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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 6:52:55 GMT
45 years ago today: April 27, 1974: Leeds Picked up their Championship in the season finale at Loftus Road. Gordon Jago's QPR 0 Leeds 1... QPR Attendance Record Set of 35,000+  {earlier that season, QPR Drew 2-2 at Leeds! Match Report 2 (and photos) ! www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19740427.htm     Match Report II Match Reportwww.jon-howe.com/pdf_files/classic_match_reports/68.69_LUvWat_classicMatch.pdf DIVISION 1 1973/74 For full league and cup results click on by club required. P W D L F A Pts Leading League goalscorer: Mick Channon (Southampton) 21 goals Former Reds legend Denis Law scored a back-heeled winner for Manchester City against Manchester United on April 27th at Old Trafford, a result that confirmed United's relegation to the Second Division. And he wasn't happy doing it! Abandoned Matches The FA annulled the result of the Newcastle v Forest FA Cup tie because of a pitch invasion (full story). At the halfway stage of the League season (21 matches) goalkeeper Alex Stepney was equal top of Manchester United's goalscorers with 2 goals - both from the penalty spot. A spat between Chelsea manager Dave Sexton and players Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson saw the two stars leave Stamford Bridge - the story Season Results 1 Leeds United 42 24 14 4 66 31 62 Season Results 2 Liverpool 42 22 13 7 52 31 57 3 Derby County 42 17 14 11 52 42 48 4 Ipswich Town 42 18 11 13 67 58 47 5 Stoke City 42 15 16 11 54 42 46 Season Results 6 Burnley 42 16 14 12 56 53 46 Season Results 7 Everton 42 16 12 14 50 48 44 8 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 17 12 56 52 43 Season Results 9 Leicester City 42 13 16 13 51 41 42 Season Results 10 Arsenal 42 14 14 14 49 51 42 Season Results 11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 14 14 45 50 42 12 Wolverhampton W. 42 13 15 14 49 49 41 13 Sheffield United 42 14 12 16 44 49 40 Season Results 14 Manchester City 42 14 12 16 39 46 40 Season Results 15 Newcastle United 42 13 12 17 49 48 38 16 Coventry City 42 14 10 18 43 54 38 Season Results 17 Chelsea 42 12 13 17 56 60 37 Season Results 18 West Ham United 42 11 15 16 55 60 37 19 Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 64 37 Season Results 20 Southampton 42 11 14 17 47 68 36 Relegated Season Results 21 Manchester United 42 10 12 20 38 48 32 Relegated 22 Norwich City 42 7 15 20 37 62 29 Relegated www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1973-74/Div11973-74.htm
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 7:12:08 GMT
Flashback 12 years ago....Witney United Chairman, Steve Lake Posting on the Witney United Messageboard, April 27, 2007"It would have been marvelous if anyone from QPR had ever rung, wrtten, faxed or text me - but no that kind of respect obviously does not exist. Yes Richard Hill did arrange this game - but many more people, well paced in the Club (I say it this way not to upset them) knew very well that this game was on. As a non-league and league fan I can name many QPR players that came straight out of the non-league scene from around London (certainly two of their best known players came from that route via Watford) and so I would have thought that QPR would have a little more respect - one day I may actually get a 'Sorry' from the big boys of West London. Witney United Messageboard And an Updated Messages From Witney United Chairman - April 28, 2007 Re: QPR MATCH OFF!!! (SteveLake) Can I just state that no official from QPR has ever contacted me with respect to this match - Shame on QPR for even stating so!.... Can I just state that NO COMMUNICATION FROM QPR HAS EVER BEEN RECEIVED BY MYSELF, THE CLUB OR ANTONE ELSE FROM QPR. Just a case of poor manners - not least to say a totaly fabrication. If 'Shelia' would like to conact me - along with the 'Ian' mentioned at the fans Forum then I would be happy to let them them know what damage they have do to this club.Witney United Messageboard qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=2820#ixzz1KhmKHvsiAlso: FA Disciplinary Thursday 26 April 2007 Luton Town FC Luton Town FC v Queens Park Rangers FC FA Cup Third Round Replay, 23 January 2007 Denied breach of FA Rule E20(a) – failing to ensure that its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion Result: Charge proved. Fined £5,000 (of which £2,500 suspended for 12 months) Queens Park Rangers FC Luton Town FC v Queens Park Rangers FC FA Cup Third Round Replay, 23 January 2007 Denied breach of FA Rule E20(a) – failing to ensure that its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion Result: Charge proved. Fined £2,500 FA Disciplinary
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 7:16:33 GMT
Flashback 13 years ago...
