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Reply | Re-distribution of fans at Loftus Road
at 10:40 28 Jun 2020
Hello Simon - a pal also read this and told me you had sent me a message Sorry for not replying sooner but I get fed up with some of this and haven't bothered looking for a while. There is talking opinions and there is talking bollox which winds me up There again there's a lot in the news that's winding me up at present too. We are doing OK thanks Simon and staying healthy Hope you and your Dad and your family are OK too. I'll be giving this web site a break for a while so don't reply Hopefully we will be able to see you and Dad soon back in our own seats
- if we are allowed to and there isn't someone sticking their nose in and trying to rearrange our lives for us!!!!! As we know from experience over the years- its the football on the pitch leading to success that gets the excitement going in all parts of the ground |
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Reply | Re-distribution of fans at Loftus Road
at 12:34 25 Jun 2020
Not sure if you've too much time on your hands Hastings_Hoops but I don't appreciate proposing plans that would wreck my last enjoyment in football. I have been a season ticket holder in T for 50 years (53 years in total) I now sit with my daughter - enjoying the rare time spent 1 to 1 of our car journey. She is already planning where my grand daughter will be sitting with us. I have a wonderful view on the half way line, 6 rows from the front. I've sat in SAR and upper LR stands. If I had enjoyed the experience any better I would have changed years ago. I have literally grown up with the small community either side of me when our parents first took us. We have shared each others family birthdays, funerals, weddings and anniversaries. If anything like what you propose were to happen I would walk and not come back to QPR. It's a lovely sunny day and the coast must be brilliant. Why not put your thoughts to the wind farms instead. |
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Reply | Todd Kane
at 10:03 25 Oct 2019
I sit in the middle of Ellerslie Road stand
Could it possibly be that Kane had in the back of his mind being so focused on not making a mistake and that is exactly what ends up happening?
Why?
Because of the dogs abuse players get from some fans at the slightest ball going astray
Even Eze had a few grumbling still on Tuesday night
One guy screamed out 'Kelly your a moron Take a seat' in the second half
I might be wrong but I thought Kelly kept us from being 2 nil down in the first half from two smart saves.
As for getting in promising talent and developing them then selling on at a profit- not a prayer. Because it means needing patience whilst they grow and accepting that not all will turn out good to be gems. Players will have to come to us already mentally strong to survive some of our supporters.
Like Tony Currie one night - who told a fan to 'F##k off and come out here and do better if you think you can!'
Have a look at the 70s team DVDs. Phill Parkes is one of the greatest goalkeepers in our history, but he let in a couple of loo-loos in our greatest season ever. He probably wouldn't have survived the internet warriors in this day and age
How many people have been to work this week and accepted bollickings from customers just because they pay their money |
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Reply | Central midfield
at 19:42 19 Jan 2019
I kept a note of the performance for Jordon Cousins today. A terrible match to watch in hind sight.
No one has come out of it with high marks - in my opinion
Passes
One channel ball that Wells didn't reach. Not really a pass
5 successful passes including 4 forward.
One astray
Tackles
6 tackles - Won 5 - one lost
Headers
Won 4 Lost 1
First touch
4 good
2 lost the ball
By coincidence, I listened to an FA coaching webinar for Level 3 and 4 licence coaches on Monday
It covered the analysis of team and individual performance and touched on being careful of having pre conceived views of players
Unfortunately I have seen this all too often over the past 50+ years of following Rangers
Our results improved with 4 new players coming in - 3 are now out plus Luongo |
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Reply | Shortest QPR playing career
at 14:25 4 Jan 2019
I thought of Vic Mobley. The stats show 25 appearances for us
What about Phil Nutt including his appearance and interview on the Big Match? |
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Reply | Saturdays Forever R's Induction
at 12:42 2 Dec 2018
Lovely to see and hear Mike Ferguson on saturday. Up there with Marsh Bowles Stainrod Byrne and Wegerle. As you heard, he was in at the start of the building our best team ever.
Used to be called 'Coathanger' because of the shape of his shoulders when he took defenders on.
A dear old friend of mine was Paul Harford who some may remember - a big Rangers fan in more ways than one. Paul told me he used to drink a Guinness or two with Mike Ferguson before a game in the Smuts. At half past two Mike Ferguson would say 'Got to go and get changed now Paul' Then spend the afternoon entertaining us |
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Reply | QPR's worst ever player
at 18:49 17 Feb 2017
Barton?
Surely we are referring to Joey Barton?
Took the piss in his first season (and the money) Then 'I'm so committed' when no one wanted him
Brian Williams - never forget his rugby tackle at Stamford Bridge
Embarrassing |
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Reply | Las Vegas
at 22:08 8 May 2016
Just come back from LV as my wife and I celebrated our 60ths with our daughters and their boy friends- all in their 20s
We went 15 years ago and were told we would hate it because it is tacky Well we loved it then and this time too Something for everyone
Fremont St most definitely? Have a look at the Mob Museum We all thought it was brilliant chronicling the history of the mafia in US
The Park on Fremont bar was rated by all of us
The Stratosphere Tower with its revolving restaurant. We gave the dropping bit a miss because of the queue. We went at night time for a drink there to see Vegas all lit up.
