done through the transfer of
the ownership of shares from the relegated clubs to those promoted.<br />
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T<b>he
Premier League is a private company wholly owned by its 20 member
clubs, who each are a shareholder (the FA holds a "golden share" with
the ability to vote on certain issues). Although the Premier League is a
company incorporated in England under the Companies Acts, it differs
from a normal company in how it manages its affairs.</b><br />
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contrast to a normal commercial company, the Board of Directors has less
power to manage the Premier League's affairs, with the shareholders
being more active in the decision-making process, in that they are
consulted on and make all significant commercial and operational
decisions.</b><br />
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Shareholder meetings, where such decisions are
made, are held at regular intervals during the course of the season with
the AGM taking place at the close of each season. During shareholder
meetings decisions have been made on matters such as youth development,
governance, solidarity payments and media facilities.<br />
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promoted clubs, Cardiff City, Hull City and Crystal Palace. Before then,
the Premier League asks the three clubs who were relegated from the
Barclays Premier League at the end of the season (Wigan Athletic,
Reading and Queens Park Rangers) to transfer back their share
certificates that confirmed their status as a shareholder in the Premier
League, which then cancels them.<br />
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cancellation of the relegated clubs’ shares and the three new share
certificates for the promoted clubs are signed by the Premier League
directors and company secretary. The clubs are entered into the share
register, as required under company law.<b><br />At the AGM,
Anthony Fry, the new Premier League Chairman, formally welcomes the new
clubs to the League and the clubs are awarded their framed share
certificates.</b><br />
Then they will await with anticipation the release
of the fixtures for the 2013/14 season on 19 June to see who their
opponents will be. "<a href="http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/jun/premier-league-annual-general-meeting-marks-changing-of-the-seasons.html"> Premier League</a><br />
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<i><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/220414-qpr-new-stadium-fan-survey-1493592.aspx">OFFICIAL QPR STADIUM SURVEY</a><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Fill in! ESPECIALLY The question re your view of the capacity of the stadium!</span></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><br />- <a href="http://www.qpr1st.com/draft-survey-stadium/">QPR1st's recent "Draft" Stadium Survey</a></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>- <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/22/an-annus-horribilis-the-decline-rise-qpr-3812576/">Year Flashback: </a></b></i><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/22/an-annus-horribilis-the-decline-rise-qpr-3812576/"><i><b><b>An Annus Horribilis: The Decline and Rise of QPR</b></b></i></a></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/13073/years-ago-today-relegated-division">13 Years Ago: QPR Relegated to Division 3 </a></span><br /></b></i><br />
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<i><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/21857/flashback-akutrs-qpr-efforts-fans">Four Year Flashback: AKUTRS looking back at Club-Fan Relations under Gianni Paladini</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/21833/years-today-oxford-league-final">On This Day, 28 Years ago: QPR Lose in the League Cup (Milk Cup) Final to Oxford United!<br /></a></span></b></i><br />
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Below: Report of Monday's meeting between the Club's Communications Department and Representatives of various QPR Messageboards. Minutes of the agreed upon-report was very graciously - and speedily - written up by Neil Dejyothin. This report is being posted on the various QPR Messageboards.<br />
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Profound thanks to QPR's Ian Taylor and Paul Morrisey for holding the meeting<br />
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There's much of interest in the meeting report. For me, the single most important sentence in the report was "<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ian Taylor confirmed that QPR would own the stadium."</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">JOINT REPORT</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Date: </b>Tuesday 1st April 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Venue: </b>Loftus Road Stadium</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>In attendance:</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">From the club: Ian Taylor & Paul Morrissey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">From the fan sites: Clive Whittingham (LoftForWords –
<a href="http://www.loftforwords.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.loftforwords.co.uk</span></a>), Paul Finney (Open All Rs Podcast –
<a href="http://playbackmedia.co.uk/podcasts/qprpodcast/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://playbackmedia.co.uk/podcasts/qprpodcast/</span></a>), Steve Sayce (Indy Rs –
<a href="http://www.indyrs.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.indyrs.co.uk</span></a>), Ron Norris (QPRnet –
<a href="http://www.qprnet.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.qprnet.com</span></a>), Colin Henderson (QPR Report –
<a href="http://qprreport.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://qprreport.com</span></a>), Matthew Woolf (<a href="http://wearetherangersboys.com/" target="_blank">WeAreTheRangersBoys.com</a> –
<a href="http://www.wearetherangersboys.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.wearetherangersboys.com</span></a>), Simon Dorset (QPR not606 –
<a href="http://www.not606.com/forumdisplay.php/51-Queens-Park-Rangers" target="_blank">
