Oldest Surviving QPR Managers

They do seem to survive pretty well, don't they?

I think the reason Barcelona were so impressed with our structure under Venables was that the season before they signed him up we'd won the old Second Division under his management, the Football Combination reserves league under Frank McLintock and the South-East Counties juniors league under George Graham, all playing the same way. A real shame we couldn't hang on to TV.

 

you two are up late

 

The sale of Sir Les was the turning point, the money was squandered and then Loftus Rd plc put the tin hat on it. Everyone moaned about the Thompsons but in comparison to what followed we were pretty competitive in the 90s, the plc and link up with Wasps was a dire mistake which finally led to the administration...

 

still have my share certificate somewhere
doh

 

how many of that lot got the sack

 

As a manger/coach definitely, but I seem to recall that Venables wanted a share of the club, and given the way that went for him at Spurs, we probably dodged a bullet. A great and widely admired coach, but essentially a crook as a businessman in whatever field he chose to play in, the cheeky cockney chappie persona really helped him get away with stuff because people liked him.

 

Totally agree with this. We finished 6th in 92/93 (top London club), 8th in 93/94, 9th in 94/95 then we sold Sir Les for £6M of which 600k went to Hayes. The next season we were relegated with Bolton. I think it was Wilkins in charge when Les departed.
Imagine three top ten Premier League finishes in the modern era.

 

Chris Ramsey, so good he was born twice?

 

Crazy to think that Venables is 78.
It seems like only yesteryear he was playing for us. That great team we had for a couple of years, coming only second to Liverpool on the last day...... dam, l can still remember it so vividly.

Then l realise l was 10 when l started watching him and now l’m 60 a in a couple of months. Where has the time gone?

 

Scary isnt it

 

Didn't Chris Wright own / have shares in Heart Radio? I am also sure that he was a Rangers fan but probably didnt realise that owning a football club is a very costly hobby. Bulstrode, I thought he was going to be good for the club until there were discussions regarding merging foolham with QPR. (I cannot remember all the ins and outs of it) however do remember the on pitch protests...
Thompson - I think hi family had connections to leeds prior to his involvement with us and we may have been his guinnea pigs in terms of learnng how to "run" a football club.

 

Chris Wright was the founder of Island Records and a multi millionaire who was the driving force to create the plc which had suddenly become the 'in-thing' following many stock market flotations in the 90s. The shares did go up to over £1 early on but then nosedived as our finances began to unravel.

It seemed to me at the time he was more intent on raising Wasps profile on the back of our club. When we were struggling in the Championship he was trumpeting signing Lawrence Dallaglio on a £250k a year contract, which was silly money in the world of rugby. He was the perfect example of someone who arrives as the 'messiah', a QPR fan who turns out to be far worse than the old regime...

 

Some names there Nines

Some good memories, some not so good

Miss the De Canio days, made me think of the other thread running about the Good Bad & the Ugly players - the Rangers foreign legion under Paladini - pellicori, alberti, ledesma et al

 

Ray Harford is long gone.

 

Blimey I forgot about Ray as well. Wasn't him that had a brick thrown through his car window when we played WBA?

 

Do you remember Mick Harford? Christ he was hard.