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Francesco Guidolin who turned down QPR (before QPR turned to Luigi De Canio) has been appointed manager of Parma

Official: Parma Sack Cagni, Appoint Guidolin
Parma have sacked coach Luigi Cagni, and brought in Francesco Guidolin as his replacement.
The Gialloblu were relegated from Serie A last season after almost two decades in the top flight, and veteran tactician Gigi Cagni was handed the task of an immediate promotion from Serie B. Click to continue reading...

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Birthdays:

- Kenny Sansom Turns 50 - Stats-

- Ex-QPR Loan, Martin Cranie, Turns 22 - Stats

- And apparently also...Luigi De Canio, Turning 51- "1957: Luigi De Canio (51) – Former Udinese, Napoli, Reggina and Siena coach, who most recently had a spell at English Championship side Queens Park Rangers. Click to continue reading...

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The QPR Official Site has been doing a daily countdown till the start of the new season. Each day, the club has offered a new "factoid." Below, the complete 40).

A compilation from the Official Site Daily Numerical Countdown

40 - The highest squad number used in QPR's history - worn by two players, Justin Cochrane (2000/01) and Richard Langley (2005/06) ***

39 - The number of goals scored by George Goddard in the 1929/30 season. Click to continue reading...

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Telegraph Capitol Growth in The Championship

The Telegraph is expanding coverage of the Championship, one of the world's most-viewed leagues. Huw Turbervill has a watching brief on the four clubs in the capital - Charlton, Crystal Palace, QPR and Watford - plus Reading. Click to continue reading...

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Dave McIntyre - BBC 606 Communication problems
by David M - BBC Sport (U1628513) 28 July 2008
I had my first conversation with Matteo Alberti on Saturday.
He thought I worked behind the scenes at Falkirk and asked me where the way out was, so I told him. Click to continue reading...

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The QPR Official Site has been doing a daily countdown till the start of the new season. Each day, the club has offered a new "factoid." Below, the first 25 factoids (15 to go).

A compilation from the Official Site Daily Numerical Countdown

40 - The highest squad number used in QPR's history - worn by two players, Justin Cochrane (2000/01) and Richard Langley (2005/0

39 - The number of goals scored by George Goddard in the 1929/30 season. Click to continue reading...

By JAMES CLARKAn occasional Pardew's Guardian feature ahead of the August 9th kickoff of England's "second tier" ...1) Will Alan Pardew rescue his managerial reputation by taking Charlton back to the Premiership at the second time of asking? "Pards" (pictured above, top) was riding high after leading West Ham to a surprising 9th-place finish in the Prem and a place in the FA Cup final in the spring of 2006, capping an upward trajectory that saw him lift Reading into contention for the top flight before taking on the Hammers job while the club was getting used to the Championship in 2003. Click to continue reading...

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An interesting summary of the last year for QPR, on and off the field. Interestingly another reference to a possible "problem" from former QPR Holdings Chairman, Antonio Caliendo

Ricky Brooks/Goal.com - 13/2008 The Queens Park Rangers Revolution

Ricky Brooks takes a look at the impending rise of Queens Park Rangers, who seem likely to return from obscurity now that they have the financial backing to do so. Click to continue reading...

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Reporting Back: QPR players should enjoy this weekend because on Monday, they report back for training under the new Ian Dowie (Tim Flowers/John Harbin/Gareth Ainsworth) coaching regime.
Ledesma signing: Friday saw the announcement of the year-long loan/option to buy signing of Emmanuel Jorge Ledesma. Click to continue reading...

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The impending move of Fiorentina's Samuel Di Carmine has been reported here, there and everywhere! - Video of Di Carmine Scoring on his European debut --- Celebrating his goal

EXCLUSIVE TMW - Roggi: "Di Carmine happy to QPR transfer"
23.06.2008 15.14 by Redazione TMW
Moreno Roggi, speaks of the fourthcoming transfer of Fiorentina's jewels Samuel Di Carmine, facing the the position of Giandomenico Mesto. Click to continue reading...

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In Italian - DE CANIO A FV, Ho suggerito i due viola al Qpr

De Canio: "I suggested two purple to QPR"
19.06.2008 17.26 di Appi . articolo letto 2644 volte 19.06.2008 17.26 to Appi. Article read 2644 times

Fonte: esclusiva firenzeviola.it Source: exclusive firenzeviola. Click to continue reading...

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To the itinerant QPR-supporting observer of Barnsley Football Club's Official Site, it might appear they evince a certain obsession with the goings on at QPR: Something that is very strange to show such interest on the official site about the goings on at other clubs - except of course in discussing forthcoming and past matches, and positions in the Division. Click to continue reading...

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In a few hours, the 2008-2009 Fixtures come out in what hopefully will be QPR's promotion - even title-winning season! Last year fans groups were protesting the prohibition on publishing fixtures - Free The Fixtures . Recently the Football League explained the process for compiling the fixtures Flashback: John Gregory's initial reaction to 2007-08 Fixtures


Marking QPR Report's Third Anniversary-

The first QPR Report posting, June 16, 2005, was made at a time of some optimism for QPR. Click to continue reading...

Is Zidane QPR bound? The English football season still has couple of weeks to go but already the frenzied summer activity of transfer deals and managerial swaps has begun. In one of the strangest stories I've heard in a while, Zinedine Zidane is being rumoured as a successor to Luigi De Canio who parted ways with QPR [. Click to continue reading...