<span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.not606.com/forumdisplay.php/51-Queens-Park-Rangers</span></a>) & Neil Dejyothin (minutes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Agenda</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Introduction</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Social Media</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Owner's usage</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Vine platform</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Media team's usage</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Player's usage</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">London Call In</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Malaysia Live Streaming</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Communication around new stadium</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Personnel update</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Former players and staff recognition</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Promoting the youth / other areas of the club</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">AOB</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Introduction</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor thanked everybody for attending and touched upon the previous
fan site meetings over the past year, re-iterating their usefulness and
that they were part of a wider effort by the club to improve
communication with supporters over all areas of the business.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor stated that the meeting was to discuss items relating to the
media department, and that he and Paul Morrissey would not be able to
speak on behalf of other departments, but any feedback that did
overlap would be passed on where appropriate.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor confirmed there would be a formal meeting arranged with supporters with QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Social Media</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Owner's usage – on-going concerns about owner's social media output / false promises, etc</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There were several concerns raised regarding the way Tony Fernandes uses Twitter to communicate with fans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">These included the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Statements
that promised a lot and then failed to deliver, which raises fans
expectations and then disappoints if they don't come to fruition. The
obvious example was the promise of a new club crest and fan
consultation by February, which then never materialised and has now
been delayed.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Specific
fans being singled out for their positive or negative feedback, where
the general view in the room was that some constructive feedback was
being portrayed as negative when it wasn't, and that it causes
a divide between supporters.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Making
announcements about deals way ahead of time, such as the likelihood
we'd partner with Nike as our new kit suppliers last year, but the
formal announcement was only made recently. It is not consistent
with the club's policy on formal announcements.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Tweets
that create tension within the club and its supporters that should be
relayed behind closed doors, such as the tweets about Harry Redknapp and
the players ahead of the Charlton match, which were not
helpful to the club or its supporters.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor acknowledged all of these issues. The media team provide advice
and recommendations to Tony Fernandes and the board on a weekly basis.
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
shareholders own the club and are entitled to voice their opinions and
views and hopefully the positives of communicating with fans in this
manner outweigh the negatives. They feel it's good to have a Chairman
that wants to communicate, even if it sometimes causes challenges.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said that the perception of Tony Fernandes is that he is painted
as a media and web savvy person – so it was important the message gets
back to him that some of his social media communication was
not one hundred percent helpful.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce touched upon some examples where Tony Fernandes had singled out
fans for their negative criticism and that this has created a divide
amongst supporters who use that platform, which is something
we should be keen to avoid. Steve also felt that recently Fernandes has
portrayed a message that he was only keen to engage with supporters who
were providing positive feedback.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce touched on issues with previous Chairman in the past playing
supporters against one another – and that was something we certainly
don't want to see repeated again and there was a real worry that
some of Tony Fernandes' exchanges with fans could cause this to happen.
Steve felt that some of the tweets have come across as provocative and
likened it to somebody throwing stones in a pond and then walking away.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said that a previous message about us "winning and losing
together" is not true, as we do not appear to lose together very well.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor said they fully acknowledge that mistakes have been made and it's something they're trying to manage.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They feel there is a fine line and a balance to be struck.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
was a lengthy discussion about what was and wasn't constructive
feedback, and the general feeling was that the constructive feedback is
often being taken as negative when it shouldn't be.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
was a general discussion on how Fernandes can sometimes react too
emotionally after a result, which often leads to a string of exchanges
that can lead to something else, such as his decision to meet with
supporters.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor confirmed the media team were first made aware of Tony
Fernandes' decision to meet with supporters through his post on Twitter.
