Post by QPR Report on Feb 27, 2010 7:50:30 GMT
A Year ago today today:
And the 2009/10 Season Tickets were for sale
Sousa: Promotion in 2010...Bhatia on QPR Improvement[/b]
David McIntyre/Ealing Gazette - QPR's Sousa has on eye on 2010 promotion
- Coach Paulo Sousa still believes QPR can reach the play-offs - but admits he already has one eye on next season's promotion bid.
- Last weekend's dismal 3-1 defeat at home to Ipswich left Rangers 11th in the Championship table, where they remained after Wednesday night's 0-0 draw at Cardiff.
- Rangers are still in contention for a top-six finish but the loss to Ipswich was a particularly big blow.
- Sousa said: "My aim is still to create a good base looking to the future and I hope next season to be looking for [promotion to] the Premier League. But when you are close to the play-offs, you need to think about them."
- Saturday's debacle left Rangers under pressure to win at in-form Cardiff, where a draw would usually be a more than decent result.
- Wayne Routledge and Heidar Helguson missed chances to win it for the Rs, but Sousa insists their playoff bid is still very much alive.
- "There are five or six teams very close to each other," he said.
- "We played very well against a Cardiff team that wants to be in the Premier League next season and, after the bad performance against Ipswich, we showed we can play good football.
- "We played well and created a lot of chances but we still need to win these games. When we don't get three points after playing so well it is frustrating, but I'm always proud of the players."
- Finishing outside the top six would not be what many fans had expected, but vice-chairman Amit Bhatia has insisted that this season should still be regarded as a success even if Rangers fail to make the play-offs.
- Bhatia said: "I measure success by the question 'are we doing better?'- "When we first got involved with the club we were last and we finished 14th, so that was success. If we finish seventh this season we will again definitely have shown an improvement.
- "Are we improving as a club? I think we are. I think we're heading in the right direction but just like any supporter, I want to do better than seventh and reach those play-offs and feel we can do it with a good run. "We're still on the right track. We've shown progressive success and as long as we continue to do well, there's no reason why we won't play in the Premier League and I hope we will."
Barnsley Official Site - I KNEW MY TIME WAS UP - GALLEN - FORMER Barnsley striker Kevin Gallen may have spend half a season at Oakwell but tomorrow's opponents QPR will always have a special place in his heart.
Kevin told http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk: "Back in the summer of 2001 I was without a club and training with QPR after leaving Huddersfield. QPR never came forward and offered me anything and the new season was getting very close when Nigel Spackman rang up my agent and offered me the chance to come and train with Barnsley. I did that and the deal was done before the new season kicked off. It was a good move for me at the time because I was desperate to stay at Championship level as it is now and Barnsley was a good place to be. I liked the set up, the people and the training facilities are first class.
- "I got off to a good start with Barnsley and scored against Nottingham Forest in only my second game. Unfortunately I pulled my hamstring badly in the second half of that match and was out for something like six weeks. By the time I had made my way back into the first team - and scored a good goal at Sheffield Wednesday - we were struggling and Nigel was sacked shortly afterwards. It was a tough time for me after that. Steve Parkin came in and a new manger always has new ideas. When the manager gives you permission to go and talk to another club, as Steve did when QPR came in for me that November, you know your time is up.
- "I am disappointed that things did not work out at Barnsley but it did give me the chance to go back to QPR, which always will be my club and the team I have supported since I was a boy. I have the best five or six years of my career at QPR after that and we did a lot of good things there. We won promotion and it will always be my club. I have been going to watch games since before I can remember. My dad is still a season ticket holder at Loftus Road and goes there every week rather than come to watch me. That is what QPR means to my family".
- Kevin added: "I never, ever wanted to leave QPR. I was forced out really by John Gregory. It was the same old thing again about a new manager coming in and wanting to change things. That's football but I was very, very disappointed to leave like that.
- "I joined Luton initially on loan last year before making the switch from MK Dons a permanent one in January. We have a massive challenge at this football club after having 30 points docked in the summer. A lot has been written and said about it but it is very harsh on the new owners and the club to pay for other people's mistakes like this. The task we face is just getting more and more difficult as the games go by but I still believe we can do it. The manager and the rest of the team still believe and we will continue to go from game to game trying to claw those points back. It is a massive task but we can start working towards that miracle again against Port Vale tomorrow.
