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Post by Roller on Jan 6, 2013 7:05:24 GMT
Today marks the 70th birthday of my first hero, the one and only Terry Venables. To me he symbolises the excitement and enjoyment of the good days at Loftus Road. I could not let this day pass without writing my tribute to the man who is the reason I support Q.P.R. Please click on this link when you have a few minutes to spare. rollercoasterranger.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/terry-venables-my-first-hero/Many thanks to the peerless Bushman for patiently furnishing me with facts, figures, dates and timelines. |
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 6, 2013 7:09:40 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 6, 2013 8:05:22 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 6, 2013 11:42:27 GMT
John Gregory @johngregory77
Happy 70th Birthday to the BEST coach I ever had the pleasure to play for.Terry Venables. Should still be Boss of England. #biglosstothegame
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Post by thfc6061 on Jan 6, 2013 11:57:49 GMT
He was in the Spurs team when I first started going to White Hart Lane but was unfairly compared with Danny Blanchflower, who he was supposed to have replaced.
One of a very small number of people who both played for and managed Tottenham Hotspur & Queens Park Rangers.
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Post by Roller on Jan 6, 2013 13:52:04 GMT
John Gregory @johngregory77
@rollerranger Just read it..Wonderful reading..I truly echo many of your observations and feelings re;TV-He will always be a hero to me too
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2013 14:10:26 GMT
John Gregory @johngregory77 @rollerranger Just read it..Wonderful reading..I truly echo many of your observations and feelings re;TV-He will always be a hero to me too must feel good to get that reply roller and well deserved, Tel was my favourite manager of all time for us but I only go back to the start of the eighties really. The year we won the second division under Tel we were so much better than any other team, it wasn't even close. |
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Post by 0hwestlondon on Jan 6, 2013 16:24:21 GMT
I love old Terry Venables, how could we not, and as for naffing off to Barca, well you cant blame him for that, i would never stop a player or manager joining them, go to the camp nou, look around lone, then picture little old loftus road, you'll soon understand why he naffed off to Barcelona. T.V will always be a legend to me. And just add nice write up roller   |
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Post by Bushman on Jan 6, 2013 17:49:24 GMT
Today marks the 70th birthday of my first hero, the one and only Terry Venables. To me he symbolises the excitement and enjoyment of the good days at Loftus Road. I could not let this day pass without writing my tribute to the man who is the reason I support Q.P.R. Please click on this link when you have a few minutes to spare. rollercoasterranger.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/terry-venables-my-first-hero/Many thanks to the peerless Bushman for patiently furnishing me with facts, figures, dates and timelines. Pleasure mate and a bloody good read. |
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Post by mfnc on Jan 6, 2013 18:05:47 GMT
dave thomas was my first QPR hero
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Post by cpr on Jan 6, 2013 18:41:38 GMT
TV is revered in Barcelona and the older fans know who started the Barca footballing way that has remained ever since.
Football genius. Used to love watching to see what on earth we would do each time we got a free kick! ;D
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Post by mfnc on Jan 6, 2013 18:47:04 GMT
who remembers dave butler?
i used to stand in the paddock by the away end and he was constantly treating clive allen
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Post by cpr on Jan 6, 2013 18:48:54 GMT
Did Clive say I hate you Butler?
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Post by mfnc on Jan 6, 2013 18:55:36 GMT
Did Clive say I hate you Butler?  |
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 6, 2013 20:12:20 GMT
Bushman's 1982 Archives  |
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Post by terryb on Jan 6, 2013 20:31:56 GMT
Thank you Roller. A superb read.
I was there when we scored from that free kick, but like you I can't remember who we were playing.
The next morning I insisted on carrying out the same routine & I lifted the ball over the wall perfectly & we scored.
That was the only time in my life I managed to execute it correctly!
I think we may agree on the order of previous Rangers teams - 1) 75-76, 2) 72-74, 3) 82-84
We are so lucky to have seen all three teams!
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Post by saphilip on Jan 7, 2013 10:26:13 GMT
Excellent read Roller - in my books he was second only to Alec Stock as QPR's greatest ever coach. The team he built up in the early 80's is till my favourite QPR team of all time - and fits easily into the top 3 QPR squads of all time. I also put him as one of football's visionaries - willing to look ahead and embrace change.
As for Mullery - what a total and utter tosser. A great coach would have gleefully accepted what had been handed over to him and built on it (as Sexton did when he took over from Jago), but this insecure prick broke up in less than 6 months what had taken 4 years to build. A collossal waste.
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 7, 2013 22:07:45 GMT
I remember Dave Butler well, he came out to NZ with the team as Tel was in negotiations with Barca and Allan Harris was running the team. If El Tel had arrived at the club instead of Docherty, QPR may well have had a decent Kiwi player on their books in 1980.
Clive Allen and Paul Goddard should never have been sold on any occassion - Fact!!
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Post by Roller on Jan 8, 2013 7:51:04 GMT
Here is footage of the free kick I describe (15 mins in) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzH2qoI0U_MNot the actual occasion if my fading memory serves me right, but still magnificent. Can we have one of these on Saturday please? Located by MacMoish (I assume) some time ago |
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 8, 2013 9:35:52 GMT
Here is footage of the free kick I describe (15 mins in) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzH2qoI0U_MNot the actual occasion if my fading memory serves me right, but still magnificent. Can we have one of these on Saturday please? Located by MacMoish (I assume) some time ago Yes  Loved the Venables free kicks  As I recall, when Bobby Campbell was POACHED by SLIME ARSENAL in 73/74, there was talk of Venables (& McClintock becoming player coaches - something VEnables already de facto was) Shocking that Gregory/Jago sold him... Disappointing that he didnt want to return as player when Sexton made a bid |
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 8, 2013 10:37:14 GMT
The Donkey kick that was copied by Coventry and shown as thus?
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 8, 2013 10:39:59 GMT
I think the Donkey Kick (which was subsequently banned!) was unrelated - and actually preceded TV/G-D
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 8, 2013 10:41:40 GMT
Didn't he use it against Man City?
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