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Post by QPR Report on Jun 24, 2009 8:45:09 GMT
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Post by QPR Report on Jun 25, 2009 7:24:11 GMT
OK. No one's playing!
Simon Crane:
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Post by QPR Report on Jun 25, 2009 7:26:18 GMT
Nine years ago, David Davies arrived!
QPR Official Site - June 13, 2000
LOFTUS ROAD PLC ANNOUNCEMENT
This afternoon the following announcement was made by Loftus Road Plc, parent company of QPR:
LOFTUS ROAD PLC BOARD CHANGE
Loftus Road PLC, the AIM listed Queens Park Rangers and London Wasps sports Group, announces that chief executive Simon Crane has resigned from the Board to take up a new position as Head of Marketing of Jaguar Racing, the Formula One arm of the Ford Motor Company.
Simon will be replaced by David Davies, who joins Loftus Road from Ogden Entertainment, one of the world's largest venue management groups where he has been director of European operations since April 1998. He moved to Ogden from Contemporary Leisure Plc in 1994. Ogden was recently acquired by SMG Management Group.
David had day to day responsibility for all Ogden Entertainment Services interests in the UK and Europe including the management and financial development of :- the Manchester Evening News Arena, the largest and busiest indoor arena in Europe, the Telewest Arena, Newcastle, the Oberhausen Arena in Germany, Bridgwater Hall, the Manchester Storm Ice Hockey team, and numerous high profile sporting and musical concerts and events.
It is expected that Simon will leave on the 2nd July and David will start on 1 August 2000.
Chairman, Chris Wright, commented:
"We thank Simon for his commitment and hard work at Loftus Road and hope that he has a successful future career. We are delighted that David has agreed to join us, he has an impressive record of success with Ogden as a manager of leading national and international leisure facilities and brands. We look forward to benefiting from his experience, enthusiasm and ideas."
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Post by QPR Report on Jun 25, 2009 7:28:37 GMT
And where is he now? (Ok this was last year) Media Week - October 29, 2008
Turning Point: Simon Crane, Managing director, Eurosport Television After stints at Bass Brewers and Coca-Cola, I turned from gamekeeper to poacher to run Loftus Road, the then-owners of QPR FC and Wasps RFC. Simon Crane, managing director Eurosport TelevisionI left the world's biggest brand to join a football club suffering hard times and a leading rugby club that was struggling off the pitch. I found myself working for brands that fans cared passionately about, and were being defined and positioned by their actions every day. Crucially, I learned that you ignore consumers at your peril. I felt the pain of QPR fans when we were beaten by Crewe Alexandra and shared their joy when we beat Crystal Palace 5-0 in the last game of the season to secure our place in the Championship the following year. I learned that everything communicates, everything matters to someone, and the path to success always starts with understanding. www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/857399/Turning-Point-Simon-Crane-Managing-director-Eurosport-Television/ Eurosport appoints Simon Crane
Campaign 12-Oct-07 Eurosport has appointed Simon Crane to the new role of managing director of Eurosport UK. Crane, a former Coca-Cola marketer and chief executive of QPR FC and Wasps RFC, will manage Eurosport's three UK TV channels in addition to its online and mobile properties. www.brandrepublic.com/News/EmailThisArticle/744189/Hotline-Eurosport-appoints-Simon-Crane/And his Bio Simon Crane Managing Director Eurosport UK London UNITED KINGDOM Eurosport: Formula One: Precision Branding Simon Crane has a sales, marketing, sports sponsorship and internet background and has been Managing Director of Eurosport UK since October 2007. He joined Eurosport from Tickets.com where he was Managing Director of EMEA for the Major League Baseball Advanced Media for three years. Simon’s career started in the British Army in 1984. After eight years of military service, he joined Bass Brewers Limited as Head of Sponsorship. He moved to the Coca-Cola Company in 1994 as Head of Sport & Entertainment Europe. In 1996 he moved to Atlanta to work as Director of Rugby, Cricket and Tennis Worldwide, and Director of Football, Middle and Far East, as part of the Coca-Cola Company Worldwide Sports Group. He returned to the UK in 1999 to work as Group Chief Executive for Loftus Road plc, the owners of QPR FC and Wasps RFC. Following an approach from the Ford Motor Company (Jaguar Racing) which coincided with the same from Nick Faldo (The Nick Faldo Golf Company), Simon launched a sports management and brand-building agency. www.canneslions.com/festival/speakers.cfm?speaker_id=91 |
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Post by funky on Jun 25, 2009 7:33:44 GMT
What sort of job do you think DD and SC did compared to the Paladini era.