- "The QPR result is always the first one I look for after our match. Sometimes the gaffer tells me to shut up about QPR and remember I am playing for Luton".
- After starting out at QPR and enjoying a year with Huddersfield Town, Kevin arrived at Oakwell in July 2001. He made just ten appearances for the Reds, netting two goals, before returning to Loftus Road the following November. He then went on to hit 57 goals in 202 more matches for QPR before signing for Plymouth on loan in 2007. Kevin joined MK Dons that summer before making the switch to Luton in November 2 008Barnsley
QPR Official Site - SEASON TICKET PRICES FROZEN -The Early Bird offer is back - and has frozen the price of your 2009/10 Season Ticket!
- That's right, for a limited time only you can buy next year's Season Ticket for the same price as your current one.
- There has been a COMPLETE FREEZE on the cost of all Season Tickets.
Under-8's will again be FREE in certain areas of the stadium, with QPR the only Club within the Championship to offer this fantastic deal for families.
But be quick, this price freeze offer is only available until 17th April 2009.*
- With the R's hopeful of mounting a play-off push in the closing months, you could be in line for a Premier League Season Ticket at a Championship price!
QPR Holdings Limited Vice-Chairman Amit Bhatia knows the importance of your support - and is keen to see you in your thousands at Loftus Road next year.
He told http://www.qpr.co.uk: "I am delighted that Queen Park Rangers will be re-establishing its Early Bird promotion for the forthcoming 2009/10 football season.
"In these challenging times we thought it essential to find an approach whereby the Club could make it financially easier for fans to support QPR in the new season.
"With this in mind the Board have implemented a price freeze within the Early Bird promotion with the hope that this action may ease your costs slightly.
"I would like to take the opportunity to thank our fans for their exceptional loyalty - QPR looks forward to tackling the new season with your continued passionate support."
You can purchase your Season Ticket NOW! Online - eticketing.co.uk/qpr - or by calling our Season Ticket Hotline - 08444 777 007.
To download a brochure, click Season Ticket brochure 09-10
To downloand an application form, click Season Ticket Application Form 09-10
To download a Zeba Finance form, click Zebra Finance 09-10
*Early Bird offer only available to current Season Ticket Holders, current Members, and previous Season Ticket Holders. To get To Links
And the 2009/10 Season Tickets were for sale
Sousa: Promotion in 2010...Bhatia on QPR Improvement[/b]
David McIntyre/Ealing Gazette - QPR's Sousa has on eye on 2010 promotion
- Coach Paulo Sousa still believes QPR can reach the play-offs - but admits he already has one eye on next season's promotion bid.
- Last weekend's dismal 3-1 defeat at home to Ipswich left Rangers 11th in the Championship table, where they remained after Wednesday night's 0-0 draw at Cardiff.
- Rangers are still in contention for a top-six finish but the loss to Ipswich was a particularly big blow.
- Sousa said: "My aim is still to create a good base looking to the future and I hope next season to be looking for [promotion to] the Premier League. But when you are close to the play-offs, you need to think about them."
- Saturday's debacle left Rangers under pressure to win at in-form Cardiff, where a draw would usually be a more than decent result.
- Wayne Routledge and Heidar Helguson missed chances to win it for the Rs, but Sousa insists their playoff bid is still very much alive.
- "There are five or six teams very close to each other," he said.
- "We played very well against a Cardiff team that wants to be in the Premier League next season and, after the bad performance against Ipswich, we showed we can play good football.
- "We played well and created a lot of chances but we still need to win these games. When we don't get three points after playing so well it is frustrating, but I'm always proud of the players."
- Finishing outside the top six would not be what many fans had expected, but vice-chairman Amit Bhatia has insisted that this season should still be regarded as a success even if Rangers fail to make the play-offs.
- Bhatia said: "I measure success by the question 'are we doing better?'- "When we first got involved with the club we were last and we finished 14th, so that was success. If we finish seventh this season we will again definitely have shown an improvement.
- "Are we improving as a club? I think we are. I think we're heading in the right direction but just like any supporter, I want to do better than seventh and reach those play-offs and feel we can do it with a good run. "We're still on the right track. We've shown progressive success and as long as we continue to do well, there's no reason why we won't play in the Premier League and I hope we will."
Barnsley Official Site - I KNEW MY TIME WAS UP - GALLEN - FORMER Barnsley striker Kevin Gallen may have spend half a season at Oakwell but tomorrow's opponents QPR will always have a special place in his heart.
