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September 30, 2008

Blackpool Preview...Blackpool's Last Win at QPR (Rodney Marsh's Last Game at Loftus Road)...Gorkss and Evatt Want Win...Next Two Refs

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Shana Tova! Have a Good New Year- 5769!


TIME OUT - Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool
In a recent interview, Rangers' co-owner Flavio Briatore stated that he's trying to build 'a unique brand and concept, in essence a boutique stadium'. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 03:14 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Birmingham City, Paul Jewell, Queens Park, Rodney Marsh, flavio briatore

September 29, 2008

QPR Weekend Overview: Derby Loss...Man Ut Draw...Bowles Criticizes...QPR Name Change Talk: Claim and Denial...Price Protest...One QPR Speaks

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A few QPR-related items for the QPR Fans who might have turned off their computers on Friday...!

No elaboration is needed about QPR's disappointing 0-2 home loss to Derby County, before a crowd of just over 14,000 - Match Reports and Comments.

And every QPR fan in the world pretty much, must be aware that QPR were drawn against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Fourth Round of the Carling Cup! Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:12 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Carling Cup, Daily Mail, Derby County, Manchester United, Queens Park, Stan Bowles, flavio briatore, old trafford, ticket prices

Ex-QPR Chairman Bill Power ("BP") Turns 55

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Mazel Tov to QPR's Former Chairman, Bill Power (BP) Who Turns 55 Today!

William (Bill) Power (aka BP)
Born September 29, 1953, Power a life long QPR supporter, who used to view games from his flat across the road from the Stadium, joined the QPR Board in 2003. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:09 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Queens Park, Roman Abramovich, flavio briatore

September 28, 2008

QPR's Ticket Pricing Features in Various (Depressing) Match Reports

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The Sun - QPR 0 Derby C 2From PAUL JIGGINS at Loftus Road
AN off-peak return rail ticket from Derby to London: £59.
A seat in the visitors' enclosure at Loftus Road (if QPR had their way): £40.
Seeing your team win their first away game for 18 months: Absolutely blooming priceless! Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:18 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Barnsley, Paul Jewell, billionaire, flavio briatore, ticket prices

Ex-QPR Chairman Bill Power ("BP") Turns 55

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Mazel Tov to QPR's Former Chairman, Bill Power (BP) Who Turns 55 Today!

William (Bill) Power (aka BP)
Born September 29, 1953, Power a life long QPR supporter, who used to view games from his flat across the road from the Stadium, joined the QPR Board in 2003. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 07:28 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Queens Park, Roman Abramovich, flavio briatore

Stan Bowles Criticizes QPR's Owners

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Stan Bowles' Perspective - At least, according to the Sunday People!

Sunday People/Peter Ward - 28 September 2008 - TIGHT Rs BLASTED
EXCLUSIVE
QPR legend Stan Bowles has branded the club's billionaire owners skinflints after being sidelined from his hospitality role. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 02:28 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Formula One, Rangers, Stan Bowles, billionaire, flavio briatore, mascot, perspective, pitch

September 27, 2008

5 Controversial Club Name Changes

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The Daily Mail, if you choose to believe anything they write, reports today that QPR owner Flavio Briatore is eager to change the club's name from Queens Park Rangers to Queens Park City to emphasise their London connection. Briatore has obviously overlooked the fact that being based in London is a pretty big clue in [. Click to continue reading...
SoccerLens @ 06:57 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Daily Mail, Europe, Everton FC, Features, Liverpool, Queens Park, flavio briatore, lists

QPR Statement - No Name Change Name Even Discussed

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QPR Official Site- CLUB STATEMENT
Following a report in one of today's national newspapers, titled 'QPC is definitely a move too far, Flavio,' QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman Flavio Briatore has issued the following statement:
"This is pure fabrication and I don't know where the story has come from. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:06 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Daily Mail, Football League, Formula One, Lakshmi Mittal, Manchester City, Queens Park, billionaire, flavio briatore

September 26, 2008

QPR Name Change?

