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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2013 7:04:51 GMT
52Years ago... On This Day in 1967... Post our 1966/67 Promotion...First Home game in "Divison Two" for fifteen Years - A great, great, Season (And a season that starts with us having the apostrophe...THANKS Ron Phillips!) Springett Clement Hunt Hazell Harris Keen I Morgan Lazarus Allen Leach R Morgan Sub: Watson More Photos from Bushman's Archives for QPR: 1967-68 Season qprreport.proboards.com/thread/22572/2nd-division-runners-1967-season
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2013 7:12:31 GMT
(And reminder how QPR Lost their apostrophe that season!)QPR Report/Metro Blog metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/recalling-alec-stock-and-qpr-lost-apostrophe-3812821/RECALLING HOW QPR LOST THEIR APOSTROPHEA recent story about the growing policy in Britain of removing the apostrophe from names reminded me of how Queen’s Park Rangers became Queens Park Rangers. The apostrophe in Queen’s was last used on a QPR programme in October 1967 against Millwall - a week later against Burnley, it was gone (as was the old style programme) never to return. A couple years ago, QPR Report tried to find out how and why the apostrophe had been seized. Even the great journalist and former QPR general manager Dennis Signy didn’t have the answer. Finally, QPR Report heard from former long-serving club secretary, Ron Phillips who was at the club between 1966 and 1989. ‘I was indeed the culprit who dropped the apostrophe. When I arrived the programme consisted of a single, folded sheet of paper which just wasn’t up to the standards of the team’s fabulous successes at that time. I changed the format to something more substantial (and I designed the Little Men cover which has been so popular with Rangers supporters. ‘Then I took a look at the club’s title on the front cover and decided it had to be improved. ‘It had absolutely nothing to do with the club coming from Queen’s Park or even Queen Victoria. I am red hot on grammatical misspellings caused by dropping apostrophes, but in this case it was simply an aesthetic decision. Apostrophes used in the titles of well-known locations look ugly. “Queens Park Rangers” as a title is much tidier than “Queen’s Park Rangers”. ‘My apologies if my decision offended the traditionalists. I hope that, before they vent their anger on me, they will at least take into account my “Little Men” innovation and agree that not all I did while at QPR was bad.’ For some traditionalists, the apostrophe lives on and the name of the club remains… Queen’s Park Rangers. Onwards and Upwards metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/recalling-alec-stock-and-qpr-lost-apostrophe-3812821/
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2014 7:54:42 GMT
Bump
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2015 7:11:37 GMT
Bump: 48 Years Ago...A Season that started with QPR having an Apostrophe!
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2016 8:39:30 GMT
49 years ago....
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2017 7:25:42 GMT
Bump - Half a century
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2018 9:46:50 GMT
Bump... Six of the starting 11 are now RIP. + of course, Alec Stock
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2019 9:38:39 GMT
52 long years ago
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