The Move to White City Stadium 1931-32 Season

[Bushman]

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[Macmoish]

Thanks Bushman...

[cpr]

Apostrophes galore, love it. ;D

[fraserinbc]

Have you got the programme where they sheepishly return to Loftus Road when it doesn't work out quite as planned ;-)

[Bushman]

Oct 5, 2012 0:03:10 GMT fraserinbc said:

Have you got the programme where they sheepishly return to Loftus Road when it doesn't work out quite as planned ;-)

Of course.

[ingham]

Fabulous stuff, Bushman. The vaunting ambition of the directors, contrasted with the reality behind it.

Interesting that they didn't start with the football and create a successful side first.

Also interesting that the money would only be forthcoming when the Club had the support. Yet the impression is given that the directors will mysteriously provide it. Once the Club has 40,000 attendances and doesn't it, apparently.

Support was hardly likely to be forthcoming to watch a Third Division side side merely because its GROUND was bigger than Arsenal's.

And that at a time when Chapman had already begun that Club's record breaking run of title wins at a Ground easily accessible from White City Station (if it existed then) or directly from Hammersmith on the Piccadilly Line.

The project is so half-baked it beggars belief. But the idea that changing the building matters more than changing the football has lingered ever since. Practically every regime since the early 1960s thinks moving a losing side to another building is more important than building a winning side at home.

Lovely photo of the Ground and the area around, though. What are the very new looking buildings at the north end?

Interesting to see it in the context of the other amazing structures of the vast White City Exhibition site.

[Bushman]

Oct 5, 2012 19:22:46 GMT ingham said:

Fabulous stuff, Bushman. The vaunting ambition of the directors, contrasted with the reality behind it.

Interesting that they didn't start with the football and create a successful side first.

Also interesting that the money would only be forthcoming when the Club had the support. Yet the impression is given that the directors will mysteriously provide it. Once the Club has 40,000 attendances and doesn't it, apparently.

Support was hardly likely to be forthcoming to watch a Third Division side side merely because its GROUND was bigger than Arsenal's.

And that at a time when Chapman had already begun that Club's record breaking run of title wins at a Ground easily accessible from White City Station (if it existed then) or directly from Hammersmith on the Piccadilly Line.

The project is so half-baked it beggars belief. But the idea that changing the building matters more than changing the football has lingered ever since. Practically every regime since the early 1960s thinks moving a losing side to another building is more important than building a winning side at home.

Lovely photo of the Ground and the area around, though. What are the very new looking buildings at the north end?

Interesting to see it in the context of the other amazing structures of the vast White City Exhibition site.

It would have been the Wood Lane station on the Central Line. It was built to serve the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 and the 1908 Summer Olympics.

The White City station was opened on 23 November 1947, replacing the earlier Wood Lane station. Its construction started after 1938 and had been scheduled for completion by 1940, but the Second World War delayed its opening for another seven years. The architectural design of the station won an award at the Festival of Britain and a commemorative plaque recording this is attached to the building to the left of the main entrance.

The buildings at the north end are the houses on the Westway.

[Macmoish]

And as I posted a few days ago, Fifteen years ago, Chris Wright was talking about needing to grow the fan base.


QPR Official Site - October 2, 1997

CHAIRMAN WOOS STAYAWAY FANS

RANGERS chairman Chris Wright is confident that the club can build on its fan base, as we look to return to the Premiership.

Chris say: " From the standpoint of financial reality, we have quite a job to do to compete with bigger clubs. So we need to build up our support levels. We want to bring all those disenfranchised Rangers fans back into Loftus Road."

" We had some 14,000 supporters cheering us on at Wimbledon in the FA Cup at Wimbledon last season, so we know the fans are out there. It's up to the booard, the club and the team on the pitch, to get those people out of the woodwork and back in the stands at Loftus Road."
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[Macmoish]

And one year ago...


QPR chief exec: We must quit Loftus Road


QPR chief executive officer Philip Beard believes the club can compete as equals with the Premier League's elite on and off the field - but would need to build a new stadium to do so.

Beard, who was a senior member of the successful London 2012 Olympic Games bid team, joined the west Londoners six weeks ago following Tony Fernandes' recent takeover.

With player acquisitions a closed subject until January and a myriad of changes already made off the field, QPR are turning their attention to achieving long-term ambitions.

The club are looking to build their brand at home and abroad in a bid to increase revenues, while Beard has revealed a move away from Loftus Road to another part of Shepherds Bush could also be in the pipeline.

"Loftus Road has a hell of an atmosphere when there is a game on but we're constrained by the fact we have under 20,000 seats in the stadium," he told Press Association Sport.

"So if we are serious potentially about the long-term growth of the club then I think we have to be serious about looking at what I call a new football stadium as part of a hub of a wider entertainment destination.

"Literally down the road from us you have Westfield [shopping centre] and you've got great transport facilities.

"If we can grow our fanbase, both homegrown and internationally, then I hope the future is very bright for the club."

Beard has also revealed plans are under way to raise standards of other aspects of the club to "Premier League level", which may also see them move away from their Harlington training base.

"I think we have got to look at ourselves as a Premier League club," he added.

"Hopefully for the foreseeable future that is the case and because of that I think we have to look at the facilities and everything we do at the club.

"The reality is that the playing squad spend most of their time at the training facility and at the moment we rent Harlington, which isn't as good as a lot of other Premier League facilities.

"We're looking at everything at the club and my aim is to look across at other Premier League clubs and feel we are comparable in all aspects of the business.

"Both on the pitch and off the pitch, a club that can match most other clubs in the Premier League."

While QPR have impressed on the most part since Fernandes and Beard came to the club, last weekend they suffered a 6-0 defeat at near neighbours Fulham.

The result was compounded by allegations that Adel Taarabt stormed out of Craven Cottage at half-time and it was reported today that he wants to leave Rangers to earn more money.

Asked about Taarabt and today's reports, Beard said: "The honest answer is I've not seen it yet so I need to find out more.

"I think probably Sunday was a shock after how we have been playing.

"Adel has a huge amount to offer QPR. He is a very, very important part of our squad at the moment.

"But it does not matter whether you are part of a management team (or any team) you are part of a team so I don't want to single anybody out.

"It is (manager) Neil Warnock's job to look after the playing side.

"We've just got over a week until we play Blackburn and the most important thing for me is that the whole squad is working hard to come back fighting and hopefully with a win."

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