A client recommended The Neon Museum but we didn't get there
Most definitely take a trip to the Grand Canyon. Breathtaking. The Hoover Dam too - consider when it was built and what they achieved as a man made structure
See a show - cirque Du Soleil The Dream at The Wynn is considered the best
Otherwise just enjoy being big kids by going in and out of the hotels
We all loved our holiday . I hope this helps and you have a wonderful time
Keith |
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Thread | Paul Harford RIP
at 20:04 6 Oct 2011
Having cleared this with Paul’s wife Eileen, I am deeply saddened to tell supporters that Paul Harford died Friday 23rd September. Older supporters who especially travelled away with the Rangers should remember him. With his big beard and girth, I always described Paul as being like Henry VIII in modern clothes.
There have been some well known Rangers supporters. I first met ‘Effin’ Fred Perry back in the sixties in the newsagents at the top of Mordaunt Road, Harlesden, owned by wonderful friends of my family. I played football with Steve Edwards for ten years. But it is Paul that I am moved to write about and would like to use this fans web site please.
Paul was a big R’s fan in more ways than one — dating back to Division 3 South days in the 50’s. He followed R’s all over the country and hardly missed a game for many, many years — Saturdays, midweek, cups, league — Paul was there. Firstly on his own then with his boys as they grew up. At one time he was a steward on away coaches and trains for the supporters club and the LSA at sometime I do believe.
Paul certainly enjoyed a drink it could be said and his choice was Guinness. He told me of one midweek away game at a far flung far northern team in sixties Division 3 days. Paul missed the last train home. Instead he blagged a ride home on a goods train. The porter opened the wagon when it got back to London only for Paul to roll out. It was in the early hours of the morning so Paul went straight into his office in Victoria with Eileen not seeing him until the following evening.
I first met Paul on Monday 13th December 1976 at the offices of Legal & General in Pall Mall. Our respective offices had just been closed down due to the recession with everyone transferred to Pall Mall. Waiting for our desks to turn up, I was talking to my friends about having seen Rangers at Anfield the previous Saturday. Paul overheard this and said: ‘You a Rangers fan? I was there too’. A friendship sealed for life — Rangers fans — nuff said.
The next thing he did was ask me if I wanted to buy any Rangers Bingo tickets! You see Paul was an agent for our commercial department for many years, selling the Bingo tickets printed on that hairy paper from the past. You tore off 3 of the perforated sides and checked off the numbers against the sheet you got each week. Paul was a gregarious, friendly man who had one hell of a clientele at the various establishments he frequented. He raised thousands for QPR when this type of income was very important to football clubs. ‘Keith- me old pal, me old beauty. How many tickets do you want?’
Because you could get closer to players years ago, Paul got to know a few. In the seventies we had a player by the name of Mike Ferguson or ‘Coat Hanger’ as some called him because of his rounded shoulders. Paul used to meet Mike in the Smuts before a game for a couple of pints of Guinness. At 2.30 Mike would say: ‘Better be off now to get changed for the game’.
Paul also told a story about Stan Bowles taking a bollocking from Dave Sexton — for a change. In the middle of the dressing down the phone rings and Dave answers it. Sexton then hands it over to Stan. It was Don Shanks in the café over the road wanting to know what Stan wanted for breakfast so Stan didn’t have to wait when he eventually got away from the manager.
Paul really was a lovely friendly man - highly principled and straight in my opinion. But if he felt someone was taking advantage of him he would explode like a volcano. There was one time when we were in the upstairs office in Pall Mall. Vesuvius exploded because someone tried to pull the wool over Paul’s eyes. Paul was ranting away and threw this file across the office intending it to land on his desk. Unfortunately for Paul the cleaner had been over zelous with the Pledge the night before. The file hit the desk, skidded across it and flew straight out of the open window, down two floors into the street below. ‘Oh my gawd’ he was heard to shut as he ran off. Paul’s huge frame was last seen to be holding up the traffic in Pall Mall as he retrieved this guy’s personal information. I’m not sure if it made the radio reports that night.
Paul used to be a member of a quiz team I organised — chipping in with the horse racing answers. One evening at Harrow Borough football club can you believe in walked Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who were canvassing in the area for the up coming General Election.
Blair tried to tour the tables pressing the flesh. Jacket off — man of the people - in shirt sleeves— half pint of beer strategically placed — getting down with the riff raff photo opportunity. He was as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit on our table. Anyway Paul jumps to his feet as Blair comes to our table. Surely not to deck him?
‘Gareth me old pal. Been down the Rangers lately?’ It turns out that Gareth Thomas the local Labour MP is a Rangers fan and Paul knew him. Paul then proceeded to talk excitedly to Gareth about the R’s right over Blair’s head. Blair was trapped between Paul’s huge body and the entourage behind him— and was ignored. He did not like it. Hilarious.
Paul was a lovely friendly man (I can never say that enough times) who would let fly with his famous booming laugh at the drop of a hat.
In the last few years Paul did not enjoy the best of health. He manfully travelled from his home in South Harrow to his hospital at Denmark Hill for treatment every week by public transport - which was a testimony to his charactor.
He spent the last four months of his life in Northwick Park Hospital.
Paul leaves his wife Eileen and sons Desmond, Peter and Neil and his grandchildren — all Rangers fans — of course.
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