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Why isn’t this song a stone cold classic? Spent my dinner money on it the day it came out and ate biscuits for the rest of the week. Singer now is a ledge.
Dave Thomas leaving was a major rug-puller-awayer for me. He was in the first Rs XI I ever saw and with his socks rolled down to his ankles was as quintessentially QPR as any one - then he’s running around in an effing Everton shirt. I was baffled and heartbroken in equal measures but of course I still love the man.
Then for decades I just accepted players leaving as that’s what happens. Also growing up you’ve got other things to worry about to get too miffed. But I was surprised, after all these years, how gutted I was when Eze left. It was an inevitable thing but still brought back early memories of Thomas, Masson, Parkes, Goddard etc.
First time I ever went abroad was a school trip skiing in Italy. The coach arrived back to London late in the evening and my Mum came to greet me. The first thing she said was, “anything broken?” to which I proudly replied - no. Her next words were “they sold Phil Parkes to West Ham” I was devastated. Seriously devastated. It felt as if QPR waited till I left the country to do the deal.
Next season will be our 11th consecutive Championship season. I don’t think any of the current teams has been in the Championship longer. I wonder what the longest stint in the second tier has been - and was said stint ended by a promotion or a relegation.
I don’t wanna give it the ITK bollox and I really shouldn’t be posting this but this is gold dust.
This summer we’re taking part in the Sakhalin Invitation Tournament - widely know as the Ibiza Cup of the East.
Fixtures confirmed are Torpedo Roppongi, Pyongyang Casuals, and Busan Sarandon. Then we’re back home for mouth watering friendlies against Cheltenham & Wimbledon. Finishing with a trip to Hanwell Town where we unveil our new origami-inspired away kit.
Blackpool evening game. One of my favourite goals. Some people call it a fluke. I was sitting upper SA Road right in line with the flight of the crossfield pass to Buzz. A genius bit of quick footed improvisation. He meant it.
Did I imagine this or didn’t we play an evening game circa 2008 home to Charlton where we had made an emergency loan bid for Heiðar Helgusson (from Watford?) but so had Charlton and in a typical madcap QPR scenario no one was 100% if he was going to turn out for us, Charlton, or neither. It might have been that the deal wasn’t done or he was a sub because Wiki is saying he made his debut at Wolves.
2 other players who were either loans or otherwise but for me had criminally short Rs careers were Jordi Lopez in 2009 - Sousa brought him in - very classy creative but no nonsense midfield player with a superb free kick. And Dusko Tošić, Balkan paramilitary LB who went on to play in the World Cup for Serbia.
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