The details of this meeting are not finalised yet, but will be soon
and will hopefully take place in April or May. They hope to make this
available to a wide spectrum of supporters, such as those with the most
loyalty points.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin said that it was a good opportunity to offer other supporters
a chance to discuss matters with the Chairman or any future fans
forums. There should be some opportunity for a random draw to take
place that covers all season ticket holders, and that it's important
that not just the same group of fans turn up for each of these events.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Some
discussion was had about how in touch Tony Fernandes was with the team
and its current performances. Ian Taylor confirmed that Fernandes
watches most games when he is abroad, either via a stream or is
sent DVDs of the games.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin mentioned that the tweet discussing Harry Redknapp and the
team was ill-timed and not something for public consumption and felt it
was destabilising.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ron Norris felt it was an odd tweet, causing lots of horrible negativity to build up.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ron
Norris felt a better approach for Fernandes would be to hold a Q&A
every few weeks or so on Twitter for an hour – he could invite questions
in and then select a few and answer them. This would provide some
structure and allow for more measured responses. Everybody agreed this
was a good idea and worth exploring further.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
general feeling amongst everybody that Fernandes needs to stop singling
out supporters, either for positive or negative issues and such a
regular Q&A may help address that.</span></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Matthew
Woolf asked whether the Vine platform was an official QPR channel, and
mentioned that people are reporting that it slows down their devices. He
mentioned the WATRB site could no longer embed QPR clips
on their forum.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor confirmed that <a href="http://vine.co/OfficialQPR" target="_blank">vine.co/OfficialQPR</a> is the clubs official Vine channel and can be accessed via the web or by downloading the app.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
service hasn't slowed down any platform the club have used and the club
embed clips onto its website without any problems at all. These include
Wall and Storify. It's possible that the forum software or
content management system that WATRB use could be the source of the
problem considering the club haven't experience any issues.
Paul Morrissey provided some suggestions to Matthew to investigate.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Vine is created primarily for smartphones and isn't really intended for computers, it's similar to how Instagram works.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tweets
from the media team criticising other clubs for breaching the Football
League highlights publication embargo – was this an appropriate use of
social media by club representatives?</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said he was surprised about how the club used Twitter to lodge a
formal complaint against another club in the public domain, which didn't
seem appropriate behaviour or what a fan would expect to
see from using the platform.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor explained that there had been numerous clubs breaking the
embargo and they had contacted both The Football League and the club
involved about this on more than one occasion.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">QPR
respect the terms of their contract and do not want to break the
embargo. They feel it's unfair because when a club breaks the embargo it
has a direct impact on any potential income the club can make in
terms of losing hits by sticking to the rules.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They
had no joy with contacting those involved to try and settle the issue
and in the end they felt going public would help raise awareness. It had
the desired effect and since then, only two clubs have broken
the embargo since and those who have broken it have been made to remove
the content they'd put online.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said that we are all very much learning about social media and
how to use it, and expects the club to lead by example and how to use
this medium. He re-iterated he was surprised to see the club
use it to publicly settle a dispute with another club.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
it was a route the club didn't intend to go down again and that their
relationship with the involved club had actually improved as a result.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Player's and staff usage</b></span></div>
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<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Matthew
Woolf raised a recent example where a member of staff tweeted
inappropriate comments on Twitter about one of our own players.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor said the club are aware of the matter and it's being dealt with internally.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that since these fan site meetings started, the player’s
usage of Twitter has improved overall, albeit acknowledged there are
still the occasional slip-ups. This was a view generally shared
by all in attendance.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor confirmed that all of the player's and staff's Twitter accounts<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">,
</span></b>with the exception of his own, were personal ones, but that
the media team review all material published on social media against the
FA Guidelines for any content that may bring QPR or football in general
into disrepute. If they believe any action
is required, they inform senior management immediately.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor cited an example where a player had recently been involved in an
exchange with somebody over Twitter and had posted personal information
about that person, which was later taken down as a result
of this process.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that since the initial meeting – social media guidelines
have now become a part of everybody's standard contract and that there
are serious implications for the players and staff in terms of
punishment if they don't adhere to them.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor said that as a result of these new guidelines, some of the players have actually removed their accounts.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul
Finney said that the official club Twitter accounts often re-tweet
messages from the players' personal accounts. Therefore there is a lack
of consistency here, particularly as the club are happy to re-tweet
positive messages, but when there are posts that they don't like, they
step away and don't want to be involved.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ron
Norris raised that the players use of Twitter, whether it was positive
or negative, was interesting because you learn more about their
character and personality and what they're really like. He saw this
as a positive overall.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">A
general discussion was had about the use of social media and how it can
impact on a player or staff, and that for many of them, it goes beyond
the club they are presently employed with and can extend to past
clubs or rivals. They are constantly under attack on these platforms
and some may not have the correct education and training to deal with
the constant scrutiny they're under. </span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">In
general there are not too many positives for the players, albeit, it
was agreed that when players like Clint Hill, Jamie Mackie, Bradley Orr
and Shaun Derry among others were using it, you could really get
a sense and feel of the team spirit and friendships around the club.