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Hopefully just media hype, although there were board rumours a few months ago, but then the talk was "London Rangers"

Daily Mail/Charles Sale - QPC is definitely a move too far, Flavio

The super-rich owners of London Championship team QPR have been discussing
changing the name of the club to Queens Park City in order to emphasis its location in the capital. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:44 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Daily Mail, Football League, Formula One, Lakshmi Mittal, Manchester City, Queens Park, billionaire, flavio briatore

September 24, 2008

Strong Opinion Piece Advocating QPR Protests

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Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times - Stand up if you love Rangers
IT'S still unclear whether we can expect some form of organised demonstration of discontent from QPR fans at Saturday's game against Derby.
But if there isn't any, that says more about the way the club has changed than any number of fireworks displays, supermodels, or classy cuisine in the executive boxes ever could. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:17 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Loftus Road, flavio briatore, pitch invasion

September 23, 2008

Snippets: QPR Chairman Briatore, Profiled...Flashback Two Years: New Manager John Gregory's QPR Win First Game

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Mostly on his non-QPR Life and activities

Independent La Dolce Vita: What really drives Flavio Briatore?

- The yacht, the women, the football club, the F1 team – he's got the lot. But what drives Flavio Briatore? Susie Rushton finds out
- By two o'clock in the afternoon, the smooth asphalt of the Autodromo Nazionale in the royal park at Monza has become a treacherous river of rainwater. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:32 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Fernando Alonso, flavio briatore

September 20, 2008

Would you pay £50 to watch a Championship match?

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No, me neither. Especially since you could watch a Premier League game for less at 14 out of 20 top-flight clubs. But QPR have different ideas. The club has hiked its most expensive tickets up to £50 a pop at the insistence of the club's owners. Formula One high-rollers Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone must have [. Click to continue reading...
SoccerLens @ 12:37 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: English Championship, English Premier League, Europe, Features, Formula One, flavio briatore

September 19, 2008

Yet More Commentary re QPR Rising Prices

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Tom Luntz - Guardian Blog

Long-suffering QPR fans forced to jump through financial hoops
With Rangers doing well on and off the pitch, it's galling for many fans that ticket prices have been hiked

There's always a price for success. For Julius Caesar it was a backstreet spinal tap, for a post-Croatia Theo Walcott it's the sour breath of a thousand hulking full-backs on his neck and for the Stereophonics it was, well, you've heard Just Enough Education To Perform, right? Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:27 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , John Gregory, Lakshmi Mittal, Man City, Theo Walcott, beautiful game, di canio, flavio briatore, home game

QPR's Price Increases (Continued) "First Championship Team To Charge £50 for a ticket"...League Set To Rule Today

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- More Press Focus on the ticket price increases. The Football League is set to rule since, according to the Derby Evening Telegraph "Clubs set their ticket prices before the start of the season and have to submit them to the Football League. Any change to prices for away fans has to be agreed between the two clubs. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:20 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Bolt, Football League, Lakshmi Mittal, Messageboards, billionaires, flavio briatore, season ticket holders, ticket prices

September 17, 2008

QPR's Norwich Victory - Further Reports and Comments

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See also earlier reports and comments

Telegraph/Trevor Haylett - QPR make light of Matt Connolly's dismissal
QPR's credentials as a force to be reckoned with in the Championship promotion race were underlined at Carrow Road where they secured victory despite playing with 10 men for 65 minutes. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 04:32 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Antoine SIbierski, flavio briatore, free kick, iain dowie, norwich, yellow card

Subsidising The Ultra-Rich

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Bernie Ecclestone is said to be worth £2.243bn, according to the 2008 Sunday Times Rich List. Lakshmi Mittal has done even better for himself than Bernie. Mittal is, according to this year's Forbes Rich List, the fourth richest man in the world. He is worth an estimated £20bn. Flavio Briatore doesn't quite exist in this [. Click to continue reading...
Twohundredpercent @ 02:51 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , The Football League, flavio briatore, latest

September 16, 2008

"QPR Looking Good For Promotion"...View of Blackstock and Rowlands and QPR's Defensive Frailty...Blackstock's Perspective...Reserve Report

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Telegraph/Huw Turbervill - Queens Park Rangers looking good for promotion push
Loftus Road has had a Changing Rooms-style makeover in an attempt to reflect the lofty ambitions of the club's owners, Flavio Briatore and his fellow Formula One impresarios.
The iron skirting that surrounds the top of the stands has had a nice, new blue paint-job, the advertising boards have been spruced up and the School End has a flash big screen sitting on top of it. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 12:37 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Craven Cottage, Zinedine Zidane, flavio briatore, iain dowie

September 14, 2008

Another Perspective re QPR's New Owners

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Telegraph Columnist, Jim White Blog re QPR

"...The fact is, whatever you may think about the new arrivistes in England's national pursuit, they don't half add a new dimension of interest. Money brings something to the party (generally money).
Mind, its appearance doesn't seem to be having the affect everyone predicted in one particular spot in England's game. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 03:44 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
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September 11, 2008