Kevin told http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk: "Back in the summer of 2001 I was without a club and training with QPR after leaving Huddersfield. QPR never came forward and offered me anything and the new season was getting very close when Nigel Spackman rang up my agent and offered me the chance to come and train with Barnsley. I did that and the deal was done before the new season kicked off. It was a good move for me at the time because I was desperate to stay at Championship level as it is now and Barnsley was a good place to be. I liked the set up, the people and the training facilities are first class.
- "I got off to a good start with Barnsley and scored against Nottingham Forest in only my second game. Unfortunately I pulled my hamstring badly in the second half of that match and was out for something like six weeks. By the time I had made my way back into the first team - and scored a good goal at Sheffield Wednesday - we were struggling and Nigel was sacked shortly afterwards. It was a tough time for me after that. Steve Parkin came in and a new manger always has new ideas. When the manager gives you permission to go and talk to another club, as Steve did when QPR came in for me that November, you know your time is up.
- "I am disappointed that things did not work out at Barnsley but it did give me the chance to go back to QPR, which always will be my club and the team I have supported since I was a boy. I have the best five or six years of my career at QPR after that and we did a lot of good things there. We won promotion and it will always be my club. I have been going to watch games since before I can remember. My dad is still a season ticket holder at Loftus Road and goes there every week rather than come to watch me. That is what QPR means to my family".
- Kevin added: "I never, ever wanted to leave QPR. I was forced out really by John Gregory. It was the same old thing again about a new manager coming in and wanting to change things. That's football but I was very, very disappointed to leave like that.
- "I joined Luton initially on loan last year before making the switch from MK Dons a permanent one in January. We have a massive challenge at this football club after having 30 points docked in the summer. A lot has been written and said about it but it is very harsh on the new owners and the club to pay for other people's mistakes like this. The task we face is just getting more and more difficult as the games go by but I still believe we can do it. The manager and the rest of the team still believe and we will continue to go from game to game trying to claw those points back. It is a massive task but we can start working towards that miracle again against Port Vale tomorrow.
- "The QPR result is always the first one I look for after our match. Sometimes the gaffer tells me to shut up about QPR and remember I am playing for Luton".
- After starting out at QPR and enjoying a year with Huddersfield Town, Kevin arrived at Oakwell in July 2001. He made just ten appearances for the Reds, netting two goals, before returning to Loftus Road the following November. He then went on to hit 57 goals in 202 more matches for QPR before signing for Plymouth on loan in 2007. Kevin joined MK Dons that summer before making the switch to Luton in November 2 008Barnsley
QPR Official Site - SEASON TICKET PRICES FROZEN -The Early Bird offer is back - and has frozen the price of your 2009/10 Season Ticket!
- That's right, for a limited time only you can buy next year's Season Ticket for the same price as your current one.
- There has been a COMPLETE FREEZE on the cost of all Season Tickets.
Under-8's will again be FREE in certain areas of the stadium, with QPR the only Club within the Championship to offer this fantastic deal for families.
But be quick, this price freeze offer is only available until 17th April 2009.*
- With the R's hopeful of mounting a play-off push in the closing months, you could be in line for a Premier League Season Ticket at a Championship price!
QPR Holdings Limited Vice-Chairman Amit Bhatia knows the importance of your support - and is keen to see you in your thousands at Loftus Road next year.
He told http://www.qpr.co.uk: "I am delighted that Queen Park Rangers will be re-establishing its Early Bird promotion for the forthcoming 2009/10 football season.
"In these challenging times we thought it essential to find an approach whereby the Club could make it financially easier for fans to support QPR in the new season.
"With this in mind the Board have implemented a price freeze within the Early Bird promotion with the hope that this action may ease your costs slightly.
"I would like to take the opportunity to thank our fans for their exceptional loyalty - QPR looks forward to tackling the new season with your continued passionate support."
You can purchase your Season Ticket NOW! Online - eticketing.co.uk/qpr - or by calling our Season Ticket Hotline - 08444 777 007.
To download a brochure, click Season Ticket brochure 09-10
To downloand an application form, click Season Ticket Application Form 09-10
To download a Zeba Finance form, click Zebra Finance 09-10
*Early Bird offer only available to current Season Ticket Holders, current Members, and previous Season Ticket Holders. To get To Links