Joey Barton later joined in, but on the flip-side, when that banter
started to die down and the team were struggling – it created a
perception where fans could read between the lines and
connect stories of a dressing room split or lack of harmony and team
spirit back to these things.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
were discussions about young players, and some examples of players at
other clubs who had hundreds of followers, but then having made their
senior debut, suddenly saw themselves within minutes gaining
thousands and thousands of new followers and becoming known on an
international scale. The platform is powerful and needs to be handled
well.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that the club are putting plans in place to hold workshops
and tutorials for the 16-18s and Under 21s from the summer. This will be
focused around improving their understanding of journalism
and how to use things like social media, and will be held at a college
where the club themselves will attend and deliver the training.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The workshops will be run with David Baker from the academy education programme.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Everybody agreed this was great news and a really good initiative.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin raised that the official QPR accounts are often re-tweeting
other associated accounts, which can lead to a lot of duplication if you
happen to follow them all. He suggested that perhaps there
is another Twitter account created that's sole purpose is to do this,
so if you only want to follow one and get all the news of all the
accounts, you could.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey and
Ian Taylor acknowledged the idea, but also stated that part of the
strategy for some of those accounts, such as the QPR Ladies, is to help
raise awareness about them, but they also took on
board the potential for a person to be spammed with the same
information.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham said that in comparison with other clubs, the club's use of
Twitter and social media was one of the best out there.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said that the recent improvements to the mobile version of the
website were a lot better and that the innovation and other areas the
club explore, such as Storify, Google Hangouts, and Vines were
really good.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
general view in the room was that there was excellent and innovative
work being done across all social media and there was a great
consistency to it as well.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>London Call In</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Simon
Dorset asked if there was any way London Call In could be freshened up
and wanted to know who the show was primarily aimed at, such as the
die-hard supporters. He felt that there wasn't anything in the
show for him personally – and that the type of conversations had been
ones he'd ordinarily have done the pub (albeit more explicit).</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that there would be a review of the format at the end of
the season and that they would assess changes with a view to
implementing them over the summer. The London Call In will always be
compared
to the Open All Rs Podcast, which is at the other end of the scale in
terms of topics and discussion – and it's unofficial.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
they are looking at the balance of the show and want to better utilise
their access to the players and staff, which is the main reason people
want to watch and which is their unique selling
point, and they hope to be able to deliver something a bit more
spontaneous and reactive, with a more relaxed feel. They feel the
current format has reached its natural lifecycle and has hit a ceiling.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They're happy to take on board any ideas.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Simon
Dorset raised that perhaps things like Financial Fair Play could be
discussed, as nobody understands how it works or things like treatment
news and injury news.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
that modern day manager's like to keep their cards close to their
chests and do not want any information revealed about the state of their
players. This approach in recent years has been
reflected right across football.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham said they should focus on that wider access. It was agreed
by all in the room that the Behind The Scenes press videos were a
fantastic and fascinating addition this season and that the more
content produced like that, the better. </span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin said perhaps they could focus on similar themes for players
and staff – and what it's like and what it takes to become a player or a
coach, or what's it like to be a part of a football club, whatever
the role, etc.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor and Paul Morrissey said that the London Call-In was a platform
for fans to air their views and that fans from the group would be
welcome to attend on the show.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Malaysia Live Streaming</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It was raised whether QPR can stream live matches anywhere outside the UK, or is this restricted to just one country?</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor confirmed that the agreement covers Malaysia only. The Football
League will not grant the club rights to extend this into any other
territory.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Communication around New Stadium</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
was a request for a general update on the state of play – and questions
were asked on why the club made such a big announcement before several