New QPR Players Ostensibly Decided by Committee

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Paul Warburton/London Informer - Choices are us
Sep 11 2008 By Paul Warburton, London Informer

It wouldn't do for Kevin Keegan - but new QPR players are now chosen by committee - with boss Iain Dowie a mere third of the decision making.
In a week when former Fulham boss Keegan quit Newcastle over his right to decide on new players, Dowie accepts co-owner Flavio Briatore and sporting director Gianni Paladini will continue to set the agenda in strengthening Rs' squad. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:12 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Fulham, Genoa, Kevin Keegan, Ledesma, Real Madrid, Steve McClaren, flavio briatore, iain dowie, midf

September 10, 2008

Informed Speculation About QPR Departures

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Dave McIntyre, BBC 606 - Exits likely as Tomassi arrives

It won't come as a surprise to anyone that QPR's signing of Damiano Tommasi – yet another midfielder – is likely to be followed by an exit from Loftus Road, with Adam Bolder expected to leave. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 10:46 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , BBC, Hogan, Wimbledon, flavio briatore, midfielder, prospects

On Gianni Paladini Surviving at QPR Under Briatore

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London Informer/Paul Warburton - Warbo's Word: 'How to run a football club' by QPR
With a trio of super-rich owners at the helm clubs are looking at QPR for tips on how to make their finances work best.
Interesting that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley covets QPR as a "model" for his own club. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 08:34 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Fulham, Magpies, Mike Ashley, beautiful game, flavio briatore

Briatore Speaking About QPR, QPR Finances and Future Plans - Seeking Additional Investors

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Skysports/James Evans - Briatore won't risk QPR future
Rangers supremo has big hopes

Queens Park Rangers chairman Flavio Briatore has told skysports.com he will not gamble with the future of the West London club and searches to create the ultimate football boutique brand. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 02:29 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , English Premier League, English football, Genoa, Ledesma, Loftus Road, Ramon Calderon, Real Madrid, flavio briatore

September 4, 2008

Briatore's QPR Comments

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As noted earlier, QPR Chairman Flavio Briatore spoke about QPR last night on Radio London.

BBC - Briatore will control QPR funds
Briatore is also the owner of the Renault Formula One team (Getty)
QPR owner Flavio Briatore has told BBC London that he will decide where the club's money is spent. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:12 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , BBC, Formula One, coach, flavio briatore, money

Briatore Talking About QPR..."On This Day" Flashbacks: Ray Wilkins Departs...Assistant Manager Departure Confirmed..."QPR line up Argentinian Manager"

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Marking one year since the takeover, QPR Chairman Flavio Briatore was the guest last night on BBC Radio London. It was an interesting interview in which Briatore came across very "grounded" and that QPR wouldn't be repeating some of the financial mistakes it made in years past; but certainly not one in which QPR sounded like it was "The Richest Club in the World" or would be spending big any time soon. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , BBC, Friendly match, Olympic Team, Queens Park, flavio briatore, ramon diaz, striker, violent conduct

September 3, 2008

Snippets...Golden Foot Winner....Ecclestone's Formula One Financial Transformation....Takeover Flashback

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Ex-QPR Birthday: John Curtis turns 30 - Record -- Wikipedia/Curtis Profile


Further Takeover Comments and Assessments from one year ago today. In the words of incoming Chairman, Flavio Briatore: "Gianni, Bernie and I are all determined to see the Club return to the Premiership within the next four years" Takeover Comments


Ex-QPR Holdings' Chairman Antonio Caliendo Golden Foot Awards were held on Monday. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Wikipedia, flavio briatore

September 1, 2008

One Year Anniversary of QPR Takeover..."On This Day:" First Game on Plastic...Ray Wilkins Axed...Chairman Power Resigned...Mullery's QPR Anfield Draw

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One year ago today, QPR's Takeover by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone was completed and officially announced. [In the lengthy official document accompanying the announcement, it was said "QPR is one of the best supported football clubs in the Championship with attendance at home games averaging approximately 20,000, in the 2006/2007 season. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:53 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Attendance Figures, Football clubs, Premiership, Queens Park, flavio briatore

August 28, 2008

QPR Snippets - Praise, Snideness and Rumour

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Dave Parker/Brighouse Echo - "The Big Voice of Sport"
Praise for the QPR Operation -
"...I CALLED in last Saturday at Loftus Road in Shepherds Bush, right outside the back door of the BBC Television Centre and the famous White City.
Hardly saw a car once I was off the A40 Western Avenue as there are so many tube stations and this made it easy for getting away afterwards and we were back in Brighouse for 8. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:27 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Kevin Phillips, flavio briatore, iain dowie, simon jordan, wage structure

August 27, 2008

Carlisle-Area Perspectives of QPR Game - Headline "United are bludgeoned by the power of money...Finance 4, Romance 0"

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Carlisle News and Star/Jon Colman - United are bludgeoned by the power of money

Finance 4, Romance 0. Don't linger on this page if you're leafing through the paper in search of an inspirational underdog story.