QPR Players For Sale and Paladini's Playoff Expectations- Daily Mail - April 27, 2006 - Players for Sale Marc Bircham, Danny shiteeeeeeetu and Lee Cook have been put on the transfer list at QPR as part of costcutting measures. Bircham, 27, said: 'They've put a price on me, Danny and Lee, and if those prices are met we'll be gone in the summer. 'I've got a year left on my contract and I could stay but the club wouldn't get money for me, so it would be stitching them up a bit which I obviously don't want to do. 'I know every player has his time to go, but I'm gutted, especially as they had a bid for me from Sheffield United in the transfer window. 'It was turned down and so was one for Danny and that's when they released the statement that they didn't need to sell any players because we were financially stable. 'I was promised a new contract at the end of the season. Four months down the line, they have to get the wage bill down and we're the only three players they can get money for, so we have to go.' Gary Waddock is set to make further cuts to his playing staff with 16 players expected to be moved on. BBC Gossip/Independent
QPR chairman Gianni Palladini has made it clear he expects Rangers to make the play-offs next season. (Independent)Sporting Life - PALADINI AIMING HIGHQPR chairman Gianni Paladini has demanded caretaker-boss Gary Waddock take the team into the play-offs next season. Waddock is expected to be given the job permanently once an agreement is reached with former manager Ian Holloway, who was sacked in February. But even though Waddock could struggle to hang onto some of his most valuable assets, Paladini has set his sights on a top-six finish in next year's Championship table. "We will be looking to end next season in the top six," Paladini said. "I've told Gary it is what I'm expecting, and I have every faith in him. "Our original three year plan was reached: promotion to the Championship, and then survival. Now, however, it's time to raise the bar. "We want a strong, young, fast side who are hungry and can help get us where we want to be and play the kind of football that people are happy to watch." www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_championship/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=nonwire_soccer/06/04/26/manual_132746.html&TEAMHD=nationwide1
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 7:20:03 GMT
And 9 years ago  Evening Standard/Ian Gibb - Neil Warnock raids Crystal Palace for Clint Hill
Former Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock will sign his first Eagle when Clint Hill joins Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer next week.The Liverpudlian, who can operate at left-back or centre-half, had been expected to return north. Hill will be the cornerstone of QPR's set‑pieces, as he was for five years at Stoke. The 31‑year-old can throw long, send over teasing free-kicks or get on the end of them with towering, back-post headers. However, Palace's 19-goal midfielder Darren Ambrose isn't certain to follow. The 28-year-old said: “I have a year left of my contract and have no reason to move. I love Palace.” Standard
QPR Official Site - PLAYER OF THE YEAR EVENT
- Posted on: Tue 27 Apr 2010The voting lines are now closed - but this season's Player of the Year event promises to be one to remember on Sunday night. - The Novotel London West, Hammersmith is the location, as we celebrate another eventful campaign in W12. - QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman Ishan Saksena is looking forward to his first outing at the end of season bash and is encouraging R's fans to show their support. - "I'm keen to see as many of you as possible at this season's event following our match against Newcastle United on the final day of the season," he told www.qpr.co.uk. - "We're fully aware of what went wrong last season and I can assure you that Neil and the players will be available to chat with supporters, sign autographs and pose for photos late into the night, so make sure you don't miss out on this excellent opportunity to get closer to the action."
- Amit Bhatia and Neil Warnock will both be on hand to address the R's faithful, whilst Gordon Jago, Stan Bowles and Steve Wicks are amongst the confirmed guests.- Tickets for the event - which will be hosted by Tom Watt - are still available from just £69.00. To purchase your ticket online click here or call 08444 777 007 - Please call the commercial department on 020 8740 2588 or e-mail commercial@qpr.co.uk for further details. QPR
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 7:22:49 GMT
And 11 years ago...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
The QPR-Real Madrid agreement
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Sunday Mirror Rory Smith - Exclusive Football: Real deal to boost Rangers
Real Madrid are set to help turn Queens Park Rangers from Championship also-rans into Champions League material.
The Spanish giants have agreed to send youth team players and reserves to the Loftus Road outfit on loan after a meeting between club co-owner Flavio Briatore and Real supremo Ramon Calderon.
But there is just one catch - QPR have to be promoted to the Premier League before the deal kicks in.
Calderon met Briatore - as well as partner Bernie Ecclestone and chief executive Alejandro Agag - at the start of qualifying for today's Spanish Grand Prix.
He visited the Renault base in the paddock at Montmelo and then had lunch with Agag and the Italian.