property, environmental and legal issues are resolved?</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It
was also discussed that the 2018 completion date appears to be
ambitious and there is a question mark whether it's really deliverable
in that time, as well as whether QPR would own the stadium themselves.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It was also asked what fan consultation would be expected.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor stressed that the whole process is obviously complex and sensitive.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
Club have taken on board an external property PR company called Forty
Shillings, who are helping manage the new stadium and training ground
announcements. </span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Forty Shillings have been involved with Arsenal's Emirate Stadium and Wembley Stadium developments.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">All
of the PR and communication messages linked to the new stadium are
calculated and strategic. The initial announcement was made to create
awareness and bring a lot of stakeholders and landowners to the table
for discussions. They're making fantastic early progress on a complex,
complicated and huge undertaking project. </span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The London location makes the project even more complex than the likes of MK Dons and Coventry City.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor reminded everybody in the room that the club has never publicly put a timescale for the completion of the project.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said there communication with fans would be key to the project
and towards the end of the season a wider consultation will take place
and that there will be a number of public consultations around
the wider project and stadium when the time is right. Those are the
next steps and there will be more details in terms of infrastructure and
general updates.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
club has already started liaising with fans with a recent transport
survey after the Wigan Athletic fixture. They are mindful that this may
be irritating but everybody in the room said they actually enjoyed
receiving those surveys.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian Taylor confirmed that QPR would own the stadium.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce asked in what form the consultation would be in and that
questions also need to be asked about how the legacy and history of
Loftus Road is handled. Steve mentioned that fans would want
reassurances
about this, as it will break our hearts to leave what is a very special
place to a lot of us.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor confirmed that various discussions are in place on how best to
pay tribute to Loftus Road and that it's very much part of their
thinking and plans.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin said that the PR surrounding the new stadium needed to be
handled with care, and that the club have to find the right balance
about being excited to move, or talking about all the corporate extras
a new stadium could bring – because in reality – fans don't really care
about that and if they suspect the move isn't to do with football or
QPR first, they're more likely to be upset, especially if they don't
feel the new stadium represents what's special
about their club.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham asked who was responsible for overseeing the new stadium
project and a discussion was had about the difference between people at
the club who live very different lives to fans making key decisions
about what is and isn't good about a stadium.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
owners and senior management's experience of football is very different
to the supporters, they may come to every match, but they sit in a
different environment and are from a very different world to most
fans and that we come to football for different reasons. Clive said he
would be interested to know what senior management would say their best
and worst five stadiums would be and is confident they'd be quite
different to most fans.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor re-iterated that fan consultation would be key to all of this –
and that we would have the opportunity to share our views and that they
needed to be taken on board. Mark Donnelly is currently overseeing
the project for both the new stadium and training ground – along with
other influential figures within the trade.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin said the QPR1st Supporters Trust were currently researching
and putting together information that may be useful for the club and
supporters to consider and that more details on this would be
announced soon on <a href="http://www.qpr1st.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.qpr1st.com</span></a>.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Personnel update</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham raised an issue whereby the club have announced staff
arrivals in the past, only not to mention when they've left. This has
happened on several occasions with some scouts and more recently
with Shaun Hallet, who was leading the Warren Farm project and had a
couple of videos dedicated to him on QPR Player when he first arrived.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">This
obviously leads to the question of who is running the scouting and
training ground projects now? And why does the club not mention when
some staff have left?</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
that the usual policy was to announce both a person’s arrival and
departure, and it was simply a mistake that they hadn't announced when
somebody had left.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that Mark Donnelly, who Shaun Hallet reported in to, is
running both the Warren Farm and stadium project. Ian Butterworth is
overseeing the scouting set-up following Ian Broommfield's departure.