Foot in: Danny Livesey, right, breaks down the move after QPR's Samuel Di Carmine attempts to race down the touchline Last night Carlisle United were bludgeoned by the power of money and the sophisticated foreign talent it can bring whizzing through customs. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Carling Cup, Carlisle United, Ledesma, Real Madrid, flavio briatore, iain dowie, livesey

August 25, 2008

QPR's Doncaster Win - Additional Reports and Post-Match Comments

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Telegraph/Huw Turbervill - QPR/Doncaster Snippet
"....At least things are proceeding smoothly again for Iain Dowie at QPR. Keep on winning, as they did on Saturday home to Doncaster, and talk of bust-ups with the club's owners will be swept under the carpet." Telegraph


MAIL/Ian Gibb and Simon Cass - Blackstock fires warning to his QPR team mates after victory
Dexter Blackstock knows what is required of QPR these days. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 12:53 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Barclays, Barclays Premier League, Lakshmi Mittal, Ledesma, Real Madrid, billionaire, flavio briatore, iain dowie

August 24, 2008

Terry Venables's QPR Return?...Davide Succi's Brace

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Sunday Mirror/Steve Stammers - Terry Venables set to make return to Queens Park Rangers
Terry Venables is in line for a sensational return to football with Queens Park Rangers.
Venables has been out of the game for 10 months after losing his job as the assistant to Steve McClaren when the England manager was sacked. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:38 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Chievo, Coppa Italia, Edison Cavani, England Manager, International football, Queens Park, Steve McClaren, dowie, flavio briatore, sunday mirror

August 23, 2008

QPR's Start This Season Compared to Last Season

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As the Observer notes, the six points QPR have now taken this season; last season, took them until October to reach (and nine games): This season, QPR have six points from three games. Last season, QPR had three points from their first eight games - without a win (which led to John Gregory being axed). Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 07:03 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Doncaster, John Gregory, Queens Park, Sheffield United, West Brom, dowie, flavio briatore, three games

August 22, 2008

"QPR Can be The New Chelsea" Comments of Parejo Being Picked Up

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As if QPR could possibly want to become the new...C H E L S E A!

The Sun - QPR can be the new Chelsea
QPR new boy Daniel Parejo reckons the club can be as big as West London neighbours Chelsea.
The Spanish youngster, on loan from giants Real Madrid, claims huge investment from co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag makes them hot favourites for promotion. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 07:13 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Bernd Schuster, English football, Real Madrid, Stadiums, flavio briatore, midfielder

QPR Snippets II: Doncaster's Manager on Big (Physically) and "Well Balanced" QPR....Dowie and Leigertwood Look Forward...Pat Kanyuka on His Injuries

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QPR Report will obviously always post the pre-match comments of players and managers, but there does seem to be a limited connection between what is said and what actually occurs! Meanwhile one has to feel sorry for ex-QPR Pat Kanyuka who has endured numerous injuries in his sport playing career. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 06:15 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Queens Park, West Ham, flavio briatore, iain dowie

Parejo Keeps Speaking - Compares QPR to Chelsea

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Setanta/Laurent Picard - "We Are New Chelsea"
"Speaking exclusively to setantasports.com, QPR star Daniel Parejo has described The Championship side as a new Chelsea.
The Spanish youngster, tipped to become a top class player in the future, reckons ma ssive foreign investment from co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag makes of QPR genuine favourites to gain promotion. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 03:47 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , English Premier League, English football, Real Madrid, Stadiums, flavio briatore, midfielder, setanta

Previewing QPR vs Doncaster

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QPR Preview Doncaster...Doncaster preview QPR

Doncaster Official Site - PREVIEW: QPR (A)

Doncaster Rovers continue their assault on the Coca-Cola Championship this weekend, with the relatively long trip to the Big Smoke to take on newly invigorated Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 02:38 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Coca Cola Championship, Derby County, Match day, Real Madrid, cardiff city, dowie, flavio briatore, radek cerny
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