And it is thought they have agreed in principle a deal which would allow Real to blood their prospects in the hurly-burly of English football whhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifile giving QPR use of some of the best young talent in Europe.
Real would allow QPR first refusal on stars of the Madrid side's feted youth teams or senior players who find themselves surplus to requirements.
That would mean QPR having access to players of the quality of ex-Liverpool keeper Jerzy Dudek, Argentine international Javier Saviola or Italian striker Antonio Cassano.
Briatore sees the deal as the perfect way to boost QPR's chances of becoming a side capable of challenging for the Champions League places. Sunday Mirror
Also day previously re QPR-Real Madrid
QPR and Real Madrid!
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AFP - Renault chief Briatore in talks with Real Madrid over QPR
Renault team chief Flavio Briatore and his fellow-director of English soccer club Queens Park Rangers, Bernie Ecclestone, the ring-master of Formula One, held two hours of talks with Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon late Friday.
The trio, all friends and fans of twice Formula One drivers world champion Fernando Alonso and major investors in modern European sport, were locked in the upstairs office of the Renault F1 team motor home at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Sources close to the Renault team said the three men are believed to have discussed possible cooperation between Real Madrid and Queens Park Rangers, an English league club, relating to the loan of players and exchange of technical information and possibly coaching staff.
Briatore and Ecclestone took over as owners of QPR three months ago and after clearing the club's debts declared an ambition to gain promotion to the English Premier League and qualify for the UEFA Champions League by 2012.
Calderon's Real Madrid are the most successful club in the history of the European Cup and not only have a huge squad of international players, but are also very influential in Spanish soccer.
A tie-up between the two clubs in which they help each other with player loans - young Madrid players being loaned to QPR and developed in London in readiness to force their way into the star-studded Real first team - is widely expected.
Briatore, one of the richest men in Formula One, has operated as the chairman of QPR since their takeover along with Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. The director general of QPR is Alejandro Agag, a close friend of Alonso who is a football fan and a life-long supporter of Real Madrid.
Calderon stayed at the Renault motor home and then joined Briatore in the Renault garage for most of the practice sessions while multi-billionaire Ecclestone busied himself with his 'day job' in the paddock at the Circuit de Catalunya.
"We had a nice meeting," was the only comment Briatore would make. Report
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Post by Lonegunmen on Apr 27, 2011 7:36:34 GMT
Please note from your tables, Both Grimsby & wimbledon have gone to the non leagues. I dont count MK McDONaldS.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2011 7:43:15 GMT
And a little earlier that relegation season: Pre-match QPR-Liverpool (Not Actual game)
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2013 7:23:01 GMT
7 Years Ago
QPR Official Site
BAHRAIN TOUR CANCELLED
Posted on: Mon 27 Apr 2009
It is with great regret that the Club has been forced to cancel our proposed end of season tour to Bahrain.
The R's First Team squad were due to travel to the Kingdom early next week, ahead of a friendly against the Bahrain national side on Thursday 7th May.
However, it has recently become evident that a sizeable number of the Bahrain Football Associations' Administration, as well as Executive members, will be travelling to Kuala Lumpar to support their president, H.E Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa in the days leading up to the May 8th election at the AFC Congress. Shaikh Salman is a candidate for the position of AFC Representative to the FIFA Executive Committee.
Vice President of the Bahrain Football Association, Shaikh Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, said: "It is with deep regret that we have been forced into making this decision.
"We were all really looking forward to welcoming Queens Park Rangers Football Club to our Kingdom, but the FIFA meeting is of paramount importance to us and so we were left with no option."
He added: "We are committed to playing this fixture again in the future and we will be working closely with the Club and Gulf Air, their shirt sponsors, to ensure we can fulfill this match in the future."
QPR's Deputy Managing Director, Ali Russell, added: "It's a great shame for us all, but we understand the reasons behind it.
"However, the Club is committed to developing our relationship with the Bahrain Football Association, and we will be doing everything in our powers to get this fixture played in the future."
The BFA and QPR would like to apologise to any fans who have already booked flights and hotels and are willing to discuss compensation.
Supporters are encouraged to e-mail laressak@qpr.co.uk to discuss this further.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2014 7:45:53 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2015 7:17:39 GMT
Bump
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 27, 2016 7:38:55 GMT
Bump....
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 28, 2017 6:49:23 GMT
Tweeted re this yesterday; forgot to bump!
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 28, 2017 7:21:32 GMT
If we hadnt switched to all-seated...
I know Chelsea are big...Tottenham...Arsenal...etc...But London is a massive city...Big Population..Big tourists...
And QPR are Now at least, very conveniently to get to....
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