The scouting structure beneath remains unchanged.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin raised that he would like to see more consistency with the
departure messages, and that sometimes they were too short and cold,
that you could sense the club were frustrated with whoever was
leaving – or in some cases – it gave the illusion that something
happened when you may not have realised.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
were others who disagreed, saying that some who left didn't deserve it,
and it puts the media team in an awkward position. The media team
generally took this point of view, albeit they acknowledged Neil's
point of view too.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin understood those concerns, but said that standards and
ethics, and the consistency of that should be adhered to whenever
possible. There doesn't need to be a big fuss made (unless they are
worth
it), but a simple "thank you, we're disappointed it didn't work out and
good luck in the future", no matter what, just helps show our class as a
club a bit more.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin raised the point about standards and ethics again, and that
while it didn't work out for Jose Boswingwa and that he didn't help
himself, it wasn't helpful that his personal information was revealed
in a press conference and that contributed massively to his downfall in
terms of how he was perceived by supporters. The club put itself in an
awkward position and that had long lasting effects, which were
avoidable.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Former players recognition</b></span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
Alec Stock day was well received, as was Wayne Fereday's half-time
appearance on the pitch, and it was asked what is being done to build on
that, especially in light of some recent comments by Ian Gillard
on the Open All R's Podcast where he clearly felt there was more room
for improvement.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said the media team in particular are passionate about doing a
better job of recognising former players and staff and some of the
recent initiatives are a step towards achieving this. They were
disappointed
they didn't seem to reach the standard Ian Gillard expected, but are
determined to put this right.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham, Neil Dejyothin, Paul Finney and Steve Sayce spoke about
the expectations of some of the former players and staff, and raised
that the lack of knowledge and history about QPR at board level
may play a part in those peoples perception of treatment. It's possible
they want to be greeted and welcome by the owners and directors, but
it's not clear whether those people in the club know who these people
are well enough and what they mean.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that going forward there will be a better focus on
particular milestones, such as birthday's or anniversary's for former
players and staff and the club will be highlighting fixtures next season
to build on that.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
they recognise that a lot of the work done is still more reactive than
pro-active, and that some of the measures they're putting in place are
to move towards being more pro-active about
these matters.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor accepts there has been a mismanagement on the clubs part in
terms of looking after its former players, staff and key figures, but
they are now constantly striving to ensure the club makes forward
strides in this area. </span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor confirmed that Andy Sinton, Phil Parkes and Clive Wilson will
all be guests of the club between now and the end of the season and that
the Winton Family have been invited to the Nottingham Forest
game and the club will be running a programme piece about their
involvement over the years and paying tribute to the late Harold Winton.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that the W12 area of the stadium always has a former player
as a Guest Speaker and that they hope to involve whoever that is with
other activities around the stadium on a match day in future.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
they will be having some discussions about potentially renaming some of
the boxes to legendary players or staff, and that a Hall of Fame and
other initiatives are being discussed and proposed,
but obviously with Loftus Road being a small stadium, it may be that
some of those things can't arrive until we move to a new ground.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said they hoped to have a legend present at every home match
next season, but also stressed that some former players and staff were
not actually interested in returning – because their interest in
football was not the same since retirement.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
was a general feeling in the room amongst those who attended, that
despite the lack of space, we ought to have an area in the stadium
dedicated to former players and staff, and that we lacked this in
comparison to a lot of clubs. It's something the club should consider
as a priority and would go a long way to accommodating those key figures
and making them feel more welcome.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said they were meeting with some other fans to discuss ideas to
help with this and were keen to take on board any ideas from all.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Colin
Henderson said that it would be worthwhile for the club to consider
doing a Q&A on the website with former players and staff, so that
younger fans could learn more about them.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It
was recognised by all in attendance that the club is making progress,
but that also that it will take time to get to the level we'd all love
it to be. The work being done now is a positive start and a good
step in the right direction.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Promoting the Youth</b></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It was asked what more could be done to promote the Youth?</span></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ian
Taylor said that this area has improved significantly since the
appointment of Andy Watkins (Club Journalist) around fifteen months ago.
The club do more press and PR on the youth and other set ups than
most other clubs, including the QPR Community Trust and QPR Ladies.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
official QPR website alone has published 81 articles since the start of
2014, which includes 55 articles on the Under 21s and 26 on the Under
18s.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There
is a comprehensive Academy Review in the match day programme, latest
match reports from both the Under 21s and Under 18s fixtures and there
are both manager and player reactions, squad stats, fixtures,
results and tables. There is also a "Getting To Know" features where we
focus on a different youth-team player each work and coverage has
expanded from one page to four pages.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They are happy to take on board any further ideas.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Clive
Whittingham said that the piece he did on the youth team that were done
as a result of these meetings on LoftForWords was one of the best
received features the site has had in the past year, and many
around the table would love to do it again. Paul Morrissey and Ian
Taylor were more than happy to arrange another one of these in the
future.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Dejyothin said that the coverage of the QPR Ladies was excellent and
they now feel like a part of the club from the outside. It's a huge
improvement.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ron
Norris said that it would be great if they could somehow do a story on
following a player from his mid-teens up until the point he wins a
professional contract, and have an archive over a period of time
that shows what it's like to go through that process.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Steve