You can also include Nick Blackburn into that if you wish?
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Post by Markqpr on Jun 25, 2009 8:23:01 GMT
What sort of job do you think DD and SC did compared to the Paladini era. You can also include Nick Blackburn into that if you wish? Crucially, I learned that you ignore consumers at your peril. Well that's one major difference you can see for yourself straight away. |
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Post by funky on Jun 25, 2009 10:27:53 GMT
Well I think my original point is far enough with relations to the past CEO/ Chairman.
Chris Wright put the club in to alot of debt and the whole QPR and Wasps thing never really worked out.
Not to mention our training ground being sold.
David Davies and Blackburn I believe were in charge at the time of the dreaded ABC loan and that interest rate.
Followed by the popular appointment of BP.
Then Gianni's reign which was to put it mildly not quite so popular, his saving grace to many though was the job he did keeping us out of administration, not relegated, some great deals for some of our players and the investment.
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Post by Markqpr on Jun 25, 2009 10:56:59 GMT
Well I think my original point is far enough with relations to the past CEO/ Chairman. Chris Wright put the club in to alot of debt and the whole QPR and Wasps thing never really worked out. Not to mention our training ground being sold. David Davies and Blackburn I believe were in charge at the time of the dreaded ABC loan and that interest rate. Followed by the popular appointment of BP. Then Gianni's reign which was to put it mildly not quite so popular, his saving grace to many though was the job he did keeping us out of administration, not relegated, some great deals for some of our players and the investment. Absolutely agree with you there. I still think Chris Wrights' tenure as chairman is by far the worst period of the club's history in recent times. The club was in a stable position when he took over, compare how it was then to how it was the day he did us a massive 'favour' by finally relinquishing the financial stranglehold he had on the club and finally left taking the rugger buggers with him. I, along with Pallidini apparently, was digusted that he became life president because thanks to him that life could have been a lot shorter than it should have been. He did, however, always have the best intentions of the club at heart, just like most of the rest that came after him. They might of done a bad job from what we can see, most of that is based on league position don't forget, not on the actual difficulties of running a club but who am I really to judge without knowing all the facts? My main anger with the present board is solely down to the way they treat the fans. Very badly in my opnion. Not good enough. In comparison to any previous board they are the worst. They have tarnished the soul of this club forever and unless they turn it around and actually relate to the fan base on a one to one level, starting by listening to our concerns of families no longer being able to come because of ridiculously extortionate ticket prices and helping restore our faith in the club that is our legacy to our children, they will always be a stain on what was once a truly great club that could punch above it's weight and is now little more than a commercial 'project' for men who don't seem to respect their consumers. |
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Post by QPR Report on Jun 25, 2009 12:02:32 GMT
I'll do more later. But I would definitely say that Chris Wright dug a deep, deep hole for the club. And I'm willing to believe it was done with the best of intentions (ok we can debate). But to me it was more bad appointments, bad signings, listening to bad advice...And it took us from a relegated club with a lot of assets...to ABC Loan and Administration. (And we won't talk about how Wright left us)
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Post by funky on Jun 26, 2009 9:21:45 GMT
The manner of which Chris Wright put the club in administration was quite shocking as he had the money to keep the club going and look for proper investment.
The David Davies and Nick Blackburn era was a poor time for the club.
I will never ever forget being at a fans forum when Nick Blackburn admitted that the club had no real 5 year plan.
It's incredible that that when we were in administration no buyers came forward for the club and we were left having to re mortgage the ground.
What ever people say about Gianni the investment that he was able to attract has been fantastic, I cant remember the last I was worried about the club going back in to administration, losing our best players.
People in football have short memories and although I am not saying that GP does not have his faults, the job he did at QPR was nothing short of a miracle, you only have to look at clubs like Norwich, Southampton, Charlton, Leeds, Newcastle, and countless others who would love to have a board of directors like ours.
Lets hope next season under Magilton we can get up that league and into the play offs.
With a few additions we are actually not that far away.
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