Post by QPR Report on Nov 14, 2009 9:38:59 GMT
I guess turnover and "turmoil" didn't just start the day Flavio Briatore arrived 
On the QPR Report Blog three years ago
November 14, 2006
Rumour of Departure of QPR's Chief Operating Officer, Graham Mackrell
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Alleged but NOT Confirmed...!
The assertion has been made on QPR Fan Messageboards that QPR's Chief Operating Officer, Graham Mackrell is no longer with the club. A couple of other posters have "confirmed" this assertion. But in reality it has yet to be confirmed - or even alluded to - by the club.
There has been no announcement from the club (but likewise no denial of the assertion). The Club's Staff Page continues to lists Mackrell as Chief Operating Officer.
- Staff Page . And no representatives from the club have said anything on any of the messageboards.
Mackrell only joined the club, at the end of August. August 24, 2006 QPR Official Statement "Mackrell Appointed"
Mackrell's previous positions were noted on the QPR Report blog
Mackrell Joins
So time will time! If Mackrell has actually gone: Best of luck to him! And if this report is incorrect and he's remaining: Again best of luck!
qprreport.blogspot.com/2006/11/rumour-of-departure-of-qprs-chief.html
[Yes he had!]
QPR Report Thursday, August 24, 2006
QPR Appoint Mackrell Chief Operating Officer (A Year to the Day after making CEO Position Redundant)-
GRAHAM MACKRELL'S QPR'S NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
The appointment of Graham Mackrell in the new position of QPR's Chief Operating Officer comes a year to the day after QPR's Board Meeting which saw Mark Devlin's position as Chief Operating Officer, made redundant (and of course also saw QPR Chairman Bill Power ousted).
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - GRAHAM MACKRELL APPOINT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
QPR are delighted to announce the appointment of Graham Mackrell, as Chief Operating Officer.
A qualified accountant, Mackrell will offer assistance to the board, with the focus on improving the Club's off-the-field activities.
"I'm really looking forward to the challenge ahead,'' Mackrell told qpr.co.uk.
"QPR is a club with fantastic tradition and I'm excited about the prospect of working with the strong team we already have in place here.
"I'm here to add professionalism and my aim is to ensure the Club's off-the-field ambitions match those on it.''
Mackrell has worked in professional football for 25 years, including spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Luton Town, AFC Bournemouth and West Ham United.
He is also a Venue Director for UEFA.
Chairman Gianni Paladini is delighted to have Mackrell on board, commenting: "Graham will raise our profile within football thanks to his extensive work with UEFA and the League Managers Association.
"He is extremely well-known and respected within the game and also benefits from being a qualified accountant.
"I would like to wish Graham all the best and welcome him to QPR.''
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
League Managers Association Mini Profile
Graham Mackrell - Commercial Consultant
Graham is responsible for handling the Association's Commercial and Sponsorship relationships, including the LMA website.
He has spent over 25 years in professional football and worked in the game at all levels during his time at AFC Bournemouth, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham United. In addition he has gained international Event Management experience with The Football Association and UEFA
A Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and a Trustee of the Football League Pension Scheme, he is also a UEFA Venue Director in the Champions League and a Match Delegate in the Barclays Premiership
League Managers Association
Mackrell is - or was- listed as one of two directors of Sports Assets Management Ltd.
Graham Mackrell Company Secretary
West Ham Football Club Describing his job
YOU REALLY have to be a football fan to make the most of this job. However, by the same token you can't do the job properly if you aren't able to stand removed from the emotion of football. It's a very delicate balance. You need to have, and keep, strong business discipline in what is an extremely emotive sport. And the decisions you make are important ones, especially with salaries starting to accelerate in the way they are at the moment. Like Marks & Spencer, you are judged by the product you've got in the shops. But you have to balance that with what it'll cost you. You've also got to be a good communicator. Again, it's a question of balance - opinions need to be translated into language accessible to professionals and to the fans. Over the past few years Peter Robinson, vice-chairman of Liverpool, is the person who has brought the greatest amount of professionalism to the industry.
Independent
From Ten Years Ago
STOKED MACKRELL TAKES OVER NEW ROLE
Tuesday 24 December 1996
Sheffield Wednesday's growing in influence off the field in the corridors of football power can be seen by the appointment of secretary Graham Mackrell to yet another prestigious role.
During the summer he was the centre director for Euro 96 at Hillsborough and he has now been chosen as chairman of the Institute of Football Management and Administration.