Sayce said that his eyes were really opened when he did the recent
Tiger Feet walk and found out about so much amazing work the Community
Trust do. He felt he'd only known about fifty percent of what
they did before, so any further promotion of their work would be
welcome.</span></li>
<li class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Paul Morrissey said
that they obviously had to get the balance right and be careful about
how much news they put on the official QPR site, as obviously most
supporters are going there for news and information
about the team.</span></li>
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Taylor said they are waiting on confirmation of Tony Fernandes' diary
ahead of his meeting with fans in April or May. The club's Supporter
Liaison Officer, Andy Rees, will be liaising with fans in due course.</span></li>
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Dejyothin spoke a little bit about the meetings over the past year and
that the media team could be proud of what they've achieved in that
time. It was recognised that it was brave to meet and engage with
supporters in the way they did, and they've had a fantastic season to
date, and hopefully feel, as all of us do, that the relationship they've
had with supporters is the best it's been in years.</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">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</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 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."</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">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!)</span><br /><br /></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/post/349953">Flashback to John Clifford's Very First Game: February 25, 1939 (from Bushman Archives)<br /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>You can contact John at <a class="smallemail" href="mailto:john@qprtheolddays.com?subject=Question%20For%20John-%20QPR%20The%20Old%20Days%20book" target="_blank">john@qprtheolddays.com</a> or call 01 621 858 090 or 07957 245281.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">- <i>The QPR 2012-13 Accounts have been filed and the press have all focused on QPR's massive losses and what they may mean.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>QPR OFFICIAL SITE - CLUB STATEMENT</b><br /><br /><br />10:19 7th March 2014<br /><br />Chairman Tony Fernandes issues statement on behalf of QPR Shareholders …<br /><br />Tony
Fernandes, speaking on behalf of the QPR Shareholders, has today issued
the following statement in relation to the club’s latest statutory
accounts.<br /><br />‘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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />While relegation was not part of our strategy, it was something we were prepared for.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />With regards to the debt it is important to understand that this is through shareholder loans. <br /><br />The debt in the club is owed TO the Shareholders BY the Shareholders. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />Promotion back to the Premier League is a major challenge, but one we are committed to.<br /><br />Achieving promotion this season is not critical to our long-term strategy, but it remains our short term goal. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />We would like to reassure the QPR supporters that our commitment is unwavering and we remain passionate about our club.’ <a href="http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/070314-club-statement-1403668.aspx#odtRsi2IprX0YsFs.99">QPR</a></span><i><br /> </i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /><br />Earlier...<br />From the Club Chairman a couple of tweets:</i><br /><i><a class="u-url profile" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/tonyfernandes"><span class="full-name">
<span class="p-name customisable-highlight" data-scribe="element:name">Tony Fernandes</span> <span class="verified" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" title="Verified Account"><b>✔</b></span>
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all press so we can answer. Club is fine weather we in premier or
championship. support continues.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink" data-datetime="2014-03-07T01:54:24+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp" href="https://twitter.com/tonyfernandes/statuses/441753701238059008"><time class="dt-updated" datetime="2014-03-07T01:54:24+0000" pubdate="" title="Time posted: 07 Mar 2014, 01:54:24 (UTC)"> 8:54 PM - 6 Mar 2014</time></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Qpr fans sleep easy. Uncle tony, amit din, ruban all around for a long long time. Journey continues. Let's focus on Birmingham</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://davidmcintyre.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/huge-losses-is-old-news-what-happens-next-is-important/">Fascinating Dave Mcintyre on QPR Losses and Tony Fernandes "</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://davidmcintyre.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/huge-losses-is-old-news-what-happens-next-is-important/">Huge losses is old news – what happens next is important"</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/30090/march-1967-qpr-bournemouth-500">On This Day in 1967: Supposedly Rodney Marsh's Greatest Game for QPR!</a></i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/30104/bump-official-supporters-club-report">Two Years Ago: The Official Supporters Club (OSC) Report</a><br /><br /><br /> - <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/11768/years-ago-today-qpr-reach">32 Years ago Yesterday: QPR Reach the FA Cup Semi-Final</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>- UPDATE: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/210939627/QPR-2013">THE ACTUAL 2012-2013 QPR ACCOUNTS</a><br /><br />Shout out to </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="402784052" href="https://twitter.com/MatsRy"><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id">Mats Rydland</strong>
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This is interesting, there is a
breakdown of the income. The year we signed Park (Becks of Korea)
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So highlights Turnover £60.6m, Costs £114.6m, profit from player sales £433k, operating loss after interest etc, £65.381m <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23QPR&src=hash"><s>#</s><b>QPR</b></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> - <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/11768/years-ago-today-qpr-reach">32 Years ago: QPR Reach the FA Cup Semi-Final</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> ON THIS DAY: TWO GREAT QPR WINS OVER MANCHESTER UNITED - (</b></i><i><b>Courtesy of HAQPR1963)</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-<a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/20149/years-today-george-bests-last"> 40 Years ago Today: George Best Plays His Final Game at Manchester United - at Loftus Road. (Machester United get crushed)</a></span></h3>
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Alex Stepney<br />
Tony Young <br />
Brian Greenhoff<br />
<b>Stewart Houston</b><br />
Brian Greenhoff<br />
Jim Holton<br />
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Willie Morgan<br />
Lou Macari<br />
Sammy McIlroy<br />
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<b>[GEORGE BEST'S LAST MAN UT GAME (& Stuart Houston's Man Ut Debut! </b>)</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">UNITED KINGDOM: SOCCER -- THREE FINE GOALS AS QUEENS PARK RANGES BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 0</span></h2>
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A fine 3 - 0 victory by London club Queens Park Rangers, newcomers to
the English First Division, plunged the once mighty Manchester United
deeper into trouble today (Tuesday, January 1). Before a big Bank
Holiday crowd, Rangers produced some superb attacking football to keep
their place among the top half dozen clubs in the First Division.
