So, seeing as it was my last day of holiday before I returned to work, I decided to treat myself with a trip to Boreham Wood to catch QPR Reserves in action against Watford’s Reserves.
Archive | March, 2008
A Kick Up The R’s
During half time at the game against Ipswich Town, I saw Dave Thomas walk by with copies of “A Kick Up The R’s” that he sells at most games. I recently heard that times were hard for him as sales of AKUTR’s hadn’t been as good as in previous years. AKUTR’s has been recently nominated [...]
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Ipswich Town 0:0 QPR
“BI8 DYK” was the highlight of our journey by car up to Ipswich. That was the number plate of a 4×4 we spotted on the road. I wondered if it was a Rangers fan, so if you are and you’re reading, well you’re not particularly famous yet, but you did make the news here on [...]
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Michael Mancienne
I took my time choosing who would get my vote for the Supporters Young Player of the Year award. I agonised on whether I should vote for a permanent QPR player rather than a loanee, and in many ways, that felt like the right thing to do. In the end, I banked with Michael Mancienne [...]
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Did I read that right? Five-year deal worth up to £20m with Lotto Italia?
Shrewd, shrewd business. This is the type of business acumen that we craved but could only dream about in the past. I like performance related deals. They add greater rewards for success, even though I don’t think they should be the incentive for achieving success. That should always be down to ambition and desire before [...]
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QPR sites up for national awards
I’m a bit late with this, but what the heck. Clive has been nominated for the Best Championship Fanzine (as has “A Kick Up The R’s”) and Best Editor awards for his brilliant Loft For Words website. I met Clive for the first time this season, first away to Colchester United and then a couple [...]
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We are fickle, not racist
I noticed a thread dedicated to Zesh Rehman over at FootballPakistan’s forums. On page 37 of that thread, a poster called “Sonia_Khan” expresses her opinion that there is a racial element to the frustration shown towards Zesh by our fans. I just wanted to point out that we’re a fickle bunch at QPR, but on [...]
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