There has been increasing speculation linking him with the top job of chief executive to the Premier League which is currently held by Rick Parry who will be soon joining Liverpool when his notice has been served.
Mackrell has been an important figure at the FA over the past few years and is tipped as a man to lead the FA into the millennium.
Graham Mackrell said: "It's quite an honour."
The areas of responsibility include four separate associations which govern the affairs of managers, commercial managers, administrators and management staff and its brief is also concerned with training and organisation.
This appointment adds to the role of Owls' chairman Dave Richards who is a member of the FA Council and was recently a Premier League candidate who contested the election to find a new FA Chairman.
Mackrell will take up the new appointment in the New Year.
4 The Game
Resignation from West Ham
Monday, 20 December, 1999,
Hammers' secretary resigns
West Ham company secretary Graham Mackrell has resigned in the wake of the Emmanuel Omoyimni affair.
Omoyimni played for the Hammers in their Worthington Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa, having already represented Gillingham in the same competition this season.
It was a little error but unfortunately it has had large consequences for the club.
Graham Mackrell
Mackrell said: "I thought it was the right decision to make. We acted upon information which was given to me that the player was eligible to play.
"It patently wasn't correct and as a result I'm responsible, and I felt the only honourable thing to do was to resign.
"The club have won a match and they're being forced to replay it.
"That's very unfortunate for the players and particularly our supporters."
Aston Villa have been given a second chance
It was revealed on Friday that the Hammers, who have not played at Wembley since 1981, had fielded an ineligible player.
Villa, who went out of the Worthington Cup after Gareth Southgate missed the crucial penalty, immediately demanded they be reinstated in the competition and on Saturday the Football League announced the game would be replayed at Upton Park next year.
Mackrell has been at the club for just six months after moving from Sheffield Wednesday. He will stay with West Ham until a new appointment is made.
Hammers' football secretary Alison O'Dowd has also resigned.
West Ham chairman Terence Brown said: "The board would like to thank Mr Mackrell for all his hard work on behalf of the club since his appointment in June.
"We feel Graham has made an honourable decision but it seems a high price to have to pay for what was a small and genuine administrative error."
BBC
qprreport.blogspot.com/2006/08/qpr-appoint-mackrell-chief-operating.html
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On the QPR Report Blog three years ago
November 14, 2006
Rumour of Departure of QPR's Chief Operating Officer, Graham Mackrell
-
Alleged but NOT Confirmed...!
The assertion has been made on QPR Fan Messageboards that QPR's Chief Operating Officer, Graham Mackrell is no longer with the club. A couple of other posters have "confirmed" this assertion. But in reality it has yet to be confirmed - or even alluded to - by the club.
There has been no announcement from the club (but likewise no denial of the assertion). The Club's Staff Page continues to lists Mackrell as Chief Operating Officer.
- Staff Page . And no representatives from the club have said anything on any of the messageboards.
Mackrell only joined the club, at the end of August. August 24, 2006 QPR Official Statement "Mackrell Appointed"
Mackrell's previous positions were noted on the QPR Report blog
Mackrell Joins
So time will time! If Mackrell has actually gone: Best of luck to him! And if this report is incorrect and he's remaining: Again best of luck!
qprreport.blogspot.com/2006/11/rumour-of-departure-of-qprs-chief.html
[Yes he had!]
QPR Report Thursday, August 24, 2006
QPR Appoint Mackrell Chief Operating Officer (A Year to the Day after making CEO Position Redundant)-
GRAHAM MACKRELL'S QPR'S NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
The appointment of Graham Mackrell in the new position of QPR's Chief Operating Officer comes a year to the day after QPR's Board Meeting which saw Mark Devlin's position as Chief Operating Officer, made redundant (and of course also saw QPR Chairman Bill Power ousted).
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - GRAHAM MACKRELL APPOINT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
QPR are delighted to announce the appointment of Graham Mackrell, as Chief Operating Officer.
A qualified accountant, Mackrell will offer assistance to the board, with the focus on improving the Club's off-the-field activities.
"I'm really looking forward to the challenge ahead,'' Mackrell told qpr.co.uk.
"QPR is a club with fantastic tradition and I'm excited about the prospect of working with the strong team we already have in place here.
"I'm here to add professionalism and my aim is to ensure the Club's off-the-field ambitions match those on it.''
Mackrell has worked in professional football for 25 years, including spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Luton Town, AFC Bournemouth and West Ham United.