Manchester United, despite the half-million pounds spent by manager
Tommy Docherty on new layers, were never in contention. but Docherty's
latest signing, left-back Steward Houston signed from London club
Brentford for GBP 50,000 last Saturday, at least made a promising debut.
Alex Stepney, in the United goal, also had fine game. He had already
pulled off several memorable saves when, in the 18th minute, Rangers
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second goal, 16 minutes later, came from a setpiece corner -- Stan
Bowles heading the ball into the net. Bowles completed the humiliation
of United with an extraordinary goal 20 minutes into the second half. He
dummied his way past at least four paralysed United defenders and
scored with an angled shot beneath the diving Stepney. Final score:
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>SYNOPSIS: </b>A big Bank Holiday crowd tuned up
at Loftus Road on Tuesday to see the London club Queens Park Rangers
take on Manchester United. Rangers, playing from right to left, are
newcomers to the English first division this season. And they soon
showed the sort of attacking football that has made them among the top
half-dozen clubs. Besides good teamwork, Rangers were also showing
plenty of individual flair. Here, it's Gerry Francis making a brilliant
run ... and bringing an equally fine save from United goalkeeper Alex
Stepheny. But even Stepney's courage couldn't prevent Don Givens putting
Rangers in the lead after a quarter of an hour. Rangers went further
ahead from a corner on the half-hour. Stan Bowles rose above the
Manchester Untied defence to head the goal. In the second half, now, and
Queens Park Rangers still on the attack. Though United manager Tommy
Docherty has spent a half-million pounds strengthening his team, his
entire defence was mesmerised by Stan Bowles who scored another good
goal. Final score -- Rangers three, United nil. </span></h2>
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- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/34556/years-ago-today-win-trafford">22 Years ago: Another QPR Crushing of Manchester United </a></span></h3>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">-<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/two-south-mumbai-youngsters-chosen-to.html"><b> Two South Mumbai Youngsters chosen to train at Queens Park Rangers in 2014!<br /><br />-</b></a></span><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/9216/tony-currie-turns">Tony Currie Turns 64</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/38036/wbas-anelka-accused-semitic-salute">Anelka's "Salute" - And aftermath</a></span></h3>
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<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2532017/Spurs-rap-Assou-Ekotto-race-tweet-inviting-comedian-White-Hart-Lane.html?ico=sport^headlines"><span style="font-size: large;">MAIL - Spurs rap Assou-Ekotto over race tweet inviting 'quenelle' comedian to White Hart Lane</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/1103/bump-loftus-greatest-stadium-atmosphere">Flashback 5 Years: QPR's Loftus Road Ranked 42nd in the World for Stadium "Atmosphere"</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/38047/ooops-sounds-interesting-book">New book about QPR (with some Errors)</a><br /></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/33004/sept-2012-qpr-philip-beard">Flashback: September 2012: Q and A with QPR CEO Philip Beard</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/34541/bump-tony-fernandes-2012-tweets">Flashback: Compilation of <i>some </i>of the 2012-13 QPR-related Tweets of Chairman Tony Fernandes</a><br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2013/12/27/fa-cup-tickets-on-sale">Next Saturday: Everton in the FA Cup</a></span></h3>
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