He is also a Venue Director for UEFA.
Chairman Gianni Paladini is delighted to have Mackrell on board, commenting: "Graham will raise our profile within football thanks to his extensive work with UEFA and the League Managers Association.
"He is extremely well-known and respected within the game and also benefits from being a qualified accountant.
"I would like to wish Graham all the best and welcome him to QPR.''
QPR OFFICIAL SITE
League Managers Association Mini Profile
Graham Mackrell - Commercial Consultant
Graham is responsible for handling the Association's Commercial and Sponsorship relationships, including the LMA website.
He has spent over 25 years in professional football and worked in the game at all levels during his time at AFC Bournemouth, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham United. In addition he has gained international Event Management experience with The Football Association and UEFA
A Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and a Trustee of the Football League Pension Scheme, he is also a UEFA Venue Director in the Champions League and a Match Delegate in the Barclays Premiership
League Managers Association
Mackrell is - or was- listed as one of two directors of Sports Assets Management Ltd.
Graham Mackrell Company Secretary
West Ham Football Club Describing his job
YOU REALLY have to be a football fan to make the most of this job. However, by the same token you can't do the job properly if you aren't able to stand removed from the emotion of football. It's a very delicate balance. You need to have, and keep, strong business discipline in what is an extremely emotive sport. And the decisions you make are important ones, especially with salaries starting to accelerate in the way they are at the moment. Like Marks & Spencer, you are judged by the product you've got in the shops. But you have to balance that with what it'll cost you. You've also got to be a good communicator. Again, it's a question of balance - opinions need to be translated into language accessible to professionals and to the fans. Over the past few years Peter Robinson, vice-chairman of Liverpool, is the person who has brought the greatest amount of professionalism to the industry.
Independent
From Ten Years Ago
STOKED MACKRELL TAKES OVER NEW ROLE
Tuesday 24 December 1996
Sheffield Wednesday's growing in influence off the field in the corridors of football power can be seen by the appointment of secretary Graham Mackrell to yet another prestigious role.
During the summer he was the centre director for Euro 96 at Hillsborough and he has now been chosen as chairman of the Institute of Football Management and Administration.
There has been increasing speculation linking him with the top job of chief executive to the Premier League which is currently held by Rick Parry who will be soon joining Liverpool when his notice has been served.
Mackrell has been an important figure at the FA over the past few years and is tipped as a man to lead the FA into the millennium.
Graham Mackrell said: "It's quite an honour."
The areas of responsibility include four separate associations which govern the affairs of managers, commercial managers, administrators and management staff and its brief is also concerned with training and organisation.
This appointment adds to the role of Owls' chairman Dave Richards who is a member of the FA Council and was recently a Premier League candidate who contested the election to find a new FA Chairman.
Mackrell will take up the new appointment in the New Year.
4 The Game
Resignation from West Ham
Monday, 20 December, 1999,
Hammers' secretary resigns
West Ham company secretary Graham Mackrell has resigned in the wake of the Emmanuel Omoyimni affair.
Omoyimni played for the Hammers in their Worthington Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa, having already represented Gillingham in the same competition this season.
It was a little error but unfortunately it has had large consequences for the club.
Graham Mackrell
Mackrell said: "I thought it was the right decision to make. We acted upon information which was given to me that the player was eligible to play.
"It patently wasn't correct and as a result I'm responsible, and I felt the only honourable thing to do was to resign.
"The club have won a match and they're being forced to replay it.
"That's very unfortunate for the players and particularly our supporters."
Aston Villa have been given a second chance
It was revealed on Friday that the Hammers, who have not played at Wembley since 1981, had fielded an ineligible player.
Villa, who went out of the Worthington Cup after Gareth Southgate missed the crucial penalty, immediately demanded they be reinstated in the competition and on Saturday the Football League announced the game would be replayed at Upton Park next year.
Mackrell has been at the club for just six months after moving from Sheffield Wednesday. He will stay with West Ham until a new appointment is made.
Hammers' football secretary Alison O'Dowd has also resigned.
West Ham chairman Terence Brown said: "The board would like to thank Mr Mackrell for all his hard work on behalf of the club since his appointment in June.
"We feel Graham has made an honourable decision but it seems a high price to have to pay for what was a small and genuine administrative error."
BBC
qprreport.blogspot.com/2006/08/qpr-appoint-mackrell-chief-operating.html
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